Movies about Chernobyl

Movies about Chernobyl
List of the best Russian movies about Chernobyl, selected by visitors to our site: Chernobyl: Abyss, Chernobyl Diaries, Restricted Area, Chernobyl: Zone of Exclusion, Innocent Saturday, The Battle of Chernobyl, Aurora, Bunker of the Dead, The Gateway, Universal Soldier: Regeneration.

In the top there are new films of 2021, a plot description and trailers for films that have already been released.

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Markimdb: 5.1
Genredrama, history
CountryRussia
PlaceChernobyl, USSR, Restricted areas
StyleHeavy, Depressive, Sad ones

Chernobyl: Abyss is the first major Russian feature film about the aftermath of the explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear power station, when hundreds of people sacrificed their lives to clean up the site of the catastrophe, and to successfully prevent an even bigger disaster that could have turned a large part of the European continent into an uninhabitable exclusion zone.

Markimdb: 5
Genrehorror, thriller, detective
CountryUSA
Duration01:26
CharactersZombie, Dogs, Mutant, Bears, Soldier
PlotSurvival, Travel, Death, Pursuit, Vacation
PlaceChernobyl, Ukraine, Abandoned houses, Ghost towns, Restricted areas
TimeDark ones
StyleUnexpected ending, Atmospheric, Heavy, Tense, Disturbing

A group of six tourists looking to go off the beaten path, hire an 'extreme tour guide'. Ignoring warnings, he takes them into the city of Pripyat, the former home to the workers of the Chernobyl nuclear reactor, but a deserted town since the disaster more than 25 years earlier. After a brief exploration of the abandoned city, the group members find themselves stranded, only to discover that they are not alone.

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Genrethriller
CountryBelarus
CharactersFriends
PlotSurvival, Money, Friendship, Jealousy, Hiking trip
PlaceChernobyl
StyleAction, Fascinating, Tense, Serious, For a group of friends

1989, 180 km from Chernobyl. 4 guys and 2 girls, traveling by the river, swim in the resettlement zone. By chance, because of them, a person hiding in an abandoned village dies, and in the hands of the guys is a bag with a large amount of money...

Markimdb: 5
Genrefantastic, thriller
CountryRussia
Duration02:13
CharactersFriends
PlotDisasters, Friendship, Confrontation
PlaceChernobyl, Fantastic worlds
StyleAction, Twisted plot, Fascinating

In the anomalous zone of Chernobyl, under the protective sarcophagus of the fourth power unit, the Global Kintek Corporation is carrying out illegal construction. A special interstate commission is trying to prevent these plans, but right during a press conference, a group of unknown terrorists attack its leader. And none other than Pasha leads them - he once successfully fought with the Zone, but it seems that now the Zone itself has captured it. His four friends - Ana, Lyokha, Nastya and Gaucher - have no choice but to jump back into the old Volga and go to Pripyat to try to save Pasha and prevent a global catastrophe.

Markimdb: 5.5
Genredrama
CountryRussia, Germany, Ukraine
Duration01:39
PlotOn real events, Survival, Disasters, Apocalypse, Friendship
PlaceChernobyl
StyleSoulful, Disturbing

A group of friends and bandmates look to escape from the Chernobyl disaster.

Markimdb: 8.3
Genredrama, documentary, history
CountryUSA
Duration01:33
PlaceChernobyl

On April 26, 1986, a 1,000 feet high flame rises into the sky of the Ukraine. The fourth reactor of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant just exploded. A battle begins in which 500,000 men are engaged throughout the Soviet Union to "liquidate" the radioactivity, build the "sarcophagus" of the damaged reactor and save the world from a second explosion that would have destroyed half of Europe. Become a reference film, this documentary combines testimonials and unseen footage, tells for the first time the Battle of Chernobyl.

Markimdb: 6.2
Genredrama
CountryUkraine
Duration01:55
PlotBallet
PlaceChernobyl, USSR
StyleSoulful, Touching

Aurora dreams about becoming a talented ballet dancer one day. However, life is not so simple. 12-year-old orphan Aurora Nedelina lives in an orphanage in Pripyat and accidentally becomes a witness to the explosion at the Chernobyl APP. Having received a critical dose of radiation, she is sent to an American hospital where she meets the rich American Russian, Nick Astakhov--the world-famous dancer who had emigrated from the USSR 15 years prior. Nick is talented, successful, young, yet disappointed in life. Meeting up with Aurora helps Nick turn it all around. However, with each day, Aurora fades away a little more. Only something short of a miracle can save her

Markimdb: 4
Genrehorror, action, comedy
CountryGermany
Duration01:40
CharactersZombie
PlotSurvival, Death, Supernatural
StyleHeavy, Creepy, Depressive, Disturbing

After Using the instructions found in an old Jewish diary, Markus and Thomas hope to gain access to a WW II underground military base formerly codenamed: Cerusit. It was used by the Nazis as a secret research institute and is shrouded in rumors to this day about the lost gold of the Third Reich. The entrance to the cave system, however, lies right within the restricted area of a U.S. military base.. the first of many problems Markus and Thomas will have to face.

Markimdb: 7
Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, comedy, drama, detective
CountryUkraine
PlotMystery, Mystery
PlaceChernobyl
StyleExciting, Fascinating, Tense, Disturbing

Inside the Chornobyl exclusion zone Grandma Prisa, the family matriarch, consorts with water nymphs, eats a diet filled with hallucinogenic mushrooms, and claims to have personally stabbed 12 SS soldiers to death during World War II. She lives together with her divorced and chronically ill daughter Slava and grandson Vova. Unexpectedly, their measured life comes to an end - Grandma Prisa receives a mystical warning about an impending catastrophe.

Markimdb: 5.2
Genrefantastic, action, adventure
CountryUSA
Duration01:37
CharactersHeroes, Cyborgs, Military, Soldier
PlotMartial Arts, Skirmishes, Chase, Rivalry
PlaceChernobyl, Ghost towns
StyleExciting, Action, Serious, For men

When terrorists threaten nuclear catastrophe, the world's only hope is to reactivate decommissioned Universal Soldier Luc Deveraux. Rearmed and reprogrammed, Deveraux must take on his nemesis from the original Universal Soldier and a next-generation "UniSol".

Markimdb: 5.7
Genredocumentary
CountryUnited Kingdom

Thirty years after the Chernobyl disaster, which occurred on the night of April 26, 1986, its causes and consequences are examined. In addition, a report on efforts to strengthen the structures covering the core of the nuclear plant in order to better protect the population and the environment is offered.

Markimdb: 8.1
Genrefantastic, drama, adventure, detective
CountrySoviet Union
Duration02:43
CharactersMutant, Scientists, Writers, Soldier, Clairvoyants
PlotFulfillment of desires, Meaning of life, Fog
PlaceChernobyl
TimePost apocalypse
StylePsychological problems, Philosophical, Atmospheric, Smart, Gloomy

Near a gray and unnamed city is the Zone, a place guarded by barbed wire and soldiers, and where the normal laws of physics are victim to frequent anomalies. A Stalker guides two men into the Zone, specifically to an area in which deep seeded desires are granted.

Markimdb: 7.4
Genrefantastic, documentary
CountryUSA
Duration01:30

In this special documentary that inspired a two-season television series, scientists and other experts speculate about what the Earth, animal life, and plant life might be like if, suddenly, humanity no longer existed, as well as the effect humanity's disappearance might have on the artificial aspects of civilization.

Markimdb: 5.9
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, family
CountryUSA
Duration01:41
CharactersChildrens, Family, Lawyers, Friends, Orphans
PlotOn real events, Friendship, Fate, Missing people, Shopping
PlaceChernobyl, School
StyleAction, To cry, Cute, Touching

Bill Dancer and his young companion Curly Sue are the classic homeless folks with hearts of gold. Their scams are aimed not at turning a profit, but at getting enough to eat. When they scam the rich and beautiful Grey Ellison into believing she backed her Mercedes into Bill, they're only hoping for a free meal. But Grey is touched, and over the objections of her snotty fiancé.

Markimdb: 7.7
Genredocumentary, biography, sport
CountryGermany
Duration01:58
PlotBoxing
PlaceUkraine, Germany
StyleInspirational, Soulful, Fascinating, Serious

Klitschko tells the captivating story of the boxing worlds most famous brothers: Vitali and Wladimir Klitschko. From the socialist drill of their childhood in the Ukraine, and their first successes as amateurs, to their move to Germany and subsequent rise as international stars on the verge of holding the championship titles of all five boxing federations (Wladimir secured this with his unanimous World Boxing Association win against David Haye on July 2nd, 2011). Along the way they experience defeats and setbacks, low points and triumphant comebacks as well as conflicts with each other. Exciting conversations with companions and opponents, including the very first with the Klitschkos parents, give insight into their personal lives, plus never-before-seen footage of the draining preparations for a fight, and the spectacular boxing matches. Director Sebastian Dehnhardt composes an intimate and fascinating portrait of two exceptional athletes who are, before all else, brothers.





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