Russian movies about gangsters

List of the best Russian films about gangsters, selected by visitors to our site: Bummer, Brother 2, Close Enemy, Alien Girl, Hardcore Henry, Viktor, Mute Witness, Zhit, Machete, The Silver Skates.

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: 7.1
Genredrama, crime
CountryRussia
Duration01:50

Corrupt cops, street gangs, "Bratki" in "Bummers" (BMWs) steal and "Merins" (Mercedeses), angry truck drivers, beautiful women and death are what four friends in a black Bummer who go on a mission from one region of Russia to another are about to face in the wasteland of small-town Russia. A critique of the policies of Boris Yeltsin, it depicted the economic crisis that followed Russia's transition towards a free market economy, and with it, a lost generation, with no job security, who are pushed into a world of crime and rebellion. Despite a modest budget of US$700,000, and a limited cinematic release, it became a national hit in Russia as well its soundtrack, popularized by 'Seryoga's' (Серёга) music video "Чёрный Бумер" ("Black Bummer"). Both the film and its soundtrack have won awards, including the prestigious Golden Aries from the Russian Guild of Film critics.

Markimdb: 7.7
Genreaction, drama, crime
CountryRussia, USA
Duration02:07

Arriving in Moscow, Chechen veteran Danila (Sergei Bodrov Jr) meets Konstantin, an old friend who tells him that his twin brother has been forced into signing a crooked contract with a US ice hockey team. Soon after this meeting, Danila discovers Konstantin dead and he sets out to avenge his death; a journey that leads him to Chicago and a whole new experience.

Markimdb: 4.9
Genredrama, crime
CountryRussia
Duration01:25

Young woman decides to revenge her husband killers.

Markimdb: 6.5
Genredrama, crime
CountryRussia
Duration01:49

1990s. Gangster Kiev. A team of four men is assigned to deliver a girl from Prague, nicknamed "The Stranger." As the sister of a recently arrested criminal called Babai, her testimony could damage some important people.

Markimdb: 6.7
Genrefantastic, action
CountryRussia, USA
Duration02:30

    Henry, a newly resurrected cyborg who must save his wife/creator from the clutches of a psychotic tyrant with telekinetic powers, AKAN, and his army of mercenaries. Fighting alongside Henry is Jimmy, who is Henry's only hope to make it through the day. Hardcore takes place over the course of one day, in Moscow, Russia.

    Markimdb: 3.8
    Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
    CountryFrance, Russia
    Duration01:34

    After spending seven years in jail for an art heist, Frenchman Victor Lambert returns to Moscow to uncover the circumstances behind his son Jeremy's brutal murder. He is backed by his lover Alexandra, and by his ex-partner-in-crime, choreographer Souliman.

    Markimdb: 6.7
    Genrethriller, crime
    CountryRussia, Germany
    Duration01:35

    Billy is mute, but it hasn't kept her from becoming a successful makeup artist. While in Russia, working on a film directed by her sister's boyfriend, Andy, Billy finds herself trapped in the studio one night and is horrified to see a snuff film being made. Billy escapes and, with the help of her sister, Kate, alerts authorities about what she saw. Unfortunately, in doing so, she makes an enemy of the Russian mafia, who funded the snuff film.

    Markimdb: 7.1
    Genrethriller, drama, crime
    CountryRussia
    Duration01:12

    Early autumn, godforsaken Russian countryside. A local hunter Michail witnesses a skirmish in the middle of the forest - three men want to kill the forth, Andrey. Kind-hearted Michail helps Andrey escape and together they run from the villains who chase them. Thus, two totally different men start a long and dangerous journey together, constantly arguing with each other regarding their ideology, morals and opinions about life. But life will put everything on its place and make the men understand who they really are.

    Markimdb: 6.6
    Genreaction, thriller, comedy, crime
    CountryUSA, Russia
    Duration01:45

    After being set-up and betrayed by the man who hired him to assassinate a Texas Senator, an ex-Federale launches a brutal rampage of revenge against his former boss.

    Markimdb: 7.1
    Genremelodrama, drama, adventure
    CountryRussia

    1899, the Christmas-time St.Petersburg. Ice-covered rivers and canals of the capital seethe with festive activities. On the eve of the new century those who should not be destined to meet, come together. They are people from different worlds: Matvey, the son of a lamplighter, whose only treasure is his silver-plated skates; Alice is the daughter of a high-ranking official dreaming of science. Each of them has his own difficult life-story, but having accidentally met they rush forward together in pursuit of their dreams.

    Markimdb: 4.9
    Genrethriller, drama
    CountryRussia

    A loner American computer hacker is brought to Russia to commit bank fraud, only to find a family and love in the incomprehensible, violent, and chaotic Moscow underworld.

    Markimdb: 4.4
    Genrecomedy, melodrama
    CountryRussia
    Duration01:33

    As the new year celebrations approach, a bunch of characters throughout Russia experience diverse situations that eventually get interconnected towards a joyous finale.

    Markimdb: 4.5
    Genrecomedy, music
    CountryRussia
    Duration01:39

    For a successful DPS officer time to start a family, but he lives with his mother. When Petia decides to propose Olya marriage, his official car crashes into drunken pop star.

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    Genrecomedy
    CountryRussia

    A story about a guy who's working in the Zoo and his adventures.

    Markimdb: 6.1
    Genremilitary
    CountryRussia
    Duration01:44

    Great Patriotic War, early 1940s. After barely surviving a battle with a mysterious, ghostly-white Tiger tank, Red Army Sergeant Ivan Naydenov becomes obsessed with its destruction.

    Markimdb: 4.6
    Genrecomedy
    CountryRussia
    Duration01:26

    Рафшан и Джумжуд, гастарбайтеры из Нубарашена, нелегально приезжают в Москву, где бригадир Леонид получил у одного олигарха заказ на супердорогой ремонт. Потеряв в столице «нацайника», Рафшан и Джумжуд пытаются найти и спасти его, сея повсюду разрушения и хаос. Но в самой безнадёжной ситуации судьба поворачивается к гастарбайтерам лицом — Рафшан и Джумжуд узнают страшную тайну, которая изменит всё…

    Markimdb: 4.5
    Genrecomedy
    CountryRussia

    Artyom, a young adventurer, meets Felix - the once legendary art thief, who was called "Number One". The "Old School" and the newcomer decide to crank up the scam of the century - to steal one of the most expensive paintings of our time - "N 1" by Mark Rothko from the gallery owned by the ex-wife of Felix and her new husband. By chance, Artem meets Marina and falls in love with her. And she turns out to be an investigator and really wants to catch Felix red-handed.

    Markimdb: 6.9
    Genremelodrama
    CountryRussia
    Duration02:29

    Alex glides his mouse tenderly over online images of Vika. He has been smitten ever since he saw her with her friends and cannot get her out of his head. Now he has found Vika’s profile online and has learned a lot about her. Vika has no idea about any of this. She is beyond Alex’s reach because her school and block of flats are enemy territory for him. Alex nonetheless sneaks into a disco at her school and plucks up the courage to ask her to dance. Incensed by the intruder, the other boys give Alex a beating.

    Markimdb: 5.2
    Genredrama, biography, history
    CountryRussia

    Russian troops occupied Paris. Russia became the first power in the world. Now everything seems possible. Young winners, guards officers, are sure that equality and freedom will come - here and now. For this they are ready to sacrifice everything - position, wealth, love, life ... and the country itself.

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    Genredrama
    CountryRussia, USA

    A drama about a Russian artist who desperately tries to find himself in New York.

    Genrehorror, thriller
    CountryRussia

    Ksyusha barely remembers her father: he went missing when she was a child. Incredibly, he is showing signs of life, despite being in a coma. The man is returned home in this condition. His wife has now remarried. The family is thrown into disarray by the return of the former master of the house – terrifying things are happening in the house, and Ksyusha’s mom starts acting weird… Ksyusha begins to suspect that something supernatural, icy, and lifeless has come home with her father. And now Ksyusha and her stepfather are about to find themselves protecting their family from a demon.

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    Genredrama
    CountryRussia

    They say good girls go to heaven, and bad girls go wherever they want. Boys have no better options. His wife left Pashka. And he began to suffer selflessly: drunkenness, scandals, fights with the culprit of the breakup, doctors, drunkenness again, pills and even a clinic of neuroses. But he was quickly discharged, they said that he was healthy, and that he needed to continue living alone, if possible. Pashka, however, was very bad at it, until one day he met a beautiful stranger at the pharmacy. Night, wine, her apartment. Will love save this time or can it let go like that?

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    Genrecomedy, adventure
    CountryRussia

    They are very different, but they have one dream - to reach heaven. The famous Moscow stand-up comedian Ilya Pogorelov was publicly accused of lying by his ex, and now he needs to "just" survive. And the shy provincial Sanyok wants to break out of his cocoon and live for real at least a little. By chance (or providence), Sanyok and Ilya set off together on a journey to the sea to find themselves, make their dreams come true and find love. The duet "Pogorelov and Sanyok" formed along the way will travel across the floor of Russia, blow up TikTok, make millions laugh and move - make hearts beat faster and remind you how to enjoy life.

    Markimdb: 6.4
    Genrecomedy, drama
    CountryRussia
    Duration01:06

    The life of the ordinary teenager Vania changes when he makes the acquaintance of three strange guys. Sportsmen, hooligans, dreamers – they call themselves “Rag Union” and believe that they can change the world. Enchanted by his new friendship, Vania puts them up at his dacha and tries to become part of their grand organization. But the neighbour girl Sasha has her own plans with this company.

    Markimdb: 5.8
    Genredrama, military, history
    CountryRussia
    Duration01:00

    Yesterday's Leningrad schoolgirl Masha Yablochkina, after a fierce blockade winter of 1941-1942, comes to the railway courses hoping to survive and gain strength. From there, the girl is sent to the construction of the Shlisselburg highway, which connects the city with the mainland and is in direct sight of German artillery. So the heroine gets into the 48th locomotive column of the special reserve NKPS, which, at the cost of the deadly risk, will have to deliver 75% of all cargo and military equipment to Leningrad.

    Markimdb: 4.6
    Genrecomedy, adventure
    CountryRussia
    Duration02:41

    A police detective is going through different adventures while he is stuck in a little boy body.

    Markimdb: 4.3
    Genrecomedy
    CountryRussia
    Duration01:56

    It's been a year since Katya's wedding so now Dasha is getting ready to marry.

    Markimdb: 5.5
    Genrethriller, comedy, drama
    CountryRussia, Republic of Ireland
    Duration02:02

    The volatile intersections of contemporary Moscow and the intimate lives of five people.

    Markimdb: 7.6
    Genredocumentary
    CountryRussia

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    Markimdb: 4.1
    Genrecomedy
    CountryRussia

    Konstantin, a songwriter and master guitarist, runs away from numerous problems to the nature reserve Mikhailovskoye. Kostya has long lost any way of income and has almost given up hope to be heard, living by sheer inertia and often drawing on alcohol. His wife and daughter are going to Canada, and in his head he constantly turns around the question: what exactly has gone wrong? How can he put it right? Does anyone need his creative work at all, or has he just talked himself into that? Maybe Konstantin has enough energy to change things, but he strongly doubts that: indeed, why and for whom should he try. Nevertheless, the nature reserve is the right place to collect his thoughts, break the minefield of his own life into sections, and get to work.

    Markimdb: 6.3
    Genredrama
    CountryRussia
    Duration01:33

    Andrey lives with his sick mother, suffering serious disease, schizophrenia. Close relatives are tired of dealing with the disease: his father cut loose from his family long time ago, now he has another family; his sister also left home and for several years no one has heard from her. Only Andrey does not give up - day after day he fosters his sick mother, saves money and compiles documents to take her to Germany for treatment. But the fate is merciless to the main character - his mom dies the day before the departure - Andrey's world turned upside down - He hits the road to talk to his sister, to look into his father's eyes, to understand himself... "The Son" is a parable, a dream. The film is based upon a simple story about complicated relationships between a son and his parents and, what is most important, with himself. The relationships that end in tragic outcome.

    Markimdb: 5.5
    Genredrama
    CountryRussia
    Duration01:45

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    Markimdb: 7.1
    Genredrama
    CountryRussia, Estonia, Finland, Kazakhstan, Belarus
    Duration01:45

    Anya, a young academic raised in an orphanage, is on the cusp of success when she’s accused of drug possession. While in limbo hiding from the police, she hits the road with Kristina, another orphan several years Anya’s junior, in search of her possibly mythical grandmother.

    Markimdb: 2.9
    Genrecomedy, melodrama
    CountryRussia
    Duration01:20

    A romantic comedy about the adventures of the two old friends, former classmates, Mira and Olga in today Moscow.

    Markimdb: 5.6
    Genredrama
    CountryRussia
    Duration01:27

    A story of adoption told without glamour and hypocrisy that usually accompanies this topic.Anna is a top model, who was adopted by a French couple as a child. She returns to her hometown with a charity mission from France.A story of an orphan turned princess becomes a legend in her native provincial town. Anna gets treated like royal person and everyone expects miracles from herAnna is confused and cannot understand what all these people want from her. She is used to a calm and logical western lifestyle. Her home is France, in Russia she is a guest. Horrified, she watches her photographer boyfriend Michelle, admire incomprehensible Russian mentality

    Markimdb: 5.6
    Genrefantasy, comedy, family
    CountryRussia
    Duration02:21

    In the ordinary and bustling city of Moscow there is an unusual House, overgrown with hundreds of secrets and mysteries. In this house there is a strange apartment, in which not a single tenant has stayed for a long time. And only when an independent mother with a charming 8-year-old daughter Alina comes to this “nice” apartment, new tenants will find out that their living space is not easy, and the real Boggart lives in it. Only here the keeper of the hearth has long been offended by the entire human race and will do all imaginable nastiness, just to be left alone in the ill-fated apartment. But everything changes when the evil witch challenges Homeovy ...

    Markimdb: 5.6
    Genrethriller, comedy, drama
    CountryRussia
    Duration01:19

    Contemporary Moscow. Svyatoslav, a poor boy, falls in love with Asya, a rich girl, and wants to marry her. To support her in the manner in which she is accustomed, he opens an upscale restaurant. But he soon discovers he has a unseen enemy.

    Markimdb: 5.6
    Genreaction, drama, military
    CountryRussia
    Duration01:20

    The ruthless extremist Bazgaev responsible for terrorist attacks which lead to deaths of hundreds of civilians, among them school children, is planning new actions. A group of security officers is to track and destroy him. Based on a true story.

    Markimdb: 6.3
    Genredrama
    CountryRussia
    Duration01:42

    Liuba Vasnetsova lives in a provincial boarding school, dreams of finishing it sooner rather than later and go to St Petersburg to become a stewardess. The future seems bright: after boarding school she receives the keys to a new apartment, with a new life ahead. But on the day of her graduation she learns that she is not an orphan: her father is alive and not dead, as she was told earlier. The girl is shaken and decides to find him.

    Markimdb: 6.7
    Genredrama, crime
    CountryRussia, France, Germany
    Duration02:08

    During the Gorbachev years, Platon Makovski and his four buddies are university students who jump on the private capitalism movement. Fast-forward 20 years, Platon finds himself the richest man in Russia, having sacrificed his friends to get to the top. But with this cynical rise, comes a brutal fall.

    Markimdb: 4.6
    Genrethriller
    CountryRussia

    The company of three guys and two girls makes their way to the old funicular to have an unforgettable New Year’s Eve celebration at the top of the mountain. A fun adventure turns into a nightmare when the funicular stops over the abyss. Coldness, height and fear of a slow death make them reveal their true essence and get in a fight with each other.

    Markimdb: 6
    Genredrama
    CountryArmenia, Russia

    The history of Levon and Armen, whose roads had diverged 16 years ago, but one casual encounter reveals the secrets of the past. Will they return the lost?

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    Genredrama
    CountryRussia
    Duration01:49

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    Markimdb: 5.9
    Genremelodrama, drama, detective
    CountryFrance, Russia, Ukraine
    Duration01:27

    After taking a wrong turn in their car, a young gay Russian couple witnesses what they believe is a vicious gay bashing; their quandary over what to do about it propels them into ever more dangerous territory. For Anton, the burden of what they may have witnessed outweighs Vlad's fear of probing too deeply into the incident. When the police prove indifferent, Anton talks his skeptical lover into launching their own amateur investigation into the incident. Their risky search for the truth has unexpected - and grim - consequences in this suspenseful drama that comments on the ongoing mistreatment of LGBT people in Russia.

    Markimdb: 6.2
    Genrethriller, drama
    CountryRussia
    Duration01:55

    While examining one of her patients, a doctor reveals that her husband is cheating with the patient's wife.

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    Genrecomedy
    CountryRussia
    Duration01:35

    Fell in love with a stranger in a social network - it happened to many people..

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    Genrefantasy, family, cartoon
    CountryRussia
    Duration01:50

    A family comedy about a young Prince, who sets on a mission to find a missing Princess from the neighborhood kingdom. Along the journey, Prince meets a doopie dragon who joins him on an adventure, but Prince does not know that the dragon isn't who he says he is.

    Markimdb: 3.8
    Genrecomedy
    CountryRussia
    Duration02:26

    A swindler on the lam uses his impersonating skills to pose as a grandmother in a nursing home, where his disguise complicates his love life.

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    Genredrama
    CountryRussia, Poland, United Kingdom

    The creators of the legendary tango à trois reunite for an encore performance 25 years after breaking up. Determined to take on the night as if they had never aged they face the realities when their families arrive to join the audience.

    Markimdb: 7.5
    Genredrama, biography, sport
    CountryRussia
    Duration02:14

    Biopic of Russian ice hockey legend Valeri Kharlamov from early childhood, rising to the pinnacle of the sport and his untimely death




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