Russian movies about travel

List of the best Russian travel movies selected by visitors to our site: The Heart and How to Use It, Roads to Koktebel, Rodina Trip, I Won't Come Back, Escape to Greece, Without Borders, Vladivostok Vacation, Honest Divorce, City Birds, Ivan Tsarevich & the Grey Wolf 3.

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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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: 6.9
Genremelodrama, drama, adventure
CountryRussia
Duration01:40

A widowed aeronautics engineer, who has lost his job, travels with his son hopping freight trains from Moscow to Koktebel, a town by the Black Sea, to start a new life with the father's sister.

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Genredocumentary
CountryRussia
Duration00:50

«Rodina» means «homeland». It is a 50 minutes road movie about 2 football fans traveling 3000 km from a rural village to the World Cup. The main hero, Uncle Sasha, has never left his village (the place even without mobile services) for 30 years. For the first time in his life he sees foreigners, big cities and his own country not on a tv screen.

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.

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Genrecomedy, adventure
CountryRussia

Arthur has everything he could wish for: a lovely girlfriend, work on the radio, an apartment in the center of Moscow. Trying to find himself, he goes to Turkey, the place where his journey starts. An array of accidental and crazy acquaintances interrupts his vacation, leading him illegally to Greece where his life changes forever. ‘Escape to Greece’ is an adventurous comedy about love, soul-searching, and how nothing happens by accident.

Markimdb: 6.2
Genrecomedy, melodrama, adventure
CountryRussia
Duration02:39

Few not connected novels about the love. Few couples falling in love in different places of post USSR: Moscow, Georgia, Armenia.

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Genredocumentary, music
CountryRussia, USA
Duration02:29

Once upon a time in Russia, communism fell and Rock 'n' Roll rose to power. One band reigned supreme and toured far and wide across the eastern earth, but never even left Russia - until now. They only have once chance, to not only rule Russia -but to become the best band in the West. The strategy is simple - get on the boat, create an album - and make new friends. All with hopes of finally becoming a household name in the United States. But sometimes fame is harder than just toppling a government.

Genrecomedy
CountryRussia

Gena tried all his life to be the support of the family. For this, he even abandoned his stormy youth and dreams of becoming a KVN star. And when, 25 years later, his wife called him boring and offered to divorce, Gena decides to make up for lost time - fill his life with adventure and go to the KVN festival in Sochi. And a new acquaintance pushes him to this journey - a beautiful girl of very easy virtue. She is sure that the talented Gena will quickly become a star of humor with her help. If it doesn't disappear even faster, along with a decent amount from Genya's card.

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Genrecomedy, melodrama
CountryRussia
Duration01:43

Romantic stories of three friends...

Markimdb: 5.6
Genrefantasy, comedy, adventure, family, cartoon
CountryRussia
Duration01:10

The continuation of a funny adventures of the heroes from "Ivan Tsarevich i Seryy Volk" and "Ivan Tsarevich i Seryy Volk 2".

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Genredrama
CountryRussia, Latvia, Lithuania

15 August 1990. Viktor Tsoi, the Soviet Union’s most famous rock star, leader of the band Kino, a symbol of freedom and change, dies in an accident on a Latvian highway. The bus driver who was involved in the tragic accident will bring his body back to Leningrad. A party of mourners – Tsoi’s wife and her new boyfriend, his mistress, his producer, his young son and an obsessed photographer – are part of the trip back. This is going to be a long trip, the perfect occasion for an agonizing unravelling of love, jealousy, ambition, and greed.

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Genrecomedy
CountryRussia, USA

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Markimdb: 6.4
Genreadventure, family, detective
CountryRussia
Duration01:29

Two classmates are trying to find a mysterious lake inhabited with a few feet long fishes.

Markimdb: 6.2
Genredrama
CountryRussia
Duration01:41

Catholic nun travels to another country and make spirit revolution.

Markimdb: 5.5
Genrecomedy, adventure, family, cartoon
CountryRussia
Duration01:25

Krash decides to throw his best buddy Barry an unforgettable birthday party. He contacts the DejaVu Agency, which organizes exciting time travel adventures. A cataclysmic accident occurs after the Kikoriki crew fail to follow the rules and scatter the group across time. Krash has to find and retrieve his friends through the ages with the help of his alter ego from another time and place, who materializes out of the rupture in the space-time continuum. Just when you thought the Kikoriki adventures couldn't get wilder, along comes this thrilling time travel adventure suitable for all ages across the globe.

Markimdb: 6.2
Genredrama, adventure
CountryRussia
Duration01:10

The word "rok" in Russian means both rock music and fate. The film's heroes, who want to conquer the musical Olympus of Moscow, are accompanied by both. This troika is not even a group yet, not a team, and probably not even friends. But that's at the beginning. The further the heroes leave home, the more dangerous their adventures and the people they met on the way become, and the more strongly the children change inside. The film is a journey, a search of the self, where the road to the dream is the greatest, most dangerous and unforgettable adventure in the life of the young provincial musicians.

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Genredocumentary
CountryRussia

In the summer of 2014, a group of actors of the Gogol Center (Moscow) and the State Academic Drama Theater named after Fedor Volkov (Yaroslavl), headed by Kirill Serebrennikov, went on an expedition to the Yaroslavl region. The purpose of the expedition is to prepare a play based on the poem by N.A. Nekrasov "Who is to live well in Russia". The theater studied life, read a Nekrasov poem together with residents of villages and cities, wrote down documentary monologues of people, asked each person one of the main questions of the poem and today's life: “Who should live well in Russia?” The artist of "The Seventh Studio" Alexander Gorchilin and cameraman Ksenia Sereda recorded every second of this amazing research trip.

Markimdb: 6.2
Genreaction, fantasy, drama, adventure
CountryRussia
Duration02:01

These are times when one civilization is replacing another. A new era is about to begin in Central Eurasia. Scythians, the proud warriors, are all but gone. The few of their descendants have become ruthless mercenary assassins, the “waves of Ares.” Lutobor, is a soldier with a difficult task at hand. He becomes involved in internecine conflicts and sets off on a perilous journey to save his family. His guide is a captive Scythian by the name of Weasel. Lutobor and Weasel are enemies. They pray to different gods but must embark on this journey together. They brave the wild steppes, moving toward the last haven of the Scythians, to what seems to be their inevitable demise…

Markimdb: 6.8
Genredrama
CountryRussia
Duration01:35

The film is a journey through the amazing life of Alekseyev. He drank tea with Tarkovsky, got into the KGB because of Gagarin, competed with Kalashnikov and Vysotsky. One day, he will learn more about himself than he knew and could have imagined: about his talent, about the mark that he left in the destinies of other people. You can live your life again if someone loves you.

Markimdb: 5.9
Genredrama, adventure, detective, military, history
CountryGermany, France, Italy, Russia, Poland, Canada, Turkey, Jordan
Duration02:19

In 1915 a man survives the Armenian genocide in the Ottoman Empire, but loses his family, speech and faith. One night he learns that his twin daughters may be alive, and goes on a quest to find them.

Markimdb: 4.7
Genrethriller, fantasy, adventure
CountryRussia, Ukraine, Germany, United Kingdom, Czech Republic, China
Duration01:54

The Russian Czar Peter the Great commissions Jonathan Green, an English traveller, to map the Far East territories of the Russian Empire. Green sets off on yet another long journey, full of unbelievable adventures, which eventually leads him to China. On his way, the famous cartographer makes breath-taking discoveries, meets mysterious creatures, Chinese princesses, deadly masters of oriental martial arts, and even Lun Van, the King of Dragons, himself. What could be more perilous than looking into the eyes of Viy? Only meeting him again… What will prevail this time — the unflinching scepticism of the scientist or ancient black magic, which has already gained influence over the Far East Lands?

Markimdb: 5
Genrecomedy, melodrama, adventure
CountryRussia
Duration01:20

    A comedy about funny adventures of the married couple on the remote island.

    Markimdb: 6.4
    Genrefantastic, comedy, adventure
    CountryRussia
    Duration01:55

    A parody film about space directed by members of NOM.

    Markimdb: 6
    Genrecomedy
    CountryRussia
    Duration01:25

    Old skipper travels with his old ship called "Fortune" on the Russian river.

    Markimdb: 5.4
    Genredrama, documentary
    CountryRussia

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    Markimdb: 6.8
    Genredrama
    CountryRussia
    Duration01:35

    Before an important audition, the opera teacher recommends sleep, walks and Schubert. Feeling lost, desperate and rebellious, Erik does the exact opposite (except for the Schubert bit), spending his nights with a disillusioned older colleague and excessive amounts of vodka. Erik has a boyfriend but a chance encounter with the semi-criminal Lyokha awakens passion of a whole new caliber in him.

    Markimdb: 6.8
    Genredrama, adventure
    CountryRussia
    Duration01:28

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    Markimdb: 4.3
    Genrecomedy, adventure, family
    CountryRussia
    Duration01:28

    Is it fun to be panda? May be... But not for Misha whose job is to work as a panda during birthday parties.

    Markimdb: 6.7
    Genrefamily
    CountryRussia

    When his father sells their baby camel Altynka, his mother, Mara, escapes to be find her calf. Her disappearance is a potential disaster for the family so eldest son, Bayir, takes off to retrieve her. What follows is part road movie, part coming-of-age as Bayr adventures across the Kalmyk steppe.

    Markimdb: 6.3
    Genrecomedy, drama
    CountryKazakhstan, Russia

    A lonely Russian man is trying to see his doughter who lives with her mother far away in the USA.

    Markimdb: 5.6
    Genredrama
    CountryRussia

    Ali, a shepherd who roams with his herds the desolate pastures of Central Asia, heads for a big city in search of his wife who left him many years ago and went to the city to earn her living. Their nine-year old son tags along.

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    Genrecomedy, drama
    CountryRussia

    A successful top manager of an investment company, Ivanov, is fleeing the harassment of security officials from Moscow to Kiev, a city without rules, and is trying to find a place for himself there. He discovers the opportunity for easy money, as everything around can be stolen. In Kiev, Ivanov, with his friend and business partner Spitsin, goes to night clubs, visits the gallery of modern art and prepares a deal to buy shipwrecks from a local scam. "Ivanov", shot in Kiev before the Maidan, is based on real events, it is a strange and bewitching tragicomedy about corruption, infidelity and loneliness.

    Markimdb: 3.6
    Genrecomedy
    CountryRussia

    All his life Myshkin was dreaming about becoming an actor. And now eight years old Dasha is trying to help him.

    Markimdb: 4.5
    Genrehorror, thriller
    CountryRussia
    Duration01:33

    Female protagonist’s brother dies under mysterious circumstances. Extremely vivid nightmares begin to haunt her and she decides to turn to the Institute of somnology for help. Along with other patients, they are induced into a «collective lucid dream». But at the dawn, they will awake to a completely different reality that is more horrifying than any nightmare.

    Markimdb: 4.1
    Genrefantasy, comedy, adventure, family, cartoon
    CountryRussia, Czech Republic, Belgium

    Harvie is a smart but a bit too lively boy with one ambition, to finish the last level of his computer game. Once in the Gamers Hall of Fame, his absent-minded father, would finally be proud of him. But finishing the game turns out to be only the start of a real adventure that takes Harvie, his dog Jerry, and his friend Monica deep into the forgotten realms of the city's old puppet museum.

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    Genrecomedy
    CountryRussia
    Duration01:35

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

    Markimdb: 5.8
    Genredrama, history
    CountryRussia
    Duration01:55

    The story is set at the times of Peter the Great’s reforms. At those times when an emerging empire was wreaking havoc on provincial medievalism. The times were the melting pot of everything – of beliefs and of nations. The history of Russian Asia was made by captive Swedes, outlanders, Bokharan merchants, civil servants and officers, convicts, architects and chroniclers, Chinese smugglers, shamans and escaped dissenters, Orthodox missionaries and warlike steppe-dwellers Jungars.

    Markimdb: 6.5
    Genrecomedy, drama
    CountryRussia
    Duration02:06

    Drama based on life and stories of one of the most popular Soviet/Russian writers - Sergei Dovlatov.

    Markimdb: 4.5
    Genrecomedy
    CountryRussia

    Tolya Sidorov is a simple worker of early retirement age from some remote place in Russia. Unexpectedly he discovers his artistic talent and becomes a sensation in the world of modern art. And all this because the creation of his masterpieces happens at a very intimate moment... The fame of the unusual artist spreads across the Internet, and even experts from Moscow come to visit an exhibition of Anatoly’s urinary painting. And like in the Russian fairy tale, the hero is miraculously showered with recognition and money. But Tolya prefers to stay incognito, trying to understand whether his work is real art. And the men from the factory would laugh at him if they found out.

    Markimdb: 4.9
    Genredrama, crime
    CountryRussia
    Duration01:25

    Young woman decides to revenge her husband killers.

    Markimdb: 6.4
    Genredrama, crime
    CountryRussia
    Duration02:14

    The 1990s. Empty shelves in the shops, an economic abyss and criminal dramas that unfold literally at every corner. The young leader of a criminal gang Anton Bykov, with the nickname “Bull”, must make money in whatever way to provide for his family. After a local shootout, Anton ends up in the police station, from where he is released at the intervention of Moscow’s crime lords. In exchange, the latter asks Anton for a small, but dangerous service

    Markimdb: 4.9
    Genrecomedy
    CountryRussia
    Duration02:27

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    Markimdb: 6.2
    Genreaction, drama, crime
    CountryRussia, Uzbekistan

    One of the most pressing issues of our day - the fight against drugs based disorders and logical solution. Uzbek film between the peoples of the world is a global problem, a broader and deeper look sharp sense of his goals in front of him

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    Genredrama
    CountryRussia

    A conversation between famous politician and a teenager changes both of them...

    Markimdb: 5.8
    Genrecomedy, drama
    CountryRussia
    Duration01:23

    Three old fiends decide to take vacation from the everyday life and join the archeological expedition.

    Markimdb: 6.2
    Genredrama
    CountryRussia
    Duration02:03

    A famous movies director tries to understand why his life started to change so drastically.

    Markimdb: 6.8
    Genredrama
    CountryRussia
    Duration01:47

    1998, Nalchik. A Jewish family is in trouble: the youngest son and his bride do not come home, and in the morning, a ransom note arrives. The ransom is so high that the family is forced not only to sell its small business, but also to seek help from its fellow tribesmen.

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    Genredrama, family
    CountryRussia

    As every summer, 12-year old Peter is spending the holidays at his grandmother's outside Moscow. But the happy days with the country house, the trees and the lake come to an abrupt end when his parents decide to emigrate to Germany. In the new, unfamiliar surroundings, Peter feels lost and he remains an outsider at school too. The result is that he withdraws increasingly into his own private world and imagines how he could get back to his grandmother's on his own initiative.

    Markimdb: 5.4
    Genrecomedy
    CountryRussia
    Duration01:40

    Progressive and talented Natasha and Roma dream of a European wedding by the sea... but Natasha's stepfather procured a different scenario. Rough official of the city administration considers the celebration as a springboard for their careers, and seeks to arrange all the «how to». Young awaits an unforgettable evening in the restaurant «Golden» with a complete set of the tedious rites. Not fight, the guys decide to spend their dream wedding in secret from conservative relatives. But by accident both celebration come together.

    Markimdb: 7.1
    Genredrama
    CountryRussia, Germany, Poland, China, Kazakhstan
    Duration01:49

    A young Asian immigrant worker in Moscow tried to track down her baby, whom she abandoned at the hospital.




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