Ukrainian movies are detective

List of the best Ukrainian detective movies selected by visitors to our site: Stand, Смертельно живий, The Grotesque Mansion, The Exception, It's Not My Freaking Business, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Personal Interest, Frost, Unforgotten Shadows, A Gentle Creature.

In the top there are new films of 2022, a plot description and trailers for films that have already been released.

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: 6.6
Genrethriller, drama, detective
CountryUkraine
Duration01:14

Everything is destined, isn't it?

Markimdb: 6
Genrehorror
CountrySouth Korea

Horror webtoon writer Ji-woo arrives at a shabby apartment called Gwanglim Mansion in search of ideas. The middle-aged caretaker with an expressionless facial expression unravels a bundle of strange events that happened in the apartment, and rooms 504, 708... The more Ji-woo hears the story, the more he becomes obsessed with the Ghost Mansion.

Markimdb: 6.8
Genremelodrama, drama, military, history
CountryUnited Kingdom, USA

A German soldier tries to determine if the Dutch resistance has planted a spy to infiltrate the home of Kaiser Wilhelm in Holland during the onset of World War II, but falls for a young Jewish Dutch woman during his investigation.

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Genrecomedy
CountryRussia

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

Markimdb: 8.7
Genredrama
CountryUSA
Duration02:13

While serving time for insanity at a state mental hospital, implacable rabble-rouser, Randle Patrick McMurphy inspires his fellow patients to rebel against the authoritarian rule of head nurse, Mildred Ratched.

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Genremelodrama, detective
CountryUkraine
Duration01:00

Tatiana makes her escape from prison and seeks a hideout in a remote village of Pavlovka, in her late grandmother’s house. There she meets Maxim who has come to the village to take a break from the hectic city life. Instant chemistry sparks between them. Everything would be just fine were it not for Tatiana’s ex-boyfriend, Oleg, who comes to the village looking for her. Tatiana is forced to tell Maxim the whole truth about herself. She tells him about the robbery she committed together with Oleg and how she took all the blame on herself and then escaped from prison. Maxim assures her that he will be by her side no matter what and will help her get through all this. But things are not as simple as they seem, because Maxim isn’t who he pretends to be.

Markimdb: 5.7
Genredrama, detective, military
CountryLithuania, France, Ukraine, Poland, Luxembourg, Monaco
Duration02:23

Rokas and Inga, a couple of young Lithuanians, volunteer to drive a cargo van of humanitarian aid to Ukraine. They cross the vast snowy lands of the Donbass region, drifting into the lives of those affected by the war.

Markimdb: 6.1
Genrethriller, fantasy, adventure, detective
CountryUkraine
Duration01:49

A young college student and a group of friends find themselves victims of demons unwillingly released during a mishap at a prestiguous University. To reverse the curse and save themselves, they travel to the forbidden mystical forest in western Ukraine. There, they must locate the legendary Molfars that can help rid them of demonic possession and save each of them from certain death. Danger lurks in the forest and personality clashes add to the tension as the young students fight for survival.

Markimdb: 6.5
Genredrama, detective
CountryFrance, Russia, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Ukraine
Duration01:26

Loosely inspired by Dostoyevsky’s short story A Gentle Creature about a woman who travels to a prison in a remote region to track down her incarcerated husband.

Markimdb: 6.8
Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, comedy, drama, detective
CountryUkraine

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: 5.5
Genredetective
CountryRussia, Ukraine
Duration01:50

The former policeman dismissed from the criminal investigation Department for abuse of authority, entrusted to engage in the search for gunner burglary and for conspiracy, in the interests of the investigation, it is prescribed by the district. So again, in fact, from scratch, Stas begins his career…

Markimdb: 6.5
Genremelodrama
CountryRussia
Duration01:49

Dmitry is a strong willed, solid guy. He could easily quit the game, if only he knew he was playing.

Markimdb: 7.2
Genreaction, drama
CountryRussia
Duration01:40

The film follows a romantic liaison between a young woman from Kiev, who is a supporter of the pro-European Maidan uprising, and a man from Sevastopol who joins the pro-Russian resistance in the aftermath of Maidan’s success in Kiev.

Markimdb: 6.2
Genrefantastic, action, adventure
CountryUSA
Duration02:34

Sam Witwicky takes his first tenuous steps into adulthood while remaining a reluctant human ally of Autobot-leader Optimus Prime. The film centers around the space race between the USSR and the USA, suggesting there was a hidden Transformers role in it all that remains one of the planet's most dangerous secrets.

Markimdb: 7.1
Genredrama, sport
CountryUSA

Between personal obligations and training for his next big fight against an opponent with ties to his family's past, Adonis Creed is up against the challenge of his life.

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Genrecomedy, detective
CountryRussia, Ukraine
Duration01:28

В захудалом бюро переводов одессит Боря случайно знакомится с переводчицей Томой. И не верит собственным глазам – Тома как две капли воды похожа на актрису Уму Турман. У Бори мгновенно рождается гениальная идея: если Тому приодеть, подучить приличным манерам, никто и не отличит ее от кинозвезды. А за встречу с настоящей Умой Турман нувориши заплатят, не скупясь...

Markimdb: 7.2
Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
CountryUkraine

In an ordinary looking apartment, a father and daughter play a game of hide-and-seek. While searching for his daughter, she is nowhere to be found... Later, a video is posted which shows the girl holding a sign with a mysterious set of numbers. But what do they mean? She’s the first of several children who disappear without a trace in a small industrial town.Young detectives Varta Naumova and Maksim Shumov take on the complex case and… their own demons. Varta is a distant person and extremely protective of her personal space, while Maksim comes across as an easy-going sociable guy. Both have experienced trauma in their lives, and this case touches them on a deeper level. They become personally vested in finding the children and apprehending the kidnapper as they face their respective pasts.

Markimdb: 7.7
Genredocumentary, biography, sport
CountryGermany
Duration01:58

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.

Markimdb: 4.5
Genredrama, history
CountryRussia
Duration02:08

The early Middle Ages. A time of heavy swords and dark blood law. The ruling clan is in discord. The guilt for the accidental death of the brother has fallen on the Grand Duke. According to the law, revenge must be taken by the younger brother, a bastard. For the refusal to kill, he has to pay with eve- rything he had, because “for peace you need more swords than for a war”...

Markimdb: 7
Genredrama, music
CountryArgentina
Duration01:31

In the unique world of the Buenos Aires celebrity-impersonator scene, “Elvis” Gutiérrez is a star. By day, though, he must contend with a dead-end factory job and an ex-wife who worries about how his obsessive behavior affects their young daughter, Lisa Marie. Feeling more connected to his persona as the King than to his own family, Gutiérrez retreats from reality until a tragic accident interrupts his plans and forces him to grapple with his real-world responsibilities.

Markimdb: 4.9
Genrecomedy, sport
CountryCanada

Rival groups in a skiing school do battle on and off the piste. One gang are rich and serious, the other group are party animals.

Markimdb: 5.9
Genredrama
CountryIsrael
Duration01:30

After Ivan lost a lot of money to the criminal boss Franco he must work for him. First task is to guard the apartment where young girl Nika from Ukraine is forced to work as a prostitute.

Markimdb: 6.7
Genredrama, military, music
CountryGermany
Duration01:40

Three musically talented children look to the future, but their hopes crumble when Germany and Russia enter into war.

Markimdb: 5.9
Genremelodrama, drama, military, history
CountryCanada, United Kingdom
Duration02:10

Set between the two World Wars and based on true historical events, Bitter Harvest conveys the untold story of the Holodomor, the genocidal famine engineered by the tyrant Joseph Stalin. The film displays a powerful tale of love, honour, rebellion and survival at a time when Ukraine was forced to adjust to the horrifying territorial ambitions of the burgeoning Soviet Union.

Markimdb: 5.5
Genrehorror, comedy
CountrySweden, Russia
Duration01:38

Vampires terrorize a city in Norrbotten, Sweden.

Markimdb: 4.7
Genreaction, thriller
CountryUSA
Duration01:38

When former black ops operative Tom Steele and his partner Manning are assigned to decommission an old prison, they must oversee the arrival of two mysterious female prisoners. Before long, an elite force of mercenaries assault the prison in search of the new arrivals. As the true identities of the women are revealed, Steele realizes he's caught in the middle of something far bigger than he had imagined.

Markimdb: 7.1
Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, musical, adventure, cartoon
CountryRussia
Duration01:08

Dobrinya Nikitich goes on a quest to save the royal niece and finds out whether his old friend Zmey Gorinich is loyal to him. During the adventures, he is accompanied by the royal messenger who's in love with the royal niece.

Markimdb: 3.5
Genrethriller, drama, military, history
CountryRussia

In the center of the plot of the film is a young soldier of the Ukrainian army, Andrei Sokolov, who is sent to the combat zone as a driver. Fleeing from the shelling, Andrew finds himself in the basement of a dwelling house, where he meets different people, each of whom dreams of only one thing - so that the war will end as soon as possible.

Markimdb: 7.8
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, crime, music, history
CountrySoviet Union
Duration02:33

ASSA is set in Crimea during the winter in the mid eighties. A young musician (Bananan) falls for mobster's (Krymov) young mistress (Alika). The parallel story line involves an 18th century assassination plot.

Markimdb: 7.4
Genrecomedy, drama
CountryUSA
Duration01:46

A film based on the semi-autobiographical novel of the same name by American writer Jonathan Safran Foer, in which a young Jewish American man endeavors—with the help of eccentric, distant relatives—to find the woman who saved his grandfather during World War II, in a Ukrainian village which was ultimately razed by the Nazis.

Markimdb: 7.8
Genremelodrama, drama, music
CountrySoviet Union

In a Carpathian village, Ivan falls in love with Marichka, the daughter of his father's killer. When tragedy befalls her, his grief lasts months; finally he rejoins the colorful life around him, marrying Palagna. She wants children but his mind stays on his lost love. To recapture his attention, Palagna tries sorcery, and in the process comes under the spell of the sorcerer, publicly humiliating Ivan, who then fights the sorcerer. The lively rhythms of village life, the work and the holidays, the pageant and revelry of weddings and funerals, the change of seasons, and nature's beauty give proportion to Ivan's tragedy.

Markimdb: 3.6
Genrethriller, drama
CountryUnited Kingdom
Duration01:31

Jerome (Adam Deacon) breaks out of his council estate gang and becomes a successful and famous footballer, but he soon learns that his old life isn't as easy to leave behind as he had hoped when his old gang catch up with him and start demanding regular payments.

Markimdb: 2.7
Genremelodrama, drama
CountryIndia

A college student must win an inter college competition to save his college from being demolished by property builders.

Markimdb: 7
Genredrama
CountryAustria, France, Germany
Duration02:15

A nurse from the Ukraine searches for a better life in the West, while an unemployed security guard from Austria heads East for the same reason. Both are looking for work, a new beginning, an existence, struggling to believe in themselves, to find a meaning in life..

Markimdb: 6.9
Genrecomedy
CountryGermany
Duration01:59

A comedy that follows an ex-con who lands a position at a school that sits over the spot where money from one of his earlier robberies was stashed.

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: 6.5
Genreaction, thriller, adventure
CountryUSA, Japan
Duration03:37

A spinoff of The Fate of the Furious, focusing on Johnson's US Diplomatic Security Agent Luke Hobbs forming an unlikely alliance with Statham's Deckard Shaw.

Markimdb: 8
Genremelodrama, drama, cartoon, anime
CountryJapan
Duration01:00

Spring time in April and the last of the cherry blossoms are still in bloom. The usually aloof bookworm with no interest in others comes across a book in a hospital waiting room. Handwritten on the cover are the words: "Living with Dying." He soon discovers that it is a diary kept by his very popular and genuinely cheerful classmate, Sakura Yamauchi, who reveals to him that she is secretly suffering from a pancreatic illness and only has a limited time left. It is at this moment that she gains just one more person to share her secret. Trying to maintain a normal life as much as possible, Sakura is determined to live her life to the fullest until the very last day. As her free spirit and unpredictable actions throw him for a loop, his heart begins to gradually change.

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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: 8
Genremelodrama, drama, musical, family
CountryUSA
Duration03:01

This lavishly produced and critically acclaimed screen adaptation of the international stage sensation tells the life-affirming story of Tevye (Topol), a poor milkman whose love, pride and faith help him face the oppression of turn-of-the-century Czarist Russia. Nominated for eight Academy Awards.

Markimdb: 6.5
Genrecomedy
CountryUSA
Duration01:41

In an attempt to resurrect the slapstick comedy of Laurel and Hardy or The Marx Brothers, Stanley Tucci and Oliver Platt team-up as two out-of-work actors who accidentally stow away on a ship to hide from a drunken, belligerent lead actor who has sworn to kill them for belittling his talents.

Markimdb: 8.4
Genrecomedy, family, cartoon, short
CountrySoviet Union

The day comes when an old watchdog becomes useless but the masters being kind don't decide to drive him away. However they turn exasperated when the Dog stays indifferent during a home theft. The Dog leaves for the forest, where he meets the Wolf, his old enemy.

Markimdb: 7
Genremelodrama, drama, adventure, military, history
CountryPoland, Soviet Union
Duration03:24

In the mid-17th century, Poland was the largest, most democratic, and most tolerant country in Europe. However, a tragic civil war brought about the gradual decline of the once glorious republic...

Markimdb: 6.3
Genremelodrama, drama, adventure, military, history
CountryYugoslavia, USA
Duration02:02

Ukraine, 16th century. While the Poles dominate the Cossack steppes, Andrei, son of Taras Bulba, a Cossack leader, must choose between his love for his family and his folk and his passion for a Polish woman.

Markimdb: 7.7
Genredrama
CountryHungary, Soviet Union

The Soviet-Hungarian film version of the biography of one of the most talented composers of our time, the classic of the Vienna operetta - Imre Kálmán, known for all his music for operettas "The Csárdás Princess", "Countess Maritza", "The Circus Princess", "The Violet of Montmartre", "Die Bajadere" and many others. The music of Imre Kálmán has no equal in operetta for its festivity, “elegance”, and the refinement of melodics and orchestration.

Markimdb: 6.4
Genrecomedy, crime
CountryRussia
Duration01:28

Москва. Наши дни. В центре города из машины двое воришек крадут сумку с миллионом евро, думая, что им, наконец, повезло, и даже не представляя, во что, на самом деле, они ввязались. За деньгами начинается настоящая охота. Перед искушением не может устоять никто. Сумма в виде двух пачек денег по полмиллиона евро делает абсолютно разных людей одинаковыми в своих поступках и желаниях: А началось все с того, что "миллионщик" Григорий не захотел честно платить налоги.

Markimdb: 6.2
Genrecomedy
CountryFrance, Belgium, Canada

Simon, 35, has returned to live temporarily with his father. They make life unbearable for each other. To add spice to this situation, Uncle Maurice and Aunt Mala, Ernest's brother and sister, meddle in everything and, notably, try to find a "nice little Jewish girl" for Simon to marry. When Ernest passes away, Simon fulfils his father's last request: bury him in the village where he was born, in the depths of Ukraine. And so Simon finds himself caught up in an event-packed road movie in the company of his paranoid old uncle, his aunt who nags him endlessly about his "Goy dancer", his six-years-old son, his father's body and his ghost, and also a rabbit. Not to mention his ex who hassles him by phone. The journey will be nothing like a cruise down the Nile!

Markimdb: 7.2
Genrehorror, fantasy, drama
CountrySoviet Union
Duration01:17

A young priest is ordered to preside over the wake of a witch in the church of a remote village. This means spending three nights alone with the corpse with only his faith to protect him.




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