Movies and TV shows set in ukraine
The list contains the best, new and most relevant movies set in ukraine ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out captivating, disturbing, psychological, serious, tense and realistic films and TV shows about / with female nudity, death, friendship, survival, murder, society, life is a bitch, war, love and betrayal plots mostly in Drama, History and War genres shot in Ukraine, Poland, France and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as ukraine: The Tribe (2014), Call Sign Banderas (2018), Import Export (2007), Famine '33 (1991), Bitter Harvest (2017), Jacob's Century (2016), Bad Roads (2020), Mr. Jones (2019), Cyborgs: Heroes Never Die (2017), Dovbush (2023).
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Ukraine, Netherlands
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
Deaf mute Sergey enters a specialized boarding school for deaf-and-dumb. In this new place, he needs to find his way through the hierarchy of the school’s network dealing with crimes and prostitution, the Tribe. By taking part of several ...
Style:
disturbing, depressing, surreal, art house, sexual ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens, teen drama, adult
Plot:
deaf, sign language, boarding school, deaf mute, sex scene, juvenile delinquency, prostitution, unwanted pregnancy, bullying, male nudity, troubled youth, female nudity ...
Time:
year 2014, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
ukraine, kiev ukraine
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Genre: Drama, Thriller, War
Country: Ukraine
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
In the autumn of 2014, in the ATO zone, an intelligence group headed by experienced captain Anton Saienko (called by nickname "Banderas") tries to prevent sabotage and neutralize the Russian saboteur.
Style:
suspense, captivating, tense
Plot:
counter intelligence, reconnaissance, war, terror, wartime, terrorism, soldier, social problems, prospector, diversion, fight, military ...
Time:
2010s, year 2014
Place:
ukraine, russia, eastern europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: Austria, France, Germany
Duration: 141 min.
Story:
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 ...
Style:
sexy, thought provoking, erotic, serious, bleak ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
illegal prostitution, female nudity, female masturbation, immigrant, voyeur, au pair, life is a bitch, starting over, self discovery, job seeking, hopes, misfit ...
Time:
90s, 21st century
Place:
ukraine, europe, austria, central europe, eastern europe
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
The film about the Holodomor famine in Ukraine, based on the novel 'The Yellow Prince' by Vasyl Barka. The film is told through the lives of the Katrannyk family of six. It relies more on images than on words shot in black-and-white.
Style:
bleak, historical drama, grim, period piece, family saga ...
Plot:
hunger, starvation, loss, family tragedy, village life, realism, mourning, survival, social commentary, oppression, memory, political repression ...
Time:
1930s
Place:
ukraine, soviet union, ussr
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Genre: Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: Canada, UK
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
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 ...
Style:
period piece, costume drama, psychological, tense, disturbing ...
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick
Plot:
hunger, genocide, peasant, love, danger, society, brutality, life is a bitch, adaptation, couples, youth, violence ...
Time:
1930s, year 2017, year 1932, year 1933
Place:
ukraine
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Ukraine
TV show
Story:
Human history, which is against the will was drawn into historical conflicts.
Style:
emotional, historical drama, uplifting, serious, captivating ...
Plot:
village life, loveless marriage, emotional manipulation, resilience, humanity, storytelling, husband wife relationship, death, betrayal, life is a bitch, family relations, family life ...
Time:
20th century
Place:
ukraine, eastern europe
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930
Genre: Drama
Country: Ukraine
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Four short stories are set along the roads of Donbass during the war. There are no safe spaces and no one can make sense of just what is going on. Even as they are trapped in the chaos, some manage to wield authority over others. But in this world, ...
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, serious, disgusting, psychological ...
Plot:
conflict, survival horror, wartime, fear, military, life is a bitch, poverty, psychological abuse, integrity, cultural conflict, violence, relationships ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
ukraine, russia, eastern europe
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Thriller
Country: Poland, UK, Ukraine
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
In 1933, Welsh journalist Gareth Jones travels to Ukraine, where he experiences the horrors of a famine. Everywhere he goes he meets henchmen of the Soviet secret service who are determined to prevent news about the catastrophe from getting out. ...
Style:
period piece, cult classic, informative, sinister, period drama
Audience:
date night
Plot:
journalist, cannibalism, hunger, communism, genocide, journalism, anti communist, stalinism, reporter, writers, spy, kidnapping ...
Time:
1930s, year 2019, year 1957, 20th century, year 1933 ...
Place:
ukraine, soviet union, berlin germany, london, germany ...
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Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: Ukraine
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
‘The Cyborgs’ is re-telling the recent history of Ukraine – the legendary fight for Donetsk Airport in 2014 during Russian invasion. The freedom fighters from various divisions of Ukrainian army and volunteer battalions took a 242-days stand ...
Style:
disturbing, exciting, cyber, rough, serious ...
Plot:
death, vengeance, mentor, heroes, friends, conflict, friendship, rebelliousness, freedom, soldier, danger, weapons ...
Time:
year 2014, 2010s
Place:
ukraine, eastern europe, europe
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, History
Country: Ukraine, Poland
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
In the early eighteenth century, foreign rule means dark times for the Hutsuls of the Carpathians. The two Dovbush brothers become opryshkos - mountain outlaws. But the two brothers become enemies - one cares only about money, the other - Oleksa - ...
Style:
captivating, tense, thrilling, psychological
Plot:
ukrainian history, rebellion, folk hero, legend, national hero, rebel army, battles, brothers, warrior, fight, insurgent, rebel ...
Time:
18th century
Place:
ukraine, romania, europe, poland
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Ukraine, Russia
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
This is a metaphorical story about the tragic and mysterious death of the most powerful poet of 1960s, human rights activist, hero of Ukraine Vasyl Stus and his struggle with the Soviet system. The events of the film unfold during the last attempt ...
Style:
thought provoking, psychological, political, serious, disturbing ...
Plot:
human rights, kgb, fighting the system, poet, writer's life, writers, social activist, historical figure, activist, heroes, historical character, freedom fighter ...
Time:
60s
Place:
ukraine
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Genre: Drama
Country: France, Ukraine, Poland, Germany
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Tchernobyl, 1986, a few hours before the disaster. Piotr and Anya's wedding is interrupted by a fire at the power station.
Style:
bleak, realistic, serious, touching, gloomy
Plot:
nuclear power plant, dealing with death, small town, accident, radiation poisoning, wedding party, dead animal, female nudity, bare breasts, post apocalypse, tour guide, evacuation ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, 90s, year 1986
Place:
ukraine
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Ukraine
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
American boy Peter and blind minstrel Ivan are thrown together by fate amidst the turbulent mid-30s Soviet Ukraine.
Style:
saga, rough, suspenseful, disturbing, complex
Plot:
boy, historical event, genocide, hunger, blind man, survival, orphan, wartime life, social problems, musician, historical figure, friendship ...
Time:
1930s, year 1932, 20th century, year 1933
Place:
ukraine, soviet union
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Genre: Action, Drama, History
Country: Ukraine, USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
The Mongol Empire had grown to the largest the world had ever known. It's armies now laid siege to much of Eastern Europe. A small village fights for freedom in the frontier landscape of the Carpathian Mountains.
Style:
serious, captivating, realistic, epic, brutal ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
medieval, battles, danger, betrayal, heroes, free will, leadership, escapades, death, rage, sword fight, self defense ...
Time:
middle ages, 13th century
Place:
ukraine, mongolia, eastern europe
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Ukraine
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story:
Vinnytsia school. Eleventh graders are preparing for their final exams, making friends, falling in love, competing, quarreling.
Style:
psychological, touching, romantic, emotional, talky
Plot:
group of teenagers, lesbianism, high school, lgbt, bullying, troubled teen, young lovers, coming of age, lesbian, love and romance, lesbian relationship, friendship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
ukraine
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Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 68 min.
Story:
Funny story about how on Christmas Eve in the Ukrainian village of beguiled the devil and how mighty Vakula managed to overcome evil spirits, and to take his bride to the king's slippers. A screen adaptation of Nikolai Gogol "The Night ...
Style:
romantic, sincere, touching, sentimental
Plot:
winter, village, witch, countryside, night, blacksmith, love, demon, new year, pride and honor, wooing, destiny ...
Time:
18th century
Place:
ukraine, ussr, russia, st. petersburg russia
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Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: Ukraine
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
1918 Ukraine. Patriotic students, protagonists of the film, get ready to defend Kyiv and fight heroically in the Battle of Kruty. On this historical background reveals the story of the Savytskyi family - the general of Ukraine's ...
Style:
touching, sentimental, emotional, epic, independent film
Plot:
self sacrifice, prejudice, destiny, betrayal, tragedy, jealousy, death, university student, friendship, revolution, student, military officer ...
Time:
year 1918
Place:
ukraine, eastern europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: Ukraine
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
When successful businesswoman Katya's daughter tries to commit suicide, she becomes an economics teacher in order to be closer to her daughter and understand what the kids are up to at school. At the same time, Alex, a new English teacher, ...
Style:
romantic, captivating, realistic, sentimental
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
first sex, teachers and students, high school student, school, dating, youth, teenager, friendship, teenage love, manipulation, family relations, betrayal ...
Place:
ukraine
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Genre: Action, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Ukraine
Duration: 52 min.
TV show
Story:
It's April of 1986. Pripyat, Ukraine. A core meltdown occurred at Reactor 4 of the Chernobyl Power Plant. Over thirty people died during the blast but the estimated death toll as a result of the radiation fallout will reach a four-digit number. ...
Style:
bleak, suspenseful, rough, historical drama, atmospheric ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
radiation, nuclear power plant, tragedy, love, evacuation, accident, nuclear disaster, self sacrifice, grief, heroism, loss, ecological disaster ...
Time:
year 1986
Place:
ukraine, soviet union, ussr, chernobyl
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Ukraine
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Artistic portrayal of the difficult personality of Bohdan Khmelnytsky and his dramatic life against the backdrop of National-liberation war in the mid-17th century and the Cossack state building. The main storyline shows Khmelnytsky not only as ...
Style:
realistic, epic, serious
Plot:
cossack, independence movement, doomed love, historical figure, heroes, historical character, historical event, war for independence, politics, free spirit, freedom fighter, freedom ...
Time:
17th century
Place:
ukraine, poland, europe
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Genre: History, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Ukraine
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Ukraine - 1636. Someone has attacked a battalion of cossacks that were transporting the gold of the Polish king. A cossack - Maksym Osa - tries to find the missing gold, but soon becomes one of the main suspects.
Style:
captivating, thrilling, exciting, tense, period piece ...
Plot:
gold, stolen gold, cossack, secret, witch, fight, battles, adventure hero, legend, witchcraft, evil witch, treasure hunt ...
Time:
17th century
Place:
ukraine, poland
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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 ...
Style:
psychedelic, atmospheric, realistic, emotional, stylized ...
Plot:
wedding, curses spells and rituals, true love, medieval, forbidden love, boy, rain, rural setting, marriage, religion, friendship, rivalry ...
Time:
19th century, year 1965, medieval times
Place:
ukraine, soviet union, ussr, europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, Ukraine, France, Netherlands, Romania, Poland
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
In the Donbas, a region of Eastern Ukraine, a hybrid war takes place, involving an open armed conflict alongside killings and robberies on a mass scale perpetrated by separatist gangs. In the Donbass, war is called peace, propaganda is uttered as ...
Style:
satirical, tragicomedy, ironic, suspenseful, independent film ...
Plot:
beaten up, insecurity, vigilantism, real world, military, social criticism, terrorist, stupidity, proles, social satire, cold war, chaos ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
ukraine, eastern europe
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Ukraine
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Twenty-five-year-old Vadym earns a living recording and selling all kinds of different sounds; nevertheless, he’d rather exchange his life in Kyiv for a better future in far-flung Canada. Thus, when he gets a generous job offer which might help ...
Style:
road movie, humorous, feel good, touching, absurd ...
Plot:
mother son relationship, mother and son, remote village, joke, animal, church, bird, unwed mother, overprotective mother, single mother, farming, humour ...
Place:
ukraine
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Genre: Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: Ukraine
Duration: 46 min.
TV show
Story:
The series is built in the form of saga and depicts the turbulent periods of the beginning of the 20th century through the eyes of ordinary people: the First World War, the revolution, the emergence of Soviet regime. Each of the characters faced the ...
Style:
saga, period piece, historical drama, psychological, disturbing ...
Plot:
russian revolution, world war one, culture, society, post war, lifestyle, social change, survival, cultural difference, male female relationship, relationships, love story ...
Time:
20th century
Place:
ukraine, eastern europe
Is relevant?
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Ukraine
Duration: 40 min.
TV show
Story:
The first war drama series the Ukrainian TV channel 2+2 which was filmed during a full-scale war in Ukraine. The lead characters are the emergency paramedics, who were rescuing people of their city under continuous shelling and bombing
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, captivating, thrilling, thought provoking ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
bombing, hopes, saving a life, rescue, evacuation, heroes, life is a bitch, ambulance, problem, social services, aerial bombardment, tragedy ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
ukraine, eastern europe
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Western
Country: Ukraine
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
The protagonist, Herman has to come back to his native Donbas after years spent away. He has to look into the case of his brother’s sudden disappearance. Herman meets real and unreal characters, his childhood friends and the local mafia. And ...
Style:
bleak, melancholic, tense, atmospheric, neo noir ...
Plot:
getting home, organized crime, realism, post soviet, social commentary, mafia, small town, corruption, gas station, moral dilemma, nostalgia, betrayal ...
Place:
ukraine, eastern europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: Ukraine
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Hanging out with friends, smoking a lot, spinning bottles and kissing, making mistakes, playing, refusing to accept, dreaming with open eyes - life as a teenager can be overwhelmingly beautiful and difficult at the same time. In her debut, the ...
Style:
inspirational, psychological, captivating, disturbing
Plot:
teenage life, lgbt, school, friendship, teenager, social problems, lifestyle, lgbtq, high school, woman, women, innocence ...
Place:
ukraine
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
In 1984, in Kiev, the communist teacher Andrej Romanovic Evilenko is dismissed from his position after a pedophilic act against a student. On 15 May 1984, the pedophile Evilenko begins to rape children, and then slashing the victims in pieces and ...
Style:
slasher, heartbreaking, suspense, atmospheric, art house ...
Plot:
serial killer, pedophile, child murder investigation, true crime, child rape, cannibalism, woman in danger, killer, murder, biopic, serial child killer, crime investigation ...
Time:
year 1984, year 1992, 90s, 80s
Place:
kiev ukraine, ukraine, russia, soviet union, crimea ...
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, War
Country: Lithuania, France, Ukraine, Poland, Switzerland, Monaco
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
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.
Style:
road movie, psychological, suspense, disturbing, suspenseful ...
Plot:
war zone, political conflict, crisis, invasion, road trip, relationship problems, male female relationship, wartime life, marital crisis, war, armed conflict, terrorist ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
ukraine, lithuania, eastern europe, europe, russia ...
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