Czar movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant czar movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out captivating, tense, serious, period drama, realistic and suspenseful films and TV shows about / with czar, russian history, political intrigue, royalty, royal family, biopic, ambition, imperial russia, betrayal and state affairs plots mostly in Drama, History and Biography genres shot in Russia, Soviet Union, UK and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as czar: Godunov (2018), The Legend of Tomiris (2019), Nicholas and Alexandra (1971), Union of Salvation (2019), Young Catherine (1991), Catherine the Great (1995), Ivan Groznyy (2009), Rasputin (2011), Grigoriy R. (2014), Peter the Great (1986).
Best films
List of czar movies
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Russia
Duration: 52 min.
TV show
Story:
The TV show is about the Godunov family, which covers the period from the reign of Ivan the Terrible to the accession of Mikhail Romanov to the throne.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, exciting, captivating
Plot:
czar, death, rivalry, betrayal, dishonesty, adaptation, murder, friendship, brutality, mercenary, society, danger ...
Time:
16th century, ancient times, middle ages, 17th century
Place:
russia
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Genre: Action, Drama, Fantasy, War
Country: Kazakhstan
Duration: 156 min.
Story:
This is the story of the life of the great queen of of the steppe - legendary Tomiris. She is destined to become a skillful warrior, survive the loss of close people and unite the Scythian/Saka tribes under her authority.
Style:
costume drama, captivating, brutal, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot:
czar, nomad, turkish history, female soldier, strong female character, barbarian, female warrior, throne, female protagonist, revenge, daughter, coping ...
Time:
ancient times, 10th century, 6th century
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: UK
Duration: 183 min.
Story:
Biography of the last Russian Monarch, Tsar Nicholas II and his Tsarina, Alexandra.Czar Nicholas II, the inept monarch of Russia, insensitive to the needs of his people, is overthrown and exiled to Siberia with his family.
Style:
epic, serious, realistic, tense, captivating ...
Plot:
czar, russian history, world war one, royalty, rise and fall, politics, political unrest, rebelliousness, state affairs, rebellion, coming of age, queen ...
Time:
20th century, edwardian era, 19th century, year 1971, 1910s ...
Place:
russia, siberia, crimea
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, History, War
Country: Russia
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
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 - ...
Style:
suspense, realistic, exciting, captivating, thought provoking ...
Plot:
revolt, power struggle, czar, russian empire, pledge of allegiance, army, rebellion, cold weather, riot, military officer, russian revolution, fight for supremacy ...
Time:
19th century, 1820s
Place:
russia
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK, USA, Canada, Soviet Union, Germany, Italy
Duration: 185 min.
Story:
A German princess is chosen to marry the heir to the Russian Throne, but faces plots and intrigues against her.
Style:
serious, historical drama, costume drama, realistic, stylized ...
Plot:
royal court, czar, love and romance, royalty, empress, couple relations, time machine, woman power, historical event, world war one, political intrigue, intrigue ...
Time:
18th century, georgian era
Place:
russia
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: Germany, Austria
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Trapped in a loveless arranged marriage to the immature future Czar, a young German Princess proves a skillful political infighter and rises to become Catherine the Great.
Style:
period piece, political, realistic, serious, epic ...
Plot:
royalty, husband rapes wife, czar, rape, russian history, imperial russia, royal family, empress, royal court, chess, wife raped, female nudity ...
Time:
18th century, georgian era
Place:
russia, ottoman empire, st. petersburg russia, prussia
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Russia
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story:
XVI century. The film depicts the life of Ivan from his earliest years to the last days of his reign.
Style:
historical drama, period piece, dark, bleak, grim ...
Plot:
czar, biopic, royal court, power struggle, tyranny, political intrigue, character study, paranoia, family tragedy, palace intrigue, dynasty, kremlin ...
Time:
16th century
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Russia
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
The story of the last year and a half of Tsar Nicholas II and his family from the February Revolution of 1917 to their execution in July 1918.
Style:
thought provoking, captivating
Plot:
imperial russia, russian history, czar, forbidden love, royalty, russian revolution, family relations, exile, social problems, marital problem, couple relations, husband wife relationship ...
Time:
year 1918, year 1917, 1910s
Place:
russia, soviet union
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Russia, France
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A group of Russian noblemen want to maintain the monarchy and plan to kill Rasputin.
Style:
serious, realistic, atmospheric, stylized, non-linear
Plot:
empress, russian history, imperial russia, czar, royal court, assassination plot, rise and fall, society, state affairs, clergy, conspiracy, battles ...
Time:
1900s, 20th century, 19th century
Place:
europe, st. petersburg russia, russia
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Russia
Duration: 375 min.
TV show
Story:
TV series about the mad monk Grigoriy Rasputin, who became a hugely influential figure at the court of Tsar Nicholas II.
Style:
stylized, serious, suspenseful, atmospheric, realistic
Plot:
russian history, imperial russia, czar, royal court, royal family, world war one, empress, state affairs, rise to the top, ambition, priest, religion ...
Time:
20th century, 1900s
Place:
russia
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 371 min.
TV show
Story:
This is the story of Peter I, Tsar of Russia from 1682, and the constant struggle between him, his sister Sophia and the Streltsy, an important Russian military corp. The story depicts the efforts of Peter in transforming Russia in an "all ...
Style:
period piece, historical drama, serious, realistic, captivating ...
Plot:
russian history, czar, royalty, royal family, royal court, prince, historical event, european history, time machine, ancient, imperial russia, ego clash ...
Time:
18th century, 17th century
Place:
russia, soviet union, ussr
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA, Hungary
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
Into an era seething with war and revolution, a man comes with an incredible power to heal a nation...or destroy it. Based on the true story of one of the most powerful and mysterious figures in Russian history.
Style:
mysterious, esoteric, captivating, tense, suspenseful ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
czar, royal family, murder, biopic, visionary, drunk, occult, political intrigue, realism, magical, world war one, royalty ...
Time:
year 1916, edwardian era
Place:
russia
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, History, War
Country: Russia
Duration: 144 min.
Story:
The czar of Russia has died and a power vacuum has developed. This period in the late 16th and early 17th century has been called "The Time of Troubles." There are many impostors who claim to the right to rule, but there's only one ...
Style:
captivating, serious, tense, epic, baroque
Plot:
military, conquering, czar, battles, state affairs, politics, wartime life, heroes, political unrest, sword fight, siege, chaos ...
Time:
17th century
Place:
russia, poland, europe, moscow russia
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Genre: Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Our eternal theme is crime and punishment. In Boris Godunov, the problems of conscience and existential choice are linked to the history of the country. Pushkin says that these things are woven into a mysterious knot or pattern. The choice of each ...
Style:
historical drama, tense, suspenseful, captivating, period piece ...
Plot:
russian history, czar, rivalry, betrayal, power struggle, political intrigue, torture, dishonesty, mercenary, danger, coronation, murder ...
Time:
17th century
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Soviet Union, UK
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A new doctor from Moscow arrives at a provincial mental institution. His interest is the peculiarities of the psyche of a patient who believes that he is Yakov Yurovsky, the man who assassinated the last Russian tsar. In the course of their ...
Style:
mind bending, serious, realistic, psychological, suspenseful ...
Plot:
royal family, royalty, russian history, time travel, post soviet, political intrigue, psychiatric hospital, biopic, world war one, time jump, psychiatry, assassination ...
Time:
1910s, 90s
Place:
ussr, russia
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia, West Germany, Poland
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Praised for its fine photography and production design if not its narrative, Sergei Bondarchuk directed this adaptation of the tale by Alexander Pushkin. Boris Godunov came to the Czarist throne at the end of the 16th century, after the original ...
Style:
historical drama, period piece, epic, dramatic, melancholic ...
Plot:
russian history, czar, political intrigue, power struggle, adaptation, palace intrigue, monarchy, biopic, kremlin, coronation, usurper, ancient ...
Time:
16th century, 17th century
Place:
poland, ussr
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: Russia
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
The love story of the famous ballet dancer Mathilde Kschessinska and Tsar Nicholas II of Russia.
Style:
sexy, thought provoking, costume drama, psychological, tense ...
Plot:
ballet, longing, royal romance, palace intrigue, ballerina, royal family, impossible love, female nudity, doomed love, forbidden love, passion, aristocracy ...
Time:
1900s, victorian era, 20th century, 19th century, 12th century
Place:
russia, moscow russia
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Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Anastasia Romanov escapes through a portal when her family is threatened by Vladimir Lenin, and she finds herself in the year 1988, befriended by a young American girl.
Style:
captivating, unusual plot structure, funny, humorous, sweet ...
Audience:
girls' night, family outing, kids, teen fantasy
Plot:
monarchy, sent to the future, friendship, friendship between girls, portal, female friendship, magical, rasputin, halloween, russian history, clothes shopping, female protagonist ...
Time:
20th century, 2020s, 80s, 1910s
Place:
russia
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Genre: Animation, Action, Drama, Fantasy, History
Country: Iran
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Kingdom of Jamkard, ancient Persia. After defeating the armies of Ahriman, embodiment of evil, King Jamshid, bearer of the light of Divine Power, abandons his people blinded by pride, determined to conquer new lands. Thus, by chance, Zahhaak becomes ...
Style:
enigmatic, disturbing, suspense, heroic, dark fantasy ...
Plot:
mythology, czar, devil worship, demon, good versus evil, obsession, prophecy, evil spirit, ruler, twists and turns, kingdom, rebellion ...
Place:
persia, iran
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: China
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
The Qin Empire is a 2009 Chinese television series based on Sun Haohui's novel of the same Chinese title. The 51 episodes long series chronicles the rise of the Qin state in the Warring States period during the reign of Duke Xiao of Qin. It was ...
Style:
historical drama, tense, captivating, serious, costume drama ...
Plot:
power struggle, czar, qing dynasty, fight, showdown, fight for supremacy, historical event, political intrigue, chivalry, political conspiracy, emperor, political unrest ...
Place:
ancient china, thailand
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187
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama, History
Country: Russia
Duration: 124 min.
TV show
Story:
The story of Ermak Timofeevich, whose campaign for the Ural mountains served to annex the Siberian lands to the Moscow kingdom, in the second half of the 16th century.
Style:
epic, saga, brutal, dark, grim ...
Plot:
conqueror, czar, biopic, settler, expedition, russian history, cossack, colonization, national identity, exploration, wilderness, power struggle ...
Time:
16th century
Place:
siberia
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Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: Iran
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Solomon, Prophet and the King, has asked God to give him an ideal kingdom which has never been given to anybody before. He is told to prepare himself and his subjects with evil and unearthly creatures that haunt the men.
Style:
islamic, tense, exciting, captivating, independent film ...
Plot:
prophet, bible, iranian, old testament, fight, ruler, good versus evil, religion, faith, religious faith, empire, czar ...
Place:
iran, persia, jerusalem
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Genre: Family, Fantasy
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A fairytale based on Alexander Pushkin novel.
Style:
fairy tale, poetic, period piece, dramatic, lyrical ...
Audience:
family friendly, kids
Plot:
palace intrigue, czar, prince, jealousy, royalty, betrayal, princess, magic, scheming, exile, father son reunion, family drama ...
Place:
soviet union, russia, ussr
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Genre: Musical, Drama
Country: France, Spain, Yugoslavia
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Zulawski tackles Modest Mussorgsky’s famous opera about the bloody battle for ascendancy to the throne of Russia in the 17th-century! With a score conducted by Mstislav Rostropovich, Zulawski adds extra layers of devilish meta-textual ...
Style:
historical drama, experimental, period piece, art house, allegory ...
Plot:
opera, russian history, czar, political intrigue, tragedy, palace intrigue, guilt, impostor, regicide, moral ambiguity, adaptation, madness ...
Time:
17th century, 16th century
Place:
moscow russia
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Soviet Union, East Germany
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
The years of the tsar’s adolescence and youth were permeated with deadly danger coming from some of the Boyars, the rebellious Streltsy and Tsarevna Sophia who aspired for power. But already at that early time Peter demonstrates a profound, bright ...
Style:
serious, dramatic, tense, epic, suspenseful ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
russian empire, russian history, prince, youth, czar, ambition, leadership, power struggle, palace intrigue, character study, courage, coming of age ...
Time:
18th century, 17th century
Place:
russia
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
Story:
Based on a Russian folk tale. A proclamation went out through all the land that whosoever could build a flying ship would win the hand of the Tsar's daughter. The youngest son of a simple peasant shows up to claim her, and the dumbfounded Tsar ...
Style:
folk tale, fairy tale, experimental, claymation, surreal ...
Audience:
family friendly, kids
Plot:
stop motion, czar, underdog, quest, magical object, royal court, narration, folklore, aviation, family relations, surrealism, superhuman ...
Place:
russia
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: East Germany, Soviet Union
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
Late 17th century. With no access to the sea, Russia suffers great losses in foreign trade. Peter tries to capture the Turkish fortress of Azov, but with no success: he can win only if he has a fleet. Peter’s ukases provoke the Boyars’ ...
Style:
serious, tense, patriotic, period drama
Plot:
imperial russia, czar, biopic, russian history, leadership, reform, political intrigue, ambition, conflict, adaptation, historical epic, power struggle ...
Time:
18th century, 17th century
Place:
russia, holland
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Genre: History, War
Country: India
Duration: 185 min.
Story:
An adaptation of the Mahabharata is mainly told through the eyes of the Kaurava prince Duryodhana & gives insights on how Duryodhana, who could have been one of the greatest warriors and rulers, ends up being manipulated, and eventually meets an ...
Style:
epic, exciting, captivating, suspense, philosophical ...
Plot:
battles, poet, mythology, czar, legend, fight, kingdom, adaptation, political intrigue, family tragedy, strategy, fate ...
Place:
india, kannada
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Romance
Country: China
Duration: 21 min.
TV show
Story:
In the vast world, planes converge and numerous races thrive. A gathering of extraordinary talents unfolds, where one after another, supreme beings from the lower planes come forth. In this boundless realm, they weave captivating legends that ...
Style:
3d animation, xianxia, tense, suspenseful, exciting ...
Plot:
martial arts, adventure hero, love, adaptation, fictional kingdom, tribe, czar, kingdom, imaginary kingdom, legend, fantasy world, king ...
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 149 min.
Story:
Shakuntala, daughter of Meneka and Rishi Vishwamitra lives in forest with her teacher, Rishi Kanva. In the forest she meets King Dushyant, falls in love with him and the two get married. After she has their baby (Prince Bharata), Dushyant leaves her ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling
Plot:
curse, wizards and magicians, magical, male female relationship, relationships, love story, cursed, repressed memory, amnesia, wizard, memory loss, magic ...
Place:
india
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