Russian empire movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant russian empire movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out captivating, period drama, realistic, historical drama, serious and exciting films and TV shows about / with russian empire, russian history, imperial russia, betrayal, royal family, palace intrigue, female nudity, military, state affairs and intrigue plots mostly in Drama, History and Biography genres shot in Russia, UK, France and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as russian empire: Ekaterina (2014), Elizaveta (2022), Empire is Under Attack (2000), Union of Salvation (2019), The Fall of the Empire (2005), Catherine's Musketeers (2007), Catherine the Great (2019), Tchaikovsky's Wife (2022), The Youth of Peter the Great (1980), The Great (2020).
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Russia
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story:
The life of the Russian Empress Ekaterina II (Catherine the Great), a German born princess who came to Russia as bride for the young Peter III, chosen by his aunt Elisabeth, and who, once she came into power, transformed the Russian empire.
Style:
captivating, historical drama, suspenseful, costume drama, sentimental ...
Plot:
imperial russia, russian history, russian empire, royal family, palace intrigue, coup d'etat, empress, royal court, nobleman, intrigue, political conspiracy, espionage ...
Time:
18th century, 1770s, 1780s, georgian era
Place:
russia, st. petersburg russia, ottoman empire
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Genre: Adventure, History
Country: Russia
Duration: 46 min.
TV show
Story:
These are the dark times around 1720 in Russia. Tsar Peter the Great dies and his highly esteemed partner and friend Prince Menshikov rules the country from now on. But there are also those who oppose the prince. Messenger Ivan, an army officer, ...
Style:
captivating, tense, stylized, suspense, realistic
Plot:
russian history, russian empire, state affairs, intrigue, investigation, royal court, amateur sleuth, whodunit, love, imperial russia, palace intrigue, fight ...
Time:
18th century, 1800s
Place:
st. petersburg russia, russia
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Russia
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
Daughter of Peter the Great, Elizabeth reigns as Russia's enlightened 18th-century tsarina. Amid courtly intrigue, she champions art and culture, defying doubters of her ability as a female ruler to innovate and strengthen the vast empire.
Style:
period piece, historical drama, stylized, captivating, entertaining ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
palace intrigue, russian empire, royal court, royal family, happiness, female nudity, biopic, historical figure, queen, royal palace, russian history, imperial russia ...
Time:
18th century
Place:
st. petersburg russia
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Genre: Action, Crime, History, Mystery
Country: Russia
TV show
Story:
In this TV-series the events of the beginning of the 20th century in Russia are highlighted. Revolutioners, terrorists, spies - and investigator Putilovskii and his team fight them as best they can.
Style:
tense, captivating, detective
Plot:
russian empire, terror, revolution, imperial russia, terrorism, murder, political intrigue, assassination, fighting crime, political unrest, killing, crime solving ...
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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: Action, History
Country: Russia
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
During the Civil War in Russia a group of White Guard officers is trying to rescue the family of the tsar Nicholas II captured by Bolsheviks. The officers face betrayal and fight a Red Army detachment sent to eliminate them. It is the Red Army ...
Style:
tense, historical drama, thought provoking, captivating, period piece ...
Plot:
russian empire, soldier, empress, palace intrigue, showdown, russian civil war, historical figure, power struggle, intrigue, fight, emperor, russian soldier ...
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Russia
TV show
Story:
Russia, January 25, 1725. "Give it all...". The emperor's weakening hand was able to write in his will only these two short incomprehensible words that kept Russia in a bloody struggle for the crown for a century.
Style:
factual, touching, romantic, captivating, educational
Plot:
russian empire, russian history, palace intrigue, empress, state affairs, monarchy, royal family, head of state, family relations, historical character, politics, heir to the throne ...
Time:
18th century
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: Russia
Duration: 520 min.
TV show
Story:
The Fall of the Great Russian Empire is the main storyline of this 10 episode mini series, however, every episode has a separate detective story of its own.
Style:
political, stylized, exciting, captivating, realistic ...
Plot:
russian history, imperial russia, russian empire, world war one, military officer, revolution, war, russian revolution, spy, civil war, battlefield, revenge ...
Time:
1910s, 20th century
Place:
sarajevo
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Genre: Adventure, History
Country: Russia
Duration: 624 min.
TV show
Style:
suspense, realistic, historical drama, stylized, exciting ...
Plot:
russian empire, escapades, danger, friends, partner, love and romance, heroic mission, state affairs, conspiracy, palace intrigue, russian history, intrigue ...
Time:
18th century, 1770s
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
This four-part historical drama follows the end of Catherine the Great's reign and her affair with Russian military leader Grigory Potemkin that helped shape the future of Russian politics.
Style:
period piece, historical drama, realistic, stylized, disturbing ...
Plot:
russian history, palace intrigue, imperial russia, historical character, monarchy, empress, power struggle, state affairs, russian empire, female protagonist, monarch, politics ...
Time:
18th century, 1790s, 1780s, 1770s, georgian era
Place:
russia, ottoman empire
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Russia, France, Switzerland
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
Antonina Miliukova is a beautiful and bright young woman, born in the aristocracy of 19th century Russia. She could have anything she'd want, and yet her only obsession is to marry Pyotr Tchaikovsky, with whom she falls in love from the very ...
Style:
period drama, interesting
Plot:
unhappy marriage, homosexuality, female pubic hair, gay, gay interest, gay crush, male full rear nudity, music teacher, sexual tension, death, lack of money, lust ...
Time:
1890s, 1870s, 19th century
Place:
st. petersburg russia, 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: Biography, Comedy, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 52 min.
TV show
Story:
A genre-bending, anti-historical ride through 18th century Russia following the rise of Catherine the Nothing to Catherine the Great and her explosive relationship with husband Peter, the emperor of Russia.
Style:
sexy, costume drama, humorous, period piece, saga ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick
Plot:
monarch, royal court, royal family, empress, queen, female nudity, king, palace intrigue, imperial russia, love, russian empire, intrigue ...
Time:
18th century, future, georgian era
Place:
russia
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Russia
Duration: 49 min.
TV show
Story:
The story of Catherine the Great from the time she came to Russia as the bride of the heir to the Russian throne.
Style:
serious, realistic, exciting, captivating, romantic ...
Plot:
russian history, royal court, lovers, queen, empress, russian empire, power struggle, state affairs, betrayal, society, love, rivalry ...
Time:
18th century, georgian era
Place:
st. petersburg russia, russia, ottoman empire
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Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: Russia
Duration: 175 min.
Story:
In a Crimean filtration camp, after the evacuation of the White Army, an unnamed captain is haunted by memories of a brief romance as he tries to understand how the Russian Empire fell apart and who is to blame.
Style:
captivating, atmospheric, melancholic, bleak, existential ...
Plot:
unrequited love, one night stand, russian civil war, literary, imperial russia, relationship problems, love interest, male female relationship, empire, relationships, unfulfilled love, love affair ...
Time:
1920s
Place:
crimea, soviet union, russia
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Poland, Sweden, Germany
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Spring of 1794, Poland is in a state of unrest. General Tadeusz ‘Kos’ Kościuszko returns to the country, planning to ignite an uprising against the Russians by mobilising Polish gentry and peasants. He is accompanied by his faithful friend and ...
Style:
political, heroic, suspenseful, tense, grim ...
Plot:
russian empire, rebellion, polish history, nationalism, revolutionary, occupation, resistance, loyalty, freedom, moral dilemma, biopic, leadership ...
Time:
18th century
Place:
poland
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music, Musical
Country: Soviet Union, East Germany, Cuba, France, UK
Duration: 155 min.
TV show
Story:
The film is based on the biography of the legendary Russian ballerina Anna Pavlova. She became an internationally regarded ballerina after her performances in 1909 with the Dyaghilev's Ballet in Paris and in London. Anna Pavlova eventually ...
Style:
inspirational, poignant, melancholic, period drama
Audience:
adult
Plot:
ballet, ballerina, russian empire, dance, theater, children, female protagonist, legacy, performance art, fame, cultural icon, ambition ...
Time:
edwardian era
Place:
paris france, london, russia
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 54 min.
TV show
Story:
Biopic covering a large portion of Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky's life, from the Petrashevsky Circle to the writing of The Brothers Karamazov.
Style:
suspenseful, captivating, factual, rough, disturbing ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
biopic, trial, russian empire, character study, writer's life, life is a bitch, destiny, death of wife, death sentence, tragic hero, isolation, imprisonment ...
Time:
19th century
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Genre: Action, History, Thriller
Country: Georgia
TV show
Story:
The history of Georgia in the nineteenth century.
Style:
historical drama, psychological, suspenseful, thrilling, captivating ...
Plot:
russian empire, life is a bitch, social problems, society, fight, inheritance, class conflict, political intrigue, city life, nationalism, patriotism, village life ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
georgia, tbilisi
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Genre: Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: UK
Duration: 63 min.
TV show
Story:
Sumptuous BBC mini-series following the fortunes and the rise and fall of five aristocratic families in the waning days of imperial Russia.
Style:
epic, historical drama, emotional, costume drama, captivating ...
Plot:
napoleonic wars, imperial russia, society, inheritance, love story, couple relations, tragic love, wartime life, couples, love and romance, illegitimate son, aristocracy ...
Time:
1800s, 18th century, 19th century, regency period, georgian era
Place:
russia
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: Russia
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
This is a story of a great love facing the greatest drama of the history of Russia. Admiral Kolchak is a true war hero and beloved husband and father. One day he meets Anna, the love of his life and the wife of his best friend. The revolution in his ...
Style:
realistic, serious, dramatic, touching, tragic ending ...
Plot:
world war one, political unrest, russian history, battles, military, heroes, wartime life, russian empire, destiny, warship, against the odds, great war ...
Time:
1910s, 20th century, year 1917
Place:
soviet union, russia, st. petersburg russia
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Rasputin, a crazed and debauched monk wreaks havoc at the local inn one night, chopping off the hand of one of the drinkers. As the bitter locals plan their revenge, the evil Rasputin works his satanic power over the beautiful women who serve at the ...
Style:
grindhouse, psychotronic, slasher, suspense, cult classic ...
Plot:
empress, royal family, assassination, poisoning, russian empire, hypnosis, supernatural, biopic, royalty, suicide, attempted rape, bishop ...
Time:
1910s, year 1966
Place:
russia
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA, Russia
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
Trapped in a loveless marriage, aristocrat Anna Karenina enters into a life-changing affair with the affluent Count Vronsky.
Style:
costume drama, period piece, sentimental, historical drama, colorful ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, girls' night, adult
Plot:
high society, forbidden love, imperial russia, infidelity, tragic love, aristocracy, marriage, suicide, adultery, cuckolded husband, love, depression ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, ancient times, year 2012, 1800s ...
Place:
moscow russia, russia, st. petersburg russia, europe
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Genre: Crime, History, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Estonia
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Juhan Liiv, a struggling poet and an unlikely detective, solves gruesome murder cases in Estonia, the Wild West of the crumbling Russian Empire in the 1890s. Investigations take him to miserable dwellings of the local Estonian peasants, luxurious ...
Style:
historical drama, melancholic, grim, dark, tense ...
Plot:
murder mystery, russian empire, class conflict, witchcraft, anti hero, schizophrenia, superstition, social decay, isolation, folk horror
Time:
1890s
Place:
estonia
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Genre: Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: Poland, France, Belgium, Ukraine
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A young Russian aristocrat, Baron Fyodor Jeremin, volunteers to serve with a Dragon squadron to impress the girl who rejected his love. Just at this time the 1863 insurrection explodes in Poland. He enlists to serve in the army being sent to ...
Style:
period piece, historical drama, emotional, intense, melancholic ...
Plot:
insurrection, moral dilemma, moral ambiguity, russian empire, identity crisis, nationalism, forbidden love, occupation, loss of innocence, betrayal, coming of age, tragic romance ...
Time:
19th century, 1860s
Place:
poland
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: Russia
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
100 years ago, the Russian Empire ... Christmas Eve. December plugs, holiday celebrations, balls and modest luxury holidays, titled nobles and ordinary peasants, the royal family and the soldiers of the First World War, progressive poets and the ...
Style:
humorous, feel good, semi serious, sentimental, historical romance ...
Plot:
christmas, fighting the system, save the day, new year's eve, world war one, holiday, russian empire, celebration, soldier, tradition, miraculous event, bittersweet ...
Time:
1910s, 20th century
Place:
russia
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: Russia
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Russian Empire, 1919. By a twist of fate, young idealist Osip Zadunaisky meets an infamous con artist and self-proclaimed Turkish subject Ibrahim Bender. A man of pure thought and aristocratic upbringing, Osip would never have associated with a ...
Style:
humorous, entertaining, exciting, captivating, suspense ...
Plot:
con artists, deception, treasure hunt, scam, con men, scheming, russian empire, couple relations, male female relationship, escapades, criminal, cons and scams ...
Time:
year 1919
Place:
eastern europe
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Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, History
Country: Kyrgyzstan
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
At a time when most females in Asia possess little or no power over their lives, headstrong Kurmanjan Datka defies her family's authority -- and ultimately becomes the ruler of her native Kyrgyzstan region.
Style:
serious, realistic, captivating, exciting, epic
Plot:
ruler, leadership, rivalry, escapades, heroes, mother son relationship, female leader, strong female lead, royal family, empire, hidden treasure, queen ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
mongolia, asia
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Russia
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
Third film based on Boris Akunin's "Priklucheniya Erasta Petrovicha Fandorina" series of novels. On a train from St. Petersburg to Moscow general Khrapov was killed and no one else but Erast Petrovich is under suspicion because the ...
Style:
exciting, stylized, suspenseful, thought provoking, captivating ...
Plot:
investigation, russian empire, whodunit, palace intrigue, terrorism, imperial russia, murder, military, crime investigation, murder mystery, murder investigation, danger ...
Time:
19th century, 1890s
Place:
russia, moscow russia, st. petersburg russia
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Russia
Duration: 49 min.
TV show
Story:
Different strokes for different folks - says the proverb. Born a rabble dies a rabble. But this is the year 1700, the time of dramatic changes in the Russian Empire, the time of reformations carried out by Peter the Great. Young serf Ivan Starshov ...
Style:
period piece, historical drama, thrilling, captivating, romantic drama ...
Plot:
relationships, male female relationship, russian empire, fall in love, imperial russia, russian history, love, serf, love affair, couples, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, couple relations ...
Time:
18th century
Place:
russia
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