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1. Mayfair Witches (2023– )
TV-MA | 60 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Follows a neurosurgeon who discovers she is the unlikely heir to a family of witches. She must contend with a sinister presence that has haunted her family for generations.
Stars: Alexandra Daddario, Tongayi Chirisa, Jack Huston, Harry Hamlin
Votes: 12,241
2. Patrick Melrose (2018)
TV-MA | 60 min | Drama
This series depicts how the son of an aristocratic family seeks redemption and recovery.
Stars: Benedict Cumberbatch, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Hugo Weaving, Sebastian Maltz
Votes: 32,594
3. Spider Riders (2005–2007)
TV-Y7 | 22 min | Animation, Action, Comedy
A bunch of these guys that ride around on giant arachnids to try and stop that bad guys! The badguys are really evil, and ride scorpions, and the spiders talk!
Stars: Cameron Ansell, Melanie Tonello, Yui Makino, Lawrence Bayne
Votes: 216
4. Spadla z oblakov (1978–1983)
25 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
A group of children on the holidays encounter the alien. The extraterrestrial explorer flies, talks funny and is visibly not from this planet. But, actually, she looks like a little girl.
Stars: Zuzana Pravnanská, Matej Landl, Lubor Cajka, Svetlana Majbová
Votes: 257
5. Anna Lee (1994)
120 min | Crime, Drama
British crime drama series following the cases of the Brierly Security detective agency.
Stars: Imogen Stubbs, Brian Glover, John Rowe, Peter Wight
Votes: 110
6. Bender: The Beginning (2021)
96 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
1919 year. Fate confronts the young idealist Osya with the Turkish swindler Ibrahim Bender. And the honest Osya would never have contacted such a shameless and cunning swindler if they had ... See full summary »
Director: Igor Zaytsev | Stars: Sergey Bezrukov, Aram Vardevanyan, Nikita Kologrivyy, Taisiya Vilkova
Votes: 400
7. Bender: Gold of the Empire (2021)
87 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
The hunt for the empire's gold continues.
Director: Igor Zaytsev | Stars: Sergey Bezrukov, Aram Vardevanyan, Taisiya Vilkova, Vera Brezhneva
Votes: 240
8. Berlinerpoplene (2007–2009)
Drama
The death of a Norwegian farm woman brings together her three sons, all of whom are estranged from one another, all of whom have earth-shattering secrets about their past and current lives.
Stars: Nils Sletta, Espen Skjønberg, Bjørn Sundquist, Andrine Sæther
Votes: 179
9. Airplane Named Seryozhka (2022 Video)
8 min | Short, Adventure, Drama
A handicapped boy, stuck in a wheelchair, dreams of having a friend. Just when a toy airplane flies into his hospital room and magically turns into a boy, who takes him on an outing he will never forget.
Director: Andrey Borodin | Stars: Yan Alabushev, Yegor Belyayev, Vadim Glazunov, Miron Krutskikh
10. Promise of death (2021 TV Movie)
130 min | Crime, Mystery
Based on novel «Appointment with Death by Agatha Christie»
Director: Hidenori Jôhô | Stars: Mansai Nomura, Keiko Matsuzaka, Kôji Yamamoto, Sylvia Grab
Votes: 34
11. Erobreren (2012)
60 min | Drama
Stars: Kåre Conradi, Jakob Oftebro, Johan Felix Tschudi, Ellen Dorrit Petersen
Votes: 64
12. Azazel (2002)
60 min | Action, Adventure, Mystery
Erast Fandorin, a young official of the detective department, undertakes to investigate a mysterious suicide. He meets a friend of the suicide student Akhtyrtsev, but as soon as the first ... See full summary »
Stars: Ilya Noskov, Marina Aleksandrova, Sergey Chonishvili, Aleksandr Orlovskiy
Votes: 40
13. The Turkish Gambit (2006)
206 min | Action, Adventure, Mystery
The titular adviser Erast Fandorin takes part in hostilities during the Russian-Turkish war of 1877-1878. As a Serbian volunteer, Erast Petrovich meets a charming young lady - Varvara ... See full summary »
Stars: Egor Beroev, Olga Krasko, Aleksandr Baluev, Aleksandr Lykov
Votes: 107
14. Vkhod v labirint (1990)
345 min | Crime, Mystery
Investigator Muromtsev, investigating the malfeasance of a local police officer, goes to the dealers of the shadow economy.
Stars: Igor Kostolevskiy, Mikk Mikiver, Yuriy Nazarov, Mikhail Gluzskiy
Votes: 100
15. Captain Nemo (1976)
Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Soviet three-part television feature film based on the novels by Jules Verne «20, 000 Leagues Under the Sea» and «Steam House».
Stars: Vladislav Dvorzhetskiy, Yuri Rodionov, Mikhail Kononov, Vladimir Talashko
Votes: 21
16. The State Counsellor (2005)
Action, Adventure, Mystery
Special train Petersburg-Moscow. General Khrapov is stabbed to death in his compartment. On the hilt of the bloody blade, a mysterious "BG" mark was found - a sign of an elusive terrorist ... See full summary »
Stars: Oleg Menshikov, Nikita Mikhalkov, Konstantin Khabenskiy, Vladimir Mashkov
Votes: 63
17. Patient Chart Prayer (2022– )
Drama
Ryota Suwano is a young man who is good at reading people's facial expressions. As a resident, he deals with patients with various problems and secrets by reading their medical records.
Stars: Yûta Tamamori, Elaiza Ikeda, Yûma Yamoto, Kippei Shîna
18. Tsarskaya okhota (1990–1994)
Drama, History
In 1775 Catherine II sends infamous count Orlov to capture and bring to Russia the supposed pretender to the Russian throne. Who has been claiming to be Elizabeth of Russia's daughter.
Stars: Nikolay Yeryomenko, Svetlana Kryuchkova, Anna Samokhina, Mikhail Kononov
19. Dance of Good and Evil (2016)
88 min | Crime, Mystery
The plot of the film is based on the investigation by the world famous detective Drongo of a mysterious incident that took place in a settlement in the mountainous region of Azerbaijan.
Director: Yaver Rzayev | Stars: Ilgar Muradov, Mebud Meherremov, Gurban Ismailov, Shukyufa Yusupova
Votes: 5
20. Zhizn Klima Samgina (1986 TV Movie)
175 min | History
The film describes the life of the Russian intellectual Klim Samgin against the background of a grand panorama of Russian life from 1877 to 1917.
Directors: Margarita Braslavskaya, Alina Kazmina, Andrey Goncharov, Anatoliy Romashin | Stars: Anatoliy Romashin, Aleksandr Lazarev, Olga Prokofeva, Aleksandr Fatyushin
Votes: 10
21. Syschik bez litsenzii (2003)
Action, Crime, Mystery
Detective series based on the works of the Azerbaijani writer Chingiz Abdullayev.
Stars: Anatoliy Lobotskiy, Aleksandr Tsurkan, Artur Smolyaninov, Ia Ninidze
22. Megre kolebletsya (1982 TV Movie)
173 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Chief Inspector Maigret has to solve a crime that has not yet occurred after receiving a series of letters warning him of an upcoming murder.
Director: Vyacheslav Brovkin | Stars: Boris Tenin, Arkadiy Peselev, Dmitriy Dorliak, Sergey Kovalev
Votes: 19
23. Tarsina cevrilan dunya (2011)
89 min | Crime, Mystery
The plot is based on the theme of the joint struggle of the Azerbaijani and Iranian police against the forces organizing international drug trafficking.
Directors: Anvar Abluc, Yusif Alizada | Stars: Mohammad Reza Forutan, Rasim Balayev, Ilham Esgerov, Fuad Poladov
Votes: 6
24. Zwölf Stühle (2004)
Comedy
A screen adaptation of one of the most intractable works of Russian literature, the novel by Ilya Ilf and Evgeniy Petrov «The Twelve Chairs»
Stars: Georgiy Deliev, Gennadiy Skarga, Svetlana Dyagilyeva, Boris Raev
25. Kun on tunteet (1954)
75 min | Comedy, Drama
Based on short stories by early-20th-century feminist writer Maria Jotuni, the film is a series of lively dialogue scenes between men and women, young and old, living in a small Finnish ... See full summary »
Director: Erik Blomberg | Stars: Rakel Laakso, Sasu Haapanen, Kaisu Leppänen, Eeva-Kaarina Volanen
Votes: 52
26. Lyublyu. Zhdu. Lena (1983)
76 min | Romance
The former paratrooper, and now the worker of the geological party Sergey Krutov, hurries to the station to meet a stranger girl and take a note from her for his friend - Having delivered ... See full summary »
Directors: Sergey Nikonenko, N. Solomina | Stars: Aleksandr Novikov, Olga Bityukova, Ekaterina Voronina, Yuliana Bugaeva
Votes: 23
27. Revizor (1983 TV Movie)
183 min | Comedy
Directors: Valentin Pluchek, Lev Yelagin | Stars: Andrey Mironov, Anatoliy Papanov, Tatyana Vasileva, Mikhail Derzhavin
Votes: 40
28. Whiteoaks (1949 TV Movie)
90 min | Drama
A young woman feels country life is robbing her of true happiness.
Stars: Nancy Price, Margery Bryce, Frank Birch, Fred O'Donovan
29.
Vkhod v labirint (1990)
Episode:
Episode #1.1
(1990)
69 min | Crime, Mystery
Investigator Muromtsev is investigating the malfeasance of policeman Pozdnyakov. He on football figured out "for three" with two unknown people, after which he woke up in a sobering-up ... See full summary »
Directors: Valeri Kremnyov, Bella Dunayeva | Stars: Igor Kostolevskiy, Mikk Mikiver, Yuriy Nazarov, Mikhail Gluzskiy
Votes: 7
30.
Vkhod v labirint (1990)
Episode:
Episode #1.2
(1990)
69 min | Crime, Mystery
Metoproptizol is the name of the psychotropic drug that was used to poison the district police officer. Now the criminals are robbing apartments, presenting to the tenants a certificate ... See full summary »
Directors: Valeri Kremnyov, Bella Dunayeva | Stars: Igor Kostolevskiy, Mikk Mikiver, Yuriy Nazarov, Mikhail Gluzskiy
Votes: 7
31.
Vkhod v labirint (1990)
Episode:
Episode #1.3
(1990)
69 min | Crime, Mystery
Muromtsev learns the terrible secret of Professor Panafidin. A few years ago, a colleague of the scientist Lyzhin invented a tranquilizer capable of revolutionizing psychiatry. The envious ... See full summary »
Directors: Valeri Kremnyov, Bella Dunayeva | Stars: Igor Kostolevskiy, Mikk Mikiver, Yuriy Nazarov, Mikhail Gluzskiy
Votes: 7
32.
Vkhod v labirint (1990)
Episode:
Episode #1.4
(1990)
69 min | Crime, Mystery
Muromtsev is following Panafidin, trying to prove his involvement in burglaries. But most of all the investigator is now interested in Lyzhin. Who is he? Madman, perpetrator or victim? Meanwhile, another robbery takes place.
Directors: Valeri Kremnyov, Bella Dunayeva | Stars: Igor Kostolevskiy, Mikk Mikiver, Yuriy Nazarov, Mikhail Gluzskiy
Votes: 7
33.
Vkhod v labirint (1990)
Episode:
Episode #1.5
(1990)
69 min | Crime, Mystery
Muromtsev finds the robbers. Case is closed. Panafidin is not guilty. He committed another crime, but, alas, the investigator cannot punish him. The "case" of contemporary Mozart and Salieri - Lyzhin and Panafidin - cannot be "closed".
Directors: Valeri Kremnyov, Bella Dunayeva | Stars: Igor Kostolevskiy, Mikk Mikiver, Yuriy Nazarov, Mikhail Gluzskiy
Votes: 7
34.
Captain Nemo (1976)
Episode:
Zheleznyy kit
(1976)
73 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Director: Vasili Levin | Stars: Vladislav Dvorzhetskiy, Yuri Rodionov, Mikhail Kononov, Vladimir Talashko
Votes: 6
35.
Captain Nemo (1976)
Episode:
Prints Dakkar
(1976)
67 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Director: Vasili Levin | Stars: Vladislav Dvorzhetskiy, Yuri Rodionov, Mikhail Kononov, Vladimir Talashko
Votes: 6
36.
Captain Nemo (1976)
Episode:
Nautilus prodolzhaet borbu
(1976)
64 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Director: Vasili Levin | Stars: Vladislav Dvorzhetskiy, Yuri Rodionov, Mikhail Kononov, Vladimir Talashko
Votes: 6
37.
Azazel (2002)
Episode:
Kollezhskiy registrator
(2002)
46 min | Action, Adventure, Mystery
A rich young man shoots himself in a park after being rejected for a kiss by an unknown girl. Erast Fandorin is assigned to the case and is soon himself the victim of attempted murder by a man who said only one word: Azazel.
Director: Aleksandr Adabashyan | Stars: Ilya Noskov, Marina Aleksandrova, Ewa Szykulska, Larisa Borushko
38.
Azazel (2002)
Episode:
Chelovek budushchego
(2002)
50 min | Action, Adventure, Mystery
The investigation leads Erast Fandorin to a school for gifted orphans where he once again encounters the beautiful girl from the park whom he falls in love with. He also goes undercover to a poker night hosted by a decadent count.
Director: Aleksandr Adabashyan | Stars: Ilya Noskov, Marina Aleksandrova, Marina Neyolova, Sergey Bezrukov
39.
Azazel (2002)
Episode:
Ruletenburg
(2002)
50 min | Action, Adventure, Mystery
Fandorin learns of a mysterious femme fatale whom the dead man was in love with and follows her to a German spa town where he finally encounters Azazel.
Director: Aleksandr Adabashyan | Stars: Ilya Noskov, Larisa Borushko, Sergey Chonishvili, Yuri Avsharov
40.
Azazel (2002)
Episode:
Bednaya Liza
(2002)
51 min | Action, Adventure, Mystery
Barely getting out of Germany alive, Erast Fandorin returns to Saint Petersburg where he leads the hunt for Azazel.
Director: Aleksandr Adabashyan | Stars: Ilya Noskov, Marina Aleksandrova, Ewa Szykulska, Marina Neyolova
41.
Tsarskaya okhota (1990–1994)
Episode:
Episode #1.1
(1994)
63 min | Drama, History
Stars: Nikolay Yeryomenko, Svetlana Kryuchkova, Anna Samokhina, Mikhail Kononov
42.
Tsarskaya okhota (1990–1994)
Episode:
Episode #1.2
(1994)
64 min | Drama, History
Stars: Nikolay Yeryomenko, Svetlana Kryuchkova, Anna Samokhina, Mikhail Kononov
43.
Spadla z oblakov (1978–1983)
Episode:
Banket
(1978)
Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Director: Radim Cvrcek | Stars: Zuzana Pravnanská, Matej Landl, Lubor Cajka, Svetlana Majbová
44.
Spadla z oblakov (1978–1983)
Episode:
Lietac
(1978)
Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Director: Radim Cvrcek | Stars: Zuzana Pravnanská, Matej Landl, Lubor Cajka, Svetlana Majbová
Votes: 7
45.
Spadla z oblakov (1978–1983)
Episode:
Operácia Púpava
(1978)
Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Director: Radim Cvrcek | Stars: Zuzana Pravnanská, Matej Landl, Lubor Cajka, Svetlana Majbová
46.
Spadla z oblakov (1978–1983)
Episode:
Otec to zariadi
(1978)
Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Director: Radim Cvrcek | Stars: Zuzana Pravnanská, Matej Landl, Lubor Cajka, Svetlana Majbová
47.
Spadla z oblakov (1978–1983)
Episode:
Prepad
(1978)
Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Director: Radim Cvrcek | Stars: Zuzana Pravnanská, Matej Landl, Lubor Cajka, Svetlana Majbová
48.
Spadla z oblakov (1978–1983)
Episode:
Rozlúcka
(1978)
Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Director: Radim Cvrcek | Stars: Zuzana Pravnanská, Matej Landl, Lubor Cajka, Svetlana Majbová
Votes: 7
49.
Spadla z oblakov (1978–1983)
Episode:
Strelnica
(1978)
Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Director: Radim Cvrcek | Stars: Zuzana Pravnanská, Matej Landl, Lubor Cajka, Svetlana Majbová
Votes: 7
50.
Spadla z oblakov (1978–1983)
Episode:
Svadobné saty
(1978)
Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Director: Radim Cvrcek | Stars: Zuzana Pravnanská, Matej Landl, Lubor Cajka, Svetlana Majbová
Votes: 7