Danila geht zu seinem älteren Bruder, um in Sankt Petersburg ein neues Leben zu beginnen. Sein Bruder ist ein Gangster und ein Mörder, und er zieht Danila in diese kriminelle Welt hinein und bittet ihn, jemanden zu töten.

Sergei and Simon have to deliver a suitcase full of heroin to Mikhalych or else they will be killed. There is one minor detail: the only problem-solving technique they are familiar with is a shot in the head.

Ein britisches Pärchen ist von Tschetschenen entführt worden und soll gegen ein Lösegeld von mehreren Millionen Pfund freigekauft werden. Eine Summe die niemand zahlen kann. Ein russischer Soldat ist mit den Beiden eingesperrt. Für ihn wird niemand Lösegeld bezahlen. Die beiden Männer werden freigelassen um einem anderen tschetschenischen Stammesführer eine Botschaft zu überbringen. Das Mädchen bleibt im Lager zurück. Doch die Männer denken nicht an Flucht, sie kommen zurück um das Mädchen zu befreien...

1988-1989. The end of the Soviet-Afghan war. The USSR begins its withdrawal from Afghanistan. Soviet General Vasiliev's son - a pilot named Alexander gets kidnapped by the mujahideen after his airplane crashes. As a result the 108th motorized infantry division's long awaited return home gets put on hold for one last mission: bring the General's son back. Based on true events the previously untold story of the courageous and tragic withdrawal campaign (through the Salang pass) reveals the danger the horror and the complexity of human nature during wartime.

Ein Neubaublock wie viele andere. Junge Leute balancieren ausgelassen auf den Außentreppen. Die Sonne scheint, jeder will ihre Strahlen erhaschen, überall herrscht Fröhlichkeit. Die Wohnung Jelena Sergejewnas dagegen, direkt unterhalb des Hochhausdaches, wirkt ruhig, ja fast hermetisch abgeschlossen gegenüber so viel lärmenden Leben. Die schmächtige Frau, die jahrzehntelang als Pädagogin pflichtbewusst ihren Dienst tat, bewerkstelligt gerade die große Wäsche. Plötzlich klingelt es, vier Schüler einer zehnten Klasse stehen mit roten Rosen vor der Tür, drücken der Lehrerin den Strauß in die Arme. Jelena Sergejewna hatte fast ihren eigenen Geburtstag vergessen. Nach und nach nämlich stellt sich heraus, dass die Schüler gar nicht zum Gratulieren gekommen sind, sondern um ihre Lehrerin unter Druck zu setzen.

Puck has been invited by her tutor at the university to celebrate midsummer at his secluded cottage on an island together with a group of friends, among them Einar Bure. Puck and Einar are having a secret relationship, and he is the reason she says yes to the invitation. Having been out on a romantic spree with Einar, Puck finds one of the female guests murdered. Einar contacts his friend Christer Wijk, but upon Christer's arrival, the dead body has disappeared. The contact with the outside world is broken when the island's only boat goes missing. They are trapped on the island - and someone among them is a killer...

Following the Russian Civil War, a loyal Red, Shilov, must prove he is at home among strangers as he attempts to recapture a shipment of gold that he was supposed to deliver to Moscow. Needed as a means of buying food for the people, the gold Shilov was entrusted with is stolen, initially by a group of assassins and then by a group of bandits. In tracking the gold’s whereabouts, Shilov’s motives are questioned and he is suspected of treason, in part because his brother was a devoted White. In an effort to clear his name, Shilov locates the gold, but he also discovers rampant greed and corruption.

Pete ist in den Dreissigern und lernt Laurie kennen, eine introvertierte Sport-Gymnasiastin, die sich gerade mit ihrer Mutter versucht in ein neues Umfeld einzurichten. Pete und Laurie gehen eine freundschaftliche Beziehung ein, die sich immer mehr intensiviert.

Based on the novel of the same name by Fyodor Dostoevsky. The tragic story of the Karamazov family takes place in a Russian province in the late 19th century. The relations of their father and three brothers are very complicated and contradictory. One of the brothers is accused of killing his father, whom he did not commit. The brothers are unable to help him, and only a loving girl follows him to hard labour.

A shell-shocked Afghanistan war hero named Ivan Skryabin (Mikhail Skryabin) spends his days stoking the fire in a giant coal furnace. When he isn’t tending the flames, he keeps busy with other activities. He works on a historical novel. His adult daughter Sasha (Aida Tumutova) comes to visit. Local kids come to gaze at the flames. Gangsters, including a former Army sergeant (Aleksandr Mosin) and a sniper known as Bison (Yuri Matveyev), drop by to add special kindling to the fire.

Early autumn, godforsaken Russian countryside. A local hunter Michail witnesses a skirmish in the middle of the forest - three men want to kill the forth, Andrey. Kind-hearted Michail helps Andrey escape and together they run from the villains who chase them. Thus, two totally different men start a long and dangerous journey together, constantly arguing with each other regarding their ideology, morals and opinions about life. But life will put everything on its place and make the men understand who they really are.

The year is 1917. We are in the Russian countryside. It is the middle of freezing winter. A pale young, newly educated doctor arrives. Having to deal with one medical challenge after another he soon becomes the center of everyone's attention. To soothe the impressions of human suffering he turns to morphine.

A movie about two sisters - thirteen year old Sveta, poor and abandoned by her father, who longs to go off and be a sniper in the army, and spoilt eight-year old Dina, doted on by her gangster father...

But the lives of the Kikoriki are suddenly turned upside-down when they stumble on a strange device they had only heard about - a TV.

A black BMW, a symbol of luxury, is racing along the night streets of Moscow in the 90s. Bad luck turns four friends into criminals and they have no way back. Only the black “bimmer” is reliable in this life without rules, taking the friends farther and farther from Moscow, into the crazy and ruthless wilderness of Russian roads… None of them wanted to kill. None of them wanted to die. But they will have to face their destiny in the end.

A satirical comedy about the excessive restrictions that children face during their vacation in a Young Pioneer camp.

1948 in Nordchina. Die 9. Kompanie des 139. Regiments unter dem Kommando von Hauptmann Gu Zidi ist bereits stark dezimiert. Trotzdem erhält der Hauptmann den Auftrag, eine Miene vor den Kuomintang-Truppen zu beschützen. Er darf auf keinen Fall die Truppen zurückziehen, ehe nicht ein vorher verabredetes Signalhorn zu hören ist. Die Kämpfe dauern an, doch der Ton ist nicht zu hören. Es kommt zu einem furchtbaren Gemetzel...

Ivan Mirosnikov, a cheeky young man in the Gorbachev era, is trying to figure out what to do with his life (he's not in college, and the 2-year mandatory military service is looming large ahead of him). Meanwhile, he lives with his divorced mother, and works as a courier at a Russian newspaper. Through his job, he meets patronizing Professor Kuznetzov and his rebellious daughter Katya. To annoy the professor, Ivan claims to have an affair with Katya. To his surprise, Katya backs his story up.

After twenty years, five high school classmates meet again at Daniele's wedding, the only one who has built a career for himself. During a long weekend in Switzerland, the five friends rediscover the affection and complicity of the past, and they get a chance to straighten out their destinies. A whirlwind of misunderstandings will bring down their shaky balances, and they'll all find the courage to put themselves on the line and start their lives afresh