A list of films produced in Russia in 1996 (see 1996 in film).
Title | Russian title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
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Gisele's Mania | Мания Жизели | Aleksey Uchitel | Galina Tyunina | Drama | |
Hello, Fools! | Привет, дуралеи! | Eldar Ryazanov | Tatyana Drubich | Comedy | |
Inspector | Ревизор | Sergey Gazarov | Nikita Mikhalkov | Comedy | |
Prisoner of the Mountains | Кавказский пленник | Sergei Bodrov | Oleg Menshikov | Drama | |
The Little Cat | Котёнок | Ivan Popov | Andrei Kuznetsov | Adventure | |
The Return of the Battleship | Возвращение «Броненосца» | Gennadi Poloka | Mikhail Urzhumtsev | Comedy | |
Whoever Softer | Тот, кто нежнее | Abay Karpykov | Bopesh Jandaev | Drama | |
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