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A list of films produced in Russia in 2006 (see 2006 in film).
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A list of films produced in Russia in 2006 (see 2006 in film).
| Title | Russian title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 977 | Девять семь семь | Nikolay Khomeriki | Fyodor Lavrov, Klavdiya Korshunova | Drama | Screened at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival |
| Above the Lake | Надъ озеромъ | Dmitrii Frolov | Peter Kremis | Science fiction | |
| Alive | Живой | Aleksandr Veledinsky | Andrei Chadov | Drama | |
| Bastards | Сволочи | Aleksandr Atanesyan | Andrey Panin, Andrey Krasko | War drama | |
| Bramble, During the Summer | Костяника. Время лета | Dmitry Fyodorov | Olga Starchenkova | Romance | |
| Break-through | Прорыв | Vitaliy Lukin | Ildus Abrahmanov | Drama | |
| Dikari | Дикари | Viktor Shamirov | Gosha Kutsenko, Vladislav Galkin, Marat Basharov | Comedy | |
| Day Watch | Дневной дозор | Timur Bekmambetov | Konstantin Khabensky, Aleksei Chadov, Gosha Kutsenko, Igor Lifanov, Zhanna Friske | Fantasy | Based on the book of the same name by Sergey Lukyanenko |
| Dobrynya Nikitich and Zmey Gorynych | Добрыня Никитич и Змей Горыныч | Ilya Maksimov | Yekaterina Gorohovskaya, Sergey Makovetskiy | Fairy tale | Animation |
| Euphoria | Эйфория | Ivan Vyrypaev | Polina Agureeva, Maksim Ushakov, Mikhail Okunev | Drama | |
| Family Name | Двойная фамилия | Stanislav Mitin | Oleg Stefan | Drama | |
| Franz + Polina | Franz + Polina | Mikhail Segal | Adrian Topol | War | |
| Free Floating | Свободное плавание | Boris Khlebnikov | Aleksander Yatsenko | Comedy | |
| Graffiti | Граффити | Igor Apasyan | Andrei Novikov | Comedy | |
| Heat | ЖАRА | Rezo Gigineishvili | Aleksey Chadov, Artur Smolyaninov | Comedy | |
| The Island | Остров | Pavel Lungin | Petr Mamonov, Viktor Sukhorukov, Dmitri Dyuzhev | Drama | |
| It Doesn't Hurt Me | Мне не больно | Aleksey Balabanov | Renata Litvinova | Drama | |
| Khottabych | Хоттабыч | Peter Tochilin | Marius Jampolskis, Vladimir Tolokonnikov | Comedy | |
| Kiss of a Butterfly | Поцелуй бабочки | Anton Sivers | Sergey Bezrukov, Lan Yan | Crime | |
| Last Slaughter | Последний забой | Sergey Bobrov | Sergey Garmash | Drama | |
| Mayak | Маяк | Mariya Saakyan | Anna Kapaleva | Drama | |
| Moscow Mission | Обратный отсчёт | Vadim Shmelyov | Andrey Merzlikin | Action | |
| My Love | Моя любовь | Aleksandr Petrov | Romance | Animation | |
| Nobody Knows About Sex | Никто не знает про секс | Aleksey Gordeev | Nikolay Machulsky, Aurora, Anatoly Kuznetsov | Comedy | |
| Piranha | Охота на пиранью | Andrey Kavun | Vladimir Mashkov, Svetlana Antonova, Yevgeny Mironov | Action | |
| Piter FM | Питер FM | Oksana Bychkova | Ekaterina Fedulova | Comedy | |
| Playing the Victim | Изображая жертву | Kirill Serebrennikov | Yuri Chursin, Vitali Khayev | Comedy | |
| The Power of Fear | Ведьма | Oleg Fesenko | Valery Nikolaev | Horror | |
| Prince Vladimir | Князь Владимир | Yuriy Kulakov | Yuri Berkun, Irina Bezrukova, Sergei Bezrukov | History, Fantasy | Animation |
| Pushkin: The Last Duel | Пушкин. Последняя дуэль | Natalya Bondarchuk | Sergey Bezrukov | Drama | |
| Rabbit Over the Void | Заяц над бездной | Tigran Keosayan | Bogdan Stupka | Comedy | |
| Rush Hour | Час пик | Oleg Fesenko | Konstantin Khabensky, Anna Kovalchuk, Andrey Merzlikin | Drama | |
| Russian Translation | Русский перевод | Alexander Chernjaev | Nikita Zverev, Sergey Veksler | Thriller | |
| The Sword Bearer | Меченосец | Filipp Yankovsky | Artyom Tkachenko, Chulpan Khamatova, Oleksiy Gorbunov | Action | |
| Transit | Перегон | Aleksandr Rogozhkin | Aleksei Serebryakov, Daniil Strakhov, Anastasiya Nemolyaeva | War drama | |
| U.E. | У.Е. | Aleksandr Atanesyan | Aleksandr Atanesyan, Dorie Gray | Thriller | |
| The Ugly Swans | Гадкие лебеди | Konstantin Lopushansky | Catherine Dussart, Gregory Hlady | Science fiction | Based on the book of the same name by Strugatskies |
| Wolfhound | Волкодав из рода Серых Псов | Nikolai Lebedev | Aleksandr Bukharov, Gennady Makoev | Fantasy | Based on Maria Semenova book |
| Worm | Червь | Aleksei Muradov | Sergey Shnyryov, Anastasiya Sapozhnikova | Drama | Entered into the 28th Moscow International Film Festival |
| Young Wolfhound | Молодой Волкодав | Oleg Fomin | Aleksandr Bukharov, Anna Azarova | Fantasy | TV prequel to Volkodav from the Grey Hound Clan, based on Maria Semenova books |
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