A list of films produced in Russia in 2023 (see 2023 in film).
The highest-grossing Russian films released in 2023, by global box office gross revenue, are as follows:
Rank | Title | Distributor | Worldwide gross |
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1 | Cheburashka | Soyuzmultfilm | $77,609,926 |
2 | Wish of the Fairy Fish | CTB Film Company | $28,782,236 |
3 | The Challenge | Channel One | $23,404,037 |
4 | Tzadik | Studio Trite | $7,800,584 |
5 | Baba Yaga Saves The World | Fresh Film | $6,857,309 |
Opening | Title | Russian title | Cast and crew | Details | |
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J A N U A R Y | 1 | Cheburashka | Чебурашка | Director: Dmitry Dyachenko Cast: Olga Kuzmina, Sergei Garmash, Fyodor Dobronravov, Elena Yakovleva, Polina Maksimova, Sergei Lavygin | Central Partnership / Yellow, Black and White / START Studio / Soyuzmultfilm The film is based on the children's book Gena the Crocodile and His Friends by Eduard Uspensky. |
1 | Grom: Boyhood Major Grom. Special | Гром: Трудное детство | Director: Oleg Trofim Cast: Kay Aleks Getts, Sergey Marin, Aleksei Vedernikov, Vladimir Yaganov, Daniil Vorobyov, Irina Rozanova | Digital release by KinoPoisk / Bubble Studios Major Grom, a difficult childhood is a prequel to the superhero movie Major Grom: Plague Doctor and tells about the childhood of Police Major Igor Grom and his father's work. | |
5 | Clipmakers | Клипмейкеры | Director: Grigory Konstantinopolsky Cast: Alexander Gorchilin, Aleksandr Kuznetsov, Mariya Shalayeva, Vladimir Epifantsev | "Cinema Atmosphere" Film Distribution / CTB Film Company | |
F E B R U A R Y | 9 | To Be | Быть | Director: Aleksandr Kovtunets Cast: Oleg Gaas, Dmitry Vlaskin, Margarita Abroskina | National Media Group Film Distribution In the role of a young rapper who finds himself in the past and must do everything not to disappear from the future. |
9 | Loose Relationship | Свободные отношения | Director: Dmitry Nevzorov Cast: Aglaya Tarasova, Boris Dergachev, Ilya Sobolev | "KaroRental" Film Distribution / 1-2-3 Production A romantic film decides to try an open relationship to save their unhappy marriage. | |
14 | Naughty | Непослушная | Director: Dmitry Suvorov Cast: Alexander Petrov, Anastasiya Reznik, Semyon Arzumanov | Erotic drama film | |
16 | Tzadik | Праведник | Director: Sergei Ursuliak Cast: Aleksandr Yatsenko, Sergei Makovetsky, Fyodor Dobronravov, Yevgeny Tkachuk, Mark Eidelstein, Lyubov Konstantinova | Central Partnership / Russia-1 / Moskino Film Studio / Studio Trite / WeiT Media Soviet partisan Nikolay Kiselyov (soldier), who led 200 Jews out of the ghetto in the Belarusian village of Dolginovo, USSR behind the front line. | |
16 | The Snow Queen & The Princess | Снежная Королева: Разморозка | Director: Aleksey Tsitsilin, Andrey Korenkov Voice cast: Irina Chumantieva | VLG.FILM / Wizart Animation | |
23 | Rabies | Бешенство | Director: Dmitry Dyachenko Cast: Aleksei Serebryakov, Vsevolod Volodin, Yevgeny Tkachuk | VLG.FILM / Backup Copy / Hype Film The film is based on the real story of the wild animal rabies outbreak in the Amur Oblast in 2019. | |
M A R C H | 2 | Intensive Care | Здоровый человек | Director: Pyotr Todorovsky Cast: Nikita Yefremov, Irina Starshenbaum, Yevgeny Tkachuk | "KaroRental" Film Distribution |
2 | Nuremberg | Нюрнберг | Director: Nikolai Lebedev Cast: Sergey Kempo, Lyubov Aksyonova, Yevgeny Mironov, Sergey Bezrukov, Aleksey Bardukov, Igor Petrenko | National Media Group Film Distribution / Cinema Production Producer Center Historical film about the preparation and course of the international military tribunal in 1945-46. | |
8 | Off the Rails | Поехавшая Traveling by bike | Director: Anton Maslov Cast: Olga Lerman, Viktor Khorinyak, Dmitry Chebotaryov, Elena Yakovleva, Askar Ilyasov | Central Partnership / Yellow, Black and White / START Studio A road movie based on the book Why stay at home?, which is based on the real story of Anna Smolina. | |
16 | Emergency Landing | На солнце, вдоль рядов кукурузы | Director: Sarik Andreasyan Cast: Egor Beroev, German Modyagin, Olga Khokhlova | Aviation film about the successful emergency landing of a passenger plane near Zhukovsky on August 15, 2019. | |
23 | Puppeteer | Кукольник | Director: Sergey Kuznetsov Cast: Maria Mironova, Vitaliya Korniyenko, Polina Ryashko | AVK`PRO / Gorky Film Studios The sisters find themselves puppets in the hands of an otherworldly Puppeteer - a teen fantasy thriller. |
Opening | Title | Russian title | Cast and crew | Details | |
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A P R I L | 6 | The Flood | Наводнение | Director: Ivan Tverdovskiy Cast: Anna Slyu, Sofya Shidlovskaya, Maxim Shchyogolev | Cinema Art Pro Film Distribution / New People Film Company |
6 | Live | Прямой эфир | Director: Karen Oganesyan Cast: Kirill Käro, Pavel Chernyshyov, Irina Voronova | The White Nights film distribution company / Kargo Film / Irsna Media | |
13 | Doctor | Доктор | Director: Artyom Temnikov Cast: Sergei Puskepalis, Olga Tsirsen, Igor Chernevich | AVK`PRO / AT production | |
13 | Zoskin Gas Station | Зоськина заправка | Director: Natalya Uglitsky Cast: Zoya Berber, Grigory Siyatvinda, Aleksandr Samoylenko | "Paradise" Film Distribution / Paradise Production Center | |
20 | The Challenge | Вызов | Director: Klim Shipenko Cast: Yulia Peresild, Miloš Biković, Vladimir Mashkov, Andrey Shchepochkin, Aleksandr Baluev, Igor Gordin, Alexey Barabash, Alexey Grishin, Yelena Valyushkina | Central Partnership / Roscosmos / Channel One / Yellow, Black and White / START Studio Space docudrama film by Klim Shipenko with Yulia Peresild, which was filmed aboard the International Space Station, 400 km above the Earth’s surface. | |
27 | Yaga and the Book of Spells | Яга и книга заклинаний | Director: Vladimir Sakov Voice cast: Yulia Khlynina, Fyodor Bondarchuk, Lidiya Chistyakova-Ionova | National Media Group Film Distribution / Art Pictures Studio / Gluk’oza Animation Based on Baba Yaga . [1] | |
M A Y | 11 | 14+: Continued | 14+: Продолжение | Director: Andrey Zaytsev Cast: Gleb Kalyuzhny, Ulyana Vaskovich, Olga Ozollapinya | Central Partnership The sequel to the 2015 film 14+ . |
18 | Khitrovka. The Sign of Four | Хитровка. Знак четырёх | Director: Karen Shakhnazarov Cast: Konstantin Kryukov, Mikhail Porechenkov, Alexander Oleshko, Anfisa Chernykh, Alexey Vertkov | "KaroRental" Film Distribution A detective inspired by the work of Arthur Conan Doyle, based on the works of Vladimir Gilyarovsky. The action will unfold in Khitrovka, 1902. | |
26 | Here's to You and Us! | За нас с вами | Director: Andrei Smirnov Cast: Yuliya Snigir, Andrey Smolyakov, Irina Rozanova | ||
J U N E | 8 | The Sun Tastes | Солнце на вкус | Director: Eldar Salavatov Cast: Leonid Basov, Kamila Yakubova, Aleksandr Ilyin | |
8 | Three Minutes of Silence | Снегирь | Director: Boris Khlebnikov Cast: Makar Khlebnikov, Oleg Savostyuk, Aleksandr Robak, Timofey Tribuntsev, Yevgeny Sytyy | "Cinema Atmosphere" Film Distribution / Globus Film Studio / Official website at the CTB Film Company | |
15 | Forgotten Experiment | Сквозь время | Director: Alexandr Boguslavsky Cast: Egor Koreshkov, Viktor Dobronravov, Valeriya Shkirando | National Media Group Film Distribution / KinoDanz (KD Studios) |
Opening | Title | Russian title | Cast and crew | Details | |
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A U G U S T | 24 | Ruslan and Ludmila. More than a Fairy Tale The Rebel Princess | Руслан и Людмила. Больше, чем сказка | Director: Alexey Tsitsylin, Vladimir Nikolaev, Alexey Zamyslov Voice cast: Artem Krylov, Irina Obrezkova, Valentin Morozov, Artem Kazyukhanov, Alexander Bykovsky | VLG.FILM / Voronezh Animation Studio / CTB Film Company An animated feature film is a modern version of Pushkin's poem Ruslan and Ludmila . [2] |
S E P T E M B E R | 7 | Holidays | Праздники | Director: Boris Dergachev Cast: Vitaly Khaev, Mariya Aronova | Central Partnership / Good Story Media / TNT Comedy film: will the Pyzhovs be able to save their family when everything secret becomes clear? |
21 | Lost in the North | Чужая | Director: Alexey Lukanev Cast: Anna Slyu, Artyom Tkachenko, Nyurgun Bechigen | National Media Group Film Distribution / Noah Film Company | |
28 | 1993 | 1993 | Director: Alexander Veledinsky Cast: Ekaterina Vilkova, Yevgeny Tsyganov, Aleksandr Robak | "Cinema Atmosphere" Film Distribution / Gate Film |
Opening | Title | Russian title | Cast and crew | Details | |
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O C T O B E R | 5 | Lord of the Wind | Повелитель ветра | Director: Igor Voloshin Cast: Fyodor Bondarchuk, Anna Mikhalkova, Yevgeny Tkachuk, Andrey Burkovsky, Daniil Vorobyov | Central Partnership / Art Pictures Studio / Vodorod Pictures The history of the 11-day round-the-world balloon flight that Fyodor Konyukhov made in 2016. |
12 | The Cage is Looking for a Bird | Клетка ищет птицу | Director: Malika Musaeva Cast: Khadizha Bataeva, Madina Akkieva | "Pioner" Film Distribution / Alexander Sokurov's Fund / Hype Studios | |
12 | KikoRiki are Making a Movie | Смешарики снимают кино | Director: Denis Chernov, Svetlana Mardagolimova, Dmitry Yakovenko | National Media Group Film Distribution / Riki Group This cartoon is based on the animated series KikoRiki . | |
19 | Matthew Passion | Страсти по Матвею | Director: Sergey Ilyin Cast: Denis Vlasenko, Valeriia Zoidova, Timofey Tribuntsev, Aleksey Rozin, Olga Medynich | National Media Group Film Distribution / QS Films / START Studio / Yellow, Black and White The romantic relationship between an altar boy and a society girl. | |
26 | The Empresses | Императрицы | Director: Andrei Kravchuk Cast: Yulia Peresild, Ivan Kolesnikov, Igor Gordin, Kseniya Utekihina, Anastasia Talyzina | Central Partnership / 1-2-3 Production Sequel to the film Peter I: The Last Tsar and the First Emperor (2022). | |
26 | Wish of the Fairy Fish | По щучьему велению | Director: Alexandr Voitinsky Cast: Nikita Kologrivy, Mila Ershova, Alina Alekseeva, Yuri Kolokolnikov, Roman Madyanov, Fyodor Lavrov, Agrippina Steklova | National Media Group Film Distribution / Official website at the CTB Film Company / Studio Globus Slavic peasant fairy tale based on the Russian folk tale At the Pike's Behest by Alexander Afanasyev. | |
N O V E M B E R | 2 | The Man from Nowhere | Человек ниоткуда | Director: Renat Davletyarov Cast: Aleksandr Metyolkin, Varvara Komarova, Irina Medvedeva, Ilya Lyubimov, Ivan Zlobin | Nashe Kino (transl. "Our Cinema") / Interfest The sci-fi thriller film begins in the 1960s, a Soviet spaceship has crashed, and an astronaut wakes up in Moscow in 2023. |
9 | Year of Birth | Год рождения | Director: Mikhail Mestetsky Cast: Eldar Kalimulin, Anastasia Talyzina, Yuri Borisov | VLG.FILM / Droog Drooga / Pinery / Kinoprime Foundation A young dreamer is torn between family life and fantasies. | |
9 | Syndrome | Синдром | Director: Anton Bormatov Cast: Oksana Akinshina, Kirill Käro, Alina Alekseyeva, Yevgenia Dobrovolskaya | The company Central Partnership took on the creation of a psychological thriller / Producer center "Gorad" | |
16 | The Legend of Sambo | Легенда о самбо | Director: Andrey Bogatyrev Cast: Wolfgang Cerny, Dmitry Pavlenko, Anton Vohmin Aleksey Shevchenkov | ABS Film Company A biography about the sporting clash between the greatest Soviet martial artists Viktor Spiridonov and Vasili Oshchepkov. | |
23 | The White List | Белый список | Director: Alisa Khazanova Cast: Aleksei Serebryakov, Vladimir Averyanov, Evgeniya Kregzhde | ||
D E C E M B E R | 4 | Let’s Go to Macau With You | Поедем с тобой в Макао | Cast & Director: Roman Mikhaylov Cast: Oleg Chugunov, Yuliya Marchenko, Roman Ageev | VLG.FILM / Fruit Time |
21 | Bad Habit | Вредная привычка | Director: Mitry Semenov-Aleinikov Cast: Yan Tsapnik, Anton Zhizhin, Aleksandra Solovyova | National Media Group Film Distribution A comedy film, a village father and son are getting used to the world of smoothies and pilates. | |
21 | New Year’s All Inclusive | Новогодний ол инклюзив | Director: Oleg Asadulin Cast: Yan Tsapnik, Alexandr Zlatopolsky | "Cinema Atmosphere" Film Distribution Two warring families find themselves under the same roof on New Year's Eve. | |
28 | Three Heroes and the Navel of the World | Три богатыря и Пуп Земли | Director: Konstantin Feoktistov | VLG.FILM / Melnitsa Animation Studio / CTB Film Company |
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