List of Chechen Wars films
Below is an incomplete list of feature films, television films or TV series which include events of the First Chechen War (1994–1996), the Dagestan incursions (1999), the Second Chechen War (1999-2009), the Insurgency in Ingushetia (2009–2017), the Insurgency in the North Caucasus (2009–2017) and the Islamic State insurgency in the North Caucasus (2017–present). This list does not include documentaries, short films.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]
1990s
[edit]| Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) |
Original title (Original script) |
Director | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Russia Kazakhstan |
Prisoner of the Mountains | Кавказский пленник | Sergei Bodrov | Drama, War. |
| 1997 | Russia | Purgatory | Чистилище | Alexander Nevzorov | War. Battle of Grozny (1994–1995) |
| 1997 | Russia | War is Over. Please Forget... | Война окончена. Забудьте… | Valeriy Kharchenko | |
| 1998 | Russia | Checkpoint | Блокпост | Aleksandr Rogozhkin | Drama, Romance, War. |
2000s
[edit]| Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) |
Original title (Original script) |
Director | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Russia | Tender Age | Нежный возраст | Sergei Solovyov | Drama. |
| 2000 | United States | Black Sea Raid | Jenö Hodi | Action, Drama. | |
| 2000 | Russia | My darling star | Звездочка моя ненаглядная | Sergey Mikaelyan | Drama. |
| 2001 | Russia | Twelfth Autumn | Двенадцатая осень | Igor Talpa | Action, Drama. |
| 2002 | Russia France |
House of Fools | Дом дураков | Andrei Konchalovsky | Drama, Music, Romance, War. |
| 2002 | Russia | War | Война | Aleksei Balabanov | Action, Drama, War. |
| 2002 | Russia | Caucasian roulette | Кавказская рулетка | Fedor Popov | Drama, War. |
| 2002 | Russia | March of the Slav | Марш славянки | Natalya Pyankova | Drama. |
| 2003 | Russia | Antikiller 2: Antiterror | Антикиллер 2: Антитеррор | Egor Konchalovsky | Action, Crime. |
| 2003 | Russia | The Forced March | Марш-бросок | Nikolai Stambula | Action, Drama, Romance, War. |
| 2004 | Russia | My Step Brother Frankenstein | Мой сводный брат Франкенштейн | Valery Todorovsky | Drama. |
| 2004 | Russia | Countdown | Личный номер | Evgeny Lavrentiev | Action, Adventure, Crime, Thriller. Moscow theater hostage crisis |
| 2005 | Bulgaria | Target of Opportunity | Danny Lerner | Action, Drama. | |
| 2006 | Russia | Dead field | Мёртвое поле | Aleksandr Aravin | Drama, War. |
| 2006 | United States Russia |
Spy Games: The Black Wolf Hunt | Шпионские игры: Охота на черного волка | Georgiy Gavrilov | Action. |
| 2006 | Russia | Break-through | Прорыв | Vitaliy Lukin | Drama, War. Battle for Height 776 |
| 2007 | Russia | May | Май | Marat Rafikov Ilya Rubinshteyn |
Drama. |
| 2007 | Russia | 12 | Nikita Mikhalkov | Crime, Drama, Thriller. | |
| 2007 | Georgia | The Russian Triangle | რუსული სამკუთხედი Русский треугольник |
Aleko Tsabadze | Thriller. |
| 2007 | Russia France |
Alexandra | Александра | Alexander Sokurov | Drama, War. |
| 2008 | Norway | Night of the Wolf | Ulvenatten | Kjell Sundvall | Action, Drama, Thriller. |
| 2008 | Russia Bulgaria |
Captive | Пленный | Alexei Uchitel | Action, Drama. |
| 2008 | Russia | Russian victim | Русская жертва | Mikhail Dobrynin Elena Lyapicheva Irina Meletina |
War. Battle for Height 776 |
2010s
[edit]| Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) |
Original title (Original script) |
Director | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Russia | Retired 2 | Отставник 2 | Andrey Shcherbinin | |
| 2012 | Germany | The Fourth State | Die vierte Macht | Dennis Gansel | Thriller. |
| 2012 | United Kingdom Russia Jordan |
The Prisoner | Mohydeen Izzat Quandour | Drama, History, Thriller. | |
| 2013 | United States | Extraction | Tony Giglio | Action, Thriller. | |
| 2013 | Russia | Catharsis | Катарсис | Aleksandr Kondratenko | Drama, Thriller, War. |
| 2013 | Russia | Thirst | Жажда | Dmitriy Tyurin | Drama, War. |
| 2014 | France Georgia |
The Search | Michel Hazanavicius | Drama, War. | |
| 2015 | Russia | No Comment | Artyom Temnikov | Adventure. | |
| 2016 | Russia | Simple story | Простая история | Victor Tatarsky | |
| 2017 | Russia | Closeness | Теснота | Kantemir Balagov | Drama. |
| 2017 | Germany Belarus Russia |
Found a scythe on a stone | Нашла коса на камень | Anya Krays | Drama. |
| 2017 | Russia | Forgotten by God | Апостасия | Aleksey Muradov | Drama, Family, War. |
| 2018 | Russia | Liquidation decision | Решение о ликвидации | Alexander Aravin | Action. Elimination of Shamil Basayev |
Science fiction, fantasy and horror
[edit]| Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) |
Original title (Original script) |
Director | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Russia | Bastards | Выблядки | Oleg Mavromati | Drama, Horror. |
| 2006 | Russia | Alive | Живой | Alexander Veledinsky | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, War. |
| 2015 | Japan | Harmony | Science fiction, |
TV Series
[edit]| Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) |
Original title (Original script) |
Director | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000-6 | Russia | Deadly Force | Убойная сила | Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery. | |
| 2001 | Russia | Men's work | Мужская работа | Tigran Keosayan | |
| 2001 | Russia | A special case | Особый случай | Igor Talpa | Action. |
| 2002-3 | Russia | Spetsnaz | Спецназ | Andrei Malyukov Vyacheslav Nikiforov |
Action, War. |
| 2004 | Russia Kazakhstan |
Gentlemen officers | Господа офицеры | Andrei Kravchuk | Action, Adventure, Drama. |
| 2004 | Russia | I have the honor!.. | Честь имею!.. | Victor Buturlin Vladimir Bortko |
War. Battle for Height 776 |
| 2005 | Russia | Ataman | Атаман | Vasiliy Mishchenko | |
| 2005 | Russia | Carousel | Карусель | Vyacheslav Nikiforov | Drama. |
| 2006 | Russia | Jonik | Джоник | Dmitriy Tomashpolskiy | Drama. |
| 2006 | Russia | Storm Gate | Грозовые ворота | Andrei Malyukov | Drama, War. |
| 2007 | Russia | A matter of honor | Дело чести | Andrey Chernykh | |
| 2009 | Russia | The cranes will scream | Откричат журавли | Evgeniy Serov | |
| 2009 | Russia | Landing mission | Десантура | Vitaly Vorobiev Oleg Basilov |
Action, History, War. |
| 2011 | Russia | Shooting Mountains | Стреляющие горы | Rustam Urazaev | War. |
| 2011-12 | Russia | SOBR | СОБР | Stanislav Mareev Andrey Linich |
Action. |
| 2012 | Russia | Shooter | Стрелок | Arman Gevorgyan | Action. |
| 2018 | Russia | Strelok-3. Hero's return | Стрелок-3. Возвращение героя | Mikhail Pogosov |
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