Best Russian adventure series
Get ready to binge. We've found a collection of must-watch adventure shows from Russia, now streaming on Netflix, HBO, Hulu, Prime Video, and other top services!
To the Lake 2019
A grim drama that unfolds against the backdrop of a global catastrophe. An unknown new virus turns Moscow into a city of the dead. Money loses its value and those not yet infected struggle desperately for food and survival.
69Brigada 2002
A quartet of childhood pals who create a business together find themselves at the core of a powerful Moscow gang in the aftermath of an unplanned murder.
77Dead Mountain: The Dyatlov Pass Incident 2020
Russia, 1959. A KGB major investigates the mysterious deaths of a group of nine student hikers in the Ural Mountains. Troubled by his past as a WWII veteran, he has a sixth sense and death seems to follow him around as he digs deeper into the mysterious incident. The more he learns, the more it becomes clear: the reason the students died will never see the light of day.
76Chornobyl: Exclusion Zone 2014
5 youths give chase after a man who has stolen 8 million rubles from them. The man reveals on his video blog his intention to travel to Chornobyl. With every kilometer the journey of the heroes becomes more dangerous and confusing.
77Liquidation 2007
The year is 1946. World War II is over, but it doesn't mean that there is no one to fight with. The post-war city of Odessa is ruled by serial killer prison-escapees and former Nazi collaborators. Fallen into disfavor, Marshal Zhoukov is sent to Odessa by Joseph Stalin to handle the situation. Together with the head of the local criminal investigation unit, David Gottsman, Zhoukov begins a special operation cleanup post-war Odessa from crime.
81The Blackout 2020
In the near future, life on earth is destroyed except for a small area in Eastern Europe. Russian military fights off hoards of remaining humans controlled by aliens and work to prevent a successful invasion by an alien force set on conquering the plant.
67Kitchenblock 2021
Summer 1980. While the Olympics held in the USSR, strange and horrible things are happening in a run-of-the-mill pioneer camp. It turns out pioneer vampires exist not only in horror stories. Smart beyond his years, independent, sensitive and determined to go all the way for the right reasons, main hero Valerka, arrives at summer camp ‘Thunderbird’ for 3 weeks of carefree recreation. Little brave boy secretly aim to discover the reason behind his brother death. Harmless and eternal journey begins to turn around when he soon discovers that one of his roommates is actually sucking the blood. Now, the independent hero must team up to find out how the vampires ended up in a Soviet summer camp, how to destroy them, and who actually killed his brother. Upon the way, Valerka learn how to trust, meet friends and sacrifice himself to the one he truly fell in love. The cost of everyone`s freedoms turned him into a vampire. Has he turned into a monster forever?
67Metal Family 2018
Metal Family follows the daily lives of Glam and Victoria, two metal fans that fell in love and had two children together, Dee and Heavy.
87The Big Game 2020
Sixteen contestants of a new survival show are taken to the Siberian taiga to compete for the price of one million euros. The rules are simple: no food, personal belongings, electricity, communications and civilization for hundreds of kilometers around. The one remains wins. Soon TV project turns into a deadly game, where LIFE becomes the main prize... What is it? Is it sick TV script? Who is behind this? And who can survive without losing their humanity?
68The Penal Battalion 2004
Drama of the penalty parts of political prisoners, who fought on the Soviet fronts.
70Gogol' 2019
The year 1829. Nikolay Gogol, a young Third Section clerk, is desperate: his own books seem shallow and mediocre, so he keeps buying entire print runs just to burn them all. He is suffering from violent epileptic seizures and struggles to keep on working. Investigator Yakov Guro accidentally witnesses one such fit and realizes that Gogol's visions contain clues that could help solve actual crimes. Together, Gogol and Guro take on a particularly weird and baffling case that brings them to a small village of Dikanka, where everyone has a huge secret to hide.
59Глухарь 2008
66CyberSlav 2024
In Ancient Russia, where there are modern technologies — from cybernetic implants and plasma weapons to exoskeletons and giant robots — a half-breed hero named Cyberslav is trying to unravel a brutal crime in order to find out who was prevented by the princely family — angry people or evil spirits that infested the local forests.
81Karpov 2012
About the future fate of former police Lieutenant Colonel Stas Karpov. Having been released after compulsory treatment, Karpov finds himself "at a broken trough". There was nothing left of what he had sought for so long: no money, no position, no power. The former COP is issued a wolf ticket, he will not get to the police even for the smallest position. Trying to somehow feed himself, Karpov gets a job as a security guard in a warehouse. He looks at the world with sober eyes, not befuddled by power. One day, he sees an ad for a reward for searching for a criminal and realizes that he remembers him from old cases, and can find him...
70Survive in … 2023
Survive Dubai is a massive show where two teams - the celebrity and the people - will face the two opposite worlds of Dubai. On the one hand, they will have all the pleasures of five-star hotels and the attributes of a "luxury" life, on the other hand, a ruthless desert in which everyone is equal and in which their own laws reign. Tests will show which team will face luxury, and which will face heat and sand. Participants will survive in Dubai for the main prize of 10 million rubles. The hosts of the reality show "Survive in Dubai" are Lyaysan Utyasheva and Pavel Volya.
90Special Squad 2002
Spetsnaz is a 2002 Russian TV miniseries directed by Andrei Malyukov.
71Under Military Law 2 2018
Autumn 1941. Miraculously escaping from the Kiev boiler, investigators from the military prosecutor's office Rokotov, Mirsky and Elagina arrive in Kharkov, where evacuation is already in full swing. They have in their hands important information about the activities of the German espionage organization. New circumstances force them to linger in Kharkov. Indeed, together with the enterprises being evacuated, under the guise of refugees, further groups of German saboteurs are moving further east, whose purpose is sabotage and sabotage at military factories. Trying to open the channels for transporting scouts to the Soviet rear, Rokotov and Elagina find out that the organization operating in Kharkov is directly related to the Kiev group that they discovered a few hours before the city was surrendered. And the curator of both of these groups occupies a high post in the Main Military Prosecutor's Office.
90Truckers 2001
At any time of the day, in the heat and in the bitter cold, they travel the roads of our country, doing difficult and sometimes very dangerous work. Truckers, for them, every flight is not only a destination, but also new meetings, unexpected difficulties, unexpected joys, risk and luck, and of course — new stories, true and incredible!
55Sword 2009
63Lada Gold 2023
Arthur, the grandson of crime boss Midas, is forced to return from the Netherlands to Russia for his grandfather's funeral. Pavel, the grandson of the hero policeman Ogurtsov, famous throughout Tolyatti, got bogged down in problems with his family, girlfriend and money. Both guys embark on the adventure of a lifetime on Lada 21043, made entirely of gangster gold. The car and the guys are being hunted by the leaders of three gangster groups who have just been released from prison — Bald, Buba and Grishka the singer, as well as the boundless Shamray, who will do anything to regain gold, influence and power.
60Killing Power 2000
53The Ciphers 2019
Moscow, 1956. Four women who are tied by the military past: work in the special department of the GRU, 11 years later converge again to conduct investigations and help the investigating authorities in especially complicated cases. With phenomenal analytical skills, Irina, Anna, Sophia and Katerina risk themselves, as well as the well-being of their own families, in order to get on the trail of criminals who threaten the lives of ordinary people and the whole country. Cipher is a Russian television detective based on the British mini-series The Bletchley Circle. The working title of the series is "The Ciphers". The series is produced by Sony Pictures Television, Lean-M and the Pobeda Production Association. The premiere of the television series took place on March 11, 2019 on Channel One.
71Sherlock Holmes 2013
The action takes place in Victorian England in the last quarter of the 19th century. 27-year-old amateur detective Sherlock Holmes becomes a bystander to a crime along with Dr. John Watson, a military doctor who has just returned from the war in Afghanistan. During the investigation, Watson, not yet having an apartment in London, settles with Holmes in Mrs. Hudson's «half board», and then takes part in the affairs of his new friend. Watson gives Holmes boxing lessons. Watson himself is an experienced boxer, able to deal with several opponents with his bare hands. In addition, he is an excellent marksman. Considering Holmes a genius, the doctor decides to tell the whole world about his talent and the mysteries he revealed in his stories, where he often embellishes the events («the true story» of which the series presents). Watson is taught to embellish events by the editor-in-chief of the «Morning Chronicle».
54Sergius Against Evil Spirits 2022
Former priest Sergius, removed from the ministry in the church, became a hunter for evil spirits. In the course of the hunt, he encounters investigator Catherine, who is just about to get acquainted with the world of the supernatural. Sergius and Katya become a team and together they begin to fight against folklore villains - Koshchei, Bayun and others.
57The Turkish Gambit 2006
Titular Advisor Erast Fandorin took part in military operations during the Russian-Turkish War of 1877-1878. Being a Serbian volunteer, Erast Petrovich meets a charming young lady, Varvara Andreevna Suvorova, who is heading to the location of the Russian troops to see her fiance. With her help, Fandorin manages to unravel a complex and mysterious espionage case…
60Freud's Method 2013
A poker player and expert in psychology investigates cases in an unorthodox way.
63The Island 2016
Eight hand-picked contestants arrive on a tropical desert island to take part in a new reality show called The Island. They must compete in a series of wild-life challenges designed by the show organizers to increase their rating with the viewers, who will determine the winner in the show finale.
64Under Military Law 2015
It is July 1941, and the Nazis are advancing towards Kyiv. A special squad is tasked with investigating major cases by acting both at the frontline and in the city itself, where rising criminals are joining German subversives in infiltrating the city, while a number of Soviet government representatives are happily profiting from other people’s misery.
65Secrecy of the Investigation 2000
In the center of the plot is a senior investigator named Masha Shvetsova and her male colleagues. The plot is the most vital, but, like in “Streets of Broken Lanterns,” it is seasoned with a fair amount of humor - otherwise, how can the audience (and the heroes) endure countless morgues, identifications and other “cute” charms of the investigative routine?
65KREMEN 2012
An ex soldier comes to visit a military friend and finds trouble right away. It all starts with a rape of a girl by the local thugs in the town. He must use his fighting skills to defeat the thugs.
54Fandorin. Azazello 2023
The October Revolution hadn't happened, and the Bolsheviks had never risen to power. The year is 2023, and the rule over the Russian Empire is divided between tzar Nikolai III and a forward-thinking PM, Dmitry Orlov. Erast Fandorin, a 20-year-old police servant, has just been hired in the criminal investigations unit at the Petrograd Metro. His job is not that exciting, but the latest news is: right at the heart of the capital, a young and wealthy oil company tycoon has just shot himself in front of dozens of men. His suicide was captured on the patrol robot cameras. Fandorin can't help but suspect that this case is far more complicated than it looks and takes on his very first major investigation
50The State Counsellor 2005
A special train from St. Petersburg to Moscow. General Khrapov is stabbed in his compartment. A mysterious "BG" mark was found on the handle of the bloody blade - the sign of an elusive terrorist group. Only Fandorin can neutralize it. Prince Pozharsky, who is also investigating the case, stands in his way. A deadly duel begins.
63Жёлтый глаз тигра 2018
64Gangster's Petersburg 2000
A Russian detective series, based on 8 works of Andrei Konstantinov ("lawyer", "Justice / Attorney-2", "The Thief / Journalist-2", "Writer", "Inventor / Writer-2", "The prisoner "," Cop "," Scavenger ") and four works by other writers.
54Five Minutes of Silence 2017
65Kamenskaya 1999
Crime has spiraled out of control for law enforcement in Moscow, and Police Major Anastasiya Kamenskaya conducts investigations into criminal activities. Frequently, the crimes she investigates involve or are even linked to influential individuals: politicians, businessmen, heads of major criminal organizations. Adapted from novels of Alexandra Marinina.
56Flint. Redemption 2013
An anonymous veteran arrives by boat to a small town being terrorized by a corrupt police force. Circumstances result in the police force led by its senior officer chasing the veteran into the forest outside of town. Armed only with his knife and the items he finds in derelict buildings he uses his special forces training to defeat the well armed but undisciplined police searching for him.
66Hitman's Curse 2022
Ivan, former detective and now ex-con seeks revenge for the death of his partner and for the injustice that put him in jail many years ago. ‘Seek and you shall find’ — out of nowhere a beautiful woman offers him the archenemy on a silver platter. Ivan is temped, how can he resist? This murder-for-hire puts him in a league of assassins that he’s desperately trying to escape. His conscience screams but his circumstances prevail. On the road to his next target, he suffers from a memory loss after a car accident. Saved by a roadside motel owner, a beautiful woman, former killer-for-hire is living in a state of an ignorant bliss. But the trouble finds him. Torn between Scylla and Charybdis, the protagonist now has to face the most dangerous target while having to save his family and his soul from being completely destroyed.
70Red 5 2024
Special services agent Bekeshev, who alone can neutralize any enemy, once fails the task, and he is dismissed.
58The Saboteur 2: The End of the War 2007
54Inye 2024
Their abilities can give the world a chance - or destroy it. Historical fantasy about the power of love and destruction
48Звёзды в Африке 2021
63The Black Sea 2020
Year 1944. Shortly before the start of the Crimean Offensive, the ships of the Soviet Black Sea Fleet and the Azov Naval Flotilla are in serious danger: German underwater commandos are preparing a large-scale operation to destroy the main combat units of the Soviet fleet in ports and roads. Aware of the seriousness of the threat, the Soviet command is developing an operation to detect and destroy the main base of the German underwater saboteurs.
58Пятницкий 2011
5320/22 2024
A student of the journalism faculty, Danil, goes as a volunteer to the zone of his SMO (Special Military Operation), tired of the hypocrisy of the capital. He is from Sevastopol and knows a little more about the neighboring state than his friends. His anti-war-minded girlfriend Alice, realizing that she is expecting a child, decides to protect her young man from a fatal mistake and goes after him. Finding a loved one in the chaos of war is proving difficult.
56Stargazer 2004
He is known as a Stargazer. But his real name is known to a very limited circle of people - his colleagues in the difficult espionage case. Sergey Chumakov, a young conman, lives in Prague with his girlfriend Lena according to someone else's documents.
56Aeterna 2025
One of the main states of Curtiana is Talig, whose throne was seized by the Ollar dynasty. The legitimate heir takes refuge in the city-state of Agaris, where the head of the local church rules. He dreams of overthrowing the Ollars one day and reclaiming the throne that rightfully belongs to him.
52Suspended Cop 2019
53Night Swallows 2013
On 8th October 1941, Stalin issued a secret order forming a female aviation unit.
50A Hero of Our Time 2007
1837: Another year of the grueling Caucasian war. A young officer, Grigory Pechorin, was sent into exile to the active army for participating in a duel. Here in the Caucasus, Pechorin will have to become an unwitting participant in rapidly unfolding events - a fight with smugglers, the abduction of a young Circassian princess, another duel. And when the whole world turns against Pechorin, and a close friend falls by his hand, he will continue his journey alone, a hero, a product of the new age...
55Convoy PQ-17 2004
On June 27, 1942, a caravan of ships, codenamed PQ-17, left Reykjavik for Arkhangelsk. The route of the ships with cargo for Russia lay across the North Atlantic, where they were awaited by chilling winds, stormy seas and deadly attacks by German submarines and bombers.
47Voennaya policiya 2023
50Nature Reserve Special Forces 2021
46Дружина 2015
50Forgotten 2011
The year is 1949. Former front-line soldier and former investigator Sergei Gastev departs from investigative activities, faced with an unexpected problem of official mutual assistance. Attempts to restore justice almost end up in prison for himself. Gastev decides to limit his activities to teaching Roman law at the university of a small regional town. In Sergei's personal life, too, everything is not easy: the affair with the city Komsomol leader Lyudmila Mishina has to be carefully hidden...
46The Life and Adventures of Mishka Yaponchik 2011
Follow the antics of legendary criminal Mishka Yaponchik, a Ukrainian Jewish gangster, Jewish, living in Odessa as he navigates the underworld.
47The Saboteur 3: Crimea 2020
50Sherlock: The Russian Chronicles 2020
This mystery thriller throws a Russian spin on one of the world’s most famous characters, the series follows the esteemed detective from London to stunning St Petersburg, on the trail of a suspected serial murderer. Sherlock Holmes (Maxim Matveyev) is on the hunt for Jack the Ripper. The infamous killer left a bloody trail in London and fled to the Russian Empire, with Sherlock on his tail. With new characters, Dr Kartsev and Sophia supporting Sherlock, and a new nemesis in Znamensky, this is an exciting, glossy action series.
40The Hearts of Three 1992
Young millionaire Francis Morgan and his bankrupt distant relative Henry Morgan set off in search of an ancient treasure hidden by their distant pirate ancestor. But the journey becomes even more interesting when the charming Leoncia decides to join them, captivating both young men with her charms.
43Copper (HTB) 2012
1948. Former front spy, Lieutenant Yuri Kozyrev, who were captured in the last days of the war and get some time out of the camp is fully justified and rehabilitation. He goes to his mother working town near Moscow, but the return does not bring him great joy. Yuri learns that his father has been missing on the front, his mother died, and my girlfriend Larissa married to another man ... at the factory where he worked as an engineer before the war, with its political status, even if it is completely rehabilitated, they will not take back. No choice - Yuri arranged watchman. And once in a warehouse, which Kozyrev guards, thugs kidnapped. Yuri becomes the prime suspect. It begins the hunt. He is hiding from the police and decides to first find and neutralize the organizer of this robbery. As a reward for the apprehension of the offender himself Beria administered Kozyrev appoint to the position of detective in the Criminal Investigation Department of the local police station ...
44Voennaya Razvedka 2010
Secret Group of the 5th Red Army Intelligence Administration is in charge of only extremely dangerous jobs. No one knows the names of soldiers of this unit, but their achievements will be never forgot the Fatherland. On the record of the heroes are hundreds of jobs - the destruction of the fascist provocateurs unit, the transfer of classified documents, the capture of enemy saboteurs, the organization of a cover for Soviet residents and many other...
45Chto skazal pokoynik 2000
The heroine of the film, a Polish lady, finds herself in an incredible situation. In a gambling house, a gangster dying from a bullet tells her the cipher of the place where the stolen treasures are located. She is immediately kidnapped in order to obtain this information, which turns out to be not at all easy.
42Шуберт 2018
45Pobeg 2010
40Zoloto Glorii 2012
A group of treasure hunters are looking for a galleon Gloria and find it... And not only it...
40Streets of Broken Lights 1998
Russian detectives unwind the ball of the most intricate and cruel crimes. They are consummate professionals, the best cops in town. Even on the most dangerous missions, this quartet never loses their sense of humor. It is it that helps them find the most incredible ways out of any situation. They uphold the law and emerge victorious.
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