Over the past few years, domestic filmmakers have delighted viewers with captivating television epics worthy of repeated viewing. Check out the list of Russian TV shows that look a breeze; breathtaking pictures will delight you with wonderful acting and chic atmosphere.
Witch Doctor (2019)
- Genre: Drama, Romance
- Episodes: 16
- Rating: KinoPoisk - 7.5, IMDb - 6.8
- The main locations were various hospitals in St. Petersburg.
Pavel Andreev has always dreamed of becoming a famous neurosurgeon. Having successfully graduated from the university, the main character gets a job at a hospital. The man immediately has a competitor Sergei Strelnikov, with whom he studied earlier. Tensions in a new place are already familiar conditions, but Andreev's personal life is a complete mess. One day he falls in love with the daughter of his boss Nikolai Semenov, who asked him to carry out a complex operation and remove a neglected tumor. Pavel agrees, and after a while something terrible happens to him: as a result of an accident, he loses his memory ...
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Method (2015)
- Genre: Thriller, Drama, Crime
- Episodes per season: 16
- Rating: KinoPoisk - 8.0, IMDb - 7.4
- All the cases investigated by Rodion Meglin are based on real events.
Method is one of the most interesting Russian TV series with a high rating. Rodion Meglin is an investigator of the highest level, who in his youth discovered the strange inclinations of a maniac, but with the help of psychologists he managed to get rid of this pathology. Having overcome his congenital vices, the man gets a job in the police. He easily solves even the most complicated cases, because he has his own secret method of finding criminals. The detective can easily predict the behavior of the maniac. He is used to working alone, without revealing the secrets of his method. But one day Yessenya, a graduate of the Faculty of Law, becomes Rodion's trainee and learns about the intricacies of detective work.
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Better than people (2018-2019)
- Genre: drama, fantasy
- Episodes: 24
- Rating: KinoPoisk - 6.9, IMDb - 7.4
- “Better than People” is an analogue of the successful foreign project “People”.
Better Than People is a long series with many episodes. The future has finally arrived! Almost everyone can afford to buy a mechanical assistant - a robot. Initially designed to replace humans in space, mines and heavy production, they quickly entered homes: wake up in the morning, make delicious coffee, work as nannies, act as personal drivers and even raise children. It seemed that a bright and carefree future had arrived, but not everyone is happy with their new neighbors. Some "Liquidators" are ready to destroy the bots ...
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Consultant (2016 - 2018)
- Genre: detective, drama
- How many episodes were released: 20
- Rating: KinoPoisk - 7.3
- Preparing for his role, actor Kirill Kyaro consulted with real forensic psychologists.
A maniac for a long time brutally dealt with his victims in a small town. Local investigator Oleg Bragin is confident that he caught the very killer he had been tracking for ten years. At this time, on behalf of the top leadership of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, an expert-consultant Vyacheslav Shirokov, specializing in deviations in human behavior, came to Pridonsk from the capital. The man claims that Bragin was mistaken, and there is an innocent man in the dock. Is the maniac still calmly walking free in search of another victim?
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You all piss me off (2017)
- Genre: Comedy
- Episodes: 20
- Rating: KinoPoisk - 7.8, IMDb - 8.0
- The series was slated to be titled Bitch.
Sonia Bagretsova, a journalist for a popular city publication, is not distinguished by friendliness and sociability. Everyone pisses her off. The girl prefers to spend evenings at home, in the company of hot coffee and a fascinating book. She hates empty and useless chatting with casual acquaintances. But there is one way that can make Sonya the kindest and sweetest person in the world - a drop of alcohol. Knowing about her "ailment", the heroine tries to avoid slack parties and alcoholic parties. But once, at the opening of the restaurant, Bagretsova got drunk so that now her new boyfriend Kirill and talkative work colleague Katya do not stick to her. How to explain to the "hookers" so that they unhook from her?
Bloody lady (2018)
- Genre: history, drama
- Episodes: 16
- Rating: KinoPoisk - 7.0, IMDb - 5.9
- The series was filmed in Kostroma, Rostov and Moscow.
18th century, a terrible time of serfdom. In the center of the story is the famous lady Daria Saltykova, better known as Saltychikha. As a child, the girl's mother died, and she closed in herself, did not want to talk to anyone and behaved very strangely. The father did not take up the upbringing of his own daughter and gave her to a convent. Once free, the girl got married and gave birth to two sons. After the death of her spouse, Daria again decides to imprison herself in the Trinity estate near Moscow. Here she behaves as if a demon had possessed her: Saltychikha rages and terrifies her entourage. For several years she sent to the other world more than a hundred serfs ...
ALGERIA. (2018)
- Genre: history, drama
- How many episodes were released: 11
- Rating: KinoPoisk - 7.0
- The series is based on the real stories of women who ended up in the Akmola camp of traitors' wives.
The plot of the picture revolves around the Stalinist women's camp, which contained more than eight thousand women. Among them were the wives of the writers Boris Pilnyak, Arkady Gaidar, the sister of Marshal Tukhachevsky and others who did not please the state for various reasons. In the center of the plot is the wife of the aircraft designer Olga Pavlova, arrested as a ChSIR - Member of the Families of Traitors to the Motherland, and Sophia Ashaturova, who was imprisoned on the denunciation of a rival. The girls meet on a prison train, where a difficult life begins for them, to which they will have to adapt.
Call DiCaprio! (2018)
- Genre: Comedy, Drama
- Episodes: 8
- Rating: KinoPoisk - 7.0, IMDb - 6.9
- The final episode of the series was shown on December 1 on the TNT-PREMIER platform - on the Day of the fight against AIDS. The authors of the project believed that in this way they would be able to draw more attention to an urgent problem.
Yegor Rumyantsev is the star of the popular television series about doctors who does not want to listen to anyone and lives only for himself. Inspired by great success, he goes crazy: he constantly lies to everyone, disrupts filming, and has sexual intercourse. The guy lives on high until he finds out that he has HIV. The complete opposite is brother Leo, also an actor, but unlucky. The young man works at the Muravei-TV channel, where he hosts a boring program about useful crafts. Leo lives in a tiny apartment with two daughters and a pregnant wife. A typical loser is terribly jealous of his brother, because he understands that he has no prospects. One day he gets a lucky chance to take the place of a star relative ...
Epidemic (2019)
- Genre: Drama, Science Fiction, Thriller
- How many episodes were released: 8
- Rating: KinoPoisk - 7.1, IMDb - 6.5
- The world premiere of the picture took place at the CanneSeries international festival.
Epidemic is an exciting Russian TV series that will amaze you from the first episode. A terrible virus has turned Moscow into a city of the dead. There is no electricity, the survivors are in a desperate struggle for water, food and gasoline. Sergei, along with his girlfriend and his autistic son, live outside the city, where it is still safe. The main character cannot leave his ex-wife and child, so he goes to Moscow and miraculously saves them. On the way, they are joined by Sergei's father and an insolent couple with a baby in their arms. These people would never have been under one roof, but a common misfortune brought them together. And now they will have to embark on a deadly journey filled with dangers. Their goal is to get to a hunting lodge located on a desert island.
Teach me to live (2016)
- Genre: detective
- Episodes: 12
- Rating: KinoPoisk - 7.7
- Psychiatrist Nikolai Nemts prepared actor Kirill Kyaro for his role.
In the city, on the playground, they find the corpse of a young woman dressed in 1970s fashion. Investigator Rita Storozheva undertakes to investigate a complicated case, and professional psychiatrist Ilya Lavrov, who in the past has already participated in the capture of maniacs, will help her. It turns out that a similar series of murders with the same handwriting was solved 25 years ago. In the course of the investigation, tensions arise between Lavrov and the Watchtower. The heroes decide to meet with detective Puchkov, who worked on this case, but for some reason he refuses to help them and at the same time behaves extremely strangely. Ilya and Rita decide to hunt down Puchkov and learn something very interesting ...
Code (2018 - 2019)
- Genre: detective
- Episodes: 16
- Rating: KinoPoisk - 7.0
- Cipher is an adaptation of the British miniseries Murder Code.
Moscow, 1956. At the center of the story are four women who share a common military background. Once upon a time, they worked in the special department of the GRU, ten years later the heroines begin to work together again, helping investigators in solving the most complex and intricate criminal cases. Sophia, Anna, Irina and Katerina have amazing analytical skills. Every day, women have to risk themselves and their families to find criminals who threaten the country's security.
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Dead by 99% (2017)
- Genre: Action, Detective
- Episodes: 10
- Rating: KinoPoisk - 6.2, IMDb - 7.2
- The slogan of the series is "The one in whom you believe is alive ...".
Architect Artem Artov loves making money more than anything else. The life of a man is like a fairy tale: expensive cars, elite restaurants and a gorgeous girl model. The idyll of the protagonist ends when he is mistaken for a particularly dangerous criminal called the Serpent, who is credited with many crimes. The main character is hunted not only by special services, but also by Albanian arms dealers, deceived by an insidious and cunning Serpent. Artyom will have to find a way out of a difficult situation and try to survive in the city without documents, cars and money. Will a man accustomed to luxury be able to go through a fateful test?
"Black Mirror" in Russian (2019)
- Genre fiction
- Episodes: 8
- Rating: KinoPoisk - 7.1
- Actor Artem Dubinin starred in the series for the first time.
The plot of the series develops the theme of a person under the pressure of technological progress, when the present and the future are filled with smartphones, computers, tablets and cameras. Gadgets have made existence convenient and comfortable. Live communication is slowly but surely fading into the background, giving way to social networks - VKontakte, Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. The story begins in the 80s of the last century, showing how a talented programmer decides to combine a novel with a game. As a result, virtuality begins to mix with reality, creating strange consequences for all characters ...
Bad weather (2018)
- Genre: Drama
- Episodes: 11
- Rating: KinoPoisk - 7.1
- Slogan - "Once in a country that no longer exists."
The narrative revolves around the former soldier German Nevolin, nicknamed the German. The man went through the Afghan war, and now works as an ordinary driver. To dispel bad weather in his soul, the main character decides on a daring crime. He goes to rob a special van and steals 145 million rubles. Why did Herman sacrifice everything that he valued - friendship and love?
Foundling (2019)
- Genre: detective
- Episodes: 12
- Rating: KinoPoisk - 7.0
- The film crew visited the old mansions on Ligovsky Prospekt and the Tavrichesky Garden.
Foundling is one of the most gripping Russian TV series on the list, and you can watch it in one go. The series takes place at the height of the NEP, in 1926. The film tells about a Novgorod swindler, nicknamed the Foundling, who runs away from local thugs. The main character arrives in Leningrad, and the police officers mistakenly recognized him as a famous detective, who was recently appointed head of the UGRO department. The sly tomboy intends to sneak away unnoticed, but suddenly the Foundling finds out that there is a huge warehouse of expensive evidence in the city, so he decides not to rush. It is a shame to rob the premises with a policeman's ID. The hero begins to think over the abduction ...
