Eliso

Traction

Former U.S. soldier Kate leads a humanitarian mission through war-torn Chechnya with her Chechen ally Magomed. But their mission turns deadly as they unwittingly harbor a young rebel, who’s transporting a mysterious package.

Prisoner of the Mountains

1996 · ★ 6.6

Two Russian soldiers, one battle-seasoned and the other barely into his boots and uniform, are taken prisoner by an anxious Islamic father from a remote village hoping to trade them for his captured son.

Hell

1995

Alexander Nevzorov's documentary of the storming of Grozny in 1994-95

60 Hours of the Maikop Brigade

1995

A two-part documentary about the Russian Army's disastrous assault on Grozny on New Year's Eve, 1994.

The Line

2016 · ★ 7.8

Taking place in 1991, Tigran, who teaches math at a village school to avoid the army, loses the girl he loves. Consumed by abject wretchedness, he decides to enlist as a volunteer in the Nagorno‑Karabakh war to give meaning to his hollow life.

12

2007 · ★ 6.6

A loose remake of “12 Angry Men”, “12” is set in contemporary Moscow where 12 very different men must unanimously decide the fate of a young Chechen accused of murdering his step-father, a Russian army officer. Consigned to a makeshift jury room in a school gymnasium, one by one each man takes center stage to confront, connect, and confess while the accused awaits a verdict and revisits his heartbreaking journey through war in flashbacks.

Prémonition

2013

No synopsis available.

The Sum of All Fears

2002 · ★ 6.4

When the president of Russia suddenly dies, a man whose politics are virtually unknown succeeds him. The change in political leaders sparks paranoia among American CIA officials, so CIA director Bill Cabot recruits a young analyst to supply insight and advice on the situation. Then the unthinkable happens: a nuclear bomb explodes in a U.S. city, and America is quick to blame the Russians.

Beyond Borders

2003 · ★ 6.4

Sarah Jordan, an American living in London in 1984, is married to the son of a wealthy British industrialist. She encounters Nick Callahan, a renegade doctor, whose impassioned plea for help to support his relief efforts in war-torn Africa moves her deeply. As a result, Sarah embarks upon a journey of discovery that leads to danger, heartbreak and romance in the far corners of the world.

Babitsky's War

2000

Documentary of the Second Chechen War, centered on the work of war journalist Andrei Babitsky..

Business Trip to Death

1996

Short documentary about Russian special forces during the Third Battle of Grozny during the First Chechen War

Target of Opportunity

2005 · ★ 5.4

Jim Jacobs and Nick Carlton, childhood friends, are CIA operatives on a sting operation in Chechnya. The raid of a rebel militia group goes bad and the entire teams gets wiped out except for Jim and Nick, who manages to save them both. Five years later, they are out of the CIA game.