TOP 10 best films about Chechnya

It is unpleasant to stir up the past, which brought people suffering and pain. The Chechen war ... In modern Russian cinema, there is a kind of unwritten taboo on this topic. Everything is fine now. And indeed, why stir up the past.

There were times, for example, in the late 90s literally monthly paintings were published on the topic of the Chechen conflict. Among them were uninteresting and amateurish, and there were memorable ones. In this article, the TOP 10 best films about Chechnya are presented to readers.

Caucasian Roulette, 2002

• Year: 2002
• Genre: Drama, Military
• Country Russia
• Cast: Nina Usatova, Tatyana Cherkasova, Anatoly Goryachev

The rating of the best paintings about the Chechen war opens with intense tension, a wonderful drama "Caucasian Roulette". Military events in Chechnya accidentally connected two young people.

Anya, a simple Russian girl, is a first-class sniper among Chechen fighters. She randomly meets the mother of a captured soldier on a train. Anna, in turn, is trying in every possible way to take her child out of the conflict zone. Mom soldier asks the girl to help her rescue her son from captivity.

Breakthrough, 2006

• Year: 2006
• Genre: Drama, Military
• Country Russia
• Cast: Igor Lifanov, Anatoly Kotenev, Alexander Peskov, Marina Mogilevskaya, Alexander Tsurkan, Alexander Klyukvin, Natalya Panova, Maria Glazkova, Victor Nizovoy, Andrey Bogdanov

The film tells about the real events of the 2nd Chechen war of 2000. Federal troops are in the active phase of the anti-terrorist operation. Reconnaissance battalions are doing their best to track down Chechen fighters hiding in the mountains. The terrain is combed site by site.

Once a small reconnaissance group, well-equipped, stumbles upon militants. For the detachment, this was the last battle on the isthmus through which the thousandth Chechen army tried to pass.

“Checkpoint”, 1998

• Year: 1998
• Genre: Drama, Military
• Country Russia
• Cast: Andrey Krasko, Sergey Gusinsky, Denis Kirillov, Roman Romantsov, Kirill Ulyanov, Ivan Kuzmin, Yuri Grigoryev, Denis Moiseev, Alexander Ivanov, Alexey Buldakov

North Caucasus. The events of a fascinating dramatic film take place at the very beginning of the 90s in the 1st Chechen war

A platoon of federal troops is located in one of the mountain villages. A conflict broke out between the soldiers and the local population due to certain contradictions. The superior authorities hastily extinguished him. But if the soldiers knew what a bloody battle this clash would lead to.

Throw March, 2002

• Year: 2002
• Genre: Drama, Military, Action
• Country Russia
• Cast: Vladimir Volga, Olga Chursina, Fedor Smirnov, Alexander Baluev, Sergey Garmash, Sergey Bolotaev, Evgeny Kosyrev, Marat Gatsalov, Alexander Prudnikov, Dmitry Dyakonov

Alexander Buyda is the main character of the film. The young man is a pupil of an orphanage. From childhood, he is sure that war is what he needs. After undergoing military training, Alexander goes to do military service in Chechnya. He is sure that he will be able to find himself in this place.

And so it happened, really noble, honest, he has a keen sense of justice. The guy easily calculates the "good" and "bad" people. In this place, the main character found his best and real friend Vladimir. Unfortunately, during the next combat mission, Vladimir dies ...

The Prisoner of the Caucasus, 1996

• Year: 1996
• Genre: Drama, Military
• Country Russia
• Cast: Oleg Menshikov, Sergey Bodrov Jr., Dzhemal Sikharulidze, Susanna Mehralieva, Alexander Bureev, Valentina Fedotova, Alexei Zharkov, T. Kibyev, Valery Kostrin, Pavel Lebeshev

Events unfold during the 1st Chechen company. The Russian ensign and Private Ivan Zhilin are in captivity in Chechnya. They were at Abdul-Murat, a local resident of one of the villages. He learns from prisoners that his own son is in the dungeons of the federals.

Abdul Murat, of course, is going to pull his offspring from captivity. To do this, he wants to organize an exchange of prisoners.

Father is fully engaged in preparing this event. But here he still finds out that his youngest daughter feels sympathy for Ivan.

“I have the honor! ..”, 2004

• Year: 2004
• Genre: Drama, Military
• Country Russia
• Cast: Alexander Lazarev Jr., Evgenia Kryukova, Andrey Frolov, Natalya Kruglova, Vladislav Yurchikevich, Roman Zolotov, Angelina Karelina, Sergey Astakhov, Artem Alekseev, Eric Kenya

The dramatic action-packed film tells the audience about the honest, brave and incorruptible officer of the Russian army Chislov. Honor for the captain was always above all.

In those years, he, like many soldiers, served in Chechnya and took part in battles. Once their own generals betrayed his highly professional combat detachment. As a result, the commander, along with his fighters, was ambushed. Chislov then managed to survive, but now in his life there is only one goal - to avenge his children.

Alive, 2006

• Year: 2006
• Genre: Drama, Military, Detective
• Country Russia
• Cast: Olga Arntgolts, Alexey Chadov, Andrey Chadov, Maxim Lagashkin, Alexander Robak, Victoria Smirnova, Ekaterina Volkova, Vladimir Epifantsev, Alexey Gorbunov, Nelly Nevedina

The main character of the film is a young guy Cyrus. Finally, he returned home after absence for several years. In Chechnya, he served in the military, signed a contract, and was seriously wounded.

Kira is waiting at home mom and beloved girl. Before going to Chechnya, he was going to marry her. Having recovered from a wound, in a peaceful life, unfortunately, the guy cannot find himself. In civilian life, he was completely confused. The ghosts of his fallen comrades come to the aid of Cyrus. Now they will always be with him, and in parallel they will return the guy to Chechnya, to heavy fighting.

The Russian Victim, 2008

• Year: 2006
• Genre: Military
• Country Russia
• Cast: Alexey Mamontov, Marina Shtoda, Evgeny Berezovsky, Lyudmila Zaitseva, Aristarkh Livanov, Alexander Mikhailov, Evgeny Yakushevsky, Victor Falaleev, Konstantin Isaev, Alexander Taranzhin

Fans of dramatic films can comfortably sit down and watch the movie “Russian Victim”. The film is based on the events of the 2nd Chechen campaign, which took place in 2000. This is a story about the famous feat of the 6th company and the soldiers of this unit - real patriots.

Alexander Vorobyov - the main character of the movie, an honest, gallant reconnaissance paratrooper.

The Captive, 2008

• Year: 2008
• Genre: Military, Drama
• Country Russia
• Cast: Julia Peresild, Vyacheslav Krikunov, Peter Logachev, Irakli Mskhalaia, Sergey Umanov, Tagir Rakhimov, Larisa Shamsadova, Svetlana Dorokhina, Ivan Kosichkin, Dagun Omaev

The film "Prisoner" takes the viewer to the 2nd Chechen war. The convoy of federal troops was stopped by a group of militants who require money to continue.

Nobody expected further events - the convoy commander offers the militants a prisoner of war who was recently caught ...

Purgatory, 1997

• Year: 1997
• Genre: Military, Drama, Action
• Country Russia
• Cast: Victor Stepanov, Dmitry Nagiev, Vyacheslav Burlachko, Alexander Baranov, Vladimir Rymiga, Roman Zhilkin, Irina Veselina, Victoria Matveeva, Sergey Rost, Georgy Antonov

The unconditional, first place in the rating of the best films about the Chechen conflict is partly the cult action-oriented film "Purgatory". Alexander Nevzorov - a famous Russian journalist became the author of this picture, which is as close as possible to reality.

The events of the dramatic film take place during the 1st Chechen campaign in Grozny. Federal troops led by Colonel Vitaly Suvorov are fighting with the rebels. Their common goal is the complex of a large city clinic.