| Nika Award for Best Picture | |
| Presenter: | Russian Academy of Cinema Arts and Science |
| Country: | Russia |
| Year: | 1988 |
| Holder: | Dear Comrades! (2021) |
| Website: | Official site of the Russian Academy of Cinema Arts and Science |
The Nika Award for Best Picture (Russian: Ника за лучший игровой фильм) is given annually by the Russian Academy of Cinema Arts and Science and presented at the Nika Awards.
This award goes to the producers and directors of the Russian film.
In the following lists, the titles and names in bold with a light blue background are the winners and recipients respectively; those not in bold are the nominees.
| Year | International title | Original title | Transliterated title (per BGN/PCGN standard) | Director(s) | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Repentance | Покаяние | Pokayaniye | ||
| 1988 | The Long Farewell | Долгие проводы | Dolgie provody | ||
| 1988 | Plumbum, or The Dangerous Game | Плюмбум, или опасная игра | Plyumbum, ili Opasnaya igra | ||
| 1989 | The Cold Summer of 1953 | Холодное лето пятьдесят третьего... | Kholodnoe leto pyatdesyat tretego | ||
| 1989 | Little Vera | Маленькая Вера | Malenkaya Vera | ||
| 1989 | Commissar | Комиссар | Komissar | ||
| Year | International title | Original title | Transliterated title (per BGN/PCGN standard) | Director(s) | Ref(s) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Ashik Kerib | აშიკ-ქერიბი | Strange Ashik | , | |||
| 1990 | Solovky Power | Власть Соловецкая | Vlast Solovetskaya | ||||
| 1990 | The Servant | Слуга | Sluga | ||||
| 1991 | The Asthenic Syndrome | Астенический синдром | Astenicheskiy sindrom | ||||
| 1991 | Freeze Die Come to Life | Замри, умри, воскресни! | Zamri, umri, voskresni! | ||||
| 1991 | Taxi Blues | Такси-блюз | Taksi-Blyuz | ||||
| 1992 | Promised Heaven | Небеса обетованные | Nebesa obetovannye | ||||
| 1992 | Passport | Паспорт | Pasport | ||||
| 1992 | Spotted Dog Running at the Edge of the Sea | Пегий пёс, бегущий краем моря | Pegiy pyos, Begushchiy kraem morya | ||||
| 1993 | Encore, Once More Encore! | Анкор, ещё анкор | Ankor, escho ankor | ||||
| 1993 | La Chasse aux papillons | Охота на бабочек | Okhota na babochek | ||||
| 1993 | Close to Eden | Урга — территория любви | Urga — territoriya lyobvi | ||||
| 1994 | Makarov | Макаров | Makarov | ||||
| 1994 | Children of Iron Gods | Дети чугунных богов | Deti chugunnykh bogov | Tamás Tóth | |||
| 1994 | Window to Paris | Окно в Париж | Okno v Parizh | ||||
| 1995 | Passions | Увлеченья | Uvlechenya | ||||
| 1995 | Assia and the Hen with the Golden Eggs | Курочка Ряба | Kurochka Ryaba | ||||
| 1995 | Katya Ismailova | Подмосковные вечера | Podmoskovnye vechera | ||||
| 1996 | Peculiarities of the National Hunt | Особенности национальной охоты | Osobennosti natsionalnoy okhoty | ||||
| 1996 | The Aristocratic Peasant Girl | Барышня-крестьянка | Baryshnya-krestyanka | Aleksey Sakharov | |||
| 1996 | A Moslem | Мусульманин | Musulmanin | ||||
| 1997 | Prisoner of the Mountains | Кавказский пленник | Kavkazskiy plennik | ||||
| 1997 | Summer People | Летние люди | Letnie lyudi | ||||
| 1997 | Jermak | Ермак | Ermak | Valery Uskov, | |||
| 1997 | To Love Russian Way 2 | Любить по-русски 2 | Lyubit po-russki 2 | ||||
| 1998 | The Thief | Вор | Vor | ||||
| 1998 | The Brother | Брат | Brat | ||||
| 1998 | Time of a Dancer | Время танцора | Vremya tantsora | ||||
| 1999 | Of Freaks and Men | Про уродов и людей | Pro urodov i lyudey | ||||
| 1999 | Day of the Full Moon | День полнолуния | Den polnoluniya | ||||
| 1999 | Country of the Deaf | Страна глухих | Strana glukhikh | ||||
| 1999 | A Totalitarian Romance | Тоталитарный роман | Totalitarnyy roman | Viacheslav Sorokin | |||
| Year | International title | Original title | Transliterated title (per BGN/PCGN standard) | Director(s) | Producer(s) | Ref(s) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Khrustalyov, My Car! | Хрусталёв, машину | Khrustalyov, mashinu | Armen Medvedev, Aleksandr Golutva, Guy Séligmann | ||||
| 2000 | The Barracks | Барак | Barak | Valeriy Ogorodnikov | , Stanislav Arkhipov, Valeriy Ogorodnikov, Rolf Jaster | |||
| 2000 | Voroshilov Sharpshooter | Ворошиловский стрелок | Voroshilovskiy strelok | Igor Tolstunov, Sergei Kozlov | ||||
| 2001 | His Wife's Diary | Дневник его жены | Dnevnik ego zheny | Aleksandr Golutva, | ||||
| 2001 | Luna Papa | Лунный папа | Lunnyy papa | Igor Tolstunov | ||||
| 2001 | Tender Age | Нежный возраст | Nezhniy vozrast | , Leonid Vereshchagin | ||||
| 2002 | Taurus | Телец | Telets | Viktor Sergeev | ||||
| 2002 | In August of 1944 | В августе 44-го... | V avguste 44-go... | Olga Semago, | ||||
| 2002 | Let’s Make Love | Займёмся любовью | Zaymyomsya lyubovyu | Denis Evstigneev | Aleksandr Atanesyan, Igor Tolstunov | |||
| 2003 | The Cuckoo | Кукушка | Kukushka | Sergei Selyanov | ||||
| 2003 | War | Война | Voina | Sergei Selyanov | ||||
| 2003 | The Star | Звезда | Zvezda | , Aleksandr Litvinov | ||||
| 2003 | The Lover | Любовник | Lyubovnik | Aleksandr Akopov | ||||
| 2003 | Chekhov's Motifs | Чеховские мотивы | Chekhovskie motivy | Igor Kalyonov | ||||
| 2004 | The Return | Возвращение | Vozvrashcheniye | |||||
| 2004 | Bless the Woman | Благословите женщину | Blagoslovite zhenshchinu | Yekaterina Maskina | ||||
| 2004 | Roads to Koktebel | Коктебель | Koktebel | , | Roman Borisevich | |||
| 2004 | Magnetic Storms | Магнитные бури | Magnitnye buri | Aleksandr Potyomkin | ||||
| 2004 | Russian Ark | Русский ковчег | Russkij Kovcheg | Jens Meurer, Karsten Stöter, Andrey Deryabin, Andrey Razumovsky | ||||
| 2004 | Old Women | Старухи | Starukhi | Gennady Sidorov | Gennady Sidorov | |||
| 2005 | Our Own | Свои | Svoi | Viktor Glukhov, Sergey Melkumov, | ||||
| 2005 | A Driver for Vera | Водитель для Веры | Voditel dlya Very | Igor Tolstunov,, Mikhail Zilberman | ||||
| 2005 | Long Farewell | Долгое прощание | Dolgoe proshchanie | Yevgeny Ulyushkin | ||||
| 2005 | My Step Brother Frankenstein | Мой сводный брат Франкенштейн | Moy svodnyy brat Frankenshteyn | |||||
| 2005 | The Tuner | Настройщик | Nastroyshchik | Sergey Chliyants | ||||
| 2006 | The 9th Company | 9 рота | 9 rota | , Sergey Melkumov, | ||||
| 2006 | Garpastum | Гарпастум | Garpastum | Aleksandr Vaynshteyn | ||||
| 2006 | The Italian | Итальянец | Italyanets | Andrei Zertsalov | ||||
| 2006 | Dreaming of Space | Космос как предчувствие | Kosmos kak predchuvstvie | |||||
| 2006 | The Sun | Солнце | Solntse | Igor Kalenov, Andrei Sigle, Marco Mueller | ||||
| 2007 | The Island | Остров | Ostrov | Sergei Shumakov,, Olga Vasilieva | ||||
| 2007 | Andersen. Life Without Love | Андерсен. Жизнь без любви | Andersen. Zhizn bez lyubvi | |||||
| 2007 | Alive | Живой | Zhivoy | Aleksandr Veledinsky | Sergei Chliyants | |||
| 2007 | Playing the Victim | Изображая жертву | Izobrazhaya zhertvu | Natalia Mokritskaya, Uliana Savelieva | ||||
| 2007 | Free Floating | Свободное плавание | Svobodnoe plavanie | Roman Borisevich | ||||
| 2008 | Mongol | Монгол | Mongol | Sergei Selyanov,, | ||||
| 2008 | Cargo 200 | Груз 200 | Gruz 200 | Sergei Selyanov | ||||
| 2008 | Simple Things | Простые вещи | Prosty'e veshchi | Roman Borisevich | ||||
| 2008 | Travelling with Pets | Путешествие с домашними животными | Puteshestviye s domashnimi zhivotnymi | Sabina Eremeeva, Igor Tolstunov | ||||
| 2008 | Mermaid | Русалка | Rusalka | Ruben Dishdishyan | ||||
| 2009 | Hipsters | Стиляги | Stilyagi | Leonid Lebedev,, Vadim Goryainov, | ||||
| 2009 | Paper Soldier | Бумажный солдат | Bumazhnyy soldat | Artem Vasilyev, Sergey Shumakov | ||||
| 2009 | Wild Field | Дикое поле | Dikoe pole | Andrey Bondarenko,, Sergey Snezhkin | ||||
| 2009 | Vanished Empire | Исчезнувшая империя | Ischeznuvshaya imperiya | |||||
| 2009 | Captive | Пленный | Plennyy | |||||
| Year | International title | Original title | Transliterated title (per BGN/PCGN standard) | Director(s) | Producer(s) | Ref(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Room and a Half | Полторы комнаты, или сентиментальное путешествие на родину | Poltory komnaty, ili sentimentalnoe puteshestvie na rodinu | , Artyom Vasilyev | |||
| 2010 | Wolfy | Волчок | Volchok | Roman Borisevich, Ruben Dishdishyan | |||
| 2010 | Ward No. 6 | Палата No. 6 | Palata No. 6 | ||||
| 2010 | Pete on the Way to Heaven | Петя по дороге в Царствие Небесное | Petia po doroge v tsarstvie nebesnoye | Nikolai Dostal | Fyodor Popov | ||
| 2010 | Tsar | Царь | Tsar | ||||
| 2011 | The Edge | Край | Kray | ,, Aleksandr Maksimov | |||
| 2011 | Fortress of War | Брестская крепость | Brestskaia krepost | Igor Ugolnikov, Ruben Dishdishyan, Vladimir Zametalin | |||
| 2011 | How I Ended This Summer | Как я провёл этим летом | Kak ya provyol etim letom | Roman Borisevich, Aleksandr Kushaev | |||
| 2011 | A Stoker | Кочегар | Kochegar | Sergei Selyanov | |||
| 2011 | Silent Souls | Овсянки | Ovsyanki | Igor Mishin, Maria Nazari, Dmitry Vorobev | |||
| 2012 | Once Upon a Time There Lived a Simple Woman | Жила-была одна баба | Zhila-byla odna baba | Elena Smirnova, | |||
| 2012 | Vysotsky. Thank You For Being Alive | Высоцкий. Спасибо, что живой | Vysotskiy. Spasibo, chto zhivoy | Pyotr Buslov | Anatoly Maksimov,, Nikolay Popov, Nikita Vysotsky, Michael Schlicht, Paul Heth | ||
| 2012 | Elena | Елена | Elena | , Sergey Melkumov | |||
| 2012 | Siberia, Monamour | Сибирь. Монамур | Sibir. Monamur | Slava Ross | Pavel Skurikhin, Vadim Zhuk, Igor Chekalin, Slava Ross | ||
| 2012 | Chapiteau-show | Шапито-шоу | Shapito-shou | Ekaterina Gerasicheva | |||
| 2013 | Faust | Фауст | Faust | ||||
| 2013 | White Tiger | Белый тигр | Belyy tigr | ||||
| 2013 | The Conductor | Дирижёр | Dirizhyor | , Yevgeny Panfilov | |||
| 2013 | Kokoko | Кококо | Kokoko | Avdotya Smirnova | Sergei Selyanov | ||
| 2013 | The Horde | Орда | Orda | Andrei Proshkin | Sergey Kravets, Natalya Gostyushina | ||
| 2014 | The Geographer Drank His Globe Away | Географ глобус пропил | Geograf Globus Propil | Vadim Goryainov, Leonid Lebedev, | |||
| 2014 | Kiss Them All! | Горько! | Gorko! | Ilya Burets, Dmitry Nelidov,, | |||
| 2014 | A Long and Happy Life | Долгая счастливая жизнь | Dolgaya chastlivaya zhizn | Roman Borisevich, Aleksandr Kushaev | |||
| 2014 | Metro | Метро | Metro | Igor Tolstunov, Sergey Kozlov | |||
| 2014 | Stalingrad | Сталинград | Stalingrad | Anton Zlatopolsky, Sergey Melkumov,, Dmitry Rudovsky | |||
| 2015 | Hard to Be a God | Трудно быть богом | Trudno byt' bogom | Rushan Nasibulin, Viktor Izvekov | |||
| 2015 | The Postman's White Nights | Белые ночи почтальона Алексея Тряпицына | Belye nochi pochtalona Alekseya Tryapitsyna | ||||
| 2015 | The Fool | Дурак | Durak | , Kira Saksaganskaya | |||
| 2015 | Test | Испытание | Ispytanie | Igor Tolstunov | |||
| 2015 | Leviathan | Левиафан | Leviafan | , Sergey Melkumov | |||
| 2016 | My Good Hans | Милый Ханс, дорогой Пётр | Milyy Khans, dorogoy Pyotr | , Liza Antonova, Len Blavatnik, Valery Kharkov, Heino Deckert, Andrey Annensky | |||
| 2016 | Battalion | Батальонъ | Batal'on | Igor Ugolnikov,, Dmitry Rudovsky | |||
| 2016 | Battle for Sevastopol | Битва за Севастополь | Bitva za Sevastopol | Egor Olesov, Natalia Mokritskaya | |||
| 2016 | The End of Beautiful Era | Конец прекрасной эпохи | Konets prekrasnoy epokhi | , Ekaterina Maskina | |||
| 2016 | About Love | Про любовь | Pro lyubov | ||||
| 2016 | The Land of Oz | Страна ОЗ | Strana OZ | Sofiko Kiknavelidze, Dmitry Ulyukaev | |||
| 2017 | Paradise | Рай | Ray | ||||
| 2017 | The Queen of Spades | Дама пик | Dama pik | ,, Dmitry Rudovsky, Yevgeny Panfilov | |||
| 2017 | The Duelist | Дуэлянт | Duelyant | Aleksey Mizgirev | , Sergey Melkumov | ||
| 2017 | The Collector | Коллектор | Kollektor | Alexey Krasovsky | Dmitry Ruzhentsev, Georgiy Shabanov, Eduard Eloyan | ||
| 2017 | The Monk and the Demon | Монах и бес | Monakh i bes | Nikolay Dostal | Igor Tolstunov | ||
| 2017 | The Student | Ученик | Uchenik | Ilya Stewart, Diana Safarova, Yuri Kozyrev | |||
| 2018 | Arrhythmia | Аритмия | Aritmiya | Ruben Dishdishyan, Sergei Selyanov | |||
| 2018 | How Vitka Chesnok Drove Lyokha Shtyr to the House for Disabled | Как Витька Чеснок вёз Лёху Штыря в дом инвалидов | Kak Vitka Chesnok vyoz Lyokhu Shtyrya v dom invalidov | Fyodor Popov, Vladimir Malyshev | |||
| 2018 | Loveless | Нелюбовь | Nelyubov | , Sergey Melkumov, Gleb Fetisov | |||
| 2018 | Salyut 7 | Салют-7 | Salyut-7 | Anton Zlatopolsky, Sergei Selyanov, Bakur Bakuradze | |||
| 2018 | Closeness | Теснота | Tesnota | Nikolay Yankin | |||
| 2018 | Baltic Tango | Холодное танго | Kholodnoe tango | Sabina Eremeeva, Alexey Reznikovich | |||
| 2019 | Anna's War | Война Анны | Voyna Anny | Andrei Savelyev, Artyom Vasilyev, Maksim Lozhevsky | |||
| 2019 | Dovlatov | Довлатов | Dovlatov | Andrey Savelev, Artyom Vasilev, | |||
| 2019 | Story of One Appointment | История одного назначения | Istoriya odnogo naznacheniya | Avdotya Smirnova | Natalya Smirnova, Oksana Barkovskaya,, Sergei Selyanov, Viktoria Shamlikashvili | ||
| 2019 | Leto | Лето | Leto | Ilya Stewart, Murad Osmann, Pavel Burya | |||
| 2019 | The Man Who Surprised Everyone | Человек, который удивил всех | Chelovek, kotoryj udivil vsekh | , Aleksey Chupov | Ekaterina Filippova |
| Year | International title | Original title | Transliterated title (per BGN/PCGN standard) | Director(s) | Producer(s) | Ref(s) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | A Frenchman | Француз | Frantsuz | Elena Smirnova, | ||||
| 2020 | Ayka | Айка | Ayka | |||||
| 2020 | Sin | Грех | Grekh | |||||
| 2020 | Beanpole | Дылда | Dylda | , Sergey Melkumov | ||||
| 2020 | Odessa | Одесса | Odessa | , | ||||
| 2021 | Dear Comrades! | Дорогие товарищи | Dorogie tomarishchi | |||||
| 2021 | A Siege Diary | Блокадный дневник | Blokadnyy dnevnik | Andrey Zaytsev | Andrey Zaytsev | |||
| 2021 | Doctor Lisa | Доктор Лиза | Doktor Liza | Rafael Minasbekyan,, Aleksandr Bondarev, Timur Weinstein, Aleksey Zemskiy | ||||
| 2021 | The Whaler Boy | Китобой | Kitoboy | Philipp Yuryev | ||||
| 2021 | Scarecrow | Пугало | Pugalo | |||||
| 2022 | Ivan Denisovich | Иван Денисович | Ivan Denisovich | Anton Zlatopolsky, Maksim Panfilov, Irina Savina | ||||
| 2022 | Captain Volkonogov Escaped | Капитан Волконогов бежал | Kapitan Volkonogov bezhal | , Aleksey Chupov | Valery Fedorovich, Yevgeny Nikishov, Aleksandr Plotnikov, Catherine Kissa, Charles-Evrard Chekhov, Nadezhda Zayonchkovskaya | |||
| 2022 | Compartment No. 6 | Купе номер 6 | Kupe nomer 6 | Jussi Rantamäki, Riina Sildos, Natalya Drozd, Sergei Selyanov, Jamila Wenske | ||||
| 2022 | Medea | Медея | Medeya | Alexander Zeldovich | Alexander Zeldovich, Tatyana Ostern, Anna Katchko, Elnara Guseynova, Len Blavatnik, Danny Cohen | |||
| 2022 | Unclenching the Fists | Разжимая кулаки | Razzhimaya kulaki | , Sergey Melkumov, Natalya Gorina | ||||
| 2022 | Persian Lessons | Уроки фарси | Uroki farsi | Rauf Atamalibekov, Ilya Tsofin,, Ilya Stewart, Pavel Burya, Murad Osmann | ||||