Best Ukrainian adventure movies

The Wild Fields (2018)

The protagonist, Herman has to come back to his native Donbas after years spent away. He has to look into the case of his brother’s sudden disappearance. Herman meets real and unreal characters, his childhood friends and the local mafia. And suddenly, to his own surprise, he decides to stay in his native town with people who love and believe him and need his defense.

City Where Money Does Not Circulate (2018)

A great reckoning in a small town. A town without a name. A town not on the map. A town with its own rules. A town without access from the outside. A town with secrets not available even to those 'living' there. How long? Suddenly a time warp, an accident of fate and then unexpectedly the appearance of a woman from beyond. Then it begins. The hidden ways of the town start surfacing. Although no way out of the town, the arrival of Alice puts the town's ways to a test.

Black Moon's Degree (1992)

A young journalist, the daughter of a famous scientist, is trying to unravel the mystery of the disappearance of a famous doctor, admired by her father - transplantologist Hematos. Based on a novel "Doctor Halvanescu's farm" by Yuriy Smolych.

Bobot (2018)

12-year-old dreamer Vlad accidentally gets caught in a conflict between two alien forces. Together with an electric transformer box The Bobot, a brave girl and an eccentric scientist he has to save the world from a global catastrophe.

Victor_Robot (2021)

This is a story about friendship of little voiceless robot Victor and a 8 year old girl Victoria who live in a far-away world in the distant future.

Date in Vegas (2020)

A charismatic advertising manager Artem and his charming business rival Oksana are removed from the flight to Las Vegas after Artem tries to prank her to get rid of the competition. This turns an official journey into a romantic adventure.

Report (1995)

An American journalist is traveling to Russia to find the newly invented "Love vaccine".

Fuchzhou (1993)

The action is set at the start of the twentieth century, between a village by the River Dnyepr and the coast of Florida. While the story has ironic, romantic and sometimes mystic angles, the bitter aspects of emigration from the Ukraine to the United States become clearly visible.

Elysian Fields (1993)

On the eve of Christmas in the estate "Elysian Fields" landowner Vladimir gathered his friends - young Proinka with her father and their neighbor Vasili.

Without a Collar (1995)

A story about love and friendship between two kids - owners of Great Danes.

Khalepa na 5 Baksiv (2019)

Unforgotten Shadows (2013)

A young college student and a group of friends find themselves victims of demons unwillingly released during a mishap at a prestiguous university. To reverse the curse and save themselves, they travel to the forbidden mystical forest in western Ukraine. There, they must locate the legendary Molfars that can help rid them of demonic possession and save each of them from certain death. Danger lurks in the forest and personality clashes add to the tension as the young students fight for survival.

Tesla's Free Energy, the Race to Zero Point (2013)

Suffering from a fatal malady as a child the future great physicist, Nikola Tesla, promised his parents that he would recover under the sole condition...if they allowed him to become an engineer. And he kept his promise. Never ending yearning for knowledge, research practice, creative endeavor, discoveries that have unfixed all established notions - that's what was the characteristic of the great physicist. Nikola Tesla would always remain a scientist whose life was a sort of mystification rather than pure reality.

Infernal Guidon, or Cossack Christmas (2020)

This fairy tale tells about famous Ukrainian warriors Cossacks, about Paradise and hell, Christmas and evil forces. The Devil makes an agreement with St. Peter. If he can capture the best Cossack warrior and hold him until Christmas night, he will be able to wipe all the Cossacks off the map. The script for the movie is based on Sashko Lirnyk's story "About an old Cossack, a Christmas devil, four horns and a Cossacks".

Khadjibey Fortress (2020)

Son Kale Hacibey is a historical action film that tells the story of a battle between the Turkish Ottoman Empire and the Ukrainian Hetmanate Empire on the one hand, and the Russian Empire on the other hand. The forces are fighting to gain control of the Hacibey Castle, an impenetrable fortress located on the Black Sea coast in the heart of Ukrainian Hetmanate Empire. And just when the Russians thought they were winning the battle against Ukrainians and Turks, a mysterious hero - a brave Ukrainian cossack warrior Andriy - arrives in Istambul to deliver a secret message from from Ukrainian Hetmanate Empire's leadership. A message that can forever change the course of this battle.

Tiger Trappers (1994)

The story about the fate of Andrii Chumak, who escapes from the train, which had to arrive him to Siberian concentration camps. He gets to the Ukrainian village where he is harboring. There he also meets his love.

Legend of Carpathians (2018)

As Carpathian legend has it, Oleksa Dovbush was a heroic outlaw with excellent fighting skills and a gift to predict the future. He was left an orphan as a small boy after a local lord murdered Oleksa's mother. After spending his childhood in exile in the mountains, he returned as a grown man to avenge his mother's death. Oleksa gathered followers to begin a crusade against the lord, but destiny made other plans for him.

The Way to Sich (1994)

At the beginning of the XVII century, events take place preceding the liberation struggle led by Bohdan Khmelnytsky. A young boy Pavlo Pokhylenko leaves his native Kaniv to join the Zaporizhian Sich (camp and cossack army) to fight for freedom and the Orthodox faith.

Mavka: The Forest Song (2023)

Mavka, a Soul of the Forest, faces an impossible choice between love and her duty as Guardian of the Heart of the Forest when she falls for a human, a talented young musician named Lukas.

The Dragon Spell (2016)

Little Nicky, the son of the Tanner, a famous strongman, has made up his mind, that he can conquer the dragon as his father did long ago. Against prohibition of his father, Nicky has managed to get into trouble and now it depends only on his courage, whether he defeats the resurgent dragon and returns home from the magic world.

Gulliver Returns (2021)

World traveler and adventurer Gulliver is invited to return to Lilliput, the town he previously saved from the enemy fleet of the neighboring Blefuscu.

Foxter and Max (2019)

The twelve-year-old schoolboy Max escapes from the house and hides under the bridge. There he finds a spray can of nano-paints, and draw a graffiti of a dog. Unexpectedly painted graffiti comes alive and turns into dog-nanorobot with super powers. And now both of them are hunted by a dangerous criminal who will not stop at anything in order to seize this powerful technology. Guy Max falls into a whirlpool of adventure, through which he finds true friends.

Only a Miracle (2019)

17 y.o. Severin lives in a picturesque mountain town that suffers from endless winter for long seven years. Poor but kind and brave boy has to bring famous doctor for his father who has been heavily injured while rescuing his native town from the ruinous trash ice. There are many obstacles on his way there and back again: natural disasters, mysterious flying creatures and ruthless villains.

King Weeper and Uncle Tickleton (2019)

In the Tearshed kingdom, King Weeper rules, which forbids laughter and merriment, because the biggest delicacy for him is people's tears. Uncle Tickleton, standing up to the king, amuses the kids and their parents, giving them hope. In spite of all the cunning of King Weeper and his henchmen, Uncle Tickleton defeats the villain, forcing him to die of laughter.

Бабай (2014)

What would happen if there existed a magic egg, which could perform one fondest wish?

Trouble Nubble Gum (0)

When the schoolboy Petryk takes revenge on his classmates by erasing their names from a letter, they disappear from the real world and fall into the land of Baronia. In order to save them, Petryk must change himself and reveal the secret of Baronia. Together with his friend Katya and their teacher Bo-Bo, Petryk travels to Baronia to save their friends. Petryk turns from an avenger into a hero and conquers the cruel world of Baronia.

Кому вгору, кому вниз (1992)

The Stolen Princess (2018)

This wonderful story happened in the age of valiant knights, beautiful princesses, and battling sorcerers. Ruslan, a wandering artist dreaming to become a knight, met beautiful Mila and fell in love with her; he didn’t even suspect that she is the King’s daughter. However, the lovers’ happiness wasn’t meant to last too long. Chernomor, the evil sorcerer, appeared in a magic vortex and stole Mila right before Ruslan’s eyes to transform her power of love into his own magic power. Without further ado, Ruslan sets out on a chase after the stolen princess to overcome all obstacles and to prove that real love is stronger than magic.

The Fixies: Top Secret (2017)

The Fixies are little creatures that, unseen by humans, help them maintain their appliances – and generally make sure things don’t fall apart… Until an unexpected occurrence of gargantuan proportions threatens to reveal the Fixies’ existence!

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn (1985)

Without a book about the adventures of Tom and his friends Huckleberry Finn and Becky Thatcher, one can not imagine the childhood of a child! The small but brave heroes Tom and Huck search for the treasure, become "pirates", enter into a dangerous battle with the Indian Joe.