This is a list of films about the Romanovs, the ruling family of Russia from 1613 to 1917. There have been many films about the Romanovs, so this list may be incomplete.
1890s Year Country Title Director Notes 1896 Russian Empire Coronation of Nicholas II Camille Cerf First film ever made in Russia.
1910s Year Country Title Director Notes 1913 Russian Empire Tryokhsotletie Tsarstvovaniya Doma Romanovykh Aleksandr Drankov English Title: Tercentenary of the Accession of the House of Romanov.This film was released to commemorate the 300th anniversary of Romanov rule in Russia.This film was said to have the blessing of Tsar Nicholas II himself. 1917 United States The Fall of the Romanoffs Herbert Brenon This was one of four films released after the abdication of Nicholas II in March 1917. One of the characters, Iliodor, enemy monk of Rasputin, played himself. 1919 Soviet Russia Pyotr i Alexei Yuri Zhelyabuzhsky English title: Peter and AlexeiChronicled the childhood of Peter the Great, moving from the reign of his father to his own.
1920s Year Country Title Director Notes 1927 Soviet Union The Fall of the Romanov Dynasty Esfir Shub Classic compilation documentary. 1928 United States Clothes Make the Woman Tom Terriss This was the first film about Anna Anderson who pretended to be Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna. 1928 Weimar Republic Anastasia, die falsche Zarentochter Arthur Bergen This film was hastily written and produced to take advantage of the allegation that Anna Anderson was actually Fransziska Schanskowska, a missing factory worker from Poland. This allegation was made by Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig of Hesse and his private investigators.
1930s Year Country Title Director Notes 1932 United States Rasputin and the Empress Richard Boleslawski First sound film where all the Barrymore siblings Lionel, John, and Ethel appeared together. Prince Felix Yussupov who was living in London at the time, launched a massive lawsuit against MGM for the inaccurate portrayal of himself and his wife, Irina Alexandrovna.
1940s Year Country Title Director Notes 1940 Nazi Germany Katharina von Rußland Carl Froelich English title: Catherine of RussiaNever completed; Only a few shots were completed before production was halted.
1950s Year Country Title Director Notes 1956 United States Anastasia Anatole Litvak Film adaptation of the play by Marcelle Maurette 1956 West Germany Anastasia, die letzte Zarentochter Falk Harnack English Title: The Story of AnastasiaStarring Lilli Palmer as Anna Anderson/Anastasia
1960s Year Country Title Director Notes 1966 United Kingdom Rasputin the Mad Monk Don Sharp 1967 France I Killed Rasputin Robert Hossein
1970s Year Country Title Director Notes 1971 United KingdomUnited States Nicholas and Alexandra Franklin J. Schaffner Based on the book by Robert K. Massie 1974 United Kingdom Fall of Eagles John Elliot (creator) Miniseries about the fall of the Habsburg, Hohenzollern, and Romanov dynasties. 1977 Soviet Union Agoniya Elem Klimov Film about Rasputin. Was not released in the Soviet Union until 1981.
1980s Year Country Title Director Notes 1986 United StatesSoviet Union Peter the Great Lawrence Schiller Television miniseries based on the book by Robert K. Massie 1986 United StatesAustriaItaly Anastasia: The Mystery of Anna Marvin J. Chomsky Miniseries based on the fantasy biography of Anna Anderson by Peter Kurth
1990s Year Country Title Director Notes 1991 Soviet Union Tsareubiytsa Karen Shakhnazarov English title: Assassin of the TsarFilm about a man who claims to be Yakov Yurovsky, the man who killed Tsar Nicholas II. 1992 Russian Federation Last Days of the Last Tsar Anatoli Ivanov Documentary film 1996 United StatesRussian FederationHungary Rasputin: Dark Servant of Destiny Uli Edel 1997 United States Anastasia Don Bluth / Gary Goldman Animated adaptation of Anastasia 1956; the most famous film version on the mystery of Anastasia's alleged survival. - Distributed by 20th Century Fox
2000s Year Country Title Director Notes 2000 Russian Federation Romanovy: Ventsenosnaya semya Gleb Panfilov English title: The Romanovs: An Imperial FamilyIncludes footage of the canonization of Tsar Nicholas II and his family in 2000. 2002 Russian Federation Russian Ark Alexander Sokurov Filmed in the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg in just one 90 minute shot. 2003 United Kingdom The Lost Prince Stephen Poliakoff Mini series about Prince John of the United Kingdom. The Romanovs appear in a few scenes.
2010s Year Country Title Director Notes 2013 Russian Federation The Romanovs Maxim Bespaly Historical reconstruction series made by the Channel One, Star Media and Babich Design studios for the 400th anniversary of the ascension of Tsar Michael to the Russian throne in 1613. 2017 Russian Federation Matilda Alexei Uchitel The love affair between Mathilde Kschessinska and Nicholas II of Russia. 2018 United States The Romanoffs Matthew Weiner Contemporary television series "set around the globe, centering on separate stories about people who believe themselves to be descendants of the Russian royal family. 2019 Russia Union of Salvation Andrei Kravchuk Group of officers of the Russian Imperial Guard prepare a revolt in December 1825, when about 3,000 officers and soldiers refused to swear allegiance to the new Tsar.