Russia
Nika Award
The Nika Award is the national film award of Russia, presented by the Russian Academy of Cinema Arts and Sciences since 1988.
Winners of the Nika Award (Russia), year by year. Names link to the film or person page when they are on Sinekatalog. Compiled from Wikidata.
Best Film
36 years listed (1988–2024); some years may be missing from the source data.
| Year | Film | Director / winner | Award |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Tzadik |  Sergei Ursuliak | Nika Award for Best Picture |
| 2022 | Water Boy | Water Boy Fayzullo Faiz | Nika Award for Best Film of the CIS and Baltic States |
| 100 Minutes |  Gleb Panfilov | Nika Award for Best Picture | |
| 2021 | Shambala | Artykpai Suyundukov | Nika Award for Best Film of the CIS and Baltic States |
| Dear Comrades! |  Andrei Konchalovsky | Nika Award for Best Picture | |
| 2020 | Inhale-Exhale |  Dito Tsintsadze | Nika Award for Best Film of the CIS and Baltic States |
| The Frenchman |  Andrei Smirnov | Nika Award for Best Picture | |
| 2019 | Crystal Swan | Crystal Swan  Darya Zhuk | Nika Award for Best Film of the CIS and Baltic States |
| Anna's War |  Aleksey Fedorchenko | Nika Award for Best Picture | |
| 2018 | The Chair | The Chair  Eldar Shengelaia | Nika Award for Best Film of the CIS and Baltic States |
| Arrhythmia |  Boris Khlebnikov | Nika Award for Best Picture | |
| 2017 | House of Others | House of Others Rusudan Glurjidze | Nika Award for Best Film of the CIS and Baltic States |
| Paradise (2016) | Andrei Konchalovsky | Nika Award for Best Picture | |
| 2016 | Heavenly Nomadic | Heavenly Nomadic  Mirlan Abdykalykov | Nika Award for Best Film of the CIS and Baltic States |
| My Good Hans |  Aleksandr Mindadze | Nika Award for Best Picture | |
| 2015 | The Tribe | The Tribe Myroslav Slaboshpytskyi | Nika Award for Best Film of the CIS and Baltic States |
| Hard to Be a God | Aleksei Yuryevich German | Nika Award for Best Picture | |
| 2014 | Haytarma | Haytarma Akhtem Seitablayev | Nika Award for Best Film of the CIS and Baltic States |
| The Geographer Drank His Globe Away | Alexander Veledinsky | Nika Award for Best Picture | |
| 2013 | Eternal Homecoming | Eternal Homecoming  Kira Muratova | Nika Award for Best Film of the CIS and Baltic States |
| Faust (2011) |  Alexander Sokurov | Nika Award for Best Picture | |
| 2012 | Netavi ik teatri aris?! | Will There Be a Theatre Up There?! Nana Janelidze | Nika Award for Best Film of the CIS and Baltic States |
| Once There Was a Woman | Andrei Smirnov | Nika Award for Best Picture | |
| 2011 | Kabusun gözleri ile | A Trap for the Ghost Rustam Ibragimbekov | Nika Award for Best Film of the CIS and Baltic States |
| The Edge | Alexei Uchitel | Nika Award for Best Picture | |
| 2010 | Melody for a Street Organ | Melody for a Street Organ Kira Muratova | Nika Award for Best Film of the CIS and Baltic States |
| A Room and a Half | Andrei Khrzhanovsky | Nika Award for Best Picture | |
| 2009 | Birds of Paradise | Birds of Paradise  Roman Balayan | Nika Award for Best Film of the CIS and Baltic States |
| Hipsters | Valery Todorovsky | Nika Award for Best Picture | |
| 2008 | The Russian Triangle | The Russian Triangle  Aleko Tsabadze | Nika Award for Best Film of the CIS and Baltic States |
| Mongol: The Rise of Genghis Khan |  Sergei Bodrov | Nika Award for Best Picture | |
| 2007 | Two in One | Two in One Kira Muratova | Nika Award for Best Film of the CIS and Baltic States |
| The Island (2006) |  Pavel Lungin | Nika Award for Best Picture | |
| 2006 | Tbilisi-Tbilisi |  Levan Zakareishvili | Nika Award for Best Film of the CIS and Baltic States |
| 9th Company |  Fyodor Bondarchuk | Nika Award for Best Picture | |
| 2005 | The Hunter | The Hunter  Serik Aprimov | Nika Award for Best Film of the CIS and Baltic States |
| Our Own |  Dmitry Meskhiev | Nika Award for Best Picture | |
| 2004 | Farishtai kitfi | Angel on the Right Jamshed Usmonov | Nika Award for Best Film of the CIS and Baltic States |
| The Return |  Andrey Zvyagintsev | Nika Award for Best Picture | |
| 2003 | Flashback |  Herz Frank | Nika Award for Best Film of the CIS and Baltic States |
| The Cuckoo |  Aleksandr Rogozhkin | Nika Award for Best Picture | |
| 2002 | Taurus | Alexander Sokurov | Nika Award for Best Picture |
| 2001 | His Wife's Diary | Alexei Uchitel | Nika Award for Best Picture |
| 2000 | Khrustalyov, My Car! | Aleksei Yuryevich German | Nika Award for Best Picture |
| 1999 | Of Freaks and Men |  Aleksei Balabanov | Nika Award for Best Picture |
| 1998 | The Thief |  Pavel Chukhray | Nika Award for Best Picture |
| 1997 | Prisoner of the Mountains | Sergei Bodrov | Nika Award for Best Picture |
| 1996 | Peculiarities of the National Hunt | Aleksandr Rogozhkin | Nika Award for Best Picture |
| 1995 | Passions | Kira Muratova | Nika Award for Best Picture |
| 1994 | Makarov |  Vladimir Khotinenko | Nika Award for Best Picture |
| 1993 | Encore, Once More Encore! |  Pyotr Todorovsky | Nika Award for Best Picture |
| 1992 | The Promised Heaven |  Eldar Ryazanov | Nika Award for Best Picture |
| 1991 | Asthenic Syndrome | Kira Muratova | Nika Award for Best Picture |
| 1990 | Ashik Kerib | Dodo Abashidze  Sergei Parajanov | Nika Award for Best Picture |
| 1989 | The Cold Summer of 1953 |  Aleksandr Proshkin | Nika Award for Best Picture |
| Little Vera | Vasili Pichul | Nika Award for Best Picture | |
| Commissar | Aleksandr Askoldov | Nika Award for Best Picture | |
| 1988 | Repentance |  Tengiz Abuladze | Nika Award for Best Picture |
| The Long Farewell | Kira Muratova | Nika Award for Best Picture | |
| Plumbum, or The Dangerous Game |  Vadim Abdrashitov | Nika Award for Best Picture |
Best Director
35 years listed (1988–2022); some years may be missing from the source data.
Kirill Serebrennikov
Stanislav Govorukhin
Aleksei German Jr.
Bakhtyar Khudojnazarov
Nikita Mikhalkov
