Difficult (Season 1)

Difficult (Трудная, 2024) is a Russian crime drama you can watch online on iFILM. Vlada has worn the "difficult" label since childhood — prickly, distrustful, quick to throw a punch.

One young mistake cost her years she'll never get back. Now she's out, pulling shifts behind a bar, trying to build something clean that nobody promised her. Max, a guy who survived his own version of hell, stands by her. Then the past closes in: a murder charge lands on her, and she has to prove her innocence with almost no one in her corner. Kira Medvedeva and Gleb Kalyuzhny lead.

Director Oksana Barkovskaya isn't interested in the fall — she's interested in how hard it is to climb back once everyone has written you off. The 18+ rating is earned; this one doesn't soften its edges. Best for viewers who like Russian drama with a criminal pulse and a heroine you don't warm to right away. Stream Difficult (2024) online on iFILM.