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1. Black Sunday (1960)
Approved | 87 min | Horror
A vengeful witch and her fiendish servant return from the grave and begin a bloody campaign to possess the body of the witch's beautiful look-alike descendant.
Director: Mario Bava | Stars: Barbara Steele, John Richardson, Andrea Checchi, Ivo Garrani
Votes: 17,610
2. Forbidden Empire (2014)
Not Rated | 130 min | Adventure, Fantasy, Mystery
An eighteenth century English cartographer, Jonathan Green, sets out on a journey to map the uncharted lands of Transylvania, only to discover the dark secrets and dangerous creatures hidden in a cursed, fantastical Romanian forest.
Director: Oleg Stepchenko | Stars: Jason Flemyng, Andrey Smolyakov, Aleksey Chadov, Agnia Ditkovskyte
Votes: 6,525 | Gross: $34.59M
3. Viy (1967)
Not Rated | 77 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
A young priest is ordered to preside over the wake of witch in a small old wooden church of a remote village. This means spending three nights alone with the corpse with only his faith to protect him.
Directors: Konstantin Ershov, Georgiy Kropachyov, Aleksandr Ptushko | Stars: Leonid Kuravlyov, Natalya Varley, Aleksey Glazyrin, Nikolay Kutuzov
Votes: 9,354
4. Taras Bulba (1962)
Approved | 122 min | Adventure, Drama, History
In the 16th-century Ukraine, the Polish overlords and Ukrainian cossacks fight for control of the land but frequent Turkish invasions force them to unite against the common Turkish foe.
Director: J. Lee Thompson | Stars: Tony Curtis, Yul Brynner, Christine Kaufmann, Sam Wanamaker
Votes: 4,477 | Gross: $7.41M
5. The Inspector General (1949)
Approved | 102 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
A town's corrupt officials think a fool is actually an investigator in disguise.
Director: Henry Koster | Stars: Danny Kaye, Walter Slezak, Barbara Bates, Elsa Lanchester
Votes: 3,564
6. The Metropolitan Opera HD Live (2006– )
Not Rated | 128 min | Musical
Live performances of operas from New York's Metropolitan Opera.
Stars: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Metropolitan Opera Ballet, Renée Fleming
Votes: 172
7. Television Theater (1953– )
Drama
Series of television plays.
Stars: Jerzy Trela, Krzysztof Globisz, Krystyna Janda, Jan Englert
Votes: 91
8. To theatro tis Defteras (1970–2004)
Comedy, Drama
Stars: Spyros Konstadopoulos, Nikitas Tsakiroglou, Trifon Karatzas, Iakovos Psarras
Votes: 69
9. A Holy Place (1990)
90 min | Drama, Horror
Sveto Mesto is based on a literary classic, Nikolai Gogol's 1835 short story, 'Viy'.
Director: Djordje Kadijevic | Stars: Dragan Jovanovic, Branka Pujic, Aleksandar Bercek, Mira Banjac
Votes: 1,259
10. BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950–1959)
Drama
Series of television plays performed live.
Stars: Richard Caldicot, George Woodbridge, Robert Brown, Michael Brennan
Votes: 179
11. Taras Bulba (2009)
Not Rated | 131 min | Action, Drama, History
Set in the 16th century, this is a story about Ukraine's Cossack warriors and their campaign to defend their lands from the advancing Polish armies.
Director: Vladimir Bortko | Stars: Bogdan Stupka, Igor Petrenko, Vladimir Vdovichenkov, Magdalena Mielcarz
Votes: 3,410
12. BBC2 Playhouse (1973–1983)
60 min | Drama
BBC2 Playhouse was a British one-hour episode anthology television series produced by the British Broadcasting Corporation.
Stars: Ralph G. Morse, Gawn Grainger, John Bluthal, Trevor Laird
Votes: 138
13. TV teatar (1956– )
Drama
Live transmissions of theater plays.
Stars: Mihailo 'Misa' Janketic, Svetlana Bojkovic, Predrag Ejdus, Miodrag Radovanovic
Votes: 16
14. The Overcoat (II) (2018)
30 min | Animation, Short
An animated adaptation of Nikolai Gogol's classic short story about an office worker (Cillian Murphy) who saves all his money to buy a new coat in time for Christmas, only to have fate take a ghostly hand.
Directors: Meelis Arulepp, Sean P. Mullen | Stars: Cillian Murphy, Alfred Molina, Devorah Dailey, Michael McElhatton
Votes: 122
15. ITV Playhouse (1967–1982)
Comedy, Drama
Anthology series of dramatic works.
Stars: Michael Bryant, William Simons, Katherine Barker, Geoffrey Palmer
Votes: 88
16. Matinee Theatre (1955–1958)
60 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A daily anthology show, featuring original material, as well as adaptations of literary classics.
Stars: John Conte, Peter Hansen, Sarah Churchill, Johnny Crawford
Votes: 133
17. Le théâtre de la jeunesse (1960–1968)
Drama, Fantasy
Stars: Andrée Champeaux, Claude Piéplu, Julien Guiomar, Gabriel Jabbour
Votes: 26
18. Novela (1963–1978)
30 min | Drama
Stars: Nélida Quiroga, Luisa Sala, Pablo Sanz, Víctor Valverde
Votes: 33
19. Encounter (1952–1961)
60 min | Drama
An anthology television series aired from Toronto, Canada, and carried by both CBC and ABC. In Canada, the series was known as "General Motors Presents". The one-hour dramas were either ... See full summary »
Stars: Austin Willis, Barry Morse, Katharine Blake, James Doohan
Votes: 46
20. De boezemvriend (1982)
100 min | Comedy, History
A corrupt Dutch Colonel mistakes a quack dentist for one of Napoleon's Inspector Generals during Napoleon's occupation in 1811. What follows is a hilarious feast of similar ... See full summary »
Director: Dimitri Frenkel Frank | Stars: André van Duin, Leen Jongewaard, Geert de Jong, Manouk van der Meulen
Votes: 465
21. Propala hramota (1972)
79 min | Comedy, Fantasy
A Soviet musical-tragicomedy film by Dovzhenko Film Studios in Kyiv. The movie is considered a pearl of Soviet and Ukrainian cinema. The film is based on the novella by Nikolay Gogol.
Director: Boris Ivchenko | Stars: Ivan Mikolaychuk, Lidiya Belozyorova, Fyodor Strigun, Zemfira Tsakhilova
Votes: 1,401
22. Rheingold Theatre (1953–1957)
23 min | Drama
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. narrated, produced, and frequently starred in this anthology series, which presented everything from drama to mystery to farce.
Stars: Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Christopher Lee, Ron Randell, Barbara Mullen
Votes: 74
24. The Bespoke Overcoat (1955)
36 min | Short, Drama, Fantasy
Fender is a lowly clerk in the warehouse of clothing manufacturers Ranting and Co. His one ambition is to have an overcoat of his own. Refused one by the cold hearted Ranting he asks a ... See full summary »
Director: Jack Clayton | Stars: David Kossoff, Alfie Bass, Alf Dean, Alan Tilvern
Votes: 488
25. Hora once (1968–1974)
90 min | Comedy, Drama
Stars: Susana Mara, Nicolás Dueñas, Enriqueta Carballeira, Blanca Sendino
26. Le fils de Tarass Boulba (1962)
96 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Despite the disagreement of their mother, the sons of old Taras Bulba are taken to the Dnieper camp on their return from a Kiev seminary, to teach them how to become real Cossacks.
Directors: Ferdinando Baldi, Henri Zaphiratos | Stars: Vladimir Medar, Lorella De Luca, Jean-François Poron, Fosco Giachetti
Votes: 35
27. The Night Before Christmas (1961)
68 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Surreal Soviet-era Christmas fantasy movie.
Director: Aleksandr Rou | Stars: Aleksandr Khvylya, Lyudmila Myznikova, Yuri Tavrov, Lyudmila Khityaeva
Votes: 2,065
28. Vedma (2006)
Not Rated | 79 min | Horror
Ivan, a cynical journalist, is assigned to investigate mysterious events in a small town. During his first night, he is seduced by a strange and mysterious girl. As they embrace, she ... See full summary »
Director: Oleg Fesenko | Stars: Valeriy Nikolaev, Evgeniya Kryukova, Lembit Ulfsak, Arnis Licitis
Votes: 621
29. Inspector Calzonzin (1974)
90 min | Comedy
A humble peasant is mistaken by a federal government inspector in a small town.
Director: Alfonso Arau | Stars: Alfonso Arau, Pancho Córdova, Virma González, Héctor Ortega
Votes: 207
30. The Gamblers (1970)
G | 93 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A team of professional card sharks set out to fleece a wealthy aristocrat of his savings and receive an I.O.U. in payment, which turns out to be worthless.
Director: Ron Winston | Stars: Suzy Kendall, Don Gordon, Pierre Olaf, Kenneth Griffith
Votes: 43
31. Sabbath (1989)
Horror
Stars: Lydia Bosch, Fernando Guillén Cuervo, Lídia Franco, Giovanni Guidelli
Votes: 6
32. Vechir na Ivana Kupala (1968)
71 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Piotr is a modest farmhand living in an impoverished village in some unspecified long ago era. He wants to marry the lovely Pidorka, but her stern father won't hear of it. Luckily, the ... See full summary »
Director: Yuri Ilyenko | Stars: Boris Khmelnitskiy, Larisa Kadochnikova, Yefim Fridman, Dmitri Franko
Votes: 471
33. The Overcoat (1952)
Approved | 102 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Based on the Nikolai Gogol story but set in 1950s Italy, THE OVERCOAT is the story of a poor city hall clerk (Renato Rascel) whose only desire is to buy a new overcoat.
Director: Alberto Lattuada | Stars: Renato Rascel, Yvonne Sanson, Giulio Stival, Ettore Mattia
Votes: 696
34. Folio (1955–1959)
Drama, Musical
Stars: Douglas Rain, Jack Creley, Lloyd Bochner, Frank Peddie
Votes: 22
35. Sorochinskaya yarmarka (2004 TV Movie)
105 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
New Year's television musical film based on the story of the same name by Nikolai Gogol. A funny and romantic story develops during a grandiose fair.
Director: Semyon Gorov | Stars: Georgiy Khostikoev, Nadya Meiher, Sofiya Rotaru, Valeriy Meladze
Votes: 195
36. Nesmrtelní (2010– )
70 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Stars: Juraj Kemka, Kristína Farkasová, Klára Dubovicová, Kristína Tóthová
Votes: 16
37. Tarass Boulba (1936)
87 min | Action, Drama, History
Literary adaptation: A Cossack chief leads his forces against Poland. But one of his university trained sons is in love with an enemy daughter.
Director: Alexis Granowsky | Stars: Harry Baur, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Danielle Darrieux, Pierre Larquey
Votes: 48
38. Taras Bulba (1924)
60 min | Adventure
Directors: Vladimir Strizhevsky, Joseph N. Ermolieff | Stars: J.N. Douvan-Tarzow, August Junker, Helena Makowska, Oscar Marion
Votes: 23
39. The Nose or Conspiracy of Mavericks (2020)
89 min | Animation
A cheerful grim look at the follies of the twentieth century, anchored in Gogol's proto-surrealist novella 'The Nose' and Shostakovich's opera of the same name.
Director: Andrey Khrzhanovskiy
Votes: 285
40. Revizor (1996)
100 min | Comedy
This is a new screen adaptation of the famous satirical play «The Inspector General» («Revizor») by Nikolay Gogol, and it was Alexander Pushkin who gave the idea of the plot. The events ... See full summary »
Director: Sergey Gazarov | Stars: Nikita Mikhalkov, Marina Neyolova, Anna Mikhalkova, Zinoviy Gerdt
Votes: 200
41. Fern Flower (1979 TV Short)
18 min | Animation, Short, Fantasy
Director: Alla Grachyova
Votes: 23
42. Russkaya igra (2007)
95 min | Comedy
Luchino Forza is an Italian card sharper hounded by creditors. In order to clear his debt, he travels to Russia to hustle some quick money. On his way, he meets a group of Russian gamblers ... See full summary »
Director: Pavel Chukhray | Stars: Sergey Makovetskiy, Sergey Garmash, Andrey Merzlikin, Juliano Di Capua
Votes: 324
43. Afsar (1950)
121 min | Comedy, Romance
Synopsis Has been Written by Mr Rais Asghar, My Uncle, on 20 August 2018 (Rashid Ashraf)
AFSAR-1950
Though not a blast from the past, the golden era of Indian cinema, film "AFSAR" of 1950, ... See full synopsis »
Director: Chetan Anand | Stars: Dev Anand, Suraiya, Ruma Guha Thakurta, Kanhaiyalal Chaturvedi
Votes: 24
44. Vechera na khutore bliz Dikanki (2001 TV Movie)
91 min | Musical, Comedy, Fantasy
On Christmas Eve in rural Ukraine, handsome but poor Vakula the blacksmith pursues the beautiful Oxana with the help of the Devil.
Director: Semyon Gorov | Stars: Oleg Skripka, Ani Lorak, Philipp Kirkorov, Lolita Milyavskaya
Votes: 385
45. Noch pered Rozhdestvom (1951)
49 min | Animation, Comedy, Fantasy
The village blacksmith saddles the devil himself in order to get a gift for the beautiful Oksana. Based on Gogol's fairy tale.
Directors: Valentina Brumberg, Zinaida Brumberg | Stars: Aleksey Gribov, Liliya Gritsenko, Nikolai Gritsenko, Mikhail Yanshin
Votes: 311
46. Zhenitba (1978)
99 min | Comedy
Director: Vitaliy Melnikov | Stars: Svetlana Kryuchkova, Aleksey Petrenko, Oleg Borisov, Vladislav Strzhelchik
Votes: 230
47. NBC Television Opera Theatre (1949– )
Family, Music
Televised broadcasts of performances by NBC Opera Theatre. an opera company owned and operated by the National Broadcasting Company (NBC). The company had been formed for the purpose of ... See full summary »
Stars: Virginia Haskins, Ralph Herbert, Leon Lishner, Elaine Malbin
Votes: 24
48. The Overcoat (2017)
19 min | Short, Comedy, Fantasy
A lonely social outcast gets a glimpse of what life is like for someone popular, and cannot let it go, even in death.
Director: Patrick Myles | Stars: Jason Watkins, Tim Key, Vicki Pepperdine, Alex Macqueen
Votes: 31
49. Myortvye dushi (1960)
104 min | Comedy, Drama
Director: Leonid Trauberg | Stars: Nina Agapova, Vladimir Belokurov, Aleksey Gribov, Yuri Leonidov
Votes: 91
50. Myortvye dushi (1984)
388 min | Comedy, Drama, History
Pavel Chichikov arrives to a small provincial town with a devious scheme in mind: he plans to enter high society by acquiring dead souls - the recently deceased serfs who are still "alive" on paper.
Stars: Evgeniy Maksimenko, Aleksandr Trofimov, Aleksandr Kalyagin, Yuriy Bogatyryov
Votes: 335