Soviet Cinema Classics
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1. Kidnapping, Caucasian Style (1967)
TV-13 | 82 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
A young student Shurik comes to a remote mountainous region in search of ancient legends and traditions. Fooled by the corrupt local governor, he helps him to kidnap a beautiful young girl, but soon realizes what he's done.
Director: Leonid Gaidai | Stars: Aleksandr Demyanenko, Natalya Varley, Vladimir Etush, Frunzik Mkrtchyan
Votes: 13,522
2. Mimino (1977)
PG | 95 min | Comedy, Drama
Local Georgian pilot Mimino dreams of flying airplanes for major international airlines. To realize his aspirations, he goes to Moscow where he encounters a fellow comrade from the Caucasus, the Armenian Rubik. Many misadventures ensue.
Director: Georgiy Daneliya | Stars: Vakhtang Kikabidze, Frunzik Mkrtchyan, Elena Proklova, Evgeniy Leonov
Votes: 6,852
3. The Diamond Arm (1969)
Not Rated | 94 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
An ordinary Soviet citizen accidentally intervenes into a huge operation of international criminal group that trades illegally obtained jewelry.
Director: Leonid Gaidai | Stars: Yuriy Nikulin, Nina Grebeshkova, Andrey Mironov, Anatoliy Papanov
Votes: 16,231
4. Ivan Vasilyevich Changes His Profession (1973)
TV-G | 88 min | Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
An ordinary Soviet building manager, living in the 20th century, looks like Tsar of All Rus' - Ivan IV the Terrible (1530 - 1584). He'd never known this, until his neighbor created a time machine.
Director: Leonid Gaidai | Stars: Yuriy Yakovlev, Leonid Kuravlyov, Aleksandr Demyanenko, Saveliy Kramarov
Votes: 18,457
5. Gentlemen of Fortune (1971)
TV-13 | 88 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
It so happens that peaceful kindergarten teacher is incredibly similar to the terrible villain who stole the helmet of Alexander the Great. And villain's accomplices are unexpectedly similar to children - they also need love and care.
Director: Aleksandr Seryy | Stars: Evgeniy Leonov, Georgiy Vitsin, Saveliy Kramarov, Radner Muratov
Votes: 12,877
6. Watch Out for the Automobile (1966)
94 min | Comedy, Crime, Romance
A very good cop tries to catch a very insidious and extremely clever serial car thief. The bitter irony is that the thief is not very clever, absolutely not insidious, and a virtuous person and his friend.
Director: Eldar Ryazanov | Stars: Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy, Oleg Efremov, Lyubov Dobrzhanskaya, Olga Aroseva
Votes: 6,052
7. Operation 'Y' & Other Shurik's Adventures (1965)
TV-G | 95 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Three stories about Shurik - a young student. He fights against criminals, falls in love, confuses apartments, passes exams - he lives after all.
Director: Leonid Gaidai | Stars: Aleksandr Demyanenko, Mikhail Pugovkin, Aleksei Smirnov, Vladimir Basov
Votes: 14,811
8. Bootleggers (1962)
19 min | Short, Comedy
Three criminals contrive the entire moonshine facility inside a wilderness hut. Their law-abiding dog is going to stop that outrage.
Director: Leonid Gaidai | Stars: Evgeniy Morgunov, Georgiy Vitsin, Yuriy Nikulin, Vladimir Pitsek
Votes: 5,096
9. The Meeting Place Cannot Be Changed (1979)
372 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
In post-war Moscow, two dissimilar police detectives follow the trail of a ruthless gang.
Stars: Vladimir Vysotskiy, Vladimir Konkin, Sergey Yurskiy, Aleksandr Belyavskiy
Votes: 5,050
10. Pyos Barbos i neobychnyj kross (1961)
10 min | Short, Comedy, Crime
Three friends and a dog jog in Russian woodlands.
Director: Leonid Gaidai | Stars: Georgiy Vitsin, Yuriy Nikulin, Evgeniy Morgunov
Votes: 2,888
11. Pokrov Gates (1983 TV Movie)
140 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
Love and curiosities of neighbors in a communal apartment. A cult comedy about Moscow in the 50s, which was sold in quotes.
Director: Mikhail Kozakov | Stars: Oleg Menshikov, Sofiya Pilyavskaya, Leonid Bronevoy, Inna Ulyanova
Votes: 3,102
12. The Golden Calf (1968)
164 min | Comedy, Crime
A crook named Ostap Bender, who survived a murder attempt by Kisa Vorobyaninov in "12 Chairs, " now schemes to extort 1 million from an underground millionaire.
Director: Mikhail Shvejtser | Stars: Sergey Yurskiy, Leonid Kuravlyov, Zinoviy Gerdt, Evgeniy Evstigneev
Votes: 3,158
13. Antikiller (2002)
114 min | Action, Crime
Former criminal investigator, Major Korenev, nicknamed Fox is released from prison. He has been detained there as a result of planted incriminating evidence of unlawful investigation ... See full summary »
Director: Egor Konchalovskiy | Stars: Gosha Kutsenko, Mikhail Ulyanov, Sergey Shakurov, Aleksandr Baluev
Votes: 1,704
14. Night Watch (2004)
R | 114 min | Action, Fantasy, Horror
A fantasy-horror set in present-day Moscow where the respective forces that control daytime and nighttime do battle.
Director: Timur Bekmambetov | Stars: Konstantin Khabenskiy, Vladimir Menshov, Mariya Poroshina, Valeriy Zolotukhin
Votes: 55,384 | Gross: $1.49M
15. Serye volki (1993)
115 min | Action, Biography, History
In the center of the plot is the removal of Nikita Khrushchev in 1964, which a state security officer is trying to prevent.
Director: Igor Gostev | Stars: Rolan Bykov, Aleksandr Belyavskiy, Lev Durov, Bogdan Stupka
Votes: 223
16. Office Romance (1977)
Not Rated | 159 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
The life of entire statistical bureau becomes crazy when an ordinary worker, a shy man, falls in love with a boss, a strict woman.
Director: Eldar Ryazanov | Stars: Alisa Freyndlikh, Andrey Myagkov, Svetlana Nemolyaeva, Oleg Basilashvili
Votes: 10,386
17. The Irony of Fate, or Enjoy Your Bath! (1976 TV Movie)
TV-G | 192 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
An incredible story about a man who misplaced the cities and found his love during the one special night - New Year's celebration.
Director: Eldar Ryazanov | Stars: Andrey Myagkov, Barbara Brylska, Yuriy Yakovlev, Aleksandr Shirvindt
Votes: 13,528
18. Tri plyus dva (1963)
Not Rated | 100 min | Comedy, Romance
Three men vacation on a deserted beach near The Black Sea, trying to get away from women and society. However, two women arrive and try to claim the vacation spot as their own. The groups scheme to run each other off the beach.
Director: Genrikh Oganisyan | Stars: Natalya Kustinskaya, Natalya Fateeva, Andrey Mironov, Evgeniy Zharikov
Votes: 2,112
19. Zigzag of Luck (1968)
88 min | Comedy
Winning the lottery turns into a problem when it became clear where the money for ticket was taken from.
Director: Eldar Ryazanov | Stars: Evgeniy Leonov, Valentina Talyzina, Evgeniy Evstigneev, Irina Skobtseva
Votes: 1,049
20. The Garage (1980)
96 min | Comedy, Drama
Meeting of the garage cooperative must exclude four own members because of a new highway's building. After the meeting it becomes clear that the exit door is closed by one of the members, who requires an equitable solution.
Director: Eldar Ryazanov | Stars: Alla Budnitskaya, Eldar Ryazanov, Lyudmila Tsvetkova, Mikhail Kokshenov
Votes: 4,301
21. Seventeen Moments of Spring (1973)
830 min | Drama, History, War
During World War II, a Soviet undercover spy manages to infiltrate the Nazi elite.
Stars: Vyacheslav Tikhonov, Yefim Kopelyan, Leonid Bronevoy, Ekaterina Gradova
Votes: 4,976
22. White Sun of the Desert (1970)
Not Rated | 84 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
At the end of the Russian Civil War, Red Army soldier Fyodor Sukhov is ordered to guard the harem of a Caspian Sea guerrilla leader.
Director: Vladimir Motyl | Stars: Anatoliy Kuznetsov, Pavel Luspekayev, Spartak Mishulin, Kakhi Kavsadze
Votes: 7,833
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