Soviet films and animation
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1. Zavtra byla voyna (1987)
89 min | Drama, War
This movie is based on a novel by Boris Vasiliev and describes life in a small Russian provincial town in 1940 - one year before Germany invaded the Soviet Union.
Director: Yuriy Kara | Stars: Sergey Nikonenko, Nina Ruslanova, Vera Alentova, Irina Cherichenko
Votes: 969
2. Courier (1986)
R | 88 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
The story of a teenager boy in times of the comunism fall in the Soviet Union.
Director: Karen Shakhnazarov | Stars: Fyodor Dunayevsky, Anastasiya Nemolyaeva, Oleg Basilashvili, Inna Churikova
Votes: 5,600
3. Afonya (1975)
PG | 92 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A carefree plumber spends his days drinking and chasing women, but the emptiness of his life starts catching up to him.
Director: Georgiy Daneliya | Stars: Leonid Kuravlyov, Evgeniya Simonova, Evgeniy Leonov, Saveliy Kramarov
Votes: 4,842
4. Three Poplars on Plyuschikha Street (1968)
79 min | Romance
In Moscow from a distant village comes a rustic Russian woman. The first person she meets is a surprisingly intelligent cab driver. They meet by chance and do not even go out on a date, yet... See full summary »
Director: Tatyana Lioznova | Stars: Tatyana Doronina, Oleg Efremov, Vyacheslav Shalevich, Alevtina Rumyantseva
Votes: 1,198
5. A Few Days from the Life of I.I. Oblomov (1980)
Unrated | 140 min | Comedy, Drama, History
St. Petersburg, mid 19th century: the indolent, middle-aged Oblomov. He sleeps much of the day. His boyhood companion, Stoltz, now an energetic and successful businessman, adds Oblomov to his circle and introduces him to Olga.
Director: Nikita Mikhalkov | Stars: Oleg Tabakov, Yuriy Bogatyryov, Elena Solovey, Andrei Popov
Votes: 2,559
6. Shla sobaka po royalyu (1979)
68 min | Comedy, Romance
The 16-year-old Tanya Canareykina decided to drastically change her life. For starters she fell in love with a pilot who played the trumpet and had sad, dreaming eyes. She stopped seeing Misha whom she'd known since early childhood.
Director: Vladimir Grammatikov | Stars: Yelena Kishchik, Aleksandr Fomin, Valeri Kislenko, Dariya Malchevskaya
Votes: 144
7. Kin-dza-dza! (1986)
PG-13 | 135 min | Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
Two Russians push the wrong button on a strange device and end up on the telepathic planet Pluke with its strange societal norms.
Director: Georgiy Daneliya | Stars: Stanislav Lyubshin, Evgeniy Leonov, Yuriy Yakovlev, Levan Gabriadze
Votes: 13,734
8. Winnie-the-Pooh Pays a Visit (1971)
10 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Winnie the Pooh and Piglet visit their friend the rabbit. After a hearty breakfast of honey, Pooh finds it hard to leave.
Director: Fyodor Khitruk | Stars: Evgeniy Leonov, Iya Savvina, Anatoliy Shchukin, Vladimir Osenev
Votes: 3,835
9. Winnie-the-Pooh (1969)
11 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
A Soviet version of Winnie-the-Pooh. His first adventure is a desperate attempt to get to honey in a bee hollow. He is ready to take decisive action.
Director: Fyodor Khitruk | Stars: Evgeniy Leonov, Iya Savvina, Vladimir Osenev
Votes: 4,805
10. Winnie-the-Pooh and a Busy Day (1972)
21 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Vinni-Pukh is trying to help his friend donkey with huge depression which happened to be on his birthday
Directors: Fyodor Khitruk, Gennadiy Sokolskiy | Stars: Vladimir Osenev, Evgeniy Leonov, Iya Savvina, Erast Garin
Votes: 3,425
11. The Cow (1989)
10 min | Animation, Short, Drama
In the outback, on the railway station there lives a family. 4th grade schoolboy Vasya Rubtsov is experiencing the death of his beloved best friend the cow. The boy remembers how they used ... See full summary »
Director: Aleksandr Petrov | Stars: Nikolai Gusarov, Lyubov Teplova, Kostya Panov
Votes: 1,075
12. Family Relations (1982)
98 min | Comedy, Drama
A woman from the countryside comes to the city to visit her only daughter and granddaughter. She is hopelessly lost in this world she does not understand.
Director: Nikita Mikhalkov | Stars: Nonna Mordyukova, Svetlana Kryuchkova, Yuriy Bogatyryov, Ivan Bortnik
Votes: 1,573
13. Hedgehog in the Fog (1975)
11 min | Animation, Short, Drama
A little hedgehog, on the way to visit his friend the bear, gets lost in thick fog, where horses, dogs and even falling leaves take on a terrifying new aspect.
Director: Yuri Norstein | Stars: Vyacheslav Nevinnyy, Mariya Vinogradova, Aleksey Batalov
Votes: 8,066
14. Fantazii Faryateva (1982 TV Movie)
152 min | Comedy, Drama
A funny and sad story of mismatched love, family and life surprises.
Director: Ilya Averbakh | Stars: Marina Neyolova, Andrey Mironov, Zinaida Sharko, Liliya Gritsenko
Votes: 373
15. Nesrochnaya vesna (1989)
128 min | Drama, Romance
Director: Vladimir Tolkachikov | Stars: Margarita Zakharova, Igor Zakharov, Leonid Kuravlyov, Nikolai Kryukov
Votes: 52
16. Come Tomorrow (1962)
98 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
Young girl from the country come to Moscow, she wants to get into University, but it's too late. Anyway, she won't give up and will do everything to get a meeting with dean and sing for him.
Director: Evgeniy Tashkov | Stars: Anatoliy Papanov, Ekaterina Savinova, Boris Bibikov, Antonina Maksimova
Votes: 632
17. Padal proshlogodniy sneg (1983 TV Short)
20 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Surreal misadventures of a lazy drunkard with speech impediment trying to get a New Year tree on a short notice. Loosely based on folk fairy tales.
Director: Aleksandr Tatarskiy | Stars: Liya Akhedzhakova, Stanislav Sadalskiy
Votes: 2,077
18. Flights in Dreams and in Reality (1983)
92 min | Drama
On the eve of his fortieth birthday, a man realizes nothing he has achieved in his life has amounted to very much.
Director: Roman Balayan | Stars: Oleg Yankovskiy, Lyudmila Gurchenko, Oleg Tabakov, Lyudmila Ivanova
Votes: 1,365
19. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The Hound of the Baskervilles (1981)
TV-PG | 154 min | Adventure, Crime, Mystery
When Sir Charles Baskerville is found dead in his country house, Dr James Mortimer asks Sherlock Holmes for help to save Sir Henry Baskerville, the only known heir, from the curse that haunts Baskerville family.
Stars: Vasiliy Livanov, Vitali Solomin, Rina Zelyonaya, Irina Kupchenko
Votes: 6,484
20. It Can't Be! (1975)
100 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
Three stories about a marriage - its betrayal, its boredom, its absurd.
Director: Leonid Gaidai | Stars: Mikhail Pugovkin, Nina Grebeshkova, Vyacheslav Nevinnyy, Mikhail Svetin
Votes: 2,290
21. The Journey of the Ant (1983)
10 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
The story about a injured ant who travel by a hitch-hiking.
Director: Eduard Nazarov | Star: Eduard Nazarov
Votes: 707
22. Pechki-lavochki (1972)
90 min | Comedy
A Siberian farm-worker and his wife travel south for their first holiday, meeting characters such as a smooth-talking con man and a professor of folklore, who invites them to stop off in Moscow.
Director: Vasiliy Shukshin | Stars: Lidiya Fedoseeva-Shukshina, Vasiliy Shukshin, Vsevolod Sanaev, Georgiy Burkov
Votes: 550
23. Ivan's Childhood (1962)
Not Rated | 95 min | Drama, War
During WWII, Soviet orphan Ivan Bondarev strikes up a friendship with three sympathetic Soviet officers while working as a scout behind the German lines.
Directors: Andrei Tarkovsky, Eduard Abalov | Stars: Nikolay Burlyaev, Valentin Zubkov, Evgeniy Zharikov, Stepan Krylov
Votes: 39,889
24. Otchiy dom (1959)
100 min | Drama
After being adopted by a doctor, war orphan Tanya learns her mother is still alive and seeks her out. When neither family is the right fit, Tanya comes into her own while living and working on a collective farm.
Director: Lev Kulidzhanov | Stars: Vera Kuznetsova, Lyudmila Marchenko, Valentin Zubkov, Nikolai Novlyansky
Votes: 112
25. Three Came Out of the Woods (1958)
97 min | Drama, War
After the partisans Julia, Pavel and Sergei went out on a combat mission, the detachment was surrounded and destroyed by punishers. Years later, a document was discovered stating that one of the three was a traitor.
Director: Konstantin Voinov | Stars: Lidiya Smirnova, Valentin Zubkov, Mikhail Pogorzhelsky, Boris Smirnov
Votes: 45
26. Vremya letnikh otpuskov (1961)
89 min | Drama
Geological engineer Svetlana in the far northern land dreams of summer, southern skies and warm sea, but instead of vacation, she is forced to take over the unprofitable oil field so as not to let her comrades down and fulfill the plan.
Director: Konstantin Voinov | Stars: Raisa Kurkina, Valentin Zubkov, Tatyana Konyukhova, Ivan Kuznetsov
Votes: 25
27. Solntse svetit vsem (1959)
92 min | Drama, Romance
Having been seriously wounded in the war, Nikolai is now blind. Then comes a new test: his wife leaves.
Director: Konstantin Voinov | Stars: Valentin Zubkov, Liliya Aleshnikova, Tatyana Konyukhova, Yevgeni Burenkov
Votes: 42
28. Evdokiya (1961)
101 min | Drama
A workman Evdokim and his wife Evdokia live in a small suburban town. They don't have children but they are raising stepchildren. At first glance their life may seem routine, but in fact it... See full summary »
Director: Tatyana Lioznova | Stars: Lyudmila Khityaeva, Nikolay Lebedev, Lyuba Basova, Olga Narovchatova
Votes: 165
29. Den schastya (1964)
102 min | Drama, Romance
A young doctor begins an affair with a lonely and dissatisfied housewife.
Director: Iosif Kheifits | Stars: Tamara Syomina, Aleksey Batalov, Valentin Zubkov, Nikolay Kryuchkov
Votes: 72
30. Wild Honey (1967)
98 min | Drama, War
A literary adaptation about the unrealized romance between a Russian woman photographer during WWIi and the colonel of the regiment to which she is assigned.
Director: Vladimir Chebotaryov | Stars: Alla Larionova, Vladimir Samoylov, Vladimir Emelyanov, Gurgen Tonunts
Votes: 17
31. Kalina krasnaya (1974)
110 min | Drama
A former thief is released from a prison. He tries to start a new life with his penfriend - a good village woman, but his past doesn't let him go.
Director: Vasiliy Shukshin | Stars: Lidiya Fedoseeva-Shukshina, Vasiliy Shukshin, Ivan Ryzhov, Mariya Skvortsova
Votes: 2,006
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