Seance's Best Russian Films
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1. Moy drug Ivan Lapshin (1985)
100 min | Drama
Russian provincial town in the middle of the 1930s Stalin's Great Purge. Ivan Lapshin, the head of the local police, does what he has to do. And he does it well.
Director: Aleksey German | Stars: Andrei Boltnev, Nina Ruslanova, Andrey Mironov, Aleksey Zharkov
Votes: 2,646
2. The Cranes Are Flying (1957)
Not Rated | 95 min | Drama, Romance, War
Veronica plans a rendezvous with her lover, Boris, at the bank of river, only for him to be drafted into World War II shortly thereafter.
Director: Mikhail Kalatozov | Stars: Tatyana Samoylova, Aleksey Batalov, Vasiliy Merkurev, Aleksandr Shvorin
Votes: 19,770 | Gross: $0.02M
3. Andrei Rublev (1966)
R | 189 min | Biography, Drama, History
The life, times and afflictions of the fifteenth-century Russian iconographer St. Andrei Rublev.
Director: Andrei Tarkovsky | Stars: Anatoliy Solonitsyn, Ivan Lapikov, Nikolay Grinko, Nikolay Sergeev
Votes: 57,054 | Gross: $0.10M
4. Mirror (1975)
Not Rated | 107 min | Biography, Drama
A dying man in his forties remembers his past. His childhood, his mother, the war, personal moments and things that tell of the recent history of all the Russian nation.
Director: Andrei Tarkovsky | Stars: Margarita Terekhova, Filipp Yankovskiy, Ignat Daniltsev, Oleg Yankovskiy
Votes: 52,239 | Gross: $0.18M
5. Okraina (1933)
98 min | Drama, War
Outskirts is an internationally renowned masterpiece of early sound cinema. In a remote Russian village during World War I, colorful and nuanced characters experience divided loyalties: ... See full summary »
Director: Boris Barnet | Stars: Yelena Kuzmina, Mikhail Zharov, Nikolay Bogolyubov, Nikolay Kryuchkov
Votes: 1,123
6. Battleship Potemkin (1925)
Not Rated | 66 min | Drama, History, Thriller
In the midst of the Russian Revolution of 1905, the crew of the battleship Potemkin mutiny against the brutal, tyrannical regime of the vessel's officers. The resulting street demonstration in Odessa brings on a police massacre.
Director: Sergei Eisenstein | Stars: Aleksandr Antonov, Vladimir Barskiy, Grigoriy Aleksandrov, Ivan Bobrov
Votes: 61,438 | Gross: $0.05M
7. Once Upon a Time There Was a Singing Blackbird (1970)
85 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
A carefree young percussionist roams the streets of Tbilisi, interacting with friends and strangers alike, and tries to avoid responsibilities.
Director: Otar Iosseliani | Stars: Gela Kandelaki, Gogi Chkheidze, Jansug Kakhidze, Irine Jandieri
Votes: 1,294
8. The Long Farewell (1971)
97 min | Drama
A single mother is confused by the changes in her teenage son, who has become distant since spending summer vacation with his father.
Director: Kira Muratova | Stars: Zinaida Sharko, Oleg Vladimirsky, Yuriy Kayurov, Svetlana Kabanova
Votes: 1,010
9. Earth (1930)
Unrated | 75 min | Drama
In the peaceful countryside, Vassily opposes the rich kulaks over the coming of collective farming.
Director: Aleksandr Dovzhenko | Stars: Stepan Shkurat, Semyon Svashenko, Yuliya Solntseva, Yelena Maksimova
Votes: 6,402
10. Stalker (1979)
Not Rated | 162 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
A guide leads two men through an area known as the Zone to find a room that grants wishes.
Director: Andrei Tarkovsky | Stars: Alisa Freyndlikh, Aleksandr Kaydanovskiy, Anatoliy Solonitsyn, Nikolay Grinko
Votes: 144,745 | Gross: $0.23M
11. I Am Twenty (1965)
189 min | Drama
Following three lifelong friends who return to Moscow after military service, we see their aspirations juxtaposed against everyday life in 1960 Soviet Union.
Director: Marlen Khutsiev | Stars: Valentin Popov, Nikolay Gubenko, Stanislav Lyubshin, Marianna Vertinskaya
Votes: 1,619
12. 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: 16,235
13. Unfinished Piece for the Player Piano (1977)
103 min | Drama
In Imperial Russia, the nobility has its own entertainments, disputes and worries.
Director: Nikita Mikhalkov | Stars: Aleksandr Kalyagin, Elena Solovey, Evgeniya Glushenko, Antonina Shuranova
Votes: 3,772
14. Ballad of a Soldier (1959)
Not Rated | 88 min | Drama, Romance, War
Young Russian soldier Alyosha earns a medal, but asks to visit his mother instead. His journey recounts various kinds of love during wartime.
Director: Grigoriy Chukhray | Stars: Vladimir Ivashov, Zhanna Prokhorenko, Antonina Maksimova, Nikolay Kryuchkov
Votes: 11,286
15. Twenty Days Without War (1977)
101 min | Drama, Romance, War
During the 20-day leave, war correspondent Lopatin travels by train to the distant city of Tashkent. It's very far from the front but the war seems to be present in people's minds even there.
Director: Aleksey German | Stars: Yuriy Nikulin, Lyudmila Gurchenko, Aleksey Petrenko, Angelina Stepanova
Votes: 1,579
16. Ivan the Terrible, Part I (1944)
Not Rated | 95 min | Biography, Drama, History
During the early part of his reign, Ivan the Terrible faces betrayal from the aristocracy and even his closest friends as he seeks to unite the Russian people.
Director: Sergei Eisenstein | Stars: Nikolay Cherkasov, Lyudmila Tselikovskaya, Serafima Birman, Mikhail Nazvanov
Votes: 10,865
17. Autumn Marathon (1979)
90 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Middle-aged university professor desperately tries to strike a balance in his life between his wife and his mistress, slowly getting bogged down in his own lies.
Director: Georgiy Daneliya | Stars: Oleg Basilashvili, Natalya Gundareva, Marina Neyolova, Evgeniy Leonov
Votes: 3,652
18. The Beginning (1970)
GP | 91 min | Drama, Romance
A film-in-film story set in a provincial town in Russia. Pasha (Churikova) is an amateur actress who plays a witch at a local club, but her dream is to play Joan of Arc. In a strike of luck... See full summary »
Director: Gleb Panfilov | Stars: Inna Churikova, Valentina Telichkina, Tatyana Stepanova, Leonid Kuravlyov
Votes: 1,057
19. Strike (1925)
Not Rated | 82 min | Drama
A group of oppressed factory workers go on strike in pre-revolutionary Russia.
Director: Sergei Eisenstein | Stars: Grigoriy Aleksandrov, Maksim Shtraukh, Mikhail Gomorov, I. Ivanov
Votes: 8,622
20. 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: 6,054
21. Istoriya Asi Klyachinoy, kotoraya lyubila, da ne vyshla zamuzh (1966)
99 min | Drama, Romance
About gentle, tender and proud love of Asya, a lame woman, and the driver Stepan who is a good-for-nothing person.
Director: Andrey Konchalovskiy | Stars: Iya Savvina, Lyubov Sokolova, Aleksandr Surin, Gennady Yegorychev
Votes: 642
22. At Home Among Strangers, a Stranger Among His Own (1974)
97 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Set during the Civil War between the Reds and the Whites that followed the 1917 revolution in Russia
Director: Nikita Mikhalkov | Stars: Yuriy Bogatyryov, Anatoliy Solonitsyn, Sergey Shakurov, Aleksandr Porokhovshchikov
Votes: 3,513
23. Trial on the Road (1986)
96 min | Drama, War
A Soviet POW joins the partisan guerrillas and proves his loyalty fighting the Germans.
Director: Aleksey German | Stars: Rolan Bykov, Anatoliy Solonitsyn, Vladimir Zamanskiy, Oleg Borisov
Votes: 2,586
24. Ya shagayu po Moskve (1964)
78 min | Comedy, Romance
Young Siberian writer Volodya meets Kolya in the Moscow metro in his visit to a famous author. Volodya and Kolya's friend Sasha adventure their love interests in their own way, while Kolya sets out to help them.
Director: Georgiy Daneliya | Stars: Nikita Mikhalkov, Aleksei Loktev, Galina Polskikh, Evgeniy Steblov
Votes: 3,350
25. The Asthenic Syndrome (1989)
153 min | Drama
In the old days it was called hypochrondria, or black melancholia. Now, apparently, it's termed the Asthenic Syndrome. Whatever it is, Nikolai, a teacher has got it, and it's not much fun.
Director: Kira Muratova | Stars: Sergei Popov, Olga Antonova, Galina Zakhurdaeva, Natalya Buzko
Votes: 1,404
26. Brother (1997)
99 min | Action, Crime, Drama
An ex-soldier with a personal honor code enters the family crime business in St. Petersburg, Russia.
Director: Aleksey Balabanov | Stars: Sergey Bodrov, Viktor Sukhorukov, Svetlana Pismichenko, Mariya Zhukova
Votes: 24,527
27. Okraina (1998)
95 min | Drama
The hero is an ordinary farmer, Philip Safronov, whose peaceful life is aggressively interrupted when his land is appropriated by a mysterious group to exploit its oil resources.
Director: Pyotr Lutsik | Stars: Yuriy Dubrovin, Nikolay Olyalin, Aleksei Pushkin, Aleksey Vanin
Votes: 863
28. Chapaev (1934)
93 min | Biography, Drama, History
This film is based on the book about Vasili Ivanovich Chapaev (1887 - 1919) who was in real life the Commander of the 25th Division of the Red Army. Chapaev is an uneducated peasant and a ... See full summary »
Directors: Sergey Vasilev, Georgi Vasilyev | Stars: Boris Babochkin, Boris Blinov, Varvara Myasnikova, Leonid Kmit
Votes: 1,439
29. Man with a Movie Camera (1929)
Not Rated | 68 min | Documentary
A man travels around a city with a camera slung over his shoulder, documenting urban life with dazzling invention.
Director: Dziga Vertov | Stars: Mikhail Kaufman, Elizaveta Svilova
Votes: 27,981
30. War and Peace (1965)
GP | 393 min | Drama, Romance, War
The Russian aristocracy prepares for the French invasion on the eve of 1812.
Director: Sergey Bondarchuk | Stars: Lyudmila Saveleva, Vyacheslav Tikhonov, Sergey Bondarchuk, Boris Zakhava
Votes: 8,342 | Gross: $0.13M
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: 2,011
32. Little Vera (1988)
Unrated | 110 min | Drama, Romance
A teenage girl, who has just finished school feels trapped and aimless in her ordinary Russian family, supported by an alcoholic father, in a dull industrial town.
Director: Vasili Pichul | Stars: Natalya Negoda, Andrey Sokolov, Yuriy Nazarov, Lyudmila Zaytseva
Votes: 2,162 | Gross: $1.26M
33. 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
34. One Hundred Days After Childhood (1975)
94 min | Drama, Romance
A group of Russian teenagers spend their summer at a summer camp. Mitia falls in love and gets so occupied with his own problems that he forgets the others.
Director: Sergey Solovyov | Stars: Boris Tokarev, Tatyana Drubich, Irina Malysheva, Yuri Agilin
Votes: 1,016
35. Khrustalyov, My Car! (1998)
Not Rated | 147 min | Comedy, Drama
Late winter 1953. The lives of nearly half the planet are in Stalin's hands.
Director: Aleksey German | Stars: Yuriy Tsurilo, Nina Ruslanova, Jüri Järvet Jr., Mikhail Dementev
Votes: 2,263
36. 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: 7,834
37. V ogne broda net (1968)
95 min | Drama, War
A talented girl is trying to find happiness amidst the Russian revolution of 1917 and the civil war that split the nation.
Director: Gleb Panfilov | Stars: Inna Churikova, Anatoliy Solonitsyn, Mikhail Gluzskiy, Mikhail Kononov
Votes: 483
38. Welcome, or No Trespassing (1964)
74 min | Comedy, Family
A satirical comedy about the excessive restrictions that children face during their vacation in a Young Pioneer camp.
Director: Elem Klimov | Stars: Evgeniy Evstigneev, Arina Aleynikova, Ilya Rutberg, Lidiya Smirnova
Votes: 3,465
39. Dolgaya schastlivaya zhizn (1966)
70 min | Drama, Romance
A pack of guitar-wielding hikers board the bus back to the city; a stranger falls hard for one of the passengers, the very young and very married Lena.
Director: Gennady Shpalikov | Stars: Inna Gulaya, Kirill Lavrov, Yelizaveta Akulicheva, L. Babenko
Votes: 438
40. July Rain (1967)
107 min | Drama
Lena is about to marry when she finds out her fiance is a bad person. After leaving him, she seeks for a sense in her life through adventures with artists who are also searching their own identity. When raining, she meets Zhenya.
Director: Marlen Khutsiev | Stars: Evgeniya Uralova, Aleksandr Belyavskiy, Yuriy Vizbor, Evgeniya Kozyreva
Votes: 1,224
41. Falling Leaves (1966)
91 min | Drama, Romance
A young idealist takes a job at a local state run winery only to discover and become disillusioned by the corruption of the Soviet State.
Director: Otar Iosseliani | Stars: Ramaz Giorgobiani, Gogi Kharabadze, Marina Kartsivadze, Aleksandre Omiadze
Votes: 1,003
42. Ne goryuy! (1968)
90 min | Comedy, Drama
A young happy-go-lucky village doctor lives a leisurely life as comic events unfold around him.
Director: Georgiy Daneliya | Stars: Sergo Zakariadze, Vakhtang Kikabidze, Sofiko Chiaureli, Anastasiya Vertinskaya
Votes: 1,333
43. Five Evenings (1979)
108 min | Drama, Romance
Tamara and Sasha were separated during the war. Now (1957) Sasha is visiting Moscow for five days and by chance recognizes the house where Tamara used to live. She is still living there with her nephew Slava.
Director: Nikita Mikhalkov | Stars: Lyudmila Gurchenko, Stanislav Lyubshin, Valentina Telichkina, Larisa Kuznetsova
Votes: 1,428
44. Strogiy yunosha (1935)
100 min | Drama
The characters debate the role of free love and free will within the Soviet social and political economy.
Director: Abram Room | Stars: Dmitri Dorlyak, Olga Zhizneva, Yuri Yuryev, Maksim Shtraukh
Votes: 264
45. Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors (1965)
97 min | Drama, Romance
A timeless Carpathian story - the young Ivan falls in love with the daughter of his father's killer among the Hutsul people of Ukraine.
Director: Sergei Parajanov | Stars: Ivan Mikolaychuk, Larisa Kadochnikova, Tatyana Bestayeva, Spartak Bagashvili
Votes: 8,452
46. Other People's Letters (1976)
88 min | Drama
Manipulative schoolgirl, Zina, is living in a small Russian town. She targets several people until her teacher falls victim of her manipulations.
Director: Ilya Averbakh | Stars: Irina Kupchenko, Svetlana Smirnova, Sergei Kovalenkov, Zinaida Sharko
Votes: 349
47. Hamlet (1964)
Not Rated | 140 min | Drama
After the death of the King of Denmark - Hamlet's father - his brother Claudius ascends the throne, who takes his widow Gertrude as his wife. Hamlet meets the ghost of his father and learns that he was killed by Claudius.
Director: Grigoriy Kozintsev | Stars: Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy, Mikhail Nazvanov, Elza Radzina, Yuriy Tolubeev
Votes: 2,972
48. Cargo 200 (2007)
89 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A young woman is taken hostage by a police officer gone mad.
Director: Aleksey Balabanov | Stars: Agniya Kuznetsova, Aleksey Poluyan, Leonid Gromov, Aleksey Serebryakov
Votes: 11,377
49. Nine Days of One Year (1962)
111 min | Drama
Nuclear physicists are risking their lives for scientific achievements.
Director: Mikhail Romm | Stars: Aleksey Batalov, Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy, Tatyana Lavrova, Nikolai Plotnikov
Votes: 1,261
50. 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: 39,933
51. 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: 13,753
52. Monologue (1973)
100 min | Drama
A professor of science dedicated to his work, but alienated from his personal life, struggles to reconcile with his estranged daughter.
Director: Ilya Averbakh | Stars: Mikhail Gluzskiy, Margarita Terekhova, Marina Neyolova, Stanislav Lyubshin
Votes: 407
53. Letter Never Sent (1960)
Not Rated | 96 min | Adventure, Drama
Four geologists search for diamonds in the wilderness of Siberia.
Director: Mikhail Kalatozov | Stars: Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy, Tatyana Samoylova, Vasiliy Livanov, Evgeniy Urbanskiy
Votes: 4,219
54. Nobody Wanted to Die (1965)
100 min | Action, Drama, History
1947 year. Armed gangs are still hiding in Lithuanian forests. One after another, four village council chairmen were killed. Now old Lokis is dead. At the funeral, his four sons swear to ... See full summary »
Director: Vytautas Zalakevicius | Stars: Kazimieras Vitkus, Regimantas Adomaitis, Bruno O'Ya, Juozas Budraitis
Votes: 773
55. The Lonely Voice of Man (1987)
87 min | Drama
Nikita, haunted by the civil war, meets Luba, who is as deeply moral and lonely as he is.
Director: Aleksandr Sokurov | Stars: Vladimir Degtyarev, Vladimir Gladyshev, Tatyana Goryacheva, Andrey Gradov
Votes: 737
56. Two Comrades Served (1968)
99 min | Comedy, Drama, War
Two soldiers become best friends during the Civil War in Russia in the 1920's.
Director: Yevgeni Karelov | Stars: Oleg Yankovskiy, Rolan Bykov, Vladimir Vysotskiy, Iya Savvina
Votes: 1,214
57. The Sun (2005)
Not Rated | 110 min | Drama, History
Third part in Aleksandr Sokurov's quadrilogy of Power, following Moloch (1999) and Taurus (2001), focuses on Japanese Emperor Hirohito and Japan's defeat in World War II when he is finally confronted by General Douglas MacArthur who offers him to accept a diplomatic defeat for survival.
Director: Aleksandr Sokurov | Stars: Issei Ogata, Robert Dawson, Kaori Momoi, Shirô Sano
Votes: 2,970 | Gross: $0.08M
58. Salt for Svanetia (1930)
TV-14 | 55 min | Documentary
Story of distant mountainous region in Georgia that depicts folklore, lifestyle and daily routines of Svani people, focuses on the scarcity of salt in Svaneti region. Rich with documentary ... See full summary »
Director: Mikhail Kalatozov
Votes: 896
59. Happiness (I) (1935)
Not Rated | 95 min | Comedy, Drama
A hapless man undergoes misadventures with avaricious clergy, a tired horse, and a walking granary on his road to collectivized happiness.
Director: Aleksandr Medvedkin | Stars: Pyotr Zinovyev, Yelena Yegorova, Mikhail Gipsi, Viktor Kulakov
Votes: 1,200
60. Bed and Sofa (1927)
86 min | Comedy, Drama
A married couple have a small apartment in Moscow. When an old friend of the husband's arrives in the city, he is unable to find lodgings. Kolia, the husband, invites his friend to move in with them.
Director: Abram Room | Stars: Vladimir Fogel, Nikolay Batalov, Lyudmila Semyonova, Leonid Yurenev
Votes: 1,333
61. Assa (1987)
153 min | Crime, Drama, History
ASSA is set in Crimea during the winter in the mid eighties. A young musician (Bananan) falls for mobster's (Krymov) young mistress (Alika). The parallel story line involves an 18th century assassination plot.
Director: Sergey Solovyov | Stars: Natan Eidelman, Anatoly Slivnikov, German Shorr, Ilya Ivanov
Votes: 3,157
62. Belorussky Station (1971)
101 min | Drama
An emotionally persuasive drama describing the friendship of four World War II veterans, their sudden reunion after 25 years and the subsequent effect of this occasion upon their thoughts and evaluations of the past and present.
Director: Andrey Smirnov | Stars: Aleksey Glazyrin, Evgeniy Leonov, Anatoliy Papanov, Vsevolod Safonov
Votes: 1,353
63. Vesna na Zarechnoy ulitse (1956)
96 min | Drama, Romance
A newly appointed Russian literature teacher develops a strong connection with one of her flagging students.
Directors: Marlen Khutsiev, Feliks Mironer | Stars: Nina Ivanova, Nikolay Rybnikov, Vladimir Gulyaev, Valentina Pugachyova
Votes: 1,763
64. 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: 8,075
65. Brief Encounters (1967)
96 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A maid works for the estranged wife of a geologist who once visited her village and whom she loves.
Director: Kira Muratova | Stars: Nina Ruslanova, Vladimir Vysotskiy, Kira Muratova, Lidiya Bazilskaya
Votes: 1,053
66. Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears (1980)
PG | 150 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Three young provincial women come to Moscow in search of what people in all the capitals of the world are looking for - love, happiness and prosperity. Their destinies develop exactly as the character of each of the girls suggests.
Director: Vladimir Menshov | Stars: Vera Alentova, Aleksey Batalov, Irina Muravyova, Aleksandr Fatyushin
Votes: 14,293 | Gross: $2.50M
67. Triumph Over Violence (1965)
R | 82 min | Documentary, History, War
A documentary about the rise and fall of fascism and the effects of Nazism on German society.
Director: Mikhail Romm | Stars: Mikhail Romm, Martin Bormann, Willy Brandt, Aristide Briand
Votes: 2,065
68. Parade of the Planets (1984)
97 min | Drama, Fantasy
In a surreal puzzler, this story of a fantasy lived by a disparate group of men captures the visual imagination with its images and leaves a large question mark in the meantime. A rare ... See full summary »
Director: Vadim Abdrashitov | Stars: Oleg Borisov, Liliya Gritsenko, Aleksey Zharkov, Pyotr Zaychenko
Votes: 527
69. Proshu slova (1976)
145 min | Drama
When Yelizaveta Uvarova becomes a mayor of a small town, she puts her heart and soul into building a bridge there. Yet soon politics will have to make way for her family life as her son suddenly dies.
Director: Gleb Panfilov | Stars: Inna Churikova, Nikolay Gubenko, Ekaterina Volkova, Leonid Bronevoy
Votes: 204
70. Rasputin (1981)
104 min | Biography, Drama, History
Details the life of the Russian monk Rasputin. The film shows his rise to power and how it corrupted him. His sexual perversions and madness ultimatly leads to his gruesome assasination.
Director: Elem Klimov | Stars: Aleksey Petrenko, Anatoliy Romashin, Velta Line, Alisa Freyndlikh
Votes: 1,685
71. It Was in May (1970 TV Movie)
115 min | Drama, War
A few days after the unconditional surrender of German troops, a group of Soviet soldiers is billeted at a farmyard which the war somehow never seems to have reached. This apparently ... See full summary »
Director: Marlen Khutsiev | Stars: Aleksandr Arzhilovsky, Pyotr Todorovskiy, Sergey Shakurov, Viktor Uralskiy
Votes: 203
72. Vassa (1983)
140 min | Drama
Ruthless millionaire Vassa Zheleznova is the head of a wealthy entrepreneurial family. She can do anything to protect its reputation, even push her husband to suicide.
Director: Gleb Panfilov | Stars: Inna Churikova, Vadim Mikhaylov, Nikolai Skorobogatov, Olga Mashnaya
Votes: 306
73. The Lady with the Dog (1960)
89 min | Drama, Romance
A love story among the nobility of the Russian Empire: a man and a woman, both married, fall in love.
Director: Iosif Kheifits | Stars: Iya Savvina, Aleksey Batalov, Nina Alisova, Dmitriy Zebrov
Votes: 1,125
74. Gorky 1: The Childhood of Maxim Gorky (1938)
98 min | Biography, Drama
A drama reveals the great writer's inauspicious early years as an orphan raised by conniving relatives.
Director: Mark Donskoy | Stars: Aleksei Lyarsky, Varvara Massalitinova, Mikhail Troyanovskiy, Elizaveta Alekseeva
Votes: 779
75. 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: 12,878
76. Wings (1966)
85 min | Drama
A fascinating and human portrayal of a once-famous fighter pilot and loyal Stalinist named Nadezhda Petrovna. Now a 41-year-old provincial schoolmistress, she has so internalized the ... See full summary »
Director: Larisa Shepitko | Stars: Mayya Bulgakova, Sergey Nikonenko, Zhanna Bolotova, Panteleymon Krymov
Votes: 2,238
77. Mashenka (1942)
66 min | Drama, Romance, War
In 1939, as the air raid sirens sound over Moscow, a young man, Alyosha, falls in love with a telegraph operator called Mashenka.
Director: Yuli Raizman | Stars: Valentina Karavayeva, Mikhail Kuznetsov, D. Pankratova, Vera Altayskaya
Votes: 299
78. Mechta (1943)
100 min | Drama
About the inhabitants of a boarding house run by a tyrannical old woman, described by director Mikhail Romm as a "study of human destinies influenced by Tolstoy and Balzac."
Director: Mikhail Romm | Stars: Yelena Kuzmina, Vladimir Solovyov, Valentin Shcheglov, Faina Ranevskaya
Votes: 255
79. 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
80. 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: 1,578
81. S.V.D. - Soyuz velikogo dela (1927)
76 min | Drama, History
Right before the Decembrist Revolt 1825 a chevalier of fortune decides that it's time for a game. But on whom make a bet? He asks the cards. But he's not the only one who makes the choice.
Directors: Grigoriy Kozintsev, Leonid Trauberg | Stars: Emil Gal, Sergey Gerasimov, Konstantin Khokhlov, Andrei Kostrichkin
Votes: 135
82. Par desmit minutem vecaks (1978)
10 min | Documentary, Short
A 10 minute long journey of emotions that befall children faces. Fear, Curiosity; a Smile. They all sit in a dark theater. What they see, we don't; we can only guess from their faces.
Director: Herz Frank
Votes: 744
83. The Destiny of a Man (1959)
103 min | Drama, War
A Soviet soldier, Andrei Sokolov, has been separated from his family by World War II. Suffering in German captivity, he dreams of meeting his darlings after the victory. But cruel fate turned out otherwise.
Director: Sergey Bondarchuk | Stars: Sergey Bondarchuk, Pavel Boriskin, Zinaida Kirienko, Pavel Volkov
Votes: 3,708
84. Frontier (1935)
82 min | Drama
A Russian outpost in Eastern Siberia comes under threat of attack by the Japanese. Aerograd is a new town with a strategically located airfield of vital interest to the government.
Director: Aleksandr Dovzhenko | Stars: Stepan Shagaida, Sergey Stolyarov, Stepan Shkurat, G. Tsoi
Votes: 482
85. Only Old Men Are Going to Battle (1974)
92 min | Comedy, Drama, War
During World War II, a Soviet veteran pilot teaches newcomers that war is transient, and music is eternal.
Director: Leonid Bykov | Stars: Leonid Bykov, Sergey Podgornyy, Sergei Ivanov, Rustam Sagdullaev
Votes: 5,771
86. V gorakh moyo serdtse (1967)
40 min | Short
Director: Rustam Khamdamov | Stars: Yelena Kozelkova, Elena Solovey, Sergey Godzi, Rustam Khamdamov
Votes: 89
87. Moscow Laughs (1934)
96 min | Comedy, Musical
A musically talented shepherd gets his big chance when he is mistaken for a famous conductor.
Director: Grigoriy Aleksandrov | Stars: Leonid Utyosov, Lyubov Orlova, Mariya Strelkova, Elena Tyapkina
Votes: 1,074
88. Wartime Romance (1983)
92 min | Drama, Romance
This melodrama revolves around the post-war meeting reunion an intelligent front-line officer, now happily married, and a woman street vendor. This encounter reawakens in them submerged ... See full summary »
Director: Pyotr Todorovskiy | Stars: Nikolay Burlyaev, Natalya Andreychenko, Inna Churikova, Ekaterina Yudina
Votes: 643
89. Volga - Volga (1938)
Not Rated | 108 min | Comedy, Musical
Widely claimed to be Joseph Stalin's favorite movie, this classic musical comedy is a must-see. The action takes place on a steamboat on the iconic Volga River, as two groups of performers ... See full summary »
Director: Grigoriy Aleksandrov | Stars: Igor Ilyinsky, Vladimir Volodin, Pavel Olenev, Sergei Antimonov
Votes: 780
90. 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: 4,302
91. Child of the Big City (1914)
37 min | Drama, Short
Seamstress Mary dreams of a better life in luxury instead of her badly-paying sweatshop grind. Her dreams come true when she draws the attention of Victor, a bourgeoisie, who invites her to... See full summary »
Director: Yevgeny Bauer | Stars: Elena P. Smirnova, Nina Kosljaninowa, Michael Salarow, Arsenii Bibikov
Votes: 397
92. Days of Eclipse (1988)
139 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
Days of Eclipse is filmed in a psychedelic manner close to stream of consciousness using unusual cinematographic techniques. The action is set in Middle Asia.
Director: Aleksandr Sokurov | Stars: Aleksei Ananishnov, Eskender Umarov, Irina Sokolova, Vladimir Zamanskiy
Votes: 1,108
93. Do svidaniya, malchiki! (1966)
82 min | Drama, War
Goodbye, Boys! is the coming-of-age tale of three teenagers graduating from a Communist school during World War II. It's summer, and their main goals are swimming in the Black Sea and ... See full summary »
Director: Mikhail Kalik | Stars: Natalya Bogunova, Evgeniy Steblov, Anna Rodionova, Nikolay Dostal
Votes: 270
94. We'll Live Till Monday (1968)
106 min | Drama, Romance
A school teacher faces a moral crisis.
Director: Stanislav Rostotskiy | Stars: Vyacheslav Tikhonov, Irina Pechernikova, Nina Menshikova, Mikhail Zimin
Votes: 1,668
95. Zhivyot takoy paren (1964)
101 min | Comedy, Romance
The story of an Altai truck driver, a kind and outgoing person, who loves life. But it turns out that he can also be a hero, when he prevents the explosion of a gasoline truck by risking his life.
Director: Vasiliy Shukshin | Stars: Leonid Kuravlyov, Lidiya Chashchina, Larisa Burkova, Renita Grigoryeva
Votes: 559
96. Cinderella (1947)
G | 80 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
A young woman forced into servitude by her step-family gets a chance to attend the royal ball.
Directors: Nadezhda Kosheverova, Mikhail Shapiro | Stars: Yanina Zheymo, Aleksey Konsovskiy, Erast Garin, Faina Ranevskaya
Votes: 1,363
97. The Needle (1988)
81 min | Drama, Thriller
Moro returns to Alma Ata to collect money owed to him. While waiting out an unexpected delay, he visits his former girlfriend Dina, and discovers she has become a morphine addict. He ... See full summary »
Director: Rashid Nugmanov | Stars: Viktor Tsoy, Marina Smirnova, Pyotr Mamonov, Aleksandr Bashirov
Votes: 2,936
98. When the Trees Were Tall (1962)
95 min | Drama, Romance
The story of a man who routinely dodges all responsibility, bemoans fate, spends his days boozing, and refuses to work. The act of playing long-lost father to a pretty teenager spurs him to turn over a new leaf.
Director: Lev Kulidzhanov | Stars: Inna Gulaya, Yuriy Nikulin, Leonid Kuravlyov, Yekaterina Mazurova
Votes: 787
99. The Commissar (1967)
110 min | Drama, War
Klavdia Vavilova, a Red Army cavalry commissar, is waylaid by an unexpected pregnancy. She stays with a Jewish family to give birth and is softened somewhat by the experience of family life.
Director: Aleksandr Askoldov | Stars: Nonna Mordyukova, Rolan Bykov, Raisa Nedashkovskaya, Lyudmila Volynskaya
Votes: 1,687 | Gross: $0.39M
100. 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
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