My 44 Favorite Films Soviet Films

The life, times and afflictions of the fifteenth-century Russian iconographer St. Andrei Rublev.

After finding an old rifle, a young boy joins the Soviet resistance movement against ruthless German forces and experiences the horrors of World War II.

A guide leads two men through an area known as the Zone to find a room that grants wishes.

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.

An old Ukrainian man protects and searches for a legendary treasure in the midst of political upheavals.

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.

At the dawn of World War III, a man searches for a way to restore peace to the world and finds he must give something in return.

The Russian aristocracy prepares for the French invasion on the eve of 1812.

A man travels around a city with a camera slung over his shoulder, documenting urban life with dazzling invention.

Four vignettes about the lives of the Cuban people set during the pre-revolutionary era.

An abstract depiction of the childhood of Aleksandr Dovzhenko.

The life of the Armenian poet Sayat-Nova, from childhood to death: his spiritual journey, artistic endeavors, and inner conflicts within the cultural and historical context of Armenia. Hailed as revolutionary by Mikhail Vartanov.

During WWII, Soviet orphan Ivan Bondarev strikes up a friendship with three sympathetic Soviet officers while working as a scout behind the German lines.

An unexpected romance occurs for a female Red Army sniper and a White Army officer.

Four geologists search for diamonds in the wilderness of Siberia.

A young farmer and his lazy father try to help with the construction of the Dniprohes, but he learns that strength is not enough for a worker and joins the Communist party.

Dragon, a bloody dictator, is challenged by Lancelot, who comes to save the girl, and to liberate the people.

Following three lifelong friends who return to Moscow after military service, we see their aspirations juxtaposed against everyday life in 1960 Soviet Union.

In the peaceful countryside, Vassily opposes the rich kulaks over the coming of collective farming.

In the Siberian wilderness in the village of Yelan, two families live, who have long been at war with each other: the «kulaks» of Solomina and the «poor people» of Ustyuzhanina.

A psychologist is sent to a station orbiting a distant planet in order to discover what has caused the crew to go insane.

The story of how a great Russian prince led a ragtag army to battle an invading force of Teutonic Knights.

A soldier returns to Kyiv after surviving a train crash and encounters clashes between nationalists and collectivists.

An old man goes to visit his wounded son in a hospital, but it turns out that he's already been released and is back on the front lines. Reluctant to return home empty-handed, he tries to follow and find him.

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.