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Best 100 of Soviet Movies

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  • Yuriy Tsarev in Zhenitba Balzaminova (1964)

    1. Zhenitba Balzaminova

    19641h 30m
    7.5 (842)
    Listening to the sweet sound of the crazy old woman's song "Dobraya, dobraya!" curly dreamer can't decide to marry.
    DirectorKonstantin VoinovStarsGeorgiy VitsinLyudmila ShagalovaLidiya Smirnova
  • Vasiliy Shukshin, Lidiya Fedoseeva-Shukshina, Aleksei Loktev, Ivan Ryzhov, and Vadim Zakharchenko in Pechki-lavochki (1972)

    2. Pechki-lavochki

    19721h 30m
    7.5 (600)
    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.
    DirectorVasiliy ShukshinStarsLidiya Fedoseeva-ShukshinaVasiliy ShukshinVsevolod Sanaev
  • Ya shagayu po Moskve (1964)

    3. Ya shagayu po Moskve

    19641h 18m
    7.7 (3.6K)
    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.
    DirectorGeorgiy DaneliyaStarsNikita MikhalkovAleksei LoktevGalina Polskikh
  • At War as at War (1969)

    4. At War as at War

    19691h 30m
    7.9 (721)
    To the young lieutenant Maleshkin the war is a minor obstacle, if compared to his personal battle to command his subordinates, while conducting an armored vehicle at the same time he's trying to impress his superior Soviet officers who put him under extreme pressures, one after the other, fighting the German forces occupying Ukraine during World War II. Here's the story of an impressionable man who learns in the hard way that being a leader is more than just using of his commanding voice to get what he wants.
    DirectorViktor TregubovichStarsMikhail KononovOleg BorisovViktor Pavlov
  • Zelyonyy ogonyok (1964)

    5. Zelyonyy ogonyok

    19641h 14m
    7.1 (97)
    A film comedy about the everyday life of a never-dull young taxi driver, Sergei Nikitin, who, having gone to work in a taxi fleet, receives a "Moskvich" written off due to its unsuitability as a "test" and goes on his first trip around his favorite city; about his readiness to always come to the aid of people.
    DirectorVillen AzarovStarsAleksei KuznetsovSvetlana SavyolovaAnatoliy Papanov
  • Slyozy kapali (1983)

    6. Slyozy kapali

    19831h 24m
    7.8 (874)
    A kind, cheerful man suddenly turns into a sullen, angry grumbler. All around begins to annoy him, and he mercilessly destroys his family, job, entire life. It was caused by an evil magic mirror, and only human tears can heal it.
    DirectorGeorgiy DaneliyaStarsEvgeniy LeonovIya SavvinaNina Grebeshkova
  • Levan Gabriadze, Evgeniy Leonov, Stanislav Lyubshin, and Yuriy Yakovlev in Kin-dza-dza! (1986)

    7. Kin-dza-dza!

    19862h 15mPG-13
    7.8 (15K)
    Two Russians push the wrong button on a strange device and end up on the telepathic planet Pluke with its strange societal norms.
    DirectorGeorgiy DaneliyaStarsStanislav LyubshinEvgeniy LeonovYuriy Yakovlev
  • Ballad of a Soldier (1959)

    8. Ballad of a Soldier

    19591h 28mNot Rated
    8.2 (12K)
    Young Russian soldier Alyosha earns a medal, but asks to visit his mother instead. His journey recounts various kinds of love during wartime.
    DirectorGrigoriy ChukhrayStarsVladimir IvashovZhanna ProkhorenkoAntonina Maksimova
  • Watch Out for the Automobile (1966)

    9. Watch Out for the Automobile

    19661h 34m
    8.0 (6.5K)
    A very good cop tries to catch a very bad and extremely clever car thief. The irony's that the thief isn't very clever, nor is he a bad person. In fact, he's not just a virtuous person he's also the 'cop's best friend.
    DirectorEldar RyazanovStarsInnokentiy SmoktunovskiyOleg EfremovLyubov Dobrzhanskaya
  • Mikhail Boyarskiy, Vladimir Izotov, Nikolay Karachentsov, Svetlana Kryuchkova, Evgeniy Leonov, and Natalya Egorova in Starshiy syn (1976)

    10. Starshiy syn

    19762h 20mTV Movie
    7.9 (1.3K)
    Late for the last commuter train and reluctant to spend the night outdoors, two young men trick a family into letting them stay in their apartment: one of them insists that he's the illegitimate son of the man who owns the apartment.
    DirectorVitaliy MelnikovStarsEvgeniy LeonovNatalya EgorovaVladimir Izotov
  • Kalina krasnaya (1974)

    11. Kalina krasnaya

    19741h 50m
    7.6 (2.2K)
    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.
    DirectorVasiliy ShukshinStarsLidiya Fedoseeva-ShukshinaVasiliy ShukshinIvan Ryzhov
  • Gentlemen of Fortune (1971)

    12. Gentlemen of Fortune

    19711h 28mTV-13
    8.3 (14K)
    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.
    DirectorAleksandr SeryyStarsEvgeniy LeonovGeorgiy VitsinSaveliy Kramarov
  • Kidnapping, Caucasian Style (1967)

    13. Kidnapping, Caucasian Style

    19671h 22mTV-13
    8.3 (14K)
    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.
    DirectorLeonid GaidaiStarsAleksandr DemyanenkoNatalya VarleyVladimir Etush
  • Gusarskaya ballada (1962)

    14. Gusarskaya ballada

    19621h 34mNot Rated
    7.4 (1.8K)
    A young girl decides to join a Husar squadron and fight against Napoleon. Dressed as a man she has a hard time adjusting to the rude Husar life styles.
    DirectorEldar RyazanovStarsLarisa GolubkinaYuriy YakovlevIgor Ilyinsky
  • Family Relations (1982)

    15. Family Relations

    19821h 38m
    7.3 (1.7K)
    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.
    DirectorNikita MikhalkovStarsNonna MordyukovaSvetlana KryuchkovaYuriy Bogatyryov
  • Ne goryuy! (1968)

    16. Ne goryuy!

    19681h 30m
    7.8 (1.4K)
    A young happy-go-lucky village doctor lives a leisurely life as comic events unfold around him.
    DirectorGeorgiy DaneliyaStarsSergo ZakariadzeVakhtang KikabidzeSofiko Chiaureli
  • Officers (1971)

    17. Officers

    19711h 36mG
    7.5 (2.3K)
    Wars and time could not break the connection between the fates of Alexei and Ivan. Soviet drama about lifelong friendship.
    DirectorVladimir RogovoyStarsGeorgiy YumatovAlina PokrovskayaVasiliy Lanovoy
  • Ivan Vasilyevich Changes His Profession (1973)

    18. Ivan Vasilyevich Changes His Profession

    19731h 28mTV-G
    8.2 (20K)
    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.
    DirectorLeonid GaidaiStarsYuriy YakovlevLeonid KuravlyovAleksandr Demyanenko
  • Operation 'Y' & Other Shurik's Adventures (1965)

    19. Operation 'Y' & Other Shurik's Adventures

    19651h 35mTV-G
    8.4 (16K)
    Three stories about Shurik - a young student. He fights against criminals, falls in love, confuses apartments, passes exams - he lives after all.
    DirectorLeonid GaidaiStarsAleksandr DemyanenkoMikhail PugovkinAleksei Smirnov
  • Seventeen Moments of Spring (1973)

    20. Seventeen Moments of Spring

    197312 epsTV Series
    8.7 (5.3K)
    During World War II, a Soviet undercover spy manages to infiltrate the Nazi elite.
    StarsVyacheslav TikhonovYefim KopelyanLeonid Bronevoy
  • The Girls (1962)

    21. The Girls

    19621h 38m
    7.8 (4.9K)
    Several romance stories - part funny, part sadly - set in a remote logging camp.
    DirectorYuriy ChulyukinStarsNadezhda RumyantsevaNikolay RybnikovLyusena Ovchinnikova
  • Sergey Datskevich in Four Winds of Heaven (1962)

    22. Four Winds of Heaven

    19621h 46m
    7.3 (176)
    The simple Russian girl Svetlana arrived in a back-water small town to the darling. But begun war, Igor did not have met Svetlana, and she determined on staying : to wait his return and war end.
    DirectorStanislav RostotskiyStarsLarisa LuzhinaSofiya PilyavskayaMargarita Strunova
  • Khronika pikiruyushchego bombardirovshchika (1968)

    23. Khronika pikiruyushchego bombardirovshchika

    19681h 18m
    7.7 (332)
    Film about the week-days of front aviation in the years of Great Patriotic war.
    DirectorNaum BirmanStarsGennady SayfulinOleg DalLev Vajnshtejn
  • The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson (1980)

    24. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson

    19803 epsTV Mini Series
    8.5 (1.6K)
    Picking up from Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson (1980) adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson continue as they oppose a fierce crime syndicate in one of their greatest challenges.
    StarsVasiliy LivanovVitali SolominRina Zelyonaya
  • The Diamond Arm (1969)

    25. The Diamond Arm

    19691h 34mNot Rated
    8.2 (17K)
    An ordinary Soviet citizen accidentally intervenes into a huge operation of international criminal group that trades illegally obtained jewelry.
    DirectorLeonid GaidaiStarsYuriy NikulinNina GrebeshkovaAndrey Mironov

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