Russian film
by manfromplanetx | created - 12 Jan 2017 | updated - 6 days ago | PublicA growing list of much-loved Soviet Era Classic Cinema, including films from Soviet Socialist Republics & Russian films with Eng. subs in My DVD Collection
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1. 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
2. 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: 8,080
3. Polustanok (1963)
70 min | Comedy
An academician spends his vacation not at a resort, but in a remote village. However, he did not manage to practice painting as he planned. He got involved in the villagers' life.
Director: Boris Barnet | Stars: Vasiliy Merkurev, Yekaterina Mazurova, Nadezhda Rumyantseva, Boris Novikov
Votes: 116
4. Cossacks of the Kuban (1950)
112 min | Comedy, Musical
In the steppes of the Kuban love is born on two collective farms while wheat is (enthusiastically) gathered. Galina, the energetic chairwoman of one of the two kolkhozes, vies with her male... See full summary »
Director: Ivan Pyrev | Stars: Sergei Lukyanov, Marina Ladynina, Aleksandr Khvylya, Vladlen Davydov
Votes: 436
5. Poem of the Sea (1958)
95 min | Drama
Interconnected stories of Soviet citizens trying to build a new future after World War II. Memories of the old, dreams of the young, and the residues of class mingle and clash.
Director: Yuliya Solntseva | Stars: Boris Livanov, Boris Andreyev, Mikhail Tsaryov, Mikhail Romanov
Votes: 202
6. Ne boysya, ya s toboy (1981 TV Movie)
150 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
The story developed during XX century in Russian empire, Azerbaijan. Two circus actors Rustam and his friend San Sanich travel to a village where Rustam was born after long years of absence... See full summary »
Director: Yuliy Gusman | Stars: Mukhtar-bek Kantemirov, Polad Bülbüloghlu, Lev Durov, Hamida Omarova
Votes: 332
7. 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
8. Alyonka (1962)
86 min | Comedy
Set in 1955 when many migrated from Russia to the Steppes of Kazakhstan, this is the trip back to the Canal from the frontier and farms by a number of people who tell their settler stories.... See full summary »
Director: Boris Barnet | Stars: Natalya Ovodova, Irina Zarubina, Vasiliy Shukshin, Nikolay Bogolyubov
Votes: 181
9. Myortvyy sezon (1968)
138 min | Adventure, Drama
Soviet spy Ladeynikov learns that in one of the pharmaceutical centers in a small resort town works a former German war criminal, Dr. Hass, who is finishing the creation of a deadly ... See full summary »
Director: Savva Kulish | Stars: Donatas Banionis, Rolan Bykov, Sergei Kurilov, Gennadiy Yukhtin
Votes: 423
10. 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: 1,764
11. 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: 4,855
12. Skvernyy anekdot (1966)
87 min | Comedy
A high ranking official in St. Petersburg accidentally attends a wedding of one of his subordinates, embarrassing himself and the entire wedding party. Based on a novel by F. M. Dostoyevsky.
Directors: Aleksandr Alov, Vladimir Naumov | Stars: Evgeniy Evstigneev, Viktor Sergachyov, Georgiy Georgiu, Aleksandr Gruzinsky
Votes: 203
13. 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
14. Dom, v kotorom ya zhivu (1957)
100 min | Drama, Romance, War
A film about war from the point of view of those left behind.
Directors: Lev Kulidzhanov, Yakov Segel | Stars: Valentina Telegina, Nikolai Yelizarov, Vladimir Zemlyanikin, Yuri Myasnikov
Votes: 455
15. Za dvoma zaytsiamy (1961)
77 min | Comedy, Musical
Madcap comedy set in early 20th century Kyiv about a barber whose fondness for drink, gambling, and women lead to bankruptcy. He marries an ugly rich woman to solve his financial woes, but pines for a virtuous beauty who despises him.
Director: Viktor Ivanov | Stars: Oleg Borisov, Margarita Krinitsyna, Nikolay Yakovchenko, Anna Kushnirenko
Votes: 1,265
16. 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: 1,263
17. Miles of Fire (1957)
85 min | Adventure, History, War
A group of train passengers are thrown together an actor A doctor young women and a Bolshivic commander trying to Get to the city. They have to run the gauntlet of the White Russians Who have cut off most of the roads.
Director: Samson Samsonov | Stars: Igor Savkin, Margarita Volodina, Vladimir Kenigson, Mikhail Troyanovskiy
Votes: 88
18. 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: 633
19. Chuzhaya rodnya (1956)
99 min | Drama
A conflict flares up between the Komsomol member, the advanced collective farmer Fyodor and the parents of his young wife, ardent opponents of collective farm life.
Director: Mikhail Shvejtser | Stars: Nikolay Rybnikov, Nonna Mordyukova, Nikolay Sergeev, Aleksandra Denisova
Votes: 130
20. 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: 7,840
21. Krynytsya dlya sprahlykh (1965)
70 min | Drama
The old man who lives a secluded life in the desert, alone with only his memories and photographs.
Director: Yuri Ilyenko | Stars: Dmitri Milyutenko, Larisa Kadochnikova, Feodosiya Litvinenko, Nina Alisova
Votes: 428
22. Carnival Night (1956)
Not Rated | 78 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
A new chief of a "Culture House" is planning to hold a terribly boring New Year concert. A group of young amateur actors are doing their best to liven up the concert.
Director: Eldar Ryazanov | Stars: Igor Ilyinsky, Lyudmila Gurchenko, Yuri Belov, Georgiy Kulikov
Votes: 3,096
23. The Forty-First (1956)
88 min | War, Drama, Romance
An unexpected romance occurs for a female Red Army sniper and a White Army officer.
Director: Grigoriy Chukhray | Stars: Izolda Izvitskaya, Oleg Strizhenov, Nikolay Kryuchkov, Nikolai Dupak
Votes: 1,720
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. Shirli-myrli (1995)
143 min | Comedy
A Russian crook steals a giant diamond from the Mafia, hides it, and suddenly runs into his unknown brothers; unexpected, absurd events with participation of mob, doctors, musicians, Americans, militia, and gypsies ensue.
Director: Vladimir Menshov | Stars: Valeriy Garkalin, Vera Alentova, Inna Churikova, Igor Ugolnikov
Votes: 2,441
26. 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: 1,126
27. 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: 1,201
28. Bountiful Summer (1951)
87 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
Director: Boris Barnet | Stars: Nina Arkhipova, Nikolay Kryuchkov, Viktor Dobrovolsky, Anton Dunaysky
Votes: 110
29. Optimisticheskaya tragediya (1963)
120 min | Drama, History, War
As the communist revolt progresses in Russia, a female commissar is dispatched to some anarchist sailors to get them on board the party bandwagon.
Director: Samson Samsonov | Stars: Margarita Volodina, Boris Andreyev, Vyacheslav Tikhonov, Vsevolod Sanaev
Votes: 164
30. Sudba barabanshchika (1956)
91 min | Adventure, Drama
In the life of Sergei Batashov, a young drummer of a pioneer organization, trouble comes. His father, an engineer at a secret factory, is arrested for losing documents. Guilty of this his ... See full summary »
Director: Viktor Eysymont | Stars: Daniil Sagal, Sergei Yasinsky, Alla Larionova, Andrei Abrikosov
Votes: 62
31. The Thirteen (1937)
90 min | Adventure, War
A band of soldiers, escorting some civilians across an Asian wasteland, are set upon and surrounded at a waterhole by a notorious horde of bandits . The soldiers determine to hold off the bandits until hoped-for reinforcements arrive.
Director: Mikhail Romm | Stars: Ivan Novoseltsev, Yelena Kuzmina, Aleksandr Chistyakov, Andrey Fayt
Votes: 259
32. The Shooting Party (1978)
105 min | Drama, Romance
A romantic drama in which a beautiful but poor young woman has to choose between three suitors: an old widower, a decadent nobleman and a handsome but poor young man.
Director: Emil Loteanu | Stars: Galina Belyaeva, Oleg Yankovskiy, Kirill Lavrov, Leonid Markov
Votes: 1,193
33. Vysota (1957)
94 min | Drama, Romance
A team of installers under the leadership of brigadier Nikolai Pasechnik are arriving for the construction of the blast furnace. At the construction site, Nikolai meets welder Ekaterina. He tries to care for her, but they often quarrel.
Director: Aleksandr Zarkhi | Stars: Nikolay Rybnikov, Inna Makarova, Gennadi Karnovich-Valua, Vasili Makarov
Votes: 461
34. 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
35. Frosty (1965)
84 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
A fairy-tale about a conceited young man and a young woman with a tyrannical step-mother, who must overcome magical trials in order to be together.
Director: Aleksandr Rou | Stars: Aleksandr Khvylya, Natalya Sedykh, Eduard Izotov, Inna Churikova
Votes: 5,525
36. Lyana (1955)
78 min | Comedy, Musical
Young musicians live and perform in a Moldovian collective. The state awards to 3 boys are secretly withheld as their farm output is low. So they refuse to play in the all-USSR finals and ask the 2 girls to abstain. This strains a romance.
Director: Boris Barnet | Stars: Kyunna Ignatova, Aleksandr Shvorin, Muza Krepkogorskaya, Radner Muratov
Votes: 55
37. 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: 3,777
38. Don Kikhot (1957)
PG | 110 min | Drama
Senor Quexana has read so many books on chivalry that he believes that he is the knight Don Quixote de la Mancha. So Don Quixote sets off on his horse, accompanied by his squire Sancho ... See full summary »
Director: Grigoriy Kozintsev | Stars: Nikolay Cherkasov, Yuriy Tolubeev, Serafima Birman, Svetlana Grigoreva
Votes: 939
39. Twelve Chairs (1971)
PG-13 | 153 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Two gentlemen of fortune from the times of Imperial Russia are looking for an uncountable treasure at the dawn of the Soviet Union age.
Director: Leonid Gaidai | Stars: Archil Gomiashvili, Sergey Filippov, Mikhail Pugovkin, Glikeriya Bogdanova-Chesnokova
Votes: 7,279
40. 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
41. 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
42. Sherekilebi (1974)
80 min | Comedy, Musical
In the pursuit of happiness orphan Ertaoz left for city, where he fell in love with pretty Margalita and went to jail to save her. There he met his future teacher Qristepore who dreamed of building flying machine and they broke the prison.
Director: Eldar Shengelaia | Stars: Vasili Chkhaidze, Dato Jgenti, Ariadna Shengelaia, Boris Tsipuria
Votes: 1,329
43. 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: 2,012
44. 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: 1,201
45. 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
46. 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: 14,296 | Gross: $2.50M
47. Armed and Dangerous: Time and Heroes of Bret Harte (1978)
99 min | Western
Director: Vladimir Vaynshtok | Stars: Donatas Banionis, Mircea Veroiu, Lyudmila Senchina, Leonid Bronevoy
Votes: 114
48. Anna (1936)
108 min | Crime, Drama
Yasha, who likes Anna, accommodates siberian Pavel Kuganov, which later becomes a class-conscious worker in a factory. Anna refuses Yasha's offer of marriage and he therefore runs off to ... See full summary »
Director: Ivan Pyrev | Stars: Ada Voytsik, Andrei Abrikosov, Igor Maleyev, Anatoliy Goryunov
Votes: 58
49. Raznye sudby (1956)
107 min | Drama, Romance
A story of different persons with their different love experiences.
Director: Leonid Lukov | Stars: Tatyana Piletskaya, Yulian Panich, Lev Sverdlin, Olga Zhizneva
Votes: 171
50. The Wrestler and the Clown (1957)
95 min | Drama, Sport
It's a story about two of the most famous russian personages. They become friends, and then go along on the path of glory in parallel.
Directors: Boris Barnet, Konstantin Yudin | Stars: Stanislav Chekan, Aleksandr Mikhaylov, Anatoliy Solovyov, Boris Petker
Votes: 164
51. Burnt by the Sun (1994)
R | 135 min | Drama, War
In the USSR in 1936, shadows of Stalin's repressions fall on a famous, revolutionary hero. The accusations of him being a foreign spy are nonsense, and everyone knows that. However, a slow process of his downfall has already started.
Director: Nikita Mikhalkov | Stars: Nikita Mikhalkov, Ingeborga Dapkunaite, Oleg Menshikov, Nadezhda Mikhalkova
Votes: 16,350 | Gross: $2.62M
52. Lady Into Lassie (1995)
110 min | Drama, Romance
Based on a famous short story by Pushkin, this film tells of a youthful, innocent and pure love story that begins as a girlish joke. Liza is eager to get to know her young neighbour but ... See full summary »
Director: Aleksey Sakharov | Stars: Elena Korikova, Dmitriy Shcherbina, Leonid Kuravlyov, Vasiliy Lanovoy
Votes: 355
53. How I Ended This Summer (2010)
Not Rated | 130 min | Drama
One place. One day. Two men. The place is a polar research station on an island in the Arctic Ocean, inhabited now only by Sergei and Pavel. One day when Sergei is out angling, Pavel picks up a radio message that he daren't communicate.
Director: Alexei Popogrebsky | Stars: Grigoriy Dobrygin, Sergey Puskepalis, Igor Chernevich, Artyom Tsukanov
Votes: 6,998 | Gross: $0.01M
54. Voskreseniye (1960)
Not Rated | 152 min | Drama
Katusha, a country girl, is seduced and abandoned by Prince Nekludov. Nekludov finds himself, years later, on a jury trying the same Katusha for a crime he now realizes his actions drove ... See full summary »
Director: Mikhail Shvejtser | Stars: Tamara Syomina, Evgeniy Matveev, Pavel Massalsky, Viktor Kulakov
Votes: 150
55. Begushchaya po volnam (1967)
93 min | Drama, Romance
The young pianist Thomas Harvey finds the brig "Hurrying through the Waves". After a brawl, Harvey is abandoned alone in a lifeboat, cut adrift from its moorings. By a miracle, a fair ... See full summary »
Director: Pavel Lyubimov | Stars: Sava Hashamov, Rolan Bykov, Margarita Terekhova, Natalya Bogunova
Votes: 118
56. A Man from Boulevard des Capucines (1987)
PG-13 | 98 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
Mr Jonny First arrives to the Wild West to present the art of the Cinematograph.
Director: Alla Surikova | Stars: Andrey Mironov, Alexandra Yakovleva, Mikhail Boyarskiy, Oleg Tabakov
Votes: 3,585
57. Heart of a Dog (1988 TV Movie)
PG | 136 min | Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
In the wake of the Russian revolution, Professor Preobrazhensky rescues a starving dog from the gutter, and attempts to transform him into a man. Based on Mikhail Bulgakov's novel of the same name.
Director: Vladimir Bortko | Stars: Evgeniy Evstigneev, Vladimir Tolokonnikov, Boris Plotnikov, Roman Kartsev
Votes: 9,093
58. 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: 4,978
59. Kommunist (1958)
111 min | Drama, History, Romance
A devoted struggle for better life.
Director: Yuli Raizman | Stars: Evgeniy Urbanskiy, Sofya Pavlova, Evgeniy Shutov, Boris Smirnov
Votes: 334
60. A esli eto lyubov? (1962)
102 min | Drama
High schoolers Ksenia and Boris begin to understand that the feelings they share are more than just a friendship. But their first timid sentiment became apparent to people around them. They... See full summary »
Director: Yuli Raizman | Stars: Zhanna Prokhorenko, Igor Pushkaryov, Aleksandra Nazarova, Nina Shorina
Votes: 282
61. 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: 553
62. Farewell (1983)
121 min | Drama
Matyora is a small village on a beautiful island with the same name. The existence of the village is threatened with flooding by the construction of a dam. This is the story of the ... See full summary »
Director: Elem Klimov | Stars: Stefaniya Stanyuta, Lev Durov, Aleksey Petrenko, Leonid Kryuk
Votes: 764
63. 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: 307
64. By the Bluest of Seas (1936)
71 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
Two best friends shipwreck on an island in the Caspian Sea and fall in love with the same woman while helping the villagers of their new home.
Directors: Boris Barnet, Samad Mardanov | Stars: Yelena Kuzmina, Lev Sverdlin, Nikolay Kryuchkov, Alexei Dolinin
Votes: 1,162
65. Thunderstorm (1934)
85 min | Drama
Events take place in the first half of the XIX century in the invented small town Kalinov. Here family of Kobanovy lives: merchant mother-woman, her adult children - Tikhon and Varvara, ... See full summary »
Director: Vladimir Petrov | Stars: Alla Tarasova, Ivan Chuvelyov, Mikhail Tsaryov, Varvara Massalitinova
Votes: 90
66. The Lighthouse (2006)
80 min | Drama, War
In the 90s, Lena returns to the home of her grandparents in a tiny, war-torn village in Armenia. Lena begs them to follow her lead and retreat to the safety of Moscow. They are hesitant to ... See full summary »
Director: Mariya Saakyan | Stars: Anna Kapaleva, Olga Yakovleva, Sos Sargsyan, Sofiko Chiaureli
Votes: 810
67. Ballada o Beringe i ego druzyakh (1971)
97 min | Adventure, Biography
Unique historic-biographic film about the well-known Russian pathfinder Vitus Bering, full of exclusive historic facts and the fascinating details earlier never shined neither in the ... See full summary »
Director: Yuri Shvyryov | Stars: Karlis Sebris, Igor Ledogorov, Yuriy Nazarov, Valentin Nikulin
Votes: 38
68. The Scarlet Flower (1952)
42 min | Animation, Short, Fantasy
Nastenka asks her good father to bring her a scarlet flower from his journey One thing she doesn't know: the flower belongs to a horrible beast.
Director: Lev Atamanov | Stars: Mariya Babanova, Nikolay Bogolyubov, Olga Chepurova, Vladimir Gribkov
Votes: 1,250
69. Samaya obayatelnaya i privlekatelnaya (1985)
81 min | Comedy, Romance
Nadya Klyueva is a single woman. Persuaded by her friend, she decides to charm her co-worker whom she doesn't really love, but who is the most popular man around.
Director: Gerald Bezhanov | Stars: Irina Muravyova, Tatyana Vasileva, Aleksandr Abdulov, Leonid Kuravlyov
Votes: 2,203
70. Koroleva benzokolonki (1963)
78 min | Adventure, Comedy, Romance
Thanks to her kindness and optimism, a young girl turns a neglected gas station into a significant landmark.
Directors: Nikolai Litus, Aleksei Mishurin | Stars: Nadezhda Rumyantseva, Andrei Sova, Aleksey Kozhevnikov, Nonna Koperzhinskaya
Votes: 1,821
71. Sudba rezidenta (1970)
157 min | Adventure, Mystery
Tulyev is arrested, but this does not prevent him from playing a dangerous game with the enemy. The second part of the Soviet spy saga.
Director: Venyamin Dorman | Stars: Georgi Zhzhyonov, Mikhail Nozhkin, Andrei Vertogradov, Yefim Kopelyan
Votes: 213
72. Konets Sankt-Peterburga (1927)
Not Rated | 85 min | Drama
A peasant comes to St. Petersburg to find work. He unwittingly helps in the arrest of an old friend who is now a labor leader. The unemployed man is arrested and sent to fight in World War I. After three years, he returns to rebel.
Directors: Vsevolod Pudovkin, Mikhail Doller | Stars: Aleksandr Chistyakov, Vera Baranovskaya, Ivan Chuvelyov, Vladimir Obolensky
Votes: 1,859
73. 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: 2,240
74. The Secret Agent's Blunder (1968)
142 min | Thriller
An experienced intelligence officer, the son of a Russian emigrant, Count Tulyev, must obtain information about developments in the Soviet nuclear industry for Western intelligence agencies.
Director: Venyamin Dorman | Stars: Georgi Zhzhyonov, Mikhail Nozhkin, Oleg Zhakov, Yefim Kopelyan
Votes: 301
75. Damy priglashayut kavalerov (1981)
76 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Ana Pozdnjakova wants to have loving husband, kids and family happiness. She is more than 30 and, despite being kind and sweet, She can't find man to start family with. But, She found candidate in caracter of soldiers Viktor.
Director: Ivan Kiasashvili | Stars: Marina Neyolova, Natalya Andreychenko, Mariya Vinogradova, Tatyana Bozhok
Votes: 206
76. Klyuch ot spalni (2003)
136 min | Comedy, History, Romance
Love, friendship, jealousy and many other feelings are mixed up in this sweet story set in Russia before World War I.
Director: Eldar Ryazanov | Stars: Evgeniya Kryukova, Nikolay Fomenko, Sergey Makovetskiy, Vladimir Simonov
Votes: 184
77. Blue Mountains, or Unbelievable Story (1983)
97 min | Comedy, Drama
An author - a passive young man - enters the Soviet-controlled bureaucracy of Georgia attempting to get his novel published only to be neglected and compartmentalized at every turn.
Director: Eldar Shengelaia | Stars: Ramaz Giorgobiani, Vasil Kakhniashvili, Teimuraz Chirgadze, Ivane Sakvarelidze
Votes: 2,244
78. 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: 18,465
79. The Stone Flower (1946)
89 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
Obsessed with perfecting his craft, young gemcutter Danilo visits the mystical Copper Mountain to uncover the secret behind its infamous attraction - the Stone Flower, a stone carving so captivating that no one can leave after seeing it.
Director: Aleksandr Ptushko | Stars: Vladimir Druzhnikov, Yekaterina Derevshchikova, Tamara Makarova, Mikhail Troyanovskiy
Votes: 508
80. 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: 14,823
81. 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: 3,468
82. 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: 13,534
83. Russian Ark (2002)
Not Rated | 99 min | Drama, Fantasy, History
A 19th century French aristocrat, notorious for his scathing memoirs about life in Russia, travels through the Russian State Hermitage Museum and encounters historical figures from the last 200+ years.
Director: Aleksandr Sokurov | Stars: Sergey Dreyden, Mariya Kuznetsova, Leonid Mozgovoy, Mikhail Piotrovsky
Votes: 21,826 | Gross: $0.04M
84. Father of a Soldier (1964)
Not Rated | 87 min | Drama, War
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.
Director: Rezo Chkheidze | Stars: Sergo Zakariadze, Vladimir Privaltsev, Aleksandr Nazarov, Aleksandr Lebedev
Votes: 4,568
85. Forgotten Tune for the Flute (1987)
134 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A former musician must make a hard choice between freedom with mistress and comfortable life with wife.
Director: Eldar Ryazanov | Stars: Leonid Filatov, Tatyana Dogileva, Irina Kupchenko, Vsevolod Sanaev
Votes: 892 | Gross: $0.09M
86. Formula of Love (1984 TV Movie)
90 min | Comedy, Romance
A young aristocrat, Aleksei Fedyashev, is languishing in his family's country estate, spending his days reading poetry and confessing his love... to a statue. Upon hearing that famous Count... See full summary »
Director: Mark Zakharov | Stars: Nodar Mgaloblishvili, Elena Valyushkina, Aleksandr Mikhaylov, Elena Aminova
Votes: 2,730
87. A Cruel Romance (1984)
142 min | Drama, Romance
A bitter story about tender love and its cruel betrayal set in Russia of the 19th century.
Director: Eldar Ryazanov | Stars: Alisa Freyndlikh, Larisa Guzeeva, Nikita Mikhalkov, Andrey Myagkov
Votes: 3,986
88. Vechir na Ivana Kupala (1968)
71 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Piotr is a modest farmhand living in an impoverished village in some unspecified long ago era. He wants to marry the lovely Pidorka, but her stern father won't hear of it. Luckily, the ... See full summary »
Director: Yuri Ilyenko | Stars: Boris Khmelnitskiy, Larisa Kadochnikova, Yefim Fridman, Dmitri Franko
Votes: 471
89. Vasiliy Surikov (1959)
94 min | Biography, Drama
Biopic of the Russian painter Vasiliy Surikov (1848 - 1916), who is best known for his depictions of historical scenes.
Director: Anatoli Rybakov | Stars: Evgeniy Lazarev, Larisa Kadochnikova, Leonid Gallis, Gennadi Yudin
Votes: 31
90. Song of Heroes (1932)
50 min | Documentary
Soviet solidarity is strong in Germany where the Communist Party (KPD) marches under the clenched fist in spite of police harassment... Radio broadcasts reach all parts of the Soviet Union,... See full summary »
Director: Joris Ivens
Votes: 108
91. Samkauli satrposatvis (1971)
75 min | Drama, History
Director: Tengiz Abuladze | Stars: Ramaz Giorgobiani, Nani Bregvadze, Erosi Manjgaladze, Gogi Gegechkori
Votes: 152
92. 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
93. Isa pamaciba milesana (1982)
80 min | Comedy, Musical
A young farmers boy experience in a quest for a bride.
Director: Imants Krenbergs | Stars: Rolands Zagorskis, Esmeralda Ermale, Eduards Pavuls, Uldis Pucitis
Votes: 119
94. Jamilya (1969)
76 min | Drama, Romance, War
Dzhamiliya lives in a kirghizian village. She follows their parents' orders when she marries a man without loving him. Then World War II breaks out and her new husband has to leave the ... See full summary »
Directors: Irina Poplavskaya, Sergei Yutkevich | Stars: Natalya Arinbasarova, Suymenkul Chokmorov, Nasreddin Dubashev, Aliman Zhankorozova
Votes: 305
95. Tiger Girl (1955)
101 min | Comedy, Romance
The story is about heiress of the circus family who organizes show "Let's get married" right in the cage for the tigers.
Directors: Aleksandr Ivanovsky, Nadezhda Kosheverova | Stars: Lyudmila Kasatkina, Pavel Kadochnikov, Leonid Bykov, Pavel Sukhanov
Votes: 400
96. Belye rosy (1984)
84 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
An old war veteran worries about his three sons - a smart one, a strong one and a kind one.
Director: Igor Dobrolyubov | Stars: Vsevolod Sanaev, Nikolay Karachentsov, Mikhail Kokshenov, Gennadiy Garbuk
Votes: 643
97. 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: 6,058
98. Timur i yego komanda (1940)
81 min | Action
A gang of village kids sneak around secretly doing good deeds, protecting families whose fathers and husbands are in the Red Army, and doing battle against nasty hooligans.
Director: Aleksandr Razumnyj | Stars: Liviy Shchipachyov, Pyotr Savin, Lev Potyomkin, Viktor Seleznyov
Votes: 150
99. Yunost Maksima (1935)
92 min | Drama, History, War
A 1935 USA trade-paper reviewer called it... "an impressive and technically outstanding historical drama dealing with czarist terrorism and revolutionary boiling in the days of 1907. ... See full summary »
Directors: Grigoriy Kozintsev, Leonid Trauberg | Stars: Boris Chirkov, Valentina Kibardina, Mikhail Tarkhanov, Stepan Kayukov
Votes: 303
100. Dark Is the Night (1945)
73 min | Drama, War
A girl, working in a German commandant's office, saves two wounded Russian pilots sacrificing her own life.
Director: Boris Barnet | Stars: Irina Radchenko, Boris Andreyev, Ivan Kuznetsov, Aleksey Yudin
Votes: 120
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