Perestroika films
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- DirectorKaren ShakhnazarovStarsFyodor DunayevskyAnastasiya NemolyaevaOleg BasilashviliThe story of a teenager boy in times of the comunism fall in the Soviet Union.
- DirectorRashid NugmanovStarsViktor TsoyMarina SmirnovaPyotr MamonovMoro 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 decides to help her kick the habit and to fight the local drug mafia responsible for her condition. But Moro finds a deadly opponent in "the doctor," the mafia kingpin who is exploiting Dina.
- DirectorRolan BykovStarsKristina OrbakaiteYuriy NikulinElena SanaevaUnpopular girl being bullied in her class.
- DirectorVladimir BortkoStarsEvgeniy EvstigneevVladimir TolokonnikovBoris PlotnikovIn 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.
- DirectorGeorgiy DaneliyaStarsStanislav LyubshinEvgeniy LeonovYuriy YakovlevTwo Russians push the wrong button on a strange device and end up on the telepathic planet Pluke with its strange societal norms.
- DirectorVladimir KrasnopolskiyValeriy UskovStarsEvgeniy EvstigneevAleksandra KolkunovaIrina AlfyorovaThe husband is a subordinate. The lover is the boss. And the "wise" adult daughter, who is trying to save her father's reputation and catch her mother, drawing an unfamiliar restaurant saxophonist into this farce.
- DirectorNikolay DostalStarsValeriy ZolotukhinIrina AlfyorovaArina AleynikovaWhen WWII was ended, Dmitry, who is happened to be the talented accordion musician, planned to return to his music carrier and to beloved woman but as it turned out his former girlfriend is already married and his skills is not really suitable for opera theatre.
- DirectorPyotr TodorovskiyStarsElena YakovlevaTomas LaustiolaLarisa MalevannayaA hospital nurse becomes an "international girl", a prostitute who caters to foreigners with hard currency.
- DirectorVasili PichulStarsNatalya NegodaAndrey SokolovYuriy NazarovA 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.
- DirectorVadim AbdrashitovStarsAnton AndrosovYelena DmitriyevaElena YakovlevaPlumbum in translation from Latin means lead - it is Ruslan Chutko's nickname who decided to become a "sanitary assistant of society." But while being taken away by his role of fighting against evil, he goes beyond the limits of child's game and mercilessly intrudes into other people's fates. This film is a sharp detective story dealing with deep and actual moral problem...
- DirectorVadim AbdrashitovStarsOleg BorisovYury BelyayevIrina RozanovaA Soviet allegory made during the somewhat more permissive atmosphere under Gorbachev, of the sometimes puzzling relationship between a master and a slave.
- DirectorSergey SolovyovStarsNatan EidelmanAnatoly SlivnikovGerman ShorrASSA 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.
- DirectorSergey SolovyovStarsTatyana DrubichAleksandr AbdulovMikhail RozanovIn fact, people who then appear around Mitya are all unique, eccentric and the space of the apartment house begins to have an unrealistic character as a miniature of unstable society in the end of Soviet Union.
- DirectorVladimir FeoktistovStarsAleksey SerebryakovYuriy GorobetsOleg KantemirovThe invincible "Kid" is a fan of karate, full of bright plans for the future. However, involuntary complicity in the robbery, and only by a miracle instead of prison, he enters the army. From there comes a cruel beast, a fighter without a trace of pity, even for friends. Now his life - racket and underground fighting without rules. He is the best everywhere, but in the final battle, the Kid must "lie down" - the mafia boss nicknamed Maitre put a lot of money on his opponent. Baby wins .
- DirectorValeri RybarevStarsOleg FominSvetlana KopylovaLyudmila GavrilovaA guy called Arlekino and his company, who call themselves "wolves", live at a stop near the city, where they often go to "relax" - in search of thrills. And they're not just bullies, at least they think they are. They beat metalheads and fascists for ideological reasons, assert their simple order based on a special kind of justice and the right of the strong. In addition, Arlekino himself tries to think about complex universal values and connect them with the way of life he leads. However, he is faced with people who have their own order, not the same as the main character. And then the party life turns into a real tragedy.
- DirectorKira MuratovaStarsNatalya LebleYuriy ShlykovVladimir KarasyovA lawyer defends a wealthy woman accused of murder. She claims it was self-defense. The lawyer is not sure.
- DirectorKira MuratovaStarsSergei PopovOlga AntonovaGalina ZakhurdaevaIn 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.
- DirectorSavva KulishStarsAleksei ShkatovOlga AlyoshinaAleksey MaslovA conflict of generations when a father, connected to organized crime, is sentenced for embezzlement and his son turns to drugs and a spectacular suicide in a car accident.
- DirectorTengiz AbuladzeStarsAvtandil MakharadzeZeinab BotsvadzeIa NinidzeVarlam, the despotic mayor of a small town, dies. After his funeral, his body is repeatedly unearthed and buried again. Through flashbacks and dreamlike scenes, we witness his rise, power and ambiguities.
- DirectorElem KlimovStarsAleksey KravchenkoOlga MironovaLiubomiras LauceviciusAfter finding an old rifle, a young boy joins the Soviet resistance movement against ruthless German forces and experiences the horrors of World War II.
- DirectorAleksey GermanStarsRolan BykovAnatoliy SolonitsynVladimir ZamanskiyA Soviet POW joins the partisan guerrillas and proves his loyalty fighting the Germans.
- DirectorAlla SurikovaStarsVitali SolominVera GlagolevaViktor IlichyovA female rogue in early 80s Russia makes a more satisfying materialistic and consumerist lifestyle for herself by working outside the inefficient state controlled economic system.
- DirectorKaren ShakhnazarovStarsLeonid FilatovOleg BasilashviliVladimir MenshovGoing on a business trip, the hero of the film suddenly finds himself in a fantastic city. It is very similar to our world, only the hidden absurdity of everyday life here has become apparent.
- DirectorPavel LunginStarsPyotr MamonovPyotr ZaychenkoVladimir KashpurA comedic love/hate relationship develops between a dour taxi driver and a hapless aspiring musician after the latter stiffs his cab fare.
- DirectorYuri MaminStarsAsankul KuttubayevSergey DreydenZhanna KerimtayevaMoscow. A typical Russian family. They decide to take home Maya's father: an aborigine who lives in the desert and has never seen any modern comfort, neither speaks the language. Once living in their apartment, the old man begins to act in a strange way, adoring the refrigerator and the pipelines as if they were gods.
- DirectorYuriy Afanasyev-ShirokovYuri MaminNatalya ShilokStarsLyudmila ArininaViktor MikhailovElena KapitsaA group of Swedish tourists are on the way to a Russian village to witness the so called 'Festivity of Neptunus', in which the inhabitants take a dive in a hole in the ice. This tradition, however, does not exist at all. The inhabitants try to make a good impression by starting the 'tradition' to please the tourists.
- DirectorYuri MaminStarsViktor SukhorukovAleksandr MedvedevArtur VakhaA small provincial town is home to two rival teenage gangs, one devoted to loose living and punk music and the other a collection of narrow-minded bodybuilders obsessed with order and convinced of their own moral rectitude. However, this cosy state of affairs is upset by the arrival of two strangers dressed like Pushkin, the famous early 19th century Russian poet, who proceed to found their own organisation, dedicated ostensibly to the memory of the great writer and the "salvation of Russia". Gradually, they begin to assume control of the town...
- DirectorVladimir MenshovStarsAleksandr MikhaylovNina DoroshinaLyudmila GurchenkoInjured on the job Vasily Kuzyakin gets a ticket to the resort. There he meets femme fatale Raisa Zakharovna, and once under the charm, moves to live with her. Unfortunately, a new life is not all that sweet as dreamed hapless Vasily.
- DirectorGerald BezhanovStarsVladimir MenshovAleksandr Pankratov-ChyornyyValentina TelichkinaPasha is a very shy and quiet person. He is almost 40 but is not married yet and cannot even find courage to ask a woman for a date. His best friend Gena on the contrary is a womanizer. His favourite pick up scheme is to ask a woman on the street "Where's the nearest nofelet?" He promised Pasha's parents to find a girlfriend for him but among dozens of women he successfully picks up not a single one is a perfect match for Pasha.
- DirectorKonstantin LopushanskiyStarsRolan BykovIosif RyklinViktor MikhaylovIn the aftermath of nuclear holocaust, a group of intellectuals crave to find hope in the pale and colorless new world. Among them, a history teacher tries to contact via letters his missing son.
- DirectorEldar RyazanovStarsLiya AkhedzhakovaOlga VolkovaValentin GaftMany of respectable citizens become tramps after the collapse of the Soviet Union.
- DirectorEldar RyazanovStarsLeonid FilatovTatyana DogilevaIrina KupchenkoA former musician must make a hard choice between freedom with mistress and comfortable life with wife.
- DirectorRoman BalayanStarsOleg YankovskiyTatyana DrubichAleksandr AbdulovA stranger intrudes into life of a lovely couple. It doesn't take a lot of efforts from him to ruin their happiness.
- DirectorSergey SolovyovStarsVyacheslav IlyushchenkoLiubomiras LauceviciusLyudmila SavelevaIn 1946 Kazakhstan, breeding pigeons is one of the ways to escape from the grim post-war reality. When a fine white pigeon appears in the small town, teenager Ivan goes to great lengths to get it.
- DirectorAleksey GermanStarsAndrei BoltnevNina RuslanovaAndrey MironovRussian 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.
- DirectorKonstantin LopushanskiyStarsViktor MikhaylovVera MayorovaVadim LobanovIn a post-apocalyptic world, in which a large part of the population consists of demented and deformed mutants being kept in reservations, a man embarks upon visiting the ruins of a museum buried under the sea which can only be accessed during low tide.
- DirectorPyotr TodorovskiyStarsOleg BorisovLidiya Fedoseeva-ShukshinaMarina ZudinaThis probably happens for everyone: suddenly you want to drastically change your fate, start "from scratch", not waste your time on trifles, but walk "along the main street". The hero of the film is not limited to such thoughts, he decides to act: leaves the service, leaves the family .
- DirectorPyotr TodorovskiyStarsValentin GaftIrina RozanovaEvgeniy MironovIn a distant garrison, officers and soldiers are influenced by their love affairs.
- DirectorMikhail TumanishviliStarsOksana ArbuzovaVladimir IlinAnastasiya VoznesenskayaHer life motto is: "I like everything that you don't like." She protests everything. But under her "metal" shell - a lonely and suffering soul. Saving his daughter, the guardian of the law takes justice into his own hands.
- DirectorLana GogoberidzeStarsSofiko ChiaureliGia BadridzeKetevan OrakhelashviliA journalist realizes that while exploring and writing about the private lives of others, she has become distanced from her own family.