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Kanopy
89
8.3
/118563/
82
/2877/
82
/1707/
4.6
/397885/
90
/60/
95
/928/
cc age 16+

Come and See (1985)
The invasion of a village in Belarus by German forces sends young Florya into the forest to join the weary Resistance fighters, against his family's wishes. There he meets a girl, Glasha, who accompanies him back to his village. On returning home, Florya finds his family and fellow peasants massacred. His continued survival amidst the brutal debris of war becomes increasingly nightmarish, a battle between despair and hope.
poster
88
8.3
/9319/
80
/84/
75
/147/
4.4
/15236/
100
/19/
94
/114/

War and Peace (1967)
The love story of young Countess Natasha Rostova and Count Pierre Bezukhov is interwoven with the Great Patriotic War of 1812 against Napoleon's invading army.
poster
Kanopy
88
8.3
/29829/
79
/707/
78
/775/
4.3
/78492/
98
/43/
88
/577/
96
/16/

Man with a Movie Camera (1929)
A cameraman wanders around with a camera slung over his shoulder, documenting urban life with dazzling inventiveness.
poster
Kanopy
86
7.9
/64386/
75
/1202/
76
/1246/
4.0
/107149/
100
/51/
86
/1131/
97
/22/

Battleship Potemkin (1925)
A dramatized account of a great Russian naval mutiny and a resultant public demonstration, showing support, which brought on a police massacre.
poster
Kanopy
86
8.0
/154378/
78
/3186/
81
/2390/
4.4
/326038/
100
/46/
92
/1589/
85
/17/

Stalker (1979)
Near a gray and unnamed city is the Zone, a place guarded by barbed wire and soldiers, and where the normal laws of physics are victim to frequent anomalies. A stalker guides two men into the Zone, specifically to an area in which deep-seated desires are granted.
poster
Kanopy
86
7.9
/103728/
77
/2202/
77
/1738/
4.2
/185901/
92
/66/
89
/1488/
93
/8/

Solaris (1972)
A psychologist is sent to a space station orbiting a planet called Solaris to investigate the death of a doctor and the mental problems of cosmonauts on the station. He soon discovers that the water on the planet is a type of brain which brings out repressed memories and obsessions.
poster
Criterion Channel
85
8.0
/59806/
78
/867/
79
/901/
4.4
/83069/
96
/46/
93
/674/

Andrei Rublev (1966)
An expansive Russian drama, this film focuses on the life of revered religious icon painter Andrei Rublev. Drifting from place to place in a tumultuous era, the peace-seeking monk eventually gains a reputation for his art. But after Rublev witnesses a brutal battle and unintentionally becomes involved, he takes a vow of silence and spends time away from his work. As he begins to ease his troubled soul, he takes steps towards becoming a painter once again.
poster
Criterion Channel
85
7.9
/56514/
79
/1077/
79
/1039/
4.3
/164883/
100
/30/
91
/543/
82
/14/

Mirror (1975)
A dying man in his forties recalls his childhood, his mother, the war and personal moments that tell of and juxtapose pivotal moments in Soviet history with daily life.
poster
Criterion Channel
85
8.0
/42682/
78
/709/
78
/797/
4.2
/93417/
100
/27/
93
/335/

Ivan's Childhood (1962)
In WW2, twelve year old Soviet orphan Ivan Bondarev works for the Soviet army as a scout behind the German lines and strikes a friendship with three sympathetic Soviet officers.
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Kanopy
84
7.7
/8588/
72
/105/
73
/165/
4.0
/11155/
100
/13/
88
/94/

Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot (1958)
This is the second part of a projected three-part epic biopic of Russian Czar Ivan Grozny, undertaken by Soviet film-maker Sergei Eisenstein at the behest of Josef Stalin. Production of the epic was stopped before the third part could be filmed, due to producer dissatisfaction with Eisenstein's introducing forbidden experimental filming techniques into the material, more evident in this part than the first part. As it was, this second part was banned from showings until after the deaths of both Eisenstein and Stalin, and a change of attitude by the subsequent heads of the Soviet government. In this part, as Ivan the Terrible attempts to consolidate his power by establishing a personal army, his political rivals, the Russian boyars, plot to assassinate him.
poster
The Roku Channel
85
84
8.3
/21901/
80
/437/
79
/427/
4.4
/51709/
96
/26/
93
/249/
76
/9/

The Cranes Are Flying (1957)
Veronika and Boris come together in Moscow shortly before World War II. Walking along the river, they watch cranes fly overhead, and promise to rendezvous before Boris leaves to fight. Boris misses the meeting and is off to the front lines, while Veronika waits patiently, sending letters faithfully. After her house is bombed, Veronika moves in with Boris' family, into the company of a cousin with his own intentions.
poster
83
7.8
/9390/
74
/124/
76
/175/
4.0
/16241/
93
/40/
88
/74/

Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors (1965)
In the Carpathian Mountains of 19th-century Ukraine, love, hate, life and death among the Hutsul people are as they’ve been since time began. Ivan is drawn to Marichka, the beautiful young daughter of the man who killed his father. But fate tragically decrees that the two lovers will remain apart.
poster
Criterion Channel
86
83
8.2
/11768/
78
/284/
78
/231/
4.4
/42250/
100
/29/
91
/65/

The Ascent (1977)
Two Soviet partisans leave their starving band to get supplies from a nearby farm. The Germans have reached the farm first, so the pair must go on a journey deep into occupied territory, a voyage that will also take them deep into their souls.
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Kanopy
82
8.2
/11895/
81
/240/
78
/238/
4.4
/37795/
100
/5/
62
/5/
91
/20/

I Am Cuba (1964)
Four vignettes on the lives of the Cuban people in the pre-revolutionary era. In Havana, Maria is ashamed when a man she loves discovers how she makes a living. Pedro, an old farmer, discovers that the land he cultivates is being sold to an American company. A student sees his friends attacked by the police while they distribute leaflets supporting Fidel Castro. Finally, a peasant family is threatened by Batista's army.
poster
Criterion Channel
82
8.2
/35810/
79
/595/
79
/592/
4.3
/35250/
73
/15/
94
/381/

Dersu Uzala (1975)
A military explorer meets and befriends a Goldi man in Russia’s unmapped forests. A deep and abiding bond evolves between the two men, one civilized in the usual sense, the other at home in the glacial Siberian woods.
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Kanopy
81
7.9
/32552/
76
/526/
78
/578/
4.3
/72962/
88
/25/
90
/236/
74
/9/

Nostalgia (1983)
A Russian poet, Andrei and his interpreter, Eugenia travel to Italy to research the life of an 18th-century composer.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
81
80
8.2
/19929/
79
/413/
79
/382/
4.0
/11428/
88
/1313/

Ivan Vasilyevich Changes His Profession (1973)
A scientist builds a time machine and accidentally sends his apartment complex manager and a petty burglar to 16th century Moscow, while Tsar Ivan the Terrible travels to 1973.
poster
79
7.5
/4036/
71
/42/
67
/56/
3.8
/1536/
100
/5/
94
/26/

Close to Eden (1991)
A farmer and his wife live in a rural part of Inner Mongolia with their three children. Chinese population control policies prevent them from having any more. The farmer sets out for the nearest town to obtain birth control. He comes upon a Russian truck driver who has ended up in a lake. The farmer takes the man back to his farm, and after initially being appalled, the Russian becomes enchanted with the peaceful life of the countryside and decides to stay. But his presence presages big changes for the peasants.
poster
Criterion Channel
84
78
8.2
/12069/
77
/187/
79
/209/
4.1
/10063/
93
/15/
93
/161/

Ballad of a Soldier (1959)
During World War II, earnest young Russian soldier Alyosha Skvortsov is rewarded with a short leave of absence for performing a heroic deed on the battlefield. Feeling homesick, he decides to visit his mother. Due to his kindhearted nature, however, Alyosha is repeatedly sidetracked by his efforts to help those he encounters, including a lovely girl named Shura. In his tour of a country devastated by war, he struggles to keep hope alive.
poster
78
7.3
/3767/
68
/52/
67
/97/
3.6
/1934/
89
/9/
92
/19/

Dark Eyes (1987)
Aboard a ship early in the 20th-century, a middle-aged Italian tells his story of love to a Russian.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
80
78
8.2
/17552/
78
/336/
78
/307/
3.9
/9642/
87
/825/

The Diamond Arm (1969)
A diamond smuggling operation goes wrong when an ordinary Soviet citizen becomes unwittingly involved, and the criminals are forced to court him to retrieve their diamonds.
poster
Criterion Channel
80
78
7.6
/15897/
75
/331/
73
/309/
4.1
/79327/
94
/17/
83
/162/

The Color of Pomegranates (1969)
The life of the revered 18th-century Armenian poet and musician Sayat-Nova. Portraying events in the life of the artist from childhood up to his death, the movie addresses in particular his relationships with women, including his muse. The production tells Sayat-Nova's dramatic story by using both his poems and largely still camerawork, creating a work hailed as revolutionary by Mikhail Vartanov.
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Hoopla
80
77
7.8
/14958/
77
/312/
77
/269/
3.8
/9866/
94
/79/

Kin-dza-dza! (1986)
Two Soviet humans previously unknown to each other are transported to the planet Pluke in the Kin-dza-da galaxy due to a chance encounter with an alien teleportation device. They must come to grips with a language barrier and Plukian social norms (not to mention the laws of space and time) if they ever hope to return to Earth.
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Kanopy
80
76
7.6
/9309/
74
/242/
73
/238/
3.9
/22968/
100
/8/
82
/124/

Strike (1925)
Workers in a factory in pre-revolutionary Russia go on strike and are met by violent suppression.
poster
79
76
8.4
/16083/
81
/338/
74
/494/
3.8
/8482/

Operation Y and Other Shurik's Adventures (1965)
The film consists of three independent parts: "Workmate", "Déjà vu" and "Operation Y". The plot follows the adventures of Shurik (alternative spelling — Shourick), the naive and nerdy Soviet student who often gets into ludicrous situations but always finds a way out very neatly. "Operation Y and Shurik's Other Adventures" was a hit movie and became the leader of Soviet film distribution in 1965.
poster
80
76
8.2
/14696/
79
/292/
76
/266/
3.7
/7696/
89
/660/

Kidnapping, Caucasian Style (1967)
Shurik, a kind but naïve ethnography student, falls in love with the intelligent, athletic and beautiful All-Union Leninist Young Communist League member Nina. He has a rival in the wealthy comrade Saakhov, who concocts a kidnapping scheme to force Nina to marry him.
poster
83
76
8.5
/10109/
80
/205/
78
/171/
4.0
/5541/
94
/377/

Heart of a Dog (1988)
"Heart of a Dog" is a Soviet film adaptation of Mikhail Bulgakov’s iconic novella. Set in 1920s Moscow, it tells the satirical and darkly humorous story of a stray dog named Sharik, who is transformed into a human by Professor Preobrazhensky through a daring medical experiment. The resulting man, Poligraf Poligrafovich Sharikov, embodies the social and ideological tensions of early Soviet society. With its sharp critique of class struggle, human nature, and the perils of radical change, the film is celebrated for its faithful adaptation, brilliant performances, and rich allegorical depth.
poster
Criterion Channel
82
75
7.6
/11549/
74
/150/
73
/217/
3.9
/14094/
100
/17/
91
/130/

Ivan the Terrible, Part I (1944)
Set during the early part of his reign, Ivan faces betrayal from the aristocracy and even his closest friends as he seeks to unite the Russian people. Sergei Eisenstein's final film, this is the first part of a three-part biopic of Tsar Ivan IV of Russia, which was never completed due to the producer's dissatisfaction with Eisenstein's attempts to use forbidden experimental filming techniques and excessive cost overruns. The second part was completed but not released for a decade after Eisenstein's death and a change of heart in the USSR government toward his work; the third part was only in its earliest stage of filming when shooting was stopped altogether.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
79
75
8.3
/13911/
80
/284/
78
/243/
3.8
/5858/
81
/110/

Gentlemen of Fortune (1971)
Kindergarten teacher Evgeniy Ivanovich Troshkin is reluctantly sent undercover to take the place of an imprisoned thief who stole Alexander the Great's helmet. Evgeniy uses his striking resemblance to the thief to infiltrate his gang and learn the location of the stolen artifact. He finds the gangsters are unexpectedly similar to his students- they also need love and care.
poster
79
74
8.0
/14550/
75
/237/
73
/246/
3.8
/9336/
94
/978/

The Irony of Fate, or Enjoy Your Bath! (1975)
A group of old friends have a tradition of going to a public bathing house on New Year's Eve. Occasionally too much vodka and beer makes two of them unconscious. The problem is that one of them (Sasha) has to go to Leningrad but another one (Zhenya) goes. Zhenya wakes up at Leningrad airport. Believing that he is still in Moscow he takes a taxi and goes home. The street name, building and even apartment number, the way an apartment complex looks the same and the key coincide completely - just typical Soviet-type 'economy' architecture. Imagine the surprise of Nadya when she enters her apartment and finds a man without trousers in her bed. What's more - Nadya's fiancé also finds him there...
poster
Amazon Prime Video
83
74
8.2
/6271/
79
/139/
78
/121/
3.9
/2405/
100

Only Old Men Are Going to Battle (1973)
Alexey Titarenko is very talented pilot and brave leader of "Singing group". He also must look after some new cadets and fight together with them against German Luftwaffe planes. Close to Alexey always are his friends, they are all from different parts of the country, but they all became real brothers.
poster
74
73
7.2
/11275/
69
/365/
69
/259/
3.6
/41872/
88
/8/
78
/53/

Viy (1967)
A seminary student on monastery holiday kills an old witch in a remote village. The hag then transforms into a beautiful young woman whose dying wish is for him to watch over her wake for three nights. With terrors occurring and his faith waning, he reads prayers on the overnight watch and tries to survive the supernatural encounters.
poster
73
6.9
/2322/
66
/29/
60
/50/
3.5
/1799/
100
/5/
74
/18/

Little Vera (1988)
Vera is a troubled teenager fresh out of school feeling trapped in her provincial port town during the turbulent times of perestroika. Her days and nights are filled with drinking, sex, and family dysfunction.
poster
Kanopy
77
71
7.5
/13001/
69
/173/
70
/224/
3.8
/13075/
91
/22/
84
/219/

Alexander Nevsky (1938)
When German knights invade Russia, Prince Alexander Nevsky must rally his people to resist the formidable force. After the Teutonic soldiers take over an eastern Russian city, Alexander stages his stand at Novgorod, where a major battle is fought on the ice of frozen Lake Chudskoe. While Alexander leads his outnumbered troops, two of their number, Vasili and Gavrilo, begin a contest of bravery to win the hand of a local maiden.
poster
Kanopy
71
7.3
/2121/
68
/21/
61
/43/
3.8
/1612/
71
/7/
74
/5/

Taxi Blues (1990)
Ivan is old Russia: thick, dour, hard-working, often brutish; he misses Communism. He drives a taxi and one night meets Alexi, a new Russian, a musician, an alcoholic, irresponsible. Alexi stiffs Ivan for the fare, so Ivan tracks him down and a love-hate relationship ensues. When Alexi lets the bath water run over in Ivan's flat and Ivan must pay 500 rubles for repairs, he tries to force Alexi into day labor to repay him. It's hopeless. Then, suddenly, Alexi is discovered, goes on a jazz tour of America, becomes a celebrity, and returns in triumph. Ivan longs to renew the friendship, and it looks as if he may get what he wants.
poster
Kanopy
76
70
7.4
/8934/
72
/158/
69
/214/
3.8
/13628/
92
/13/
77
/112/

October (Ten Days that Shook the World) (1928)
Sergei M. Eisenstein's docu-drama about the 1917 October Revolution in Russia. Made ten years after the events and edited in Eisenstein's 'Soviet Montage' style, it re-enacts in celebratory terms several key scenes from the revolution.
poster
79
70
8.2
/7871/
78
/150/
76
/166/
3.8
/3292/
85
/375/

12 Chairs (1971)
A former aristocrat Ippolit Vorobyaninov leads a miserable life in Soviet Russia. His mother-in-law reveals a secret to him - she hid family diamonds in one of the twelve chairs they once had. Vorobyaninov in cooperation with a young con artist Ostap Bender start a long search for the diamonds.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
79
69
8.0
/6583/
74
/121/
76
/130/
3.9
/3887/
89
/264/

Beware of the Car! (1966)
An insurance agent who moonlights as a car thief steals cars various crooks and never from the common people. He sells the stolen cars and gives the money to charity. His best friend, a cop, is assigned to bring in this modern robin hood.
poster
Criterion Channel
78
69
7.4
/7703/
74
/130/
70
/151/
3.8
/15161/
92
/12/
83
/34/

The Steamroller and the Violin (1961)
Seven year old Sasha practices violin every day to satisfy the ambition of his parents. Already withdrawn as a result of his routines, Sasha quickly regains confidence when he accidentally meets and befriends worker Sergei, who works on a steamroller in their upscale Moscow neighborhood.
poster
80
68
8.4
/4682/
80
/126/
79
/150/
4.0
/3195/

Once Upon a Time, There Lived a Dog (1982)
Based on the Ukrainian folktale, the old dog of a village family is not as keen as he once was, and is sent away after he fails to guard their house during a robbery. In the woods, he meets the wolf he protected his masters against long ago, who decides to pay a favor to get his old enemy's rightful place back in the doghouse.
poster
79
68
8.0
/4725/
73
/86/
72
/89/
3.9
/2474/
91
/215/

The Garage (1979)
An automotive highway is scheduled to be built through the territory of a garage cooperative. A special meeting of the cooperative takes place to reduce the number of garages. As all was already decided and arranged by the chairholder and the board, the decision passes easily at the meeting. But one unexpected event happens - the meeting room's entrance has been locked by an anonymous member and the key is missing...
poster
79
68
8.0
/5167/
75
/92/
70
/147/
4.0
/2387/
90
/271/

The Dawns Here Are Quiet (1972)
In a remote village in Karelia, Sergeant Vaskov commands an anti-aircraft unit that protects a rail depot. While his men are transferred to the front line, he is reprimanded for their unruly behavior. He retorts that he wants replacements that aren't drunks or womanizers. In response, he is assigned a unit made up entirely of young women, fresh from training.
poster
82
68
8.2
/11350/
78
/239/
79
/246/
3.9
/7681/
95
/19/

Office Romance (1977)
Anatoly Novoseltsev is a mousy single father and office stumblebum working at a statistics bureau in Moscow. In the hopes of being promoted, he is coaxed into charming his disagreeable and seemingly unfeeling boss, Ludmila Kalugina, or "Meany" as she's otherwise known by her subordinates. Helped by his colleagues Olya and Yura, Anatoly attempts to ease the yoke of Ms. Kalugina, and what follows in the wake of his graceless manoeuvres is completely unforeseen, as he awakens a side to her not yet known, even to herself..
poster
72
68
8.0
/15409/
77
/246/
76
/261/
3.8
/11389/
40
/5/
87
/115/

Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears (1980)
This is a life story of three girlfriends from youth to autumn ages. Their dreams and wishes, love, disillusions...
poster
81
67
7.9
/4090/
75
/53/
75
/88/
3.9
/2990/
100
/90/

Fate of a Man (1959)
The story of a man whose life was ruthlessly crippled by World War II. His wife and daughters were killed during the bombing of his village, he spent some time as a prisoner, and his only son was killed in action only a few days before the victory...
poster
77
67
7.7
/5513/
76
/110/
78
/145/
3.7
/3382/
83
/91/

Afonya (1976)
The 1975 film by Georgi Daneliya "Afonya" was an unexpected commercial hit in USSR. The main character "Afonya" Borshev is a plumber, who spends his life partying with "buddies", many of whom he doesn't even remember after nights of heavy drinking. His wife leaves him, his boss places him on probation, his whole life is falling apart, but he doesn't realize it. Afonya met Katya at a dance club, yet didn't pay her much attention. But she is the one, who can save him... In this movie Daneliya achieves a perfect balance of satire and drama. Quotes from the movie gained a cult status in USSR.
poster
78
66
8.2
/5289/
76
/128/
73
/156/
4.1
/5049/

Winnie-the-Pooh (1969)
According to Winnie-the-Pooh himself, bears love honey very much. That's why it always runs out very quickly. And you can't do without honey, so Winnie, along with Piglet, sets off for a tall tree with a beehive hanging from it. Winnie fearlessly climbs up to the beehive on a balloon, singing a song about a little cloud.
poster
Criterion Channel
78
66
7.8
/4749/
73
/103/
71
/117/
4.1
/11502/
83
/6/
83
/28/

Letter Never Sent (1960)
Four geologists are searching for diamonds in the wilderness of Siberia. After a long and tiresome journey they manage to find their luck and put the diamond mine on the map. The map must be delivered back to Moscow. But on the day of their departure a terrible forest fire wreaks havoc, and the geologists get trapped in the woods.


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