The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

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1916-1992

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1. Anna Karenina (1967)

Not Rated | 145 min | Drama, Romance

Anna Karenina is a young wife of an older husband. She has an affair with the handsome Count Vronsky. By following her desires Anna complicates her life.

Director: Aleksandr Zarkhi | Stars: Tatyana Samoylova, Nikolai Gritsenko, Vasiliy Lanovoy, Yuriy Yakovlev

Votes: 1,009

2. War and Peace, Part I: Andrei Bolkonsky (1965)

Not Rated | 147 min | Drama, War

Napoleon's tumultuous relations with Russia including his disastrous 1812 invasion serve as the backdrop for the tangled personal lives of five aristocratic Russian families.

Director: Sergey Bondarchuk | Stars: Lyudmila Saveleva, Sergey Bondarchuk, Vyacheslav Tikhonov, Viktor Stanitsyn

Votes: 2,107

3. Salyut, Mariya! (1971)

135 min | Drama

In one of the southern ports come on board ships of the Entente troops, including those from Spain. The young underground fighter Maria gets the job to campaign among the Spanish sailors ... See full summary »

Director: Iosif Kheifits | Stars: Ada Rogovtseva, Angel Gutierrez, Vitali Solomin, Vladimir Tatosov

Votes: 156

4. Goya - oder Der arge Weg der Erkenntnis (1971)

136 min | Drama

As a painter in the court of King Carlos IV, Goya - played by the great Lithuanian actor Donatas Banionis (The Red Tent, Solaris) - has attained wealth and reputation. He believes in King ... See full summary »

Director: Konrad Wolf | Stars: Donatas Banionis, Olivera Katarina, Fred Düren, Tatyana Lolova

Votes: 381

5. Dersu Uzala (1975)

G | 142 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama

The Russian army sends an explorer on an expedition to the snowy Siberian wilderness where he makes friends with a seasoned local hunter.

Director: Akira Kurosawa | Stars: Maksim Munzuk, Yuriy Solomin, Mikhail Bychkov, Vladimir Khrulyov

Votes: 33,464

6. Vzlyot (1979)

139 min | Biography, Drama

Soviet biopic about the Russian rocket scientist Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, the founder of the Soviet cosmonautics.

Director: Savva Kulish | Stars: Yevgeniy Yevtushenko, Larisa Kadochnikova, Albert Filozov, Elena Finogeeva

Votes: 57

7. Oslinaya shkura (1982)

85 min | Family, Comedy, Fantasy

The princess agrees to the fate of a beggar for the sake of her lover.

Director: Nadezhda Kosheverova | Stars: Vladimir Etush, Svetlana Nemolyaeva, Vera Novikova, Aleksandr Galibin

Votes: 113

8. Ukradene shchastia (1984)

130 min | Drama

Anna and Michailo grow up together, attracted to each other since their earliest days. When Anna's father dies, her brothers force her into marriage with the mean farmer Mikola. After years of absence, Michailo comes home, to get her back.

Stars: Nele Savicenko, Bogdan Stupka, Gregory Hlady, Anatoliy Belyy

Votes: 26

9. Svidetel (1986 TV Movie)

160 min | Drama, History, War

The first post-war years. Kolya Letechka lives in the orphanage - a victim of the "Kinderheim" concentration camp, where the Germans conducted their research on children. Terrible memories ... See full summary »

Director: Valeri Rybarev | Stars: Mikhail Gilevich, Svetlana Kopylova, Konstantin Demidov, Nina Usatova

Votes: 32

11. Tushi metskhvare (1978 TV Movie)

240 min | Documentary, Drama, Family

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Director: Soso Chkhaidze | Stars: Iob Bartishvili, Irakli Khizanishvili, P. Osorauli

Votes: 17

13. Derevo Dzhamal (1981)

88 min | Drama

In the Karakum sands, the only living plant seems to be the tree Dzhamal and her husband shepherd Nazar have set. Then it's war. When Nazar comes back from a convalescence at the hospital, ... See full summary »

Director: Khodzha Kuli Narliyev | Stars: Maya-Gozel Aimedova, Baba Annanov, Nikolay Smorchkov, Khommat Mullyk

Votes: 19

15. Bez semyi (1984 TV Movie)

163 min | Drama, Musical

The events take place in the nineteenth century and tell the story of an orphan boy and a vagrant trainer, whose paths crossed and gave them an unforgettable journey. Vagrancy helped the ... See full summary »

Director: Vladimir Bortko | Stars: Aleksandr Vasilyev, Sos Sargsyan, Yan Khviler, Elena Solovey

Votes: 57

22. Noch na 14-y paralleli (1971)

91 min | Drama, War

Set in Vietnam during the war. Russian journalist Stepanov is in the heat of action. Stepanov makes a report about the battle against the American invasion. His report is anticipated by the... See full summary »

Directors: Yulian Semyonov, Vladimir Shredel | Stars: Valentin Gaft, Vsevolod Platov, Yelena Kozelkova, Zhanna Kovenchuk

Votes: 50

26. Obretesh v boyu (1975 TV Movie)

320 min | Drama

Set in the Soviet Union in the 70s. Modernization of Soviet metallurgical industry causes a clash between old style Communist bosses and the new generation of engineers and managers. ... See full summary »

Director: Mark Orlov | Stars: Aleksandr Mikhaylov, Nikolay Lebedev, Zinaida Dekhtyaryova, Gennadi Karnovich-Valua

Votes: 113

40. Vperedi okean (1983– )

210 min | Drama

Konstantin Basargin is the best foreman tunnel drivers. Everyone around knows that and highly appreciate him for professionalism. But success is a tricky thing that might blow you away.

Stars: Valeri Ryzhakov, Olga Kharchenko, Andrey Yaroslavtsev, Lyubov Polekhina

Votes: 8

42. Pokusheniye na Goelro (1986– )

213 min | Mystery

A sabotage has been committed at the power plant. The turbine is out of order. Having lulled the guards, someone poured emery sand into the turbine oil.

Stars: Antanas Barcas, Igor Ledogorov, Rodion Nakhapetov, Aleksandr Mikhaylov

Votes: 14

44. Twenty Years After (1971 TV Movie)

215 min | Adventure

Based on the Dumas novel of the same name, depicts the adventures of the three musketeers and D'Artagnan twenty years later amid the War of the Fronde.

Director: Yuriy Sergeyev | Stars: Vladimir Zeldin, Tatyana Doronina, Rufina Nifontova, Igor Starygin

58. Komitet 19-ti (1972)

Drama, Thriller, War

About the danger of bacteriological and chemical warfare.

Director: Savva Kulish | Stars: Nikolay Zasukhin, Svetlana Smekhnova, Jüri Järvet, Madeleine Marion

Votes: 32

60. Cities and Years (1930)

81 min | Drama

Friends are divided by loyalties during the Civil War in Russia following the Bolshevik Revolution: a young artist returns from Germany to help the Reds but is sympathetic to one ... See full summary »

Director: Yevgeni Chervyakov | Stars: Bernhard Goetzke, Ivan Chuvelyov, Gennadiy Michurin, Sofiya Magarill

Votes: 43

61. The Brothers Karamazov (1969)

232 min | Drama

Three brothers, one spiritual and living at a monastery, the other - a gambler, and the third - an intellectual, work out their problems in 19th century Russia.

Directors: Kirill Lavrov, Ivan Pyrev, Mikhail Ulyanov | Stars: Mikhail Ulyanov, Lionella Pyryeva, Kirill Lavrov, Andrey Myagkov

Votes: 937

62. Tishina (1964)

209 min | Drama

1945 year. Together with other servicemen demobilized after the end of the Great Patriotic War, 22-year-old captain Sergey Vokhmintsev, the commander of an artillery battery, is returning ... See full summary »

Director: Vladimir Basov | Stars: Vitaliy Konyaev, Georgiy Martynyuk, Larisa Luzhina, Natalya Velichko

Votes: 64

63. Zhivye i myortvye (1964)

201 min | Drama, War

Journalist Ivan Sintsov news of the treacherous attack by Nazi Germany during the catches of southern vacation. As a war correspondent, he becomes a witness to the difficult events of the first months of the war - many departures in 1941.

Director: Aleksandr Stolper | Stars: Kirill Lavrov, Anatoliy Papanov, Aleksey Glazyrin, Oleg Efremov

Votes: 419

64. Blokada: Luzhskiy rubezh, Pulkovskiy meredian (1974)

185 min | Action, Drama, History

In June 1941, the Emergency Headquarters of the Defense of Leningrad, under the leadership of Zhdanov and Voroshilov, decided to build the Luga defensive line. Heavy fighting west of Pskov ... See full summary »

Director: Mikhail Yershov | Stars: Yuriy Solomin, Evgeniy Lebedev, Irina Akulova, Lev Zolotukhin

Votes: 141

65. White Bim Black Ear (1977)

PG | 182 min | Drama

A white dog called Bim is looking for its owner. It encounters all kinds of people and situations.

Director: Stanislav Rostotskiy | Stars: Vyacheslav Tikhonov, Valentina Vladimirova, Mikhail Dadyko, Ivan Ryzhov

Votes: 2,433

66. Dauriya (1972)

182 min | Adventure, Drama, History

Epic about Cossacks in the Siberian province of Dauria. Cossacks are living in their village like one big family under the guidance of a strong leader - Ataman.

Director: Viktor Tregubovich | Stars: Arkadi Trusov, Petr Shelokhonov, Vera Kuznetsova, Vitali Solomin

Votes: 320

68. 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

69. Romans o vlyublyonnykh (1974)

135 min | Drama, Music, Romance

Sergey and his girlfriend Tanya must postpone their matrimony, because he must do military service. When Sergey later disappears during a rescue mission, Tanya is depressed, but her family persuades her to marry Sergey best friend, Igor.

Director: Andrey Konchalovskiy | Stars: Evgeniy Kindinov, Elena Koreneva, Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy, Irina Kupchenko

Votes: 385

70. Bilyy ptakh z chornoyu oznakoyu (1971)

99 min | Drama, War

Colourful 'optimistic tragedy' of a poor family in Ukraine, living in the Carpathian mountains near the Romanian border, during the Second World War. Five sons of the family make up the ... See full summary »

Director: Yuri Ilyenko | Stars: Larisa Kadochnikova, Ivan Mikolaychuk, Bogdan Stupka, Yuri Mikolajchuk

Votes: 607

71. The Diamond Arm (1969)

Not Rated | 94 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime

An ordinary Soviet citizen accidentally intervenes into a huge operation of international criminal group that trades illegally obtained jewelry.

Director: Leonid Gaidai | Stars: Yuriy Nikulin, Nina Grebeshkova, Andrey Mironov, Anatoliy Papanov

Votes: 16,210

73. Vsadnik bez golovy (1973)

100 min | Adventure, Romance, Western

In the middle of the 19th century, after bloody war with Mexico, Americans have begun conquest of the huge territory of Texas. At the new owner of a hacienda of Kasa-del-Korvo of business ... See full summary »

Director: Vladimir Vaynshtok | Stars: Lyudmila Saveleva, Eslinda Núñez, Enrique Santisteban, Oleg Vidov

Votes: 328

74. Ukroshcheniye ognya (1972)

166 min | Biography, Drama, History

About Soviet space program and missile industry, and it's founder Sergei P. Korolev, from the 1920s to the first man in space in 1961.

Director: Daniil Khrabrovitsky | Stars: Kirill Lavrov, Ada Rogovtseva, Igor Gorbachyov, Andrei Popov

Votes: 402

75. Lyubov Yarovaya (1970)

105 min | Drama, History, Romance

This film is set in the time of the Russian Civil War, after the October revolution of 1917. The communist forces are losing a battle over town. They must blow up the strategic bridge, but ... See full summary »

Director: Vladimir Fetin | Stars: Lyudmila Chursina, Vasiliy Lanovoy, Rufina Nifontova, Vasiliy Shukshin

Votes: 164

76. Beg (1971)

196 min | Drama, History, War

The defeat of the "White Army" in the Russian Civil War of 1918-21, causing massive emigration of the upper classes and nobility, called "White Russians". Set in Crimea, Constantinopol and ... See full summary »

Directors: Aleksandr Alov, Vladimir Naumov | Stars: Lyudmila Saveleva, Aleksey Batalov, Mikhail Ulyanov, Tatyana Tkach

Votes: 1,255

77. Wedding in Malinovka (1967)

PG | 95 min | Comedy, Musical, War

Civil War takes place. The power is constantly changing in Ukrainian village. In order to away with thugs, the Red commander asks local girl Yarinka to play fake wedding with their leader.

Director: Andrey Tutyshkin | Stars: Vladimir Samoylov, Lyudmila Alfimova, Valentina Nikolayeva, Evgeniy Lebedev

Votes: 1,563

78. Eskadron gusar letuchikh (1981)

164 min | War

About the events of the Patriotic War of 1812, its impact on the worldview, life and work of the hussar and poet, general-lieutenant Denis Davydov.At the beginning of the war, Davydov was a... See full summary »

Directors: Nikita Khubov, Stanislav Rostotskiy | Stars: Andrey Rostotskiy, Marina Shimanskaya, Lidiya Kuznetsova, Evgeniy Lebedev

Votes: 122

80. Lev Tolstoy (1984)

168 min | Biography, Drama

The film concentrates on the late years of the life of the Russian writer Leo Tolstoy leading up to his death, telling about his disenchantment with the system and exploitation of the common people by the privileged classes.

Director: Sergey Gerasimov | Stars: Sergey Gerasimov, Tamara Makarova, Borivoj Navrátil, Aleksey Petrenko

Votes: 123

81. The Rumyantsev Case (1956)

103 min | Crime, Mystery, Drama

A motor depot boss with links to black market traders sends the unsuspecting Rumyansev on a flight with stolen goods. On the road, the chauffer is arrested and put in prison. To cover their... See full summary »

Director: Iosif Kheifits | Stars: Aleksey Batalov, Nelli Podgornaya, Sergei Lukyanov, Gennadiy Yukhtin

Votes: 316

82. Flames on the Volga (1956)

107 min | Drama, History

A boy and his mother leave their village to work for a merchant who runs a fishery.

Director: Grigoriy Roshal | Stars: Mikhail Merkulov, Rufina Nifontova, Vsevolod Platov, Tatyana Konyukhova

Votes: 26

83. V ogne broda net (1968)

95 min | Drama, War

A talented girl is trying to find happiness amidst the Russian revolution of 1917 and the civil war that split the nation.

Director: Gleb Panfilov | Stars: Inna Churikova, Anatoliy Solonitsyn, Mikhail Gluzskiy, Mikhail Kononov

Votes: 482

84. Five Evenings (1979)

108 min | Drama, Romance

Tamara and Sasha were separated during the war. Now (1957) Sasha is visiting Moscow for five days and by chance recognizes the house where Tamara used to live. She is still living there with her nephew Slava.

Director: Nikita Mikhalkov | Stars: Lyudmila Gurchenko, Stanislav Lyubshin, Valentina Telichkina, Larisa Kuznetsova

Votes: 1,428

85. Twenty Days Without War (1977)

101 min | Drama, Romance, War

During the 20-day leave, war correspondent Lopatin travels by train to the distant city of Tashkent. It's very far from the front but the war seems to be present in people's minds even there.

Director: Aleksey German | Stars: Yuriy Nikulin, Lyudmila Gurchenko, Aleksey Petrenko, Angelina Stepanova

Votes: 1,577

86. Pirogov (1947)

92 min | Biography, Drama, War

On the life of Russian doctor Nikolay Ivanovich Pirogov who used field surgery in the 1853 Crimean War.

Director: Grigoriy Kozintsev | Stars: Konstantin Skorobogatov, Vladimir Chestnokov, Olga Lebzak, Sergei Yarov

Votes: 56

87. Russkiy vopros (1948)

91 min | Drama

McPherson and Gould, the owners of a dozen reactionary American newspapers, are systematically conducting a slanderous campaign against the Soviet Union. In order to get "fresh" material, ... See full summary »

Director: Mikhail Romm | Stars: Vsevolod Aksyonov, Yelena Kuzmina, Mikhail Astangov, Mikhail Nazvanov

Votes: 111

88. Symphony of Life (1948)

114 min | Drama, Music, Romance

His right hand having been wounded during the war, concert pianist Andrei Balashov is unable to perform his art. As a result, the young man feels so depressed that he considers his life ... See full summary »

Director: Ivan Pyrev | Stars: Vladimir Druzhnikov, Marina Ladynina, Boris Andreyev, Vera Vasileva

Votes: 117

89. Tretiy udar (1948)

108 min | War

One of the first Soviet films made after WWII that, looking back at the conflict (here specifically the counteroffensive to liberate the Crimea and Sevastopol) stresses the supposed role of Stalin in planning every detail of strategy.

Director: Igor Savchenko | Stars: Aleksei Dikij, Nikolay Bogolyubov, Yuri Shumsky, Viktor Stanitsyn

Votes: 61

90. 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: 1,761

91. 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: 1,124

92. Krasnoe yabloko (1975)

83 min | Drama

A chronicle of a few days in a small family, a story about the difficulties of human contacts, the complexity of love. The image of red apples - strong and clear, profound and lucid. ... See full summary »

Director: Tolomush Okeev | Stars: Suymenkul Chokmorov, Gulsara Adzhibekova, Tattybyubyu Tursunbayeva, Anara Makhekadirova

Votes: 34

93. Porozhniy reys (1963)

85 min | Drama

A Soviet journalist receives an order - to go to a provincial town and write an article about a "leader of communist labor". Soon it turns out that this guy is not just a 'leader of ... See full summary »

Director: Vladimir Vengerov | Stars: Georgiy Yumatov, Aleksandr Demyanenko, Tamara Syomina, Anatoliy Papanov

Votes: 69

94. Meet Baluyev (1963)

101 min | Drama

In 1960-ies, Baluev, the head of the construction site of the main gas pipeline, decides to lay the track straight through the swamp, not giving a damn about the approved project. In ... See full summary »

Director: Viktor Komissarzhevsky | Stars: Ivan Pereverzev, Nina Urgant, Stanislav Sokolov, Svetlana Dik

Votes: 25

95. 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: 4,561

96. Zhurnalist (1967)

226 min | Drama

A journalist tries to verify an accusation.

Director: Sergey Gerasimov | Stars: Galina Polskikh, Yuriy Vasilev, Nadezhda Fedosova, Sergey Nikonenko

Votes: 172

97. The Destiny of a Man (1959)

103 min | Drama, War

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.

Director: Sergey Bondarchuk | Stars: Sergey Bondarchuk, Pavel Boriskin, Zinaida Kirienko, Pavel Volkov

Votes: 3,699

98. Clear Skies (1961)

Not Rated | 110 min | Romance, War, Drama

During the 1950s Sasha Lvova reminisces about the WW2 years when she fell in love with Soviet fighter pilot Aleksei Astakhov.

Director: Grigoriy Chukhray | Stars: Nina Drobysheva, Evgeniy Urbanskiy, Natalya Kuzmina, Vitaliy Konyaev

Votes: 471

99. 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: 935

100. 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: 1,665



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