Best Russian/ Soviet Films of All Time
(Soviet filmmakers are listed here, and i tried to identify the exact nationality)
Check also my History of Russian Cinema
8.5 Andrej Tarkovsky: Nostalghia (1983)
8.0 Sergej Parajanov/ Paradzanov: Sayat Nova/ Tsvet Granata/ Color of Pomegrenates (1969) - Armenia
8.0 Andrej Tarkovsky: Stalker (1979)
7.7 Andrej Tarkovsky: Sacrifice (1986)
7.6 Aleksei German: Trudno byt' Bogom/ Hard to Be a God (2013)
7.5 Sergej Parajanov/ Paradzanov: Teni Zabytykh Predkov/ Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors (1964) - Armenia
7.5 Sergej Eisenstein: Stachka/ Strike (1924)
7.5 Elem Klimov: Idi i Smotri/ Come and See (1985)
7.5 Andrej Tarkovsky: Zerkalo/ Mirror (1974)
7.4 Jakov Protazanov: Aelita (1924)
7.4 Andrej Konchalovsky: Paradise (2016)
7.4 Aleksandr Dovzenko: Zvenigora (1928) - Ukraine
7.4 Aleksandr Sokurov: Mother and Son/ Mat i Syn (1997)
7.3 Kantemir Balagov: Dilda/ Beanpole (2019)
7.3 Andrej Zvjagintsev: Leviathan (2014)
7.3 Aleksandr Sokurov: Russian Ark (2002)
7.3 Grigorij Kozincev & & Leonid Trauberg: Novyj Vavilon/ New Babylon (1929)
7.3 Tenghiz Abuladze: Vedreba/ Molba/ The Plea (1967) - Georgia
7.3 Konstantin Lopushansky: Russkaia Simfoniia/ Russian Symphony (1994)
7.2 Tenghiz Abuladze: Monanieba/ Pokayaniye/ Repentance (1984)
7.2 Nikita Mikhalkov: Urga/ Close to Eden (1990)
7.2 Marlen Khutsiev: Zastava Iliycha/ Ilyich's Gate (1965)
7.2 Nikita Mikhalkov: Raba Ljubvi/ Slave of Love (1975)
7.2 Kantemir Balagov: Tesnota/ Closeness (2017)
7.2 Dziga Vertov: Chelovyek S Kinoaparatom/ Man With a Movie Camera (1929) - Ukraine
7.2 Andrej Zvjagintsev: Vozvrashcheniye/ The Return (2003)
7.2 Andrej Zvjagintsev: Nelyubov/ Loveless (2017)
7.2 Andrej Tarkovsky: Solaris (1971)
7.2 Aleksandr Sokurov: Dni Zatmenia/ Days of the Eclipse (1988)
7.2 Lev Kulesov: Po Zakonu/ Dura Lex (1926)
7.2 Konstantin Lopushansky: Pisma Myortvogo Cheloveka/ Letters from a Dead Man (1986)
7.1 Sergej Eisenstein: Bronenossets Potyomkin/ Battleship Potemkin (1925)
7.1 Aleksandr Sokurov: Skazka/ Fairytale (2022)
7.1 Aleksandr Sokurov: Alexandra (2007)
7.1 Aleksandr Sokurov: Faust (2011)
7.1 Aleksandr Sokurov: Francofonia (2015)
7.1 Aleksandr Zeldovich: Mishen/ Target (2011)
7.1 Andrej Konchalovsky: The Postman's White Nights (2014)
7.1 Andrej Konchalovsky: Istoriya Asi Klyachinoy/ Asya Klyachina's Story (1967)
7.1 Andrej Konchalovsky: House of Fools (2002)
7.1 Kira Kovalenko: Razzhimaya Kulaki/ Unclenching the Fists (2021)
7.0 Aleksei German: Pod Electricheskimi Oblakami/ Under Electric Clouds (2015)
7.0 Ilya Khrzhanovsky: Degeneratsia/ Degeneration
7.0 Mykola Shpykovskyi: Khlib/ Bread (1929)
7.0 Mykola Shpykovskyi: Shkurnyk/ Self-Seeker (1929)
7.0 Ali Khamraev: Belye Belye Aisty/ White White Storks (1966)
7.0 Ali Khamraev: Ia Tebia Pomniu/ I Remember You (1985)
7.0 Ali Khamraev: Triptikh/ Triptych (1979)
7.0 Aleksei German: Proverka na Dorogakh/ Trial on the Road (1971)
7.0 Aleksei German: Dovlatov (2018)
7.0 Aleksandr Sokurov: Tikhiye Stranitsy/ Whispering Pages (1993)
7.0 Aleksandr Sokurov: Dni Zatmenia/ Days of the Eclipse (1988)
7.0 Aleksandr Sokurov: Kamen/ Stone (1992)
7.0 Ivan Dykhovichnyy: Prorva/ Moscow Parade (1992)
7.0 Sergei Ovcharov: Barabaniada/ Drumroll (1993)
7.0 Aleksei Popogrebsky: Kak Ya Provyol etim Letom / How I Ended This Summer (2010)
7.0 Andrej Zvjagintsev: Elena (2011)
7.0 Andrej Tarkovsky: Ivanovo Detstvo/ Ivan's Childhood (1962)
7.0 Andrej Tarkovsky: Andrej Rublev (1966)
7.0 Andrei Kravchuk: Italyanets/ The Italian (2005)
7.0 Andrej Konchalovsky: Sibiriada (1979)
7.0 Andrej Konchalovsky: Runaway Train (1985)
7.0 Andrej Konchalovsky: Dorogie Tovarishchi/ Dear Comrades (2020)
7.0 Aleksandr Dovzenko: Arsenal (1929) - Ukraine
7.0 Yevgeny Bauer: Zhizn zo Zhizn/ A Life for a Life (1916)
7.0 Grigorij Chukrai: Ballada o soldate (1959)
7.0 Michail Kalatozov: Letjat Zuravli/ Cranes are Flying (1957)
7.0 Michail Kalatozov: Neotpravlennoye Pismo/ The Letter That Was Never Sent (1960)
7.0 Boris Barnet: Miss Mend/ The Adventures of the Three Reporters (1926)
7.0 Boris Barnet: Dom na Trubnoi/ House on Trubnaya Sq (1928)
7.0 Konstantin Lopushansky: Posetitel Muzeia/ The Museum Visitor (1989)
7.0 Tenghiz Abuladze: Natris Khe/ Drevo Zhelanii/ The Wishing Tree (1976)
7.0 Kirill Sokolov: Why Don't You Just Die (2018)
7.0 Kirill Serebrennikov: Leto/ Summer (2018)
7.0 Ilya Povolotsky: Grace (2023)
7.0 Sergej Eisenstein: Ivan Groznyi/ Ivan the Terrible (1944)
7.0 Lev Kulesov: Neobichainje Prikliucheniya Mistera Vesta v strane bolshevikov/ The Extraordinary Adventures of Mr West in the Land of the Bolsheviks (1924)
7.0 Egor Abramenko: Sputnik (2020)
7.0 Otar Iosseliani: Iko Shashvi Mgalobeli/ Zhil Pyevchi Drozd/ There Once Was a Singing Blackbird (1970) - Georgia
7.0 Vsevolod Pudovkin: Potomok Chingiskhana/ The Heir to Genghis Khan/ Storm over Asia (1928)
7.0 Vsevolod Pudovkin: Mat/ Mother (1926)
7.0 Nikita Mikhalkov: Svoy Sredi Chuzhikh Chuzhoy Sredi Svoikh/ At Home Among Strangers (1974)
7.0 Nikita Mikhalkov: Pyat Vecherov/ Five Evenings (1978)
7.0 Vasily Pichul: Malankaya/ Little Vera (1988)
7.0 Vasilij Suksin: Kalina Krasnaja/ Viburno Rosso (1974)
7.0 Yuri Bykov: The Fool (2014)
7.0 Vladimir Vengerov: Rabocij Poselok/ Workers' Settlement (1965)
7.0 Timur Bekmambetov: Nochnoy Dozor/ Night Watch (2004)
7.0 Lev Atamanov: Snezhnaya Koroleva/ The Snow Queen (1957)
7.0 Karen Shakhnazarov: Ischeznuvshaya Imperiya/ The Vanished Empire (2008)
7.0 Georgiy Daneliya: Ja Shagaju po Moskve/ Walking the Streets of Moscow (1964)
7.0 Georgiy Daneliya: Dzhentlmeny Udachi/ Gentlemen of Fortune (1971)
7.0 Fridrick Ermler: Oblomok Imperii/ Fragment of an Empire (1929)
7.0 Aleksei Balabanov: Pro Urodov i Lyudey/ Of Freaks and Men (1998)
7.0 Aleksei Balabanov: Gruz 200/ Cargo 200 (2007)
7.0 Vadim Abdrashitov: Para Planet/ Parade of Planets (1984)
7.0 Aleksei Balabanov: Pro Urodov i Lyudey/ Of Freaks and Men (1998)
Frequently mentioned but not my favorites (yet):
Vladislav Starevich: Mest' Kinematograficheskogo Operatora/ The Cameraman's Revenge (1912)
Alexander Sanin: Polikuska (1919)
Ivan Perestiani: Tsiteli Eshmakunebi/ Krasnie Diavolyata/ Little Red Devils (1923) - Georgia
Fridrick Ermler: Katka Bumazhnyj Ranet/ Katka's Reinette Apples (1926)
Olga Preobrazhenskaya: Baby Ryazanskie/ Women of Ryazan (1927)
Nikolay Okhlopkov: Prodannyy Appetit/ The Sale of an Appetite (1928)
Viktor Turin: Turksib (1929)
Nikolai Ekk: Putevka v Zhizn/ The Road to Life (1931)
Aleksandr Ptushko: Novyy Gullivyer/ New Gulliver (1935)
Abram Room: Strogis Junosa/ A Strict Young Man (1934) - Ukraine
Iosif Kheifits: Delo Rumjanceva/ The Rumyantsev Case (1955)
Marlen Khutsiev: Vesna na Zarechnoy Ulitse/ Spring on Zarechnaya Street (1956)
Sergei Bondarchuk: Sudba Cheloveka/ The Fate of a Man (1959)
Georgiy Daneliya: Ja Shagaju po Moskve/ Walking the Streets of Moscow (1964) - Georgia
Arunas Zebriunas: Paskutine Atostogu Diena/ Last Day of Vacation/ The Girl and the Echo (1964) - Lithuania
Yuri Ilyenko: Krynytsya Dlya Sprahlikh/ A Spring for the Thirsty (1965) - Ukraine
Aleksandr Askoldov: Komissar/ Commissar (1967)
Sergei Bondarchuk: Voyna i Mir/ War and Peace (1967)
Kira Muratova: Korotkiye Vstrechi/ Brief Encounters (1967)
Gleb Panfilov: V Ogne Broda Net/ No Path through Fire (1967)
Leonid Osyka: Kaminnij Hrest/ The Stone Cross (1968)
Giorgi Shengelaia: Pirosmani (1969) - Georgia
Leonid Gaidai: Brilliantovaya Ruka/ The Diamond Arm (1969)
Otar Iosseliani: Iko Shashvi Mgalobeli/ There Once Was a Singing Blackbird (1970) - Georgia
Yuri Ilyenko: Bilyi Ptakh z Chornoyu Oznakoyu/ The White Bird Marked with Black (1971) - Ukraine
Gleb Panfilov: Nachalo/ The Debut (1970)
Kira Muratova: Dolgie Provody/ The Long Farewell (1971)
Aleksandr Ptushko: Ruslan and Ludmila (1972)
Vasily Shukshin: Kalina Krasnaia/ The Red Snowball Tree (1973)
Eldar Shengelaia: Sherekilebi/ Chudaki/ The Eccentrics (1974) - Georgia
Larisa Shepitko: Voskhozhdeniye/ The Ascension (1977)
Vadim Abdrashitov: Slovo Dlja Zashchity/ A Statement for the Defense (1977)
Ivan Mykolaichuk: Babylon XX (1979)
Aleksandre Rekhviashvili: XIX Saukunis Qartuli Qronika/ The 19th Century Georgian Chronicle (1979) - Georgia
Gleb Panfilov: Tema/ The Theme (1979)
Eldar Ryazanov: Garazh/ The Garage (1979)
Vladimir Menshov: Moskva Slezam ne Verit/ Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears (1980)
Pyotr Todorovsky: Voenno-polevoy Roman/ Wartime Romance (1983)
Roman Balayan: Flights in Dreams and Reality (1983)
Dinara Asanova: Patsany/ Boys (1983)
Sergei Solovyov: Chuzhaya Belaya i Ryaboi/ Wild Pigeon (1986)
Oleg Teptsov: Gospodin Oformitel/ Mister Designer (1987)
Aleksandr Proshkin's Kholodnoe Leto Pyatdesyat Tretego/ The Cold Summer of 1953 (1988)
Karen Shakhnazarov: Zerograd (1988)
Rachid Nougmanov's Igla/ Needle (1988) - Kazakhstan
Kira Muratova: Astenicheskiy Sindrom/ The Asthenic Syndrome (1989)
Vadim Abdrashitov: Sluga/ The Servant (1989)
Pyotr Todorovsky: Interdevochka/ Intergirl (1989)
Pavel Lungin: Taksi-Blyuz/ Taxi Blues (1990)
Marlen Khutsiev: Beskonechnost/ Infinity (1991)
Pyotr Todorovsky: Ankor Escho Ankor/ Encore Once More Encore (1992)
Pavel Chukhray: Vor/ The Thief (1997)
Aleksei Balabanov: Brat/ Brother (1997)
Karen Shakhnazarov: Den Polnoluniya/ Day of the Full Moon (1998)
Aleksandr Zeldovich: Moskva/ Moscow (2000)
Artour Aristakisian: Mesto na Zemle/ A Place in the World (2001)
Marina Razbezkhina's Vremya Zhatvy/ Harvest Time (2004)
Andrei Kravchuk: Italyanets/ The Italian (2005)
Aleksey Uchitel: Kosmos kak Predchuvstvie/ Dreaming of Space (2005)
Aleksei Fedorchenko: Pervye na Lune/ First on the Moon (2005)
Pavel Lungin: Ostrov/ The Island (2006)
Boris Khlebnikov: Svobodnoe Plavanie/ Free Floating (2006)
Kirill Serebrennikov: Izobrazhaya Zhertvu/ Playing the Victim (2006)
Valery Todorovsky: Stilyagi/ Hipsters (2008)
Andrey Khrzhanovsky: Poltory Komnaty/ Room and a Half (2009)
Yuri Bykov: Durak/ The Fool (2014)
Ukraine after 1991:
7.8 Sergei Loznitsa: Schastye Moe/ My Joy (2010)
7.4 Myroslav Slaboshpytskiy: Plemya/ The Tribe (2014)
7.2 Valentyn Vasyanovych: Atlantis (2019)
7.2 Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk: Pamfir (2022)
7.0 Sergei Loznitsa: In the Fog (2012)
7.0 Valentyn Vasyanovych: Vidblysk/ Reflection (2021)
7.0 Maryna Er Gorbach: Klondaik/ Klondike (2022)
Georgia after 1991:
7.1 Gela Babluani: 13 Tzameti (2005)
7.0 Zaza Urushadze: Mandarinebi/ Tangerines (2013)
7.0 Dea Kulumbegashvili: Beginning (2020)
Temur Babluani: Udzinarta Mze/ Sleeping Sun/ The Sun of the Sleepless (1992)
Otar Iosseliani: Monday Morning/ Lundi Matin (2002)
Levan Koguashvili: Kuchis Dgeebi/ Street Days (2010)
Alexandre Koberidze: Ras Vkhedavt Rodesac cas Vukurebt?/ What Do We See When We Look at the Sky? (2021)
Kazakhstan after 1991:
7.2 Adilkhan Yerzhanov: Qap-Qara Adam/ Chornyy Chornyy Chelovek/ A Dark Dark Man (2019)
7.2 Sergey Dvortsevoy: Tulpan (2008)
7.0 Rustem Abdrashev: The Gift to Stalin (2008)
7.0 Pak Ruslan: Tri/ Three (2020)
7.0 Emir Baigazin: Ozen/ The River (2018)
Ardak Amirkulov: Otyrardyn Kuirewi/ The Fall of Otrar (1991)
Darezhan Omirbaev: Kardiogramma/ Cardiogram (1995)
Tajikistan after 1991:
7.0 Bakhtyar Khudojnazarov: Bratan/ The Little Brother (1991)
Lithuania after 1991:
Sarunas Bartas: Trys Dienos/ Three Days (1991)
7.0 Gints Zilbalodis: Flow (2024)
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