Classic Russian films

A real joy of studying Russian and learning about the country is discovering the wealth of classic films made in more than a hundred years of Russian film making. Knowing where to start can be hard, especially with so few Russian films available commercially outside the country (see here for ideas on where to find them), so here are a few ideas.

Youtube user Ulagchi created this 3-part montage of snippets his top 25 Russian films of all time.



The Top 5:

- Иди и смотри, Idi i smotri, Come And See (1985)

- Летят Журавли, Letyat Zhuravli, The Cranes Are Flying (1957)

- Человек с киноаппаратом, Chelovek s kino-apparatom, Man with A Movie Camera (1929)

- Андрей Рублёв, Andrei Rublev (1966)

- Броненосец Потёмкин, Bronyenosyets Potyomkin, The Battleship Potemkin (1925)





Top 6- 15:

- Неоконченная пьеса для механического пианино, Neokonchennaya pyesa dlya mekhanicheskogo pianino, An Unfinished Piece For A Piano Player (1977)

- Месть кинематографического оператора, Mest kinematograficheskogo operatora, The Cameraman's Revenge (1912)

- Семнадцать мгновений весны, Semnadtsat mgnoveniy vesny, Seventeen Moments Of Spring (1973)

- Москва слезам не верит, Moskva slezam ne verit, Moscow Does Not Believe In Tears (1979)

- Сказка сказок, Skazka skazok, Tale Of Tales (1979)

- Белое солнце пустыни, Beloye solntse pustyni, White Sun Of The Desert (1969)

- Конец Санкт-Петербурга, Konets Sankt-Peterburga, The End Of St. Petersburg (1927)

- Война и мир, Voyna i mir, War And Peace (1968)

- Баллада о солдате, Ballada o soldate, Ballad Of A Soldier (1959)

- Дерсу Узала, Dersu Uzala (1975)



numbers 16-25:

- Покровские ворота, Pokrovskiye Vorota, The Pokrovsky Gate (1982)

- Сибириада, Sibiriada, Siberiade (1979)

- Снежная королева, Snezhnaya koroleva, The Snow Queen (1957)

- Они сражались за Родину, Oni srazhalis za Rodinu, They Fought For Their Country (1975)

- Служебный роман, Sluzhebnyy roman, Office Romance (1977)

- Собачье сердце, Sobachye serdtse, Heart Of The Dog (1988)

- Гостья из будущего, Gostya iz budushchego, Guests From The Future (1985)

- Собака Баскервилей, Sobaka Baskerviley, The Hound Of The Baskervilles (1981)

- Бриллиантовая рука, Brilliantovaya ruka, The Diamond Arm (1968)


And those that didn't quite make Ulagchi's Top 25:

- Тихий Дон, Tikhiy Don, And Quiet Flows The Don (1958)

- Я шагаю по Москве, Ya shagayu po Moskve, I Step Through Moscow (1963)

- Кавказский пленник, Kavkazskiy plennik, Prisoner Of The Mountains (1996)

- Русский ковчег, Russkiy kovcheg, Russian Ark (2002)

- д'Артаньян и три мушкетёра, d'Artanyan i tri mushketera, d'Artagnan And Three Musketeers (1978)