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- 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.
- DirectorPyotr LutsikStarsYuriy DubrovinNikolay OlyalinAleksei PushkinThe hero is an ordinary farmer, Philip Safronov, whose peaceful life is aggressively interrupted when his land is appropriated by a mysterious group to exploit its oil resources.
- StarsValeriy GarkalinZhanna EppleValeri PoroshinThe film is set in the late 1940s - early 1950s of the XX century. It was a time of cruel and incompetent ideological interference in Soviet science, the suppression of everything reasonable and progressive - in particular, in genetics and breeding, a time when scientists often had to choose between an honest name and life. The hero of the film, faced with such a choice, only miraculously manages to escape from the massacre.
- DirectorBakhyt KilibayevStarsViktor StepanovIvan MartynovYekaterina KmitGroup of Cossacks are coming to Moscow to buy an ox. Moscow turns out to be a devilish hole crowded with witches. Some local witch seduces Kol'ka Smagin (one of the Cossacks) and robs him of his brown eyes, giving him alien blue ones instead. Now Kol'ka and his uncle Zarubin are ready to go to any length in order to get the eyes back. The quest begins.
- DirectorSergei OvcharovStarsRolan BykovNatalya GundarevaSvetlana KryuchkovaThe bureaucratic epos on dialogues and M.E.Saltykova-Shchedrina's plots, life of the city of Glupov led by petty tyrants - city's mayors.
- DirectorOleg TeptsovStarsViktor AvilovAnna DemyanenkoMikhail KozakovA famous artist strives to find the secret to eternal life through the beautiful mannequins he creates.
- DirectorVasili MassStarsAurelija AnuzhiteLiubomiras LauceviciusAlgirdas PaulaviciusA young woman agrees to model for an artist as Virgin Mary. His strange influence triggers her repressed sexual urges causing her to have delusions and nightmares about spiders and other grotesque imagery.
- 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.
- StarsIgor KostolevskiyMikk MikiverYuriy NazarovInvestigator Muromtsev, investigating the malfeasance of a local police officer, goes to the dealers of the shadow economy.
- DirectorDmitriy SvetozarovStarsYuriy KuznetsovMikhail ZhigalovSergey KokovkinA group of hunters enters a ghost town in Central Asia with a mission to kill packs of abandoned, and now wild cannibal dogs. But tables turn and there seems to be no way for the hunters to survive the horrific battle.
- DirectorSergey LivnevStarsEvdokiya GermanovaLyubov GermanovaAleksandr Pankratov-ChyornyyThe most popular singer Zhanna Plavskaya turns into a drug addict - concerts, filming, recordings are disrupted. At the provincial doubles competition, the producer of the star finds a dreamy girl, brings her to the capital.
- DirectorIvan DykhovichnyyStarsTatyana DrubichStanislav LyubshinPyotr FomenkoMan who talks with a ghost called Black Monk is forced to see a doctor. After the treatment, he loses his ability to communicate with the ghost, becoming angry, violent and utterly unhappy.
- DirectorViktor SergeevStarsAleksandr AbdulovInnokentiy SmoktunovskiyLarisa BelogurovaHe is overly intelligent. He is genius. And he's just trying to make his life a little bit better in an new era post-communist Russia.
- DirectorIgor GostevStarsRolan BykovAleksandr BelyavskiyLev DurovIn the center of the plot is the removal of Nikita Khrushchev in 1964, which a state security officer is trying to prevent.
- 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.
- DirectorAleksandr BaranovBakhyt KilibayevStarsKasym ZhakibayevZhanas IskakovSergei PopovThree hobos in Kazakhstan are alienated from the Soviet society during its last years, they find dignity in their marginality.
- DirectorGennadiy VasilevStarsKakhi KavsadzeIgor TalkovLarisa ShakhvorostovaThe reign of Ivan the Terrible was a time of glory, luxury and cruelty, a time when all concepts were perverted, baseness was called virtue, and betrayal was included in the law.
- DirectorDmitriy MeskhievStarsMikhail BezverkhnyNina RuslanovaIrina RozanovaThe musical tragicomedy based on the story of A. I. Kuprin of the same name. Beginning of the 20th century. In the southern seaside city the vegetable marrow "Gambrinus" is known by all. Here it is always possible to receive a mug of fresh beer, to meet with friends, to be thrown by a nifty with the hostess of an institution madam Ivanova and of course to listen to unique game of the violinist Sashka.
- 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.
- DirectorGeorgi Yungvald-KhilkevichStarsDmitriy MaryanovEkaterina FieldsYuri KuklachyovAlik Raduga studied well, but he cannot achieve success in sports. Once a sorceress gave him the gift to jump above all, but if Alik lies, the magic will disappear. To protect the girl, Alik told a lie, and the magic spell was dispelled.
- DirectorAleksandr KhvanStarsOleg MenshikovAnzhela BelyanskayaAleksandr NegrebaA student of a scriptwriting course of Moscow Film Institute finds out that his ex-girlfriend has been imprisoned and decides to help her escape... Starring Oleg Menshikov.
- DirectorNikita KhubovStarsAlla KlioukaMaksim BelyakovAndrey ZhigalovSvetlana and Nikolay loved each other to the envy of the whole village. The matter went to the wedding - And everything collapsed at one moment due to the usual gossip.
- StarsSergey ShakurovAnna KamenkovaVladimir SamoylovThe apartment of the famous violin player Lev Polyakov has been robbed. Among other things, thieves took a violin made by Antonio Stradivari, which is a priceless masterpiece. Inspector Tikhonov have to investigate this crime. Also, Antonio Stradivari's life story is told.
- DirectorSergey SnezhkinStarsYuriy KuznetsovNikolay YeryomenkoYuriy OskinDark, tormented by civil war, hungry and devoid of any political prospects Moscow of supposed future. The protagonist tries to get out of the sticky web of KGB recruitment. The story focuses on the misgivings of the troubled future 90s.
- DirectorDmitri TalankinIgor TalankinStarsValentinas MasalskisIngeborga DapkunaiteAlvis HermanisIn a vacation spot north of Moscow where technocrats and intellectuals gather, a woman fools around with different men including a computer scientist and a screenwriter, the resulting squabbling and back stabbing end tragically.
- DirectorViktor SergeevStarsIrina MetlitskayaAndrey SokolovLarisa GuzeevaA journalist becomes a victim of rape. To take revenge on the rapists, she makes a deal with the criminals. However, circumstances begin to unfold unpredictably .
- DirectorAleksey BalabanovVladimir KhotinenkoAleksandr KhvanStarsAnna SyomkinaAleksandr KaydanovskiyAleksey ZhirovThe film consists of 4 short stories: "The Wedding March" - A non-classical love triangle: the father is a film director, the son is a student, the father's mistress is also the son's bride. "Exercise No. 5" - A movie is being made. The group is waiting for the weather. Someone drinks coffee, someone tries to rehearse, someone solves personal problems or indulges in adultery. And all this is watched dispassionately by a camera that they forgot to turn off. "Trofim" - Ordinary Russian history. The man became jealous of his wife and brother, killed him with an ax and went on the run to the capital city of St. Petersburg. Then they took him - lukewarm - in a brothel. "The Road" - Two refugees wander through the capital's train stations: she sings Russian songs, he is the organizer and accompanist. In addition to casual listeners, one of the "new Russians" listens to them.
- DirectorNijole AdomenaiteStarsYelena ShiffersYelena ShachkovaYuri AstafyevA slice of life among Russian intelligentsia on the eve of WWII. A haunting reminder of Stalin's psychotic purge of 1938 and the nightmarish German siege of Leningrad.
- DirectorAndrey I.Armen PetrosyanStarsAnna SyomkinaEngineering Red is a Russian surrealist film released in 1993, directed by Andrei I and animator Armen Petrosyan. The script is based on Thomas Mann's novel The Magic Mountain and idea of creating artificial people in the Soviet Union.
- DirectorBoris KvashnevStarsAleksandr PeskovVladimir GostyukhinOleg RogachyovAfter the Afghan captivity, Nikolai Naydenov, a former orphanage, ends up in the United States, gets a job as an instructor in one of the sports clubs, gets married and receives American citizenship. Life is developing as well as possible. After a while, he comes to his former homeland to his army friend Sergei and learns from his wife that Sergei was killed by order of the leaders of one of the clans of the local mafia. The next day, after brutal torture, the militants also kill Sergei's pregnant wife with several blows to the stomach.
- DirectorKhodzha Kuli NarliyevStarsMaya-Gozel AimedovaNurberdy AllaberdyyevMaysa AlmazovaThe film is about a Turkmen who defends his homeland from invasion. He is captured, tortured, and brainwashed into serving his homeland's conquerors. He is so completely turned that he kills his mother when she attempts to rescue him from captivity.
- DirectorAleksandr PolynnikovStarsAleksey SerebryakovAnna NazarevaEvelina ArkhangelskayaA promising erotic photographer Kostya Telegin is kidnapped and his friends-journalists decide to find him with the aid of his last photo, "A hatted nude".
- DirectorAleksandr BasaevMurat DzhusoytyStarsBlue AriagVladimir BorodinArthur BerezinAlan grew up in an orphanage and got used to rely only on himself. For some time he taught children wrestling, but after an accident in his class section was closed. Wanting to earn extra money, Alan agrees to the offer of his friend and becomes a drug courier. During the first transfer of the goods, the guy is caught red-handed and sentenced to eight years in prison. Soon, Alan realized that he was simply set up and decided to take revenge.
- 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 .
- DirectorMikheil KalatozishviliStarsAvtandil MakharadzeNineli ChankvetadzeLarisa GuzeevaIn the aftermath of the Russian Revolution, a peasant boy aids a wounded partisan, leaving tragic results.
- DirectorIvan OkhlobystinStarsAleksandr SolovyovRolan BykovIvan OkhlobystinChaos and lawlessness reigns in the city of "N", justice is managed by the hired executioner by nickname "Arbitr". The skilled investigator, and his workmate, the young militia lieutenant, decide to catch the mysterious murderer of "Arbitr". During the investigation it becomes clear that the murderer not the professional criminal, but the person, once fallen a victim.
- DirectorVladimir AlenikovStarsNikolay KochegarovTatyana NovikVictor RepnikovIn Middle-Age Russia, a Christian preacher arrives, proposing a new order. He threatens those who take part in a pagan festival with the flames of hell. But when strange crimes start to happen, local leaders decide to investigate.
- StarsSergey ZhigunovDmitriy KharatyanVladimir ShevelkovThree naval cadets accidentally get possession of a secret diary that was stolen from Bestuzhev, a vice-chancellor of Russia. If this diary ever gets abroad, the consequences for the country would be grave. The cadets are trying to return the papers to their owner, but there are others who want to get the papers...
- DirectorNikolay LebedevStarsEkaterina GusevaOlga OstroumovaEvgeniy MironovThe town where Dina, a student of the Pedagogical Institute, comes to practice, is paralyzed with fear. A series of mysterious murders of outwardly similar girls makes residents think that a real maniac is operating in the city.
- StarsVladimir ShevelkovSergey ZhigunovAlyona KhmelnitskayaA young millionaire Francis Morgan along with his distant cousin, a cowboy Henry Morgan and Henry's bride Leoncia are searching for the Maya treasures.
- DirectorNikolai ChirukStarsAnatoliy VasilevEvgeniy ZharikovOlga Nedovodina-FinneyAn ordinary Soviet man named Chekrygin works as an engineer at one of the enterprises. But few people know that in fact he is a vampire, and sucks blood at night. So he would have lived for himself, if not for his lovely colleague Tatyana, with whom he passionately fell in love .
- DirectorAleksandr KhvanStarsOksana FanderaAleksandr Khvan
- DirectorMurat DzhusoytyStarsBlue AriagGintare JautakaiteAlan ToguzovThe heroes of the film a stuntman and like-minded people accompanying him are fighting for justice. The condition of the authors is the absence of the "truth of life". So everything is quite compatible: love (the stuntman mutually loves the English rock star), chases, fights and even radiation.
- DirectorEldar RyazanovStarsMarina NeyolovaNatalya ShchukinaFyodor DunayevskyThree school boys and one school girl visited their old schoolmarm on her birthday. But their intentions were horrible.
- DirectorAleksey BalabanovStarsVyacheslav ButusovIgor NezlobinskiyNadezhda OzerovaThe story unfolding during one day, tells about meanness and eternally difficult female share - The action takes place against the background of the first hits of the young group "Nautilus Pompilios"
- DirectorAleksey BalabanovStarsYegor BelkinOlga BelyayevaNastya PolevaAleksey Balabanov's term paper, filmed by him during his studies at the higher courses of scriptwriters and directors.
- DirectorEldar RyazanovStarsLeonid FilatovTatyana DogilevaIrina KupchenkoA former musician must make a hard choice between freedom with mistress and comfortable life with wife.
- DirectorEldar RyazanovStarsLiya AkhedzhakovaOlga VolkovaValentin GaftMany of respectable citizens become tramps after the collapse of the Soviet Union.
- DirectorAleksandr RogozhkinStarsNikolay KarachentsovTatyana MikhalevkinaYuriy DubrovinThe city authorities, preparing for the holiday of the city, are urgently looking for a worthy candidate for the role of "Mother of a millionth resident." But a misunderstanding happened: in a hurry, painfully unsuccessfully chosen mother.
- DirectorNijole AdomenaiteBoris GorlovStarsNatalya NikulenkoAleksandr BashurovOleg KroetikovWhile detained in one of the Soviet Gulags (prison work camps), Maria fell in love with and had a child by one of the camp guards. However, in order to save her baby, she was manipulated into a situation where she had to betray her lover. The main attraction of this film is the clear depiction it gives of the harsh conditions of life in these infamous camps.
- DirectorYuri VolkogonStarsAnton AndrosovViktor IlichyovMikhail KononovEccentric comedy about young soldier Mitya Agafonov, who carries out requirements precisely according to military regulations.
- DirectorIvan DykhovichnyyStarsAleksandr FeklistovUte LemperEvgeniy SidikhinSet in 1930s Moscow. About an aristocratic woman married to a member of Josef Stalin's secret police who embarks on an affair with a baggage handler.
- 19931h 31mNot Rated6.0 (2.1K)DirectorLeonid GaidaiStarsDmitriy KharatyanKelly McGrillAndrey MyagkovWhen mysterious Russian bandit named Artist came in USA, brave Russian special agent Fyodor Sokolov runs to States for defeat evil master.
- DirectorDmitriy SvetozarovStarsSergey BekhterevZinaida SharkoYuriy KuznetsovIn a gloomy communal flat in St. Petersburg, a man - local bully and alcoholic - was murdered. Each of the tenants hated him in their own way, and each had their own motive for the crime. But all have a cast-iron alibi.
- DirectorValeriy OgorodnikovStarsOleg ElykomovKonstantin KinchevYuriy Tsapnik13-year-old Semyon is stuck in between of lifestyles of his father, who has a drinking problem, and nonconformity of his older brother, rock musician.
- DirectorVadim DerbenyovStarsAndrey SokolovIgor VolkovTatyana DogilevaThieves robbed a marketplace director's flat. Suspicion falls on a pimp named Stas. Knowing that he can "withdraw" a tidy sum in foreign currency, the director hires some tough guys. After that life of Stas becomes a hell on earth.
- DirectorNikolai StambulaStarsEvgeniy SidikhinIgor TalkovAlina TarkinskayaEx-boxer just released from prison. His wife dropped him, he don't have job and money. Racketeers trick him into a gang and he join to gang while holding a grudge against gang leader.
- DirectorLeonid BelozorovichStarsOksana ArbuzovaVladislav DemchenkoViktor GogolevGrisha and Dasha fell in love with each other. Grisha left for Leningrad to study there. Dasha was left behind and fell in love with Evgeny. Her sister, Katenka, was consoling Grisha and told him she was in love with him. He didn't love her, so she fell ill and died. Many years passed as Grisha returns to the town and meets old Dasha, Evgeny and their granddaughter who looks like just as Katenka.
- 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.
- DirectorMark ZakharovStarsAleksandr AbdulovOleg YankovskiyEvgeniy LeonovDragon, a bloody dictator, is challenged by Lancelot, who comes to save the girl, and to liberate the people.
- DirectorAleksandr ProshkinStarsValeriy PriyomykhovAnatoliy PapanovViktor StepanovFormer political inmates Sergei and Nikolai live as exiles in a remote Siberian village. After the general Soviet gulag amnesty of 1953 8 pardoned common criminals terrorize the inhabitants.
- DirectorLeonid GaidaiStarsDmitriy KharatyanIrina FeofanovaSpartak MishulinThe first private enterprises are started in the Soviet Union in the late 80s. A gang of bad guys, owners of a private restroom, kidnap a good guy - owner of a toy store. Private eye Dmitri's first job is to try and free the store owner.
- DirectorVladimir MenshovStarsValeriy GarkalinVera AlentovaInna ChurikovaA Russian crook steals a giant diamond from the Mafia, hides it, and suddenly runs into his unknown brothers; unexpected, absurd events with participation of mob, doctors, musicians, Americans, militia, and gypsies ensue.
- DirectorBoris KvashnevStarsGalina YatskinaOlga KaboSergei TvyordokhlebovA mother and daughter come to Kiev from the countryside. The daughter has graduated from school with distinction, and her mother dreams of seeing her become a student at a prestigious university. Tanya is preparing for the entrance exams.