Best Russian Films According to Russian Film Critics

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A compilation of several best-of selections made between 1987 and 2006 by Russian film critics and academics: Nedelia, Kinovedcheskie Zapiski, Kazakhstan Cinemateque, Gosfilmfond of Russia, and the Russian Ministry of Culture.

Many films are tied in rank. See comment box below.

Thanks to Angel Gonzalez for the original information.

(For a companion list according to non-Russian critics, see: http://www.listsofbests.com/list/55500.
For a more ambitious list of Russian films, see my top 1000: http://www.listsofbests.com/list/49898)

  1. 1.
    Battleship Potemkin (The Ultimate Edition) (2pc) (Full B&W)
    by Sergei Eisenstein

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  2. 2.
    Ivan the Terrible - Parts I & II - Criterion Collection
    by Sergei M. Eisenstein

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  3. 3.
    The Mirror
    by Andrei Tarkovsky

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  4. 4.
    Andrei Rublev - Criterion Collection
    by Andrei Tarkovsky

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  7. 7.
    The Cranes are Flying - Criterion Collection
    by Mikheil Kalatozishvili

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  11. 11.
    Ballad of a Soldier - Criterion Collection
    by Grigori Chukhrai

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  13. 13.
    Ivan's Childhood / Ivanovo Detstvo (1962)
    by Andrei Tarkovsky

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  14. 14.
    Repentance
    by Tengiz Abuladze

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  16. 16.
    Strike
    by Sergei M. Eisenstein

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  19. 19.
    The Childhood of Maxim Gorky
    by Mark Donskoy

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  21. 21.
    Falling Leaves (Giorgobistve) (1966)
    by Otar Iosseliani

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  22. 22.
    July Rain (1967)
    by Marlen Khutsiev

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  23. 23.
    The Beginning [Nachalo] (1970)
    by Gleb Panfilov

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  25. 25.
    October (Ten Days That Shook the World)
    by Grigori Aleksandrov

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  27. 27.
    Storm over Asia
    by Vsevolod Pudovkin

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  29. 29.
    The Color of Pomegranates
    by Sergei Parajanov

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  31. 31.
    Stalker (1979) (2pc) (Sub)
    by Andrei Tarkovsky

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  33. 33.
    Zvenigora
    by Aleksander Dovzhenko

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Created by MestnyiGeroi on May 25, 2008.
 

Comments

Marialanga

Untitled — 23 weeks ago

Thank you for the list. You can find most of them on Youtube with english subtitles.

Going to watch them now!!!!Its worth it!

May 28, 12:55PM | 0 comments | Reply to this

MestnyiGeroi
New York City

Actual rankings: — 1 year ago

1. Battleship Potemkin
2. Ivan the Terrible, 1 and 2
2. The Mirror
4. Andrei Rublev
5. Earth
6. My Friend Ivan Lapshin
7. Cranes are Flying
7. Outskirts
9. Once Upon a Time There Was a Singing Blackbird
10. Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors
11. Ballad of a Soldier
11. I am Twenty
13. Ivan’s Childhood
14. Repentance
14. New Babylon
14. Strike
14. Bed and Sofa
14. Jolly Fellows
19. The Childhood of Maxim Gorky
19. The Fall of Otrar
19. Falling Leaves
19. July Rain
19. The Beginning
19. Unfinished Piece for the Player Piano
19. October
19. By the Law
19. Storm over Asia
19. Check-Up on the Roads
19. The Color of Pomegranates
19. Happiness
19. Stalker
19. The Ascent
19. Zvenigora

May 25, 11:03AM | 0 comments | Reply to this

mizoguchi

Untitled — 1 year ago

Great list! Thanks a lot. Hopefully i’ll be able to see the ones i haven’t yet

May 25, 10:58AM | 0 comments | Reply to this