Lists of Bests: Best Russian Films According to Russian Film Critics http://www.listsofbests.com/list/55499 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) Sun, 29 Nov 2009 08:51:30 GMT en-us 0 50 33 0 0 Battleship Potemkin (The Ultimate Edition) (2pc) (Full B&W) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2925335 <div id="position">1</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2925335"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/11V8nhj3TyL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Sergei Eisenstein</div> Ivan the Terrible - Parts I & II - Criterion Collection http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/340520 <div id="position">2</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Sergei M. Eisenstein</div> The Mirror http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/66724 <div id="position">3</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/66724"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/6305744114.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Andrei Tarkovsky</div> Andrei Rublev - Criterion Collection http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/39236 <div id="position">4</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/39236"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/6305257450.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Andrei Tarkovsky</div> Earth (Zemlya)(A. Dovzhenko, 1930) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3597758 <div id="position">5</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> My Friend Ivan Lapshin (Moi drug Ivan Lapshin)(A. German, 1984) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3658057 <div id="position">6</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> The Cranes are Flying - Criterion Collection http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/66473 <div id="position">7</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/66473"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B0000633SD.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Mikheil Kalatozishvili</div> The Outskirts (aka The Patriots)(Okraina)(B. Barnet, 1931) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3597771 <div id="position">8</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> Iko Shashvi Mgalobeli (Once Upon a Time There Was a Singing Blackbird) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3611412 <div id="position">9</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Otar Iosseliani</div> Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors (Special Edition) (1964) (Sub) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2962673 <div id="position">10</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2962673"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/11rHoGbEaoL.jpg" /></a></div> Ballad of a Soldier - Criterion Collection http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/36420 <div id="position">11</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/36420"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B0000633SB.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Grigori Chukhrai</div> I am Twenty (Mne dvadtsat’ let)(M. Khutsiev, 1964) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3606312 <div id="position">12</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> Ivan's Childhood / Ivanovo Detstvo (1962) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/272163 <div id="position">13</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/272163"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B0002HMKA4.01-A13FD75XCLIICR._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Andrei Tarkovsky</div> Repentance http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/623536 <div id="position">14</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/623536"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B0000YEDJA.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1068573724_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Tengiz Abuladze</div> New Babylon (Novyi Vavilon)(G. Kozintsev/L. Trauberg, 1929) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3597751 <div id="position">15</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> Strike http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/49246 <div id="position">16</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/49246"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/6305908753.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Sergei M. Eisenstein</div> Bed and Sofa (Tretya meshchanskaya)(A. Room, 1927) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3597704 <div id="position">17</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> The Jolly Fellows (Vesyolye rebyata)(G. Aleksandrov, 1934) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3597853 <div id="position">18</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> The Childhood of Maxim Gorky http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/611254 <div id="position">19</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/611254"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B0000687DI.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Mark Donskoy</div> The Fall of Otrar (Gibel’ Otrara; aka Ten’ zavoevatelya, ili Gibel Otrara)(A. Amirkulov, 1991) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3700994 <div id="position">20</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> Falling Leaves (Giorgobistve) (1966) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3606343 <div id="position">21</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Otar Iosseliani</div> July Rain (1967) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3609811 <div id="position">22</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Marlen Khutsiev</div> The Beginning [Nachalo] (1970) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3611403 <div id="position">23</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Gleb Panfilov</div> Unfinished Piece for the Player Piano / Neokonchenaya Pyesa Dlya Mekhanicheskogo Pianino http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/519503 <div id="position">24</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/519503"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B0002HMOAU.01-A13FD75XCLIICR._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Nikita Mikhalkov</div> October (Ten Days That Shook the World) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/65901 <div id="position">25</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/65901"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/6305186774.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Grigori Aleksandrov</div> By the Law (aka Dura Lex)(Po zakonu)(L. Kuleshov, 1926) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3597660 <div id="position">26</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by </div> Storm over Asia http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/326975 <div id="position">27</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/326975"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00000ILF9.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Vsevolod Pudovkin</div> Check-up on the Roads / Proverka na dorogakh - Russian Soundtrack Only http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/846503 <div id="position">28</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/846503"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000FABM3E.01-A13FD75XCLIICR._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Aleksei German</div> The Color of Pomegranates http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/463174 <div id="position">29</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/463174"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00005A05I.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Sergei Parajanov</div> Happiness (Shchast’e)(A. Medvedkin, 1934) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3597852 <div id="position">30</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> Stalker (1979) (2pc) (Sub) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/43705 <div id="position">31</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/43705"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00006IUJ5.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Andrei Tarkovsky</div> The Ascent (Voskhozhdeniye)(L. Shepitko, 1976) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3615892 <div id="position">32</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> Zvenigora http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3985277 <div id="position">33</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3985277"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41LGiT32LQL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Aleksander Dovzhenko</div>