Lists of Bests: Best Russian Films According to Worldwide Film Critics http://www.listsofbests.com/list/55500 A compilation of numerous best-of selections made by worldwide (i.e., non-Russian) film critics: _Sight and Sound_, _Cahiers du Cinema_, _The Village Voice_, _Steadycam_, _Nickel Odeon_, _Kinema Junpo_, FIAF, _Time Out_, _Positif_. Thanks again to Angel Gonzalez for the original information. (For a companion list according to _Russian_ critics, see http://www.listsofbests.com/list/55499. For a more ambitious list, see my own top 1000 Russian films: http://www.listsofbests.com/list/49898) Mon, 07 Dec 2009 18:49:15 GMT en-us 0 50 50 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> Andrei Rublev - Criterion Collection http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/39236 <div id="position">2</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> Ivan the Terrible - Parts I & II - Criterion Collection http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/340520 <div id="position">3</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">4</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> 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> Stalker (1979) (2pc) (Sub) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/43705 <div id="position">6</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> October (Ten Days That Shook the World) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/65901 <div id="position">7</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> Alexander Nevsky - Criterion Collection http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/340514 <div id="position">8</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Sergei Eisenstein</div> Strike http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/49246 <div id="position">9</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> Dersu Uzala http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/66767 <div id="position">10</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/66767"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00004Y7HL.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Akira Kurosawa</div> The Color of Pomegranates http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/463174 <div id="position">11</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> Solaris - Criterion Collection http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/39983 <div id="position">12</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/39983"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41WbD0xx0UL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Andrei Tarkovsky</div> Mother http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/634654 <div id="position">13</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/634654"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/630521123X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Vsevolod Pudovkin</div> The Childhood of Maxim Gorky http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/611254 <div id="position">14</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> Storm over Asia http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/326975 <div id="position">15</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> Nostalghia http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/272164 <div id="position">16</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/272164"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/6305069654.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Andrei Tarkovsky</div> Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors (Special Edition) (1964) (Sub) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2962673 <div id="position">17</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> Ivan's Childhood / Ivanovo Detstvo (1962) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/272163 <div id="position">18</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> Come and See http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/67085 <div id="position">19</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/67085"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B0000BWVCR.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Elem Klimov</div> War & Peace (1968) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2463782 <div id="position">20</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2463782"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000GL18CC.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V46714925_.jpg" /></a></div> The Outskirts (aka The Patriots)(Okraina)(B. Barnet, 1931) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3597771 <div id="position">21</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">22</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 End of St. Petersburg (Konets Sankt-Peterburga)(V. Pudovkin/M. Doller, 1927) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3597710 <div id="position">23</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> By the Bluest of Seas (U samogo sinyego morya)(B. Barnet/S. Mardanin, 1936) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3597884 <div id="position">24</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> Slave of Love. Raba lubvi. By N. Mihalkov http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2806834 <div id="position">25</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2806834"><img src="http://g-ec2.images-amazon.com/images/I/11KtGmcddYL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Nikita Mihalkov</div> Happiness (Shchast’e)(A. Medvedkin, 1934) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3597852 <div id="position">26</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> The General Line (aka Old and New)(Staroye i novoe, aka Generalnaya liniya)(S. Eisenstein, 1929) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3597745 <div id="position">27</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> Repentance http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/623536 <div id="position">28</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> My Friend Ivan Lapshin (Moi drug Ivan Lapshin)(A. German, 1984) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3658057 <div id="position">29</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> Grigori Kozintsev's Hamlet http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2132171 <div id="position">30</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2132171"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000HEWENA.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Iosif Shapiro</div> Iko Shashvi Mgalobeli (Once Upon a Time There Was a Singing Blackbird) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3611412 <div id="position">31</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Otar Iosseliani</div> Lady with the Dog / Dama s sobachkoj http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/423467 <div id="position">32</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/423467"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B0002KZFO4.01-A13FD75XCLIICR._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Iosif Heifits</div> Burnt by the Sun. Utomlennye Solncem. http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2960551 <div id="position">33</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2960551"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/11KFfucKe5L.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Nikita Mihalkov</div> Arsenal (Silent) (Sub B&W) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/641717 <div id="position">34</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/641717"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00007L4MH.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Aleksandr Dovzhenko</div> Chapaev http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3673880 <div id="position">35</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3673880"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/11PwJ0Mhe1L.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Sergey Vasilev</div> Mother and Son http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/360869 <div id="position">36</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/360869"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00004W45I.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Aleksandr Sokurov</div> Girl with the Hatbox (Devushka s korobkoi)(B. Barnet, 1927) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3597714 <div id="position">37</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> The Return http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/253638 <div id="position">38</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/253638"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B0002KQOH6.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Andrei Zvyagintsev</div> Several Days From the Life of Oblomov http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2999498 <div id="position">39</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2999498"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/11YFaIwbtoL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Nikita Mikhalkov</div> I Am Cuba http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/91293 <div id="position">40</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/91293"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00003ETJT.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Mikheil Kalatozishvili</div> The House on Trubnaya (Dom na Trubnoi)(B. Barnet, 1928) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3597726 <div id="position">41</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> New Babylon (Novyi Vavilon)(G. Kozintsev/L. Trauberg, 1929) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3597751 <div id="position">42</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> Road to Life (Putyovka v zhizn’)(N. Ekk, 1931) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3597828 <div id="position">43</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> The Ghost that Never Returns (Privideniye, kotoroye ne vozvrashchayetsya)(A. Room, 1929) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3597748 <div id="position">44</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> The Red Snowball Tree (aka Snowball Berry Red)(Kalina krasnaya)(V. Shukshin, 1973) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3614417 <div id="position">45</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> The Ascent (Voskhozhdeniye)(L. Shepitko, 1976) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3615892 <div id="position">46</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> Russian Ark: The Masterworks Edition http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/36737 <div id="position">47</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/36737"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00009NHAT.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> Ballad of a Soldier - Criterion Collection http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/36420 <div id="position">48</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> Aerograd (Frontier) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3835205 <div id="position">49</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3835205"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41vktOe%2BbjL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Aleksandr Dovzhenko</div> Pirosmani (G. Shengelaya, 1969) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3610677 <div id="position">50</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div>