Modern Western cinema is replete with films for every taste: the continuation of superhero franchises, remakes of classics familiar from childhood and thoughtful independent cinema are literally released in batches. But for those who want to support domestic screen creators, there are many high-quality films.

1 Seven dinners

KinoPoisk rating – 6.1

The marriage of the spouses, played by Roman Kurtsyn, familiar to the audience from the TV series “90s. Cheerfully and loudly “and the star of” Deffchonok “Polina Maksimova, bursting at the seams. However, the husband is not ready to give a divorce to his faithful, who insists on breaking off the relationship. He decides to try a curious technique to bring back his old feelings. The heroes will need to have dinner together 7 times, and with changing conditions: in the dark, in the presence of an outsider, etc.

2 Cry of Silence

KinoPoisk rating – 6.9

The film, based on Tamara Tsinberg's story “The Seventh Symphony”, is set in Leningrad during the siege. The main character, named Nina, is forced to evacuate, leaving her young son Mitya to fend for themselves in a cold apartment. An enemy raid falls on the city, during which the girl Katya comes to the boy's aid. To save Mitya from a terrible death, she passes him off as her brother.

3 Where the sea flows

IMDb rating – 6.2

Anton Sergeevich, the main character of the film, develops business and builds a political career. Once he is interviewed by an aspiring journalist named Irina, whose role was played by the titled actress Oksana Akinshina. At first, the businessman is skeptical about the dilettante, but during the conversation the girl amazes the hero with her wise and deep judgments about the meaning of life.

4 Behind the scenes

KinoPoisk rating – 7

The story of what happens to theatrical actors in those moments when they do not shine on stage. The head of the troupe, performed by Yuri Stoyanov, is looking for the rudiments of a manager in himself to cope with the monstrous deficit of finances and talent. The brilliant actor, played by Pavel Derevyanko, is forced to appear in the TV series. And the decoy, who shouts “Bravo!” In the box for money, suddenly finds love.

5 Deep rivers

KinoPoisk rating – 6.6

The events of the film, which won the prize for the best film in the framework of the “Kinotavr. Debut “, take place in the North Caucasian outback. This is a story about brothers who are engaged in logging under the guidance of their father. Once a large order is disrupted for artisans due to the fact that the head of the family is injured. Suddenly, the youngest son returns to the family, unsuccessfully looking for a better life in the city, and tries to improve relations with his relatives.

The best Soviet and Russian films

Irony of Fate, or Enjoy Your Bath – Eldar Ryazanov, 1975

“Every year on December 31, my friends and I go to the bathhouse,” – the main character Zhenya repeats several times in the film. In the minds of Russians, this phrase is associated with the moment when everything is going funny, but awkwardly, and, of course, Happy New Year. it is this film that has been shown on TV every year on December 31 since its release, entertaining the housewives slicing salads.

“Hedgehog in the Fog” – Yuri Norstein, 1975

A philosophical cartoon for children and adults about a hedgehog that got lost in the fog, fell into the river, but the current carried him to the right place, fascinates even today. In 2003 in Tokyo, this work of Norstein was recognized as the best animated film of all time.

Moscow Doesn't Believe in Tears – Vladimir Menshov, 1980

Vladimir Menshov / Mosfilm, 1980

A girl from the provinces comes to Moscow and pretends to be a professor's daughter; gets pregnant from a native Muscovite from an intelligent family, but the marriage does not work out. She has to bring up the child alone, while working and receiving education. After 20 years, she becomes the director of a large enterprise … A film about how dreams come true, won an Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film.

Assa – Sergei Solovyov, 1987

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A film about the love of a girl of a crime boss with a young man she met by chance has become a real symbol of Gorbachev's perestroika. This was largely due to the soundtrack recorded by underground Soviet rock bands, among which was the legendary “Kino” with its hit “We are waiting for change!”

Brother – Alexey Balabanov, 1997

The story of a simple guy with the principles of Danila Bagrov, who helps his brother, who got into trouble with bandits and lawlessness – the criminal 1990s in Russia looked just like that. The film, as well as the “Asse” released ten years earlier, contains the best soundtracks of that time from popular rock bands.

Brigade (TV series) – Alexey Sidorov, 2002

Alexey Sidorov / Avatar film, 2002

Four childhood friends want easy money and get involved in criminal machinations. The leading actor, Sergei Bezrukov, had to play many more roles after this series before he was no longer associated exclusively with the bandit Sasha Bely. “Brigada” is “The Godfather” in Russian and is probably the most truthful and atmospheric series about the criminal Russian 1990s.

Peter FM (2006)

	Year	2006
Country	Russia
Producer	Oksana Bychkova
Fees in the USA
Budget	fees
Time	86 minutes
Rating	Film Search: 7.045 IMDb: 7.20 (2229)

Girl Masha works as a DJ at St. Petersburg radio and is going to marry her former classmate. But she is not sure that this is the person with whom Masha would like to live the rest of her life.
Maxim is an architect, after winning one of the consourses, he is thinking about an offer to go for an internship in Germany, but his love for his ex-girlfriend keeps him in St. Petersburg.
Masha loses her mobile phone, which is found by a young architect. Young people begin to communicate and understand that they are very similar. While trying to make an appointment, Max accidentally drops Mashin's phone into the river …

Vysotsky. Thank you for being alive (2011)

	Year	2011
Country	Russia
Producer	Petr Buslov
Fees in the USA
Budget	$ 27,544,905
Time	128 minutes
Rating	Film Search: 6.982 IMDb: 6.60 (1961)

A drama film, an autobiographical film dedicated to the events a year before the death of the great man – poet, actor, singer – Vladimir Vysotsky. The entire plot of the film affects literally two days of the life of the legend. Doctors forbid the artist to fly on tour to Uzbekistan, but he does not give in either to the persuasion of relatives or to the warnings of doctors. Together with his impresario, doctor and friend, Vysotsky flies on tour. In Bukhara, there is a terrible heat, which had a bad effect on the artist's condition, but, despite this, Vysotsky enters the stage, where he is experiencing clinical death.

“Legend No. 17” (2012) 6+

Already firmly rooted in American cinema, the wave of bypokups swept over Russian cinema in the 2010s. Following the biographies of Vysotsky and Poddubny, a film about the Soviet hockey star Valeria Kharlamov appeared, tailored according to strong Hollywood patterns – ups alternate with downs, and passions boil with genuine power that does not subside until the final frame. The drive of “Legends No. 17” will be enough for a dozen of such films, and this was felt by the audience, who provided the film with an unprecedented box office for a domestic film product.

The geographer drank the globe (2013)

	Year	2013
Country	Russia
Producer	Alexander Veledinsky
Fees in the USA
Budget	$ 4,257,638
Time	125 minutes
Rating	Film Search: 7.389 IMDb: 7.50 (2549)

Russian drama about a difficult period in the life of biologist Sluzhkin, whose lack of money and family life complicated by this, makes him go to work in school as a geographer. But the class refuses to recognize the character as an educator and does not show the respect it deserves. The wife goes to her best friend, and attempts to flirt with the German teacher do not bring any results. Frustration and loneliness more and more often forces the main character to drown his sorrow in wine. As a result, together with the class, Sluzhkin goes on a hike, where one of the students gets drunk even before it begins. A declaration of love from schoolgirl Masha, rafting down a mountain river, what will the end of the hike for a simple high school teacher?

“Bitterly!” (2013) 16+

A hilarious and at the same time sincere picture about a senseless and merciless wedding in Gelendzhik can rightfully be considered a new national comedy – the debut of director Zhora Kryzhovnikov has already been compared with Gaidai's films and the landmark Peculiarities of the National Hunt. Witty jokes and heroes with their merits and demerits turned the film into a real encyclopedia of Russian life, which is both bitter and joyful to study. Despite the radical approach to depicting reality, that is, all the “crap”, the film is not devoid of authenticity, a healthy portion of cynicism and sharp humor. Cinematographers have not been able to mix such a cocktail in cinema for quite some time.

The best day (2015)

	Year	2015
Country	Russia
Producer	Zhora Kryzhovnikov
Fees in the USA
Budget
Time	112 minutes
Rating	Film Search: 4.843 IMDb: 4.80 (769)

Russian karaoke comedy about the history of a simple Russian DPSnik performed by Dmitry Nagiyev, directed by Zhora Kryzhovnikov. In the center of the plot is the story of Peter Vasyutin (Nagiyev), who proposed to his bride. But during the service, Peter will come across a completely not sober girl-driver from the capital, who turns out to be a famous singer (Seryabkina), who carries away the main character, his friend and father into an endless drinking binge. Vasyutin even tries to marry a fashionable thing and for a while becomes the main characters of a famous talk show. But only the girl Vasyutin is not at all interested, having sober up, Peter understands what deeds he has done.

Battle of Sevastopol (2015)

	Year	2015
Country	Russia
Producer	Sergey Mokritsky
Fees in the USA
Budget	$ 8,702,274
Time	118 minutes
Rating	Film Search: 7.553 IMDb: 7.20 (3956)

A joint Russian-Ukrainian military drama about the events of the Great Patriotic War and was filmed for its 70th anniversary. The plot of the film is based on the biography of the famous Russian female sniper Lyudmila Pavlyuchenko. After completing sniper courses, she volunteers to go to war, where her combat path begins, full of heroism and dedication. The glory of Pavlyuchenko thunders throughout the Soviet Union and beyond, a living legend who made friends with Eleanor Roosevelt, but neither the glory and hardships of the war became the main tests of her life, but love.

Chill out Vasya!

Comedy, 2017.
Director: Roman Karimov.
Duration: 92 minutes.
IMDb: 6,5.

A still from the movie “Walk, Vasya!”

It happens that you blurt out something without thinking, and then you don't know how to get out. The provincial Mitya who settled in the capital found himself in approximately the same situation: he accidentally proposed to the girl, and her father already sets the date of the wedding. Everything is fine, but Mitya already has an official wife. There is nothing between them for a long time, it remains only to divorce quietly so that new relatives do not learn about the dark past of the future son-in-law.

The end result is a funky comedy with memorable dialogues, and in the characters you will probably recognize someone from your acquaintances. If you don't expect anything good from the phrase “Russian comedy”, “Take a walk, Vasya!” will be a pleasant discovery.

“Dislike” (2017) 18+

Perfect in all respects, Andrei Zvyagintsev's drama is imbued with an atmosphere of desperate hopelessness, which the director knows how to transfer to the screen like no other. This is a story about a typical Russian family, in which the spouses move further and further from each other every day. Nobody gets love here, not even his son Alyosha, who, feeling the indifference of his father and mother, runs away from home. “Dislike” turned out to be the most emotional work of Zvyagintsev, who brutally squeezes the audience's heart into a fist and does not let go until the final credits. The film received international success, a prize in Cannes and nominations for an Oscar and Golden Globe.

Dovlatov (2018) 16+

Dovlatov's prose always inspired Alexei German Jr., but he did not want to film it. The director decided to shoot a biopic about the writer himself and capture on the screen a few days from his life in Soviet Leningrad. Herman's wife Elena Okopnaya worked to recreate the atmosphere of the Northern capital, and her city turned out to be magical, authentic, transferring to the past. Sad Dovlatov wanders along its streets, pounding the thresholds of publishing houses and getting rejection after rejection. And during breaks, talented friends and colleagues in the literary workshop visit, drinking and reflecting. The chamber drama was broadcasted for only four days, but during this time it raised more than 100 million rubles, becoming the director's highest-grossing film.

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