Top Ten Russian Language Movies

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Look, I'm not judging you - after all, I'm posting here myself, but maybe, just maybe, if you spent less time here and more time watching films, maybe, and I stress, maybe your taste would be of some value. Just a thought, ya know.



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The Cranes Are Flying
Ascent
Ballad of a Soldier
All outstanding films, but why only 3?!



  1. Stalker
  2. Solaris
  3. Dersu Uzala
  4. Battleship Potemkin
  5. October: Ten Days That Shook the World
  6. Ascent
  7. The Return
  8. Night Watch
  9. Day Watch
  10. Ballad of a Soldier



1. War and Peace
2. Come and See
3. Dersu Uzala
4. The Cranes are Flying
5. Man With a Movie Canera
6. The Ascent
7. Ivan's Childhood
8. Andrei Rublev
9. Solaris
10. The Green Elephant



My top 10:

1. Stalker (1979)
2. The Mirror (1975)
3. Andrei Rublev (1966)
4. Solaris (1972)
5. Dersu Uzala (1975)
6. Tale of Tales (1979)

7. Hedgehog in the Fog (1975)

8. Visitor of a Museum (1989)

9. Ivan's Childhood (1962)
10. Man With a Movie Camera (1929)


It's been a long time since I watched Russian language movies but these are the 10 which I still have fond memories of, 6 of which are Tarkovsky and Kurosawa.



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I didn't include shorts on my list, but Petrov would have two or three on my list. And I'd probably include Vini-Pukh, Tale of Tales and Hedgehog in the Fog too.

I have Andrei Rublev ready to go. I'm going to start it tonight. I am pretty excited. After that, I'll either hit up Ivan's Childhood, Zerkalo, or maybe try out a Sokurov film.



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I don't necessarily have a top ten, but the following are the Russian films that immediately jump out of the top of my head.

The Return, by Andrey Zvyagintsev, along with all of his other films.


Solaris, by Andrei Tarkovsky, along with all of his other films.


The Fool, by Yuri Bykov.
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Never heard of The Fool. Added it to my watchlist.

And about Tarkovsky: I might be dealing with some recency bias, but I am starting to think he is top ten all-time... maybe top five.