In recent years, the idea has been entrenched in the minds of Russians that all Russian films are bad. The actors are mediocre, and the directors are not able to shoot anything but base comedies.
If you also think, then we strongly recommend that you familiarize yourself with our top 10 best Russian dramas, and then watch the films listed.
The stereotype of bad Russian cinema after viewing these movie masterpieces will forever disappear from your head.
10. Another year | 2013
The film is directed by Oksana Bychkova, who directed the films Peter FM and Plus One.
“Another Year” is not about the plot, but about the atmosphere. The viewer is imbued with characters, believes them and their everyday life, in which the characters exist harmoniously.
The film is equated with the free remake of the Soviet "Do not part with your loved ones." Only here the original is a story about our parents, and “Another Year” is about us.
This is a story about two people who are not alike, who want to be together, but cannot, due to different characters, circumstances, outlooks on life. While the girl Zhenya works and develops in the modeling business, her husband Yegor is immersed in the upholstery of the sofa and has grown together with the TV remote control.
And so for many years, and the viewer asks the question: “Maybe the heroes better let each other go?” After all, the inability to take responsibility for the divorce just leads to another year full of dislike, reproaches and scandals.
9. Metamorphosis | 2015
The directors of the picture were Sergey Taramaev and Lyubov Lvova. The film tells the story of a young and talented pianist Alexei Senin, who at the age of 25 has already achieved recognition and fame. I did not achieve only happiness.
There are no good friends, relationships with a girl, even the closest relatives are like people from another world. One day, speaking in the house of a wealthy entrepreneur, Alex meets the 11-year-old daughter of the party's owner. Bright and pure friendship of Alexei and
Sasha will face condemnation and aggression from society and the girl’s parents.
8. Class correction | 2014
The film was directed by Ivan Tverdovsky, based on the story “Correction Class” by Ekaterina Murashova. In the center of the story is Lena’s wheelchair user, who studied at home for many years, and is now assigned to a secondary school in the correction class.
In the classroom, children with various disabilities study with her, Lena will meet her first love in their company, as well as face the cruelty and ruthlessness of people.
7. Gentiles | 2017
The film by Valeria Surokova, based on the play of the same name by Anna Yablonskaya. The film is about a family led by an unemployed musician father.
The mother works alone for the whole family, trying to save up for her daughter's tuition. Suddenly, in their uncomfortable old apartment with eternal repair grandmother comes to live.
The arrival of the grandmother, none of the household is happy, relatives do not want to listen to her Christian teachings. However, the longer the grandmother lives in the walls of the apartment of the main characters, the more tangibly the life of all the characters in the film begins to improve.
6. Major | 2013
The film by Yuri Bykov - one of the greatest and most talented Russian directors. Bykov for this picture was also a screenwriter, composer and actor.
Just note that the "Major" was not filmed for entertainment and gatherings with popcorn. This is a serious, strong and sometimes tough film, when viewed from which, from some scenes, the whole body breaks with current.
At the center of the story is a police major, Sergei Sobolev. He hurries to the maternity hospital to his wife, who is in custody, but, along the way, knocks a seven-year-old boy on a slippery road.
The major has opportunities and connections to justify himself and hush up the situation.
5. Geographer cut the globe | 2013
The main role in the film was played by Konstantin Khabensky, and the director is Alexander Veledinsky.
A film about the life of Viktor Sluzhkin, which, out of lack of money, is arranged by a geography teacher in a local school. He conflicts and fights with the restless 10th grade, but after a while he gets closer to the students. So close that a good girl Masha - a student of grade 10 - falls in love with her geography teacher.
A difficult fate, character characters, adult interaction with children and drunkenness from the hopelessness of life - this film is truly deep and multifaceted.
And it seems that the film ends with the hope of a good future, but all the tragedy is realized only after the final credits, when the whole depth of the stage on the balcony of Viktor Sluzhkin’s old apartment reaches the viewer's mind.
4. Metro | 2012
The events of the film take place underground in Moscow, namely in the subway. As a result of the construction of new buildings, a crack will appear between the two stations, through which water from the Moscow River will flood. The element is able to destroy underground tunnels, turning the situation into a major disaster.
At the center of the story is doctor Garin and his daughter Ksyusha. Garin needs to cope with human panic and his own fear in order to help the surviving passengers and save himself.
3. 14+ | 2015
The film by Andrei Zaitsev, showing the story of first love. The plot develops in one of the typical sleeping areas of modern Russia, where adolescents hang out on social networks, constrained by fear to get acquainted with the object of sympathy in real life.
Teenagers in love with each other will have to overcome their own complexes and self-doubt in order to be together.
And parents will have to accept the fact that yesterday's funny children grow up and become individuals, with their desires and needs.
2. Arrhythmia | 2017
The film is directed by Boris Khlebnikov, showing the daily life of doctors in an ordinary Russian hospital. The main character - Oleg, works for the ambulance, rushes from one call to another, realizing that each traffic jam and a slowly moving elevator will cost someone his life.
Oleg is so immersed in saving others from death that he completely forgets about saving his own happiness. The wife decides to divorce, the hospital has new bosses, and Oleg continues to rush from call to call ...
1. The Fool | 2014
Another film in our top from the director Yuri Bykov. In the center of the plot is a crack in the wall of the hostel, in which 800 people live. Indifference of local authorities should lead to the fact that within a day the building will collapse, burying entire families under its debris.
The protagonist of the picture is a plumber Nikitin, he is trying to make every effort to prevent a catastrophe. But will he succeed?