Perestroika / Перестройка
by LittleBelarus | created - 20 Apr 2018 | updated - 20 Oct 2021 | PublicPerestroika has brought a fresh breath to the Soviet cinematography (1985-1991)
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1. Courier (1986)
R | 88 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
The story of a teenager boy in times of the comunism fall in the Soviet Union.
Director: Karen Shakhnazarov | Stars: Fyodor Dunayevsky, Anastasiya Nemolyaeva, Oleg Basilashvili, Inna Churikova
Votes: 5,619
soviet youth of the 80, breakdance, sparent-child relationship
молодёжь 80-х, брейк-данс, отношения родителей и детей
2. Assa (1987)
153 min | Crime, Drama, History
ASSA is set in Crimea during the winter in the mid eighties. A young musician (Bananan) falls for mobster's (Krymov) young mistress (Alika). The parallel story line involves an 18th century assassination plot.
Director: Sergey Solovyov | Stars: Natan Eidelman, Anatoly Slivnikov, German Shorr, Ilya Ivanov
Votes: 3,163
soviet youth of the 80s, soviet rockers, Crimea
молодёжь 80-х, рок-музыканты, Крым
3. Repentance (1984)
PG | 153 min | Drama
Varlam, the despotic mayor of a small town, dies. After his funeral, his body is repeatedly unearthed and buried again. Through flashbacks and dreamlike scenes, we witness his rise, power and ambiguities.
Director: Tengiz Abuladze | Stars: Avtandil Makharadze, Zeinab Botsvadze, Ia Ninidze, Ketevan Abuladze
Votes: 4,905 | Gross: $0.22M
overcoming the past
преодоление прошлого
4. Zabavy molodykh (1988)
81 min | Drama
A group of college students due to truancies was eliminated from physical education classes and lost the opportunity to get credit. In order to correct the situation, the guys come up with a prank: a pretty student should charm the teacher.
Director: Evgeniy Gerasimov | Stars: Stanislav Lyubshin, Marina Zudina, Nina Ruslanova, Valentina Telichkina
Votes: 79
soviet youth of the 80s, parent-child relationship, relations between students and teachers, school
молодёжь 80-х, отношения родителей и детей, отношения между учениками и учителями, романтические отношения между студенткой и престарелым учителем, школа
5. Gospodin oformitel (1987)
109 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
A famous artist strives to find the secret to eternal life through the beautiful mannequins he creates.
Director: Oleg Teptsov | Stars: Viktor Avilov, Anna Demyanenko, Mikhail Kozakov, Ivan Krasko
Votes: 1,084
6. The Needle (1988)
81 min | Drama, Thriller
Moro returns to Alma Ata to collect money owed to him. While waiting out an unexpected delay, he visits his former girlfriend Dina, and discovers she has become a morphine addict. He ... See full summary »
Director: Rashid Nugmanov | Stars: Viktor Tsoy, Marina Smirnova, Pyotr Mamonov, Aleksandr Bashirov
Votes: 2,937
soviet youth of the 80s, soviet rockers, drug dependence
молодёжь 80-х, наркомания
7. Little Vera (1988)
Unrated | 110 min | Drama, Romance
A teenage girl, who has just finished school feels trapped and aimless in her ordinary Russian family, supported by an alcoholic father, in a dull industrial town.
Director: Vasili Pichul | Stars: Natalya Negoda, Andrey Sokolov, Yuriy Nazarov, Lyudmila Zaytseva
Votes: 2,164 | Gross: $1.26M
soviet youth of the 80s, parent-child relationship
молодёжь 80-х, отношения родителей и детей
8. Chastnyy detektiv, ili operatsiya 'Kooperatsiya' (1990)
94 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
The first private enterprises are started in the Soviet Union in the late 80s. A gang of bad guys, owners of a private restroom, kidnap a good guy - owner of a toy store. Private eye Dmitri's first job is to try and free the store owner.
Director: Leonid Gaidai | Stars: Dmitriy Kharatyan, Irina Feofanova, Spartak Mishulin, Roman Madyanov
Votes: 552
a satire on the era, crime
сатира на эпоху, преступность
9. Avariya - doch menta (1990)
99 min | Drama
Her life motto is: "I like everything that you don't like." She protests everything. But under her "metal" shell - a lonely and suffering soul. Saving his daughter, the guardian of the law takes justice into his own hands.
Director: Mikhail Tumanishvili | Stars: Oksana Arbuzova, Vladimir Ilin, Anastasiya Voznesenskaya, Nikolai Pastukhov
Votes: 541
soviet youth of the 80s, parent-child relationship, relations between students and teachers, school
молодёжь 80-х, отношения родителей и детей, отношения между учениками и учителями, школа
10. Piry Valtasara, ili noch so Stalinym (1989)
88 min | Drama, History
A dance troupe from the autonomous region of Abkhazia in western Georgia perform for Stalin, Lavrentiy Beria, Abkhaz leader Nestor Lakoba, and other high-ranking party officials in the Black Sea coastal town of Gagra.
Director: Yuriy Kara | Stars: Aleksey Petrenko, Aleksandr Feklistov, Evgeniy Evstigneev, Sergey Nikonenko
Votes: 215
overcoming the past
преодоление прошлого
11. Intergirl (1989)
151 min | Drama, Romance
A hospital nurse becomes an "international girl", a prostitute who caters to foreigners with hard currency.
Director: Pyotr Todorovskiy | Stars: Elena Yakovleva, Tomas Laustiola, Larisa Malevannaya, Anastasiya Nemolyaeva
Votes: 1,477
prostitution in the USSR, female share, prince from abroad
проституция в СССР, принц из-за границы, женская доля
12. Chyornaya roza - emblema pechali, krasnaya roza - emblema lyubvi (1990)
131 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
In fact, people who then appear around Mitya are all unique, eccentric and the space of the apartment house begins to have an unrealistic character as a miniature of unstable society in the end of Soviet Union.
Director: Sergey Solovyov | Stars: Tatyana Drubich, Aleksandr Abdulov, Mikhail Rozanov, Aleksandr Zbruev
Votes: 764
abstraction, overcoming the past, a satire on the era
абстракция, преодоление прошлого, сатира на эпоху
13. Zerograd (1988)
103 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Going on a business trip, the hero of the film suddenly finds himself in a fantastic city. It is very similar to our world, only the hidden absurdity of everyday life here has become apparent.
Director: Karen Shakhnazarov | Stars: Leonid Filatov, Oleg Basilashvili, Vladimir Menshov, Armen Dzhigarkhanyan
Votes: 2,566
abstraction, mysticism
абстракция, мистика, предзнаменование перемен
14. Ono (1990)
124 min | Comedy, Drama, History
The bureaucratic epos on dialogues and M.E.Saltykova-Shchedrina's plots, life of the city of Glupov led by petty tyrants - city's mayors.
Director: Sergei Ovcharov | Stars: Rolan Bykov, Natalya Gundareva, Svetlana Kryuchkova, Elena Sanaeva
Votes: 230
15. Taxi Blues (1990)
110 min | Comedy, Drama
A comedic love/hate relationship develops between a dour taxi driver and a hapless aspiring musician after the latter stiffs his cab fare.
Director: Pavel Lungin | Stars: Pyotr Mamonov, Pyotr Zaychenko, Vladimir Kashpur, Natalya Kolyakanova
Votes: 1,998 | Gross: $0.17M
confrontation between the Soviet world and the New world
противостояние старого советского мира и зарождающегося нового
16. Imitator (1990)
96 min | Comedy
Director: Oleg Fialko | Stars: Igor Sklyar, Natalya Lapina, Aleksey Zharkov, Lyudmila Gurchenko
Votes: 83
theatre, actors community, artist-imitator, parody, nuthouse, Ukraine
театр, актёрское сообщество, артист-имитатор, пародии, сумасшедший дом, Украина
17. Bakenbardy (1990)
100 min | Comedy
A small provincial town is home to two rival teenage gangs, one devoted to loose living and punk music and the other a collection of narrow-minded bodybuilders obsessed with order and ... See full summary »
Director: Yuri Mamin | Stars: Viktor Sukhorukov, Aleksandr Medvedev, Artur Vakha, Vladlen Biryukov
Votes: 476
18. Rebro Adama (1991)
79 min | Comedy, Drama
In a small urban flat, grandma, mom, and two daughters live in partial harmony. Grandma is bed-ridden and mute, but rings a bell above her head. Her daughter Nina, a museum docent, misses ... See full summary »
Director: Vyacheslav Krishtofovich | Stars: Inna Churikova, Yelena Bogdanova, Svetlana Ryabova, Mariya Golubkina
Votes: 391 | Gross: $0.24M
female share, relationship between older single people, teenage pregnancy
женская доля, отношения между взрослыми одинокими людьми, подростковая беременность
19. Lokh pobeditel vody (1991)
86 min | Crime, Thriller
The protagonist, a talented geek, avenges a gang of racketeers for killing a best friend, using his extensive knowledge in various fields of technology. He traces them, collects material ... See full summary »
Director: Arkadiy Tigay | Stars: Sergei Kuryokhin, Larisa Borodina, Andrey Ponomaryov, Vladimir Eryomin
Votes: 162
racket, crime
рэкет, преступность
20. Migranty (1991)
Not Rated | 102 min | Drama
Pavel and Pavelina leave their rural countryside homes and move to Moscow to find work. Once there, they find that urban life is not what they thought it was and have to endure bitter ... See full summary »
Director: Valeriy Priyomykhov | Stars: Oksana Arbuzova, Andrey Andreev, Nina Ruslanova, Yekaterina Vasilyeva
Votes: 48
21. The Chekist (1992)
93 min | Drama
Depiction of "troika" type of mass murder trials and it's influence on those who carried out plans to mass murder million of people. Somehow Russia was able to produce such movie, which easily could be documentary about actual events.
Director: Aleksandr Rogozhkin | Stars: Igor Sergeev, Aleksey Poluyan, Mikhail Vasserbaum, Sergei Isavnin
Votes: 1,149
overcoming the past
преодоление прошлого
22. Kiks (1992)
95 min | Adventure, Drama
The most popular singer Zhanna Plavskaya turns into a drug addict - concerts, filming, recordings are disrupted. At the provincial doubles competition, the producer of the star finds a dreamy girl, brings her to the capital.
Director: Sergey Livnev | Stars: Evdokiya Germanova, Lyubov Germanova, Aleksandr Pankratov-Chyornyy, Aleksandr Sirin
Votes: 135
23. Otel 'Edem' (1991)
Comedy
Director: Vladimir Lyubomudrov | Stars: Leonid Markov, Tatyana Dogileva, Aleksandr Pankratov-Chyornyy, Olga Tolstetskaya
Votes: 28
The Prince of darkness is trying to seduce three married women in a southern resort
Князь тьмы пытается соблазнить трёх замужних женщин на южном курорте
24. Noga (1991)
88 min | Action, Drama, War
Surreal drama based on the novel of the same name by William Faulkner. The first Russian film on the war in Afghanistan and Afghan syndrome.
Director: Nikita Tyagunov | Stars: Ivan Okhlobystin, Pyotr Mamonov, Ivan Zakhava, Natalya Petrova
Votes: 260
war in Afghanistan, Afghan syndrome, phantom pain, hallucinations
война в Афганистане, афганский синдром, фантомные боли, галлюцинации
25. Deystvuy, Manya! (1992)
110 min | Comedy, Fantasy
To fight mafia, a biologist and a programmer create a superman robot. An unexpected amendment to the calculations of one of the creators is made by erotic fantasies: superman turned out to be an exact copy of a photo model from a poster.
Director: Roman Ershov | Stars: Sergey Bekhterev, Yuliya Menshova, Evgeniy Vesnik, Aleksandr Slastin
Votes: 102
female cyborg, racket, crime
трэш-комедия, женщина-киборг, рэкет, преступность
26. The Promised Heaven (1991)
125 min | Comedy, Drama
Many of respectable citizens become tramps after the collapse of the Soviet Union.
Director: Eldar Ryazanov | Stars: Liya Akhedzhakova, Olga Volkova, Valentin Gaft, Leonid Bronevoy
Votes: 1,018
27. Plumbum, or Dangerous Game (1987)
97 min | Drama
Plumbum in translation from Latin means lead - it is Ruslan Chutko's nickname who decided to become a "sanitary assistant of society." But while being taken away by his role of fighting ... See full summary »
Director: Vadim Abdrashitov | Stars: Anton Androsov, Yelena Dmitriyeva, Elena Yakovleva, Zoya Lirova
Votes: 480
soviet youth of the 80s, teen plays detective, militsiya, crime
молодёжь 80-х, подросток играет в детектива, милиция, преступность
28. Menya zovut Arlekino (1988)
134 min | Crime, Drama
A guy called Arlekino and his company, who call themselves "wolves", live at a stop near the city, where they often go to "relax" - in search of thrills. And they're not just bullies, at ... See full summary »
Director: Valeri Rybarev | Stars: Oleg Fomin, Svetlana Kopylova, Lyudmila Gavrilova, Vladimir Pozhidayev
Votes: 207
soviet youth of the 80s, lyubery (hooligans), Belarus
молодёжь 80-х, повествование от лица гопника, любера, мажоры, рокеры, хиппи, кришнаиты, фильмы на видеокассетах, белорусская провинция
29. Do pervoy krovi (1989)
87 min | Drama, Family
Some kids in camp playing Soviet game zarnitsa ("capture-the-flag"-like). But with every minute kids become more cruel and heartless. After some time it comes to war crimes: torture, mutilation and looting.
Director: Vladimir Fokin | Stars: Andrey Nekrasov, Pavel Kulakov, Viktor Matin, Konstantin Yefremov
Votes: 234
Battle Royale in kids summer camp, Crimea
дети в пионерском лагере играют в войну (показана психология настоящей войны в аллегорической форме), Крым
30. Za prekrasnykh dam! (1989)
71 min | Comedy, Crime
Director: Anatoly Eyramdzhan | Stars: Aleksandr Pankratov-Chyornyy, Aleksandr Abdulov, Elena Tsyplakova, Irina Shmelyova
Votes: 162
31. Mordashka (1990)
92 min | Comedy, Drama
The story of a young man who made a life bet on his attractive appearance. His appearance is so charming that the hero has an idea to use it for social and financial growth. Working at a ... See full summary »
Director: Andrei Razumovsky | Stars: Dmitriy Kharatyan, Mariya Zubareva, Marina Zudina, Tatyana Mukha
Votes: 101
gigolo, female share, pop music
жиголо, женская доля, поп-музыка
32. Dear Yelena Sergeyevna (1988)
94 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Three school boys and one school girl visited their old schoolmarm on her birthday. But their intentions were horrible.
Director: Eldar Ryazanov | Stars: Marina Neyolova, Natalya Shchukina, Fyodor Dunayevsky, Dmitriy Maryanov
Votes: 769
soviet youth of the 80s, relations between students and teachers
молодёжь 80-х, отношения между учениками и учителями, мажоры
33. Budni i prazdniki Serafimy Glyukinoy (1988 TV Movie)
144 min | Drama
An employee of the Museum of Musical Instruments Serafima Glukina falls in love with a hockey player experiencing life's problems.
Director: Rostislav Goryayev | Stars: Alisa Freyndlikh, Nikolay Yeryomenko, Vatslav Dvorzhetsky, Nikolai Alekseyev
Votes: 37
female share, relationship between older single people
женская доля, отношения между взрослыми одинокими людьми
34. Raz na raz ne prikhoditsya (1988)
77 min | Comedy, Crime
A crew of builders in charge of demolition of old buildings in Moscow find hidden treasure inside one of the houses scheduled for demolition. The plot evolves around their attempts to bypass the Soviet authorities and cash the gold.
Director: Ara Gabrielyan | Stars: Armen Dzhigarkhanyan, Leonid Kuravlyov, Borislav Brondukov, Lyubov Polishchuk
Votes: 178
35. Isklyuchenie bez pravil (1986 TV Movie)
95 min | Comedy
An almanac of short feature films based on stories by Mikhail Mishin from the collection of short stories «Pause in Major».
Directors: Sergey Baranov, Vladimir Bortko, Viktor Buturlin, Valery Naumov, Aleksandr Rogozhkin | Stars: Viktor Bychkov, Olga Samoshina, Yuri Aroyan, Aleksandr Vidgop
Votes: 44
36. Gde nakhoditsya Nofelet? (1988)
82 min | Comedy
Pasha is a very shy and quiet person. He is almost 40 but is not married yet and cannot even find courage to ask a woman for a date. His best friend Gena on the contrary is a womanizer. His... See full summary »
Director: Gerald Bezhanov | Stars: Vladimir Menshov, Aleksandr Pankratov-Chyornyy, Valentina Telichkina, Lyudmila Shagalova
Votes: 611
37. Nash bronepoyezd (1989)
130 min | Drama
Events of the movie take place in the first May days 1966. The honored veteran of the WWII, the former camp security guard Nikolay Kuznetsov happens upon one of the former prisoners. This ... See full summary »
Director: Mikhail Ptashuk | Stars: Vladimir Gostyukhin, Mikhail Ulyanov, Aleksey Petrenko, Aleksandr Filippenko
Votes: 57
overcoming the past
преодоление прошлого
38. Vory v zakone (1988)
95 min | Crime, Thriller
This is a story of a war between two powerful criminal gangs and their 'dons' (vory v zakone) in the communist Soviet Union. Corruption, cynical rhetorics, deaths of innocent people.
Director: Yuriy Kara | Stars: Anna Samokhina, Valentin Gaft, Vladimir Steklov, Boris Shcherbakov
Votes: 303
39. The Cold Summer of 1953 (1988)
101 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Former political inmates Sergei and Nikolai live as exiles in a remote Siberian village. After the general Soviet gulag amnesty of 1953 8 pardoned common criminals terrorize the inhabitants.
Director: Aleksandr Proshkin | Stars: Valeriy Priyomykhov, Anatoliy Papanov, Viktor Stepanov, Nina Usatova
Votes: 2,550
Gulag, overcoming the past
лагеря, преодоление прошлого
40. Heart of a Dog (1988 TV Movie)
PG | 136 min | Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
In the wake of the Russian revolution, Professor Preobrazhensky rescues a starving dog from the gutter, and attempts to transform him into a man. Based on Mikhail Bulgakov's novel of the same name.
Director: Vladimir Bortko | Stars: Evgeniy Evstigneev, Vladimir Tolokonnikov, Boris Plotnikov, Roman Kartsev
Votes: 9,093
unexpectedly successful film version of the classic book by Bulgakov
неожиданно удачная киноверсия классической книги Булгакова
41. Na Deribasovskoy khoroshaya pogoda, ili Na Brayton-Bich opyat idut dozhdi (1993)
Not Rated | 91 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
When mysterious Russian bandit named Artist came in USA, brave Russian special agent Fyodor Sokolov runs to States for defeat evil master.
Director: Leonid Gaidai | Stars: Dmitriy Kharatyan, Kelly McGrill, Andrey Myagkov, Mikhail Kokshenov
Votes: 2,053
a satire on the era, American-Soviet relations, russian mafia in the USA
глумление над СССР, сатира на эпоху
42. A Man from Boulevard des Capucines (1987)
PG-13 | 98 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
Mr Jonny First arrives to the Wild West to present the art of the Cinematograph.
Director: Alla Surikova | Stars: Andrey Mironov, Alexandra Yakovleva, Mikhail Boyarskiy, Oleg Tabakov
Votes: 3,585
43. Ten Little Indians (1987)
137 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A psychological thriller based on the novel by Agatha Christie. Ten strangers are forced to come face to face with their dark pasts after receiving invitation to an isolated island off the coast of England.
Director: Stanislav Govorukhin | Stars: Vladimir Zeldin, Tatyana Drubich, Aleksandr Kaydanovskiy, Aleksey Zharkov
Votes: 3,115
44. Cloud-Paradise (1990)
76 min | Drama
In a dreary Russian village, over-enthusiastic and underappreciated Kolya spontaneously announces that he has plans to leave for the far-east today, garnering far more attention and support than he anticipated.
Director: Nikolay Dostal | Stars: Andrey Zhigalov, Sergey Batalov, Irina Rozanova, Alla Kliouka
Votes: 806
45. Komediya strogogo rezhima (1992)
78 min | Comedy
The action is set in 1970 as the Soviet Union (and the entire progressive world) are preparing to celebrate Lenin's centenary. Not to be outdone, the camp commander decides to have the ... See full summary »
Directors: Mikhail Grigorev, Vladimir Studennikov | Stars: Viktor Sukhorukov, Ivan Krivoruchko, Nadezhda Zharikova, Yury Vyushin
Votes: 309
46. Deja vu (1990)
108 min | Comedy, Crime, History
During the Prohibition, Chicago mob send a hitman after a traitor. The only problem is that his traces lead to Odessa, and no one hitman can overcome the hardcore Soviet bureaucracy.
Director: Juliusz Machulski | Stars: Jerzy Stuhr, Galina Petrova, Nikolay Karachentsov, Vladimir Golovin
Votes: 1,543
47. Lyubov s privilegiyami (1989)
135 min | Drama, Romance
USSR, late 80s. Former Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers Kozhemyakin comes to rest in Yalta. Irina, who works as a van driver, was asked to meet him at the station. A casual ... See full summary »
Director: Vladimir Kuchinsky | Stars: Lyubov Polishchuk, Vyacheslav Tikhonov, Oleg Tabakov, Lidiya Fedoseeva-Shukshina
Votes: 134
48. Bespredel (1989)
102 min | Crime, Drama
A drama from the life of the prisoners in a regular jail in Soviet Union.
Director: Igor Gostev | Stars: Andrey Tashkov, Anton Androsov, Aleksandr Mokhov, Lev Durov
Votes: 1,390
49. Vzlomshchik (1987)
90 min | Drama
13-year-old Semyon is stuck in between of lifestyles of his father, who has a drinking problem, and nonconformity of his older brother, rock musician.
Director: Valeriy Ogorodnikov | Stars: Oleg Elykomov, Konstantin Kinchev, Yuriy Tsapnik, Svetlana Gaytan
Votes: 149
soviet youth of the 80s, soviet rockers, breakdance
молодёжь 80-х, рок-музыканты, брейк-данс
50. Fanat (1989)
81 min | Action
The invincible "Kid" is a fan of karate, full of bright plans for the future. However, involuntary complicity in the robbery, and only by a miracle instead of prison, he enters the army. ... See full summary »
Director: Vladimir Feoktistov | Stars: Aleksey Serebryakov, Yuriy Gorobets, Oleg Kantemirov, Fyodor Sukhov
Votes: 254
51. Sobachiy pir (1990)
112 min | Drama
A woman who cleans toilets has dreams of meeting a lover and finding happiness.Will these dreams, in the winter of a USSR in its last years, come true?
Director: Leonid Menaker | Stars: Natalya Gundareva, Sergey Shakurov, Larisa Udovichenko, Anna Polikarpova
Votes: 105
devastation, alcoholism, all poorly
всё плохо, падение морали, алкоголизм
52. Is It Easy to Be Young? (1986)
83 min | Documentary, Drama
Portrayal of rebellious teenagers growing up under Communist rule in Latvia.
Director: Juris Podnieks
Votes: 422
soviet youth of the 80s, documentary
документальный фильм о советской молодёжи снятый в Прибалтике
53. Steklyannyy labirint (1990)
97 min | Drama
After celebrating a birthday, the students of a vocational school went looking for adventure. Later that night, in a drunken frenzy, they climbed into the zoo and accidentally killed a deer - and sobered up. Now they are facing prison.
Director: Mark Osepyan | Stars: Oleg Fomin, Boris Shuvalov, Yevgeniy Titov, Gennady Sayfulin
Votes: 27
soviet youth of the 80s, Era of Stagnation
молодёжь начала 80-х, брежневский застой, птушники
54. Tragediya v stile rok (1989)
167 min | Crime, Drama
A conflict of generations when a father, connected to organized crime, is sentenced for embezzlement and his son turns to drugs and a spectacular suicide in a car accident.
Director: Savva Kulish | Stars: Aleksei Shkatov, Olga Alyoshina, Aleksey Maslov, Sergei Karlenkov
Votes: 103
soviet youth of the 80, sparent-child relationship, overcoming the past, drug use, totalitarian sect, crime, motorcycle sport, soviet rockers
молодёжь 80-х, отношения родителей и детей, преодоление прошлого, наркомания, секты, преступность, мотоспорт, рок-музыканты
55. Luna Park (1992)
Not Rated | 111 min | Drama
Andrei leads a group of nationalist skinheads. They've taken over a Luna Park depot. They indulge in violence and racketeering against Jews, homosexuals and the marginalized.
Director: Pavel Lungin | Stars: Oleg Borisov, Andrei Gutin, Natalya Egorova, Nonna Mordyukova
Votes: 527
soviet youth of the 80s, lyubery (hooligans), chauvinism, homophobia, anti-semitism, jew anti-semite
молодёжь 80-х, повествование от лица быдла, любера, шовинизм, гомофобия, антисемитизм, еврей-антисемит
56. Limited Life (1989)
75 min | Drama
A strange group of people lives in an old house slated for demolition. One of them is a sweet provincial girl named Masha who failed her university exams and doesn't want to go home to her ... See full summary »
Director: Aleksey Rudakov | Stars: Marina Zudina, Oleg Menshikov, Evdokiya Germanova, Sergey Gazarov
Votes: 46
female share, hippie, drugs, inner emigration
лимитчики, женская доля, хиппи, наркотики, внутренняя эмиграция
57. Nochnoy ekipazh (1987)
95 min | Crime, Drama
Director: Boris Tokarev | Stars: Igor Pyankov, Fyodor Pereverzev, Pavel Lopukhovsky, Anastasiya Derevshchikova
Votes: 60
soviet youth of the 80, sparent-child relationship, relations between students and teachers, militsiya, joyride, prom, road movie
молодёжь 80-х, отношения родителей и детей, отношения между учениками и учителями, милиция, угон автомобиля, птушники, выпускной
58. Tantsy na kryshe (1985)
76 min | Family
Director: Viktor Volkov | Stars: Grigoriy Kataev, Aleksandr Fatyushin, Valentina Shendrikova, Igor Yasulovich
Votes: 24
soviet youth of the 80, sparent-child relationship, good boy and bad friends, militsiya, breakdance
молодёжь 80-х, отношения родителей и детей, хороший мальчик связывается с плохой компанией, милиция, брейк-данс
59. A Little Doll (1988)
135 min | Drama, Romance, Sport
After receiving a serious injury, a young gymnast is forced to stop performing. This traumatizes her not only physically but also morally.
Director: Isaakas Fridbergas | Stars: Svetlana Zasypkina, Irina Metlitskaya, Vladimir Menshov, Ervand Arzumanyan
Votes: 345
soviet youth of the 80, relations between students and teachers, sport, school
молодёжь 80-х, отношения между учениками и учителями, школа, спорт
60. The Asthenic Syndrome (1989)
153 min | Drama
In the old days it was called hypochrondria, or black melancholia. Now, apparently, it's termed the Asthenic Syndrome. Whatever it is, Nikolai, a teacher has got it, and it's not much fun.
Director: Kira Muratova | Stars: Sergei Popov, Olga Antonova, Galina Zakhurdaeva, Natalya Buzko
Votes: 1,404
abstraction, all poorly
абстракция, всё плохо
61. Na pomoshch, brattsy! (1989)
70 min | Comedy
Director: Ivan Vasilev | Stars: Sergey Kubskiy, Sergei Skripkin, Georgiy Millyar, Nikolay Olyalin
Votes: 21
children's fairy-tale film with scenes of nudity
детский фильм-сказка со сценами обнажённой натуры
62. The Guard (1990)
96 min | Drama
This docudrama of harsh conditions in the Soviet army focuses on a military man, angered by the corruption of the system, who shoots six of his fellow soldiers.
Director: Aleksandr Rogozhkin | Stars: Aleksey Buldakov, Sergei Kupriianov, Aleksey Poluyan, Aleksandr Smirnov
Votes: 180
63. Life Is a Woman (1991)
Drama
Madina in a trance for a loved one commits a crime, goes to prison, and then in the women's prison. Many of the women prisoners to "break" obstoyateltstva. Ho, there are those who, even in ... See full summary »
Director: Zhanna Serikbayeva | Stars: Lyudmila Baranova, Olga Kalmykova, Tatyana Orlova
Votes: 19
64. Dom pod zvyozdnym nebom (1991)
121 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
The fantastic components allow Solovev to create displaced references between the cinematic narrative and the historical chaos during the last year of the Soviet empire.
Director: Sergey Solovyov | Stars: Mikhail Ulyanov, Alla Parfanyak, Aleksandra Turgan, Mariya Anikanova
Votes: 233
65. Mirror for a Hero (1987)
139 min | Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Two casual acquaintances, Sergey Pshenichnyy and Andrey Nemchinov, are transferred almost 40 years ago by the will of mysterious circumstances. This day - May 8, 1949 - begins to repeat itself for them with inexorable constancy.
Director: Vladimir Khotinenko | Stars: Sergey Koltakov, Ivan Bortnik, Boris Galkin, Feliks Stepun
Votes: 733
time travel, Stalin's Soviet Union, miners, Donbass, overcoming the past
путешествие во времени, сталинский СССР, шахтёры, Донбасс, преодоление прошлого
66. Eto bylo u morya ... (1989)
97 min | Drama
Teenage drama that takes place in a boarding school for kids with spinal problems. School ways are harsh, the stronger kids are always at the top and adult staff supports it. The striking contrast to the plot is seaside town scenery.
Director: Ayan Shakhmaliyeva | Stars: Nina Ruslanova, Svetlana Kryuchkova, Nika Turbina, Yekaterina Politova
Votes: 63
soviet youth of the 80, relations between students and teachers, female collective, first love, problems with the spine
молодёжь 80-х, отношения между учениками и учителями, женский коллектив, первая любовь, проблемы с позвоночником
67. Obnazhyonnaya v shlyape (1992)
68 min | Adventure, Comedy
A promising erotic photographer Kostya Telegin is kidnapped and his friends-journalists decide to find him with the aid of his last photo, "A hatted nude".
Director: Aleksandr Polynnikov | Stars: Aleksey Serebryakov, Anna Nazareva, Evelina Arkhangelskaya, Oleg Stefan
Votes: 92
erotica, detective, journalism, beach, dancing, Baltic republics
эротика, детектив, журналистика, пляж, танцы, Прибалтика
68. Tantsuyushchiye prizraki (1992)
Drama, Comedy
Choreographic school, young talents are gathered here. After eight years of study there are three months to the final performance. And, at last, Giselle is appointed, the roles are assigned... See full summary »
Directors: Yuriy Korotkov, Efim Reznikov | Stars: Aleksey Yasulovich, Anna Ponomaryova, Nina Siyanko, Mariya Vinogradova
Votes: 48
soviet youth of the 80, relations between students and teachers, female collective, ballet, dancing, country life
молодёжь 80-х, отношения между учениками и учителями, женский коллектив, балет, танцы, деревенская жизнь, Залдастанов-Хирург
69. Dukhov den (1991)
117 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
Ivan Khristoforov discovers the strange property of involuntarily blowing up surrounding objects. Trying to understand the reason and meaning of this unusual ability, he turns to family ... See full summary »
Director: Sergey Selyanov | Stars: Yuriy Shevchuk, Boris Golyatkin, Gennadiy Garbuk, Viktor Semyonovsky
Votes: 125
70. Primorskiy bulvar (1988 TV Movie)
Comedy, Musical
The events of the movie take place in the city of Odessa. A guy named Sasha sees a beautiful girl on the street and, following her, inadvertently causes a car crash. The driver of the car ... See full summary »
Director: Aleksandr Polynnikov | Stars: Valentina Talyzina, Aleksandr Buyanov, Oleg Fedulov, Oksana Fomichyova
Votes: 124
71. Den lyubvi (1990)
90 min | Action, Crime, Drama
In a small Russian town, a mafia boss is planning a big operation to illegally sell trucks. In order to distract police attention he orders a gang "Motalka" that works for him to commit ... See full summary »
Director: Aleksandr Polynnikov | Stars: Andrei Boltnev, Sergey Gazarov, Andrey Smolyakov, Anna Nazareva
Votes: 116
72. Tak zhit nelzya (1990)
115 min | Documentary
Documentary film about a crisis in Soviet society and causes, which led to this.
Director: Stanislav Govorukhin | Stars: Stanislav Govorukhin, Aleksandr Nevzorov, Olya Dvoretskaya, Maximilian Schell
Votes: 136
documentary, devastation, all poorly
документальный фильм, падение морали, всё плохо
73. V gorode Sochi tyomnye nochi (1989)
R | 115 min | Comedy, Romance
Vehicle for Little Vera star Natalya Negoda, here a young student who meets a 50 year old con artist (he'd tried to dupe her mother into a fake apartment swap) and lands up in a Black Sea hotel room with him and the corpse of a policeman.
Director: Vasili Pichul | Stars: Aleksey Zharkov, Natalya Negoda, Aleksandr Mironov, Anastasiya Vertinskaya
Votes: 90
romantic relationship with a big age difference, love triangle, soviet wedding, scammers
отношения с большой разницей в возрасте, любовный треугольник, советская свадьба, аферисты
74. Publikatsiya (1988)
89 min | Drama
Director: Viktor Volkov | Stars: Lyudmila Arinina, Larisa Shakhvorostova, Vladislav Dashevsky, Nikita Guryev
Votes: 37
soviet youth of the 80, soviet rockers, breakdance, school, relations between students and teachers, girl fight
молодёжь 80-х, рок-музыканты, брейк-данс, школа, отношения между учениками и учителями, девчачья драка
75. Tormozheniye v nebesakh (1990)
81 min | Comedy
Director: Viktor Buturlin | Stars: Viktor Smirnov, Nina Ruslanova, Yuriy Kuznetsov, Viktor Tsepaev
Votes: 16
TV propaganda, journalism, Communist party
телепропаганда, журналистика, номенклатура, КПСС
76. Shut (1988)
99 min | Drama
Taking advantage of his intellectual superiority, the teenager Valya Uspensky subtly and mercilessly takes revenge on others for small and big offenses. The young mathematics teacher Igor ... See full summary »
Director: Andrey Eshpay | Stars: Dmitri Vesensky, Marina Mayevskaya, Igor Kostolevskiy, Genrietta Yegorova
Votes: 122
soviet youth of the 80, school, relations between students and teachers, parent-child relationship, psychology
молодёжь 80-х, школа, отношения между учениками и учителями, отношения родителей и детей, психология
77. Poshchyochina, kotoroy ne bylo (1987)
85 min | Drama
Director: Igor Shatrov | Stars: Andrei Boltnev, Lyudmila Solovyova, Vladimir Steklov, Olga Rachinskaya
Votes: 27
soviet youth of the 80, school, relations between students and teachers, first love, detective story, militsiya
молодёжь 80-х, школа, отношения между учениками и учителями, первая любовь, милиция, детектив
78. Naerata ometi (1985)
85 min | Drama
A sensitive girl struggles with first love and bullying in a 1980's Soviet orphanage.
Directors: Leida Laius, Arvo Iho | Stars: Monika Järv, Hendrik Toompere Jr., Tauri Tallermaa, Katrin Tamleht
Votes: 282
soviet youth of the 80, orphanage, first love, Estonia
молодёжь 80-х, детский дом, первая любовь, Эстония
79. Dama s popugaem (1988)
99 min | Comedy, Romance
A 40-year-old womanizer is resting on vacation by the warm sea. The sea, the beach , beautiful naked women, and it would seem, what else is needed? But a strange woman with a parrot ... See full summary »
Director: Andrei Prachenko | Stars: Aleksey Zharkov, Svetlana Smirnova, Dmitri Kopp, Tatyana Yerisova
Votes: 86
80. Soblazn (1987)
106 min | Drama
Director: Vyacheslav Sorokin | Stars: Alisa Zykina, Yuri Davydov, Natalya Sorokina, Sergei Luchnikov
Votes: 57
soviet youth of the 80, school, relations between students and teachers, parent-child relationship, girl fight
молодёжь 80-х, школа, отношения между учениками и учителями, отношения родителей и детей, мажоры, девчачья драка
81. Byla ne byla (1986)
64 min | Drama, Music
A teenage boy gets into trouble flirting with a pretty teacher, then redeems himself defending a girl attacked by goons in a park. He falls for another teacher's daughter, a dancer, and meets the hot teacher under different circumstances.
Director: Valeri Fedosov | Stars: Grigoriy Kataev, Tina Laptev, Aleksey Zharkov, Valentina Telichkina
Votes: 11
soviet youth of the 80, school, relations between students and teachers, parent-child relationship, militsiya, school play, first love, breakdance, Odessa
молодёжь 80-х, школа, отношения между учениками и учителями, отношения родителей и детей, милиция, школьная театральная постановка, первая любовь, брейк-данс, Одесса
82. Na okraine, gde-to v gorode... (1988)
84 min | Drama
A mother, tired and dumbed down by her son's hopeless grades, a stepfather, habitually threatening to send his son to a vocational school, a teacher trying to reach the heart of every student, kids who don't know where to put their energy.
Director: Valeriy Pendrakovskiy | Stars: Aleksandr Larionov, Andrei Manannikov, Anton Sheremetyev, Yelena Zajtseva
Votes: 15
soviet youth of the 80, school, relations between students and teachers, parent-child relationship, militsiya, difficult teenager, hooligans
молодёжь 80-х, школа, отношения между учениками и учителями, отношения родителей и детей, милиция, трудный подросток, хулиганы
83. Pust ya umru, Gospodi... (1989)
76 min | Drama
Director: Boris Grigorev | Stars: Galina Polskikh, Ivan Lapikov, Elena Morozova, Igor Ledogorov
Votes: 22
soviet youth of the 80, orphanage, female collective, shooting process
молодёжь 80-х, детский дом, женский коллектив, киносъёмочный процесс
84. Rabota nad oshibkami (1988)
74 min | Drama
Director: Andrey Benkendorf | Stars: Evgeniy Knyazev, Oksana Drozdova, Yelena Chukhalyonok, Vitali Gritsenko
Votes: 17
soviet youth of the 80, school, relations between students and teachers, detective story, komsomol
молодёжь 80-х, школа, отношения между учениками и учителями, детектив, комсомол
85. Milyy Ep (1991)
102 min | Drama
Director: Oleg Fomin | Stars: Inna Khrulyova, Mikhail Palatnik, Igor Yurash, Aleksandr Strizhenov
Votes: 10
first love
первая любовь
_________
Кадры из этого фильма присутствуют в клипе "Одинокий голубь" певицы Яны
86. Sdelano v SSSR (1991)
82 min | Crime, Drama
Directors: Vladimir Shamshurin, Svyatoslav Tarakhovsky | Stars: Armen Dzhigarkhanyan, Oksana Arbuzova, Kirill Belevich, Aleksandra Fomichyova
Votes: 42
a parody of the totalitarian society on the example of schools
пародия на тоталитарное общество на примере школы
87. Lyubimchik (1991)
76 min | Action
Director: Pavel Pechenkin | Stars: Boris Shevchenko, Lev Sankin, Olga Drozdova, Viktor Koreshkov
politics, elections, nomenclature, mafia, crime
политика, выборы, номенклатура, мафия, преступность
88. Noch dlinnykh nozhey (1990)
91 min | Crime, Drama
Director: Olga Zhukova | Stars: Evgeniy Gerasimov, Lyudmila Bodrova, Ulyana Urvantseva, Nikolay Merzlikin
Votes: 12
89. Schastlivogo rozhdestva v Parizhe! ili Banda lesbiyanok (1991)
72 min | Crime, Drama
Director: Olga Zhukova | Stars: Alika Smekhova, Vladimir Tolokonnikov, Sonya Klimenko, Yuliya Lobanova
Votes: 13
90. Komu vgoru, komu vniz (1991)
84 min | Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Director: Stanislav Klymenko | Stars: Pyotr Benyuk, Anatoliy Khostikoev, Svitlana Kharko, Igor Afanasev
Votes: 13
time travel, UFO, psychics, hypnosis, Ukraine
путешествие во времени, НЛО, экстрасенсы, гипноз, Украина
91. Bryunetka za 30 kopeek (1991)
85 min | Adventure, Comedy, Romance
In the fictional provincial town of Valuisk, the mayor is worried about the state of the economy. To save the city budget, he is ready to take a decisive step - to open a brothel in the ... See full summary »
Director: Sergey Nikonenko | Stars: Sergey Nikonenko, Anna Samokhina, Viktor Ilichyov, Aleksandr Bespalyy
Votes: 44
92. Damskiy portnoy (1990)
89 min | Drama
Set in Kiev, Russia, on 29 September 1941, this feature chronicles the last 24 hours in the lives of a Jewish tailor and his family just prior to their deportation and execution at Babi Yar.
Director: Leonid Gorovets | Stars: Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy, Tatyana Vasileva, Yelena Kozelkova, Nele Savicenko
Votes: 49
93. Shchenok (1988)
103 min | Drama
A tenth-grader wrote a letter to the central newspaper, in which he described the outrages going on and how the authorities were bound together by close ties of corruption and impunity. When the letter was published, he became an outcast.
Director: Aleksandr Grishin | Stars: Sergei Rozhentsev, Fyodor Gavrilov, Vladimir Shevelkov, Akhat Zhabbarov
Votes: 16
soviet youth of the 80s, parent-child relationship, relations between students and teachers, school, journalism, komsomol
молодёжь 80-х, отношения родителей и детей, отношения между учениками и учителями, школа, журналистика, провинция, комсомол
94. Stervyatniki na dorogakh (1990)
133 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
Alexander and Anatoly work as truck drivers in Minsk on MAZ-6422 and MAZ-64228 in a firm that deals with international transportation. As true friends, they always help each other, no matter what happens on the road.
Director: Samvel Gasparov | Stars: Oleg Fomin, Nina Ruslanova, Natalya Vavilova, Marina Yakovleva
Votes: 35
trucks, motorcycles, soviet youth of the 80s, crime, militsiya, revenge, Belarus
грузовики, мотоциклы, молодёжь 80-х, преступность, милиция, месть, белорусская провинция
95. Dorogoe udovolstvie (1988)
86 min | Comedy
Director: Leonid Maryagin | Stars: Sergey Migitsko, Larisa Kuznetsova, Valentin Gaft, Oleg Tabakov
Votes: 31
96. Afghan Breakdown (1992)
140 min | War
The events of the film take place on the eve of the withdrawal of Soviet troops from Afghanistan. The son of a high-ranking military man is sent to the paratrooper unit, commanded by Major Bandura.
Director: Vladimir Bortko | Stars: Michele Placido, Tatyana Dogileva, Mikhail Zhigalov, Filipp Yankovskiy
Votes: 560
war in Afghanistan
война в Афганистане
97. Karavan smerti (1992)
79 min | Action
Soviet troops are no longer in Afghanistan and some Afghan leaders believe that the war is still going on. They have a special order - to destroy a regiment of border guards in Tadzhikistan.
Director: Ivan Solovov | Stars: Aleksandr Pankratov-Chyornyy, Boris Khmelnitskiy, Elena Kondulaynen, Viktor Pavlov
Votes: 67
war in Afghanistan
война в Афганистане
98. Dva shaga do tishiny (1991)
80 min | Drama, War
Director: Yuri Tupitsky | Stars: Oleg Savkin, Elena Kovaleva, Aleksey Buldakov, Aleksey Gorbunov
Votes: 12
war in Afghanistan
война в Афганистане
99. His Nickname Is Beast (1990)
88 min | Action, Crime
Saveliy Govorkov, an Afghanistan war veteran tries to fight mafia in his own town.
Director: Aleksandr Muratov | Stars: Dmitriy Pevtsov, Tatyana Skorokhodova, Boris Shcherbakov, Yuriy Nazarov
Votes: 234
100. Ne pokiday... (1989 TV Movie)
140 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
The fairy tale-play based on which the film was made was written by Georgi Polonsky in 1984 based on the fairy tale "The Rose and the Ring" by William Thackeray.
Director: Leonid Nechaev | Stars: Vyacheslav Nevinnyy, Lidiya Fedoseeva-Shukshina, Varvara Vladimirova, Igor Krasavin
Votes: 209
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