Soviet cinema is a separate category of films, close to the heart of almost every citizen of the country. Each film is imbued with kindness and sincerity. Most of the actors are familiar to the viewer from childhood, and only one appearance on the screen creates a good mood.
The list of the best films can include almost every Soviet film. Here are comedies with sparkling humor, life-affirming war films, and touching melodramas:
- Ivan Vasilyevich is changing his profession
- Operation S and Other Adventures of Shurik
- The Diamond Arm
- Only “old men” go into battle
- Gentlemen of Fortune
- And dawns are quiet here
- Prisoner of the Caucasus, or the New Adventures of Shurik
- dog's heart
- Moscow does not believe in tears
- Cranes are Flying
- Officers
- White Bim Black Ear
- Man's fate
- Love affair at work
- They fought for their homeland
- Girls
- The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson
- Welcome, or No Trespassing
- Love and pigeons
- 12 chairs and many others.
To make the best ten of the Soviet cinema was very difficult.Most attention was paid to the analysis of reviews of film fans on the relevant Internet resources. The result was the following selection.
Ivan Vasilyevich is changing his profession
This film has already fallen in love with several generations and continues to gather crowds of admirers. Despite the fact that the film was shot in 1973, its relevance and modernity is surprising.
In the story, the talented inventor Timofeev created a fantastic time machine. It is installed in his apartment, which brings inconvenience to tenants of the house. As a result of the experience, the inventor’s apartment became a portal in the 16th century. Occasional viewers of the car's work hit straight into the royal chambers of Ivan the Terrible.
The situation is complicated by the fact that Ivan the Terrible himself is transferred to the inventor's quart, and the portal is closed, placing Timofeyev’s neighbor and the thief, Millerinsky’s thief, who accidentally got into the apartment, in a trap in the 16th century. In the process of returning all to their places a lot of funny events occur.
Operation S and Other Adventures of Shurik
In 1965, brilliant director Leonid Gaidai made an amazing comedy about the adventures of ordinary Soviet people. The main roles were played well familiar to the viewer:
- Alexander Demyanenko
- Natalia Selezneva
- Alexey Smirnov
- Yury Nikulin
- Evgeny Morgunov
- George Vitsin
- Mikhail Pugovkin.
Three stories can be learned from the film, the main character of which was Shurik - a charming, but a little awkward student. The first novella “Partner” tells about the difficult process of re-education of a hooligan and a tall man who came under the care of a fragile student. In the second part of "Obsession" Shurik meets an amazing girl, to whom he immediately begins to experience romantic affection. The third story tells about the clash of the same Shurik with a gang of petty fraudsters - Balbes, Coward and Experienced.
The Diamond Arm
"The Diamond Hand" is another masterpiece from Leonid Gaidai. The main roles went to unsurpassed Yuri Nikulin and Andrey Mironov.
The plot unfolds around a gang of experienced scammers who trade in smuggling and trade in values and volutions. By chance, their plan is ruined by a simple Soviet engineer, Semen Semenovich Gorbunkov, who turned out to be in the very center of one of the operations. Instead of one of the bandits, an engineer turns up at the appointed place. He is dressed in a cast filled with valuables and sent home. Now the gangsters are hunting him in order to regain expensive items, and the police are hunting for the criminals, trying to catch them at the time of the removal of the plaster. All events look very funny and full of funny surprises.
Only “old men” go into battle
In 1973, a film appeared on the screens about the “singing” squadron of military pilots. Starred in the lead roles:
- Leonid Bykov
- Sergey Podgorny
- Sergey Ivanov
- Rustam Sagdullaev
- Evgeniya Simonova
- Olga Mateshko
- Vladimir Talashko
- Alexey Smirnov
- Victor Miroshnichenko
- Grigory Gladiy
In this squadron "old men" were young guys. But according to the unwritten law, they tried not to take graduates of accelerated studies from schools into battle. The film tells about the importance of brotherhood and unity, the bitterness of loss, the touching first love and the real values of life. The war does not spare anyone, and the recent “yellow-sighted” will have to independently participate in the hostilities.
Gentlemen of Fortune
This light sparkling comedy tells about the adventures of the head of the kindergarten Troshkina, who by coincidence had to get used to the role of a recidivist gangster named "Associate". The bandit himself with his accomplices had previously stolen a rare thing - a golden helmet. The value was hidden. The task of the head of Troshkin is to find out from the accomplices of the present Docent, where the helmet is located.
And dawns are quiet here
This is another military film showing the feelings and experiences of people against the backdrop of the horrors of war. In those difficult years, only the exploits of people like the main characters of the film were able to save the country from defeat and ruin.
The plot tells about the detachment of young female anti-aircraft gunners who were forced to engage in an unequal battle with the enemies on the front line.There could be a lot of love, family and a bright future on the path of life, but the war puts its own corrections ...
Caucasian Captive or Shurik's New Adventures
In this film, we again meet Shurik, previously beloved by the viewers. He is also clumsy and charming. This time, the hero needs to familiarize himself and collect the most interesting of Caucasian folklore. For this, he had to personally come to the Caucasus. Here he meets a beautiful and positive in all respects girl Nina.
The girl liked not only the hero - his rival is powerful and unprincipled. Naive Shurik is easy to deceive, but after the truth has surfaced, the student begins to actively fight for his beloved.
dog's heart
The screen version of the novel “The Heart of a Dog” by Mikhail Bulgakov turned out to be quite entertaining. According to the plot in Moscow in 1924, the most difficult experiment was carried out on implanting a dog's pituitary gland and human testicles. As a result, the dog began to transform into a man. But, unfortunately, I took from the master of the pituitary gland not the best qualities.
Moscow does not believe in tears
This is the story of three provincials who move to Moscow in the hope of love, happiness and success. Their fates add up quite differently. Modest Antonina finds the same simple guy, gets married and gives birth to children. Brisk Ludmila is waiting for her lucky lottery ticket. She has already been married to a seemingly successful athlete who eventually drank himself.
The most interesting fate of Catherine. She met her love, became pregnant, but the unfortunate gentleman was frightened and refused all responsibility. Years have passed, the heroine’s daughter has grown, her career has reached its peak, but there is no true love. But an unexpected acquaintance in the train allowed Catherine to start life anew.
Cranes are Flying
Another movie about people whose fate was cruelly crushed by war. Not everyone can bear and experience this. The story tells about two hearts in love, which were forever divided by the war.
All these films are written in the history of cinema. They can be viewed dozens of times and each time again and again experience the strongest emotions.
