Seance's Best Russian Films

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In 2008, Seance magazine asked 100 filmmakers and critics to vote for the best Russian films of all time. This list includes all films that received at least 2 votes. The ballots are available on Seance's website. See this spreadsheet for vote counts and top directors.

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  1. 91 new

    Ditya bolshogo goroda

    1914 — a.k.a. Child of the Big City, in 1 top list Check
  2. 6 new

    Bronenosets Potemkin

    1925 — a.k.a. Battleship Potemkin, in 27 top lists Check
  3. 19 new

    Stachka

    1925 — a.k.a. Strike, in 14 top lists Check
  4. 81 new

    S.V.D. - Soyuz velikogo dela

    1927 — a.k.a. The Club of the Big Deed, in 1 top list Check
  5. 60 new

    Tretya meshchanskaya

    1927 — a.k.a. Bed and Sofa, in 6 top lists Check
  6. 29 new

    Chelovek s kino-apparatom

    1929 — a.k.a. Man with a Movie Camera, in 24 top lists Check
  7. 58 new

    Jim Shvante (marili svanets)

    1930 — a.k.a. Salt for Svanetia, in 1 top list Check
  8. 9 new

    Zemlya

    1930 — a.k.a. Earth, in 16 top lists Check
  9. 5 new

    Okraina

    1933 — a.k.a. Outskirts, in 4 top lists Check
  10. 28 new

    Chapaev

    1934 — a.k.a. Chapayev, in 1 top list Check
  11. 87 new

    Vesyolye rebyata

    1934 — a.k.a. Moscow Laughs, in 4 top lists Check
  12. 84 new

    Aerograd

    1935 — a.k.a. Frontier, in 3 top lists Check
  13. 59 new

    Schaste

    1935 — a.k.a. Happiness, in 3 top lists Check
  14. 44 new

    Strogiy yunosha

    1935 — a.k.a. A Severe Young Man, in 2 top lists Check
  15. 101 new

    My iz Kronshtadta

    1936 — a.k.a. We Are from Kronstadt, in 0 top lists Check
  16. 74 new

    Detstvo Gorkogo

    1938 — a.k.a. Gorky 1: The Childhood of Maxim Gorky, in 3 top lists Check
  17. 89 new

    Volga - Volga

    1938, in 2 top lists Check
  18. 77 new

    Mashenka

    1942, in 2 top lists Check
  19. 78 new

    Mechta

    1943 — a.k.a. Dream, in 2 top lists Check
  20. 16 new

    Ivan Groznyy

    1944 — a.k.a. Ivan the Terrible, Part I, in 19 top lists Check
  21. 115 new

    Raduga

    1944 — a.k.a. The Rainbow, in 2 top lists Check
  22. 103 new

    Nashestvie

    1946, in 0 top lists Check
  23. 96 new

    Zolushka

    1947 — a.k.a. Cinderella, in 1 top list Check
  24. 119 new

    Sorok pervyy

    1956 — a.k.a. The Forty-First, in 3 top lists Check
  25. 63 new

    Vesna na Zarechnoy ulitse

    1956, in 2 top lists Check
  26. 2 new

    Letyat zhuravli

    1957 — a.k.a. The Cranes Are Flying, in 17 top lists Check
  27. 121 new

    Tikhiy Don

    1957 — a.k.a. And Quiet Flows the Don, in 1 top list Check
  28. 14 new

    Ballada o soldate

    1959 — a.k.a. Ballad of a Soldier, in 16 top lists Check
  29. 83 new

    Sudba cheloveka

    1959 — a.k.a. Fate of a Man, in 2 top lists Check
  30. 73 new

    Dama s sobachkoy

    1960 — a.k.a. The Lady with the Dog, in 4 top lists Check
  31. 53 new

    Neotpravlennoe pismo

    1960 — a.k.a. Letter Never Sent, in 4 top lists Check
  32. 49 new

    Devyat dney odnogo goda

    1962 — a.k.a. Nine Days of One Year, in 2 top lists Check
  33. 50 new

    Ivanovo detstvo

    1962 — a.k.a. Ivan's Childhood, in 12 top lists Check
  34. 98 new

    Kogda derevya byli bolshimi

    1962 — a.k.a. When the Trees Were Tall, in 0 top lists Check
  35. 93 new

    Do svidaniya, malchiki!

    1964 — a.k.a. Goodbye, Boys, in 0 top lists Check
  36. 38 new

    Dobro pozhalovat, ili Postoronnim vkhod...

    1964 — a.k.a. Welcome, or No Trespassing, in 3 top lists Check
  37. 47 new

    Gamlet

    1964 — a.k.a. Hamlet, in 4 top lists Check
  38. 24 new

    Ya shagayu po Moskve

    1964 — a.k.a. Walking the Streets of Moscow, in 2 top lists Check
  39. 95 new

    Zhivyot takoy paren

    1964 — a.k.a. There Is Such a Lad, in 1 top list Check
  40. 11 new

    Mne dvadtsat let

    1965 — a.k.a. I am Twenty, in 3 top lists Check
  41. 67 new

    Obyknovennyy fashizm

    1965 — a.k.a. Triumph Over Violence, in 6 top lists Check
  42. 109 new

    Pervyy uchitel

    1965 — a.k.a. The First Teacher, in 1 top list Check
  43. 45 new

    Tini zabutykh predkiv

    1965 — a.k.a. Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors, in 12 top lists Check
  44. 30 new

    Voyna i mir

    1965 — a.k.a. War and Peace, in 8 top lists Check
  45. 3 new

    Andrey Rublyov

    1966 — a.k.a. Andrei Rublev, in 29 top lists Check
  46. 20 new

    Beregis avtomobilya

    1966 — a.k.a. Watch Out for the Automobile, in 2 top lists Check
  47. 39 new

    Dolgaya schastlivaya zhizn

    1966, in 1 top list Check
  48. 41 new

    Giorgobistve

    1966 — a.k.a. Falling Leaves, in 0 top lists Check
  49. 21 new

    Istoriya Asi Klyachinoy, kotoraya lyubila, da...

    1966, in 2 top lists Check
  50. 76 new

    Krylya

    1966 — a.k.a. Wings, in 4 top lists Check
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