According to a survey conducted by the Cinema Foundation, together with VTsIOM, the majority of Russians (66%) choose a suitable film long before going to the cinema. After all, this event is not just entertainment, but also the most popular form of leisure in Russia. So it requires a responsible approach.
And so that your trip to the cinema does not turn into disappointment, we have prepared a rating of the best Russian films of 2019. And after watching them, you can go to the best foreign films. Or vice versa.
10. The Lost Island
Cinema Search: 5.31 out of 10
IMDB: 4.30 out of 10
Genre: drama, thriller, detective
Country: Russia
Producer: Denis Silyakov
Music: Dmitry Emelyanov
Duration: 90 minutes
Moscow journalist Igor Voevodin had no idea what his trip to the beautiful Far Eastern island would turn out to be.
There, in a small fishing village, near people practically divorced from civilization and the mysterious mistress of the island, the “metropolitan little thing” leaves the comfort zone. And it turns out to be in a zone much darker and surreal.
9. Save Leningrad
Cinema Search: 5.37 out of 10
IMDB: 6.80 out of 10
Genre: drama military
Country: Russia
Producer: Alexey Kozlov
Music: Yuri Potenko
Duration: 95 minutes
Despite the large-scale name, the film is not focused on the city, but on a barge, which is supposed to lead part of the inhabitants of the besieged Leningrad. Among them are young lovers - Kostya and Nastya.
At night, the ship is in distress, but instead of help, it is under fire from enemy aircraft.
“Save Leningrad” - does not claim to be the title of “film-masterpiece” or “film-revelation”. However, he will give not too picky viewers of different ages exactly what they expect from modern cinema: action scenes, a romantic component and a template villain in the person of the NKVD major.
8. Mistresses
Cinema Search: 5.45 out of 10
IMDB: 4.60 out of 10
Genre: comedy
Country: Russia
Producer: Elena Khazanova
Music: Diana Arbenina
Duration: 97 minutes
Being in the role of a woman to whom a man goes to “rest” from his wife is a pleasure below average. And the three heroines of the film are ready not only to abandon the role of lovers, but also very ingeniously punish men who cheat on their wives and use the feelings of ladies in love in their own selfish interests.
Beware, deceivers, for lovers are on the warpath!
7. Seven dinners
Cinema Search: 6.04 out of 10
IMDB: 5.30 out of 10
Genre: comedy
Country: Russia
Producer: Kirill Pletnev
Music: Artyom Mikhenkin
Duration: 91 minutes
In the family of Eugene and Alena there has long been no peace and harmony. They have no children, no common interests left, and Alena already has no strength to endure Zhenya, who is in a permanent depression. And she decides to divorce.
And this could end the story of an ordinary Russian family. But in front of us is a comedy. So, not everything is so bad. And Zhenya, realizing that he could remain proudly alone, takes decisive steps to restore his dying feelings. He asks Alina to go with him to seven dinners before the divorce. Each of them will have a unique atmosphere, but will it help to return the wife’s love?
6. Barabbas
Cinema Search: 6.13 out of 10
IMDB: 5.90
Genre: drama, story
Country: Russia
Producer: Eugene Emelin
Music: Alexander Kendysh, Oleg Saxonov and others.
Duration: 115 minutes
“Father’s Son” - as Barabbas translates from Aramaic - this is a movie about a robber who was released instead of Jesus Christ by decision of the crowd.
It will show the audience what happened to Barabbas after gaining freedom, and the motives that moved the famous biblical characters - Pontius Pilate, Judas and Joseph, nicknamed Caiaphas.
Separate praise from the audience was awarded with beautiful costumes and scenery, allowing you to dive deeper during the epochal event - the crucifixion of Jesus Christ.
5. Brownie
Cinema Search: 6.38 out of 10
IMDB: not
Genre: fantasy, comedy, family
Country: Russia
Producer: Evgeny Bedarev
Music: Mark Dorbsky
Duration: 104 minutes
Brownies, witches and talking seals are something from the field of Russian children's fairy tales. So allow yourself to be a child for a while, watching this fun and touching comedy about the very harmful Brownie, and the family of mom, daughter and charming cat Kuzi.
And also about the evil sorceress, who has her own plans for the contents of the Domovoy’s apartment and his (first unwanted) guests.
4. Scream of silence
Cinema Search: 6.90 out of 10
IMDB: not
Genre: drama, history, military
Country: Russia
Producer: Vladimir Potapov
Music: Denis Pekarev
Duration: 97 minutes
Left alone in the besieged Leningrad, little Mitya was doomed to death. However, the girl Katya acted as his guardian angel. As a teenager herself, she fights day after day for Mitya’s life in the midst of a war-torn, frozen and hungry city.
Despite all the tragedy of what is happening, this picture does not set itself the task of bringing down a burden of despair and "chernukha" on the viewer. As people who have already watched “The Scream of Silence” claim, this movie is life-affirming, it gives faith in humanity and kindness.
3. The Brotherhood
Cinema Search: 7.17 out of 10
IMDB: 6.40 out of 10
Genre: drama, action, military
Country: Russia
Producer: Pavel Lungin
Music: is unknown
Duration: 113 minutes
At the epicenter of events is a reconnaissance company, which should save the Soviet pilot who was captured by the souls of the souls, and, concurrently, the son of the general. However, if you think that you are faced with an ordinary heroic film in which invincible fighters mow down crowds of helpless enemies, then you are mistaken.
The film by Pavel Lungin is about a real Afghan war with its blood, then, fear, and the desire to just survive and return home. And peaceful episodes, interspersing battle scenes, give viewers an emotional discharge and bring a bit of humor to the gloom of what is happening.
2. The corridor of immortality
Cinema Search: 6.25 out of 10
IMDB: 6.90 out of 10
Genre: drama, military, history
Country: Russia
Producer: Fedor Popov
Music: Andrey Golovin
Duration: 125 minutes
A lot of films have been shot about the exploits of sailors, tankmen, pilots and scouts during the Great Patriotic War. But no less heroic railway workers were still ignored. And the “Corridor of Immortality” corrects this cinematic flaw.
This is a film about heroism, about the valuable cargo that must be delivered at any cost, about the construction of the Shlisselburg highway under continuous shelling of German artillery. And about the feeling of victory, which is voiced by the mouth of the main character - Masha Yablochkina. Our beat the Nazis!
1. Balkan line
Cinema Search: 7.28 out of 10
IMDB: 7.80 out of 10
Genre: drama, action, military
Country: Russia, Serbia
Producer: Andrey Volgin
Music: Mikhail Afanasyev
Duration: 151 minutes
This picture, topping the top of the best war films of 2019, is based on real events that took place in Kosovo relatively recently - in 1999, during the armed conflict between the Albanians and the Serbs.
A group of Russian commandos under the command of Shatai was tasked with seizing an airport controlled by Albanian militants and holding it until reinforcements arrived. The situation is complicated by the fact that at the airport, among the hostages is a young nurse, Yasna, who really likes Shatay.
