Russian cinema has always been famous for its paintings. The best domestic directors annually present to the audience their new works worthy of attention.
Today we offer ten of the best Russian films, a list of those released in 2014-2015 and having the highest audience rating according to the version of the Kinopoisk portal and IMDb.
We also published a 2014-2015 movie rating. The list includes the best foreign news.
10. The Ghost (2015)
Yuri Gordeev, a talented flight instructor and inventor of the Yug-1 aircraft, was one step away from success. All he had to do was submit his brainchild to the commission and win the tender from a competitor. Even his ridiculous death in a car accident that happened a week before the expected triumph could not stop Gordeev. Eighth-grader Vanya, a boy full of complexes and fear of heights, helped Yuri, who became a ghost.
9. Battalion (2015)
The events of the picture unfold in difficult times for Russia, associated with the events of 1917, which entailed a terrible turmoil. The fighting spirit of the army, decaying from Bolshevik propaganda and fatigue from the war, was in a deplorable state. To raise it, a special female battalion was created, which, with its example and courage, was to show the soldiers what patriotism and love for the motherland are.
8. Leviathan (2014)
Andrei Zvyagintsev’s best film reveals in a very harsh manner the most topical problems of modern Russia - abuse of the law, bribery, unbridled thirst for profit. Nicholas, the owner of a small car repair shop, who liked the city mayor very much, had to face all this negativity. Nicholas decided to protect himself with the help of incriminating evidence, the collection of which he took up with his army friend.
7. Scar (2014)
The events of this picture are connected with the tragic events of 1915, during the Armenian Genocide. The Armenian Nazareth Manukyan, who lost his whole family during this terrible time, finds out, after many years, that his twin daughter managed to survive then. Nazareth, who lived all this time with the pain of his losses, sets off inspired by the hope of finding his beloved babies.
6. Territory (2014)
Geologist Ilya Chinkov was obsessed with the idea of finding a large gold deposit in Chukotka that could help the country in the difficult post-war period. Ilya led a detachment of prospectors who had a difficult journey in the harsh tundra, full of dangerous surprises.
5. Healthy and forever (2014)
The film by Anna Tsirlina and Natalya Chumakova is dedicated to the thirtieth anniversary of the Civil Defense group. The picture contains many unique frames made by the musicians themselves, exclusive interviews, as well as many other, no less interesting and reliable information.
4. President (2015)
The best Russian films of 2015, along with the 3rd place in the rating, opens the documentary film of Vladimir Solovyov. It is dedicated to Vladimir Putin and his fifteen-year stay in the highest state circles. The picture covers the events that took place in Russia during this period and their role in the development of the country and Putin himself. The film, in addition to the story about the President, contains numerous interviews, documentary chronicles.
3. The Battle of Sevastopol (2015)
The war made Lyudmila Pavlyuchenko, a fragile and loving woman, a legendary sniper. The name of Lyudmila and her courage aroused a sense of pride and patriotism among the Soviet soldiers, and fear and horror among the Nazis. The horrors of war could not destroy in Lyudmila her ability to love and the desire to be loved.
2. The Fool (2014)
The new film directed by Yuri Bykov reveals many pressing problems of our reality, full of absurdity, lies, indifference and cruelty. The name of the film is another confirmation of this, because the fool here is not the rotten class of the bureaucratic apparatus, which cares only about its own well-being, but a simple locksmith who has not forgotten what decency and compassion are. It was he, and not the representatives of the city administration, who would save the lives of hundreds of people living in an emergency home.
1. Evgeny Grishkovets: Farewell to the paper (2014)
The leader of the rating, along with 2nd place, is included in the best Russian films of 2014. The performance of Yevgeny Grishkovets is devoted to the analysis and comparison of the lifestyle of different generations, whose life and personal relations were built and are being built on completely different principles. Grandfather's words, way of thinking and rhythm of life are being replaced by far from always equivalent substitutions. This rule applies, including paper, replaced by soulless e-books and letters that cannot be felt with the skin and fibers of the soul.