Original Russian film posters in minimalist style

Andrei Rublev (1966) by Andrei Tarkovsky. This movie is one of Andrei Tarkovsky's most renowned films. Andrei Rublev is regularly mentioned in surveys as being among the best works of cinema. Rus, beginning of the 15th century. The country is being torn apart by princes' strife. Tatar raids, famine, and plague torment the people...Amidst this tragic period in Rus appears a great icon-painter Andrei Rublev.

Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog) is a Soviet musical comedy directed by Naum Birman in 1979. The film, based on an eponymous short story by Jerome K. Jerome, became the basis of acclaim for actor Andrei Mironov who played six characters in the film. The plot is straightforward: one time, three single friends from London decided to get back to nature and set out on a boating holiday along the Thames, bring along with them the little dog Montmorency.

Battleship Potemkin is a silent film, directed by Sergey Eisenstein in 1925. Sergey Eisenstein was one of the first pioneers and innovators of cinema. Directors and producers try to emulate precisely his style. The scene when a baby carriage with the baby inside rolls down the stairs and just about to full over as soldiers continue firing on the crowd leaves a particularly profound impression. These scenes became a standard of directing productions.

Nu, Pogodi! (1969-2012) is an animated series conceived of by Vyacheslav Kotenochkin. The cartoon series has scored 8.9 points out of 10 on the Internet Movie Database website (IMDb.com). Ever since the Soviet era, Russians have been fond of this animated series about the mischievous Wolf chasing the Hare. Some compare it to the cartoon "Tom and Jerry", though many Russians do not agree with this appraisal. However, the jokes and techniques used in Nu, Pogodi! are understandable in any language.

The Hedgehog in the Fog, a film by Yuri Norshteyn (1976). In 2003, The Hedgehog in the Fog was recognized as the best animated film of all times in a survey of 140 movie critics and animators form different countries. This Soviet animated film was based on the story of two friends, Hedgehog and Bear, who struggle with their illusions and fears and dream and imagine together.

Director Eldar Ryazanov's Irony of fate or Enjoy Your Banya! (1975) became a genuine cult classic in Russia. This movie is an indispensable attribute of New Year's celebrations, just like Christmas trees, Ded Moroz (Father Frost), Snegurochka, and champagne. The film's story is that of friends who spend the New Year in the bathhouse (banya) together, who follow the tradition of washing away the bad. They enjoy the "suds" so much, that they accidentally send the wrong guy to Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg). This movie truly reflects Soviet reality, love, jealousy, and the irony of life as two fates are intertwined by an unfortunate mistake.

Sofia Milkina's The Little Golden Calf (1968) is the first movie version of Ilya Ilf and Evgeny Petrov's novel by the same name. It is a true Soviet classic. The "great schemer", Ostap Bender, has dreamed of Rio de Janeiro since childhood. He knows a lot of ways of "relatively honestly taking money from good citizens", but where in Soviet Russia can you find a citizen who has at least half a million rubles?

Office Romance is a typical Soviet romantic comedy from Eldar Ryazanov, 1977. This movie was a genuine box-office hit: in Soviet times, more than 58 million viewers saw it. Almost every Soviet citizen saw it. The main character, a run-of-the-mill office worker in the statistics department is a shy man. The heroine, a stern woman, is his boss. And, in the end, you have an office romance.

The Vasilev brothers' legendary motion picture Chapaev, 1934. Based on a historic background, the Russian Civil War, the main hero, division leader Vasily Chapaev, is an incarnation of bravery under whose leadership the Red Army achieves victory.