A kindergarten teacher is a dead-ringer for a dangerous gangster, so the police ask him for help in investigating the theft of Alexander the Great’s golden helmet. But to do so, the mild-mannered tutor must embed himself in a criminal gang and even arrange a jailbreak. The brilliant acting and hair-raising plot made it a box office smash.

A young boy, on failing to enter college, gets a job as a courier and starts an affair with a professor’s daughter. The girl’s father is less than thrilled by her choice, made worse by the guy’s decision to tease the old man by alleging that his daughter is pregnant. Another perestroika film that vividly depicts the new era and even the first Soviet break-dance.

Have you ever been to a pioneer camp? Watch this movie and you will have. Playing cards behind the leaders’ backs, real friendships, and highly inventive pranks—what’s not to like? And above all, preparing for the all-important parents’ day show. A family comedy from the 1960s that has modern viewers laughing out loud.

St. Petersburg, bright summer nights. On the banks of the Neva River, the main protagonist meets a girl named Nastenka. She tells him that her fiancé has disappeared. Then, the young pair fall in love and decide to get married. But soon, Nastenka's former lover reappears and Nastenka forgets about her new acquaintance…

The movie, based on Fyodor Dostoevsky's novella of the same name, was directed by award-winning Soviet director Ivan Pyryev. He received awards for the movie at film festivals in London and Edinburgh.

World War II. Soldier Andrei Sokolov endures injury, captivity and a concentration camp… And then miraculously manages to escape. Back home, he learns that his entire family has perished: his wife and daughters after a bombing raid and his son on the front lines on the last day of the war. Grief-stricken, Sokolov lives mechanically until he meets an orphan boy named Vanushka. To numb the pain of his loss, Sokolov decides to claim to be the child's father. The movie is based on the short story of the same name by Nobel laureate Mikhail Sholokhov, which was based on a true story.

The movie won prizes at several international film festivals, including in Moscow, Minsk, Karlovy Vary (Carlsbad) and Melbourne.

Yuri Detochkin is a Soviet Robin Hood. He steals cars from the rich, sells them, and gives the money to orphanages. An investigator uncovers the crime, but on learning about Detochkin’s noble aims finds himself unable to arrest the thief.

One of the most popular Soviet films, it was intended to depict the ideal Soviet citizen, for whom conscience and social equality are paramount.

The movie takes place in a small village in the Russian Far North, where two political prisoners by the names of Kopalych and Luzga are serving their sentences. After the death of Joseph Stalin, the country pardoned over a million criminal prisoners, but many dissidents were not. The village is seized by a gang of recently released criminals. Kopalych and Luzga prove to be the only ones able to resist the criminals.

The movie won the ‘Nika National Film Award’ for ‘Best Feature Film’ in 1989. 

As in many of Chekhov's works, the action takes place in the countryside noble manor. The estate belonged to the late wife of Professor Serebryakov. Now, he himself, their daughter, the brother of his wife (Uncle Vanya) live together there, along with the professor's new wife. Life is boring and seems meaningless. Uncle Vanya is very poor and his only occupation is to manage the household affairs of the estate. He is a man of delicate mental organization and is very worried when it turns out that the professor is not as wonderful a person as he had thought… or that the professor's young wife is not faithful to him…

The movie is based on Chekhov's play of the same name. And Andrei Konchalovsky's adaptation is very close to the original text. The main roles were played by outstanding actors – Innokenty Smoktunovsky, Sergei Bondarchuk, Irina Kupchenko and Vladimir Zeldin. As a result, the movie won silver prizes at film festivals in San Sebastian, Sorrento and Milan.

The movie is also distinguished by excellent music composed by Alfred Schnittke.

This film, about the relationship between the girlfriend of a crime boss and a musician she meets by chance, became a symbol of Gorbachev’s perestroika.

This was largely due to the soundtrack, which was recorded by various underground Soviet rock bands, including the legendary Kino and their iconic song “We Want Changes!”