Made in Russia: 10 Russian films you can't stop watching

2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55

Recently, it is often said that the domestic cinema is in crisis, and that good films are simply not made. But in reality this is not entirely true, although there are certainly problems. This review is a selection of fascinating films that have been filmed by Russian directors in recent years. Choose and see!

1. "Without borders"

family comedy / 2015 No Borders - a fun, light family comedy tells the story of the fascinating journeys of the main characters who go in search of love. Someone to Armenia, someone to Georgia, and someone wants to get to the streets of Moscow filled with the atmosphere of holidays. The film tells us about feelings at a distance. The stories of all the heroes are linked by a thread of love, and the denouement takes place in one of the capital's airports.

Director of the film "Without Borders" - Karen Hovhannisyan.

2. "The best day"

musical comedy / 2015If you do not know what to watch, in order to escape from your worries and just relax, you should watch this comedy. The main character of the film - Petya Vasyutin, an ordinary traffic cop, one day is going to offer his hand and heart to his chosen one, but by coincidence, on the same day, a drunk TV star Alina Shepot crashes into his car. Meeting with Alina radically changes Vasyutin's life. The charming beauty decides to seduce Petya in order to avoid punishment for drunk driving. Petya spends a cool weekend with Alina, and after that he lost both his bride and his job. Petya decides to fix everything and return his bride by all means.

The director of the film "The Best Day" - Zhora Kryzhovnikov.

3. "Horoscope for good luck"

comedy melodrama / 2015The picture is about a guy who once decided to live as the stars dictate to him. The main character Max - works in an advertising agency, but his modesty and insecurity interfere with his career. One day he has a black streak in his life: he was almost fired from his job, an accidental relationship with the daughter of an influential person led to her pregnancy. At the same time, Max is in love with all his heart with another girl who behaves coldly towards Max and is not going to reciprocate.

At the moment when the situation for Max was close to complete despair, he has an astrologer's business card, he decides to seek help, despite the fact that he has always been a skeptic. Max for 30 days must follow the instructions of the horoscope, but suddenly the horoscope is changed, and everything starts to go wrong.

Director of the film "Luck Horoscope" - Arman Gevorgyan.

4. "Spiritless 2"

drama / 2015The events of "Spiritless 2" unfold three years after the events shown in the first part. The main character, who above all values his own freedom and does not want to live by someone else's rules, decides to leave for Bali. Every day he enjoys life and gets what he wants. But a chance meeting brings him back to the rut of the capital - old love, new technologies, danger in life, criminal showdowns. Then he receives an offer that cannot be refused - he becomes a secret employee (sexot) …

Director of the film "Duhless 2" - Roman Prygunov.

5. "Battle for Sevastopol"

thriller, melodrama / 2015"Battle for Sevastopol" is a drama about one of the best female snipers in world history, about Lyudmila Pavlichenko. The beginning of the war. The girl goes to the front, gets into the rifle squad. Overcoming obstacles and completing tasks, this seemingly fragile, but strong in spirit, Lyudmila walks through the fire of war.

Director of the film "Battle for Sevastopol" - Sergey Mokritsky.

6. "Hardcore"

thriller, science fiction / 2015Henry wakes up in a secret military science laboratory for the creation of cyborg people. When he wakes up, he sees before him the beautiful Estelle, who, as it turned out, was his wife in the past. Not having time to fully understand what is happening, Henry confronts the villain Akan. Akan kidnaps Estelle and disappears, Henry has to find Estelle and save her from the hands of Akan. Jimmy comes to his aid, who has his own score with Akan. He wants to deal with him, as well as help Henry get his beloved back. They will have to defeat an army of cyborgs and solve a lot of mysterious mysteries in order to get to Akan.

The director of the film "Hardcore" - Ilya Naishuller.

7. "Wii"

fantasy, adventure / 2015A mesmerizing modern film adaptation of the story of the Russian classic Nikolai Gogol. The film is set in the early 18th century. Jonathan Greene is a cartographer traveling across Eurasia. Fate throws Jonat into the farm. People living there fenced off from the world around them, piously believing that in this way they will be able to protect themselves from evil forces.

Jonathan is told that in a boarded-up church there is a coffin with a deceased girl waiting for the funeral service, who wanders at night and takes innocent human souls. Of course, Green does not believe in these tales and decides to check personally how true this is. He will be personally convinced of the horrors of rural legends.

The director of the film "Viy" - Georgy Kropachev.

8. "There are only girls in sports"

comedy, sports / 2015The plot revolves around the preparation of the women's snowboarding team for the Olympic Games. Three 18-year-old guys got into trouble and, hiding from the chase, decide to pretend to be girls in order to infiltrate the women's team. While they make a professional descent from the slope under the guise of girls, the coach of the women's national team notices them, invites them to join the team and go to test competitions before the games.

The director of the film "There are only girls in sports" - Evgeny Nevsky.

9. "Breakfast at Dad's"

family comedy / 2015Titov Sasha is making a successful career as a creative director of an advertising agency. He is pleased with himself, his life, his work, enjoys free relations with his employee Oksana. But everything unexpected in Sasha's life changes when a 10-year-old girl comes to him, who calls Sasha "dad".

Director of the film "Breakfast at Papa's" - Maria Kravchenko.

10. "Bitter 2"

comedy, adventure / 2015Natasha's stepfather decides to make big money by turning a financial scam. The fraud failed miserably, and he not only did not receive money and set up his business partners, but he himself got into a mess. As a result, an assassination attempt is being prepared on him. Boris Ivanovich decides to stage his own death and commemoration. Everything goes according to plan until a former colleague of the deceased, Vitka-Karavay, arrives.

The director of the film "Bitter 2" - Zhora Kryzhovnikov.

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