Best award winning movies with a beautiful script from Soviet Union

Check out today’s highest ranked movies with a beautiful script from Soviet Union! Looking for the greatest movies of all times? Here is the list of the best movies with a beautiful script from Soviet Union, based on the crowd's interest and popular searches from the country.

1 Repentance (1987)

The day after his funeral, the corpse of Varlam Aravidze, the mayor of a small Georgian town, turns up in his son's garden. Although it is secretly reburied, the corpse keeps returning until the police capture the local woman who is responsible. This woman says that Varlam should never be laid to rest since his Stalin-like reign of terror led to the disappearance of her family and friends.

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1987-05-01 | Drama / Comedy

Cast

Avtandil Makharadze, Iya Ninidze

Rating

rating icon 7.0
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #39 for
    with biblical reference
  2. Ranked #40 for
    tour de force
  3. Ranked #55 for
    cautionary tale

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2 The Cranes Are Flying (1957)

Veronika and Boris come together in Moscow shortly before World War II. Walking along the river, they watch cranes fly overhead, and promise to rendezvous before Boris leaves to fight. Boris misses the meeting and is off to the front lines, while Veronika waits patiently, sending letters faithfully. After her house is bombed, Veronika moves in with Boris' family, into the company of a cousin with his own intentions.

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1957-10-12 | Drama / Romance

Cast

Tatyana Samoylova, Aleksey Batalov

Rating

rating icon 7.957
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #31 for
    vertiginous
  2. Ranked #33 for
    symmetry plots
  3. Ranked #45 for
    jingoistic

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3 Mirror (1975)

A dying man in his forties recalls his childhood, his mother, the war and personal moments that tell of and juxtapose pivotal moments in Soviet history with daily life.

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1975-03-07 | Drama / History

Cast

Margarita Terekhova, Ignat Daniltsev

Rating

rating icon 7.978
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #33 for
    impressionistic
  2. Ranked #47 for
    Multiple POV
  3. Ranked #102 for
    opaque

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4 Solaris (1972)

A psychologist is sent to a space station orbiting a planet called Solaris to investigate the death of a doctor and the mental problems of cosmonauts on the station. He soon discovers that the water on the planet is a type of brain which brings out repressed memories and obsessions.

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1972-03-20 | Drama / Science Fiction

Cast

Donatas Banionis, Natalya Bondarchuk

Rating

rating icon 7.822
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #121 for
    elegiac
  2. Ranked #131 for
    interplanetary
  3. Ranked #153 for
    thought-provoking question

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5 Stalker (1979)

Near a gray and unnamed city is the Zone, a place guarded by barbed wire and soldiers, and where the normal laws of physics are victim to frequent anomalies. A stalker guides two men into the Zone, specifically to an area in which deep-seated desires are granted.

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1979-05-25 | Science Fiction / Drama

Cast

Aleksandr Kaydanovskiy, Anatoliy Solonitsyn

Rating

rating icon 8.155
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #18 for
    sepia tone
  2. Ranked #166 for
    opaque
  3. Ranked #171 for
    introspective

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6 Andrei Rublev (1966)

An expansive Russian drama, this film focuses on the life of revered religious icon painter Andrei Rublev. Drifting from place to place in a tumultuous era, the peace-seeking monk eventually gains a reputation for his art. But after Rublev witnesses a brutal battle and unintentionally becomes involved, he takes a vow of silence and spends time away from his work. As he begins to ease his troubled soul, he takes steps towards becoming a painter once again.

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1966-12-16 | Drama / History

Cast

Anatoliy Solonitsyn, Ivan Lapikov

Rating

rating icon 8.016
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #100 for
    arthurian
  2. Ranked #119 for
    diorama
  3. Ranked #125 for
    with biblical reference

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7 I Am Twenty (1965)

Having returned from the army, 20-year-old Sergei settles down at the thermal power station and merges into ordinary life. Every day he meets and spends time with childhood friends — the young family man Slava and the merry fellow Nikolai, and once at first sight he falls in love with a stranger on the bus. A lyrical story about a generation of young people entering adulthood, a reappraisal of values, life principles, traditions in culture and art.

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1965-01-18 | Drama

Cast

Valentin Popov, Nikolai Gubenko

Rating

rating icon 7.277
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #105 for
    flirtatious
  2. Ranked #219 for
    dry dialogue
  3. Ranked #264 for
    brightly lit imagery

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8 Battleship Potemkin (1925)

A dramatized account of a great Russian naval mutiny and a resultant public demonstration, showing support, which brought on a police massacre. The film had an incredible impact on the development of cinema and is a masterful example of montage editing.

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1925-12-24 | Drama / History

Cast

Aleksandr Antonov, Vladimir Barsky

Rating

rating icon 7.617
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #91 for
    trailblazer
  2. Ranked #108 for
    historical interest
  3. Ranked #143 for
    game changer

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9 Alexander Nevsky (1938)

When German knights invade Russia, Prince Alexander Nevsky must rally his people to resist the formidable force. After the Teutonic soldiers take over an eastern Russian city, Alexander stages his stand at Novgorod, where a major battle is fought on the ice of frozen Lake Chudskoe. While Alexander leads his outnumbered troops, two of their number, Vasili and Gavrilo, begin a contest of bravery to win the hand of a local maiden.

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1938-11-24 | Drama / History

Cast

Nikolai Cherkasov, Nikolai Okhlopkov

Rating

rating icon 7.045
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #36 for
    jingoistic
  2. Ranked #39 for
    arthurian
  3. Ranked #47 for
    chivalry

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10 Man with a Movie Camera (1929)

A cameraman wanders around with a camera slung over his shoulder, documenting urban life with dazzling inventiveness.

Info

1929-05-12 | Documentary

Cast

Mikhail Kaufman

Rating

rating icon 7.839
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #8 for
    cross-cut editing
  2. Ranked #58 for
    game changer
  3. Ranked #61 for
    with sleight of hand

Trailer

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