Best Soviet Romance Movies
This page is updated regularly. Subscribe, so you don't miss new recommendations. The list of "Best Soviet Romance Movies" contains films with the following parameters. Style: melancholic, realistic, captivating, humorous, sentimental and period drama. Plot: soviet, love, fall in love, friendship, family relations, love and romance, love triangle, husband wife relationship, couples and male female relationship. Genre: Romance, Drama and Comedy. Country: Soviet Union.
Best Soviet Romance Movies
TOP Movies: Autumn (1974), Autumn Marathon (1979), Pokrov Gates (1983), Winter Cherries (1985), War and Peace (1965), Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors (1965), Formula of Love (1984), Five Evenings (1979), Walking the Streets of Moscow (1964), A Railway Station for Two (1983), We'll Live Till Monday (1968), Khevsurian Ballad (1966), Love (1991), Me, Grandma, Iliko and Ilarion (1962), Watch Out for the Automobile (1966), Once Lied (1988), Without Witness (1983), The Beginning (1970), Friend (1988), Kreutzer Sonata (1987).
List of Best Movies
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 192 min.
Story:
A group of old friends have a tradition of going to a public bathing house on New Years eve. Occasionally too much vodka and beer makes two of them unconscious. The problem is that one of them (Sasha) has to go to Leningrad but another one (Zhenya) ...
Style:
light, feel good, humorous, funny, talky ...
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
new year, love and romance, fall in love, love triangle, disorder, comedy of errors, farce, unfulfillment, new year's eve, social satire, drunken man, uninhibited rivalry ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
soviet union, siberia, moscow russia, st. petersburg russia, ussr ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
In their youth they loved each other, but then parted. Ilya got married, Alexandra married, but the family life did not work out for both of them. Having met again, they understand that they still love each other, and spend seven happy days together ...
Style:
romantic drama, reflective, melancholic, period piece
Plot:
character study, bittersweet, intimate, nostalgia, regret, realism, longing, midlife crisis, isolation, minimalism, couples, infidelity ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Andrey Pavlovich Buzykin, who makes a living by teaching at an institute and translating English literature, is cheating on his wife. Buzykin's main problem is that he's a kind man with a weak character. The lies he is telling his wife all ...
Style:
semi serious, realistic, witty, humorous, clever
Plot:
midlife crisis, infidelity, affair, language learning, caught cheating, love triangle, translator, friendship, homecoming, fish out of water, love affair, family problems ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
soviet union, europe, russia, ussr
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A group of Russian teenagers spend their summer at a summer camp. Mitia falls in love and gets so occupied with his own problems that he forgets about everything else.
Style:
existential
Audience:
kids, teens
Plot:
summer camp, first love, summer, boy, little boy, frustration, rehearsal, fall in love, love triangle, game, flying a kite, bathhouse ...
Place:
soviet union, russia, ussr
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
Stories from the lives of the tenants of the Moscow's communal apartment: Kostik, who is a college student, lives with his aunt while studying; Arkady Velyurov who is a performing artist; Khobotovs, who are a divorced couple; and Sava, who is ...
Style:
tragicomedy, humorous, entertaining
Plot:
wedding, artist, farce, husband wife relationship, ex husband ex wife relationship, poet, musician, surrealism, university, doctor, flashback, european ...
Time:
1950s, 50s
Place:
russia, ussr, moscow russia
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
This is a life story of three girlfriends from youth to autumn ages. Their dreams and wishes, love, disillusions...
Style:
touching, romantic, sentimental, uplifting, realistic ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
life, friendship, midlife crisis, love and romance, women in society, women, life philosophy, career, working class, relationships, single mother, unwed mother ...
Time:
1950s, year 1980, 20th century, 50s, 70s ...
Place:
soviet union, moscow russia, ussr, russia, siberia ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Olga, is a young intelligent woman who raises a young son. She ends up falling in love with a married man who does not dare to leave his family.
Style:
sentimental, cynical, uplifting, melancholic
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
impossible love, destructive relationship, unlikely relationship, girlfriend girlfriend relationship, divorced woman, relationship problems, couple relations, up and down relationship, female friendship, love affair, dysfunctional relationship, breakup ...
Time:
80s
Place:
ussr
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Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 373 min.
Story:
Seven-hour epic based on the eponymous book by Leo Tolstoy. Two main story-lines are complex and intertwined. One is the love story of young Countess Natasha Rostova and Count Pierre Bezukhov, who is unhappy in his marriage. Another is the ...
Style:
epic, romantic, fairy tale, inspirational, smart ...
Plot:
napoleonic wars, nobility, true love, nationalism, russian history, battles, medieval, historical epic, war, napoleonic era, russian empire, passion ...
Time:
19th century, 1810s, 1800s, year 1966, regency period ...
Place:
russia, soviet union, ussr, europe
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
In a Carpathian village, Ivan falls in love with Marichka, the daughter of his father's killer. When tragedy befalls her, his grief lasts months; finally he rejoins the colorful life around him, marrying Palagna. She wants children but his mind ...
Style:
psychedelic, atmospheric, realistic, emotional, stylized ...
Plot:
wedding, curses spells and rituals, true love, medieval, forbidden love, boy, rain, rural setting, marriage, religion, friendship, rivalry ...
Time:
19th century, year 1965, medieval times
Place:
ukraine, soviet union, ussr, europe
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A young aristocrat, Aleksei Fedyashev, is languishing in his family's country estate, spending his days reading poetry and confessing his love... to a statue. Upon hearing that famous Count Cagliostro is touring Russia and has created quite a ...
Style:
fairy tale, semi serious, realistic, talky, biting ...
Plot:
wizards and magicians, love, fantasy life, love and romance, nothing goes right, artists and showbiz, adventurer, dishonesty, escapades, cons and scams, fish out of water, con artists ...
Time:
18th century
Place:
russia
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Tamara and Sasha were separated during the war. Now (1957) Sasha is visiting Moscow for five days and by chance recognizes the house where Tamara used to live. She is still living there with her nephew Slava.
Style:
period drama
Plot:
european, house, old love, train station, male female relationship, middle aged, aunt, memory, restaurant, lie, vacation, neighbor ...
Time:
post world war two, 1950s, 50s
Place:
soviet union, russia, moscow russia, ussr
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
"I Am Walking Along Moscow" aka "Ya Shagayu Po Moskve" (1963) is a charming lyrical comedy directed by Georgi Daneliya in 1963 that was nominated for Golden Palm at Cannes Film Festival. Daneliya proved that it is possible to ...
Style:
humorous, sentimental, sincere
Plot:
military enlistment, wedding, army, society, love and romance, family relations, friendship, boyhood, subway, love, writers, fiance fiancee relationship ...
Place:
moscow russia, russia, soviet union, ussr
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 141 min.
Story:
Platon Ryabinin, a pianist, is traveling by train to a distant town of Griboedov to visit his father. He gets off to have lunch during a twenty minute stop at Zastupinsk railway station. He meets Vera, a waitress, after he refuses to pay her for the ...
Style:
romantic, sentimental, captivating, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
nothing goes right, love and romance, train, chance meeting, haunted by the past, false accusation, disorder, down on your luck, love story, encounter, new love, opposites attract ...
Time:
80s
Place:
soviet union, russia, ussr
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Ilya Semenovich Melnikov is a history teacher in an ordinary Soviet high school. He is a very good teacher and his students and colleagues treat him with a great deal of respect. However, Melnikov faces a lot of difficulties in his work. In ...
Style:
touching, sentimental, captivating, intellectual
Plot:
teacher, school teacher, unrequited love, teachers and students, school, fall in love, teaching the ways of the world, coming of age, responsibility, teacher student relationship, older man younger woman relationship, hopes ...
Time:
20th century
Place:
russia, soviet union, ussr
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Genre: Romance
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When Imeda’s father is killed in a blood revenge accident, the family moves him to the city where he is sheltered at his father’s friend. After fifteen year he gets back to Khevsureti. A talented painter, he spends most of his time doing ...
Plot:
famous, cousin cousin relationship, little boy, past, young woman, young man, helicopter, death of father, love triangle, worker, wound, love ...
Place:
georgia, tbilisi, soviet union, ussr
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335
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Two Moscow students are mostly concerned with scoring with women but their lives change radically when one of them falls for a Jewish girl whose family is being persecuted by anonymous anti-Semites and is preparing to emigrate to Israel.
Style:
romantic drama, emotional, melancholic, period piece
Plot:
anti semitism, first love, political persecution, social commentary, student life, urban, young adult, emigration, coming of age, escape, friendship, male bonding ...
Place:
moscow russia, israel, russia, ussr
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Film is based on one of the most popular novels of N. Dumbadze.
Style:
crying
Plot:
european, eye surgery, fall in love, research, ambition, studying, love, neighbor, poem, graduation, grandmother, countryside ...
Time:
future
Place:
georgia, soviet union, ussr, russia, tbilisi
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Romance
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
An insurance agent who moonlights as a carthief steals cars various crooks and never from the common people. He sells the stolen cars and gives the money to charity. His best friend, a cop, is assigned to bring in this modern robin hood.
Style:
suspense, captivating, tense, sincere
Audience:
kids
Plot:
irony of fate, dishonesty, storytelling, friendship, escapades, corruption, theft, car thief, stealing a car, post soviet, love, hamlet ...
Place:
soviet union, ussr, russia
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Set in the Soviet Union the film is a chronicle of a life of one successful artist: his family, his friends, his clients, and his artworks.
Style:
aesthetic, realistic, contemplative, melancholic, psychological ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
artist, character study, biopic, family drama, social realism, creative process, success, slice of life, reputation, marriage, friendship, guilt ...
Time:
80s
Place:
ussr, soviet union
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
In visiting his ex-wife’s apartment a man learns that she plans to remarry a scientist named Valentin Shlyakhov. In his past, the man wrote a scathing letter about Shlyakhov which greatly impacted his career. Fearing that this information will ...
Style:
surprise ending, minimal cast, period drama
Plot:
intimate, character study, jealousy, manipulation, moral ambiguity, resentment, regret, power struggle, claustrophobia, secrets, family relations, confession ...
Place:
soviet union, russia, ussr
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A film-in-film story set in a provincial town in Russia. Pasha is an amateur actress who plays a witch at a local club, but her dream is to play Joan of Arc. In a strike of luck she is cast as Joan of Arc in a big screen film. Now she is torn ...
Style:
inspirational, poignant, emotional, historical drama, sentimental ...
Plot:
joan of arc, unrequited love, female protagonist, aspiring actress, provincial life, village, theater, self discovery, coming of age, identity, resilience, film industry ...
Place:
soviet union, moscow russia, russia, ussr
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Looking for the money for a drink, an alcoholic gets a Newfoundland dog as a present from a stranger at a bird fair. He'll soon find out that the animal is not only able to speak, but to get him to give up drinking as well. Now he's ...
Style:
melancholic, humorous, sincere, touching, emotional ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
dog, talking animal, friend, ex wife, daughter, alcoholism, binge drinking, friendship, companionship, hallucination, betrayal by friend, loyalty ...
Time:
80s
Place:
ussr, soviet union, newfoundland
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 158 min.
Story:
A revelatory discussion on a train. Based on Leo Tolstoy's novel of the same name.
Style:
spiritual
Plot:
mad love, spirituality, husband wife relationship, tea, flashback, marriage, children, dysfunctional marriage, train, confession, murder, death ...
Place:
ussr, italy
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A young idealist takes a job at a local state run winery only to discover and become disillusioned by the corruption of the Soviet State.
Style:
spiritual
Plot:
love, wine, winery, spirituality, love letter, boy meets girl, male female relationship, family relations, corruption, student, university, friend ...
Place:
soviet union, russia, caucasus, georgia, ussr
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Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
In his free time, phone technician Cezars Kalnins writes songs and plays in a band he has started with friends. The band has a long road to travel in order to receive a permit and make its public debut. A member of the Culture Committee ...
Style:
independent film, tense, satirical, historical drama, melancholic ...
Plot:
artist, composer, rock music, authoritarianism, bureaucracy, youth culture, national identity, rebellion, political satire, urban, counterculture, propaganda ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
latvia
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
The film is based on the novel of the same name by the Russian writer Leo Tolstoy. “All happy families resemble each other, each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way, ” goes the novel’s opening sentence. The melodrama centers around a ...
Style:
spiritual
Plot:
cheating wife, unfaithful wife, loveless marriage, love triangle, high society, adultery, jealousy, suicide attempt, spirituality, russian woman, russian history, love affair ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
soviet union, russia, ussr
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Genre: Romance
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
After graduating high school Ira Yegorova starts working in the construction...
Style:
romantic drama, melancholic
Audience:
adult
Plot:
young love, coming of age, workplace romance, everyday life, working class, optimism, gender roles, social realism, family relations, love triangle, construction worker, graduate ...
Place:
soviet union, ussr
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
Klava and Seryozha (Sergey) have been together since preschool. He, one of the smartest kids in school, has always been in love with her but considered her more of just a pretty face rather than an intelligent person. He let her copy his homework ...
Style:
captivating, sentimental, touching, psychological
Plot:
young love, teenage love, wisdom, high school friend, school, fall in love, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, destiny, classmate, jealousy, injustice, buddies ...
Time:
80s
Place:
russia
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670
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A self-pitying but popular playwright drives to Vladimir to relax with a doting female student and another writer. He's convinced his writing is of no lasting value, but he still has an ego, about his work and his masculine appeal. He's ...
Style:
intelligent, contemplative, captivating, talky, realistic ...
Plot:
midlife crisis, playwright, emigration, dissident, society, lifestyle, fighting the system, unfulfillment, writer's life, love and romance, artists and showbiz, fall in love ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
soviet union, russia, ussr, moscow russia
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
An unemployed astrophysicist finds a job of a docker at a grocery store, where he falls in love with a street-wise saleswoman in the produce department. But the groom runs away at the wedding reception.
Style:
romantic comedy, humorous, romantic, sincere, light ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
wedding, satire, male female relationship, love, love and romance, life, happy ending, workplace, love triangle, saleswoman, workplace romance, city life ...
Time:
80s
Place:
moscow russia, soviet union, ussr
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