Nikita Mikhalkov's best films as a director
The top 3 according to 26 votes from people: Kinfolk (1981) · The Barber of Siberia (1998) · Close to Eden (1991). (Updated Oct 23, 2025.)
Only the films he directed himself, from At Home Among Strangers to Sunstroke, according to Kino Mail and Okko, with Burnt by the Sun on top.
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Top 13
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1
Kinfolk (1981)
Nonna Mordyukova visits her daughter in the city.
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2
The Barber of Siberia (1998)
A cadet and an American woman in 19th-century Russia.
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3
Close to Eden (1991)
The Mongolian steppe; Golden Lion in Venice.
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4
Burnt by the Sun (1994)
Oscar and Grand Jury Prize at Cannes.
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5
At Home Among Strangers (1974)
His feature debut, an 'Eastern' set in the Civil War.
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6
A Slave of Love (1975)
Silent film-making in Crimea during the Civil War, with Yelena Solovey.
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7
Five Evenings (1978)
From Aleksandr Volodin's play, with Lyudmila Gurchenko.
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8
Sunstroke (2014)
From Bunin.
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9
Oblomov (1979)
Oleg Tabakov as Oblomov.
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10
Dark Eyes (1987)
Marcello Mastroianni, after Chekhov; best actor at Cannes.
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11
Without Witnesses (1983)
Mikhail Ulyanov and Irina Kupchenko as a divorced couple talking.
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12
An Unfinished Piece for Mechanical Piano (1977)
After Chekhov, with Aleksandr Kalyagin.
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13
12 (2007)
A jury decides a Chechen boy's fate; Oscar nomination.
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