Leonid Gaidai's best films
The top 3 according to 0 votes from people: The Diamond Arm (1968) · Ivan Vasilievich: Back to the Future (1973) · Kidnapping, Caucasian Style (1967). (Updated Aug 2, 2025.)
Shurik, the Coward, the Fool and the Pro: Gaidai's comedies according to Kino Mail, Okko and Wink, led by The Diamond Arm and Ivan Vasilievich.
Automatically translated (original in Русский). See the original
Top 14
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1
The Diamond Arm (1968)
Yuri Nikulin, Andrei Mironov and smuggling in a plaster cast.
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2
Ivan Vasilievich: Back to the Future (1973)
A time machine brings Ivan the Terrible to Moscow, from Bulgakov.
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3
Kidnapping, Caucasian Style (1967)
Shurik rescues a student kidnapped in the Caucasus.
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4
Operation Y and Shurik's Other Adventures (1965)
Three stories about the student Shurik.
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5
The Twelve Chairs (1971)
Ostap Bender hunts for diamonds hidden in chairs.
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6
Sportloto-82 (1982)
A seaside comedy about a winning lottery ticket.
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7
Dog Barbos and the Unusual Cross (1961)
The short that introduced the Coward, the Fool and the Pro.
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8
It Can't Be! (1975)
Three stories from Zoshchenko.
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9
Moonshiners (1961)
A short silent comedy about the trio making moonshine.
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10
Incognito from St. Petersburg (1977)
From Gogol's The Government Inspector.
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11
Business People (1962)
Three O. Henry stories.
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12
For the Matches (1980)
A Soviet-Finnish comedy from Maiju Lassila.
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13
Dangerous for Your Life! (1985)
Leonid Kuravlyov in a satire of bureaucracy.
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14
Weather Is Good on Deribasovskaya (1992)
His last film, a spy comedy.
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