# The best Russian TV series

From The Brigade to The Boy's Word: the best Russian series according to Afisha Daily's big poll and lists by T—Zh and Lenta.ru.

- 0 votes · 14 items
- Sep 6, 2026 · inkandpaper_wandering
- https://even.best/en/l/3670/the-best-russian-tv-series

## Top 14

1. **The Thaw (2013)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Film-making and love in 1961 Moscow, directed by Valery Todorovsky.
2. **Liquidation (2007)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Postwar Odesa, with Vladimir Mashkov as David Gotsman.
3. **The Idiot (2003)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Yevgeny Mironov in the Dostoevsky adaptation.
4. **The Boy's Word: Blood on the Asphalt (2023)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Kazan street gangs in the late 1980s.
5. **The Brigade (2002)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Four friends and the gangster 1990s.
6. **The Method (2015-)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Konstantin Khabensky as an investigator hunting serial killers.
7. **School (2010)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Daily life of high-schoolers, directed by Valeria Gai Germanika.
8. **The Master and Margarita (2005)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Vladimir Bortko's Bulgakov adaptation.
9. **Call DiCaprio! (2018)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — An actor learns he has HIV at the peak of his success.
10. **To the Lake (2019)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A virus and a flight to the north.
11. **The Dark Side of the Moon (2012)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A modern-day policeman wakes up in 1979.
12. **Kitchen (2012-2016)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A comedy set in a Moscow restaurant kitchen.
13. **Fizruk (2014-2017)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Dmitry Nagiyev as an ex-gangster turned PE teacher.
14. **Crystal (2021)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A hunt for a serial killer in a small town.

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