# The best Soviet comedies

Gaidai, Ryazanov, Daneliya and more: the best Soviet comedies according to Kino Mail, T—Zh and Sport-Express, from The Striped Trip to Kin-dza-dza!

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- Jul 29, 2026 · inkandpaper_wandering
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## Top 15

1. **Office Romance (1977)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Soviet Screen's film of the year and the 1978 box-office leader.
2. **The Diamond Arm (1968)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Nikulin, Mironov and smuggling.
3. **Ivan Vasilievich: Back to the Future (1973)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Ivan the Terrible in a Moscow flat.
4. **Gentlemen of Fortune (1971)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A kindergarten head and a thief's double, Yevgeny Leonov.
5. **The Girls (1961)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Cook Tosya in a forest settlement.
6. **Kidnapping, Caucasian Style (1967)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Shurik in the Caucasus.
7. **Beware of the Car (1966)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — The noble car thief Yuri Detochkin.
8. **Mimino (1977)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A Georgian pilot in Moscow.
9. **Welcome, or No Trespassing (1964)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A Pioneer camp; Elem Klimov's debut.
10. **The Striped Trip (1961)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Tigers aboard a cargo ship.
11. **The Irony of Fate (1975)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Ryazanov's New Year classic.
12. **The Twelve Chairs (1971)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Ostap Bender from Ilf and Petrov.
13. **Operation Y and Shurik's Other Adventures (1965)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Three stories about student Shurik.
14. **Kin-dza-dza! (1986)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Two Muscovites on the planet Pluke.
15. **Afonya (1975)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Afonya the plumber, from Daneliya.

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