The best Soviet films of the 1970s
The top 3 according to 57 votes from people: Only Old Men Are Going to Battle (1973) · Ivan Vasilievich: Back to the Future (1973) · The Irony of Fate (1975). (Updated Dec 19, 2025.)
From Only Old Men Are Going to Battle and The Irony of Fate to Solaris, Stalker and Sherlock Holmes: the Soviet films in Kinowar's list of the 100 best films of the 1970s.
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Top 16
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1
Only Old Men Are Going to Battle (1973)
Leonid Bykov. A singing squadron of fighter pilots.
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2
Ivan Vasilievich: Back to the Future (1973)
Leonid Gaidai. A time machine swaps Ivan the Terrible with a building manager.
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3
The Irony of Fate (1975)
Eldar Ryazanov. A New Year's Eve mix-up lands a man in a stranger's flat in Leningrad.
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4
At Home Among Strangers (1974)
Nikita Mikhalkov. A Soviet western about stolen gold.
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5
The Twelve Chairs (1971)
Leonid Gaidai. Ostap Bender and Kisa Vorobyaninov hunt for diamonds.
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6
Solaris (1972)
Andrei Tarkovsky. A space station above an ocean that brings memories to life.
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7
Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson (1979)
Igor Maslennikov. Vasily Livanov and Vitaly Solomin in the first of the series.
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8
Afonya (1975)
Georgiy Daneliya. A plumber who is too fond of a drink.
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9
Twenty Days Without War (1976)
Aleksei German. A war correspondent on leave in Tashkent, with Yuri Nikulin.
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10
Office Romance (1977)
Eldar Ryazanov. A timid statistician and his strict boss.
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11
An Unfinished Piece for Mechanical Piano (1977)
Nikita Mikhalkov. A summer day on a country estate, after Chekhov.
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12
Trial on the Road (1971)
Aleksei German. A former prisoner in a partisan unit; not released until 1986.
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13
Mirror (1974)
Andrei Tarkovsky. Memories of childhood, a mother and the war.
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14
Dersu Uzala (1975)
Akira Kurosawa. A taiga hunter and Vladimir Arsenyev; a Soviet-Japanese production, Oscar winner.
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15
Stalker (1979)
Andrei Tarkovsky. A guide takes two men into the Zone, to a room that grants wishes.
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16
Mimino (1977)
Georgiy Daneliya. A Georgian helicopter pilot dreams of big planes.
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