In the USSR, these movies beat all box office records and quotes from the movies have entered the language as popular catchphrases. And, when shown on television, they still attract high ratings to this day.
Top 10 Soviet movies and cartoons that found audiences beyond the Iron Curtain Elem Klimov/Mosfilm, 1985 “Don’t teach me how to live, help me financially instead,” Lyudmila, the go-getter character in ‘Moscow Doesn’t Believe in Tears’ famously said with a winning smile. In case you missed it, we’ve come up with a list of Soviet movies and animated classics that have won the hearts and minds of international audiences.
1.‘Irony of Fate, or Enjoy Your Bath!’ (1975)
This movie should come with a warning label: Addictive! ‘Irony of Fate’ has been a cinematic staple for several generations of comedy lovers in Russia and overseas. Nothing says New Year as Eldar Ryazanov’s movie, the patriarch of the romcom genre in Soviet cinema.