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Karen Shakhnazarov

Director · 22 credits · 15 in highly-rated films

Best known for Messenger Boy (1986)

Best Karen Shakhnazarov movies by genre

Directed movies (19 total, ranked by score)

  1. Messenger Boy

    1986 · ★ 7.4 (145 votes)

    Drama, Romance, Comedy

    1

  2. Zerograd

    1988 · ★ 6.7 (66 votes)

    Comedy, Mystery, Drama

    2

  3. White Tiger

    2012 · ★ 5.7 (110 votes)

    Action, Adventure, Fantasy

    3

  4. Winter Evening in Gagry

    1985 · ★ 6.3 (26 votes)

    Comedy, Drama, Romance

    4

  5. Dreams

    1993 · ★ 5.1 (16 votes)

    Fantasy, History, Drama

    5

  6. We're from Jazz

    1983 · ★ 6.8 (30 votes)

    Music, Comedy

    6

  7. Kind Men

    1980 · ★ 5.7 (9 votes)

    Comedy

    7

  8. Vanished Empire

    2008 · ★ 5.6 (18 votes)

    Drama, Romance

    8

  9. Anna Karenina. Vronsky's Story

    2017 · ★ 5.6 (25 votes)

    Romance, Drama

    9

  10. Love in the USSR

    2014

    Drama, Romance

    10

  11. Assassin of the Tsar

    1991 · ★ 5.6 (28 votes)

    History, Drama

    11

  12. Poisons or the World History of Poisoning

    2001 · ★ 4.9 (15 votes)

    Comedy, History

    12

  13. American Daughter

    1995 · ★ 5.4 (21 votes)

    Drama, Comedy

    13

  14. Wider Step Maestro!

    1975 · ★ 5.0 (1 votes)

    14

  15. Day of the Full Moon

    1998 · ★ 4.8 (15 votes)

    Drama

    15

  16. In the Encirclement

    2013

    Drama

    16

  17. In the Moscow Slums

    2023 · ★ 5.8 (10 votes)

    Mystery, Adventure

    17

  18. Ward No. 6

    2009 · ★ 4.9 (22 votes)

    Drama

    18

  19. The Rider Named Death

    2004 · ★ 4.3 (16 votes)

    Drama, Thriller, History

    19

Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Sep 3, 2026.