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Best Russian Movies of the 1940s

This collection ranks 296 Russian-language movies released in the 1940s. The list is ranked using a weighted combination of audience ratings, vote volume and popularity data, so movies with only a handful of votes never outrank widely acclaimed films. The #1 entry is Ivan the Terrible, Part I. These films were originally released in Russian (Pусский).

296 qualifying moviesRanked using a weighted combination of ratings, vote volume and popularity data

  1. 251

    Rajchan

    1940· 1h 11m

    4.01
  9. 259

    Galya

    1940· 38m

    —0
  12. 262

    A Good Lad

    1942· 1h 7m

    4.410
  15. 265

    Circus

    1940· 9m

    —0
  31. 281

    Meteors

    1947· 10m

    4.77
  33. 283

    Zoya

    1944· 1h 35m

    4.67
  34. 284

    Rainbow

    1944· 1h 33m

    5.011
  35. 285

    My Love

    1940· 1h 20m

    4.97
  42. 292

    The Vow

    1946· 1h 49m

    4.08

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Frequently asked questions

How many Russian movies came from the 1940s?

296 Russian-language films from the 1940s carry real rating data.

How are these Russian films ranked?

By a weighted score combining audience ratings, vote volume and popularity. Movies with very few votes are statistically shrunk toward the global average, so they cannot dominate the top of the list.

What is the highest-rated Russian movie of the 1940s?

Ivan the Terrible, Part I holds the top position in this collection.