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Best Soviet Movies of the 1980s

This collection ranks 2,432 movies from Soviet Union released in the 1980s. 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. At the top sits Come and See.

2,432 qualifying moviesRanked using a weighted combination of ratings, vote volume and popularity data

  2. 2

    Nostalgia

    1983· 2h 4m· ru

    7.8616
  3. 3

    Heart of a Dog

    1988· 2h 16m· ru

    7.9198
  5. 5

    Kin-dza-dza!

    1986· 2h 15m· ru

    7.7290
  30. 30

    Repentance

    1987· 2h 33m· ka

    7.171
  31. 31

    Assa

    1987· 2h 30m· ru

    7.076
  34. 34

    Zerograd

    1988· 1h 37m· ru

    6.766
  35. 35

    The Needle

    1989· 1h 16m· ru

    6.890
  44. 44

    Boomerang

    1981· 29m· ru

    9.01

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Frequently asked questions

How many soviet movies were made in the 1980s?

2,432 Soviet Union productions from the 1980s have real rating data.

How are these soviet 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 best soviet movie of the 1980s?

Come and See currently holds the #1 position.