Soviet films about young people

List of the best Soviet films about young people according to visitors: Scarecrow, Ice Fantasy, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, Rescued by Ruby, Straight Outta Compton, Frozen, Filmworker, Salinger, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, Assa.

In the top there are new films of 2022, a plot description and trailers for films that have already been released.

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Markimdb: 7.7
Genredrama
CountrySoviet Union
Duration02:07

A twelve years old girl Lena who has come to live with her grandfather in a small Russian town is being bullied by her classmates. She took the rap of being a class traitor because she was in love with the boy who had betrayed his classmates when they were bunking off and going to cinema instead of a literature lesson. The class is penalized for that, not being allowed to go to Moscow for fall holidays with the rest of the school. Lena is being ostracized, "boycotted" however not telling the truth, waiting that the boy himself would confess to be guilty.

Markimdb: 6.9
Genreaction, fantasy, melodrama
CountryChina

The story is set a hundred years after a war between the Empire of Snow (Ice Tribe) and the Fire Tribe, where the Fire Tribe was defeated. However, the war was fatal, leaving Prince Ka Suo and his younger half-brother Ying Kong Shi the only royal heirs and pure-blood ice illusionists left in the Ice Tribe. Conflict ensues after Ka Suo reluctantly ascends to the throne as his lover, Li Luo, and his brother go missing. Ka Suo also accidentally discovers an evil presence lurking in the Ice Tribe's holy shrine. He and his companions enter the mysterious shrine, and defeat head of the shrine, Lady Yuan Ji, only to find out that she has been plotting a conspiracy against him. Ka Suo also experiences hardships in trying to find his lover and brother, not knowing that his brother has lost all of his memories and has become the Fire Prince under his mother's command. A war between the two tribes commences once again, with the two brothers pitted against each other.

Markimdb: 7.8
Genreaction, fantasy, drama, adventure
CountryNew Zealand, USA
Duration02:49

    Bilbo Baggins, a hobbit enjoying his quiet life, is swept into an epic quest by Gandalf the Grey and thirteen dwarves who seek to reclaim their mountain home from Smaug, the dragon.

    Markimdb: 7.1
    Genredrama, family, biography
    CountryUSA

    Chasing his dream to join an elite K-9 unit, a state trooper partners with a fellow underdog: clever but naughty shelter pup Ruby. Based on a true story.

    Markimdb: 7.8
    Genredrama, music, biography, history
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:35

      In 1987, five young men, using brutally honest rhymes and hardcore beats, put their frustration and anger about life in the most dangerous place in America into the most powerful weapon they had: their music. Taking us back to where it all began, Straight Outta Compton tells the true story of how these cultural rebels—armed only with their lyrics, swagger, bravado and raw talent—stood up to the authorities that meant to keep them down and formed the world’s most dangerous group, N.W.A. And as they spoke the truth that no one had before and exposed life in the hood, their voice ignited a social revolution that is still reverberating today.

      Markimdb: 6.1
      Genrehorror, thriller, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:29

        Three skiers are stranded on a chairlift and forced to make life-or-death choices that prove more perilous than staying put and freezing to death.

        Markimdb: 7.4
        Genredocumentary
        CountryUSA

        The story of Leon Vitali, who surrendered his promising acting career to become Stanley Kubrick's devoted right-hand man.

        Markimdb: 6.7
        Genredocumentary
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:00

        An in-depth investigation into the private world of the American writer J. D. Salinger (1919-2010), who lived most of his life behind the impenetrable wall of a self-imposed seclusion: how his dramatic experiences during World War II influenced his life and work, his relationships with very young women, his obsessive writing methods, his many literary secrets.

        Markimdb: 8.8
        Genreadventure, western
        CountryItaly, Spain, West Germany
        Duration02:58

        While the Civil War rages between the Union and the Confederacy, three men – a quiet loner, a ruthless hit man and a Mexican bandit – comb the American Southwest in search of a strongbox containing $200,000 in stolen gold.

        Markimdb: 7.8
        Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, crime, music, history
        CountrySoviet Union
        Duration02:33

        ASSA is set in Crimea during the winter in the mid eighties. A young musician (Bananan) falls for mobster's (Krymov) young mistress (Alika). The parallel story line involves an 18th century assassination plot.

        Markimdb: 8
        Genredrama, military
        CountrySoviet Union
        Duration01:36

        Poetic journey through the shards and shadows of one boy's war-ravaged youth.

        Markimdb: 6.5
        Genrecomedy
        CountrySoviet Union

        A romantic and funny fantasy about the events occurred during the building of a first railroad in Russia.

        Markimdb: 8.4
        Genredocumentary
        CountrySoviet Union
        Duration01:08

        A man travels around a city with a camera slung over his shoulder, documenting urban life with dazzling invention.

        Markimdb: 8.3
        Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
        CountrySoviet Union
        Duration02:39

        Anatoli Yefremovich Novoseltsev works in a statistics institution, whose director is an unattractive and bossy woman. An old friend of his, Yuri Grigorievich Samokhvalov, who gets appointed assistant director of the institution, wants to make Novoseltsev the head of the department but encounters objections from Ludmila Prokopievna Kalugina, the director. Samokhvalov then advises Novoseltsev to lightly hit on the boss. Ironically, Novoseltsev and Kalugina fall in love with each other...

        Markimdb: 5.5
        Genrecomedy, melodrama
        CountrySoviet Union, Chile

        A Russian agent is sent to a mission in Chile as a punishment. While there, he continues his adventures in a massage parlor where he meets Paola - a young prostitute he falls in love with.

        Markimdb: 6.3
        Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, musical, family
        CountrySoviet Union
        Duration01:24

        A fairy tale about a conceited young man and a young woman with a tyrannical step-mother, who must overcome magical trials in order to be together.

        Markimdb: 7.4
        Genrecomedy, drama, adventure
        CountrySoviet Union, France, Austria
        Duration01:43

        A man, who becomes mistaken for his brother who was immigrating to Israel from USSR, finds himself caught up in the middle of a bureaucratic mess when he realizes that if he tells the truth about who he is, he will go to jail and his brother's family will never be allowed to leave the USSR. He therefore assumes his brother's identity to get to Israel hoping his distant uncle living there will help him out. The plan backfires, however, when he realizes that the uncle is a paranoid lunatic thinking the KGB is out to get him. He becomes stranded in Israel with no friends, no money, and no passport, trying to figure out a way to get back home.

        Markimdb: 8.3
        Genremelodrama, drama, military, history
        CountrySoviet Union
        Duration01:37

        Veronika and Boris come together in Moscow shortly before World War II. Walking along the river, they watch cranes fly overhead, and promise to rendezvous before Boris leaves to fight. Boris misses the meeting and is off to the front lines, while Veronika waits patiently, sending letters faithfully. After her house is bombed, Veronika moves in with Boris' family, into the company of a cousin with his own intentions.

        Markimdb: 7.5
        Genredrama
        CountrySoviet Union
        Duration01:26

        On the eve of his fortieth anniversary Sergei Makarov looks back at his life and learns that he has achieved nothing. He was not able to be happy and to bring happiness to the closest people in his life, neither to his long-suffering wife nor young mistress nor friends nor work... It is about the men who never grew up and could not find themselves in the time of stagnation – gifted, charming, but infantile and lost, they never were able to realize themselves...

        Markimdb: 7.5
        Genremelodrama, drama, military
        CountrySoviet Union
        Duration01:33

        An unexpected romance occurs for a female Red Army sniper and a White Army officer.

        Markimdb: 6
        Genreaction, comedy, melodrama, crime
        CountrySoviet Union, Russia, USA
        Duration01:31

        When mysterious Russian bandit named Artist came in USA, brave Russian special agent Fyodor Sokolov runs to States for defeat evil master.

        Markimdb: 8.1
        Genrecomedy, drama
        CountrySoviet Union
        Duration01:36

        An automotive highway is scheduled to be built through the territory of a garage cooperative. A special meeting of the cooperative takes place to reduce the number of garages. As all was already decided and arranged by the chairholder and the board, the decision passes easily at the meeting. But one unexpected event happens - the meeting room's entrance has been locked by an anonymous member and the key is missing...

        Markimdb: 8.1
        Genredrama
        CountrySoviet Union
        Duration03:03

        A touching story about a white Gordon Setter with black ear, who became homeless because of his master's illness. His master, Ivan Ivanovich, a man far from being young, fond of hunting and nature, took a puppy to live with him, despite the dog's black ear being a "shame of nature" to his breed. The man always took his dog, whom he called Bim or Bimka, to hunting in country. Later, however Ivan Ivanovich began to have problems with heart and when the disease became worse was taken to a hospital. His dog couldn't bear waiting for the only person that ever cared for him and set out to find his master. Thus began the story of a homeless dog and his many breathtaking and exciting adventures, encounters of many people, kind and evil, and leads to an unexpected and heart-rending end.

        Markimdb: 7.6
        Genredrama
        CountrySoviet Union
        Duration01:51

        Two young scientists are exploring new fields of nuclear physics. Dmitry Gusev and Ilya Kulikov are good friends, but rivals in love. Dmitry marries Lyolya and they live happily together. Luck has it that he makes an important discovery. Unfortunately he exposes himself to radioactivity during the experiments. As a result he falls seriously ill. However Dmitry has a strong spirit. His will to live, the deep passion for his work and his strong love for mankind makes it possible for him to recover.

        Markimdb: 7
        Genreaction, military, history
        CountrySoviet Union

        1942, the German Wehrmacht is trying to capture the Baku oilfields at the Black sea. Their biggest obstacle are the Caucasian Mountains and few Russians soldiers to stop them. The story revolves around an important Mountain Pass, that is heavily contested by both sides.

        Markimdb: 7
        Genrecomedy, musical, military
        CountrySoviet Union
        Duration01:25

        A comedy about an army squad guarding the fake airport during WWII.

        Markimdb: 5.5
        Genrefamily
        CountrySoviet Union
        Duration01:22

        A story of a young boy David who recently moved from Erevan to Leningrad.

        Markimdb: 6.5
        Genredrama, military
        CountryFrance, Soviet Union
        Duration01:54

        A certain number of French fighter pilots who will not accept the Second Armistice at Compiègne nor Vichy's orders decide to join the USSR. Once they have reached Moscow they resume training and form a squadron they call "Normandie". Reinforced in 1944, the squadron wins many victories. Following the acts of valor displayed by its pilots during the Battle of the Nieman River, it becomes the "Normandie-Niemen" squadron for the rest of times...

        Markimdb: 6.5
        Genredrama
        CountrySoviet Union

        Timid old woman Pelageya Nilovna observes the revolutionary activities of her son Pavel Vlasov and gradually comes to realize that his cause is a great and noble one. She involves herself in the movement and finds joy and great courage in her new life as a revolutionary. Based on Gorky's novel, filmed in the silent era by Pudovkin.

        Markimdb: 7.1
        Genredrama
        CountrySoviet Union, Yugoslavia

        The movie takes us through the trials and tribulations of Petar I Petrovic, the man who united Montenegro in the 18th century and led them in the Battle of Krusi against a huge Turkish army to return victorious and pave the first path towards economic development.




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