Is it worth watching Russian comedies if you can instead enjoy the creation of American or French cinema? It’s worth it, because domestic cinema can pleasantly surprise the viewer not only with a good acting, quality camera work and memorable musical accompaniment, but also with jokes that are clear to the Russian audience. So that you do not have to bother choosing from a huge number of films, we have compiled a list of the best Russian comedies, which includes films released in 2016-2017 and having the highest rating on the KinoPoisk website.
- List of the best Russian films 2016-2017
- The best comedies of 2017 already released
15. House for rent with all the inconveniences, 2016
Movie Search Rating: 5.7
Genre: Comedy
A cunning swindler manages to rent a house on the sea coast to several families at once. So three women with children and one mother-in-law arrive at once in a small house. But the money has already been paid, so they all have to somehow get along together. And then there is the landlord, who does not even suspect that his housing has been leased, returned.
It is a pity that the film did not receive the share of attention that it could rightfully claim for the quality of shooting, acting and non-banal plot.
14. Dream fish, 2016
Rating: 5.7
Genre: Comedy
A Petersburg intellectual comes to a quiet sanatorium on the Baltic coast to edit a book on the fauna of this very Baltic Sea. But they won’t let him work quietly, either the local macho calls “to hunt” for the beauties, the museum workers solder, or even the naked woman is distracting. And, like a cherry on a cake, a midlife crisis sets in. The result was a fun arthouse tale for adults.
13. Voices of a big country, 2016
Rating: 5.8
Genre: Comedy, Musical, Romance
All-Russian competition of songs and dances, where, like bees for honey, swarms of young artists flock. An uncomplicated scenario with the obligatory opposition “rich - poor”, a love line, a pleasant audio and video sequence.
12. The Last Battle, 2017
Rating: 5.9
Genre: Comedy
On the 12th line in the list of Russian comedies of 2017 that have already been released, is the continuation of the series "Kitchen". In it, the viewer learns about the fate of chef Viktor Barinov and his team. Fierce battles on cooks, love affairs, eccentric culinary geniuses, family twists and turns - all this is delicious, juicy and with a twinkle!
11. Grandmother of easy virtue, 2017
Rating: 5.9
Genre: Comedy
The swindler Sanya, able to reliably portray any person of any age and gender, crosses the road to the wrong people. So the fraudster has to hide in a nursing home under the guise of an old woman. Despite the monstrous name, the picture as a whole is better than it seems. It is a simple and fun series of gags that can deliver many pleasant minutes.
10. Only for love, 2016
Rating: 6.1
Genre: Comedy, Romance
The most romantic city in Russia, shown through the eyes of seven directors. Seven mini-short stories, each of which is about love - from a love of art to a love of family, dogs, Motherland and, of course, to the opposite sex. The background to all this abundance of love is excellently shot views of beautiful and melancholy St. Petersburg.
9. Yana + Yanko, 2017
Rating: 6.1
Genre: Comedy, Family
If the beginning of the film may seem somewhat secondary (the harsh bitch-editor-in-chief of a fashion magazine, the mannered PR man in a tight shirt, the nervous staff of the editorial staff - we definitely saw it somewhere), then from the middle a real movie begins - a touching, sweet and funny story about as an independent woman and an even more independent child learn to find joy in each other. A great merit in the popularity of this comedy belongs to the young actor Danil Zinatullin, (Yanko), who plays in such a way that you first hate him and then love him.
8. Blockbuster, 2017
Rating: 6.2
Genre: Comedy, Crime
The girl Liza, who got everything, goes to the city of Elektrougli to eat shawarma, and here at dead midnight she witnesses a robbery of a microcredit point. So the grief robber Natasha comes into her life ... If “our answer to Guy Ritchie” came out on a smaller scale, but still “Blockbuster” is a ridiculous and full of life crime comedy, one hundred percent Russian cinema with jokes on topical issues, successfully balancing on the line between satire, noir and melodrama.
7. Love with restrictions, 2016
Rating “KinoPoisk”: 6.3
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Thanks to the presidential decree on the introduction of quotas on jobs for people with disabilities, yesterday’s student Misha pretends to be a wheelchair user and still gets a dream job in a company with the name NashGaz, which is dear to every Russian. It’s just that he will now have to cut through the wheelchair all the time, and this is not so easy in modern Moscow. But you should not be afraid of the social component of the picture - although the real problems of life of a wheelchair user are raised in it, as a whole it is an easy, pleasant and lyrical comedy, where everyone learns something from the other, and in the end, love defeats everything.
6. The Secret of the Zohar, 2016
Rating: 6,397
Genre: Comedy, Science Fiction, Drama
It is rather an adventure-adventure movie with elements of mysticism, comedy and attempts to better understand reality. Judging by the reviews, a rare viewer flew to the middle of the Dnieper - that is, he realized what was going on in the picture. The basis of the plot is simple: a guy named Max accidentally gets at his disposal an ancient artifact, and his whole life turns into a phantasmagoria, united by one goal - to bring the artifact to Jerusalem.
The film can be advised to those who love science fiction stories with a mysterious and confusing plot. A little easier understanding of what is happening is a solid non-banal humor and several purely comedic episodes.
5. Take a walk, Vasya !, 2016
Rating: 6.5
Genre: Comedy
Mitya urgently needs to get married, only his wife Vasilisa does not want to give a divorce, if Mitya does not help her get Pasha in bed. At the same time, to speed up the process, Mitya pretends that he has a bride, but the situation is complicated by the fact that Nastya has a guy who agrees to play the role of brother for the good of the case. This intricate complication serves as a guarantee of many funny situations and funny episodes. In general, "Walk, Vasya!" - a perfectly filmed bold, energetic, funny and clever movie with bright and voluminous characters, each of which goes crazy in its own way.
4. Good boy, 2016
Rating: 6.5
Genre: Comedy
Next in the list of the best Russian comedies in 2016-2017 is the story of growing up, which makes you remember the classic Soviet films about teenagers. Kolya’s boy is torn between falling in love with two girls at once, simultaneously experiencing difficult relationships in the family, witnessing the arson of a computer class, and at the end of the week there will also be a Saturday school holiday, where all the actors will gather. A subtle, lyrical and funny film about that thin line that separates a child from an adult. Separately, it is worth noting the magnificent acting game of Semyon Treskunov, the main character.
3. Friday, 2016
Rating: 6.5
Genre: Comedy
This is a magical day - Friday, the day when harsh gray everyday life turns into a carnival, and on Monday morning the carriage again becomes a pumpkin. On this day, the capital major (aka Prince Vladimir in a different guise, aka Danila Kozlovsky in life) can become a waiter, an office loser - the king of the party, someone will find their love, and someone will chase a kangaroo in the forests near Moscow ( don’t even ask, see for yourself).
2. Moscow, I put up with you, 2016
Rating: 6.6
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
A rare non-state film work on the screens of his native country. The actors have not yet managed to fill the audience’s edge with the frequency of appearing on the screen and the pages of magazines, and the director Sergey Aksenov is this is the first film. The result was a very beautiful movie in the rhythm of a big city, somewhat similar to "I am walking in Moscow." Although many of the problems that were invented to create the feeling of a “whirlpool of the capital’s life” seem far-fetched, the lively, bright and pretty characters, the magnificent lively picture of modern Moscow and sometimes funny jokes leave a pleasant aftertaste.
1. Monk and demon, 2016
Rating: 6.8
Genre: Comedy, Science Fiction, Drama
A bold experiment by director Nikolai Dostal and screenwriter Yuri Arbatov, who wished to create a modern version of Faust, but for the Russian people and Russian realities, can be called successful - the result is, if not one of the best Russian comedies, then certainly one of the most striking. The action takes place in one of the provincial monasteries of the Russian Empire during the reign of Nicholas I, where miracles begin to work with the advent of a new novice. However, there is something strange about these miracles ...
It seems to be a non-fiction, near-religious story about temptation and atonement, however, brilliant acting (especially the main character - Timofey Tribuntsev), witty characters written out and Gogol's entourage give it authenticity and fun. Even if it is laughter through tears.
Among the Russian comedies that the audience liked, there are representatives of the arthouse, and science fiction films, and absolutely “walk-throughs”, aimed only at entertainment, and not at thoughtful reflections, films. And this is good, because thanks to such a variety, each viewer can choose a tape to his liking. Enjoy your viewing!
