List of the best comedies: TOP-6 according to LiveJournal

2024 Author: Leah Sherlock | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 05:25

Nowadays it is fashionable to create different ratings. So the participants of the LiveJournal service conducted a survey and found out which Russian comedies the users of the resource like the most. So, we bring to your attention the six best comedies, according to LiveJournal.

Russian comedies: a list of the best films. "Afonya"

The list of the best comedy films, according to LiveJournal users, opens with the film "Afonya" by Georgy Danelia with Leonid Kuravlyov in the title role. In 1975, when this picture was released, it became the leader of the Soviet box office.

The list of the best comedies opens with a story about the unlucky plumber Afanasia for a reason: an excellent selection of actors (Kuravlev, Leonov, Simonova), as well as an eminent director (Danelia shot such hits as "Kin-dza-dza" and "I walk along Moscow") did their job.

The script consists simply of a scattering of comical scenes: here Afonya is begging her clients for "magarychi", here his cohabitant puts his drinking companion out, here Afonya gets into a fight at a disco…It would seem that the plot is uncomplicated. And the hero is far from superman. But this simplicity is precisely the stage life, the truthfulness and comicality of this picture. Therefore, if you choose funny comedies, the list of the best will definitely not do without this film. Moving on…

The best comedies: a list. "Drumming"

"Drumming" was filmed in 1993 by director Sergei Ovcharov. It made the list of the best comedies thanks to the director's innovative decision in the 90s to create a silent film. Moreover, "Drumming" is a comedy of the absurd. What could be more ridiculous than the beginning of the film: a musician playing at a funeral is given a drum by a ghost?

Starring Alexander Polovtsev - the same Major Solovets from Lethal Force. Showman Andrey Urgant, the father of Ivan Urgant, and actor Sergei Selin, who is known for the TV series Cops, were also involved in the film.

The ironic comedy was warmly received at the 18th IFF and received a special silver "George". In addition, the filmmakers were awarded the prize for author's cinema at the Kinotavr Film Festival and won the Film Club Prize in Sochi.

White Sun of the Desert

The third place is deservedly occupied by the immortal creation of director Vladimir Motyl - "White Sun of the Desert". The film has long turned into a classic and was parsed into quotes, so it has the right to be included in the list of the best comedies of the USSR and Russia, although in fact this picture is a mix of various genres: there is drama, adventure, comedy, and evenaction movie elements…

"White Sun of the Desert" filmed for a long time and "painfully". First, directors Friedrich Gorenstein and Mikhalkov-Konchalovsky were invited to work on the film. Several screenwriters were fired. Then the directors invited by the ETK organization also refused to shoot. It was then that the idea to make a film in the Western genre was proposed to Vladimir Motyl.

Filming began, but a week later the lead actor - Yumatov - was beaten in a local pub. Then Motyl hastily replaces the actor in the frame with his colleague - Anatoly Kuznetsov. In addition, Pavel Luspekaev, the performer of the role of Vereshchagin, experienced he alth problems: it was difficult for the actor to walk due to an old injury.

But, despite all the thorns, the film about the Red Army soldier Sukhov, who is trying to save the harem of a local bandit in the middle of the desert, was released and became one of the most famous in the USSR.

Watch out for the car

Our list of the best comedies (with description) continues the film directed by Eldar Ryazanov in 1966

"Beware of the Car" is a comedy in which a lot is taken from the legend of Robin Hood. The main character - Yuri Detochkin - steals cars from the powerful, sells stolen goods, and transfers money in favor of orphans. Of course, the investigator and all the police are after him. And in the end, "Robin Hood" is convicted of his crimes.

The comedy is full of incredibly funny dialogue, it also has chase elements anddetective. In a word, "Beware of the Car" cannot fail to please the viewer.

In addition, such eminent actors as Innokenty Smoktunovsky, Andrei Mironov, Oleg Yefremov and Anatoly Papanov are involved in the film.

Diamond Hand

If you list the best comedies, the list would be incomplete without the famous masterpiece by Leonid Gaidai, whose name is "The Diamond Arm".

And again on the screen the famous Soviet actors: Andrei Mironov, Anatoly Papanov, Yuri Nikulin, Nina Grebeshkova. But this time they tell the viewer an entertaining story about a simple Soviet citizen who fell victim to smugglers. After Semyon Gorbunkov agrees to cooperate with the police, his incredible and funny adventures are just beginning.

Bumbarash

The list of the best comedies, according to LiveJournal, also includes "Bumbarash" by Nikolai Rasheev.

This musical film was released in 1971 and tells about the adventures of the Red Army soldier Bumbarash during the Civil War. The main role in the film went to Valery Zolotukhin ("Night Watch"). In addition, the film starred Yuri Smirnov ("Old Robbers"), Lev Durov ("Walking through the torments") and Natalia Dmitrieva ("Leaving - go away").

The script for the film was written based on the early works of writer Arkady Gaidar.

In addition to the above pictures, the list of the best comedies, according to LiveJournal, includes: "Hussar Ballad", "Funnyguys”, “Girls” and many other films. Undoubtedly, this list is incomplete. It should also include a lot of films: for example, "The Incredible Adventures of Italians in Russia", "Old Horses", "It Can't Be", "Twelve Chairs", etc. After all, in order to list all the worthy films created Soviet and Russian cinema, one small list is not enough. You will need a more extended rating table, at least from a hundred items.