Exactly 27 years ago, on May 5, 1995, the Moscow Art Theater hosted the first TEFI award ceremony in Russia, the main television award. On this occasion, we recall the most rated (according to the IMDb portal) Russian TV series of all time.
“Kitchen”
Released years: 2012 – 2016
Director: Dmitry Dyachenko, Zhora Kryzhovnikov, Anton Fedotov
IMDb rating: 8.50
You will definitely appreciate this comedy drama! Novice cook Maxim Lavrov gets a job at one of the capital’s best restaurants, where he meets the chef – a culinary prodigy with a gambling and alcohol addiction, restaurant director Victoria Goncharova, whose heart will try to melt six seasons, and new co-workers who, it seems, are waiting for the rookies to miss.
“Brigade”
Release Date: 2002
Director: Alexey Sidorov
IMDb score: 8.30
This is something everyone should watch. Sergey Bezrukov, Dmitry Dyuzhev, Pavel Maikov and Vladimir Vdovichenkov, perhaps, in the main Russian series about the 90s and their four childhood friends.
“Liquidation”
Release Date: 2007
Director: Sergey Ursulyak
IMDb score: 8.30
Crime detective with Vladimir Mashkov about post-war Odessa during rampant crime. An old sabotage gang is operating in the city, and Georgy Zhukov, who has been appointed commander of the Odessa region, is trying to restore order. Classical!
“Ekaterina”
release year: 2014
Director: Alexander Baranov, Ramil Sabitov
IMDb score: 8.10
The project, a historical drama about the life of the great Russian Empress Catherine II, which was greatly appreciated by the critics and audience, received the Golden Eagle and TEFI awards!
“game of life”
Release year: 2020
Director: Karen Hovhannisyan
IMDb score: 8.10
New with Alexandra Bortich, Alexei Chadov and Igor Vernik in the lead roles! This is an adventure thriller where the participants of a one million euro grand prize reality TV show are trapped in the wild Siberian taiga and the show turns into a fight for their lives.
“My Father’s Beach”
Release year: 2017
Director: Milena Fadeeva
IMDb score: 7.90
Yura Borisov in a drama about the Morozov family (two brothers and two sisters with a difficult relationship), who will face the horrors of the Great Patriotic War.
“A game”
release year: 2011
Directors: Georgy Gavrilov, Sergey Lesogorov, Gennady Ivanov, Timur Alpatov
IMDb score: 7.90
Sworn enemies – a crime detective with Prokhor Dubravin and Pavel Barshak about the confrontation between an FSB inspector and a helpless bandit.
“Hotel Eleon”
Release years: 2016 – 2017
Directors: Anton Fedotov, Anton Maslov, Ekaterina Zabulonskaya, Maxim Sveshnikov
IMDb rating: 7.80
Spin-off “Kitchen”! The events unfold in the Eleon Hotel, after the retirement of restaurant chef Viktor Barinov and no longer in the kitchen. Well worth a watch, at least for the handsome Milos Bikovich in the lead!
“Mother”
release year: 2014
Director: Konstantin Statsky
IMDb rating: 7.80
A detective series in which a rich father sends his son Igor Sokolovsky (Pavel Priluchny) to work at the police station, meets his love and decides to find his mother’s murderer. Netflix got the rights to show it!
“Method”
release year: 2015
Director: Yuri Bykov
IMDb rating: 7.40
Konstantin Khabensky and Paulina Andreeva in a crime thriller about an investigator, a law graduate who is used to solving the most complex murders alone and suddenly becomes an intern. Meanwhile, The Method has been nominated for a Golden Eagle award and the project has been acquired by Netflix! And very soon (five years have passed!) we will see the second season – Paulina herself announced this.
Source: People Talk
