Many moviegoers neglected domestic series in favor of new foreign films. And completely in vain. Russian serial films have something to please the audience. Introducing you the best Russian TV shows of 2017-2018, among which there are representatives of almost all genres.
15. Going through the throes (2017)
Genre: drama
Movie Search: 6.77
The top version of Russian TV shows 2017-2018 opens with a new version of one of the movie hits of the Soviet period. The series is based on a trilogy of novels by Alexei Tolstoy, which tells about the fate of the Russian intelligentsia before, during and after the 1917 revolution. Sisters Daria and Ekaterina Bulavin and their gentlemen - Telegin Baltic Engineer and Officer Vadim Roshchin - will be witnesses and participants in the great turning point in Russian history.
14. Adaptation (2017)
Genre: comedy
Movie Search: 6.81
You can perfectly learn the Russian language, know the classics of Russian literature and write in Russian without errors. But it’s very difficult for a foreigner to understand the mysterious Russian soul. But it’s necessary, because this foreigner is a spy, introduced not somewhere, but in the very heart of the public domain - Gazprom. In the small town of Noyabrsk, a spy introducing himself as a Russian engineer Oleg Menshov meets different people and meets his love. And this jeopardizes the whole mission - to steal the latest gas production developments.
13. Sleeping (2017)
Genre: thriller
Movie Search: 6.87
Sleeping agents are agents that have deeply rooted in the rear of the enemy and for the time being are inactive. They do not perform any tasks and have no connection with the center. However, one day their services will be needed and then the sleeping ones will get down to business.
If you like patriotic spy stories about the good guys from the FSB and the bad guys from the CIA, then we recommend that you watch Sleeping. Otherwise, pay attention to other best Russian TV shows of 2017-2018.
12. Optimists (2017)
Genre: historical drama, adventure
Movie Search: 6.91
This is a project about the employees of the Soviet Foreign Ministry living in the 60s of the XX century. Its heroes are employees of an information-analytical group whose purpose is to acquaint Soviet diplomats with the intricacies of Western thinking. However, gradually from the department, which was growing in obscurity, the YAG becomes a force capable of influencing important historical events.
11. Beyond Death (2017)
Genre: mystic, detective, thriller
Movie Search: 6.93
Investigator SK Gleb Tochilin is about to retire. But before leaving, he has to solve the last thing - to find Alexei Bystrov, who got under the train, ended up in the morgue, and then left him for his two. In search of Tochilin, Julia Dyomina, a scientist from the Institute of the Brain, helps.
“Beyond Death” is the only mystical detective in the ranking of Russian TV shows 2017-2018. The excellent acting game of Sergey Garmash and Svetlana Khodchenkova, the twisted plot, excellent camera work and colorful landscapes make it possible to watch each series with interest.
10. Unknown (2017)
Genre: detective
Movie Search: 6.92
Although this is not the best from the list of Russian TV series in 2018, it deservedly got into the Unknown rating. The main advantages of this series are interesting, non-standard crime scenarios and intrigue associated with the personality of the main character Shagin. He does not remember anything about himself, but he is able to remember the smallest details of what he saw and heard. Using his high intelligence, Shagin helps to solve complicated and complex criminal cases. But his main task is to find the answer to the question about his past.
9. Security (2017)
Genre: detective crime
Movie Search: 6.95
The script for this series was written by Andrey Kivinov, thanks to which there appeared "Streets of Broken Lights" and "Deadly Force." And this means that viewers can count on a fascinating, interesting sight.
The plot revolves around the employees of the Department of Internal Security of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. They hunt for "werewolves in uniform", among which may be their friends and relatives.
8. The bloody mistress (2017)
Genre: historical drama
Movie Search: 6.97
One of the darkest films in the top Russian TV series 2017-2018. In the center of history is the cruel and insane landowner Daria Saltykova (Saltychikha), who brutally tortured dozens of serfs. In “The Blood Lady”, in addition to the sadism of the main character, many topics are covered - from slavery in Russia to the permissiveness of a person who has power.
This series is not for everyone, it has violent scenes of violence and murder. So it is better for especially impressionable people not to watch it.
7. Street (2017)
Genre: drama, melodrama
Movie Search: 7.01
On one of the streets of a sleeping area in a big city, different people live, united to some extent only by common problems. This is a slice of our society, with its advantages and disadvantages. On the "Street" will meet and pensioners, and youth, and ordinary workers, and the local district, and drug addict-philosopher, and each of them has its own interesting story.
6. You all infuriate me (2017)
Genre: comedy
Movie Search: 7.04
Drinking makes some people aggressive sociopaths. But the heroine of this series, Sonya Bagretsova, makes alcohol one of the friendliest people in the world. And this is the worst thing for her, because in a sober state Sonia is a tough, independent and asocial woman. How can she now get rid of her friend, her boyfriend and her own boyfriend, with whom she started a relationship after one glass of wine?
5. Psychologists (2017)
Genre: drama, comedy
Movie Search: 7.04
You can graduate from the Faculty of Psychology, and be unhappy in your personal life. Three graduates of the psychology department - Vika, Tanya and Alina - having met many years later, decide to help each other sort out problems in the family. The main thing is to make a correct diagnosis.
4. Free Charter (2018)
Genre: historical melodrama
Movie Search: 7.05
Once upon a time, the whole country, with bated breath, followed the ups and downs of the life of slave Isaur. Now fans of melodramas can follow the fate of the Russian serf Polina Lebedeva, who after the death of her benefactor, was auctioned with no less interest. Its new owner was the worst enemy of the late guardian, the cruel and depraved count Andrei Krechetsky.
3. Youth. Adulthood (2017)
Genre: sports drama
Movie Search: 7.38
This series belongs to a rare kind of sports dramas on Russian TV. And the 4 previous successful seasons of Molodezhka showed that its creators, as they say, were in the top ten with both the cast and the script.
In the new, fifth season, the stars of the youth hockey team join the adult club Brown Bears, where they will be tested for strength, both physical and moral.
2. Ivanov-Ivanovs (2017)
Genre: comedy
Movie Search: 7.62
“They must have replaced you in the hospital,” sometimes parents sigh when the child does not behave the way they want. But two families of Ivanov’s children were really replaced in the hospital. More precisely, mixed up. And now the wealthy Ivanovs suddenly proclaim poor relatives. And the audience had a good reason to laugh at unpretentious situations with good humor and good actors.
1. A policeman from Rublevka 3 (2018)
Genre: comedy, detective
Movie Search: 7.69
The first place in the rating list of the best Russian TV series in 2018 was taken by the story of the narcissistic, cynical, rich, but such a charming policeman Grisha Izmailov. In the new season of his favorite series, Grisha will have to fight not only with crime, but also with the former head of the department, Yakovlev, who wants to regain his position.
The originality of this series lies in the fact that it incorporates all kinds of humor - from the level "below the belt" to black, professional and highly intellectual. Pleases with the excellent cast, and camera work and the selection of musical accompaniment.
