@
brilliantyearsHere's a barrel of more uplifting Soviet movies that I've watched in the past and come to mind right now (you'll need to check if they have subtitles though):
Служебний роман (One of my all-time favorites - I absolutely love this movie!!)
Ирония судьбы, или С легким паром! (My wife and I watch this on the eve of every new year over a cornucopia of rich Russian salads and шампанское.)
Ширли-мырли (Scenes from this movie still seem to haunt me from time to time, but in a good way, most likely due to it being really rather silly.)
As recommended by
vonPeterhof, many movies by Гайдай are perennial comedy classics:
Иван васильевич меняет профессию (Also posted by
ilmari, but worth mentioning multiple times...
)
Операция «Ы» и другие приключения Шурика
Кавказская пленница, или Новые приключения Шурика
Джентльмены удачи
12 стульев
Here are a few more (I'm sure I'll recall many more once I hit the "Post Reply" button and am out the door):
Усатый нянь
Чародеи
Белое солнце пустыни (I never really got into this one or found it particularly funny, but plenty of other people seem to love it...maybe I should watch it again sometime?)
Где находится нофелет? (Ok, I haven't personally watched this film yet, but my wife said it was fun...which means it's most likely a romcom with a wedding hiding in it somewhere.)
1990s:
Особенности национальной охоты (Definitely not my wife's cup of tea, but I thoroughly enjoyed this movie and its sequel below, even when sober.)
Oсобенности национальной рыбалки
2010s:
О чём говорят мужчины (I never knew men could moan so much...still, this was fun enough for me to watch 3 or 4 times already!)
Неадекватные люди
And here is a somewhat smaller selection of Russian comedy series I've enjoyed in the past:
Кухня (Barring Лунтик
, I've watched more episodes of this series than any other - fast-paced dialogue and roller-coaster plot lines galore!)
Физрук (Despite catching very few words that slur from the corner of Нагиев's mouth, just looking at that man makes me laugh!)
Интерны
Как я стал русским
Анжелика (To be honest, I only watched a couple of episodes back in 2016, so the jury's still out on this one, but it was definitely much easier to follow with my toddler-level Russian than other comedies.)
Сваты (Once again, I haven't personally watched this series, but a good friend recommended the series to me last year, so I have it on my "check it out later" list...)
I'm probably altogether a little out-of-date now with regards to newer russian comedies (both movies and series), but maybe you can find something in my dusty collection above that catches your eye and gives you a reprieve from the more sombre and serious titles on offer.
Удачи!
Anyone's got good suggestions for happy Russian stuff to watch? Comedies, or stuff like Kitchen would be ideal. Subtitles, sadly, are a necessity...
