Direction: Aleksandr Sokúrov
The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Aleksandr Sokúrov. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.
7.5
83 votes
Confession
1998 · Documentary · 260 min. · Russia
Direction Aleksandr Sokúrov
Plot Originally a five-part semi-documentary series on Russian television, this scaled down release tells the story of a Russian naval commander in charge of an Arctic-based ship. The film reveals the...
7.4
40 votes
7.4
40 votes
The Dialogues with Solzhenitsyn
1999 · Documentary · 188 min. · Russia
Direction Aleksandr Sokúrov
7.4
26 votes
7.4
26 votes
7.3
172 votes
7.3
80 votes
Elegy of a Voyage
2001 · Movie · 48 min. · France
Direction Aleksandr Sokúrov
Cast Aleksandr Sokúrov
Plot From a misty night into the dark exposition rooms of a museum to ponder philosophically at paintings by 'Pieter Jansz Saenredam', 'Hercules Pieterszoon Seghers', Hendrikus van de Sande Bakhuyzen, Andreas...
7.3
290 votes
7.3
290 votes
Mother and Son
1997 · Movie · 71 min. · Russia
Direction Aleksandr Sokúrov
Cast Gudrun Geyer · Aleksei Ananishnov
Plot A slow and poignant story of love and patience told via a dying mother nursed by her devoted son. The simple narrative is a thread woven among the deeply spiritual...
7.1
1K votes
7.1
1K votes
Russian Ark
2002 · Movie · 96 min. · Russia
Direction Aleksandr Sokúrov
Cast Sergei Dreiden · Mariya Kuznetsova · Leonid Mozgovoy · Edisher Giorgobiani
Plot Russian master Alexander Sokurov has tapped into the very flow of history itself for this flabbergasting film. Thanks to the miracles of digital video, Sokurov (and cinematographer Tilman Buttner) uses...
7.1
4K votes
7.1
4K votes
The Sun
2005 · Movie · 110 min. · Russia
Direction Aleksandr Sokúrov
Cast Issei Ogata · Robert Dawson · Kaori Momoi · Shiro Sano
Plot Susan Sontag, the recently departed intellectual and devout cinephile, proclaimed Alexander Sokurov to be the most ambitious and original director of his generation. From the technically audacious costume drama Russian...
7.1
349 votes
7.1
349 votes
Moscow Elegy
1987 · Documentary · 88 min. · Soviet Union (USSR)
Direction Aleksandr Sokúrov
Cast Andrei Tarkovsky · Tonino Guerra
7.0
193 votes
7.0
193 votes
Dolce... (Nezhno)
2000 · Documentary · 61 min. · Russia
Direction Aleksandr Sokúrov
Cast Toshio Shimao · Miho Shimao · Maya Shimao
Plot Dolce opens to a clinical biographical overview of writer and poet Toshio Shimao (1917-1986) as the narrator (Aleksandr Sokurov) thumbs through a family photo album, describing Shimao's privileged life as...
6.9
36 votes
6.9
36 votes
6.8
82 votes
Whispering Pages
1994 · Movie · 77 min. · Russia
Direction Aleksandr Sokúrov
Cast Aleksandr Cherednik · Sergei Barkovsky · Elizaveta Koroleva · Olga Onishchenko
6.8
96 votes
6.8
96 votes
Dmitri Shostakovich: Viola Sonata
1981 · Documentary · 80 min. · Soviet Union (USSR)
Direction Aleksandr Sokúrov · Semyon Aranovich
Cast Tamara Alyoshina · Sergei Prokofiev · Dmitri Shostakovich · Joseph Stalin
Plot Co-directed by Aleksandr Sokurov and Semen Aranovich, Dmitri Shostakovich: Viola Sonata is an emotionally lucid, understated, textural, and reverent biography of the highly influential, Soviet-era composer and pianist, Dmitri Dmitrievich...
6.7
89 votes
6.7
89 votes
The Lonely Voice of Man
1987 · Movie · 87 min. · Soviet Union (USSR)
Direction Aleksandr Sokúrov
Cast Tatyana Goryacheva · Vladimir Degtyaryov · Lyudmila Yakovtleva · Sergey Shukaylo
Plot Film The Lonely Voice of Man is the first full–length feature film of Alexander Sokurov, made in 1978 and remastered in 1987 at the studio Lenfilm with the assistance of...
6.7
160 votes
6.7
160 votes
Father and Son
2003 · Movie · 84 min. · Russia
Direction Aleksandr Sokúrov
Cast Alexander Rasbash · Andrej Shetinin · Aleksei Nejmyshev · Martina Zasukhina
Plot Father and Son live together in a rooftop apartment. They have lived alone for years in their own private world, full of memories and daily rituals. Sometimes they seem like...
6.6
520 votes
6.6
520 votes
The Second Circle
1990 · Movie · 92 min. · Soviet Union (USSR)
Direction Aleksandr Sokúrov
Cast Pyotr Aleksandrov · Nadezhda Rodnova · Tamara Timofeyeva · Sergei Vybornov
Plot A man tries to come to terms with his father's death and to deal with the mundane details of his burial in a society cut off from spirituality.
6.6
98 votes
6.6
98 votes
Moloch
1999 · Movie · 103 min. · Russia
Direction Aleksandr Sokúrov
Cast Leonid Mozgovoy · Elena Rufanova · Leonid Sokoi · Elena Spridonova
6.5
498 votes
6.5
498 votes
Robert. A Fortunate Life
1996 · Documentary · 26 min. · Russia
Direction Aleksandr Sokúrov
6.5
72 votes
6.5
72 votes
Taurus
2001 · Movie · 104 min. · Russia
Direction Aleksandr Sokúrov
Cast Leonid Mozgovoy · Mariya Kuznetsova · Serguei Razhouk · Natalia Nikoulenko
Plot Lenin... A man who changed the course of history and shook the world now lies dying in a countryside manor, surrounded by outsiders. All around him is hustle, bustle and...
6.5
322 votes
6.5
322 votes