Top Russian TV series: titles, genres, actors

Today, TV shows are gaining in popularity. Foreign projects have gained immense popularity, but domestic filmmakers try to keep up. It turns out they have it yet, but there are still works worthy of attention. In this article the top Russian serials, liked by spectators and film critics, are collected.

11. The Spaniard

Mini-series appeared on the screens in 2015. Anatoly Artamonov became the director . Artem Karasev, Alexandra Samokhin, Alexey Nilov, Vera Shpak were filmed in it.

The series "The Spaniard", shot in the genre of an action movie, a drama, begins with a small prehistory. Sasha and Kostya are street children. Childhood in children is difficult. They have to live near the railway. The bread is earned by collecting scrap metal and surrendering on the market. The children endure all adversity with optimism and hope for a happy future. Once they got into trouble and went to the orphanage. Sasha is adopted by the Spanish family, and friends part for many years.

Twenty years have passed. The grown-up Sasha decides to return to his homeland and find a friend. The city of childhood meets him with malice. The hero will have to face the crime, which spread through the streets. Will he survive in an unequal struggle?

The series "Spaniard" was ambiguously received by the public. Comments from the audience indicate a bad acting and an unfinished story.

10. "Temporarily unavailable"

The eight-part film was released on December 21, 2015. At the head of the shooting was the director Mikhail Khleborodov. "Temporarily Unavailable" is filmed in the genre of comedy. In the lead roles - Dmitry Djuzhev and Sergey Bezrukov.

The plot of the series revolves around the investigator and the official of the Moscow administration. Because of stupid randomness, the characters change places. Now one of them is sent with a check in the provincial town, and another - in the hospital. The question is: which of them will cope better with the assignment?

9. "Univer"

A very popular youth sitcom, which in 2011 was continued. In the new season of "University New Dormitory" the guys moved to another hostel, where they will have to get along with three girls. In the series, viewers will see both the old favorite heroes and the new ones.

Filming comedies take place in the same pavilion, where the first seasons, only with other props. On the assurance of the creators, "University New Dormitory" received an improved story and the quality of editing. Now the show will have more special effects and dynamic scenes. Fans of the sitcom should like. It was played by Vitaly Gogunsky, Natalia Samburskaya, Ararat Keshchyan, Anna Kuzina, Stanislav Yarushin.

8. "Another Major Sokolov"

The premiere of the criminal series (genre - action film, detective) was held in 2015 on NTV. The main roles were performed by Konstantin Soloviev, Anastasia Panina, Alexander Naumov.

The plot of the series will tell about Vlad Sokolov. He works in the department of his own safety. Together with colleagues, he investigates crimes committed by law enforcement agencies. The hero of the series "Another Major Sokolov" caught more than one bribe taker and corrupt police officer, who were caught in connections with criminal elements. The work of the committee of their own security is doing good, but from colleagues who work in other departments, they receive only a disdainful attitude. Nobody decides to make friends with them. Despite this, the team works well and conscientiously.

7. The Loop of Nesterov

"Loop Nesterov" - a series that tells about the confrontation of law enforcement in the 80 years of the last century. The main fight will unfold between the KGB and the Interior Ministry. In the lead roles - Karina Razumovskaya, Cyril Zaporozhsky, Oksana Akinshina, Sergei Gorobchenko.

1980s. In the political circles of the USSR, the situation worsened. The main question: who will be next in power? Corruption and Brezhnev's illness force the power structures to face a choice. The KGB and the Interior Ministry are starting to fight for the right to create a bright future in the country. The most ordinary people are involved in the conflict.

The main hero of the historical detective is the local Kirill Nesterov. On a typical day a difficult teenager comes into his hands. It turns out that the young man keeps with himself a very valuable picture of Russian artists. Nesterov could not even think that this incident would radically change his life.

6. "Team"

Detective TV series "Team" with the elements of the action movie became another extremely topical project, which was released on NTV in 2015. The roles were played by Vladimir Gusev, Sergei Alimpiev and others.

The main character is the police major Vasily Gavrilov. He has been in his profession for more than thirty years. It's not the first year that they want to send him to retirement, but all this is in vain. Gavrilov does not want to leave, while Lieutenant-Colonel Kirsanov is standing at the helm of the detachment. He considers the boss unworthy of his uniform. At every opportunity, Gavrilov reminds him of the dark past, with whom he is well acquainted.

For an advanced age, the major received the nickname Mammoth. Gavrilov has vast experience in the disclosure of crimes, and considers young operatives to be jerks.

The leadership sends a new operative Yevgeny Chumakov to the department. He behaves unpredictably, at first does something, and then thinks. Mammoth immediately understands that they will not work. According to the evil irony, Plague falls into the partners of Gavrilov. The relations between the two operatives are developing swiftly. Soon they become the best partners, despite their age, and are the best in their area.

5. "The Capercaillie"

"The Capercaillie" was in the top of Russian series due to a good story and the selection of actors (Maxim Averin, Denis Rozhkov, Victoria Tarasova). The first season of the detective was premiered in 2008.

The series will tell about the investigator Sergey Glukharev and his best friend Denis Antoshin, who works in the DPS. They are the most ordinary people with a lot of shortcomings and problems. They have to work from morning till night for low wages. Not everything is perfect in your personal life, which does not add to the joy. But comrades do not lose courage and continue to guard the law and order. Not always they feel a return for their work, but they still carry it out.

The series immediately fell in love with the viewer for a realistic and fascinating plot, as well as for the humor, which is full here. Quickly got into the top of Russian serials and collected many positive reviews.

4. "Truckers"

The series, shot in the genre of comedy, adventure, is familiar to many spectators. A simple storyline and attractive characters liked many. The premiere took place in 2001 and gathered thousands of spectators at the screens. Today the project is in the status of completed and is included in the top Russian series.

Fedor (Vladimir Gostyukhin) is an experienced trucker. He was not the first year behind the wheel and he saw a lot of things. For him, the flight is not just the delivery of cargo from one point to another, but a mini-adventure. He knows life very well and constantly meets with different people. In the partners he gets a young guy Sasha (Vladislav Galkin). Fyodor considers him too frivolous and carefree. The conflict of the ages is constantly evolving into quarrels and misunderstandings that lead the heroes into various woes. Gradually they are imbued with respect for each other. Fedor and Sasha have to go through more than one adventure and deliver hundreds of cargo.

3. "Penalty"

In the fall of 2004, the adventure thriller "Shtrafbat" appeared on TV screens and did not leave any spectator indifferent. Director Nikolai Dostal and actors (Alexei Serebryakov, Yury Stepanov, Roman Madyanov, Pavel Derevyanko) invested a lot of energy in the project, for which they were awarded positive reviews of critics.

The plot revolves around the penal battalion of the Red Army during World War II. The Straights were the first to attack the German fortifications. They did not receive the necessary weapons and provisions, they had to extract everything themselves. Death always went alongside the fighters of the penal battalion. The Germans wiped them from the front, and the NKVD detachments were not allowed to retreat from behind. The series will tell about the tragic fate of the soldiers of the penalty battalion, who gnawed victories for the Soviet Army in the most difficult battles. The film is based on real stories of punitive men who told them to the screenwriter.

2. The "Brigade"

"Brigade" (melodrama, detective) came out in 2002 and turned the view of domestic viewers about the series. The picture was repeatedly banned from showing on television and lost some scenes, but still everyone knows about the fan of the series.

The main characters played by Sergei Bezrukov, Dmitry Dyuzhev, Pavel Maikov and Vladimir Vdovichenkov, are four loyal friends who will face the difficulties of the 1990s. In 1989 Alexander Belov returned home from the army. At home, he is greeted by a loving mother and friends who have changed greatly during the years of service. One takes boxing, and the rest - racketeering in the markets of Moscow. By the wicked irony of fate in the criminal world falls and Belov.

The series became the most expensive in the history of Russian cinema and collected a variety of reviews. Despite this, it is cultic and occupies high places in the tops until now.

1. "Liquidation"

Based on real events, the series received flattering reviews from viewers and film critics. On the screens of the historical detective appeared in 2007 and so liked the audience that was shown twice in a row. Actors Vladimir Mashkov, Mikhail Porechenkov, Vladimir Menchov, Sergey Makovetsky took part in it.

Actions in the series occur in post-war Odessa. The city is frightened by a gang of saboteurs, led by a mysterious Academician. Criminals attack military bases and warehouses. The commander of the district at this time is Zhukov, who is trying to restore order in every possible way. It is necessary to struggle with bandits to all branches. Particularly trying to catch the leader David Gotsman - head of the criminal investigation.