Portrait of Leo Tolstoy

Writing

Leo Tolstoy

Career

Active from 1909 to 2025, busiest in 1915 and 1918 with 5 main titles each.

Leading roles
1
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score66/100
Highest rated
Poster for War and Peace
War and Peace
GoodWatch score92/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 32 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.1 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 5.2 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.6 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.1 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 6.2 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.5 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Leo Tolstoy Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    1.7, average 5.4
  • Situational Comedy
    1.0, average 2.7
  • Physical Comedy
    0.7, average 2.4
  • Uncanny
    0.9, average 2.5

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Tragic Romance 20
  • Literary Adaptation 9
  • Social Commentary 8
  • Character-Driven 8
  • Historical Drama 8
  • Character Study 7
  • Period Drama 7
  • 19th Century Russia 6
  • Psychological Drama 6
  • Psychological Depth 6
  • Class Conflict 6
  • Russian Literature Adaptation 6

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

144
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

2 titles
Papa Panov's Special Christmas
Papa Panov's Special Christmas

Original Story

Coming to You
Coming to You

Novel

2020s

9 titles
War and Peace
War and Peace (2027)

Book

The Death of Ivan Ilyich
The Death of Ivan Ilyich (2026)

Book

Masha and the Bears
Masha and the Bears (2025)

Story

Family Happiness
Family Happiness (2025)

Book

Семейное cчастье (Semeynoe schaste)
Семейное cчастье (Semeynoe schaste) (2025)

Book

The Death of Ivan Ilyich
The Death of Ivan Ilyich (2024)

Book

Anna Karenina
Anna Karenina (2023)

Novel

Guerra e pace (Teatro) - Prima parte
Guerra e pace (Teatro) - Prima parte (2021)

Novel

Guerra e pace (Teatro) - Seconda parte
Guerra e pace (Teatro) - Seconda parte (2021)

Novel

2010s

9 titles · average score 59
Dark as the Night. Anna Karenina
Dark as the Night. Anna Karenina (2019)

Characters

Resurrection
Resurrection (2019)

Novel

Anna Karenina. The Intimate Diary
Anna Karenina. The Intimate Diary (2019)

Story

Anna Karenina. Vronsky's Story
Anna Karenina. Vronsky's Story (2017)
GoodWatch score 30

Novel

Winter Thaw
Winter Thaw (2016)
GoodWatch score 84

Novel

The Woman Who Left
The Woman Who Left (2016)
GoodWatch score 76

Original Story

Anna Karenina
Anna Karenina (2012)
GoodWatch score 63

Novel

Boxing Day
Boxing Day (2012)
GoodWatch score 70

Story

2 Jacks
2 Jacks (2012)
GoodWatch score 33

Story

2000s

8 titles · average score 61
Anna Karenina
Anna Karenina (2009)
GoodWatch score 58

Novel

Greed Eats the Soul
Greed Eats the Soul (2009)

Original Story

The Kreutzer Sonata
The Kreutzer Sonata (2008)
GoodWatch score 54

Novel

A Day in the Country
A Day in the Country (2008)

Original Story

Chouga
Chouga (2007)

Novel

Frozen Land
Frozen Land (2005)
GoodWatch score 70

Novel

Resurrection
Resurrection (2001)
GoodWatch score 65

Novel

ivans xtc.
ivans xtc. (2000)
GoodWatch score 60

Novel

1990s

6 titles · average score 63
Anna Karenina
Anna Karenina (1997)
GoodWatch score 44

Novel

Prisoner of the Mountains
Prisoner of the Mountains (1996)
GoodWatch score 82

Story

Why?
Why? (1996)

Author

Flammen der Liebe
Flammen der Liebe (1995)

Novel

Beautiful Stranger
Beautiful Stranger (1993)

Novel

War and Peace
War and Peace (1991)

Book

1980s

14 titles · average score 73
The Story of a Horse
The Story of a Horse (1989)

Novel

Kreutzer Sonata
Kreutzer Sonata (1987)
GoodWatch score 69

Novel

The Old Alphabet
The Old Alphabet (1987)

Novel

Kreutzer Sonata
Kreutzer Sonata (1987)

Book

The Living Corpse
The Living Corpse (1987)

Author

Anna Karenina
Anna Karenina (1985)
GoodWatch score 64

Novel

A Simple Death
A Simple Death (1985)

Novel

Albert
Albert (1985)

Novel

L'Argent
L'Argent (1983)
GoodWatch score 85

Story

أشياء ضد القانون
أشياء ضد القانون (1982)

Novel

The Living Corpse
The Living Corpse (1981)

Story

The Jump
The Jump (1980)

Short Story

1970s

12 titles · average score 65
Cinema in Russia
Cinema in Russia (1979)

as Archive footage

Father Sergius
Father Sergius (1978)

Music, Novel

The Power of Darkness
The Power of Darkness (1978)

Author

Caucasian Story
Caucasian Story (1977)

Story

Martin the Cobbler
Martin the Cobbler (1977)

Short Story

Green, Bygone...
Green, Bygone... (1976)

Short Story

Anna Karenina
Anna Karenina (1975)

Novel

Caucasian Prisoner
Caucasian Prisoner (1975)

Novel

Childhood. Boyhood. Youth
Childhood. Boyhood. Youth (1973)

Story

St. Michael Had a Rooster
St. Michael Had a Rooster (1972)
GoodWatch score 65

Novel

Family Happiness
Family Happiness (1971)

Book

Dalal Al-Masria
Dalal Al-Masria (1970)

Novel

1960s

16 titles · average score 76
Scarabea – How Much Land Does a Man Need?
Scarabea – How Much Land Does a Man Need? (1969)

Novel

War and Peace
War and Peace (1968)
GoodWatch score 92

Novel

Anna Karenina
Anna Karenina (1967)
GoodWatch score 63

Novel

War and Peace, Part III: The Year 1812
War and Peace, Part III: The Year 1812 (1967)
GoodWatch score 86

Novel

War and Peace, Part IV: Pierre Bezukhov
War and Peace, Part IV: Pierre Bezukhov (1967)
GoodWatch score 78

Novel

War and Peace, Part II: Natasha Rostova
War and Peace, Part II: Natasha Rostova (1966)
GoodWatch score 75

Novel

War and Peace, Part I: Andrei Bolkonsky
War and Peace, Part I: Andrei Bolkonsky (1966)
GoodWatch score 78

Novel

Anna Karenina
Anna Karenina (1961)
GoodWatch score 62

Novel

The Cossacks
The Cossacks (1961)

Novel

The River of Love
The River of Love (1960)
GoodWatch score 76

Novel

Resurrection
Resurrection (1960)

Novel

Also People
Also People (1960)

Novel

1950s

13 titles · average score 56
The White Warrior
The White Warrior (1959)
GoodWatch score 51

Novel

Forbidden Love
Forbidden Love (1958)

Novel

Resurrection
Resurrection (1958)

Novel

Polikuschka
Polikuschka (1958)

Story

The Three Bears
The Three Bears (1958)

Short Story

The Unforgettable Night
The Unforgettable Night (1958)

Novel

War and Peace
War and Peace (1956)
GoodWatch score 57

Novel

Locura pasional
Locura pasional (1956)

Novel

The Kreutzer Sonata
The Kreutzer Sonata (1956)
GoodWatch score 60

Short Story

Anna
Anna (1955)

Original Story

Anna Karenina
Anna Karenina (1953)

Novel

The Living Corpse
The Living Corpse (1952)

Theatre Play

1940s

4 titles · average score 61
Anna Karenina
Anna Karenina (1948)
GoodWatch score 61

Novel

Lovers Without Love
Lovers Without Love (1948)

Novel

Celos
Celos (1946)

Novel

Resurrección
Resurrección (1943)

Novel

1930s

10 titles · average score 66
White Nights in Saint Petersburg
White Nights in Saint Petersburg (1938)

Novel

What Men Live By
What Men Live By (1938)

Short Story

Anna Karenina
Anna Karenina (1935)
GoodWatch score 77

Novel

We Live Again
We Live Again (1934)
GoodWatch score 67

Novel

The Woman of the Port
The Woman of the Port (1934)
GoodWatch score 65

Story

Resurrection
Resurrection (1931)

Novel

Resurrection
Resurrection (1931)

Original Story

The White Devil
The White Devil (1930)

Novel

Redemption
Redemption (1930)
GoodWatch score 56

Novel

Her Boy
Her Boy (1930)

Short Story

1920s

14 titles · average score 72
The Living Corpse
The Living Corpse (1929)

Theatre Play

The Cossacks
The Cossacks (1928)
GoodWatch score 71

Novel

Cossacks
Cossacks (1928)

Novel

The Kreutzer Sonata
The Kreutzer Sonata (1927)

Story

Love
Love (1927)
GoodWatch score 73

Novel

Resurrection
Resurrection (1927)

Novel

Resurrection
Resurrection (1926)

Novel

Die Macht der Finsternis
Die Macht der Finsternis (1924)

Theatre Play

Man by the Roadside
Man by the Roadside (1923)

Novel

Résurrection
Résurrection (1923)

Story

Polikushka
Polikushka (1922)

Story

Anna Karenina
Anna Karenina (1920)

Novel

1910s

25 titles · average score 68
Atonement
Atonement (1919)

Story

Father Sergius
Father Sergius (1918)
GoodWatch score 68

Novel

Anna Karenina
Anna Karenina (1918)

Novel

Anna Karenine
Anna Karenine (1917)

Novel

War and Peace
War and Peace (1915)

Novel

Kreutzer Sonata
Kreutzer Sonata (1915)

Novel

Anna Karenina
Anna Karenina (1915)

Novel

Anna Karenina
Anna Karenina (1914)

Novel

The Kreutzer Sonata
The Kreutzer Sonata (1914)

Novel

Anna Karenina
Anna Karenina (1912)

Novel

Anna Karenina
Anna Karenina (1911)

Novel

The Kreutzer Sonata
The Kreutzer Sonata (1911)

Story

1900s

2 titles
Resurrection
Resurrection (1909)

Novel

The Power of Darkness
The Power of Darkness (1909)

Theatre Play