Understanding

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Are any other of you Russian learners experiencing what I am?

I watch Russian movies with English subtitles, as well as listen to Russian music, to increase my comprehension and whatnot.

When listening to music, I catch a lot of words, and can often understand a lot of it. However, if watching movies, I can barely understand anything, even when, according to the subtitles, I know I should be understanding it. Even when I listen to some phrases multiple times, I'm still not recognizing anything.

In some parts, I definitely notice the people mumbling a lot, which could be part of the problem, but other times they're not, so I'm not sure what the problem is. The worst for it is the most readily available movie, Ночной Дозор (Nightwatch). I know subtitles aren't always direct translations, but they should be, in a lot of cases, at least somewhat close.

Can anyone recommend some Russian movies (that would be available in Canada) with English subtitles where the characters don't mumble, and can be fairly easily understandable?