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1. The Day That Shook the World (1975)
R | 111 min | Drama, History
Historical depiction of the events preceding the political murder of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, would-be emperor of the Austro-Hungarian throne, in Sarajevo, June 28, 1914. A World War would... See full summary »
Director: Veljko Bulajic | Stars: Christopher Plummer, Florinda Bolkan, Maximilian Schell, Irfan Mensur
Votes: 353
2. Larks on a String (1969)
94 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Set in the late 1940s, the film concerns the treatment of suspect "bourgeois elements", a professor, a saxophonist, and a milkman, who are put to work in a junkyard for rehabilitation.
Director: Jirí Menzel | Stars: Rudolf Hrusínský, Vlastimil Brodský, Václav Neckár, Jitka Zelenohorská
Votes: 2,193
3. The Visitors (1983– )
30 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
It's the year 2484 and the Earth is threatened by a rogue comet which could fatally change its orbit. The solution is surprising - Adam Bernau, the greatest genius of 20th century developed... See full summary »
Stars: Josef Bláha, Josef Dvorák, Dagmar Patrasová, Jirí Datel Novotný
Votes: 739
4. Bakalári (1972– )
Comedy
Stars: Vladimír Mensík, Stella Zázvorková, Ludmila Roubíková, Josef Bláha
Votes: 34
5. Bájecná léta pod psa (1997)
Not Rated | 109 min | Comedy
The story of an ordinary family living in Czechoslovakia from around 1963 until the Velvet Revolution. Based on the semi-autobiographical novel by Michal Wiewegh.
Director: Petr Nikolaev | Stars: Ondrej Vetchý, Libuse Safránková, Vladimír Javorský, Jan Zahalka
Votes: 736
6. Hospital at the End of the City (1977– )
60 min | Drama
A brilliant TV series following the lives of medical personnel at the orthopedic ward of a hospital at the end of the city. Strong characters, believable plots, balanced humor and drama, ... See full summary »
Stars: Ladislav Chudík, Milos Kopecký, Josef Abrhám, Jana Stepánková
Votes: 371
7. 30 prípadu majora Zemana (1975–1980)
Crime, Drama
Stars: Vladimír Brabec, Vladimír Ráz, Ladislav Mrkvicka, Josef Vetrovec
Votes: 246
8. L'affaire Dreyfus (1995 TV Movie)
200 min | Biography, Drama
In 1894, the French Army discovered the existence of a traitor Alsatian and Jewish, the French officer Alfred Dreyfus makes an ideal culprit. For lack of evidence, the War Ministry creates ... See full summary »
Director: Yves Boisset | Stars: Thierry Frémont, Gérard Desarthe, Pierre Arditi, Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu
Votes: 122
9. Svatby pana Voka (1971)
98 min | Biography, Comedy, History
Czech nobleman Petr Vok of Rozmberk (Milos Kopecký) is no longer so young, but his amatory adventures continue to arouse the envy of men and the indignation of respectable ladies. In his "... See full summary »
Director: Karel Steklý | Stars: Milos Kopecký, Pavel Landovský, Vladimír Brabec, Otakar Brousek
Votes: 102
10. Ordinace v ruzové zahrade (2005– )
60 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Stars: Daniela Sinkorová, Petr Rychlý, Veronika Jeníková, Ivana Jiresová
Votes: 211
11. 13. komnata (2006– )
Documentary, Biography
Stars: Zuzana Buresová, Sárka Volemanová, Václav Zmolík, Martina Vrbová
Votes: 20
12. Sanitka (1984– )
660 min | Drama
The ever-changing world and the pulse of human hearts, And every second of this time, someone is dying. And there's always someone with him.
Stars: Jaromír Hanzlík, Tomás Juricka, Zlata Adamovská, Jirí Bartoska
Votes: 138
13. Uctivá poklona, pane Kohn (1992)
30 min | Comedy
Stars: Marek Vasut, Ondrej Vetchý, Pavel Trávnícek, Karel Gott
Votes: 13
14. Darzhbuján a Pandrhola (1960)
80 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Cuba Drobbyan (Jiri Sovak) is a poor cavalier who has a good wife (Bela Jurdova) and eleven children. When it comes to the twelfth, Cuba decides to go into the world and get a good ... See full synopsis »
Director: Martin Fric | Stars: Jirí Sovák, Rudolf Hrusínský, Václav Lohniský, Josef Hlinomaz
Votes: 424
15. Die heilige Hure (1997 TV Movie)
95 min | Drama
Dr. Marie Steiner is an aspiring theology lecturer and resents the fact that as a woman she is not allowed to hold a priestly office in the church
Director: Dominique Othenin-Girard | Stars: Susanna Simon, Sven Martinek, Felix Bresser, Manfred Andrae
Votes: 40
16. Andelská tvár (2002)
Drama, Romance
The story is set in 19th century France. A mysterious man saves Charlotta's (Michaela Kuklová) life when the convent in which she lives catches fire. Ten years later she marries Raoul de ... See full summary »
Director: Zdenek Troska | Stars: Michaela Kuklová, Filip Blazek, Jirí Pomeje, Josef Vinklár
Votes: 162
17. Hospoda (1996–1997)
30 min | Comedy
Stars: Jan Kanyza, Ladislav Potmesil, Bronislav Poloczek, Petr Nározný
Votes: 222
18. The Great Movie Robbery (1986)
77 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi
The film is essentially a feature-length commercial for an exhibition to mark the 40th anniversary of the nationalisation of the Czech and Slovak respective film industries, to be held at ... See full summary »
Directors: Oldrich Lipský, Zdenek Podskalský | Stars: Oldrich Kaiser, Jirí Lábus, Jaroslav Moucka, Jirí Nemecek
Votes: 91
19. The Tale of John and Mary (1980)
65 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
Young knight John travels the world in search of fame and fortune, but also to help others and prove himself. However, things go dire fast and he becomes burdened with life's hardships. But then he meets a pretty water nymph, Mary.
Director: Karel Zeman | Stars: Otakar Brousek, Antonín Procházka, Frantisek Filipovský, Nada Konvalinková
Votes: 285
20. O ztracené lásce (2002– )
52 min | Fantasy, Family
Stars: Danica Jurcová, Jitka Jezková, Zlata Adamovská, Svatopluk Skopal
Votes: 28
21. Návsteva staré dámy (1999 TV Movie)
100 min | Drama
A millionairess is only too willing to save a town from bankruptcy - if her demand is met.
Director: Zdenek Zelenka | Stars: Jirina Bohdalová, Alois Svehlík, Frantisek Nemec, Jan Stastný
Votes: 21
22. Top star magazín (2008– )
Talk-Show
Social magazine about famous people and news of Czech celebrities.
Stars: Mahulena Bocanová, Jitka Moucková, Michal Jagelka, Gabriela Partysová
Votes: 48
23. F.L. Vek (1971– )
693 min | Drama
Stars: Antonie Hegerlíková, Radoslav Brzobohatý, Jana Brejchová, Dana Medrická
Votes: 120
24. Dobrodruzství kriminalistiky (1989–1998)
Crime, History
Follow the pioneers of criminalistics across four centuries, be a witness to groundbreaking discoveries that forever changed the world of crime-fighting. From fingerprints to forensic ballistics, from Vidocq to Pinkerton.
Stars: Petr Kostka, Pavel Rímský, Radoslav Brzobohatý, Ladislav Potmesil
Votes: 233
25. Murder in the Excelsior Hotel (1971)
89 min | Crime, Mystery
This retro crime story revolves around a bottle of French cognac that was used to kill the charming Dana Matousová in a high-end Prague establishment. All the threads of the intricate case,... See full summary »
Director: Jirí Sequens | Stars: Jaroslav Marvan, Frantisek Filipovský, Josef Vinklár, Josef Bláha
Votes: 147
26. Hrísní lidé mesta prazského (1968– )
Crime, Drama
Appearing on the scene in the series of thirteen detective stories is the Prague underworld of the 1920s and 1930s. The trio of police inspectors hunting for criminals from petty thieves to... See full summary »
Stars: Jaroslav Marvan, Josef Bláha, Josef Vinklár, Frantisek Filipovský
Votes: 176
27. Na plovárne (1999– )
23 min | Talk-Show
Stars: Marek Eben, Quincy Jones, Miroslav Ondrícek, Jirí Lábus
Votes: 79
28. Hríchy pro pátera Knoxe (1992– )
Crime
TV criminal series with Zlata Adamovská as singer (and detective) Eva Adamová. Each story contains at least one "sin" against the Decalogue of friar Knox who wrote ten things the good crime... See full summary »
Stars: Zlata Adamovská, Eugen Jegorov, Vladimír Dlouhý, Miroslava Plestilová
Votes: 47
29. Jak napálit advokáta (1980)
76 min | Comedy, Crime
Attorney Horic (Milos Kopecký) is a specialist for cases connected with motoring. He approaches to his work unconventionally, he does not hesitate to search for evidence right in the terrain and he is willing to take various risks.
Director: Vladimír Cech | Stars: Milos Kopecký, Josef Vetrovec, Ludek Munzar, Michaela Misková
Votes: 51
30. Circus Humberto (1988– )
Drama, Family
Czech series about the life and work of acrobats, tamers, clowns, and other employees of Circus Humberto, spanning the period from the first half of the 19th century until the time of the ... See full summary »
Stars: Radovan Lukavský, Adolf Filip, Frantisek Nemec, Petr Hanicinec
Votes: 167
31. Muj brácha má prima bráchu (1975)
94 min | Comedy, Family
Honza Pavelka (Jan Hrusínský) wins the junior motorbike speed races. His thirteen-year-old brother Martin (Roman Cada), his assistant and biggest fan, answers the questions of his ... See full summary »
Director: Stanislav Strnad | Stars: Libuse Safránková, Jan Hrusínský, Roman Cada, Ivana Maríková
Votes: 163
32. StarDance aneb kdyz hvezdy tancí (2006– )
Game-Show
Stars: Marek Eben, Tereza Kostková, Zdenek Chlopcík, Moondance Orchestra
Votes: 44
33. Okres na severu (1981– )
Drama
This series is one big communist propaganda. In some cases and moments, series is pointing out about some problems, which people got in early 80s. This series is "the best of worst" in ... See full synopsis »
Stars: Jaroslav Moucka, Jirina Svorcová, Petr Svojtka, Renáta Dolezelová
Votes: 35
34. Smrt mouchy (1977)
86 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Director: Karel Kachyna | Stars: Lubos Knytl, Jana Krausová, Miroslava Safránková, Otakar Brousek
Votes: 29
35. Ulysses and the Stars (1976)
81 min | Family, Mystery, Sci-Fi
It is the year 2000. The parents of twelve-year-old Péta are worried about the boy. He has made a flying machine on the model of a bird, but it crashed when he tested it and he broke his ... See full summary »
Director: Ludvík Ráza | Stars: Jaroslava Obermaierová, Alois Svehlík, Gustav Bubník, Gabriela Hyrmanová
Votes: 60
36. The Man in the Net (1973 TV Movie)
99 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The small American town of Stoneville is home to a painter named John and his unstable wife Linda. One day Linda, who is admired by everyone, mysteriously disappears and the suspicion of ... See full summary »
Director: Jirí Sequens | Stars: Rudolf Jelínek, Marie Drahokoupilová, Hana Maciuchová, Josef Vinklár
Votes: 18
37. The Land Gone Wild (1997–2012)
Adventure, History
The Land Gone Wild is a television serial composed of forty-five episodes in four series shot in 1997, 2001, 2008 and 2012, based on Jirí Stránský's novels Zdivocelá zeme (The Land Gone ... See full summary »
Stars: Martin Dejdar, Jana Hubinská, Jakub Wehrenberg, Jakub Zdenek
Votes: 96
38. Arrowsmith (1997– )
280 min
The adventures of an idealistic doctor who yearns to be a research scientist.
Stars: Jan Stastný, Tereza Brodská, Ondrej Vetchý, Josef Somr
Votes: 20
39. Dny zrady (1973)
227 min | Drama, History, War
This feature film based on the events of 1938 is a chronicle of the futile efforts of the Czechoslovak president Edvard Benes (Jirí Pleskot), politicians and ordinary citizens, to save the ... See full summary »
Director: Otakar Vávra | Stars: Jirí Pleskot, Bohus Pastorek, Gunnar Möller, Jaroslav Radimecky
Votes: 69
40. Dopisy v krajkách (2003 TV Short)
58 min | Short, Comedy
Director: Jaroslav Pozzi | Stars: Frantisek Nemec, Nada Konvalinková, Lenka Kubálková, Otakar Brousek
Votes: 30
41. Lekce (1972)
92 min | Thriller
Mr. Lenz (Karel Höger), a German university professor escaped the country for Switzerland after the Nazis got to power. He settled in Zurich, established a books-and-paintings store, and ... See full summary »
Director: Dusan Klein | Stars: Karel Höger, Jana Brejchová, Leon Niemczyk, Ilja Prachar
42. Duhový luk (1972– )
50 min | Action
Stars: Stanislaw Mikulski, Kveta Fialová, Otakar Brousek, Martin Ruzek
Votes: 6
43. Byl jednou jeden dum (1974– )
369 min | Drama, War
Stars: Jirí Sovák, Josef Abrhám, Jana Hlavácová, Vladimír Mensík
Votes: 77
44. Alexander Dumas starsi (1970– )
225 min | Drama, History
Stars: Vladimír Mensík, Jana Stepánková, Josef Langmiler, Petr Hanicinec
Votes: 9
45. Chacun pour toi (1993)
102 min | Comedy
Georges Flavier, once renowned Parisian hairdresser, lives alone since the death of his son and the departure of his wife. One night, he saves a stranger from drowning in the Canal Saint-Martin.
Director: Jean-Michel Ribes | Stars: Jean Yanne, Albert Dupontel, Roland Blanche, Michèle Laroque
Votes: 98
46. Známost sestry Aleny (1973)
83 min | Drama
Director: Miroslav Hubácek | Stars: Emília Vásáryová, Stefan Kvietik, Martin Ruzek, Otakar Brousek
Votes: 10
47. Královský gambit (1974 TV Movie)
64 min | History
Director: Jaromil Jires | Stars: Karel Augusta, Jana Bousková, Otakar Brousek, Jirina Bílá
Votes: 7
48. Pochodne (1961)
93 min | Drama, History
About the life of the workers of the Prague match factory in the bourgeois Czechoslovakia of the 19th century. The film focuses on the fate of the young worker Joseph, who believed in the kindness and decency of the manufacturers.
Director: Vladimír Cech | Stars: Eduard Cupák, Zuzana Stivínová, Jaroslav Vojta, Ludek Munzar
Votes: 12
49. The Secret of a Great Narrator (1972)
101 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
Alexandre Dumas Sr. is a charming but poor young man who comes to Paris in the 1820s and enters the service of the king. He is hired as a scribe, and from the moment he picks up a pen for the first time, his fate is sealed.
Director: Karel Kachyna | Stars: Martin Stepánek, Petr Stepánek, Otakar Brousek, Jana Hlavácová
Votes: 40
50. Svítalo celou noc (1980)
Director: Václav Matejka | Stars: Frantisek Nemec, Jana Gýrová, Zlata Adamovská, Jirí Bartoska
Votes: 9