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1. The Trial (1993)
PG-13 | 120 min | Drama, Thriller
Joseph K. (Kyle MacLachlan) awakens one morning to find two strange men in his room, telling him he has been arrested. Joseph is not told with what he is charged, and despite being "... See full summary »
Director: David Hugh Jones | Stars: Kyle MacLachlan, Anthony Hopkins, Jason Robards, Juliet Stevenson
Votes: 2,535
2. My Sweet Little Village (1985)
PG | 98 min | Comedy
The life of a small village runs on its own.
Director: Jirí Menzel | Stars: János Bán, Marián Labuda, Rudolf Hrusínský, Rudolf Hrusínský
Votes: 4,846
3. Holka na zabití (1976)
98 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
In a white jeep the waitress Gita from the hotel Bobí vrch reproaches to the driver who has not left his wife yet. She gives him an ultimatum: if he does not do all according to her wish, ... See full summary »
Director: Juraj Herz | Stars: Dagmar Havlová, Ilja Prachar, Vít Olmer, Josef Abrhám
Votes: 137
4. Wild Flowers (2000)
81 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Seven unrelated Czech fairy tales from 1853 by Karel Jaromír Erben, united by folklore, atmosphere, and visuals, form this anthology film exploring themes through a series of poetic vignettes without a cohesive narrative.
Director: F.A. Brabec | Stars: Martina Bezousková, Sylvie Kraslová, Sára Vorísková, Anna Bezousková
Votes: 1,485
5. Tomorrow I'll Wake Up and Scald Myself with Tea (1977)
93 min | Comedy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Jan is a decent, boring man, living a decent, boring life as a rocket designer. When his adventurous twin brother dies in a breakfast accident, Jan decides to impersonate him, unwittingly becoming a part of a Nazi time travel conspiracy.
Director: Jindrich Polák | Stars: Petr Kostka, Jirí Sovák, Vladimír Mensík, Vlastimil Brodský
Votes: 1,472
6. Marecek, Pass Me the Pen! (1976)
91 min | Comedy
Older group of workers are forced to attend the high school and finish it.
Director: Oldrich Lipský | Stars: Jirí Sovák, Václav Lohniský, Iva Janzurová, Míla Myslíková
Votes: 2,295
7. Cutting it Short (1981)
93 min | Comedy
An evocation of the childhood memories of Bohumil Hrabal in his provincial town of Nymburk, dominated by the local brewery.
Director: Jirí Menzel | Stars: Magda Vásáryová, Jirí Schmitzer, Jaromír Hanzlík, Rudolf Hrusínský
Votes: 2,718
8. Gympl (2007)
105 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A comedy about students, teachers, parents and graffiti.
Director: Tomás Vorel | Stars: Tomás Vorel Jr., Jirí Mádl, Eva Holubová, Tomás Matonoha
Votes: 1,100
9. Beauty in Trouble (2006)
Unrated | 110 min | Comedy, Drama
Prague couple's home damaged in flood. Wife leaves with kids after husband insults asthmatic son. Husband jailed for stolen vehicle. Car's owner befriends wife. Post-Cold War, wife torn between jailed crude husband and genteel new admirer.
Director: Jan Hrebejk | Stars: Anna Geislerová, Josef Abrhám, Jana Brejchová, Jirí Schmitzer
Votes: 1,009
10. Cerní baroni (1992)
99 min | Comedy
Life of Czechoslovak soldiers in a military unit for the so called "politically unreliable" - the Technical auxiliary battalions, aka "the black barons". Although it might seem like a ... See full summary »
Director: Zdenek Sirový | Stars: Pavel Landovský, Bronislav Poloczek, Alois Svehlík, Jirí Schmitzer
Votes: 775
11. Amerika (1994)
90 min | Drama, Mystery
Vladimír Michálek chose an unconventional adaptation of Franz Kafka's novel for his feature debut. Artistically reminiscent of the classic films of Karel Zeman, the director reinterpreted ... See full summary »
Director: Vladimír Michálek | Stars: Olga Charvatova, Martin Dejdar, Radim Hladík Sr., Oldrich Kaiser
Votes: 235
12. Vratné lahve (2007)
104 min | Comedy, Drama
A comic love story about a man who refuses to accept that old age is empty of love, meaning and value to society.
Director: Jan Sverák | Stars: Zdenek Sverák, Daniela Kolárová, Pavel Landovský, Tatiana Dyková
Votes: 5,051
13. The Snowdrop Festivities (1984)
83 min | Comedy, Drama
This movie is based on texts of Bohumil Hrabal, world-known Czech prosaic. It's a story (in a form of a mosaic of short episodes and pictures) about the sadness and happiness of inhabitants... See full summary »
Director: Jirí Menzel | Stars: Rudolf Hrusínský, Jaromír Hanzlík, Josef Somr, Petr Cepek
Votes: 1,645
14. Most! (2018– )
40 min | Comedy, Drama
Divorced man Ludek is surprised when he reconnects with his brother after several years.
Stars: Martin Hofmann, Erika Stárková, Frantisek Filip Cervenka, Michal Isteník
Votes: 581
15. 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: 734
16. Lítost (1970 TV Movie)
64 min | Drama
The popular folk singer Jaro Zárubecký, a former waiter, follows the motto "A man is not what he is, but what people think of him", and that is how he is raising his son Pavel. He lives ... See full summary »
Director: Evald Schorm | Stars: Rudolf Hrusínský, Jan Hrusínský, Vlasta Chramostová, Miroslav Homola
Votes: 17
17. Kaspar Hauser (1993)
139 min | Drama, History, Mystery
Kaspar Hauser is the son of the duke of Baden. At the age of one he was swapped by another baby that has been killed right after the change. The real Kaspar Hauser grew up in prison without... See full summary »
Director: Peter Sehr | Stars: André Eisermann, Udo Samel, Jeremy Clyde, Katharina Thalbach
Votes: 506
18. Zastihla me noc (1986)
135 min | Biography, Drama, War
A Holocaust drama made by a director who was himself, as a Jew, a prisoner in the German concentration camp of Ravensbrueck during the Second World War.
Director: Juraj Herz | Stars: Jana Riháková, Jana Brejchová, Rudolf Hrusínský, Katerina Urbancová
Votes: 73
19. Daria (2020)
93 min | Mystery, Thriller
When Daria disappears after their first date, Marek finds her in a psychiatric hospital. Everything might be part of a disturbing game played by powerful pharmaceutical companies, though ... See full summary »
Director: Matej Pichler | Stars: Klára Miklasová, Jaromír Nosek, Pavel Delong, Paul Louis Harrell
Votes: 114
20. Cops and Robbers (1997– )
Comedy, Crime
This television series takes place during the first Czechoslovak Republic (1918 1939).
Stars: Tomás Töpfer, Frantisek Svihlík, Zdenek Junák, Ivan Trojan
Votes: 362
21. Kuky se vrací (2010)
95 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
A six-year-old boy's favorite toy is a bear named Cookie. But the child has asthma, and Cookie's old dusty skin is harmful to him, so mom throws the toy in the trash.
Director: Jan Sverák | Stars: Zdenek Sverák, Ondrej Sverák, Jirí Machácek, Petr Ctvrtnícek
Votes: 1,264
22. 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
23. U me dobrý (2008)
102 min | Comedy
A poetic comedy set in a pub situated on an inlet and called At the Ferryman's, which is run by pub-keeper Tonda (Jirí Schmitzer) and his companion Andula (Lenka Vlasáková). Among the ... See full summary »
Director: Jan Hrebejk | Stars: Jirí Schmitzer, Bolek Polívka, Lenka Vlasáková, Miroslav Vladyka
Votes: 440
24. Kdyz se slunci nedarí (1995– )
50 min | Family
A family series set in a children's hospital and how diabetes, bed wetting and other medical problems are dealt with.
Stars: Dagmar Havlová, Nada Konvalinková, Barbora Srncová, Jakub Zdenek
Votes: 27
25. CzechMate: In Search of Jirí Menzel (2018)
448 min | Documentary
CzechMate - in Search of Jiri Menzel directed by Shivendra Singh Dungarpur, is an in-depth exploration of the work of renowned Czech director Jiri Menzel and the Czech New Wave.
Director: Shivendra Singh Dungarpur | Stars: Jirí Menzel, Eric Abraham, Josef Abrhám, Woody Allen
Votes: 61
26. Hospital at the End of the City Twenty Years On (2003– )
57 min | Drama, Romance
The heroes and heroines of the famous 1970s tv series are back, let us see how life has treated them. The present story is based on the passing of time and the natural aging of the ... See full summary »
Stars: Josef Abrhám, Eliska Balzerová, Tomás Töpfer, Renata Rychlá
Votes: 143
27. 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
28. Chalupári (1975– )
Comedy
Show about live in a village in Czech republic in the 70's.
Stars: Jirí Sovák, Josef Kemr, Jirina Bohdalová, Josef Vetrovec
Votes: 276
29. Outsider (1987)
75 min | Family
Director: Zdenek Sirový | Stars: Robert Panc, Milan Sandhaus, Vladislav Fedorowicz, Oldrich Vlach
Votes: 19
30. Sardinky aneb Zivot jedné rodinky (1986 TV Movie)
74 min | Comedy
Director: Ivo Paukert | Stars: Ivana Andrlová, Vladimír Dlouhý, Slávka Budínová, Rudolf Hrusínský
Votes: 10
31. Chasing Fifty (2015)
91 min | Comedy, Romance
What happens in the mountains, stay in the mountains. Giant Mountains are truly the spice of local highlanders who live here, whether any season. Skier with one leg, the legendary womanizer... See full summary »
Director: Vojtech Kotek | Stars: Ondrej Pavelka, Marek Taclík, Jakub Prachar, Vilma Cibulková
Votes: 279
32. The Good Neighborhood (2005–2008)
52 min | Drama
The story of this serial is set in contemporary days and tells about the lives of a group of high-school students in their final year, their parents and teachers. The young people are on ... See full summary »
Stars: Martha Issová, Anna Kulovaná, Premysl Boublík, Jana Preissová
Votes: 42
33. Head Hands Heart (2010)
Not Rated | 110 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
What unfolds against the backdrop of the story of Klára Knabelová (Viktorie Cermáková) and her relationships with three Austro-Hungarian Army officers is a parable of the collapse of the ... See full summary »
Director: David Jarab | Stars: Viktorie Cermáková, Roman Zach, Martin Finger, Ivana Uhlírová
Votes: 57
34. More zacíná za vsí (1988)
78 min | Family
Director: Zdenek Flídr | Stars: Filip Novotny, Katarína Hazuchová, Pavel Spachman, Ondrej Veselý
Votes: 12
35. The Shadow of the Ferns (1985)
90 min | Crime, Drama
After a murder of a gamekeeper who catches them red-handed having just downed a deer, two teenage boys, conceited Ruda (Marek Probosz) and shy Václav (Zbigniew Suszynski) go on the run through the woods.
Director: Frantisek Vlácil | Stars: Marek Probosz, Zbigniew Suszynski, Miroslav Machácek, Frantisek Peterka
Votes: 156
36. Seven Days of Sin (2012)
107 min | Drama
This story actually happened in the region around the city of Sumperk in Jeseniky Mountains in May 1945. The disappearance of Agnes (Vica Kerekes), the German wife of a Czech forester Jan ... See full summary »
Director: Jirí Chlumský | Stars: Fedor Bondarchuk, Jarek Hylebrant, Vica Kerekes, Katarína Kolajová
Votes: 112
37. Kinoautomat (1967)
63 min | Comedy
This Czech comedy was arguably the first theatrical interactive movie ever created. The audience could vote what should happen next by pressing buttons of different color. As intentional irony, there's only one ending.
Directors: Radúz Cincera, Ján Rohác, Vladimír Svitácek | Stars: Karla Chadimová, Leopolda Dostalová, Miroslav Hornícek, Vlasta Jelínková
Votes: 98
38. Banánové rybicky (1999–2007)
27 min | Talk-Show
Stars: Halina Pawlowská, Jitka Asterová, Anna Geislerová, Marián Labuda
Votes: 52
39. Old-Timers (2019)
85 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Vlasta and Tonda don't have much longer to live but they do have one more important task ahead of them - to find and kill the communist prosecutor who sent them to prison in the 1950s. An ... See full summary »
Directors: Martin Dusek, Ondrej Provaznik | Stars: Jirí Schmitzer, Ladislav Mrkvicka, Dusan Kaprálik, Milena Steinmasslová
Votes: 246
40. Místo nahore (2004– )
55 min | Drama
Stars: Ondrej Vetchý, Miroslav Táborský, Simona Stasová, Barbora Seidlová
Votes: 36
41. Citlivý clovek (2023)
120 min | Drama
"Growing old isn't for sissies," states one of the characters from Jáchym Topol's acclaimed novel, which, according to one reviewer, is "a comical and brutal report from the flipside of ... See full summary »
Director: Tomás Klein | Stars: Jaroslav Cuhra, Tatiana Dyková, Vladimír Javorský, Jirí Lábus
Votes: 17
42. Perníková vez (2002)
101 min | Crime
Girlfriend of young Jakub is found dead and with his best friend Radek is looking for her murderer to avenge her.
Director: Milan Steindler | Stars: Jan Dolanský, Radek Kuchar, Michal Docolomanský, Sylva Legnerová
Votes: 307
43. Takze ahoj (1971)
86 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Twenty-three-year old student Veronika (Valerie Chmelová) lives with her mother and a white poodle. She does not seem to worry about anything. She is independent, easily making friends and ... See full summary »
Director: Vít Olmer | Stars: Valerie Chmelová, Antonín Sládek, Jaroslava Brousková, Jana Synková
Votes: 25
44. 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
45. Figurky ze smantu (1987)
99 min | Comedy, Drama
Three loosely interconnected shorts about a coal mine workers.
Directors: Martin Faltýn, Jan Kubista, Radovan Urban | Stars: Ondrej Vetchý, Frantisek Rehák, Johana Tesarová, Míla Myslíková
Votes: 15
46. Pasácek z doliny (1985)
80 min | Drama
The film is set in 1947 Beskydy. It follows a 10 year old boy who regularly shepherds cows next to a destroyed German tank.
Director: Frantisek Vlácil | Stars: Vlastimir Drbal, Zdenek Dusek, Radka Fiedlerová, Libuse Geprtová
Votes: 41
47. Krajinka (2000)
106 min | Drama
A doctor performs a small miracle with cigar smoke. A soldier performs heroics in his lovemaking. A deaf man awakens to discover a snake has slithered down his throat. A poacher becomes his own victim.
Director: Martin Sulík | Stars: Juraj Paulen, Anton Vaculík, Vilma Cibulková, Csongor Kassai
Votes: 346
48. Prípad pro zvlástní skupinu (1989– )
360 min | Comedy, Crime
Stars: Josef Somr, Jirí Schmitzer, Tereza Brodská, Josef Vinklár
Votes: 6
49. Village Green (2006– )
520 min | Drama, Family
A proper village square should have a pub, a church, a village hall and in the middle a pond with a couple of benches, where people can gossip about important happenings. The Krepelka ... See full summary »
Stars: Alena Vránová, Blanka Bohdanová, Jirí Schmitzer, Jaroslava Obermaierová
Votes: 20
50. Nefnukej, veverko! (1988)
70 min
Director: Vera Plívová-Simková | Stars: Veronika Freimanová, Ondrej Havelka, Libuse Havelková, Jan Kalous
Votes: 39