Polish movies that you want to see
by willet2 | created - 02 Mar 2019 | updated - 26 Jan 2023 | PublicPolish-language films
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1. Our Folks (1967)
81 min | Comedy
Two quarreling peasant families, who were forced to leave their lands after the war, are settled by accident on two neighbouring farms.
Director: Sylwester Checinski | Stars: Waclaw Kowalski, Wladyslaw Hancza, Zdzislaw Karczewski, Eliasz Kuziemski
Votes: 3,958
2. Nie ma mocnych (1974)
89 min | Comedy
The main characters are the same two quarreling pesant families introduced in "Sami swoi" (Our Folks). The action of the film starts 18 years later. The old quarrels have been forgotten, ... See full summary »
Director: Sylwester Checinski | Stars: Waclaw Kowalski, Wladyslaw Hancza, Anna Dymna, Andrzej Wasilewicz
Votes: 2,196
3. How I Unleashed World War II (1970)
224 min | Adventure, Comedy, War
The adventures of unlucky Polish soldier Franek Dolas during world war II. In September he escapes from Stalag and goes to France. After that he fights in Africa and Europe.
Director: Tadeusz Chmielewski | Stars: Marian Kociniak, Janina Boronska, Adam Cyprian, Wirgiliusz Gryn
Votes: 3,766
4. I Hate Mondays (1971)
98 min | Comedy
An acute case of Mondayitis in Warsaw. Interwoven stories of a few inhabitants of Warsaw, including one very unlucky Italian on a governmental mission and a charitable Polish American.
Director: Tadeusz Chmielewski | Stars: Kazimierz Witkiewicz, Zygmunt Apostol, Bogusz Bilewski, Mieczyslaw Czechowicz
Votes: 2,282
5. Teddy Bear (1981)
111 min | Comedy
The main character is the manager of a sport club, nicknamed "Teddy Bear" by his friends and acquaintances. One day he is detained at the border just as his sport team is off to a ... See full summary »
Director: Stanislaw Bareja | Stars: Stanislaw Tym, Barbara Burska, Christine Paul, Krzysztof Kowalewski
Votes: 6,623
6. Sexmission (1984)
122 min | Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Two scientists are placed into a 3-year hibernation, but when they wake up, it turns out to have been 50 years, and they are the only two males in a new underground society composed exclusively of women.
Director: Juliusz Machulski | Stars: Wieslaw Michnikowski, Jerzy Stuhr, Olgierd Lukaszewicz, Dorota Stalinska
Votes: 14,426
7. Bandyta (1997)
102 min | Drama
In the start of the 1990s, the British government decided to send prisoners with short sentences to serve abroad. Some went to Romania, to serve in schools, orphanages, and hospitals. Some were brutal beasts.
Director: Maciej Dejczer | Stars: Til Schweiger, Polly Walker, Pete Postlethwaite, John Hurt
Votes: 1,049
8. Demons of War (1998)
93 min | Drama, War
In Bosnia a squad of peacekeeping soldiers ignores orders and sets off to save the crew of a crashed helicopter.
Director: Wladyslaw Pasikowski | Stars: Boguslaw Linda, Zbigniew Zamachowski, Tadeusz Huk, Miroslaw Baka
Votes: 1,057
9. Operation Simoon (1999)
88 min | Action, Drama
A spy tries to rescue his son from Iraqui prison, while the intelligence agency plots to use the agent in its own hidden agenda.
Director: Wladyslaw Pasikowski | Stars: Marek Kondrat, Boguslaw Linda, Olaf Lubaszenko, Anna Korcz
Votes: 777
10. Day of the Wacko (2002)
Not Rated | 93 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
24 hours in the bitter life of a frustrated divorced teacher who stays in the vicious circle of his numerous obsessions.
Director: Marek Koterski | Stars: Marek Kondrat, Janina Traczykówna, Andrzej Grabowski, Michal Koterski
Votes: 11,807
11. Wesele (2004)
109 min | Comedy, Drama
A wealthy small-town wiseguy organizes the wedding party for his daughter. As the party begins, unexpected events start to occur and disturb the party for the hosts and guests alike.
Director: Wojciech Smarzowski | Stars: Marian Dziedziel, Tamara Arciuch, Iwona Bielska, Maciej Stuhr
Votes: 4,834
12. Jasminum (2006)
115 min | Comedy, Romance
The peaceful world of a monastery in the small town of Jasmine is destroyed by the arrival of monument restorers, Natasha and her daughter Eugenia. The legend associated with the monastery ... See full summary »
Director: Jan Jakub Kolski | Stars: Justyna Bartoszewicz, Grazyna Blecka-Kolska, Marta Dabrowska, Grzegorz Damiecki
Votes: 1,382
13. Traffic Department (2012)
118 min | Crime, Drama
Comic and tragic scenes from the lives of police officers in the Warsaw Traffic Department.
Director: Wojciech Smarzowski | Stars: Bartlomiej Topa, Arkadiusz Jakubik, Julia Kijowska, Eryk Lubos
Votes: 5,111
14. The Closed Circuit (2013)
120 min | Action, Crime, Drama
The story of three successful businessmen who are accused of being members of organized crime and money laundering by corrupt government officials.
Director: Ryszard Bugajski | Stars: Janusz Gajos, Kazimierz Kaczor, Wojciech Zoladkowicz, Robert Olech
Votes: 1,703
15. Jack Strong (2014)
Not Rated | 128 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
The most spectacular Polish spy of the Cold War era, Colonel Ryszard Kuklinski, informs Americans about the Communist Bloc's top secrets in the face of the upcoming martial law.
Director: Wladyslaw Pasikowski | Stars: Marcin Dorocinski, Maja Ostaszewska, Patrick Wilson, Dimitri Bilov
Votes: 5,358
16. The Mighty Angel (2014)
110 min | Drama
Jerzy is a celebrity writer and a chronic alcoholic who camouflages his drinking problem with his wits and charm. As a frequent visitor of the rehab center, he meets fellow addicts from all walks of life and social backgrounds.
Director: Wojciech Smarzowski | Stars: Robert Wieckiewicz, Julia Kijowska, Adam Woronowicz, Jacek Braciak
Votes: 3,125
17. Secret Wars (2014)
115 min | Action, Crime, Drama
After many controversies Poland's biggest military intelligence and counter-intelligence agency (commonly known as WSI) is liquidated, but its place is immediately taken by a new, secret ... See full summary »
Director: Patryk Vega | Stars: Olga Boladz, Janusz Chabior, Wojciech Zielinski, Kamilla Baar
Votes: 1,972
18. Polish Legends: Twardowsky (2015)
9 min | Short, Action, Comedy
Polish Legends about courage, strength, ambition, empathy, cleverness, pride. About Us.
Director: Tomasz Baginski | Stars: Robert Wieckiewicz, Aleksandra Kasprzyk, Piotr M.A. Cywinski, Dariusz Dluzewski
Votes: 900
19. Polish Legends. Twardowsky 2.0 (2016)
20 min | Short, Action, Comedy
Twardowsky is heading to the border of the Solar System. Can he make it?. The Devil, and he's hunter - Lucy are right behind him. Can desperate Polish astronaut win with his fiendish opponents?
Director: Tomasz Baginski | Stars: Robert Wieckiewicz, Aleksandra Kasprzyk, Tomasz Drabek, Piotr Machalica
Votes: 966
20. Corpus Christi (2019)
Unrated | 115 min | Drama
Daniel experiences a spiritual transformation in a detention center. Although his criminal record prevents him from applying to the seminary, he has no intention of giving up his dream and decides to minister a small-town parish.
Director: Jan Komasa | Stars: Bartosz Bielenia, Aleksandra Konieczna, Eliza Rycembel, Tomasz Zietek
Votes: 21,893
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