Czech lions (Czech Oscars) - winning movies
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1. The Snake Brothers (2015)
106 min | Comedy, Drama
Brothers Grass and Cobra Snake feel unable to build up a life to be satisfied with. Grass, unemployed and still without a girl, does not know how to escape from the shadow of his druggie and troublemaker brother Cobra.
Director: Jan Prusinovský | Stars: Matej Hádek, Krystof Hádek, Jan Hájek, Lucie Zácková
Votes: 553
2. The Way Out (2014)
103 min | Drama
The Way Out tells a story of a young Romani couple, Zaneta and David, the parents of little Janicka. Their efforts to live a decent and dignified life run up against the "Romani social trap... See full summary »
Director: Petr Václav | Stars: Klaudia Dudová, David Istok, Milan Cifra, Zdenek Godla
Votes: 178
3. Ice Mother (2017)
106 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Crushing family dynamics have crushed Hana, an old-fashioned, respectable Czech mother, and a recent widow. The arrival of Brona and his sometimes depressed chicken changes the life of everyone, including Brona.
Director: Bohdan Sláma | Stars: Zuzana Krónerová, Pavel Nový, Daniel Vízek, Václav Neuzil
Votes: 655
4. Winter Flies (2018)
85 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Two mischievous adolescent boys embark on a journey of imaginative misadventure and coming-of-age self-discovery, in Olmo Omerzu's road-trip comedy celebrating the need to indulge the ... See full summary »
Director: Olmo Omerzu | Stars: Tomás Mrvík, Jan Frantisek Uher, Eliska Krenková, Zdenek Mucha
Votes: 487
5. Burning Bush (2013)
231 min | Biography, Drama, History
Based on real characters and events, this drama focuses on the personal sacrifice of a Prague history student, Jan Palach, who set himself on fire in protest against the Soviet occupation ... See full summary »
Stars: Tatiana Pauhofová, Jaroslava Pokorná, Petr Stach, Vojtech Kotek
Votes: 1,735 | Gross: $0.01M
6. Ve stínu (2012)
106 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
In the former Czechoslovakia, 1950s, police captain Hakl investigates a jewelery robbery. An opened safe deposit leads to a known burglar. What seems an easy case soon starts to tangle. ... See full summary »
Director: David Ondricek | Stars: Ivan Trojan, Sebastian Koch, Sona Norisová, Jirí Stepnicka
Votes: 1,879
7. Flower Buds (2011)
Not Rated | 91 min | Drama
Flower Buds tells the story of the gradual breakdown of a family living in a small town. Each character lives according to his or her own ideals. Agata wants a happy life far from home, ... See full summary »
Director: Zdenek Jiráský | Stars: Vladimír Polívka, Vladimír Javorský, Marika Soposká, Aneta Krejcíková
Votes: 209
8. Walking Too Fast (2009)
146 min | Drama, Thriller
The story revolves around Antonín Rusnák who is an StB agent. He feels rage towards the world. He feels sick and bored from his family and work. His psychological issues cause him breathing... See full summary »
Director: Radim Spacek | Stars: Ondrej Malý, Kristína Farkasová, Martin Finger, Lubos Veselý
Votes: 398
9. Protector (2009)
Not Rated | 98 min | Drama, Romance
A Czech journalist joins a Prague radio station that broadcasts German propaganda in order to protect his Jewish wife. However, as the German rule over Czechoslovakia calls for more and ... See full summary »
Director: Marek Najbrt | Stars: Jana Plodková, Marek Daniel, Martin Mysicka, Klára Melísková
Votes: 899 | Gross: $0.00M
10. Karamazovi (2008)
110 min | Drama
A film that examines the relationships between lives on both sides of the proscenium, Petr Zelenka's Karamazovi finds a Prague-based theatrical ensemble arriving in Krakow, Poland - where ... See full summary »
Director: Petr Zelenka | Stars: Michaela Badinková, Jerzy Michal Bozyk, Igor Chmela, Malgorzata Galkowska
Votes: 1,253
11. Tajnosti (2007)
93 min | Drama
This story of one day during which a life can be turned upside down was written and directed by Alice Nellis and produced by Oscar winning director Jan Sverák. Julie (Iva Bittová), a ... See full summary »
Director: Alice Nellis | Stars: Iva Bittová, Karel Roden, Martha Issová, Miloslav König
Votes: 495
12. I Served the King of England (2006)
R | 113 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A look at the glamorous life at an old-world Prague hotel.
Director: Jirí Menzel | Stars: Ivan Barnev, Oldrich Kaiser, Julia Jentsch, Marián Labuda
Votes: 8,192 | Gross: $0.62M
13. Stestí (2005)
Not Rated | 102 min | Drama
Three young adults in Most sort out feelings and responsibilities: Monika's boyfriend has left for the States, her mother wants her to join him there, and if the invitation does come, what ... See full summary »
Director: Bohdan Sláma | Stars: Tatiana Dyková, Pavel Liska, Anna Geislerová, Marek Daniel
Votes: 1,552
14. Up and Down (2004)
R | 108 min | Comedy, Drama
The discovery of an abandoned child by two smugglers kicks into a gear a series of tragic, comic events.
Director: Jan Hrebejk | Stars: Petr Forman, Emília Vásáryová, Jan Tríska, Jirí Machácek
Votes: 1,984 | Gross: $0.24M
15. Nuda v Brne (2003)
103 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A biting comedy concerning the lives of two young people who meet one day in a house in Brno in order to put their ideals of love into practice. A story about a couple not yet prepared for ... See full summary »
Director: Vladimír Morávek | Stars: Katerina Holánová, Jan Budar, Miroslav Donutil, Martin Pechlát
Votes: 850
16. Rok dábla (2002)
88 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Documentary maker Jan Holman follows the ultrafamous singer/songwriter Jaromír Novahica during his tour with the band Cechomor. The combination is very succesful, but it draws a heavy toll on the band members and Jan Holman.
Director: Petr Zelenka | Stars: Jaromír Nohavica, Karel Plíhal, Jan Prent, Karel Holas
Votes: 1,148
17. Little Otik (2000)
TV-14 | 132 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama
A childless couple passes off an anthropomorphous tree stump as their baby, but things get out of hand when the monstrosity comes to life and demands to be fed.
Director: Jan Svankmajer | Stars: Veronika Zilková, Jan Hartl, Jaroslava Kretschmerová, Pavel Nový
Votes: 6,874 | Gross: $0.12M
18. Divided We Fall (2000)
PG-13 | 117 min | Comedy, Drama, War
In German-occupied Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia (Czechoslovakia), a childless couple agree to hide a Jewish friend at great personal risk of discovery and execution.
Director: Jan Hrebejk | Stars: Bolek Polívka, Csongor Kassai, Jaroslav Dusek, Anna Sisková
Votes: 5,389 | Gross: $1.32M
19. The Idiot Returns (1999)
99 min | Romance, Comedy, Drama
Frantisek, the main character is returning to his family. Until now he's been, "successfully" avoiding all relationships. He is an ingenuous and a pure person and thus, is regarded as an ... See full summary »
Director: Sasa Gedeon | Stars: Pavel Liska, Anna Geislerová, Tatiana Dyková, Jirí Langmajer
Votes: 1,094
20. Sekal Has to Die (1998)
109 min | Drama
Baran, a protestant blacksmith arrives in the little village of Lakotice to kill Sekal, a cruel Nazi collaborator.
Director: Vladimír Michálek | Stars: Olaf Lubaszenko, Boguslaw Linda, Jirí Bartoska, Agnieszka Sitek
Votes: 1,032
21. Buttoners (1997)
102 min | Comedy
Twist of fate and the twists of mind of the characters (mostly couples) combine in just the right twinkled absurd way in the interweaving episodes of this comedy. Each of the characters ... See full summary »
Director: Petr Zelenka | Stars: Pavel Zajicek, Jan Haubert, Seisuke Tsukahara, Motohiro Hosoya
Votes: 1,809
22. Kolya (1996)
PG-13 | 111 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
A confirmed bachelor is in for the surprise of his life when a get-rich-quick scheme backfires and leaves him with a pint-sized new roommate.
Director: Jan Sverák | Stars: Zdenek Sverák, Andrey Khalimon, Libuse Safránková, Ondrej Vetchý
Votes: 16,218 | Gross: $5.73M
23. The Garden (1995)
99 min | Comedy
A disillusioned 30-something teacher falls out with his father and moves to a derelict house in their family garden. He is then visited by a stunningly beautiful neighbour, famous philosophers, his ex-lover and.
Director: Martin Sulík | Stars: Roman Luknár, Zuzana Sulajová, Jana Svandová, Marián Labuda
Votes: 2,183
24. Díky za kazdé nové ráno (1994)
100 min | Comedy
This film is about life of a family, which lived in Prague since since 1968 to 1980. Father of the family comes from Ukraine and so every year someone from Ukraine to visit this family and ... See full summary »
Director: Milan Steindler | Stars: Ivana Chýlková, Franciszek Pieczka, Alena Vránová, Tereza Brodská
Votes: 290
25. Sakalí léta (1993)
110 min | Comedy, Musical
A period musical comedy set in a quiet Prague quarter at the end of the fifties. Using the western plot device of the "man from nowhere" a generation gap story unfolds of changing social ... See full summary »
Director: Jan Hrebejk | Stars: Jakub Spalek, Martin Dejdar, Josef Abrhám, Sylva Tománková
Votes: 455
26. A Prominent Patient (2016)
114 min | Biography, Drama, History
A period in the life of diplomat and politician Jan Masaryk, who was the son of Czechoslovakia's founder, served as the Central-European country's minister of foreign affairs and has been brutally killed by Russian secret service in 1948.
Director: Julius Sevcík | Stars: Karel Roden, Hanns Zischler, Oldrich Kaiser, Arly Jover
Votes: 822
27. The Painted Bird (2019)
Unrated | 169 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
A young Jewish boy somewhere in Eastern Europe seeks refuge during World War II where he encounters many different characters.
Director: Václav Marhoul | Stars: Petr Kotlár, Nina Sunevic, Alla Sokolova, Stanislav Bilyi
Votes: 7,614
28. Charlatan (2020)
Unrated | 118 min | Biography, Drama, History
The life of successful Czech healer Jan Mikolasek, who diagnosed and healed people using his intuition and strong familiarity with plants, set against the background of the events of the totalitarian fifties.
Director: Agnieszka Holland | Stars: Ivan Trojan, Josef Trojan, Juraj Loj, Jaroslava Pokorná
Votes: 3,212
29. Zátopek (2021)
131 min | Biography, Drama, History
Autumn 1968, the Australian running record holder Ron Clarke is coming to Prague, hoping that his old friend and role model, Emil Zátopek, the most famous Czech athlete of all time, will help him overcome the biggest crisis of his career.
Director: David Ondricek | Stars: Václav Neuzil, Martha Issová, James Frecheville, Robert Miklus
Votes: 580
30. The Bohemian (2022)
130 min | Biography, Drama, History
Looking for work as a violinist, Josef comes into the orbit of a rich young woman. She introduces him to a hedonistic existence free from religious intolerance. Josef gets an incredible commission: to write an opera for the San Carlo.
Director: Petr Václav | Stars: Vojtech Dyk, Elena Radonicich, Barbara Ronchi, Lana Vlady
Votes: 563
31. Brothers (2023)
135 min | Action, Drama, History
Adaptation of controversial real-life story from the 1950s.
Director: Tomas Masin | Stars: Oskar Hes, Jan Nedbal, Adam Ernest, Tatiana Dyková
Votes: 309
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