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1. The Deluge (1974)
287 min | Adventure, History, Romance
During the 1655 war between Protestant Sweden and Catholic Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth some Polish-Lithuanian nobles side with Swedish king Charles X Gustav while others side with the Polish king Jan Kazimierz.
Director: Jerzy Hoffman | Stars: Daniel Olbrychski, Malgorzata Braunek, Tadeusz Lomnicki, Kazimierz Wichniarz
Votes: 3,181
2. Nights and Days (1975)
245 min | Drama, Romance, War
An epic saga of the Niechcic family, told from a woman's perspective. In 1914 in the war-torn Kaliniec, Barbara Niechcic remembers her youthful love, marriage hardships, family life in the countryside and finally her husband's death.
Director: Jerzy Antczak | Stars: Jadwiga Baranska, Jerzy Binczycki, Emir Buczacki, Stanislawa Celinska
Votes: 562
3. The Promised Land (1975)
Not Rated | 170 min | Drama
Three friends hope to build a factory but their plans are quickly jeopardized by local politics and one of the partner's dangerous love affair.
Director: Andrzej Wajda | Stars: Daniel Olbrychski, Wojciech Pszoniak, Andrzej Seweryn, Anna Nehrebecka
Votes: 4,026
4. Camouflage (1977)
Not Rated | 106 min | Comedy, Drama
A group of students are spending the summer vacation at a university camp studying the science of linguistics. One of the camp directors, Jaroslaw, is a young professor who prefers the ... See full summary »
Director: Krzysztof Zanussi | Stars: Piotr Garlicki, Zbigniew Zapasiewicz, Christine Paul, Mariusz Dmochowski
Votes: 1,730
5. Pasja (1978)
110 min | Drama, History
Director: Stanislaw Rózewicz | Stars: Piotr Garlicki, Zbigniew Zapasiewicz, Boleslaw Smela, Wojciech Alaborski
Votes: 87
6. Without Anesthesia (1978)
131 min | Drama
A famous Polish journalist presents a problem for the powers-that-be when he displays his full political skill and knowledge on a television show featuring questions and answers on a world ... See full summary »
Director: Andrzej Wajda | Stars: Zbigniew Zapasiewicz, Ewa Dalkowska, Andrzej Seweryn, Krystyna Janda
Votes: 723
7. Camera Buff (1979)
Not Rated | 112 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
An ordinary factory worker buys a camera on the occasion of the birth of his child. The authorities order him to make documentaries about the factory's success. But his endeavor to be truthful leads him to opposition against censorship.
Director: Krzysztof Kieslowski | Stars: Jerzy Stuhr, Malgorzata Zabkowska, Ewa Pokas, Stefan Czyzewski
Votes: 8,280
8. The Beads of One Rosary (1980)
106 min | Comedy, Drama
The crusty hero, Habryka, is an old miner who has won many worker medals and is now retired with his youngest son and latter's family living with him. To build new apartment buildings, the ... See full summary »
Director: Kazimierz Kutz | Stars: Marta Straszna, Augustyn Halotta, Ewa Wisniewska, Franciszek Pieczka
Votes: 223
9. Fever (1981)
116 min | Drama, History
The film is set in 1905, in a time of feverish revolutionary underground activity in Poland partitioned between three neighbours. All the characters are committed anarchists. The bomb maker... See full summary »
Director: Agnieszka Holland | Stars: Barbara Grabowska, Adam Ferency, Boguslaw Linda, Olgierd Lukaszewicz
Votes: 288
10. Austeria (1982)
109 min | Drama, War
During a pogrom in Poland on the eve of World War I, a group of Jews seek refuge from the Cossacks. The fugitives hide out in a rural inn, terrified that they may be given away at any moment.
Director: Jerzy Kawalerowicz | Stars: Franciszek Pieczka, Wojciech Pszoniak, Jan Szurmiej, Ewa Domanska
Votes: 660
11. Kobieta w kapeluszu (1985)
105 min | Drama
A psychological portrait of a young Polish theatre actress, searching for her own way in life. She plays a mechanical dancer in a play "Dance of the Marionette", a complete opposite of her ... See full summary »
Director: Stanislaw Rózewicz | Stars: Hanna Mikuc, Maria Czubasiewicz, Barbara Dziekan, Krzysztof Gosztyla
Votes: 119
12. Axiliad (1986)
82 min | Drama
A young, idealistic poet turns his back on civilization and goes to a small, backwoods village, rents a bed in the house of an old woman, and decides to make his living as a lumberjack. He ... See full summary »
Director: Witold Leszczynski | Stars: Edward Zentara, Ludwik Pak, Daniel Olbrychski, Ludwik Benoit
Votes: 512
13. Matka Królów (1987)
127 min | Drama, History, War
Story opens with Lucja Krol's husband under the tram. She gives birth to her fourth son on the floor of their new apartment. Neighbor Wiktor, a communist intellectual, befriends the ... See full summary »
Director: Janusz Zaorski | Stars: Magda Teresa Wójcik, Zbigniew Zapasiewicz, Franciszek Pieczka, Boguslaw Linda
Votes: 307
14. A Short Film About Love (1988)
Not Rated | 87 min | Drama, Romance
A naive inexperienced young man spies on a woman who lives across the courtyard, and falls in love with her. He starts using tricks which he hopes will lead to them meeting.
Director: Krzysztof Kieslowski | Stars: Grazyna Szapolowska, Olaf Lubaszenko, Stefania Iwinska, Piotr Machalica
Votes: 26,071
15. A Short Film About Killing (1988)
Not Rated | 84 min | Crime, Drama
A soon-to-be lawyer crosses his path with a taxi driver and a young sinister man.
Director: Krzysztof Kieslowski | Stars: Miroslaw Baka, Krzysztof Globisz, Jan Tesarz, Zbigniew Zapasiewicz
Votes: 22,410
16. Escape from the 'Liberty' Cinema (1990)
PG | 92 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
During the screening of the film "Daybreak" at the Liberty Cinema, movie characters suddenly come alive and begin to talk to the viewers. The situation surprises communist authorities who send a censor to the theatre.
Director: Wojciech Marczewski | Stars: Janusz Gajos, Zbigniew Zamachowski, Teresa Marczewska, Piotr Fronczewski
Votes: 1,190
17. Wszystko, co najwazniejsze... (1992)
98 min | Biography, Drama, War
When the war breaks out, renowned Polish-Jewish poet Aleksander Wat leaves German-occupied Warsaw with his wife Ola and their son. In Lviv, however, they are arrested by the Soviets and separated. Ola and her son are sent to Siberia.
Director: Robert Glinski | Stars: Ewa Skibinska, Krzysztof Globisz, Adam Siemion, Grazyna Barszczewska
Votes: 82
18. Sequence of Feelings (1993)
105 min | Drama, Comedy, Romance
A renowned actor, Rafal Nawrot, is invited to play the main part in a theatre production of "Romeo and Juliet" in a backwater town. Upon arriving he realizes his mistake and is packing to ... See full summary »
Director: Radoslaw Piwowarski | Stars: Daniel Olbrychski, Maria Seweryn, Eugeniusz Priwieziencew, Wojciech Siemion
Votes: 111
19. The Case of Bronek Pekosinski (1993)
100 min | Biography, Drama
Bronek Pekosinski lives in Zamosc, Poland. He is probably 83 years old. He has no family and does not really know who he is. Everything about his life is fictitious: symbolic is the date of... See full summary »
Director: Grzegorz Królikiewicz | Stars: Bronek Pekosinski, Maria Klejdysz, Anna Seniuk, Franciszek Trzeciak
Votes: 84
20. Zawrócony (1994 TV Movie)
79 min | Comedy, Drama
Tomasz Siwek unexpectedly changes from an obedient communist party member into an opposition activist. And all that happens during a Solidarity rally where he was sent to spy on the protesters.
Director: Kazimierz Kutz | Stars: Zbigniew Zamachowski, Henryk Bista, Marek Kondrat, Stanislaw Górka
Votes: 366
21. Girl Guide (1995)
93 min | Action, Comedy, Thriller
An unemployed English teacher has private lessons with the fiancee of a mysterious American. When the foreigner suddenly disappears, the woman asks the teacher to help her find him.
Director: Juliusz Machulski | Stars: Pawel Kukiz, Renata Gabryjelska, Tommy Tomaszewski, Stanislaw Radwan
Votes: 317
22. Love Stories (1997)
87 min | Romance, Comedy
Four stories of love: yearned-for, betrayed, found. In the confessional, a priest is confronted for the first time by his eleven-year-old daughter (and seeks advice from his mother); a ... See full summary »
Director: Jerzy Stuhr | Stars: Jerzy Stuhr, Dominika Ostalowska, Irina Alfyorova, Karolina Ostrozna
Votes: 561
23. Historia kina w Popielawach (1998)
100 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
A young boy dreams of rebuilding a cinematograph constructed by his ancestor. The boy's father, however, does not approve of the idea.
Director: Jan Jakub Kolski | Stars: Krzysztof Majchrzak, Bartosz Opania, Grazyna Blecka-Kolska, Franciszek Pieczka
Votes: 372
24. The Debt (1999)
Not Rated | 106 min | Drama, Crime, Thriller
Two entrepreneurs become tangled in the web of a Russian thug.
Director: Krzysztof Krauze | Stars: Robert Gonera, Jacek Borcuch, Andrzej Chyra, Cezary Kosinski
Votes: 3,935
25. Life as a Fatal Sexually Transmitted Disease (2000)
Not Rated | 99 min | Drama
A cynical doctor, who is dying of cancer, would like to know the meaning of his life. He has to fight for it or just get ready for death.
Director: Krzysztof Zanussi | Stars: Zbigniew Zapasiewicz, Krystyna Janda, Tadeusz Bradecki, Monika Krzywkowska
Votes: 1,432
26. Hi, Tereska (2001)
86 min | Drama
A sensitive teenage girl from a poor family befriends a cynical schoolmate, who shows her how to smoke, drink, have sex and steal. Tereska's life heads towards a catastrophe.
Director: Robert Glinski | Stars: Aleksandra Gietner, Karolina Sobczak, Zbigniew Zamachowski, Malgorzata Rozniatowska
Votes: 1,574
27. 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: 11,801
28. Warsaw (2003)
104 min | Drama
On an ordinary winter's day, various people from outside Warsaw come to the Polish capital city for different reasons. They all have something to deal with, and their paths eventually intertwine.
Director: Dariusz Gajewski | Stars: Agnieszka Grochowska, Lukasz Garlicki, Dominika Ostalowska, Lech Mackiewicz
Votes: 470
29. The Welts (2004)
91 min | Drama
Wiktor, who was mistreated by his father as a child, is now a tormented grown-up. He meets beautiful Tania and wants to settle down but it's not easy to get rid of childhood traumas.
Director: Magdalena Piekorz | Stars: Michal Zebrowski, Jan Frycz, Agnieszka Grochowska, Waclaw Adamczyk
Votes: 1,341
30. Komornik (2005)
94 min | Drama
Lucjan Bohme is a ruthless debt collector working in a post-industrial Silesian town. In the land of unemployment and misery, he's got a lot of work and no mercy at all. Until something happens.
Director: Feliks Falk | Stars: Andrzej Chyra, Malgorzata Kozuchowska, Kinga Preis, Grzegorz Wojdon
Votes: 2,126
31. Plac Zbawiciela (2006)
105 min | Drama
A story of a married couple with two children, whose housing problems, the man's infidelity and the woman's fragility lead the family to destruction.
Directors: Joanna Kos-Krauze, Krzysztof Krauze | Stars: Jowita Budnik, Arkadiusz Janiczek, Ewa Wencel, Dawid Gudejko
Votes: 1,911
32. Sztuczki (2007)
95 min | Comedy, Drama
Six-year-old Stefek challenges fate. He believes that setting a chain of events in motion will help him get closer to his father who left his mother. His sister helps him bribe fate with ... See full summary »
Director: Andrzej Jakimowski | Stars: Damian Ul, Ewelina Walendziak, Tomasz Sapryk, Rafal Guzniczak
Votes: 2,157
33. Mala Moskwa (2008)
114 min | Drama, Romance
During the Cold War, a married young Soviet woman and a Polish officer are drawn together by music.
Director: Waldemar Krzystek | Stars: Svetlana Khodchenkova, Leslaw Zurek, Dmitriy Ulyanov, Elena Leszczynska
Votes: 918
34. The Reverse (2009)
99 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A story about women, set in the present and in 1950s Warsaw. The main character is Sabina, a quiet, shy woman who has just turned thirty. Clearly, she lacks a man in her life. Her mother ... See full summary »
Director: Borys Lankosz | Stars: Agata Buzek, Krystyna Janda, Anna Polony, Marcin Dorocinski
Votes: 2,305
35. Little Rose (2010)
118 min | Drama, History, Romance
A government agent enlists his girlfriend to spy on a professor.
Director: Jan Kidawa-Blonski | Stars: Andrzej Seweryn, Magdalena Boczarska, Robert Wieckiewicz, Grazyna Szapolowska
Votes: 1,762
36. Essential Killing (2010)
R | 83 min | Action, Thriller, War
An Afghan POW attempts his escape.
Director: Jerzy Skolimowski | Stars: Vincent Gallo, Emmanuelle Seigner, Zach Cohen, Iftach Ophir
Votes: 8,159
37. In Darkness (2011)
R | 145 min | Drama, War
A dramatization of one man's rescue of Jewish refugees in the German-occupied Polish city of Lvov.
Director: Agnieszka Holland | Stars: Robert Wieckiewicz, Benno Fürmann, Agnieszka Grochowska, Maria Schrader
Votes: 11,160 | Gross: $1.04M
38. Ida (2013)
PG-13 | 82 min | Drama
A novice nun about to take her vows uncovers a family secret dating back to the German occupation.
Director: Pawel Pawlikowski | Stars: Agata Kulesza, Agata Trzebuchowska, Dawid Ogrodnik, Jerzy Trela
Votes: 60,701 | Gross: $3.83M
39. Bogowie (2014)
120 min | Biography, Drama
The early career of cardiac surgeon Zbigniew Religa. Despite the harsh reality of 1980s Poland, he successfully leads a team of doctors to the country's first human heart transplantation.
Director: Lukasz Palkowski | Stars: Tomasz Kot, Piotr Glowacki, Szymon Piotr Warszawski, Magdalena Czerwinska
Votes: 7,699
40. Body (2015)
90 min | Comedy, Drama
A busy attorney, worried that his anorexic daughter Olga might try to harm herself, since she's still grieving over her recently deceased mother, sends her to see a psychiatrist, Anna, who's dealing with her own loss in an unusual way.
Director: Malgorzata Szumowska | Stars: Janusz Gajos, Maja Ostaszewska, Justyna Suwala, Ewa Dalkowska
Votes: 2,536 | Gross: $0.00M
41. The Last Family (2016)
123 min | Biography, Drama
The story of a well-known artistic family: legendary painter Zdzislaw Beksinski, his wife Zofia and their son Tomasz, a highly-praised music critic and translator. Their lives were far from being usual.
Director: Jan P. Matuszynski | Stars: Andrzej Seweryn, Dawid Ogrodnik, Aleksandra Konieczna, Andrzej Chyra
Votes: 4,850
42. Silent Night (2017)
100 min | Comedy, Drama
Adam unexpectedly visits his family house at Christmas after a few years of working abroad. No family member knows about his secret plans and the real reasons of his visit.
Director: Piotr Domalewski | Stars: Dawid Ogrodnik, Tomasz Zietek, Agnieszka Suchora, Arkadiusz Jakubik
Votes: 2,952
43. Cold War (2018)
R | 89 min | Drama, Music, Romance
In the 1950s, a music director falls in love with a singer and tries to persuade her to flee communist Poland for France.
Director: Pawel Pawlikowski | Stars: Joanna Kulig, Tomasz Kot, Borys Szyc, Agata Kulesza
Votes: 61,914 | Gross: $4.57M
44. Mr. Jones (2019)
119 min | Biography, Drama, Thriller
A Welsh journalist breaks the news in the western media of the famine in Ukraine in the early 1930s.
Director: Agnieszka Holland | Stars: James Norton, Vanessa Kirby, Peter Sarsgaard, Joseph Mawle
Votes: 16,242
45. Kill It and Leave This Town (2020)
88 min | Animation, Drama, Horror
Fleeing from despair after losing those dearest to him, the hero hides in a safe land of memories, where time stands still and all those dear to him are alive.
Director: Mariusz Wilczynski | Stars: Krystyna Janda, Andrzej Chyra, Maja Ostaszewska, Malgorzata Kozuchowska
Votes: 1,117
46. All Our Fears (2021)
90 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
Triggered by an unexpected tragedy, gay artist and activist Daniel, who is also a deeply religious man, tries hard to make the local community grieve together.
Directors: Lukasz Gutt, Lukasz Ronduda | Stars: Dawid Ogrodnik, Maria Maj, Andrzej Chyra, Oskar Rybaczek
Votes: 521
47. The Silent Twins (2022)
R | 113 min | Biography, Drama
Based on the lives of June and Jennifer Gibbons, real-life identical twins who grew up in Wales and became known as "the silent twins" because of their refusal to communicate with anyone but each other.
Director: Agnieszka Smoczynska | Stars: Letitia Wright, Tamara Lawrance, Leah Mondesir-Simmonds, Eva-Arianna Baxter
Votes: 2,289
48. Kos (2023)
120 min | Drama, History
Movie begins in the spring of 1794. General Tadeusz 'Kos' Kosciuszko (Jacek Braciak) returns to Poland, who plans to start an uprising against the Russians, mobilizing the Polish nobility ... See full summary »
Director: Pawel Maslona | Stars: Bartosz Bielenia, Jacek Braciak, Jason Mitchell, Robert Wieckiewicz
Votes: 566
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