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1. The Three Veterans (1984)
96 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
Three veterans are given magic artifacts by elves that can magically create gold, servants and any other object. They encounter greedy characters and one of them falls in love with a princess.
Director: Oldrich Lipský | Stars: Rudolf Hrusínský, Petr Cepek, Josef Somr, Vida Neuwirthová
Votes: 1,278
2. 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
3. Maria Theresa (2017–2021)
200 min | Biography, Drama, History
In the time of absolute monarchies, political intrigue, and diplomacy through marriage, love is not a word associated with marriage. And a ruling Empress? Not even imaginable. But a bright ... See full summary »
Stars: Vojtech Kotek, Tatiana Pauhofová, Martin Pechlát, Zuzana Stivínová
Votes: 630
4. Spindl (2017)
Comedy, Romance
Three unmarried sisters, Katka, Eliska and Magda, go for an extended wellness weekend to a luxury hotel in Spindleruv Mlyn. Katka, the oldest, hates her job, where she spends so much time ... See full summary »
Director: Milan Cieslar | Stars: Anna Polívková, Anita Krausová, Katerina Klausová, David Gránský
Votes: 184
5. 3Bobule (2020)
101 min | Comedy
Honza and Klára became owners of a winery and parents. Alongside their marriage, they deal with theft in the vineyards. In addition, the vintage season is coming. And finally, after many years, Honza reunites with his friend Jirka.
Director: Martin Kopp | Stars: Krystof Hádek, Tereza Ramba, Lukás Langmajer, Brano Deák
Votes: 189
6. 2Bobule (2009)
100 min | Comedy, Romance
Once again, we will follow the adventures of two friends, Honza and Jirka. One of them embarks on the ultimate art of straw wine. Not only does he fail, but after the unexpected arrival of his buddy Jirka, his life is turned upside down.
Director: Vlad Lanne | Stars: Jan Antonín Duchoslav, Krystof Hádek, Jirí Korn, Jirí Krampol
Votes: 373
7. Bobule (2008)
90 min | Comedy
Film about two friends who find out that you do not have to fly to sea to spend fantastic holidays.
Director: Tomás Barina | Stars: Krystof Hádek, Lukás Langmajer, Lubomír Lipský, Tereza Ramba
Votes: 885
8. Life Is Life (2015)
Comedy
Pedantic policeman Frantisek (Ondrej Vetchý) wants to bring up his three daughters with a firm hand. He would like to see the girls coupled with capable and successful men, but instead they... See full summary »
Director: Milan Cieslar | Stars: Ondrej Vetchý, Simona Stasová, Barbora Poláková, Tereza Ramba
Votes: 151
9. 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: 277
10. Christian (1939)
95 min | Comedy, Romance
Alois Novák (Oldrich Nový), a minor clerk in a travel agency and the husband of a dowdy housewife Marenka (Natasa Gollová), lives a run-of-the-mill, dull life. In his soul, however, there ... See full summary »
Director: Martin Fric | Stars: Oldrich Nový, Natasa Gollová, Raoul Schránil, Bedrich Veverka
Votes: 460
11. Obusku, z pytle ven! (1956)
77 min | Family, Fantasy
Director: Jaromír Pleskot | Stars: Ladislav Pesek, Josef Beyvl, Frantisek Smolík, Renata Borová
Votes: 246
12. Na samote u lesa (1976)
92 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
The Lavicka's, a Czech family from the city, rents a house in the country with the option to buy. However, old Mr Komarek seems reluctant to sell the house as they agreed.
Director: Jirí Menzel | Stars: Josef Kemr, Zdenek Sverák, Daniela Kolárová, Marta Hradílková
Votes: 1,587
13. I Enjoy the World with You (1983)
82 min | Comedy, Family
Three middle-aged men go for a vacation with their children and learn to cope with their needs without their wives. Quickly, they plan to exhaust the kids to have some time off, but nothing really works out as planned.
Director: Marie Polednáková | Stars: Július Satinský, Jana Sulcová, Václav Postránecký, Eliska Balzerová
Votes: 1,542
14. Women on the Run (2019)
93 min | Comedy, Romance
Women on the Run. Vera has lived a wonderful life with Jindrich, and she is fully determined to fulfill his last wish - running a marathon. The emancipated and spirited mother of three ... See full summary »
Director: Martin Horský | Stars: Zlata Adamovská, Tereza Kostková, Veronika Khek Kubarová, Jenovéfa Boková
Votes: 838
15. 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: 2,293
16. 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: 8,193 | Gross: $0.62M
17. Tiger Theory (2016)
107 min | Comedy, Drama
The last drop for Jan's resolution is the voluntary death of his father-in-law, whose strength and patience ran dry. Grandma made decisions about Grandpa's life, old age as well as the ... See full summary »
Director: Radek Bajgar | Stars: Jirí Bartoska, Eliska Balzerová, Tatiana Dyková, Jirí Havelka
Votes: 808
18. Jedna ruka netleská (2003)
103 min | Comedy
Fate has been harsh to Standa but he took all the hard knocks without much fuzz. Being released from a prison, he believes everything would change for the better now. His former boss Zdenek... See full summary »
Director: David Ondricek | Stars: Jirí Machácek, Ivan Trojan, Marek Taclík, Klára Pollertová
Votes: 1,270
19. Lemonade Joe (1964)
84 min | Adventure, Comedy, Musical
Straight shooting Lemonade Joe cleans up Stetson City, in this musical parody of early Westerns, after shooting the pants off villain Old Pistol. Joe's endorsement of Kolaloka lemonade as ... See full summary »
Director: Oldrich Lipský | Stars: Karel Fiala, Rudolf Deyl, Milos Kopecký, Kveta Fialová
Votes: 3,057
20. 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: 16,225 | Gross: $5.73M
21. Cosy Dens (1999)
115 min | Comedy, Drama
Two families, Sebkovi and Krausovi, are celebrating Christmas, but not everyone is in a good mood. Teenage kids think their fathers are totally stupid; fathers are sure their children are nothing more than rebels, hating anything they say.
Director: Jan Hrebejk | Stars: Michael Beran, Miroslav Donutil, Simona Stasová, Kristýna Nováková
Votes: 6,169
22. Men in Hope (2011)
115 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
When a father teaches his son in-law about the perks of cheating, things take unexpected turns...
Director: Jirí Vejdelek | Stars: Vica Kerekes, Jirí Machácek, Petra Hrebícková, Bolek Polívka
Votes: 4,629
23. Madagascar (2005)
PG | 86 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
A group of animals who have spent all their life in a New York zoo end up in the jungles of Madagascar, and must adjust to living in the wild.
Directors: Eric Darnell, Tom McGrath | Stars: Chris Rock, Ben Stiller, David Schwimmer, Jada Pinkett Smith
Votes: 437,550 | Gross: $193.60M
24. 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: 5,050
25. Úcastníci zájezdu (2006)
113 min | Comedy
Comedy based on the novel and screenplay of the most popular contemporary Czech writer Michal Viewegh builds on the success of novels for women, who became the most successful film of last ... See full summary »
Director: Jirí Vejdelek | Stars: Anna Polívková, Eva Holubová, Bohumil Klepl, Ondrej Koval
Votes: 1,050
26. Barefoot (2017)
111 min | Comedy, Drama
A boy and his family leave Prague during World War II and move to a small village called Slavonice. There, he meets distant relatives and adjusts to a new way of life.
Director: Jan Sverák | Stars: Jan Tríska, Oldrich Kaiser, Tereza Ramba, Ondrej Vetchý
Votes: 897
27. Women in Temptation (2010)
118 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
When a marriage counselor is abandoned by her husband for a younger woman, she sets out for new companionship.
Director: Jirí Vejdelek | Stars: Lenka Vlasáková, Eliska Balzerová, Vojtech Dyk, Veronika Khek Kubarová
Votes: 812
28. The Smiles of Sad Men (2018)
92 min | Comedy, Drama
3 different stories of men connected by their failure becoming alcoholics. Will they get the help to overcome alcohol or replace it with something else?
Director: Dan Svátek | Stars: David Svehlík, Jaroslav Dusek, Marika Soposká, Ondrej Malý
Votes: 431
29. Hastrman (2018)
98 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
A strange nobleman returning after years abroad to a small Bohemian village in the beginning of 19th century. The nobleman feels closer to animals despite looking like a human. He is a ... See full summary »
Director: Ondrej Havelka | Stars: Karel Dobrý, Vladimír Polívka, Jirí Lábus, Norbert Lichý
Votes: 248
30. 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: 823
31. 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
32. The Sleepers (2019)
60 min | Drama, Thriller
1989, on the cusp of the Velvet Revoluition, Marie and her husband Viktor return home in Prague after years of exile. After a car accident, Marie wakes up from a coma with no trace of Viktor.
Stars: Tatiana Pauhofová, Martin Mysicka, Jan Vlasák, Lenka Vlasáková
Votes: 1,525
33. Vlastníci (2019)
97 min | Comedy, Drama
Mrs. Zahrádková has a plan to convince the other co-owners of the flats to finally save the house in which they live together and which is in emergency condition.
Director: Jirí Havelka | Stars: Tereza Ramba, Vojtech Kotek, Dagmar Havlová, Jirí Lábus
Votes: 1,093
34. 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: 3,214
35. 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: 580
36. Wonderful Times (2009–2013)
52 min | Comedy, Drama
A retro-series about recent Czech and Slovak history told via the microcosm of a single Czech family. A mosaic of three generations blending nostalgia with the bitter reality of the socialist regime.
Stars: Svatopluk Skopal, Veronika Freimanová, Andrea Ruzicková, Roman Vojtek
Votes: 208
37. Stuck with a Perfect Woman (2016)
97 min | Comedy, Romance
Eliska's husband has left her for a younger woman. She is childless, in her early forties, yet still attractive. Till then she had taken care of her successful husband, but now she has to ... See full summary »
Director: Tomas Hoffman | Stars: Petra Hrebícková, Ondrej Vetchý, Miroslav Táborský, Jirí Langmajer
Votes: 448
38. Líbás jako buh (2009)
116 min | Comedy
High school professor Helena is one of the favorite teachers. While her professional life is going great, her personal life is taking unpredictable turns - and her extended family provides plenty of opportunities.
Director: Marie Polednáková | Stars: Kamila Magálová, Jirí Bartoska, Eva Holubová, Oldrich Kaiser
Votes: 301
39. Capricious Summer (1968)
Unrated | 74 min | Comedy
The friends enjoy the charms of nature - and of their guests.
Director: Jirí Menzel | Stars: Rudolf Hrusínský, Vlastimil Brodský, Frantisek Rehák, Míla Myslíková
Votes: 1,624
40. Tender Waves (2013)
96 min | Comedy, Romance
The congenial Vojta is bashful and his family is batty. His short-tempered father, who once failed to swim the English Channel, wants him to be a competing swimmer and his loving mother, a ... See full summary »
Director: Jirí Vejdelek | Stars: Tatiana Pauhofová, Hynek Cermák, Robert Cejnar, Lucie Steflová
Votes: 339
41. Po cem muzi touzí (2018)
95 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
The charismatic and self-confident man, Karel Král, is the editor-in-chief of men's magazine. Although a chauvinistic type, he is very popular with women. However, he struggles in his ... See full summary »
Director: Rudolf Havlik | Stars: Anna Polívková, Jirí Langmajer, Tatiana Pauhofová, Sara Sandeva
Votes: 473
42. The Good Plumber (2016)
82 min | Comedy
The story is about a plumber, who is called Good man from the bones. He is not afraid of any work, he manages all the work he gets. Wittily responds to every situation that befalls him. The... See full summary »
Director: Tomás Vorel | Stars: Jakub Kohák, Eva Holubová, Petra Spalková, Filip Blazek
Votes: 192
43. 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: 733
44. 3 Seasons in Hell (2009)
110 min | Drama, Romance
A 19 year old nonconformist poet living in 1947 Czechoslovakia is blind to the Communist behemoth looking over him, and instead lives a bohemian life with sexually liberated girls. There he... See full summary »
Director: Tomas Masin | Stars: Krystof Hádek, Karolina Gruszka, Martin Huba, Jan Kraus
Votes: 422
45. Closely Watched Trains (1966)
Not Rated | 92 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
An apprentice train dispatcher at a village station seeks his first sexual encounter and becomes despondent when he is unable to perform.
Director: Jirí Menzel | Stars: Václav Neckár, Josef Somr, Vlastimil Brodský, Vladimír Valenta
Votes: 13,843 | Gross: $3.27M
46. I Wake Up Yesterday (2012)
120 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi
This quirky student comedy tells the story of Petr Kovár (Filip Blazek), who gets the chance to return to the past for a while and he meets the love of his life, his classmate Eliska, again... See full summary »
Director: Milos Smídmajer | Stars: Jirí Mádl, Filip Blazek, Eva Podzimková, Martina Preissová
Votes: 540
47. 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
48. 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: 2,716
49. Prání Jezískovi (2021)
Comedy, Romance
Director: Marta Ferencova | Stars: Richard Krajco, Elizaveta Maximová, Jirí Langmajer, Anna Polívková
Votes: 76
50. Havel (2020)
104 min | Biography, Drama, History
'Havel' covers the Czech president's transformation from playwright to politician
Director: Slávek Horák | Stars: Anna Geislerová, Martin Hofmann, Barbora Seidlová, Petra Nesvacilová
Votes: 508
51. Tátova volha (2018)
90 min | Comedy, Drama
Unexpectedly, costume designer Eva has become a widow. The surprises continue when an unknown child's drawing is discovered in her husband's possessions, and even though Eva would ... See full summary »
Director: Jirí Vejdelek | Stars: Eliska Balzerová, Tatiana Dyková, Martin Mysicka, Emília Vásáryová
Votes: 236
52. Snezenky a machri (1983)
82 min | Comedy
Story about a class of sixteen year olds learning how to ski.
Director: Karel Smyczek | Stars: Václav Kopta, Michal Suchánek, Jan Antonín Duchoslav, Radoslav Brzobohatý
Votes: 598
53. Denícek moderního fotra (2021)
97 min | Comedy
When Natasha and Dominic unexpectedly became parents, the decision was clear. As a successful toys designer, Natasha is able to better secure the family financially, so Dominik will stay ... See full summary »
Director: Jan Haluza | Stars: Lucie Benesová, Lukás Hejlík, Andrea Hoffmannová, Robert Jasków
Votes: 233
54. Tri Tygri ve filmu: Jackpot (2022)
110 min | Action, Comedy
Action comedy about four men going on a road trip from Ostrava to Prague filled with crazy events and unexpected detours.
Director: Emil Krizka | Stars: Milan Baros, Daniel Bodlák, Albert Cuba, Jan Dedek
Votes: 179
55. 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: 5,392 | Gross: $1.32M
56. Emergency Situation (2022)
103 min | Comedy, Drama
The film tells the story of a small train riding without its driver and the passengers locked inside. They all had originally their individual goals and destinations but now they one common... See full summary »
Director: Jirí Havelka | Stars: Igor Chmela, Jana Plodková, Ctirad Götz, Jenovéfa Boková
Votes: 385
57. The Elementary School (1991)
100 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
The time is 1945-46. 10 year old Eda and his friend Tonda live in a small village outside Prague. In school, their class is so wild and indisciplined that their teacher quits and is ... See full summary »
Director: Jan Sverák | Stars: Jan Tríska, Zdenek Sverák, Libuse Safránková, Rudolf Hrusínský
Votes: 3,235
58. Svatba na bitevním poli (2008)
95 min | Comedy, Romance
Distinctive characters, a kind view of their dreams, worries, and transgressions, which none of us can avoid, an original plot... This is the prepossessing setting of a comedy that takes us... See full summary »
Director: Dusan Klein | Stars: Bolek Polívka, Zlata Adamovská, Josef Somr, Miroslav Simunek
Votes: 117
59. Wilson City (2015)
Not Rated | 115 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Comedy inspired by paperback crime novels tells the story of an adventurous search for a mysterious murderer who just after the end of the First World War has begun a rampage in Wilson City... See full summary »
Director: Tomas Masin | Stars: Jirí Machácek, Vojtech Dyk, Tatiana Pauhofová, Jan Kraus
Votes: 211
60. Run, Waiter, Run! (1981)
88 min | Comedy
A comedy concerning a down on his luck bookshop owner with a penchant for women who decides to make some money by pretending to be a waiter and collecting cash from unsuspecting diners.
Director: Ladislav Smoljak | Stars: Josef Abrhám, Libuse Safránková, Daniela Bakerová, Zdenek Sverák
Votes: 2,257
61. Taková normální rodinka (1971– )
Comedy, Family
Legendary Czech TV sitcom about four generations living under the same roof in a small house.
Stars: Marie Rosulková, Dana Medrická, Jana Stepánková, Zdenek Rehor
Votes: 183
62. Pupendo (2003)
120 min | Comedy, Drama
A bittersweet comedy set just prior to 1984, during the era of 'practical socialism'. For political reasons, Bedrich Mára (Bolek Polívka) has had to give up teaching at Prague's Academy of ... See full summary »
Director: Jan Hrebejk | Stars: Bolek Polívka, Eva Holubová, Jaroslav Dusek, Jirí Pecha
Votes: 1,505
63. Shameless (2008)
Not Rated | 88 min | Comedy, Drama
A Prague weatherman gets a bad case of the seven-year itch.
Director: Jan Hrebejk | Stars: Jirí Machácek, Simona Babcáková, Pavel Liska, Emília Vásáryová
Votes: 663
64. Volha (2023– )
Comedy, Drama
Standa Pekárek finishes compulsory military service and becomes a chauffeur at communist Czech TV in 1971 dreaming of his own Volga (Volha). Willing to do anything to fulfill his dream he agrees to be a spy under code-name Volha.
Stars: Krystof Hádek, Klára Melísková, Tomás Jerábek, Martin Pechlát
Votes: 138
65. The First Republic (2014–2018)
TV-14 | 52 min | Drama
A story of a family living in Prague, Czechoslovakia in the period between World Wars,in Czech better known as "The First Republic". A lost son returns from the war to investigate the events that led to his abrupt departure 8 years ago.
Stars: Ján Koleník, Jirí Vyorálek, Veronika Arichteva, Svatopluk Skopal
Votes: 146
66. All or Nothing (2017)
107 min | Comedy, Romance
The lives of three best friends - Linda, Vanda and Edo - get all tangled by four attractive men.
Director: Marta Ferencova | Stars: Tatiana Pauhofová, Klára Issová, Michal Zebrowski, Lubo Kostelný
Votes: 506
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