Polish movies
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1. Ostatnia akcja (2009)
95 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
When his grandson is beaten by gangsters, a Warsaw veteran gathers his war buddies to take them on.
Director: Michal Rogalski | Stars: Krzysztof Boczkowski, Stefan Burczyk, Janusz Chabior, Kinga Ciesielska
Votes: 266
2. 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: 5,359
3. W pustyni i w puszczy (2001)
111 min | Adventure, Family
Two young children, 14-year-old Stas and 8-year-old Nel, are kidnapped for ransom by Muslim leader called Mahdi.
Director: Gavin Hood | Stars: Adam Fidusiewicz, Karolina Sawka, Krzysztof Kowalewski, Artur Zmijewski
Votes: 986
4. With Fire and Sword (1999)
175 min | Adventure, Drama, History
An epic story about the Ukrainian uprising against the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth magnates in the 17th Century.
Director: Jerzy Hoffman | Stars: Izabella Scorupco, Michal Zebrowski, Aleksandr Domogarov, Jacek Rozenek
Votes: 5,443
5. Colonel Wolodyjowski (1969)
160 min | Adventure, History, War
In 1668 Polish colonel Michael Wolodyjowski, who recently retired to a monastery, is recalled to active duty and takes charge of Poland's eastern frontier defenses against invading Tatar hordes and Ottoman armies.
Director: Jerzy Hoffman | Stars: Tadeusz Lomnicki, Magdalena Zawadzka, Mieczyslaw Pawlikowski, Hanka Bielicka
Votes: 1,784
6. 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: 3,185
7. The Pianist (2002)
R | 150 min | Biography, Drama, Music
During WWII, acclaimed Polish musician Wladyslaw faces various struggles as he loses contact with his family. As the situation worsens, he hides in the ruins of Warsaw in order to survive.
Director: Roman Polanski | Stars: Adrien Brody, Thomas Kretschmann, Frank Finlay, Emilia Fox
Votes: 912,879 | Gross: $32.57M
8. 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: 3,767
9. 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: 3,960
10. 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: 2,197
11. Psy (1992)
104 min | Action, Crime, Drama
In the good old days Franz Maurer and his partners from the secret police used to live like kings. Now, they all must adapt to a new post-communist environment where they are scorned and ... See full summary »
Director: Wladyslaw Pasikowski | Stars: Boguslaw Linda, Marek Kondrat, Cezary Pazura, Janusz Gajos
Votes: 5,507
12. Psy 2. Ostatnia krew (1994)
100 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Franz Maurer, a compromised cop, former officer of the criminal department of the Warsaw's police, is released from prison where he was doing time for his brutality and murders. He is ... See full summary »
Director: Wladyslaw Pasikowski | Stars: Boguslaw Linda, Cezary Pazura, Artur Zmijewski, Magdalena Dandourian
Votes: 2,717
13. Kochaj albo rzuc (1977)
114 min | Comedy
Pawlak and Kargul - neighbors, frenemies, and grandfathers to Ania- both receive invitation to America from Pawlak's brother- John. All three of them travel to Chicago, where they discover ... See full summary »
Director: Sylwester Checinski | Stars: Wladyslaw Hancza, Waclaw Kowalski, Duchyll Martin Smith, Robert Lewandowski
Votes: 1,784
14. Zapomniana melodia (1938)
80 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
A love story between Stefan, the nephew of a music teacher, and Helenka, the daughter of a wealthy cosmetics industry entrepreneur. Her father remembers the recipe for a new soap thanks to a catchy tune composed by Stefan.
Directors: Jan Fethke, Konrad Tom | Stars: Helena Grossówna, Aleksander Zabczynski, Antoni Fertner, Michal Znicz
Votes: 135
15. Pietro wyzej (1937)
90 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
Two apartment house dwellers, although unrelated, share the same name. One is an older man with an appreciation for and love of classical music, while the other is a younger man addicted to... See full summary »
Director: Leon Trystan | Stars: Eugeniusz Bodo, Józef Orwid, Helena Grossówna, Ludwik Sempolinski
Votes: 388
16. Knights of the Teutonic Order (1960)
166 min | Adventure, Drama, History
In the 15th century the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth is facing a hard struggle against the neighboring Teutonic Order.Frequent clashes between the two powers finally culminate in 1410 with the Battle of Grunwald.
Director: Aleksander Ford | Stars: Urszula Modrzynska, Grazyna Staniszewska, Andrzej Szalawski, Henryk Borowski
Votes: 2,183
17. 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: 7,705
18. Powstanie Warszawskie (2014)
87 min | Documentary, Drama, War
"Powstanie Warszawskie" ("Warsaw Uprising") is the world's first feature film assembled entirely of documentary materials. The film tells the story of the Warsaw Uprising as seen by two ... See full summary »
Director: Jan Komasa | Stars: Piotr Adamczyk, Jacek Aleksandrowicz, Modest Aleksandrowicz, Piotr Bajor
Votes: 728
19. Warsaw '44 (2014)
130 min | Drama, History, Romance
A story of love, friendship and the pursuit of adventure during the bloody and brutal reality of the 1944 Warsaw Uprising.
Director: Jan Komasa | Stars: Józef Pawlowski, Zofia Wichlacz, Anna Próchniak, Antoni Królikowski
Votes: 6,717
20. Stones for the Rampart (2014)
111 min | Drama, War
Based on a well-known Polish novel with the same title the movie re-tells a true life story of a group of scouts called ''Szare Szeregi'' (Gray Ranks) during the Nazi occupation of Warsaw ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Glinski | Stars: Tomasz Zietek, Marcel Sabat, Kamil Szeptycki, Magdalena Kolesnik
Votes: 1,573
21. Hatred (2016)
150 min | Drama, War
Despite being in love with a Ukrainian boy from the same village, Polish girl named Zosia is forced into marrying a wealthy widower. Soon World War II begins and ethnic tensions arise. Amidst the war chaos Zosia tries to survive.
Director: Wojciech Smarzowski | Stars: Michalina Labacz, Arkadiusz Jakubik, Wasyl Wasylik, Adrian Zaremba
Votes: 6,800
22. Walesa: Man of Hope (2013)
127 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
The depiction of the life of Nobel Peace Prize winner and founder of Poland's Solidarity movement, Lech Walesa, as events in the 1970s lead to a peaceful revolution.
Director: Andrzej Wajda | Stars: Robert Wieckiewicz, Agnieszka Grochowska, Iwona Bielska, Zbigniew Zamachowski
Votes: 3,334
23. The Zookeeper's Wife (2017)
PG-13 | 127 min | Biography, Drama, History
Keepers of the Warsaw Zoo, Antonina and Jan Zabinski, must save hundreds of people and animals during the Nazi invasion in WWII Poland.
Director: Niki Caro | Stars: Jessica Chastain, Johan Heldenbergh, Daniel Brühl, Timothy Radford
Votes: 46,617 | Gross: $17.45M
24. The Quack (1982)
128 min | Drama, Romance
Abandoned by his wife and daughter, a famous surgeon starts drinking, hurts his head and loses his memory. His medical knowledge gradually resurfaces and he becomes a village healer, not remembering who he is.
Director: Jerzy Hoffman | Stars: Jerzy Binczycki, Anna Dymna, Tomasz Stockinger, Bernard Ladysz
Votes: 3,736
25. Remembrance (2011)
105 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
A Polish man rescues a Jewish woman during the chaos of WWII, but they become separated until a chance encounter over 30 years later in New York reunites them.
Director: Anna Justice | Stars: Alice Dwyer, Mateusz Damiecki, Dagmar Manzel, Lech Mackiewicz
Votes: 2,335
26. Skutki noszenia kapelusza w maju (1995 TV Movie)
79 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
Two young girls change a life of an old lonely man, and gain a grandfather.
Director: Krystyna Krupska-Wysocka | Stars: Wieslaw Michnikowski, Barbara Krafftówna, Slawomira Lozinska, Katarzyna Chrzanowska
Votes: 58
27. Birth Certificate (1961)
99 min | Drama, War
Three episodes dealing with the harsh situation of children at the time of war. They stay at orphanages, wait for their parents to come back, help the soldiers, hide in the forests and do their best to survive.
Director: Stanislaw Rózewicz | Stars: Henryk Hryniewicz, Beata Barszczewska, Andrzej Banaszewski, Edward Mincer
Votes: 421
28. Katyn (2007)
Not Rated | 121 min | Drama, History, War
An examination of the Soviet slaughter of thousands of Polish officers and citizens in the Katyn forest in 1940.
Director: Andrzej Wajda | Stars: Andrzej Chyra, Maja Ostaszewska, Artur Zmijewski, Danuta Stenka
Votes: 17,415 | Gross: $0.12M
29. Pan Tadeusz (1999)
Not Rated | 147 min | Drama, History, Romance
In the early 1810s, Poles, part of Russia's client state of Lithuania, think independence will come if they join forces with Napoleon when he invades Russia. This unity of purpose, in one ... See full summary »
Director: Andrzej Wajda | Stars: Boguslaw Linda, Daniel Olbrychski, Grazyna Szapolowska, Andrzej Seweryn
Votes: 3,715
30. Wesele (1973)
102 min | Drama
Set at the turn of the century, the story concerns a Polish poet living in Cracow who has decided to marry a peasant girl. The wedding is attended by a heterogenous group of people from all... See full summary »
Director: Andrzej Wajda | Stars: Marek Walczewski, Izabella Olszewska, Ewa Zietek, Daniel Olbrychski
Votes: 1,355
31. Papusza (2013)
G | 131 min | Biography, Drama
The rise and fall of the most distinguished Polish-Gypsy poetess Bronislawa Wajs, widely known as Papusza, and her relationship with her discoverer, writer Jerzy Ficowski.
Directors: Joanna Kos-Krauze, Krzysztof Krauze | Stars: Jowita Budnik, Zbigniew Walerys, Antoni Pawlicki, Artur Steranko
Votes: 1,417
32. Faith: Pope John Paul II (2005)
201 min | Biography, Drama
Following the premature death of his mother, Karol Wojtyla is brought up by his father in the Polish city of Krakow during the first half of the 20th century. An outstanding student with a ... See full summary »
Stars: Christopher Lee, Ben Gazzara, Daniele Pecci, Vittoria Belvedere
Votes: 1,249
33. Ja tu rzadze (1939)
97 min | Comedy, Romance
Director: Mieczyslaw Krawicz | Stars: Zbigniew Rakowiecki, Ina Benita, Jerzy Bielenia, Zygmunt Chmielewski
Votes: 62
34. Life Feels Good (2013)
Not Rated | 112 min | Drama
The story of a boy suffering from cerebral palsy and his troubled growing up during Poland's transition in the 1980s and 90s.
Director: Maciej Pieprzyca | Stars: Dawid Ogrodnik, Dorota Kolak, Arkadiusz Jakubik, Helena Sujecka
Votes: 3,192
35. 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
36. Hubal (1973)
126 min | Drama, War
Based on a true story. After Poland is overrun by Axis forces in 1939, an officer and his remaining men decide to continue fighting the invaders alone, thereby becoming the first guerrillas of World War II.
Director: Bohdan Poreba | Stars: Ryszard Filipski, Malgorzata Potocka, Tadeusz Janczar, Emil Karewicz
Votes: 293
37. The Gorgon Case (1977)
137 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
One of the most talked-about trials in 1930s Polish press. Housekeeper Rita Gorgon, who has an affair with her employer, is accused of murdering his teenage daughter.
Director: Janusz Majewski | Stars: Ewa Dalkowska, Aleksander Bardini, Mariusz Dmochowski, Andrzej Lapicki
Votes: 228
38. Lydia Ate the Apple (1958)
97 min | Drama, Romance
Pawel and Lidka are from different worlds but they somehow meet each other in a night club. He's a young lad from a wealthy family, she's an attractive dancer. They fall in love and go out of town but their happiness doesn't last long.
Director: Wojciech Has | Stars: Maria Wachowiak, Tadeusz Janczar, Gustaw Holoubek, Stanislaw Jaworski
Votes: 518
39. Three Colors: White (1994)
R | 92 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
After his wife divorces him, a Polish immigrant plots to get even with her.
Director: Krzysztof Kieslowski | Stars: Zbigniew Zamachowski, Julie Delpy, Janusz Gajos, Jerzy Stuhr
Votes: 79,651 | Gross: $1.46M
40. Eroica (1958)
87 min | Comedy, Drama
Two sketches covering episodes from the World War II. In the first novel, "Scherzo alla polacca", a shrewd son, trying to preserve his skin, ultimately becomes a hero and finds a reason for... See full summary »
Director: Andrzej Munk | Stars: Edward Dziewonski, Barbara Polomska, Ignacy Machowski, Leon Niemczyk
Votes: 1,311
41. O czym sie nie mówi... (1939)
97 min | Romance
Director: Mieczyslaw Krawicz | Stars: Stanislawa Angel-Engelówna, Mieczyslaw Cybulski, Ludwik Sempolinski, Boguslaw Samborski
Votes: 19
42. The Scar (1976)
Not Rated | 106 min | Drama
When a political decision is made as to the location of a new large chemical factory, Stefan Bednarz is put in charge of it. This honest communist party man has to confront the local community opposing the construction.
Director: Krzysztof Kieslowski | Stars: Franciszek Pieczka, Mariusz Dmochowski, Jerzy Stuhr, Jan Skotnicki
Votes: 2,206
43. Battle of Warsaw 1920 (2011)
115 min | Drama, History, Romance
Different strata of Polish society oppose communist aggression from Soviet Russia. Love lives on a par with war.
Director: Jerzy Hoffman | Stars: Daniel Olbrychski, Natasza Urbanska, Borys Szyc, Jerzy Bonczak
Votes: 2,096
44. Pan Tadeusz (1928)
124 min | Drama, History, Romance
An emigrant in Paris recalls the idyllic past in his homeland - full of hope, love, happiness, colourful characters and magnificent landscapes.
Director: Ryszard Ordynski | Stars: Wojciech Brydzinski, Stanislaw Knake-Zawadzki, Jan Szymanski, Mariusz Maszynski
Votes: 120
45. Czy Lucyna to dziewczyna? (1934)
80 min | Comedy, Romance
After becoming a licensed engineer abroad, Lucyna comes back to Poland and looks for a job. Because her wealthy father thinks it's inappropriate for a girl to work, she decides to put on men's clothes and get a job as Julian Kwiatkowski.
Director: Juliusz Gardan | Stars: Jadwiga Smosarska, Eugeniusz Bodo, Mieczyslawa Cwiklinska, Wladyslaw Grabowski
Votes: 224
46. Letter to Santa 3 (2017)
107 min | Comedy, Romance
A group of individuals come to experience magical moments over the course of one day. Full of the power of family, love, and the spirit of forgiveness. Each individual comes to realize that... See full summary »
Director: Tomasz Konecki | Stars: Agnieszka Dygant, Piotr Adamczyk, Tomasz Karolak, Wojciech Malajkat
Votes: 1,026
47. Dotkniecie nocy (1962)
88 min | Crime
Film inspired by true events. Roman Jacenko (played by Jerzy Kozakiewicz), a small village local photographer, lives in a shabby garret, which serves also as his lab and studio. He loves ... See full summary »
Director: Stanislaw Bareja | Stars: Jerzy Kozakiewicz, Elzbieta Kepinska, Hanna Zembrzuska, Wieslaw Golas
Votes: 88
48. 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: 4,029
49. Bialy Murzyn (1939)
85 min | Drama, Romance
Director: Leonard Buczkowski | Stars: Tamara Wiszniewska, Jerzy Pichelski, Aleksander Zabczynski, Barbara Orwid
Votes: 34
50. Ada, Don't Do That! (1936)
82 min | Comedy, Musical
Country gent sends his singing, dancing, tomboy daughter to stuffy finishing school, where she promptly sets about enlivening the dorm and makes friends with the city's 'Bohemian' crowd.
Director: Konrad Tom | Stars: Antoni Fertner, Loda Niemirzanka, Kazimierz Junosza-Stepowski, Aleksander Zabczynski
Votes: 128
51. Dodek na froncie (1936)
82 min | Comedy
Director: Michal Waszynski | Stars: Adolf Dymsza, Alicja Halama, Mieczyslaw Cybulski, Helena Grossówna
Votes: 69
52. Zenek (2020)
115 min | Biography, Music
Zenon Martyniuk, a boy from the Podlasie village, who realizes his great dream is to sing and entertain the crowds. It shows Zenek's path to enormous success, which he achieved thanks to persistence and hard work.
Director: Jan Hryniak | Stars: Jakub Zajac, Krzysztof Czeczot, Klara Bielawka, Karol Dziuba
Votes: 3,272
53. Hello, Fred the Beard (1978)
94 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
In 1920s Warsaw, a legendary conman tries to exploit the financial problems of a vaudeville theatre in order to rob a bank.
Directors: Mieczyslaw Jahoda, Janusz Rzeszewski | Stars: Piotr Fronczewski, Gabriela Kownacka, Ewa Wisniewska, Irena Kwiatkowska
Votes: 253
54. 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: 224
55. Pieniadze to nie wszystko (2001)
120 min | Comedy
The story follows Tomasz Adamczyk the businessman who decides to leave the industry..
Director: Juliusz Machulski | Stars: Marek Kondrat, Stanislawa Celinska, Sylwester Maciejewski, Cezary Kosinski
Votes: 2,059
56. One Way Ticket to the Moon (2013)
123 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
In 1969, two young brothers travel through Poland not only to send one of them to his army unit at the seaside, but also to become real grown-ups and learn something about themselves.
Director: Jacek Bromski | Stars: Filip Plawiak, Mateusz Kosciukiewicz, Bozena Adamek, Alicja Bach
Votes: 519
57. Porno (1990)
78 min | Comedy, Romance
Middle aged man lies sleeplessly in bed, recalling his numerous sexual encounters. The various couplings are haphazard, loveless affairs in which most of the women are as anxious to release... See full summary »
Director: Marek Koterski | Stars: Zbigniew Rola, Agnieszka Wojcik, Iwona Katarzyna Pawlak, Ewa Grabarczyk
Votes: 546
58. 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
59. Brunet wieczorowa pora (1976)
90 min | Comedy, Thriller
Modest editor, has shipped his wife and kids for the weekend, and is trying to relax in his house at the outskirts of Warsaw. His quiet evening is only disturbed by the accidental forecast ... See full summary »
Director: Stanislaw Bareja | Stars: Krzysztof Kowalewski, Wojciech Pokora, Janina Traczykówna, Wieslaw Golas
Votes: 1,620
60. Mlode wilki (1995)
94 min | Action
A young man joins a gang of smugglers that looks for someone with clean criminal record.
Director: Jaroslaw Zamojda | Stars: Michelle Cleo Godsey, Jaroslaw Jakimowicz, Piotr Szwedes, Jan Nowicki
Votes: 751
61. Niebieskie jak Morze Czarne (1973)
71 min | Comedy
Under the name of a "youth trip", a bus filled with officials and company managers is heading to Bulgaria.
Director: Jerzy Ziarnik | Stars: Marian Kociniak, Waclaw Kowalski, Zdzislaw Maklakiewicz, Józef Nowak
Votes: 61
62. Foul Play (1976)
90 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
The film is a story of a young man coerced into undercover work for the police, in return for their dropping of charges against him. He is to befriend a leader of a gang of juvenile ... See full summary »
Director: Marek Piwowski | Stars: Jerzy Kulej, Jan Szczepanski, Zdzislaw Rychter, Ryszard Faron
Votes: 261
64. Weiser (2001)
95 min | Drama, Mystery
Pawel Heller returns to his hometown after many years, to try to unravel the mystery of disappearance of his schoolmate.
Director: Wojciech Marczewski | Stars: Marek Kondrat, Krystyna Janda, Juliane Köhler, Teresa Marczewska
Votes: 385
65. Loving Vincent (2017)
PG-13 | 94 min | Animation, Drama, Mystery
In a story depicted in oil painted animation, a young man comes to the last hometown of painter Vincent van Gogh to deliver the troubled artist's final letter and ends up investigating his final days there.
Directors: DK Welchman, Hugh Welchman | Stars: Douglas Booth, Jerome Flynn, Robert Gulaczyk, Helen McCrory
Votes: 63,688 | Gross: $6.74M
66. Giuseppe w Warszawie (1964)
99 min | Comedy, War
Adventures of the Italian soldier in a rebellious Warsaw in 1943, between Germans and the Polish resistance.
Director: Stanislaw Lenartowicz | Stars: Elzbieta Czyzewska, Antonio Cifariello, Zbigniew Cybulski, Jarema Stepowski
Votes: 339
67. 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: 5,114
68. Vabank (1981)
108 min | Comedy, Crime
The famous safecracker Kwinto, after leaving prison, decided to quit. But the news of the death of a friend abruptly changes his plans. He decides to "take" Kramer's bank. And, of course, he takes. Elegant, fun and twisted.
Director: Juliusz Machulski | Stars: Jan Machulski, Leonard Pietraszak, Witold Pyrkosz, Ewa Szykulska
Votes: 4,975
69. Ach spij kochanie (2017)
97 min | Crime, Thriller
A young investigator struggles to solve multiple disappearances in 1950s Cracow.
Director: Krzysztof Lang | Stars: Tomasz Schuchardt, Andrzej Chyra, Arkadiusz Jakubik, Andrzej Grabowski
Votes: 400
70. The Noose (1958)
96 min | Drama
One day in the life of an alcohol addict. With the help of his girlfriend Krysia, Kuba attempts to regain control of his life. But when she's at work, Kuba is home alone, and it becomes hard not to resist the temptation.
Director: Wojciech Has | Stars: Gustaw Holoubek, Aleksandra Slaska, Teresa Szmigielówna, Tadeusz Fijewski
Votes: 1,234
71. The Revenge (2002)
100 min | Comedy
A winter day at a Polish castle, half owned by a fatalistic notary and half by a volcanic old soldier's niece. The old soldier, Cupbearer, and the notary are sworn enemies, which may doom ... See full summary »
Director: Andrzej Wajda | Stars: Roman Polanski, Janusz Gajos, Andrzej Seweryn, Katarzyna Figura
Votes: 1,736
72. Adventure in Marienstadt (1954)
93 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
While visiting Warsaw, Hanka falls for a record-breaking bricklayer. Soon she returns to the city to work at construction sites and prove that women's work is not worse than that of men's.
Director: Leonard Buczkowski | Stars: Lidia Korsakówna, Tadeusz Schmidt, Adam Mikolajewski, Tadeusz Kondrat
Votes: 141
73. Wanda Gosciminska - wlókniarka (1975)
21 min | Documentary, Short, Biography
Textile worker Wanda Gosciminska was a 1950s communist propaganda icon and role model for other workers. The system exploited her, just like so many other individuals, and turned her into a tool of ideological manipulation.
Director: Wojciech Wiszniewski | Star: Wanda Gosciminska
Votes: 60
74. Jeden dzien w PRL (2006)
58 min | Documentary
The film shows archival fragments of radio broadcasts, police reports, denunciations, fragments of letters, diaries, etc. All these materials have one thing in common - they were created on the same day, September 27, 1962.
Director: Maciej J. Drygas
Votes: 64
75. Politics (2019)
134 min | Drama
Portraying the events that have taken place in Polish politics in recent years.
Director: Patryk Vega | Stars: Iwona Bielska, Marcin Bosak, Janusz Chabior, Tadeusz Chudecki
Votes: 1,330
76. Pharaoh (1966)
180 min | Adventure, Drama, History
Young Pharaoh Ramses XIII clashes with Egypt's clergy over influence on the affairs of the state and its coffers.
Director: Jerzy Kawalerowicz | Stars: Jerzy Zelnik, Wieslawa Mazurkiewicz, Barbara Brylska, Krystyna Mikolajewska
Votes: 2,305
77. Perla w koronie (1972)
111 min | Drama
Film set during the Silesian Uprising in the 1920's. The German owners of a mine decide that it is unprofitable and want to close it by flooding it. The miners go on strike.
Director: Kazimierz Kutz | Stars: Lucja Kowolik, Olgierd Lukaszewicz, Jan Englert, Franciszek Pieczka
Votes: 339
78. Upal (1964)
85 min | Comedy, Musical
When the city streets turn empty during the summer heat wave, two elderly gentlemen try to make it lively again.
Director: Kazimierz Kutz | Stars: Barbara Krafftówna, Wieslaw Michnikowski, Kalina Jedrusik, Wieslaw Golas
Votes: 125
79. Talking Heads (1980)
16 min | Documentary, Short, Biography
People of different age, profession and social status answer two simple questions: who they are and what they want from life.
Director: Krzysztof Kieslowski
Votes: 3,772
80. Pilkarski poker (1989)
99 min | Comedy, Action, Drama
Chairmen of several football clubs start a co-operative. Now, thanks to corrupt referees, they are to decide the outcomes of matches.
Director: Janusz Zaorski | Stars: Janusz Gajos, Malgorzata Pieczynska, Marian Opania, Mariusz Dmochowski
Votes: 859
81. Ostatnia misja (2000)
102 min | Action, Thriller
The French dispatch a professional assasin to kill one of the richest businessman in Poland who cheated them in business dealings. State apparatus is illegally used by the corrupt businessmen to defend himself.
Director: Wojciech Wójcik | Stars: Peter J. Lucas, Janusz Gajos, Piotr Fronczewski, Ewa Gorzelak
Votes: 260
82. Pulkownik Kwiatkowski (1995)
123 min | Adventure, Comedy, History
In 1945, military doctor Andrzej Kwiatkowski pretends to be a communist army colonel in order to save innocent people from Stalinist imprisonment and to get the heart of the girl he's in love with.
Director: Kazimierz Kutz | Stars: Marek Kondrat, Renata Dancewicz, Zbigniew Zamachowski, Adam Ferency
Votes: 946
83. Ashes and Diamonds (1958)
Not Rated | 103 min | Drama, Romance, War
As World War II and the German occupation ends, the Polish resistance and the Soviet forces turn on each other in an attempt to take over leadership in Communist Poland.
Director: Andrzej Wajda | Stars: Zbigniew Cybulski, Ewa Krzyzewska, Waclaw Zastrzezynski, Adam Pawlikowski
Votes: 13,474
84. Motylem jestem, czyli romans czterdziestolatka (1976)
88 min | Comedy, Romance
A 40-year-old engineer Stefan Karwowski falls in love with a famous singer Irena Orska. The problem is that he's married and has got two children. What will he choose - his new lover or his family?
Director: Jerzy Gruza | Stars: Andrzej Kopiczynski, Irena Jarocka, Irena Kwiatkowska, Anna Seniuk
Votes: 127
85. The Maids of Wilko (1979)
118 min | Drama, Romance
Set in the late '20s. A thirtyish young man, who heads a small factory, faints at the funeral of a close friend. He decides to go home to his aunt and uncle for a while, but gets involved ... See full summary »
Director: Andrzej Wajda | Stars: Daniel Olbrychski, Anna Seniuk, Maja Komorowska, Stanislawa Celinska
Votes: 1,454
86. Icarus. The Legend of Mietek Kosz (2019)
122 min | Biography, Drama
Tells the story of Mieczyslaw 'Mietek' Kosz, a Polish jazz pianist, from his childhood to his death under tragic circumstances.
Director: Maciej Pieprzyca | Stars: Dawid Ogrodnik, Cyprian Grabowski, Piotr Adamczyk, Mikolaj Chroboczek
Votes: 569
87. U Pana Boga w ogródku (2007)
115 min | Comedy
Marian, the worst graduate of police academy, joins the police force in the small town of Krolowy Most and immediately falls in love with pregnant daughter of the police chief. Meanwhile, crown witness in the mafia case comes to the town.
Director: Jacek Bromski | Stars: Krzysztof Dzierma, Andrzej Beja-Zaborski, Wojciech Solarz, Emilian Kaminski
Votes: 830
88. Wsciekly (1980)
102 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Detective thriller about a killer loose in the crowds. The film follows a sniper on his rounds looking for victims, while a police inspector, with few clues in his hand, has to figure out ... See full summary »
Director: Roman Zaluski | Stars: Bronislaw Cieslak, Barbara Brylska, Liliana Komorowska, Halina Gryglaszewska
Votes: 104
89. Quiet Is the Night (1978)
128 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A psychological detective story about a police hunt for the murderer of young boys during the Christmas season. The police commissioner ends up tracing the clues to his own home, where he ... See full summary »
Director: Tadeusz Chmielewski | Stars: Tomasz Zaliwski, Piotr Lysak, Henryk Bista, Miroslaw Konarowski
Votes: 284
90. Glos z tamtego swiata (1962)
86 min | Drama
Four victims of a quack medium find life on earth unsatisfactory in one way or another, and try to find concolation in ptent medicines or the voices from another world, kindly provided by the medium.
Director: Stanislaw Rózewicz | Stars: Kazimierz Rudzki, Wanda Luczycka, Tatiana Czechowska, Danuta Szaflarska
Votes: 121
91. Opadly liscie z drzew (1975)
97 min | Drama, War
Henryk looks back at the last year of war and reminiscences the friends from his guerrilla unit, the fighting and living in the forest, his first love and first encounters with death.
Director: Stanislaw Rózewicz | Stars: Mieczyslaw Hryniewicz, Maria Klejdysz, Tadeusz Cygler, Bohdan Ejmont
Votes: 115
92. Szatan z siódmej klasy (1960)
109 min | Adventure, Family, Mystery
During summer holidays spent in an old palace, an inquisitive teenager is looking for a treasure, which was hidden by a Napoleonic soldier. What he's unaware of is that a bunch of criminals is also looking for the same thing.
Director: Maria Kaniewska | Stars: Józef Skwark, Stanislaw Milski, Pola Raksa, Krystyna Karkowska
Votes: 394
93. The Saragossa Manuscript (1965)
182 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Upon finding a book that relates his grandfather's story, an officer ventures through Spain meeting a wide array of characters, most of whom have a story of their own to tell.
Director: Wojciech Has | Stars: Zbigniew Cybulski, Iga Cembrzynska, Elzbieta Czyzewska, Gustaw Holoubek
Votes: 5,895 | Gross: $0.12M
94. Akwarium (1996)
145 min | Action
Film based on book of Viktor Suvorov, a former Soviet military intelligence officer.
Director: Antoni Krauze | Stars: Janusz Gajos, Yuri Smolsky, Witold Pyrkosz, Oleg Maslennikov
Votes: 211
95. Zlote Kolo (1971 TV Movie)
93 min | Crime
A young, unidentified man gets killed on Zlote Kolo street in Wroclaw. Captain Budny of the Polish Militia carries out an investigation, revealing secrets of the victim's past.
Director: Stanislaw Wohl | Stars: Tadeusz Janczar, Janusz Bukowski, Zdzislaw Maklakiewicz, Teresa Lipowska
Votes: 54
96. Café pod Minoga (1959)
88 min | Comedy, War
Comic stories of Varsovians living under German occupation and struggling with the enemy.
Director: Bronislaw Brok | Stars: Adolf Dymsza, Waclaw Jankowski, Wlodzimierz Skoczylas, Feliks Chmurkowski
Votes: 92
97. 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: 1,973
98. Lekarstwo na milosc (1966)
95 min | Crime, Adventure, Comedy
An architect Joanna tells her friend Halina on the telephone about her love troubles and suddenly hears a nice man's voice: "The best cure for love is an other love." Then she becomes a ... See full summary »
Director: Jan Batory | Stars: Kalina Jedrusik, Krystyna Sienkiewicz, Wienczyslaw Glinski, Andrzej Lapicki
Votes: 429
99. Lunatycy (1960)
95 min | Drama
A group of hooligans in the amusement park injures a passerby. One of the attackers is taken by the journalist as a defender of the attacked.
Director: Bohdan Poreba | Stars: Jadwiga Andrzejewska, Alicja Barska, Marian Beczkowski, Leszek Herdegen
Votes: 26
100. Everything for Sale (1969)
105 min | Drama
The disappearance of the leading actor from the film's set worries its director Andrzej. He embarks on a journey to look out for the actor with a young actor and missing actor's wife and mistress.
Director: Andrzej Wajda | Stars: Beata Tyszkiewicz, Elzbieta Czyzewska, Andrzej Lapicki, Daniel Olbrychski
Votes: 862
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