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1. Marketa Lazarová (1967)
Not Rated | 162 min | Drama, History, Romance
A grim portrayal of the shift from Paganism to Christianity in medieval central Europe - as a young virgin promised to God is kidnapped and raped by a marauder who her religious father seeks to kill in return.
Director: Frantisek Vlácil | Stars: Josef Kemr, Magda Vásáryová, Nada Hejna, Jaroslav Moucka
Votes: 6,031
2. Tomorrow I'll Wake Up and Scald Myself with Tea (1977)
93 min | Comedy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Jan is a decent, boring man, living a decent, boring life as a rocket designer. When his adventurous twin brother dies in a breakfast accident, Jan decides to impersonate him, unwittingly becoming a part of a Nazi time travel conspiracy.
Director: Jindrich Polák | Stars: Petr Kostka, Jirí Sovák, Vladimír Mensík, Vlastimil Brodský
Votes: 1,471
3. Jára Cimrman lezící, spící (1983)
81 min | Biography, Comedy
Czech comedy film about the fictional national hero Jára Cimrman (universal genius, inventor, sportsman, criminologist, poet, writer and philosopher).
Director: Ladislav Smoljak | Stars: Zdenek Sverák, Valérie Kaplanová, Petr Cepek, Josef Abrhám
Votes: 1,111
4. How to Pull Out a Whale's Tooth (1977 TV Movie)
80 min | Comedy, Family
A family comedy about a venturesome schoolboy Vasek and his search for his father, supposed to have perished during a mountaineering expedition in the Himalayas. The story confronts the ... See full summary »
Director: Marie Polednáková | Stars: Jana Preissová, Tomás Holý, Frantisek Nemec, Vlastimil Harapes
Votes: 911
5. How to Get Dad Into Reform School (1978 TV Movie)
85 min | Comedy, Family
Wanting to test her suitor Lubos's character and his relation to her son Vasek, Anna accepts his offer for her and Vasek to spend summer holidays at his father's country house. She's ... See full summary »
Director: Marie Polednáková | Stars: Jana Preissová, Tomás Holý, Frantisek Nemec, Josef Karlík
Votes: 887
6. How About a Plate of Spinach? (1977)
86 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi
Two swindlers get to prison for alcohol theft. After an exit from prison they are employed for theft of the device for regeneration of old cows. The owner of salon wants to use devices for rejuvenation. But something went not so.
Director: Václav Vorlícek | Stars: Vladimír Mensík, Jirí Sovák, Iva Janzurová, Michal Kocourek
Votes: 775
7. Higher Principle (1960)
104 min | Drama, War
The story of High school in Czechia (then Protectorate Bohemia and Moravia) during occupation by Nazi Germany, where three students are arrested by Gestapo.
Director: Jirí Krejcík | Stars: Frantisek Smolík, Jana Brejchová, Ivan Mistrík, Alexander Postler
Votes: 669
8. Bláznova kronika (1964)
82 min | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Karel Zeman's brilliant animation, cowritten with Jurácek: ironic, surreal, following the adventures of a plowboy and a mercenary to the battlefields of the Thirty Years War.
Director: Karel Zeman | Stars: Petr Kostka, Emília Vásáryová, Miroslav Holub, Karel Effa
Votes: 531
9. Cops and Robbers (1997– )
Comedy, Crime
This television series takes place during the first Czechoslovak Republic (1918 1939).
Stars: Tomás Töpfer, Frantisek Svihlík, Zdenek Junák, Ivan Trojan
Votes: 362
10. The Immortal Aunt (1993)
98 min | Comedy, Fantasy
The filmed fairy-tale is a comedy based on the classical story about Reason and Happiness. This enchanting couple is ever debating on which of the two is more important for mankind, their ... See full summary »
Director: Zdenek Zelenka | Stars: Jirina Bohdalová, Filip Blazek, Barbora Bobulova, Jaromír Hanzlík
Votes: 352
11. The Secret of Steel City (1979)
85 min | Adventure, Sci-Fi
Two scientists use their inherited fortune differently. One designs a beautiful town called Fortuna, while the second builds huge factories to make munitions known as Steel City.
Director: Ludvík Ráza | Stars: Jaromír Hanzlík, Martin Ruzek, Josef Vinklár, Jan Potmesil
Votes: 321
12. Chalupári (1975– )
Comedy
Show about live in a village in Czech republic in the 70's.
Stars: Jirí Sovák, Josef Kemr, Jirina Bohdalová, Josef Vetrovec
Votes: 276
13. 30 prípadu majora Zemana (1975–1980)
Crime, Drama
Stars: Vladimír Brabec, Vladimír Ráz, Ladislav Mrkvicka, Josef Vetrovec
Votes: 246
14. Dobrodruzství kriminalistiky (1989–1998)
Crime, History
Follow the pioneers of criminalistics across four centuries, be a witness to groundbreaking discoveries that forever changed the world of crime-fighting. From fingerprints to forensic ballistics, from Vidocq to Pinkerton.
Stars: Petr Kostka, Pavel Rímský, Radoslav Brzobohatý, Ladislav Potmesil
Votes: 233
15. The Princess and Half the Kingdom (2019 TV Movie)
92 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Director: Karel Janák | Stars: Matous Ruml, Eva Podzimková, Marek Eben, Jakub Prachar
Votes: 160
16. Sanitka (1984– )
660 min | Drama
The ever-changing world and the pulse of human hearts, And every second of this time, someone is dying. And there's always someone with him.
Stars: Jaromír Hanzlík, Tomás Juricka, Zlata Adamovská, Jirí Bartoska
Votes: 138
17. Dva lidi v zoo (1989)
89 min | Comedy
Twin brothers are sent to Grandpa to spend some days. The Grandpa is a vet at a zoo and barely has time or patience to deal with the boys, most of the time the boys just help the animals by feeding, petting or playing their violins.
Director: Marie Polednáková | Stars: Miroslav Machácek, Jirina Jirásková, Martin Morávek, Jan Morávek
Votes: 117
18. Hubert the Smart Boy (1985)
86 min | Comedy, Crime
Hubert Hrabe, known as Smart Boy (Karel Hermánek), is a Prague dandy who is always skirting the edge of the law. Like every likable rogue, he has a worthy adversary - Police Inspector ... See full summary »
Director: Ivo Novák | Stars: Karel Hermánek, Petr Kostka, Josef Somr, Pavel Zednícek
Votes: 112
19. Cuckoo in a Dark Forest (1985)
95 min | Drama, War
A portrait of a Nazi officer, the commander of a concentration camp, touches on the contradictory sides of his personality - on the one hand, a caring, nurturing family man, on the other, a... See full summary »
Director: Antonín Moskalyk | Stars: Miroslava Soucková, Oleg Tabakov, Alicja Jachiewicz, Vilém Besser
Votes: 111
20. A Prague Underworld (1988– )
64 min | Crime
The series Prague Underworld relies on understatement to colorfully depict the history of Czech criminology. Each episode is a precise miniature portrait, full of tragicomic figures: petty ... See full summary »
Stars: Jirí Adamíra, Josef Vinklár, Josef Bláha, Ondrej Havelka
Votes: 107
21. Zlocin v dívcí skole (1966)
107 min | Comedy, Crime
Three short story omnibus. The main hero and connecting link is Lieutenant Boruvka, created by Lubomír Lipsky. He deals with the murder case between climbers, the death of the dancer in the... See full summary »
Directors: Jirí Menzel, Ivo Novák, Ladislav Rychman | Stars: Lubomír Lipský, Jan Preucil, Petr Kostka, Jana Gýrová
Votes: 106
22. My vsichni skolou povinní (1984– )
50 min | Drama, Family
Stars: Miroslav Vladyka, Veronika Zilková, Jirí Bartoska, Jana Sulcová
Votes: 103
23. A Wizard Called Rye (2018 TV Movie)
104 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
The fairy tale tells the story of an orphan, Zito, whose life since birth has brought him many injustices, but only until the widowed devil Filistýna falls in love with him. She enables him... See full summary »
Director: Zdenek Zelenka | Stars: Denis Safarík, Anna Kaderávková, Pavel Kríz, Tatiana Dyková
Votes: 103
24. Pojistovna stestí (2004– )
Family
Stars: Katerina Brozová, Miroslav Etzler, Jirina Jirásková, Nikol Stíbrová
Votes: 103
25. The Swap (2021– )
Comedy, Drama
Two families whose lives become impossibly complicated when they discover that their 6 year old sons were switched at birth. Emotional family drama where the investigation throws up surprises for both families.
Stars: Marta Dancingerová, Marek Adamczyk, Viktor Sekanina, Sabina Remundová
Votes: 97
26. Zlatá labut (2023– )
Drama
Stars: Adam Vacula, Kristyna Ryska, Robert Miklus, Beata Kanokova
Votes: 79
27. Na plovárne (1999– )
23 min | Talk-Show
Stars: Marek Eben, Quincy Jones, Miroslav Ondrícek, Jirí Lábus
Votes: 79
28. Láska (1973)
88 min | Romance
Sixteen-year-old students of a grammar school are supposed to write essays on "Love". The class best student Andrea (Jaroslava Schallerová) writes about a patriotic love to a country as she... See full summary »
Director: Karel Kachyna | Stars: Jaroslava Schallerová, Oldrich Kaiser, Milena Dvorská, Frantisek Velecký
Votes: 69
29. Vsechnopárty (2005– )
Talk-Show
Stars: Karel Síp, Frantisek Cech, Petr Smolka, Karel Gott
Votes: 69
30. Robinsonka (1974)
77 min | Drama, Family
Blazenka likes to imagine she is on a desolate island and has to find a way how to survive. After the death of her mother she stays together with her baby brother and has to take care of ... See full summary »
Director: Karel Kachyna | Stars: Miroslava Safránková, Petr Kostka, Jaroslava Obermaierová, Vladimír Dlouhý
Votes: 66
31. Probuzení (1960)
99 min | Drama, Romance
Jitka, an untrained 16-year-old hairdresser, runs away from the youth home and returns to a group of hooligans led by a young man named Vilda. They all hang out in Prague's arcades and make... See full summary »
Director: Jirí Krejcík | Stars: Jana Brejchová, Jan Smíd, Vladimír Brabec, Marie Brozová
Votes: 62
32. Kolobezka první (1984 TV Movie)
70 min | Comedy, Family, Music
Director: Ludvík Ráza | Stars: Dagmar Patrasová, Jan Censký, Zdena Hadrbolcová, Jitka Molavcová
Votes: 57
33. Snatky z rozumu (1968– )
90 min | Drama, History
Stars: Václav Voska, Vladimír Ráz, Jirí Vala, Jirina Jirásková
Votes: 54
34. We Are Basically Normal (1982)
88 min | Comedy
Loose sequel to the comedy Pátek Není Svátek, which follows the fate of the Novák family.
Director: Otakar Fuka | Stars: Petr Kostka, Jorga Kotrbová, Magdalena Reifová, Magda Bicíková
Votes: 52
35. Narusitel (2019)
Drama
Director: David Balda | Stars: Pavel Neskudla, Jirí Dvorák, Veronika Arichteva, Petr Kostka
Votes: 50
36. Friday Is No Holiday (1980)
83 min | Comedy
It is Friday, and in their flat in a modern Prague housing estate the Novák family are getting ready to go to their weekend wood cabin. As usual, when they get there they quarrel. They are ... See full summary »
Director: Otakar Fuka | Stars: Jorga Kotrbová, Petr Kostka, Magdalena Reifová, Magda Bicíková
Votes: 50
37. Hríchy pro pátera Knoxe (1992– )
Crime
TV criminal series with Zlata Adamovská as singer (and detective) Eva Adamová. Each story contains at least one "sin" against the Decalogue of friar Knox who wrote ten things the good crime... See full summary »
Stars: Zlata Adamovská, Eugen Jegorov, Vladimír Dlouhý, Miroslava Plestilová
Votes: 47
38. StarDance aneb kdyz hvezdy tancí (2006– )
Game-Show
Stars: Marek Eben, Tereza Kostková, Zdenek Chlopcík, Moondance Orchestra
Votes: 44
39. Sanitka II (2013– )
Drama
Continuation of the series about the emergency medical service which was highly popular in the 1980s, featuring some of the original characters - for instance doctor Jandera, his great love... See full summary »
Stars: Jirí Dvorák, Jaromír Hanzlík, Dagmar Havlová, Zlata Adamovská
Votes: 44
40. Oh, Those Murders! (2010– )
Comedy, Crime
Detective stories full of suspense and disguises, peppered with humor The central characters of the plots of all the five episodes are the retired lawyer Kveta Kalendová and her ... See full summary »
Stars: Jirina Bohdalová, Václav Jílek, Frantisek Nemec, Jirí Stepnicka
Votes: 41
41. The Secret of a Great Narrator (1972)
101 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
Alexandre Dumas Sr. is a charming but poor young man who comes to Paris in the 1820s and enters the service of the king. He is hired as a scribe, and from the moment he picks up a pen for the first time, his fate is sealed.
Director: Karel Kachyna | Stars: Martin Stepánek, Petr Stepánek, Otakar Brousek, Jana Hlavácová
Votes: 40
42. Skolni vylet (2012)
90 min | Comedy
A group of former classmates (now in their 70s and 80s) is invited to come to stay at a spa, experiencing lots of surprises, funny situations and even personal drama. At the same time we ... See full summary »
Director: Petr Sícha | Stars: Jana Altmanová, Jan Bendig, Milan Chára, Ivanka Devátá
Votes: 40
43. Synové a dcery Jakuba skláre (1986– )
Drama, History
Stars: Ludek Munzar, Petr Hanicinec, Václav Sloup, Ota Sklencka
Votes: 37
44. Spanilá jizda (1963)
97 min | Drama, History, War
Director: Oldrich Danek | Stars: Petr Kostka, Jirí Vala, Michaela Lohniská, Jaroslav Prucha
Votes: 35
45. Inzenýrská odysea (1979– )
Drama
Stars: Jaroslav Satoranský, Petr Kostka, Michal Docolomanský, Eva Jakoubková
Votes: 35
46. Bakalári (1972– )
Comedy
Stars: Vladimír Mensík, Stella Zázvorková, Ludmila Roubíková, Josef Bláha
Votes: 34
47. Cerní andelé (2001– )
52 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A loose series of thrillers with criminal plot, each narrated from the viewpoint of one of the main characters. There is no central character of a detective, and in many cases even the ... See full summary »
Stars: Hanus Bor, Karel Polisenský, Zuzana Hodkova, Pavel Reznícek
Votes: 34
48. VIP zprávy (2010– )
15 min | Talk-Show
"VIP zprávy" is a brief newsletter that informs viewers about the society in Czech Republic and rest of the world: what is "cool" now, celebrities' new projects, and news in culture.
Stars: Barbora Hlavácková, Lenka Spilarová, Tereza Jemelíková, Lucie Spaková
Votes: 34
49. Splhající profesor (1992 TV Movie)
51 min | Comedy, Crime, Horror
Why does the esteemed Professor Presbury sometimes act like a lunatic? Does his climbing mania have something to do with the late passion with which he developed for the young, charming ... See full summary »
Director: Zdenek Zelenka | Stars: Viktor Preiss, Josef Somr, Petr Kostka, Jan Stastný
Votes: 33
50. Rodinka (2010)
90 min | Comedy
A loose continuation of the legendary television series from Fan Vavrincová. A new encounter with the family members from Taková normální rodinka (1971), who stole the hearts and emotions of millions of viewers in the 70's.
Director: Dusan Klein | Stars: Markéta Dergelová, Petr Forman, Jaromír Hanzlík, Daniela Kolárová
Votes: 33