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1. Mame (1974)
PG | 132 min | Comedy, Musical
Following the death of his father, an orphan is sent to live with his free-spirited aunt.
Director: Gene Saks | Stars: Lucille Ball, Robert Preston, Bea Arthur, Bruce Davison
Votes: 3,475
2. Mother/Android (2021)
R | 110 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
In a post-apocalyptic world rocked by a violent android uprising, a young pregnant woman and her boyfriend desperately search for safety.
Director: Mattson Tomlin | Stars: Chloë Grace Moretz, Algee Smith, Raúl Castillo, Linnea Gardner
Votes: 21,242
3. The Shout (1978)
86 min | Drama, Horror
A traveller by the name of Crossley forces himself upon a musician and his wife in a lonely part of Devon, and uses the aboriginal magic he has learned to displace his host.
Director: Jerzy Skolimowski | Stars: Alan Bates, Susannah York, John Hurt, Robert Stephens
Votes: 5,244
4. Isadora (1968)
M/PG | 131 min | Biography, Drama, Music
A biography of the 1920s dancer Isadora Duncan, who forever changed people's ideas of ballet. Her nude, semi-nude, and pro-Soviet dance projects as well as her attitude and lifestyle shocked the public of her time.
Director: Karel Reisz | Stars: Vanessa Redgrave, James Fox, Jason Robards, John Fraser
Votes: 2,623
5. The Human Voice (2020)
R | 30 min | Short, Drama
A woman watches time passing next to the suitcases of her ex-lover (who is supposed to come pick them up, but never arrives) and a restless dog who doesn't understand that his master has abandoned him. Two living beings facing abandonment.
Director: Pedro Almodóvar | Stars: Tilda Swinton, Agustín Almodóvar, Miguel Almodóvar, Pablo Almodóvar
Votes: 8,730
6. The Last Remake of Beau Geste (1977)
PG | 85 min | Adventure, Comedy, War
An aging Sir Hector Geste (Trevor Howard) takes a young greedy wife who's after his famed Blue Water sapphire, but his sons hide the gem and join the French Foreign Legion in North Africa.
Director: Marty Feldman | Stars: Marty Feldman, Ann-Margret, Michael York, Peter Ustinov
Votes: 2,636
7. The Time of Indifference (2020)
81 min | Drama
based on the novel by Alberto Moravia.
Director: Leonardo Guerra Seràgnoli | Stars: Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Edoardo Pesce, Beatrice Grannò, Vincenzo Crea
Votes: 332
8. R.U.R.
Sci-Fi | Filming
A young woman visits the island factory of Rossum's Universal Robots to emancipate the robots from capitalist exploitation, with catastrophic results. Based on the famous 1920 play by Karel Capek, a satire ever more potent for today.
Director: Alex Proyas | Stars: Mallory Jansen, Lindsay Farris
9. Montparnasse 19 (1958)
Not Rated | 108 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
About the last years of the life of the great artist Modigliani. A poor Italian artist suffering from alcoholism and opium addiction falls in love with Jeanne, a girl from a wealthy family whose parents are categorically against it.
Director: Jacques Becker | Stars: Gérard Philipe, Lilli Palmer, Anouk Aimée, Lila Kedrova
Votes: 1,682
10. Pickup (1951)
Approved | 78 min | Drama, Film-Noir
A lonely widowers life changes when he marries a young woman who resents his frugal ways and hatches a plan to murder him.
Director: Hugo Haas | Stars: Hugo Haas, Beverly Michaels, Allan Nixon, Howland Chamberlain
Votes: 850
11. Berlin Alexanderplatz (2020)
183 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A man from Guinea-Bissau moves to Germany, where he is befriended by a drug dealer and two women.
Director: Burhan Qurbani | Stars: Welket Bungué, Albrecht Schuch, Jella Haase, Annabelle Mandeng
Votes: 3,907
12. Thérèse (2012)
110 min | Drama
An unhappily married woman struggles to break free from social pressures.
Director: Claude Miller | Stars: Audrey Tautou, Gilles Lellouche, Anaïs Demoustier, Catherine Arditi
Votes: 3,905
13. Therese (1962)
109 min | Drama
Unhappy in her marriage to a boring man who doesn't love her, a woman plans to get rid of him by slowly increasing the dosage of his medication.
Director: Georges Franju | Stars: Emmanuelle Riva, Philippe Noiret, Edith Scob, Sami Frey
Votes: 652
14. Time of Indifference (1964)
84 min | Drama
A penniless countess falls in love with a cad, unaware that he is also involved on the side with her beautiful daughter.
Director: Francesco Maselli | Stars: Claudia Cardinale, Rod Steiger, Shelley Winters, Tomas Milian
Votes: 450
15. R.U.R. (1938 TV Movie)
35 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
Technological progress, in the shape of Rossum's Universal Robots, threatens to dominate and wipe out mankind.
Stars: Derek Bond, Harvey Braban, William Lyon Brown, Cherry Cottrell
Votes: 19
16. Vilém Rozkoc (1975 TV Movie)
Drama
Director: Zdenek Kubecek | Stars: Josef Abrhám, Daniela Bartáková, Otto Budín, Slávka Budínová
17. Carry Me Away (2013)
14 min | Short, Drama, Family
A young couple, Adam and Juli comes looking for a fresh start in the big city. She washes dishes all day, while he hands out leaflets on the street. They're bounded by an unusual love. This is the day their secret falls flat.
Director: Cristina Grosan | Stars: Gergely Kovács, Niké Kurta, Ferenc Pusztai, Márton Csukás
Votes: 30
18. I Like Money (1961)
Approved | 97 min | Comedy, Drama
A poor but proud French teacher gets fired after refusing to modify the grades of a rich student. As this could be the opportunity to exploit his honesty, Castel Benac hires Topaze as a managing director for a shady business.
Director: Peter Sellers | Stars: Peter Sellers, Nadia Gray, Herbert Lom, Leo McKern
Votes: 523
19. Thomas the Impostor (1965)
94 min | Drama
In the First World War, when Paris is expected to fall to the Germans, the attractive widow, Princesse de Bormes, organises a convoy of cars to evacuate the wounded from the front, and ... See full summary »
Director: Georges Franju | Stars: Emmanuelle Riva, Jean Servais, Fabrice Rouleau, Sophie Darès
Votes: 340
20. R.U.R.: Genesis (2013)
7 min | Short, Action, Drama
Set in the style of a sexy, alt-history 1969, this adaptation depicts a world populated by genetically engineered workers ("artificials") -- perfect, made-to-order people who lack fundamental rights.
Director: James Kerwin | Stars: Chase Masterson, Kipleigh Brown, James Ellis Lane, Amara Cash
Votes: 32
21. Krakatit (1948)
97 min | Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
After an accidental explosion in the lab, its inventor slips in and out of dream-like hallucinations, realizing that he had given the formula to one of his colleagues, who he tries to stop before it is too late.
Director: Otakar Vávra | Stars: Karel Höger, Florence Marly, Eduard Linkers, Jirí Plachý
Votes: 479
22. 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: 1,628
23. Hell Is a Place on Earth (2022)
10 min | Short, Drama, Horror
A guy starts to face his demons when the world goes into quarantine and he finds himself completely alone and stuck at home. Based on Fernando Pessoa's "The Tobacco Shop".
Director: Frank Okabe | Stars: Enzo Hofmann, Frank Okabe, David Sato
Votes: 426
24. Temné slunce (1980)
135 min | Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi
A remake of the 1948 atomic-age film, "Krakatit", by the same director. A scrupulous scientist is in the throes of a serious ethical dilemma after creating a highly-efficient explosive which may bring immeasurable suffering to mankind.
Director: Otakar Vávra | Stars: Radoslav Brzobohatý, Rudolf Hrusínský, Magda Vásáryová, Jerzy Kamas
Votes: 58
25. Gli indifferenti (1988 TV Movie)
200 min | Drama
It focuses on the Ardengo family entity, once part of the bourgeoisie, but then overwhelmed by a financial crisis. It is Leo Merumeci, a cynical and unscrupulous character, who threatens the family fortune more closely.
Director: Mauro Bolognini | Stars: Liv Ullmann, Peter Fonda, Sophie Ward, Cris Campion
Votes: 30
26. Loss of Feeling (1935)
85 min | Fantasy, Sci-Fi
In an unnamed English-speaking capitalist land, a young engineer invents inexhaustible giant robots to replace the fragile human workers on high-volume assembly-lines, and soon finds his ... See full summary »
Director: Aleksandr Andriyevsky | Stars: Sergei Vecheslov, Vladimir Gardin, Mariya Volgina, Anna Chekulaeva
Votes: 182
27. The Desert of Love (2012 TV Movie)
96 min | Drama
A film adaptation of the novel of Francois Mauriac about a maitresse who lost her son and who becomes the object of desire for the doctor who was not able to rescue her son and at the same time for the doctor's son, which lead to a drama.
Director: Jean-Daniel Verhaeghe | Stars: Emmanuelle Béart, Didier Bezace, Mathieu Spinosi, Catherine Mouchet
Votes: 43
28. Horror Story (1993)
99 min | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
The film is based on the book of the same title (A Sanguinary Novel) by the very individual Czech painter, typographer, author and philosopher Josef Vachal, who squeezed adventure, love, ... See full summary »
Director: Jaroslav Brabec | Stars: Ondrej Pavelka, Klára Jirsáková, Raoul Schránil, Jakub Saic
Votes: 129
29. Hlidac c.47 (2008)
108 min | Drama, Thriller
A WW I veteran still haunted by his time in the trenches settles in a small town to work for the railroad company. His pretty wife attracts the attention of the lonely young gravedigger.
Director: Filip Renc | Stars: Karel Roden, Lucia Siposová, Václav Jirácek, Vladimír Dlouhý
Votes: 295
30. Zlocin na poste (1980 TV Movie)
43 min | Crime, Drama
Helenka, a popular clerk at the village post office, is accused of embezzlement. A check reveals that she is 200 crowns short and the girl commits suicide. Her protector and friend, ... See full summary »
Director: Jaroslav Dudek | Stars: Vladimír Mensík, Milena Steinmasslová, Pavel Zednícek, Josef Abrhám
Votes: 17
31. El juguete rabioso (1984)
105 min | Drama
Silvio, a young poet and inventor, struggles to find employment and to give meaning to his life.
Directors: Aníbal Di Salvo, José María Paolantonio | Stars: Pablo Cedrón, Julio De Grazia, Cipe Lincovsky, Osvaldo Terranova
Votes: 55
32. R.U.R. (1948 TV Movie)
60 min | Sci-Fi
A story of robots leading a revolution against their human creators. It explored dehumanization through technology and the failure of a technologically driven utopia.
Director: Jan Bussell | Stars: Anthony Eustrel, Eugene Leahy, Derek Tansley, Maurice Bannister
33. Retsept yeyo molodosti (1983)
92 min | Comedy, Musical
A musical comedy based on the play by K. Capek "The Makropulos Affair". A fantastic longevity story of a famous actress. She looks 30 - in fact, about three hundred. The secret of her youth is in a special potion invented a long time ago.
Director: Evgeniy Ginzburg | Stars: Lyudmila Gurchenko, Oleg Borisov, Aleksandr Abdulov, Anatoliy Romashin
Votes: 90
34. Hovory s TGM (2018)
80 min | Biography, Drama, History
On 26 September 1928, Karel Capek and President T.G. Masaryk meet in the gardens of Topolcianky castle to decide about the fate of their joint literary work. Their fiction film dialogue is ... See full summary »
Director: Jakub Cervenka | Stars: Jan Budar, Martin Huba
Votes: 176
35. Sredstvo Makropulosa (1979 TV Movie)
126 min | Comedy
The Makropulos remedy is an elixir of longevity, the possibility of which becomes for the heroes of the play a test of their human viability.
Directors: Maya Markova, Vladimir Monakhov | Stars: Nelli Kornienko, Vladimir Kenigson, Aleksandr Ovchinnikov, Eduard Martsevich
Votes: 16
36. R.U.R. (1976 TV Movie)
Sci-Fi
Technological progress, in the shape of Rossum's Universal Robots, threatens to dominate and wipe out mankind.
Director: László Marton | Stars: Péter Balázs, Karola Csürös, Judit Halász, Gábor Mádi Szabó
37. Tonka Sibenice (1930)
85 min | Drama
A prostitute in an act of pity is keeping chaste company with a condemned man through the night before he is to be hung.
Director: Karl Anton | Stars: Ita Rina, Vera Baranovskaya, Josef Rovenský, Antonie Nedosinská
Votes: 166
38. The Outsider (II) (2019)
11 min | Short, Mystery
A desperate loner who has grown up with a butterfly and the Bible for company seizes his chance and makes good his escape only to face his worst fears head-on at an all-nighter in the company of strangers.
Director: Ludvig Gür | Stars: Kola Krauze, Magnus Lennartsson, Anna Guldkula, Daniel Diegelman
Votes: 87
39. Periferie (2017 TV Movie)
150 min | Crime, Drama
Director: Martin Huba | Stars: Igor Bares, Vojtech Bartos, Andrea Cerná, Tomás Dastlík
40. Za krásu (2021 Video)
77 min | Comedy, Drama
Director: Daniel Spinar | Stars: Pavlína Balner, Katerina Cisarova, Michala Gatialová, Anezka Hessová
41. Dum na predmesti (1933)
89 min
Director: Miroslav Cikán | Stars: Antonie Nedosinská, Hugo Haas, Hana Vítová, Jindrich Plachta
Votes: 27
42. Spravedlnost pro Selvina (1968 TV Movie)
70 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A dark comedy about a man who, against his will, dedicated his life to the fight for justice.
Director: Jirí Weiss | Stars: Rudolf Hrusínský, Klaus Schwarzkopf, Jirina Sejbalová, Míla Myslíková
Votes: 41
43. Capek's Tales (1947)
106 min | Crime, Drama
Five crime stories connected by the narration of police superintendent Bartosek.
Director: Martin Fric | Stars: Jaroslav Prucha, Jaroslav Marvan, Lída Chválová, Frantisek Kovárík
Votes: 70
44. Hlidac c.47 (1937)
71 min | Drama
Young village shopkeeper Ferda Zuska wants to throw himself in front of a train because his girl has married another man. At the last moment he is saved by the railway watchman Dousa and ... See full summary »
Director: Josef Rovenský | Stars: Milka Balek-Brodská, Julius Batha, Ladislav Bohác, Jaroslav Bráska
Votes: 33
45. Roztomilý clovek (1941)
86 min | Comedy
Editor Viktor Bláha is a notorious prankster. He likes to make up crazy stories and likes to have fun at the expense of his surroundings. Until one day he meets a cute girl who has an ... See full summary »
Director: Martin Fric | Stars: Oldrich Nový, Ladislav Pesek, Natasa Gollová, Lída Chválová
Votes: 153
46. Krakatit (2017 TV Movie)
105 min | Drama, Music, Sci-Fi
About a chemist who is able to produce exceptionally powerful explosive. He calls it "Krakatit," after the Indonesian volcano Krakatoa. A special feature of Krakatit is that erupts seemingly without cause.
Directors: Blazena Honcarivová, Alice Nellis | Stars: Karel Hábl, Zuzana Krónerová, Klára Lidová, Lenka Smídová
47. Kanón (2016)
10 min | Animation, Short, Fantasy
Based on the novel "Adam Stvoritel" by Karel Capek: angry at the world for its imperfections, Adam destroys everything except himself. God, as punishment, lets Adam rebuild the world to his whim and will.
Director: Mahiro Maeda
Votes: 38
48. Klapzubova XI. (1938)
93 min | Comedy, Sport
Director: Ladislav Brom | Stars: Theodor Pistek, Antonie Nedosinská, Jan Sebor, Hana Vítová
Votes: 63
49. Destins (1965 TV Movie)
Director: Pierre Cardinal | Stars: Alice Sapritch, Robert Tzakiri, Jean-François Poron, Régine Blaess
50. Obrácení Ferdyse Pistory (1967 TV Movie)
101 min | Comedy
Director: Miloslav Zachata | Stars: Josef Bek, Ivanka Devátá, Frantisek Filipovský, Hana Houbová