Czech films
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1. 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: 13,831 | Gross: $3.27M
2. The Shop on Main Street (1965)
Not Rated | 128 min | Drama, War
A carpenter in the Fascist Slovak State is appointed "Aryan controller" of a Jewish widow's store.
Directors: Ján Kadár, Elmar Klos | Stars: Ida Kaminska, Jozef Kroner, Frantisek Zvarík, Hana Slivková
Votes: 9,719
3. Loves of a Blonde (1965)
Not Rated | 88 min | Comedy, Romance, Drama
A factory manager in rural Czechoslovakia bargains with the army to send men to the area, to boost the morale of his young female workers, deprived of male company since the local boys have... See full summary »
Director: Milos Forman | Stars: Hana Brejchová, Vladimír Pucholt, Vladimír Mensík, Josef Sebánek
Votes: 9,356
4. 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: 8,190 | Gross: $0.62M
5. My Sweet Little Village (1985)
PG | 98 min | Comedy
The life of a small village runs on its own.
Director: Jirí Menzel | Stars: János Bán, Marián Labuda, Rudolf Hrusínský, Rudolf Hrusínský
Votes: 4,836
6. Larks on a String (1969)
94 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Set in the late 1940s, the film concerns the treatment of suspect "bourgeois elements", a professor, a saxophonist, and a milkman, who are put to work in a junkyard for rehabilitation.
Director: Jirí Menzel | Stars: Rudolf Hrusínský, Vlastimil Brodský, Václav Neckár, Jitka Zelenohorská
Votes: 2,179
7. 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: 2,712
8. The Firemen's Ball (1967)
Not Rated | 73 min | Comedy, Drama
A volunteer fire department throws a party for their former boss with the whole town invited, but nothing goes as planned.
Director: Milos Forman | Stars: Jan Vostrcil, Josef Sebánek, Josef Valnoha, Frantisek Debelka
Votes: 12,176
9. 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: 1,623
10. The Snowdrop Festivities (1984)
83 min | Comedy, Drama
This movie is based on texts of Bohumil Hrabal, world-known Czech prosaic. It's a story (in a form of a mosaic of short episodes and pictures) about the sadness and happiness of inhabitants... See full summary »
Director: Jirí Menzel | Stars: Rudolf Hrusínský, Jaromír Hanzlík, Josef Somr, Petr Cepek
Votes: 1,640
11. 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: 3,231
12. Ecce homo Homolka (1970)
83 min | Comedy
It is a beautiful Sunday and the Homolka family are having a picnic in a forest not far from Prague. The grandfather and grandmother have settled comfortably in the grass, their son Ludva ... See full summary »
Director: Jaroslav Papousek | Stars: Josef Sebánek, Marie Motlová, Frantisek Husák, Helena Ruzicková
Votes: 709
13. Hogo fogo Homolka (1971)
78 min | Comedy
The Homolka family celebrates a great occasion: they were finally able to buy a car. They immediately begin to drive for small trips to Hradcany, to the airport, and plan further trips. ... See full summary »
Director: Jaroslav Papousek | Stars: Marie Motlová, Josef Sebánek, Helena Ruzicková, Frantisek Husák
Votes: 378
14. Homolka a tobolka (1972)
85 min | Comedy
The husband and wife Ludva and Hedus Homolkas with their twins Péta and Máta and Ludva's parents - the granny and grandpa - arrive in the snowy Spindleruv Mlýn for a holiday. They promise ... See full summary »
Director: Jaroslav Papousek | Stars: Josef Sebánek, Marie Motlová, Helena Ruzicková, Frantisek Husák
Votes: 357
15. Pasti, pasti, pasticky (1998)
124 min | Drama, Comedy
After two troubled but powerful men rape a young hitchhiker who happens to be a vet, she drugs them and remove their testicles.
Director: Vera Chytilová | Stars: Zuzana Stivínová, Miroslav Donutil, Tomás Hanák, Milan Lasica
Votes: 494
16. Daisies (1966)
Not Rated | 75 min | Comedy
After realizing that all world is spoiled, Marie and Marie are committed to be spoiled themselves. They rip off older men, feast in lavish meals and do all kinds of mischief. But what is all this leading to?
Director: Vera Chytilová | Stars: Ivana Karbanová, Jitka Cerhová, Marie Cesková, Jirina Myskova
Votes: 15,353
17. The Inheritance or Fuckoffguysgoodday (1992)
120 min | Comedy
A hillbilly inherits millions and goes to the city, leaving his village to live a rich man's life in post-communist Czechia.
Director: Vera Chytilová | Stars: Bolek Polívka, Miroslav Donutil, Anna Pantuckova, Jozef Kroner
Votes: 2,627
18. Díky za kazdé nové ráno (1994)
100 min | Comedy
This film is about life of a family, which lived in Prague since since 1968 to 1980. Father of the family comes from Ukraine and so every year someone from Ukraine to visit this family and ... See full summary »
Director: Milan Steindler | Stars: Ivana Chýlková, Franciszek Pieczka, Alena Vránová, Tereza Brodská
Votes: 290
19. Príbehy obycejného sílenství (2005)
100 min | Comedy, Drama
A black comedy based on director Petr Zelenka's successful stage play. It treats a simple theme: Jana has left Petr (Ivan Trojan), a boy 'who's not doing very well at the moment,' and he ... See full summary »
Director: Petr Zelenka | Stars: Ivan Trojan, Zuzana Sulajová, Zuzana Stivínová, Miroslav Krobot
Votes: 1,744
20. Slunce, seno a pár facek (1989)
128 min | Comedy
A love between two young people in Czech province is at danger because of a rumour, that causes hatred between their neighbouring families.
Director: Zdenek Troska | Stars: Helena Ruzicková, Stanislav Tríska, Veronika Kánská, Martin Sotola
Votes: 1,299
21. Slunce, seno, jahody (1984)
83 min | Comedy
The life of a small Czech village is suddenly in turmoil when a college student, Simon, arrives, who is introducing revolutionary innovations in dairy farming.
Director: Zdenek Troska | Stars: Pavel Kikincuk, Bronek Cerny, Veronika Kánská, Petra Pysová
Votes: 1,569
22. Slunce, seno, erotika (1991)
103 min | Comedy
A mixed group of Czech tourists takes a fun-filled coach tour of sunny Italy.
Director: Zdenek Troska | Stars: Jaroslava Kretschmerová, Petra Pysová, Oldrich Kaiser, Martin Dejdar
Votes: 1,060
23. The Ride (1994)
90 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Two guys bought a car and travelled through the country until they met a lonely girl on the road. So they begin to travel together having so much fun. And there is another guy who has a ... See full summary »
Director: Jan Sverák | Stars: Anna Geislerová, Radek Pastrnák, Filip Renc, Jakub Spalek
Votes: 1,135
24. Buttoners (1997)
102 min | Comedy
Twist of fate and the twists of mind of the characters (mostly couples) combine in just the right twinkled absurd way in the interweaving episodes of this comedy. Each of the characters ... See full summary »
Director: Petr Zelenka | Stars: Pavel Zajicek, Jan Haubert, Seisuke Tsukahara, Motohiro Hosoya
Votes: 1,807
25. The Cremator (1969)
Not Rated | 95 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Set in Central Europe during World War II, a demented cremator believes cremation relieves earthly suffering and sets out to save the world.
Director: Juraj Herz | Stars: Rudolf Hrusínský, Vlasta Chramostová, Jana Stehnová, Milos Vognic
Votes: 10,754
26. Madárkák (1971)
78 min | Comedy, Drama
Director: Géza Böszörményi | Stars: Ila Schütz, Ildikó Bánsági, György Cserhalmi, Lajos Öze
Votes: 36
27. 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: 5,386 | Gross: $1.32M
28. 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: 16,212 | Gross: $5.73M
29. 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: 5,046
30. I Dutifully Report (1958)
91 min | Comedy, War
Sequel of the adaptation of the famous satiric tale of well-intending soldier Schweik by Jaroslav Hasek.
Director: Karel Steklý | Stars: Rudolf Hrusínský, Svatopluk Benes, Jaroslav Marvan, Milos Nedbal
Votes: 815
31. Dobrý voják Svejk (1957)
108 min | War, Comedy
Mrs Müllerova (E. Svobodova) informs her tenant Svejk (R. Hrusinsky) about the recent assassination of Archduke Ferdinand. Svejk heads out to the local pub unaware that a secret police ... See full summary »
Director: Karel Steklý | Stars: Rudolf Hrusínský, Svatopluk Benes, Frantisek Filipovský, Josef Hlinomaz
Votes: 1,456
32. 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: 6,162
33. Intimate Lighting (1965)
TV-PG | 71 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
One of the most important films of the Czech New Wave 60s, it was ranked among the top ten domestic films of all time. In this original sad comedy set in a small town, two classmates meet ... See full summary »
Director: Ivan Passer | Stars: Karel Blazek, Zdenek Bezusek, Vera Kresadlová, Jan Vostrcil
Votes: 1,657
34. 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
35. 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: 429
36. 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: 4,617
37. 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
38. Case for a Rookie Hangman (1970)
107 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Lemuel Gulliver (Lubomír Kostelka) has had a car accident and continues his journey across the unknown countryside on foot. On the road he finds a dead rabbit dressed like a man and takes a... See full summary »
Director: Pavel Jurácek | Stars: Lubomír Kostelka, Klára Jerneková, Milena Zahrynowska, Radovan Lukavský
Votes: 692
39. The Painted Bird (2019)
Unrated | 169 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
A young Jewish boy somewhere in Eastern Europe seeks refuge during World War II where he encounters many different characters.
Director: Václav Marhoul | Stars: Petr Kotlár, Nina Sunevic, Alla Sokolova, Stanislav Bilyi
Votes: 7,595
40. Kajínek (2010)
118 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Deals with the most famous criminal in Czech Republic, the lawyer who continuously tries to free him; the circle of people on both sides of the law who want to keep him in jail and his infamous escape from prison.
Director: Petr Jákl | Stars: Tatiana Dyková, Konstantin Lavronenko, Vladimír Dlouhý, Boguslaw Linda
Votes: 937
41. Pohádky pro Emu (2016)
112 min | Comedy, Romance
The protagonist is a lonely 40-year-old Petr, who works as an immigration officer in London. He returns to Prague when a woman, who dies in hospital after a car accident, calls him the father of her eight-year-old daughter Ema.
Director: Rudolf Havlik | Stars: Ondrej Vetchý, Anna Geislerová, Ema Svábenská, Vilma Cibulková
Votes: 195
42. Uzly a pomerance (2019)
92 min | Drama, Family, Romance
In love with a girl that smells of oranges while in a complicated relationship with his father, Darek is gentle, strong and devoted to his little sister and their herd of horses. Darek's ... See full summary »
Director: Ivan Pokorný | Stars: Tomás Dalecký, Emilie Neumeister, Stanislav Majer, Steffen Groth
Votes: 75
43. 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: 1,582
44. The Lady Terrorist (2019)
Not Rated | 95 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
An elderly woman decides to act on her own with a rifle as she gets fed up with injustice.
Director: Radek Bajgar | Stars: Iva Janzurová, Martin Hofmann, Tatiana Dyková, Pavel Liska
Votes: 483
45. 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: 472
46. Zena za pultem (1977–1978)
58 min | Comedy, Family, Romance
Stars: Jirina Svorcová, Vladimír Mensík, Petr Hanicinec, Jana Bousková
Votes: 186
47. 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
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