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1. The Queen's Gambit (2020)
TV-MA | 57 min | Drama
Orphaned at the tender age of nine, prodigious introvert Beth Harmon discovers and masters the game of chess in 1960s USA. But child stardom comes at a price.
Stars: Anya Taylor-Joy, Chloe Pirrie, Bill Camp, Marcin Dorocinski
Votes: 553,626
2. Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006)
R | 147 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy
Jean-Baptiste Grenouille, born with a superior olfactory sense, creates the world's finest perfume. His work, however, takes a dark turn as he searches for the ultimate scent.
Director: Tom Tykwer | Stars: Ben Whishaw, Dustin Hoffman, Alan Rickman, Francesc Albiol
Votes: 265,818 | Gross: $2.22M
3. Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile (2019)
R | 110 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
A chronicle of the crimes of Ted Bundy from the perspective of Liz, his longtime girlfriend, who refused to believe the truth about him for years.
Director: Joe Berlinger | Stars: Lily Collins, Zac Efron, Angela Sarafyan, Sydney Vollmer
Votes: 103,460
4. The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988)
R | 171 min | Drama, Romance
Central Europe, 1968: A Czech doctor with an active sex life meets a woman who wants monogamy, and then the Soviet invasion further disrupts their lives.
Director: Philip Kaufman | Stars: Daniel Day-Lewis, Juliette Binoche, Lena Olin, Derek de Lint
Votes: 38,649 | Gross: $10.01M
5. The Quiet Earth (1985)
R | 91 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
A scientist awakens to find himself alone in the world. In a desperate attempt to search for others, he finds only two who have their own agenda.
Director: Geoff Murphy | Stars: Bruno Lawrence, Alison Routledge, Pete Smith, Anzac Wallace
Votes: 27,634 | Gross: $2.12M
6. Beau-père (1981)
13+ | 123 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
After her mother dies, fourteen-year-old Marion falls in love with her stepfather, Remy.
Director: Bertrand Blier | Stars: Patrick Dewaere, Ariel Besse, Maurice Ronet, Geneviève Mnich
Votes: 3,708
7. The Cabbage Soup (1981)
102 min | Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
2 buddy farmers are visited by aliens who like their domestic cabbage soup.
Director: Jean Girault | Stars: Louis de Funès, Jean Carmet, Jacques Villeret, Claude Gensac
Votes: 9,580
8. Cop Au Vin (1985)
Not Rated | 110 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
In a small provincial French town, Dr Morasseau, Mr Lavoisier and butcher Filiol decide to create a significant estate business but Mrs Cuno and her son Louis do not want to sell their house. Louis presumably provokes the death of Filiol.
Director: Claude Chabrol | Stars: Jean Poiret, Stéphane Audran, Michel Bouquet, Jean Topart
Votes: 2,233
9. Creator (1985)
R | 107 min | Comedy, Romance, Sci-Fi
An eccentric scientist teaches a student in his own manner while he looks for a way to clone his deceased wife.
Director: Ivan Passer | Stars: Peter O'Toole, Mariel Hemingway, Vincent Spano, Virginia Madsen
Votes: 3,511 | Gross: $5.35M
10. Everybody Wins (1990)
R | 97 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Angela (Debra Winger) hires/lures a P.I. (Nick Nolte) to prove a convicted teenager is innocent of his uncle's murder.
Director: Karel Reisz | Stars: Debra Winger, Nick Nolte, Will Patton, Judith Ivey
Votes: 1,374 | Gross: $1.37M
11. Deadly Circuit (1983)
120 min | Crime, Mystery, Romance
A P.I. is obsessed with a cute woman, who seduces and kills rich men around W. Europe.
Director: Claude Miller | Stars: Michel Serrault, Isabelle Adjani, Guy Marchand, Stéphane Audran
Votes: 2,674
12. Looking for Eileen (1987)
98 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
After his wife Marjan has died in a car crash, Philip de Wit becomes a total wreck. Only after months does he return to a more or less normal life and even then he only works in his wife's ... See full summary »
Director: Rudolf van den Berg | Stars: Thom Hoffman, Lysette Anthony, Marijke Veugelers, John van Dreelen
Votes: 412
13. Skalpel, prosím (1985)
114 min | Drama
Director: Jirí Svoboda | Stars: Miroslav Machácek, Jana Brejchová, Radoslav Brzobohatý, Barbara Brylska
Votes: 98
14. Killer Kid (1994)
90 min | Drama, War
A Lebanese kid is sent to France on a terrorist mission for "Allah's Army". An Lebanese French kid becomes involved unwittingly. A bond develops between the two, while they become alienated... See full summary »
Director: Gilles de Maistre | Stars: Tewfik Jallab, Younesse Boudache, Salah Teskouk, Fatiha Cheriguene
Votes: 238
15. Sakalí léta (1993)
110 min | Comedy, Musical
A period musical comedy set in a quiet Prague quarter at the end of the fifties. Using the western plot device of the "man from nowhere" a generation gap story unfolds of changing social ... See full summary »
Director: Jan Hrebejk | Stars: Jakub Spalek, Martin Dejdar, Josef Abrhám, Sylva Tománková
Votes: 455
16. Too Loud a Solitude (2007)
Animation, Drama
Based on the beloved novella by Bohumil Hrabal, and containing all the magic still present in the twisted streets of Old Town Prague, TOO LOUD A SOLITUDE spins a tale of passion, beauty, ... See full summary »
Director: Genevieve Anderson | Stars: Paul Giamatti, Frank Dwyer
Votes: 39
17. Springen (1986)
105 min | Comedy, Thriller
"Semper Vivax" is not just another retirement home. The guests there get their best real-life memories played out for them.
Director: Jean-Pierre De Decker | Stars: Herbert Flack, Mark Verstraete, Maya van den Broecke, Tine Balder
Votes: 142
18. Kapitán Exner (2017– )
55 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Stars: Michal Dlouhý, Jan Vondrácek, David Novotný, Vica Kerekes
Votes: 49
19. Prítelkyne z domu smutku (1992)
70 min | Drama
Stars: Ivana Chýlková, Jirina Bohdalová, Pavel Nový, Veronika Zilková
Votes: 100
20. 'Babicky dobíjejte presne!' (1984)
101 min | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
A family purchases a home robot designed to look like a grandmum. Their neighbours immediately buy a more expensivve model as the two families always try to up the other one. Both grandmums... See full synopsis »
Director: Ladislav Rychman | Stars: Jirí Lábus, Daniela Kolárová, Libuse Havelková, Jana Dítetová
Votes: 144
21. Une trop bruyante solitude (1996)
110 min | Comedy, Drama
Director: Véra Caïs | Stars: Philippe Noiret, Jean-Claude Dreyfus, Vlastimil Brodský, Jirí Menzel
Votes: 59
22. Les eaux dormantes (1992)
96 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Whatever happened to my father?
Director: Jacques Tréfouel | Stars: Philippe Caroit, Ludmila Mikaël, Danièle Delorme, Michel Galabru
Votes: 34
23. Muka obraznosti (1990)
120 min | Comedy, Romance
It tells the story of an enthusiastic young man who goes to work in a textile factory in the late 1950s and takes it for granted that a promising career awaits him.
Director: Vladimír Drha | Stars: Jirí Pomeje, Dagmar Bláhová, Jirí Bartoska, Pavel Pípal
Votes: 19
24. Mravenci nesou smrt (1986)
82 min | Crime
Drugs from West Berlin are smuggled into Karlovy Vary, through several arranged intermediaries. One of the prominent members of the criminal organization is the elegant Eva Krausová. ... See full summary »
Director: Zbynek Brynych | Stars: Josef Vinklár, Jan Kanyza, Rudolf Jelínek, Jirí Zahajský
Votes: 34
25. Haute Pierre (2002 TV Movie)
90 min
Director: Jean-Yves Pitoun | Stars: Jules Sitruk, Marie Matheron, Yvon Back, Justine Perez
Votes: 12
26. Krajina s nábytkem (1987)
93 min | Comedy
Zdenek, a nineteen-year-old conservatory student, meets the girl Eva again after a carefree holiday. Eva is one of his casual acquaintances and is expecting a child. Although Zdenek ... See full summary »
Director: Karel Smyczek | Stars: Vladimír Javorský, Yvetta Kornová, Petr Cepek, Marcela Martínková
Votes: 58
27. Nadeje má hluboké dno (1988 TV Movie)
80 min | Comedy, Drama
Director: Jaromil Jires | Stars: Jana Dítetová, Vlastimil Brodský, Ivan Trojan, Veronika Zilková
Votes: 8
28. Operace me dcery (1986)
84 min | Drama
A car accident occurs and Dusan's teenage daughter Milena gets very seriously injured. To add insult to injury, Dusan is unable to donate a kidney when he finds out he is not Milena's ... See full summary »
Director: Ivo Novák | Stars: Klára Pollertová, Jana Sulcová, Vlastimil Harapes, Jan Kacer
Votes: 22
29. Haprdáns (1988 TV Movie)
90 min | Drama
Directors: Jirí Vercák, Ivan Vyskocil | Stars: Vlasta Spicnerová, Ivan Vyskocil
30. Cesta Karla IV. do Francie a zpet (1981 TV Movie)
97 min | Comedy, History
Director: Frantisek Laurin | Stars: Ota Sklencka, Jaroslav Drbohlav, Jirí Klem, Ruzena Merunková
31. O panence Blazence (1986)
10 min | Animation, Family, Fantasy
Stars: Zora Jandová, Ladislava Kozderková
32. Racajda (1989 TV Movie)
76 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Director: Evzen Sokolovský | Stars: Gabriela Wilhelmová, Rudolf Hrusínský, Petr Nározný
Votes: 13
33. Prezident a andel (1992 TV Movie)
73 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Director: Jitka Nemcová | Stars: Miroslav Donutil, Vladimír Marek, Bolek Polívka, Josef Somr
34. Master of Ceremonies (1996)
90 min | Comedy, Drama
Director: Jirí Vercák | Stars: Jan Hrusínský, Jana Paulová, Jana Svandová, Olga Schmidtová
Votes: 28
35. Ohnostroj v Aspern (1987 TV Movie)
Comedy, Drama
Director: Pavel Hása | Stars: Kveta Fialová, Svatopluk Benes, Petr Cepek, Jirí Kodet
36. Jedno jaro v Parízi aneb Krvavá Henrieta (1989 TV Movie)
127 min | Musical
Director: Jaroslav Dudek | Stars: Miroslav Babuský, Jirina Bohdalová, Jaromír Hanzlík, Dagmar Havlová
37. Vrazda ve varieté (1982 TV Movie)
Comedy, Crime, Musical
Director: Milan Macku | Stars: Ladislava Kozderková, Ladislav Zupanic
38. Sasek a královna (1985 TV Movie)
102 min | Comedy
Directors: Jirí Belka, Bolek Polívka | Stars: Jirí Pfeifer, Bolek Polívka, Chantal Poullain, Petra Spalková
39. Tonka Sibenice (2011 TV Movie)
61 min | Drama, Fantasy
Director: Jaroslav Dusek | Stars: Iveta Dusková, Jitka Sedlácková
40. Navstívení (1994 TV Movie)
61 min | Drama
Director: Anna Procházková | Stars: Nela Boudová, Milena Dvorská, Ivana Jiresová, Barbora Leichnerová
41. Commedia finita (2023 TV Movie)
76 min | Comedy, Drama
Director: Ludmila Engelová | Stars: Dana Cerná, Milena Sajdkova, Daniela Kolárová, Marie Málková
42. O babe hladové (1990 TV Movie)
33 min | Comedy, Drama, Horror
Director: Jitka Nemcová | Stars: Ivana Chýlková, Tomás Frágner, Dagmar Havlová, Bolek Polívka
43. Dr. Johann Faust, Praha II., Karlovo nám. 40 (1982 TV Movie)
Comedy, Fantasy, Musical
Director: Jirí Menzel | Stars: Svatopluk Benes, Vera Kresadlová, Jitka Molavcová, Jirí Datel Novotný
44. About the Tap Who Sang at the Opera (1990)
8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Story about a hard way to the stage. Our hero gives up his job in a restaurant to find fame on fortune at the opera. will he succeed?
Directors: Adolf Born, Jaroslav Doubrava | Stars: Marek Eben, Ludek Vele, Jitka Molavcová, Ondrej Havelka
Votes: 9
45. Morská panna (1981)
9 min | Short
Director: Magdaléna Pivonková | Stars: Ilja Racek, Vladimír Kratina, Jan Kreidl, Jaroslav Vozáb
47. Nekdo to rád horror (1984 TV Movie)
66 min | Comedy
Directors: Jirí Belka, Martin Hoffmeister | Stars: Ivana Cosová, Hana Cízková, Boris Hybner, Marketa Sebestakova
48. Detinské hry dospelých (1990 TV Movie)
58 min | Comedy, Drama
Director: Frantisek Filip | Stars: Josef Abrhám, Jana Krausová, Eva Jakoubková, Radoslav Brzobohatý
49. Franz a Felice (1992 TV Movie)
77 min | Drama
Director: Zdenek Potuzil | Stars: Lubos Veselý, Tereza Roglová, Jana Brezinová, Tereza Brodská
50. La faute (1994)
14 min | Short
Director: Karel Prokop | Stars: Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu, Christophe Prévost, Daniel Prévost, Maximilien Regiani