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Things I Never Told You (1996)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Spain, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Ann and Don are two people caught in a somber existence who cross paths by accident and whose only true ambition is to care and feel.
Style: heartbreaking, independent film, realistic, semi serious, humorous ...
Plot: loser, woman, breakup, love and romance, innocence lost, couples, looking for love, down on your luck, nudity, fate, porn, restaurant ...
Time: 90s
Place: prague, sicily, oregon
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 4.6
 320
Armageddon (1997)
Genre: Fantasy, Action, Comedy, Horror
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 117 min.
Story: The world's ten most influential scientists are being mysteriously killed, one by one, spontaneously combusted, microwaved to death, or otherwise. Another scientist, software prodigy Dr. Ken, searches for clues to these bizarre happenings only ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, exciting, scary
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: ghost, violent content, save the world, prodigy, supernatural ability, rivalry, race against time, imaginary, danger, supernatural, chaos, secret movement ...
Place: china, prague, hong kong, czech republic
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 6.1
 926
Agent 8 3/4 (1964)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A young man travels to Prague for his new employer, unaware that he is being used as an espionage courier.
Style: parody, political thriller, not serious, realistic, humorous ...
Plot: spy, cold war, espionage, farce, secret agent, james bond spoof, danger, heroes, escapades, state affairs, undercover, disorder ...
Time: 60s, 20th century
Place: prague, czech republic, europe, czechoslovakia, central europe
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 7.1
 2K
The Joke (1969)
Genre: Drama
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 80 min.
Story: In the 1950s, Ludvik Jahn was expelled from the Communist Party and the University by his fellow students, because of a politically incorrect note he sent to his girlfriend. Fifteen years later, he tries to get his revenge by seducing Helena, the ...
Style: disturbing, experimental, controversial, avant garde, semi serious ...
Plot: communist, communism, politics, renaissance, totalitarian regime, age-gap relationship, election, radical, exile, revenge, adultery, communist party ...
Time: 20th century, 1940s, year 1969, 50s, year 1949 ...
Place: eastern europe, prague, central europe, czech republic
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 8.0
 11K
The Cremator (1969)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Kopfrkingl enjoys his job at a crematorium in Czechoslovakia in the late 1930s. He likes reading the Tibetan book of the dead, and espouses the view that cremation relieves earthly suffering.
Style: dark comedy, surreal, black comedy, gothic, scary ...
Plot: crematorium, world war two, insanity, murder, surrealism, anti semitism, father murders son, death, mental disorder, arthouse horror, funeral, female nudity ...
Time: 1930s, year 1969, 20th century, year 1938
Place: czech republic, eastern europe, czechoslovakia, ussr, prague ...
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Hidden Assassin (1995)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Czech Republic, UK, France, Spain, USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: A CIA agent gets caught up in political intrigue after he gets brought in to solve the murder of a Cuban ambassador.
Style: independent film, exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: spy, hitman, assassination, terrorism, die hard, 007, political conspiracy, undercover agent, assassin, murder, espionage, assassination attempt ...
Time: 90s
Place: prague, czech republic, new york, europe, cuba ...
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 6.5
 235K
The Gray Man (2022)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, Czech Republic, UK, Canada, Thailand, Denmark, France, Cambodia, Vietnam
Duration: 122 min.
Story: When a shadowy CIA agent uncovers damning agency secrets, he's hunted across the globe by a sociopathic rogue operative who's put a bounty on his head.
Style: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, action thriller ...
Plot: agent, cia, assassin, gunfight, hitman, fight, murder, mission, female warrior, killer, murderer, cia agent ...
Time: future, 2000s, year 2003, 2020s
Place: prague, central europe, europe, thailand, hong kong ...
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 7.5
 2K
The Sleepers (2019)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: In this spy thriller, Marie and her husband Victor return from exile to Czechoslovakia on the cusp of the Velvet Revolution — but when the couple gets in a car accident, Marie wakes up from a coma to find her husband mysteriously gone.
Style: neo noir, tense, psychological, captivating, disturbing
Plot: spy, investigation, secret police, propaganda, female protagonist, female nudity, espionage, hitman, car, spy thriller, russophobia, violin ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: czechoslovakia, prague, europe, central europe
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Smiles of sad men (2018)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A writer gets into a rehab where he meets a lot of successful men who destroyed their lives with alcohol.
Style: captivating, humorous, psychological, compassionate, melancholic ...
Plot: alcoholic, addiction, rehabilitation, friendship between men, drunken man, female doctor, group therapy, doctor, therapy, friendship, writers, recovery ...
Place: europe, prague, central europe
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 6.8
 137
Sanitka (1984)
Genre: Drama
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 660 min.
TV show
Story: Sanitka was a Czech television, drama series, first broadcast in 1984 and eleven episodes were made. It starred Jaromír Hanzlík, Tomáš Juricka and Zlata Adamovská among others.
Plot: medicine, ambulance, emergency, doctor, horse race, emigration, death, violence
Time: 70s, 80s, 60s
Place: czechoslovakia, prague
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 6.2
 1K
The Can (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 105 min.
Story: This movie is about strange relationships in one "noname" gymnasium in Czech republic.
Plot: alcoholic mother, graffiti, friendship, student, police, painter, teacher student relationship, high school, friendship between boys, teacher, teenager, lesbian ...
Place: prague
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Echelon Conspiracy (2009)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Mysterious cell phone messages promise a young American engineer untold wealth - then make him the target of a deadly international plot. Dangerous security operatives chase the engineer across the globe, while a powerful government official pursues ...
Style: clever, tense, exciting, captivating, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: surveillance, chase, artificial intelligence, computers and web, computer system, technology gone awry, on the run, conspiracy, casino, plot twist, secret service, conspiracy theory ...
Time: year 2009
Place: usa, washington d.c., czech republic, prague, moscow russia ...
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 7.2
 15K
Amen. (2002)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, War
Country: France, Germany, Romania
Duration: 132 min.
Story: The film "Amen." examines the links between the Vatican and Nazi Germany. The central character is Kurt Gerstein, a member of the Institute for Hygiene of the Waffen-SS who is horrified by what he sees in the death camps. Moreover, he is ...
Style: political, thought provoking, disturbing, sincere, bleak ...
Plot: holocaust, genocide, world war two, concentration camp, pope, politics, christian, conscience, ss, nazi, war, priest ...
Time: 1940s, year 2002, 1930s, 20th century
Place: germany, poland, italy, czechoslovakia, austria ...
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The Butcher of Prague (2011)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Czech Republic, Slovakia
Duration: 126 min.
Story: With the Nazi takeover of Europe underway, the Reich Protector Reinhard Heydrich arrives in Prague and his underlings begin enforcing his authority in the towns and villages across the occupied country. In Lidice, the film's main protagonist, ...
Style: realistic, disturbing, serious, emotional, bleak
Plot: nazi occupation, political repression, world war two, mass murder, holocaust, life is a bitch, heroic mission, wartime life, against humanity, social relations, haunted by the past, genocide ...
Time: 1940s, year 1942, 20th century
Place: czechoslovakia, prague, czech republic
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The Octopuses from the Second Floor (1987)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: Czechoslovakia, West Germany
Duration: 92 min.
Story: While on vacation with their bickering parents, young Eva and her little brother Johnny find in a polluted lake two strange friendly sentient octopuses made of strange material that attracts electricity. They take them as pets.
Style: anime, psychotronic
Plot: octopus, child protagonist, family vacation, brother sister relationship, stop motion, ship, sea, divorce, husband wife relationship, brother, pets, contamination ...
Place: prague
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May the Lord Be with Us (2018)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Czech Republic, Austria, Germany
Duration: 76 min.
Story: The Defenestration of Prague, which took place on May 23, 1618, was the decisive historical moment that unleashed the Thirty Years War (1618-1648) between several Catholic and Protestant states and changed the course of European history forever.
Plot: czech history, european history, catholicism, historical event, politician, politics, aristocrat, nobleman, defenestration
Time: 17th century
Place: prague, central europe
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 5.4
 33
Monstrum (2017)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Movie about a sculptor Otakar Svec who is building a statue of Stalin in Prague.
Style: retro
Plot: artist, painter, art, josef stalin, suicide, husband wife relationship, communist, european history, communism, moral dilemma, sculptor, czech history ...
Time: 1950s
Place: prague, central europe
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Shut Up and Shoot  Me (2005)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK, Czech Republic
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Colin Frampton is an Englishman who never stops worrying, not even on holiday in Prague. When Colin's wife is accidentally squashed by a statue, he decides that he can't face life without her. So Colin bribes Pavel to help him die. An ...
Style: semi serious, realistic, humorous, witty, dark comedy ...
Plot: dark humor, partner, gangster, criminal heroes, misfit, hitman, friendship, disorder, buddies, death wish, death in the family, love and romance ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, prague, czech republic
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In the Shadow (2012)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland
Duration: 106 min.
Story: In the former Czechoslovakia, 1950s, police captain Hakl investigates a jewelery robbery. An opened safe deposit leads to a known burglar. What seems an easy case soon starts to tangle. When he is called off the case, he continues on his own. The ...
Style: neo noir, serious, suspenseful, tense, realistic ...
Plot: investigation, police investigation, fighting the system, political intrigue, police detective, political unrest, law enforcement, dishonesty, political conspiracy, cold war, secret service, working class ...
Time: 50s, 1920s
Place: europe, prague, central europe, czech republic
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 6.6
 2K
Alois Nebel (2011)
Genre: Animation, Drama
Country: Czech Republic, Germany
Duration: 84 min.
Story: A train dispatcher encounters a mute stranger who appears out of nowhere, and finds himself mysteriously involved with a murder in Poland. The end of the eighties in the twentieth century. Alois Nebel works as a dis­patcher at the small railway ...
Style: neo noir, adult animation, atmospheric, tense, psychological ...
Plot: surrealism, mysterious character, uncover truth, society, haunted by the past, railroad, murder, train, superhero, revenge, mental disorder, cat ...
Time: year 1989, 20th century, 80s
Place: czechoslovakia, prague, czech republic, poland, central europe
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 8.4
 3K
Combat! (1962)
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Combat! is an American television program that originally aired on ABC from 1962 until 1967. The show covered the grim lives of a squad of American soldiers fighting the Germans in France during World War II. The program starred Rick Jason as ...
Style: retro, serious, realistic, vintage
Plot: world war two, military, world war, tank, mission, american soldier, soldier, us military, infantrymen, anti war, navy, d day ...
Time: 1940s, year 1944, 20th century, 60s
Place: europe, prague, france, czech republic
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 7.0
 643
Bitter Sugar (1996)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Dominican Republic, USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A patriot (René Lavan) with a rebellious brother falls in love with a dissident's daughter (Mayte Vilán) in Castro's Cuba.
Style: black and white, realistic, serious, tense, crying
Plot: revolution, hotel, politics, drinking, cuban revolution, communist, assassin, death, prostitute, kids in trouble, political unrest, love affair ...
Place: cuba, latin america, miami, florida, usa ...
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 7.4
 2K
Buttoners (1997)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Je to film sestávající ze šesti povídek, které většinou černě humornou, ironickou, mnohdy i trpce hořkou formou vyprávějí o jednom dávném prokletí, lidské nevěře, podivných úchylkách, nečekaném zázraku i pokryteckém ...
Style: witty, clever, humorous, realistic, semi serious ...
Plot: coincidence, dark humor, couples, destiny, human nature, society, couple relations
Time: 90s, 20th century, 50s, year 1945, year 1995
Place: eastern europe, prague, asia, europe, japan
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 7.4
 991
A Perfect Spy (1987)
Genre: Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 374 min.
TV show
Story: This is the story of Magnus Pym, from his childhood to the end of his career in middle age. As a young man, there is little doubt that his father Rick was the most influential character in his life. Rick was a raconteur, con man, thief, black ...
Style: political, captivating, psychological, realistic, serious ...
Plot: espionage, spy, cold war, british spy, cons and scams, midlife crisis, state affairs, dishonesty, rivalry, introspection, government agency, undercover ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: england, austria, usa, czech republic, prague
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Karas: The Prophecy (2005)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 90 min.
Story: In a Japanese city haunted by nature spirits and demons, a secret war is raging between the renegade demon Eko and a spectral warrior known as the Karas. Eko has mechanized himself and his followers to defend against the unearthly fury of the Karas; ...
Style: anime, suspenseful, stylized, serious, manga ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: escapades, superhero, heroic mission, good versus evil, chaos, battles, danger, rivalry, supernatural ability, supernatural, master villain, apocalypse ...
Place: japan, prague, czech republic, asia, tokyo ...
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An Earthy Paradise for the Eyes (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, History
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 114 min.
Story: Adolescence is always a difficult time; it is doubly so for Gábina. For one thing, she is growing up in the normalization years of the 1970s, and then she also has to face the reality that her father is a well-known actor disavowed by the regime. ...
Style: realistic, semi serious, sentimental, humorous, biting ...
Plot: idealism, teenage life, rebelliousness, fighting the system, hopes, youth, politics, actor's life, political unrest, parents and children, adolescence, society ...
Time: 70s, 60s, 20th century, year 1977, year 1968
Place: czechoslovakia, europe, prague, czech republic
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The Karamazov Brothers (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: Czech Republic, Poland, France
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Dostoevsky’s latter-day opus about the siblings and their father is among the masterpieces of world literature. It asks profound questions about ethics and religion. Is there a God? Does the devil exist? Is everything allowed because we live in a ...
Style: captivating, sincere, atmospheric, realistic, serious ...
Plot: theater, hopes, lifestyle, parents and children, human nature, performer's life, redemption, artists and showbiz, society, dealing with death, siblings relations, family relations ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, eastern europe, prague, poland, central europe ...
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 8.1
 6K
Cosy Dens (1999)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Two families, Sebkovi and Krausovi, are celebrating christmas, but not everyone is in a good mood. Teenage kids think their fathers are totaly stupid, fathers are sure their children are nothing more than rebels, hating anything they say. Written by ...
Style: cult classic, touching, humorous, semi serious, realistic ...
Plot: christmas, coming of age, communism, communist, boy, comedian, dictatorship, dictator, renaissance, lovers, totalitarian regime, mission ...
Time: year 1968, year 1967, 60s
Place: czech republic, eastern europe, balkan, prague, europe ...
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 6.8
 851
The Promise (1994)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Germany, France, Switzerland
Duration: 115 min.
Story: East-Berlin, 1961, shortly after the erection of the Wall. Konrad, Sophie and three of their friends plan a daring escape to Western Germany. The attempt is successful, except for Konrad, who remains behind. From then on, and for the next 28 years, ...
Style: realistic, serious, emotional, touching, sentimental ...
Plot: politics, berlin wall, spy, iron curtain, stasi, cold war, crisis, anti communism, couples, love affair, impossible love, political unrest ...
Time: 80s, 60s
Place: germany, east germany, berlin germany, europe, prague ...
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 7.4
 3K
Lemonade Joe (1964)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Musical, Romance, Western
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A satire of the Great American Way, with Lemonade Joe a "clean living" gunfighter who drinks only Kola-Loca Lemonade and convinces everyone else in town (with his gun skills) that all "real men" drink ONLY lemonade!
Style: parody, fast paced, cult classic, twisted, funny ...
Plot: acid, modernism, abstinence, bar fight, marketing, partner, friends, disorder, social relations, good versus evil, danger, rivalry ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, 1880s
Place: czech republic, europe, prague, arizona
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