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List of movies set in central europe
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Czech Republic
TV show
Style:
suspenseful, tense, contemplative, suspense, unusual plot structure ...
Plot:
police officer, investigation, police detective, investigator, police investigator, teamwork, police investigation, who done it, coworker, serial murder, murder investigation, death ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
central europe
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Genre: Comedy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Two pranksters set out on a wild adventure to shoot a horror documentary, resurrect their dwindling fame and save their YouTube channel.
Style:
psychotronic, suspenseful, semi serious, humorous, psychological ...
Plot:
ghost hunter, violent man, conflict between friends, awkward situation, belief in ghosts, mysterious event, irony of fate, mistrust, cynicism, repeated event, buddy, kidnapper ...
Place:
central europe
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107
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Czech Republic
TV show
Story:
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.
Style:
captivating, touching, light, sweet, realistic
Plot:
switched at birth, family relations, friendship, step siblings, kids and family, parents and children, children, adult child friendship, father daughter relationship, grandfather grandson relationship, grandfather granddaughter relationship, asperger's syndrome ...
Place:
central europe
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187
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: Czech Republic, Slovakia, Latvia
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
When his family moves to the city of Zlín and 16-year-old David joins a new hockey team, the Wolves, he is determined to succeed. There’s, however, the other goalie, Miky – and his position seems unshakeable. The team doesn’t welcome David ...
Style:
psychological, sincere, unusual plot structure, tense, suspense ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
ice hockey, hockey player, teenage boy, bullying, teenage protagonist, violence, family relations, 16 year old, diabetes, teenager, bully, team ...
Place:
central europe, europe
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Genre: Animation, Family, History
Country: Germany, Luxembourg, Belgium, Czech Republic, Poland, China
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
September 1989 in the GDR. With the change of the general mood in the country, the life of 12-year-old FRITZI changes as well. Her best friend Sophie has fled with her mother through Hungary to West Germany and the only thing Fritzi has left is ...
Style:
entertaining, captivating, thought provoking, sincere, anime ...
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
dog, iron curtain, german history, child protagonist, friendship, human animal relationship, animal human communication, teenage girl, friends, teenage life, society, revolution ...
Time:
80s, year 1989
Place:
central europe
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Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: Hungary
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Vampires are among us! But no need to worry: the Hungarian Secret Police are after them, and beyond the usual spy gadgets, they even use garlic to repel the beasts.
Style:
captivating, suspense, humorous, unusual plot structure, suspenseful ...
Plot:
vampire bite, agent, blood, suspicious man, secret agent, investigation, violence, satire, immortal, spy, communism, suspicion ...
Time:
70s, 90s, year 1997
Place:
central europe, new york, budapest
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104
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, Czech Republic, Slovakia
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
The story of Antonio, an Italian clarinetist, and Martina, a Czech violinist, who fall in love with each other during the World War II, in Prague.
Style:
psychological, thrilling, romantic, captivating
Plot:
czech german relations, world war two, violin, musician, violinist, social problems, love story, male female relationship, relationships, romantic relationship, love interest, love and romance ...
Place:
central europe, prague
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Genre: Crime, Mystery
Country: Czech Republic
TV show
Story:
Finding the body of the regional politician Karas, killed in the spirit of medieval torture and carefully arranged in a strange scene, unleash police hunt for a sadistic perpetrator. He puts investigation team in the way of a complex series of ...
Style:
disturbing, suspenseful, psychological, tense, suspense ...
Plot:
police station, investigator, investigation, police investigation, teamwork, police, police detective, police investigator, policewoman, evidence, youth, corpse ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
central europe, europe
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Genre: Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Czech Republic, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Johana (Denise Richards), a woman with no past, is hiding from a UN Agent Bowie (Randy Couture) a head of secret space program. On her run she meets Martin (Bren Foster), and with help of Bowie’s ex-colleague Lance they both help Martin to find ...
Style:
psychotronic, suspense, contemplative, captivating, disturbing ...
Plot:
ufo, businessman, alien, scientist, investigation, father daughter relationship, memory loss, brother brother relationship, multiple deaths, erased memory, mistaken identity, countryside ...
Place:
central europe, prague
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157
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Czech Republic
Story:
An adaptation of a best-selling novel by Michal Viewegh is a comedy about friendship, fateful loves, beauty and ugliness, alcohol, and the search for human happiness. The plot revolves around three friends - Jeff, Skippy and Tom - whose ups and ...
Style:
non-linear, humorous, light, psychological, unusual plot structure ...
Plot:
friendship, love, friendship between men, unrequited love, vulgar, classmate classmate relationship, 40 year old, group of friends, sexual desire, midlife crisis, sexism, alcohol abuse ...
Time:
year 1989, 80s
Place:
central europe
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Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A story of Eliska and her daughter, starting a new life in a remote house with the 'father away on business', as the mother claims. After the lie is disclosed, their relationship begins to wither. At that time, the mythical Noonday Witch ...
Style:
psychotronic, suspense, scary, unusual plot structure, spooky ...
Plot:
folk horror, hysterical woman, mentally unstable woman, paranoia, husband wife relationship, mystery woman, accidental killing, little girl, female hysteria, family secret, motherhood, female protagonist ...
Place:
central europe
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314
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Droneman is about Chemist and Fly Navigator Pavel and his friend Bussinessman and free time Rapper Plech. Pavel has strong sense of justice and wishes to fix wrongs with the World while Plech dreams about Big money and secure life. Their common ...
Style:
intense, suspense, disturbing, captivating, exciting ...
Plot:
war crime, terrorist, professor, university, terrorism, journalist, lawyer, breakup, assassination attempt, betrayal, brother sister relationship, fired from the job ...
Time:
2010s, year 2019, 21st century
Place:
central europe, tel aviv israel, prague
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Czech Republic, Poland, Ireland, Slovakia
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
The breathtaking story of a man gifted with exceptional abilities set against the background of the events of the totalitarian fifties.
Style:
non-linear, unusual plot structure, suspenseful, contemplative, suspense ...
Plot:
closeted homosexual, gay, closeted gay, healer, gay interest, politics, gay lead character, diagnosis, lgbt, homoeroticism, traumatized man, arrested ...
Time:
year 1935, year 1942, 20th century, 60s, 1930s ...
Place:
central europe, europe, prague
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350
Genre: Drama, Sport, Thriller
Country: Germany, Austria
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
On the 3rd of October a twenty-four-year-old student from Vienna kills his lover and chops up her corpse. Her torso is found in a dumpster, other body parts and the head are missing. There is no clue about the motive of the murder. A silent ...
Style:
ambiguous ending, psychological, tense, suspense, contemplative ...
Plot:
closeted homosexual, male nudity, male homosexuality, male pubic hair, friendship between men, lgbt, socially awkward, student, emotional abuse, classmate classmate relationship, university, machismo ...
Place:
central europe, vienna
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Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Czech Republic, Slovakia, Denmark
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A fairy tale, featuring the landlady Margaret, the devil Boniface, the bribable councilors Fake and Chatterbox and the lazy tailor Greasy. In Hell, the devils have a quill that writes human sins into the Book of Sins and the devils go and pull the ...
Style:
psychotronic, humorous, light, psychological, feel good ...
Plot:
unrequited love, socially awkward, cultural difference, co worker co worker relationship, mistaken identity, father son relationship, romantic rivalry, rivalry, love triangle, husband wife relationship, justice, boyfriend girlfriend relationship ...
Place:
central europe, europe
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255
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 40 min.
TV show
Style:
humorous, light, funny, feel good, entertaining ...
Plot:
family relations, wish come true, husband wife relationship, absurd humor, dysfunctional family, lifestyle change, teenage boy, father son relationship, supernatural power, absurdism, magical power, mysterious event ...
Place:
central europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: Czech Republic, Germany, Slovenia, France, Slovakia
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A couple embark on an early vacation. Left alone, their children cut loose until the boy gets caught for skipping school and things take an unexpected turn. Boasting exquisite camera work, the film is also unforgettable for its wholly original ...
Style:
sentimental, poignant, captivating, melancholic, sad ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
lost dog, brother sister relationship, dog, teenage boy, vacation, mother son relationship, family relations, father son relationship, husband wife relationship, shipwreck, mother daughter relationship, father daughter relationship ...
Place:
central europe, prague
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Genre: Biography, Comedy
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Czechoslovak comedy film directed by Ladislav Smoljak, about the fictional national hero Jára Cimrman (universal genius, inventor, sportsman, criminalist, poet, writer and philosopher).
Style:
mockumentary, witty, ironic, light hearted, cult classic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
irreverent, pun, national identity, satire, character study, small town, writers, anton chekhov, female nudity, explorer, hunting, flashback ...
Time:
turn of the century
Place:
central europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Hospital at the End of the City is a popular television series first released in Czechoslovakia in 1977, it featured an ensemble cast and received much viewer praise in central Europe. The series ran from 1977 to 1981 for a total of twenty episodes. ...
Style:
medical drama, realistic, emotional, period piece, inspirational
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
hospital, medicine, humanism, everyday life, social realism, intimate, patient, doctor, nurse, infidelity, physician, medical profession ...
Time:
70s, 80s, 20th century
Place:
czechoslovakia, central europe, europe
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 50 min.
Story:
In SIRIUS, a young boy whose most cherished companion is his loyal German shepherd devises his own form of resistance when the Nazis arrest his father, then order the confiscation of local canines, including his pet, to be retrained as attack dogs ...
Style:
historical drama, tense, bleak, period piece, tragic ...
Plot:
world war two, human animal relationship, loyalty, german shepherd, nazi occupation, resistance, child protagonist, grief, empathy, political repression, loss of innocence, animal cruelty ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
Place:
czechoslovakia, central europe, europe
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Hungary, UK
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Some wounds never heal. In a rundown East European town, the everyday lives of three working people are violently disrupted: a boy goes missing, a woman is stalked, and a man comes face to face with the killer of his child. A sinister chill grips ...
Style:
crime thriller, intense, tense, suspense, grim ...
Plot:
revenge, kidnapping, danger, stalking, missing child, manhunt, trauma, chase, small town, vengeance, vigilante justice, unsettling ...
Place:
central europe, eastern europe
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The two tradesmen Ib and Edward are tired of their lifeless marriages and dream of living the good life from the stash of money they've earned moonlighting for years. After a huge fight with their wives the two men get drunk and hire a Russian ...
Style:
dark comedy, captivating, feel good, semi serious, ironic ...
Plot:
hitman, gay, killer, husband and wife, contract killer, divorce, drunkenness, marital problem, poison, husband wife relationship, small town, assassin ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, central europe
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Spain
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
In a Spain consumed by ambition and power, the future of an empire depends of the mind state of a single woman.
Style:
sentimental, romantic, captivating, historical drama, exciting ...
Plot:
spanish history, duke, king, castle, wedding, european history, unrequited love, palace intrigue, religion, marriage, conspiracy, aristocracy ...
Time:
16th century, middle ages, 17th century, future
Place:
spain, europe, central europe
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
The fourth part of Dusan Klein's comedy cycle, following its hero Stepán Safránek (Pavel Kríz) from his senior year in high school through medical school and his first year of medical practice to his post-Velvet Revolution experiences with ...
Style:
romantic comedy, period piece, witty, medical drama, melancholic
Audience:
adult
Plot:
social commentary, ethical dilemma, irony, satire, personal growth, relationships, small town, slice of life, coming of age, hometown, bittersweet, corruption ...
Time:
90s
Place:
central europe, czechoslovakia
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Hungary
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
The movie portrays a peasant revolt in Hungary in the early twentieth century.
Style:
period piece, historical drama, serious, bleak, family saga ...
Plot:
class struggle, social realism, national identity, social injustice, cautionary tale, murder, politics, male nudity, russian roulette, folk music
Place:
hungary, central europe, eastern europe
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Czechoslovakia, East Germany
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
On 20th of April 1945 the Soviet army launches its attack on Berlin. The end has come for Nazi Germany and Hitler decides to commit suicide. In Prague K.H. Frank (Nazi Secretary of State and Chief of police in the Protectorate of Bohemia a Moravia) ...
Style:
historical drama
Plot:
world war two, nazi germany, occupation, resistance, german occupation, czech history, liberation, end of war, soviet army, insurrection, nazism, solidarity ...
Time:
1940s, year 1945
Place:
central europe, prague, czechoslovakia
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Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: Hungary
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
The true story of an unlikely romance in a Soviet labor camp.
Style:
bleak, historical drama, grim, period piece, beautiful
Plot:
world war two, gulag, coal mine, survival, brutality, deportation, forced labor, oppression, wartime, captivity, female protagonist, desperation ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
Place:
hungary, central europe, soviet union, ussr
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Hungary, Germany
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
This epic story takes place between 1820 and 1860 during the Habsburg Monarchy, and portrays the life one of the greatest Hungarian aristocrats - Count Széchenyi - who was born with extra-ordinary mental and spiritual talents. In the years ...
Style:
period piece, historical drama, captivating, epic, dramatic ...
Plot:
aristocracy, aristocrat, biopic, storytelling, monarchy, monarch, rich man, historical figure, lifestyle, patriotism, redemption, political intrigue ...
Time:
19th century, 1820s, 1830s, 1860s
Place:
hungary, central europe
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
Two friends have sex just for fun. One day they make a blood test, just for fun, and they discover that one of them has AIDS, not knowing who.
Style:
tragicomedy, dark comedy, black humor, tragic
Plot:
sexual intercourse, aids, promiscuity, male friendship, satire, social commentary, branding iron, sexually liberated, casual sex, mortality, existential crisis, infidelity ...
Time:
80s
Place:
central europe, eastern europe, prague
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A docudrama about four weeks in the life of famous Czech composer Antonin Dvorak. The drama - filled with many of Dvorak's compositions - begins when the composer suddenly decides to cut a concert in London and return home. While on the train, ...
Style:
emotional, reflective, dramatic, art house, period drama
Plot:
composer, biopic, classical music, flashback, inspiration, nostalgia, melancholy, musical performance, orchestra, creative process, memory, violinist ...
Time:
turn of the century, 19th century
Place:
central europe, london
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