| Three Colors: White (1994) | 7.6 | |
| Gods (2014) | 7.6 | |
| The Peasants (2023) | 7.6 | |
| Escape from Sobibor (1987) | 7.3 | |
| Ida (2013) | 7.4 |
Movies and TV shows set in poland – page 3
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578
Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
contemplative, atmospheric, realistic, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
self discovery, haunted by the past, homecoming, family relations, buddies, parents and children, redemption, estrangement, bittersweet, profanity, friends, hopes ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
poland, europe
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Poland
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A winter day at a Polish castle, half owned by a fatalistic notary and half by a volcanic old soldier's niece. The old soldier, Cupbearer, and the notary are sworn enemies, which may doom the love between the niece, Klara, and the notary's ...
Style:
period piece, humorous, semi serious, realistic, sentimental ...
Plot:
farce, young lovers, dishonesty, love and romance, rivalry, infidelity, soldier, eccentric family, vengeance, love triangle, uninhibited rivalry, couples ...
Time:
17th century
Place:
poland
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321
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Poland
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
The film is set in 1905, in a time of feverish revolutionary underground activity in Poland partitioned between three neighbours. All the characters are committed anarchists. The bomb maker puts an invention together to place it at the disposal of ...
Style:
tension, historical drama, bleak, period piece, intense ...
Plot:
bomb, anarchism, revolution, terrorism, political violence, political oppression, underground movement, paranoia, moral ambiguity, civil unrest, conspiracy, sacrifice ...
Place:
poland, eastern europe
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Poland
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Three separate stories depicting the tense everyday life during occupation, as seen through the eyes of children. In “On the Road,” the two main protagonists are lost in the September’s strife: a young boy, and a soldier transporting the ...
Style:
tension, poignant, grim, bleak, black and white ...
Plot:
world war two, children, orphanage, brutality, fear, hiding, occupation, concentration camp, soldier, trauma, loss, realism ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
Place:
poland, europe, central europe
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Genre: Drama, Comedy
Country: Poland
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
The story of a spirited ten-year-old girl who has run away from her proudly affluent parents in town and finds grudging refuge with the slightly slovenly caretaker of an abandoned farm, an ex-teacher.
Style:
psychological, realistic, semi serious, humorous, touching ...
Plot:
farm, countryside, teenage girl, family problems, twists and turns, family relations, odd couple, on the run, human nature, life is a bitch, youth, school ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
poland
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824
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Poland, France
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Pawel, a Polish man in his early 30s, makes a living with his father Zygmunt importing second-hand clothing from the North of France to Southern Poland. On his way back from one of regular "business trips", Pawel is shocked to discover his ...
Style:
political thriller, realistic, tense, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
trial, mole, uncover truth, haunted by the past, solidarity, working class, family relations, society, life is a bitch, labor union, father son relationship, spy ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
poland, france, europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Lichter is an episodic tale from Hans-Christian Schmid about the life on the boarder between Germany and Poland. The film sheds light on the everyday stories of escape and desperateness.
Style:
contemplative, serious, captivating, realistic, sincere ...
Plot:
border, immigrant, politics, danger, human spirit, couples, political unrest, life is a bitch, state affairs, rebelliousness, hopes, redemption ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
poland, germany, ukraine, europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: Argentina, Spain
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Cranky, crafty and always immaculately dressed, aged master tailor Abraham Bursztein finds himself facing his winter years in a retirement home after discovering his children have sold his home out from under him. Not one to go quietly, Abraham ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, disturbing, melancholic, road movie ...
Plot:
promise, elderly man, friendship, holocaust survivor, aging, tailor, journey, memory, friends, elderly, old man, bittersweet ...
Time:
future
Place:
poland, argentina, buenos aires argentina, israel
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Poland
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
The violence and high drama of this film is taken directly from recent Polish history. On December 13, 1981 national security forces swoop down on unsuspecting workers of the Wujek mine and arrest a Solidarity leader. Pushed to the limits, the ...
Style:
historical drama, brutal, intense, period piece, suspense ...
Plot:
protest, martial law, violence, strike, police brutality, riot, working class, tragedy, civil unrest, oppression, resistance, authoritarianism ...
Time:
80s
Place:
poland
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Poland
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Two energetic TV reporters investigate the 1977 murder of a student who was a prominent member of the anti-communist opposition.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, dark, neo noir, period drama
Audience:
adult
Plot:
political scandal, murder mystery, investigative journalism, cameraman, corruption, conspiracy, cold case, political repression, secret police, surveillance, underground movement, moral ambiguity ...
Place:
poland, eastern europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A Polish contractor, Nowak, leads a group of workmen to London so they can provide cheap labor for a government official based there. Nowak (Irons) has to manage the project and the men as they encounter the tempations of the West and loneliness and ...
Style:
political, realistic, tense, bleak, dark comedy ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
renaissance, culture clash, worker, survival, adaptation, polish, construction worker, state affairs, misfit, society, boss and employee, workplace ...
Time:
year 1982, 80s
Place:
london, poland, eastern europe, england, europe ...
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: Poland
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A priest is sent to a small parish in the Polish countryside which is believed to be under demonic possession and there he finds his own temptations awaiting.
Style:
sexual, black and white, suspense, gothic, gothic horror ...
Plot:
nun, religion, medieval, renaissance, folk horror, forbidden love, curses spells and rituals, terror, abbess, sexual repression, literary, witchcraft ...
Time:
17th century, ancient times, year 1961, near future
Place:
poland, eastern europe
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: Czech Republic, UK, USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
The account of keepers of the Warsaw Zoo, Jan and Antonina Zabinski, who helped save hundreds of people and animals during the Nazi invasion.
Style:
factual, costume drama, rough, sad, tense ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
holocaust, zoo, nazi, world war two, marriage, hiding place, shoah, nazi occupied poland, women, zookeeper, world war, biopic ...
Time:
1930s, year 2017, 1940s
Place:
warsaw poland, poland, germany, central europe
Is relevant?
9K
Genre: Comedy, History
Country: Poland
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
A zany nobleman contends with family feuds and clashes with peasants in his quest to become the most famous person in Poland.
Style:
semi serious, captivating, entertaining, dark comedy, light hearted ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
satire, peasant, noble, class conflict, kingdom, nobility, social satire, family feud, class struggle, ambition, farce, pride ...
Time:
17th century
Place:
poland
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
The true story of Polish fortunes and the story of the heroes from the first part has its colorful continuation. Can business friends continue to trust each other when even more money is at stake? How were state-owned companies privatized, garnering ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, serious, suspenseful, crime thriller ...
Plot:
money, business, corporate greed, ambitious, friends, female protagonist, businessman, friendship, political intrigue, betrayal, moral ambiguity, ethical dilemma ...
Place:
poland, warsaw poland
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Poland
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story:
The series depicts the events surrounding the unit code-named "Claw," which operated in Warsaw during World War II, within the counterintelligence structure of the Union of Armed Struggle - Home Army Headquarters. It was modeled on the ...
Style:
tense, captivating, suspenseful, bleak, dark ...
Plot:
world war two, nazi occupied poland, war, wartime life, wartime, resistance movement, moral dilemma, friendship, life is a bitch, polish history, friends, social problems ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
poland
Is relevant?
154
Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Portraying the events that have taken place in Polish politics in recent years.
A 4 episode TV version of a movie with the same title.
Style:
political, captivating, thought provoking, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
government, political intrigue, politician, intrigue, political propaganda, politics, corrupt politician, political conspiracy, political leader, political candidate, government official, political party ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
poland, warsaw poland
Is relevant?
936
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Marta is a romantic and a loser in school. She shares a room with her sister Kasia and grandma, who tells her granddaughters insurgency stories instead of fairy tales. In the room behind the wall, the parents - Tadek and Elżbieta - live their ...
Style:
sitcom, captivating, satirical, psychological, semi serious ...
Plot:
road trip, nostalgia, family relations, satire, family drama, adolescence, coming of age, hopes, bittersweet, siblings, tenderness, first love ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
poland
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
The King is a gangster story set in Warsaw in 1937.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, unusual plot structure, psychological, disturbing ...
Plot:
polish history, criminal underworld, gangster, betrayal, friendship, battles, criminal's revenge, chase, gang, society, violence, gang war ...
Time:
19th century, 1930s
Place:
poland, warsaw poland
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Genre: Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: Poland, France
Duration: 147 min.
Story:
A grand and patriotic tale of Poland's struggle for freedom just before Napoleon's war with Russia. Written in poetic style by Adam Mickiewicz, this story follows two feuding Polish families as they overcome their old conflicts and petty ...
Style:
serious, realistic, emotional, epic, sincere
Plot:
napoleon bonaparte, napoleonic wars, renaissance, russian history, nobleman, polish history, napoleonic era, imperial russia, destructive relationship, vengeance, heroes, war ...
Time:
1810s, 19th century
Place:
poland, lithuania, eastern europe, russia, europe
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Denmark, France, Poland
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Based on a true story dating back to 1985 when two Polish boys, a teenager and his little brother, escaped from communist Poland all the way to Sweden, hidden under a truck. In the movie, their destination has been changed to Denmark.
Plot:
truck, communism, youth, boy, social worker, little boy, teenager, young boy, escape, children, runaway, father son relationship ...
Place:
poland, denmark
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Poland
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
The story of an Angel named Giordano, who, for his rascally conduct in Heaven (too frequent visits to Purgatory and his fascination with rock-and-roll), is sent to earth to do at least one good deed there every day. Giordano is supposed to land in ...
Style:
feel good, satirical, semi serious, captivating, humorous ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
angel, good deed, silly humor, guardian angel, humour, satire, comedy of errors, fish out of water, supernatural, kindness, heartwarming, hopes ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
poland
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Poland
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
The film tells the story of two Highlander brothers – Maciek and Andrzej. After the death of their father, which Andrzej contributed to, and the loss of his beloved Bronka, Andrzej leaves the family home. On his way, he meets the mysterious ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, tension, intense ...
Plot:
world war two, brothers, family conflict, conflict, brotherhood, anthropologist, collaboration, feud, war, brother, family feud, brother brother relationship ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
poland, eastern europe
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143
Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story:
Medics, also known under the original title Lekarze, is a Polish medical drama which premiered on 3 September 2012 on TVN.
Style:
medical drama, disturbing, captivating, psychological, emotional ...
Plot:
hospital, doctor, medical, physician, coworker relationship, patient, workplace situations, coworker, employer employee relationship, medicine, co worker co worker relationship, doctors and patients ...
Place:
poland
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
Stingo, a young writer, moves to Brooklyn in 1947 to begin work on his first novel. As he becomes friendly with Sophie and her lover Nathan, he learns that she is a Holocaust survivor. Flashbacks reveal her harrowing story, from pre-war prosperity ...
Style:
depressing, sad, serious, heartbreaking, crying ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
holocaust, world war two, against humanity, nazi, concentration camp, relationships, writers, wartime life, passion, melancholy, obsession, tragedy ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, year 1982, 1930s, year 1947 ...
Place:
poland, new york, middle east, usa, brooklyn new york city ...
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Poland
Duration: 156 min.
Story:
In Warsaw in 1980, the Communist Party sends Winkel, a weak, alcoholic TV hack, to Gdansk to dig up dirt on the shipyard strikers, particularly on Maciek Tomczyk, an articulate worker whose father was killed in the December 1970 protests. Posing as ...
Style:
political, realistic, serious, thought provoking, contemplative ...
Plot:
strike, renaissance, protest, communism, labor, revolution, communist, union, identity, fictional history, kung fu, non violence ...
Time:
80s, 70s, 60s, year 1981
Place:
poland, eastern europe, ussr, europe
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Genre: Drama, Romance, Music
Country: Poland
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
The biography of world famous Polish composer Fryderyk Chopin.
Style:
captivating, realistic, serious, sentimental, emotional ...
Plot:
composer, chess, biopic, prodigy, lifestyle, musician's life, love affair, couples, destructive relationship, society, fall in love, friendship ...
Time:
19th century, ancient times, 1830s
Place:
poland, paris france, mallorca, siberia, warsaw poland ...
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Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
In the frozen, war torn landscape of occupied Poland during World War II, a crack team of allied commandos are sent on a deadly mission behind enemy lines to extract a rocket scientist from the hands of the Nazis.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, intense, serious, bleak ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
german soldier, military, nazism, scientist, behind enemy lines, commander, secret mission, captivity, enemy, officer, rescue, fight ...
Time:
1940s, year 1943
Place:
poland
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Poland, UK
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
After the fall of the September Campaign of 1939, two Polish pilots are forced to fight for their nation in foreign battlefronts.
Style:
exciting, sincere
Plot:
aerial combat, air force, world war two, world war, aviation, soldier, courage, wartime life, danger, politics, rescue, battles ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s
Place:
poland, britain, europe
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
When his family moves from their home in Berlin to a strange new house in Poland, young Bruno befriends Shmuel, a boy who lives on the other side of the fence where everyone seems to be wearing striped pajamas. Unaware of Shmuel's fate as a ...
Style:
emotional, touching, heartbreaking, sad, sentimental ...
Audience:
teens, family friendly, family outing, kids, teen drama ...
Plot:
holocaust, world war two, concentration camp, war, children, friendship, childhood, nazi, nazism, gas chamber, boy, morality ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, ancient times, year 2008, year 1941 ...
Place:
germany, poland, europe, berlin germany, switzerland
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