Best Czechoslovak Movies

This page is updated regularly. Subscribe, so you don't miss new recommendations. The list of "Best Czechoslovak Movies" contains films with the following parameters. Style: realistic, cult classic, psychotronic, weird, serious and semi serious. Plot: renaissance, female nudity, society, family relations, satire, father son relationship, husband wife relationship, surrealism, horse and politics. Genre: Comedy, Drama and Romance. Country: Czechoslovakia, USA and France.
Best Czechoslovak Movies
Best Czechoslovak Movies
TOP Movies: Amadeus (1984), Three Wishes for Cinderella (1973), The Shop on Main Street (1965), Closely Watched Trains (1966), Sexmission (1984), The Cremator (1969), My Sweet Little Village (1985), The Elementary School (1991), Daisies (1966), Marketa Lazarov? (1967), The Loves of a Blonde (1965), Witchhammer (1970), Dinner for Adele (1978), Give the Devil His Due (1985), Marecek, Pass Me the Pen! (1976), Waiter, Scarper! (1981), The Ear (1970), Beauty and the Beast (1978), Shortcuts (1981), The Fabulous Baron Munchausen (1962).

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 8.4
 425K
Amadeus (1984)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA, France
Duration: 160 min.
Story: The incredible story of genius musician Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, told in flashback by his peer and secret rival Antonio Salieri – now confined to an insane asylum.
Style: inspirational, epic, costume drama, clever, period piece ...
Audience: date night, adult
Plot: music, classical music, composer, genius, mozart, envy, opera, musician, musician's life, mentor, obsession, bohemian life ...
Time: 18th century, 1790s, 1820s, 1800s, georgian era ...
Place: vienna, austria, eastern europe, italy, europe ...
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Three Wishes for Cinderella (1973)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Family, Adventure, Romance
Country: Czechoslovakia, East Germany
Duration: 88 min.
Story: The film stars Libuse Safrankova as the title character, a young woman who is put upon by her stepmother and stepsisters. The film employs a twist, though, when a handsome prince comes knocking. Cinderella does not simply fall into the prince's ...
Style: fairy tale, sweet, romantic, light, costume drama ...
Audience: family outing, kids, girls' night, pre-teens, date night
Plot: cinderella, cinderella story, love and romance, fall in love, prince, true love, evil stepmother, beauty, princess, wish come true, fairy, hopes ...
Time: medieval times, middle ages
Place: czechoslovakia, central europe, german democratic republic, czech republic, east germany
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The Shop on Main Street (1965)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 128 min.
Story: In a small town in Nazi-occupied Slovakia during World War II, decent but timid carpenter Tono is named "Aryan comptroller" of a button store owned by an old Jewish widow, Rozalie. Since the post comes with a salary and standing in the ...
Style: sincere, atmospheric, emotional, serious, realistic ...
Plot: world war two, holocaust, genocide, store, nazi, fascism, politics, against humanity, danger, rescue, human nature, dehumanization ...
Time: 1940s, year 1965, year 1942
Place: slovakia, israel, eastern europe, czechoslovakia, europe
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Closely Watched Trains (1966)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, War
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 92 min.
Story: In a small town still occupied by the Germans as World War II's tide is turning toward the Allies, apprentice train-watcher Milos is oblivious to the war. Instead, he is obsessed with having his first sexual experience. Despite the favors of ...
Style: atmospheric, talky, touching, realistic, sincere ...
Plot: world war two, coming of age, satire, resistance, storytelling, politics, occupation, communism, village life, wartime life, partisan, sexuality ...
Time: 20th century, 1940s, year 1966, 1930s
Place: czech republic, eastern europe, europe, czechoslovakia, prague ...
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 7.5
 14K
Sexmission (1984)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: Poland
Duration: 122 min.
Story: Two scientists are chosen as guinea pigs for a time experiment: they are placed in hibernation and should be brought back to life after three years. In the meantime, however, the World War III breaks out and life have been wiped out of the surface ...
Style: sexy, sexual, apocalyptic, futuristic, offbeat ...
Audience: adult
Plot: post apocalypse, polish, society, friendship, sexist, nudity, tribe, post apocalyptic, sex, blonde, friendship between men, underground city ...
Time: future, year 1984, near future, year 1991, year 1999 ...
Place: poland, eastern europe
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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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My Sweet Little Village (1985)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 98 min.
Story: The movie's main storyline follows the life of Otík, a mentally retarded young man, in a tight-knit village community. The sweet-tempered Otík works as an assistant truck driver with Mr. Pávek, his older colleague and practical-minded ...
Style: semi serious, realistic, touching, humorous
Plot: village life, summer, magic realism, village, mental retardation, working class, provincial life, love and romance, misfit, society, couple relations, parents and children ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: balkan, czech republic, eastern europe, czechoslovakia
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The Elementary School (1991)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, History
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 100 min.
Story: 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 replaced by the militant Igor Hnidzo. He is very strict - but also ...
Style: surreal, realistic, semi serious, touching, feel good ...
Plot: world war two, self discovery, communist, boy, education, renaissance, love letter, teacher, friendship, unfaithfulness, pregnancy, licking ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century, year 1945, year 1946, post world war two
Place: eastern europe, czech republic, europe, czechoslovakia, prague
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 7.3
 15K
Daisies (1966)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 75 min.
Story: Two teenage girls, both named Marie, decide that since the world is spoiled they will be spoiled as well; accordingly they embark on a series of destructive pranks in which they consume and destroy the world about them. This freewheeling, madcap ...
Style: psychedelic, avant garde, surreal, experimental, art house ...
Audience: teens
Plot: surrealism, nihilism, flapper, feminist, feminism, female friendship, absurd humor, teenage girl, women, satire, trippy, youth ...
Time: year 1966, 60s
Place: czech republic, eastern europe, czechoslovakia, prague, europe
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Marketa Lazarov? (1967)
Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 162 min.
Story: Mikolás and his brother Adam rob travelers for their tyrannical father Kozlík. During one of their "jobs" they end up with a young German hostage whose father escapes to return news of the kidnapping and robbery to the King. Kozlik ...
Style: art house, surreal, philosophical, experimental, black and white ...
Plot: medieval, brother sister incest, folk horror, rape, knight, winter, kidnapping, renaissance, magic realism, female nudity, highwayman, christianity ...
Time: middle ages, near future, year 1967, 13th century
Place: eastern europe, czechoslovakia, balkan, slovakia, czech republic ...
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The Loves of a Blonde (1965)
Genre: Comedy, Romance, Drama
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Andula, an innocent Czech girl from a factory town, is desperately in search of love. She believes she's found it when she beds Milda, a charming young musician visiting from Prague. Milda, however, is only looking for a casual encounter, and ...
Style: art house, cynical, realistic, humorous, witty ...
Plot: working class, factory worker, one night stand, boys and girls, blonde, female protagonist, love, female nudity, small town, satire, youth, male nudity ...
Time: year 1965, 60s, 20th century
Place: prague, eastern europe, czechoslovakia, balkan, europe
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 7.7
 3K
Witchhammer (1970)
Genre: Drama, History, Horror
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 107 min.
Story: A ruthless inquisitor spins the superstitions of local peasants into religious heresy, finding cause to accuse dozens of innocent men and women of witchcraft. The inquisitor targets nobles and merchants, whose property and goods are then ...
Style: atmospheric, gothic horror, satanic, gothic, serious ...
Plot: witch, nudity, burned alive, medieval, folk horror, burned at the stake, female nudity, witchcraft, occult, religions or cults, inquisition, terror ...
Time: middle ages, 20th century, year 1970, 17th century
Place: eastern europe, czechoslovakia, czech republic, europe, central europe
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Dinner for Adele (1978)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 102 min.
Story: When the famous detective Nick Carter visits Prague, he becomes involved in strange case of a missing dog and even stranger carnivorous plant. He becomes convinced that he is standing against his greatest enemy - the Gardener, who supposedly died ...
Style: detective, surreal, parody, spoof, slapstick ...
Plot: private investigator, renaissance, swamp, chase, dog, beer, tea, flashback, shooting, visitor, nobleman, carriage ...
Time: 1900s
Place: czech republic, balkan, eastern europe, prague, central europe ...
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Valerie and Her Week of Wonders (1970)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 77 min.
Story: Valerie, a Czechoslovakian teenager living with her grandmother, is blossoming into womanhood, but that transformation proves secondary to the effects she experiences when she puts on a pair of magic earrings. Now seeing the world around her in a ...
Style: fairy tale, surreal, suspenseful, disturbing, gothic ...
Audience: teens
Plot: innocence, teenage girl, magic realism, folk horror, coming of age, surrealism, supernatural, menstruation, wedding night, occult, seductive behavior, older man younger woman relationship ...
Time: year 1970, near future, 19th century
Place: central europe, eastern europe, czech republic
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Give the Devil His Due (1985)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Dorota, a bad woman married the miller, out of sheer greed drives him to death. She then took the mill away from his son Peter and threw him out of the hime. Lucifer, who is known to rule in hell, sends out the devil Janek. He is supposed to fetch ...
Style: fairy tale, psychotronic
Plot: deal with the devil, crazy love, mythology, hell, devil, voice over narration, suitor, older man younger woman relationship, greedy man, countryside, intrigue, death of father ...
Place: czech republic, czechoslovakia
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Marecek, Pass Me the Pen! (1976)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 91 min.
Story: This comedy is about one average family. The father works as master in the factory and his son is studying on high school. One day father must start to visit the evening school. It's the same school as his son visiting. The lives both students ...
Plot: school, student, father son relationship, employer employee relationship, awkward situation, prank, bribery, husband wife relationship, prankster, classmate classmate relationship, rivalry, old man ...
Place: balkan, czech republic
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Waiter, Scarper! (1981)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 88 min.
Story: It is the story of a man who had financial troubles. He was married several times and had to pay for several kids. He wanted to earn some extra money by playing in a cafe. But one drunken guest supposes he is a waiter and pays his bill to him. So ...
Style: cult classic
Plot: restaurant, high school reunion, unfaithful wife, neighbor neighbor relationship, sexual fantasy, false identity, sex, manhunt, women, bare chested male, bookseller, newspaper ...
Place: balkan, prague, central europe
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The Ear (1970)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Husband (senior ministry official) and wife find their house is riddled with listening devices put there by his own ministry. A harrowing night follows (reminiscent of 'Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf'), and the resolution is worse ...
Style: political, cult classic, serious, realistic, biting ...
Plot: communism, spy, night, renaissance, totalitarian regime, modernism, suspicion, election, totalitarianism, promotion, family problems, couples ...
Time: year 1970, 60s, 20th century, 1950s
Place: eastern europe, czechoslovakia, prague, russia, czech republic
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Beauty and the Beast (1978)
Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Romance
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Julie, the youngest daughter of a bankrupt merchant, sacrifices her life in order to save her father. She goes to an enchanted castle in the woods and meets Netvor, a bird-like monster. As Netvor begins to fall in love with Julie, he must suppress ...
Style: fairy tale, gothic horror, atmospheric, bleak, romantic ...
Plot: beauty and the beast, beast, curse, monster, stockholm syndrome, father daughter relationship, strong female character, father, daughter, ruins, sister, mansion ...
Place: eastern europe, czechoslovakia, czech republic, central europe
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 7.6
 3K
Shortcuts (1981)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Francin, manager of a small-town brewery, has a charming wife whose abundant blonde locks are an adornment to the town. Maryska looks ethereal but loves meat and beer, while Francin is an ascetic. The strict members of the brewery board of directors ...
Style: semi serious, realistic, humorous
Plot: beer, female nudity, modernism, renaissance, family relations, pregnancy, small town, provincial life, drinking, biopic, society, couple relations ...
Time: 1920s, 1910s, 20th century, pre world war one
Place: eastern europe, balkan, central europe, czech republic
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The Fabulous Baron Munchausen (1962)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi, War
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 83 min.
Story: The 20th century's first man lands on the moon and discovers - that Baron Munchausen has already beaten him to it, along with Cyrano and characters from Jules Verne's lunar-landing novel. The Baron spirits the young cosmonaut by ...
Style: experimental, claymation, cult classic, psychedelic, adult animation ...
Audience: family friendly
Plot: giant bird, trippy, european, psychology, spacesuit, moon, palace, steampunk, baron, beauty, princess, turkish army ...
Place: czechoslovakia, czech republic, constantinople
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Secluded, Near Woods (1976)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 95 min.
Story: 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.
Plot: summer, renaissance, hopes, family relations, friendship, father son relationship, hospital, drinking, beer, friend, melancholy, architect ...
Place: eastern europe, balkan, czechoslovakia
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Valley of the Bees (1968)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Ondrej, a young boy who loves bees and bats, is introduced to his new mother, a woman much younger than his father. Her brings her a bowl of flower petals which she starts to throw in the air and then gives out a shriek, as she discovers several ...
Style: cerebral, philosophical, black and white, spiritual, realistic ...
Plot: medieval, treasure hunt, knight, time machine, kingdom, philosophy, spirituality, crusader, existentialism, religion, male nudity, introspection ...
Time: medieval times, middle ages, year 1968, 13th century
Place: balkan, czechoslovakia, eastern europe, europe
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When the Cat Comes (1963)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Some people with a strange cat arrive in a small village. The cat wears glasses, and when someone takes them off, she can color people, according to their nature and mood. The grown-ups of the village consider the cat to be dangerous, but the kids ...
Style: cult classic, psychedelic, psychotronic, allegory, experimental ...
Plot: cat, surrealism, circus, modernism, renaissance, magic realism, soul, small town, teacher, school, absurd humor, girl ...
Place: eastern europe, balkan
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The Three Veterans (1984)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 96 min.
Story: It is a story of three veterans released from the army. During one night spent camping in the country they one by one wake up and meet three elvish brothers. Each of the veterans is given a magic item - one gets magic harp that provides him with ...
Style: psychotronic, fairy tale
Plot: soldier, veteran, curse, king, money, princess, friend, carriage, dance, absurdism, top hat, magic ...
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With You The World Is Fun (1983)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 82 min.
Story: Three middle-aged go for a vacation into the mountains with their children. How will they cope with their youngsters every-day needs without their wives?
Plot: children, female nudity, youth, nude bathing, male nudity, christmas, family relations, undressing, bathing
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Jara Cimrman Lying, Sleeping (1983)
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: spoof, parody, metafiction
Plot: writers, anton chekhov, flashback, explorer, hunting, museum, rabbit, research, dead rabbit
Place: central europe
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Larks on a String (1969)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 94 min.
Story: 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.
Style: serious, realistic, touching, gloomy, intellectual ...
Plot: peeping, nudity, female nudity, election, renaissance, international relations, totalitarian regime, politics, satire, bride and groom, women's prison, love of one's life ...
Time: 1940s, 50s, 1950s
Place: czech republic, eastern europe, balkan, europe, central europe ...
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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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The Black Barons (1992)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Komedie vás přesvědčí o tom, že i na chmurné stránky naší historie je možné se dívat s nadhledem a humorem. Čo bolo, to bolo... Major Terazky vede svůj šik pétépáků od průšvihu k průšvihu vstříc světlým zítřkům. ...
Plot: army, satire
Time: 1950s
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