Top Czech Movies


The Top Czech Movies List is calculated by overall movie ratings and members' "Top Czech List". Lists are calculated daily.

1. Daisies ( Sedmikrasky )

Year of Release: 1967
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Czech
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Vera Chytilová
Actors: Ivana Karbanová, Jitka Cerhová, Marie Cesková, Jirina Myskova, Marcela Brezinova, Julius Albert
Plot: Two manic girls named Marie and Marie both have a zest for food and living.

2. Marketa Lazarová

Year of Release: 1974
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Czech
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Frantisek Vlácil
Actors: Josef Kemr, Magda Vásáryová, Nada Hejna, Jaroslav Moucka, Frantisek Velecký, Karel Vasicek
Plot: A minor Czech family survives by robbing travelers. When one such job goes south - the clan fears the wrath of the king. Calling on his neighbor to help - his persuasion fails and in anger and desperation, kidnaps his daughter as she leaves for the convent. Meanwhile the king gathers an army to take on the clan - a Medieval tale against the backdrop of Paganism shifting to Christianity.

3. Firemen's Ball, The ( Horí, má panenko )

Year of Release: 1968
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Czech
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Milos Forman
Actors: Jan Vostrcil, Josef Kolb, Jan Stöckl, Stanislav Holubec, Josef Kutálek, Milada Jezková

4. Cremator, The ( Spalovac mrtvol )

Year of Release: 1969
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Czech
Genre: Drama/Horror
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Juraj Herz
Actors: Rudolf Hrusínský, Vlasta Chramostová, Jana Stehnová, Milos Vognic, Zora Bozinová, Ilja Prachar

5. Beauty and the Beast ( Panna a netvor )

Year of Release: 1983
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Czech
Genre: Fantasy/Horror
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Juraj Herz
Actors: Zdena Studenková, Vlastimil Harapes, Václav Voska, Jana Brejchová, Zuzana Kocúriková, Josef Laufer

6. Lemonade Joe ( Limonádový Joe aneb Konská opera )

Year of Release: 1967
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Czech
Genre: Adventure/Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Oldrich Lipský
Actors: Karel Fiala, Milos Kopecký, Kveta Fialová, Olga Schoberová, Rudolf Deyl, Bohus Záhorský

7. Morgiana

Year of Release: 1972
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: Czech
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Juraj Herz
Actors: Iva Janzurová, Josef Abrhám, Nina Divísková, Petr Cepek, Josef Somr, Jirí Kodet

8. Nick Carter in Prague ( Adéla jeste nevecerela )

Year of Release: 1978
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: Czech
Genre: Comedy/Crime
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Oldrich Lipský
Actors: Michal Docolomanský, Rudolf Hrusínský, Milos Kopecký, Ladislav Pesek, Nada Konvalinková, Václav Lohniský

9. Valerie and Her Week of Wonders ( Valerie a týden divu )

Year of Release: 1974
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: Czech
Genre: Fantasy/Horror
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Jaromil Jires
Actors: Jaroslava Schallerová, Helena Anýzová, Petr Kopriva, Jirí Prýmek, Jan Klusák, Libuse Komancová
Plot: Valerie is a little girl, but the story of the movie is less certain then this simple truth. It is more an oniric imagination: vampiric experiences, double meaninings and symbolic gestures. Short story: events and objects tend to take different shapes in the eyes of the child Valerie.

10. Alice ( Neco z Alenky )

Year of Release: 1988
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: Czech
Genre: Animation/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Jan Svankmajer
Actors: Kristýna Kohoutová, Camilla Power
Plot: Jan Svankmajer's surreal version of Alice in Wonderland which mixes a live action girl in a world of stop-motion creations. Don't you dare call this version a fairy tale.

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