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1. The Decalogue (1989–1990)
TV-MA | 572 min | Drama
Ten television drama films, each one based on one of the Ten Commandments.
Stars: Artur Barcis, Olgierd Lukaszewicz, Olaf Lubaszenko, Aleksander Bardini
Votes: 27,849 | Gross: $0.10M
2. Cold War (2018)
R | 89 min | Drama, Music, Romance
In the 1950s, a music director falls in love with a singer and tries to persuade her to flee communist Poland for France.
Director: Pawel Pawlikowski | Stars: Joanna Kulig, Tomasz Kot, Borys Szyc, Agata Kulesza
Votes: 61,861 | Gross: $4.57M
3. Camera Buff (1979)
Not Rated | 112 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
An ordinary factory worker buys a camera on the occasion of the birth of his child. The authorities order him to make documentaries about the factory's success. But his endeavor to be truthful leads him to opposition against censorship.
Director: Krzysztof Kieslowski | Stars: Jerzy Stuhr, Malgorzata Zabkowska, Ewa Pokas, Stefan Czyzewski
Votes: 8,276
4. A Short Film About Killing (1988)
Not Rated | 84 min | Crime, Drama
A soon-to-be lawyer crosses his path with a taxi driver and a young sinister man.
Director: Krzysztof Kieslowski | Stars: Miroslaw Baka, Krzysztof Globisz, Jan Tesarz, Zbigniew Zapasiewicz
Votes: 22,383
5. Blind Chance (1987)
Not Rated | 114 min | Drama, Romance
Witek runs after a train. Three variations follow on how such a seemingly banal incident could influence the rest of Witek's life.
Director: Krzysztof Kieslowski | Stars: Boguslaw Linda, Tadeusz Lomnicki, Zbigniew Zapasiewicz, Boguslawa Pawelec
Votes: 11,185
6. Operation Hyacinth (2021)
TV-MA | 112 min | Crime, Drama
Poland, 1985: Not satisfied with the result of a murder investigation, a young officer in communist Warsaw sets out on his own to discover the truth.
Director: Piotr Domalewski | Stars: Tomasz Zietek, Hubert Milkowski, Marek Kalita, Adrianna Chlebicka
Votes: 4,315
7. No End (1985)
Not Rated | 107 min | Drama, Romance
The wife of the recently deceased lawyer tries to cope with grief after his loss and to keep his last case going in court.
Director: Krzysztof Kieslowski | Stars: Grazyna Szapolowska, Maria Pakulnis, Aleksander Bardini, Jerzy Radziwilowicz
Votes: 5,695
8. Leave No Traces (2021)
R | 160 min | Drama
In 1983, communist Poland is shaken by the case of high school student Grzegorz Przemyk, who is beaten to death by police. The only witness of the beating becomes the number one enemy of the state.
Director: Jan P. Matuszynski | Stars: Tomasz Zietek, Sandra Korzeniak, Jacek Braciak, Agnieszka Grochowska
Votes: 1,896
9. Afterimage (2016)
98 min | Biography, Drama, History
The story of charismatic painter Wladyslaw Strzeminski, who opposed social realism and maintained his own artistic freedom in spite of political obstacles.
Director: Andrzej Wajda | Stars: Boguslaw Linda, Zofia Wichlacz, Bronislawa Zamachowska, Andrzej Konopka
Votes: 3,335 | Gross: $0.03M
10. Autumn Girl (2021)
105 min | Biography, Drama, Musical
Polish film and music icon Kalina Jedrusik, a scandalous free-spirited sex symbol, fights for her independence in the prude society of the 1960s.
Director: Katarzyna Klimkiewicz | Stars: Maria Debska, Leszek Lichota, Krzysztof Zalewski, Bartlomiej Kotschedoff
Votes: 799
11. The Scar (1976)
Not Rated | 106 min | Drama
When a political decision is made as to the location of a new large chemical factory, Stefan Bednarz is put in charge of it. This honest communist party man has to confront the local community opposing the construction.
Director: Krzysztof Kieslowski | Stars: Franciszek Pieczka, Mariusz Dmochowski, Jerzy Stuhr, Jan Skotnicki
Votes: 2,201
12. Gehlen: Hitler's Superspy (1974 TV Movie)
52 min | Documentary, History, War
This is the remarkable story of Reinhard Gehlen, former Head of the German Secret Service, who helped to found the CIA, the American Central Intelligence Agency.
Director: Peter Batty | Stars: Siegfried Westphal, Walter Warlimont, Kenneth Strong, Lyman Kirkpatrick
Votes: 24
13. Ach spij kochanie (2017)
97 min | Crime, Thriller
A young investigator struggles to solve multiple disappearances in 1950s Cracow.
Director: Krzysztof Lang | Stars: Tomasz Schuchardt, Andrzej Chyra, Arkadiusz Jakubik, Andrzej Grabowski
Votes: 400
14. The Village (1953)
Approved | 98 min | Drama
This film deals with war orphans following WWII at a children's village in the Swiss Alps where over 200 children from all parts of Europe are gathered. The subplots involve a romance ... See full summary »
Director: Leopold Lindtberg | Stars: John Justin, Eva Dahlbeck, Sigfrit Steiner, Mary Hinton
Votes: 51
15. My Blood, Your Blood (1986 TV Movie)
51 min | Documentary
The documentary tells about the Polish music scene in the mid-1980s. The creators talk to representatives of the alternative scene performing at the festival in Jarocin, 1986.
Director: Andrzej Kostenko | Stars: Janusz Atlas, Robert Brylewski, Zbigniew Holdys, Tomasz Lipinski
Votes: 5
16.
Becoming Evil: Sisterhood of Murder (2019– )
Episode:
International Serial Killers
(2019)
TV-14 | 53 min | Documentary, Crime
We examine the crimes of prolific international serial killers including Jack the Ripper, Pedro Lopez, the monster of the Andes, who killed over 110 people and Peter Sutcliffe, the Yorkshire Ripper.
Director: Ron Meyer | Stars: Dirk Duran-Gibson, Katherine Ramsland, Kirk Gill, Eric Hickey
Votes: 11
17.
Smile Guide (2013–2019)
Episode:
What was the COTN incident?
(2019)
TV-MA | 2 min | Animation, Comedy, Horror
Signal endurance test (1980-1989)
18.
1945-1953: From World War to Cold War (2018)
Episode:
The Dawn of the Cold War
56 min | Documentary, History, War
For the past four years, the top scientists on the planet had been perfecting what was to become the absolute weapon: the atomic bomb.
Director: Emilie Lançon | Stars: François Kersaudy, Clifton Truman Daniel, Curtis Roosevelt, Yuri Borko