Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "communist-poland"

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