Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "central-europe"

51. Marketa Lazarová (1967)

Not Rated | 162 min | Drama, History, Romance

A grim portrayal of the shift from Paganism to Christianity in medieval central Europe - as a young virgin promised to God is kidnapped and raped by a marauder who her religious father seeks to kill in return.

Director: Frantisek Vlácil | Stars: Josef Kemr, Magda Vásáryová, Nada Hejna, Jaroslav Moucka

Votes: 6,052

52. Little Otik (2000)

TV-14 | 132 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama

A childless couple passes off an anthropomorphous tree stump as their baby, but things get out of hand when the monstrosity comes to life and demands to be fed.

Director: Jan Svankmajer | Stars: Veronika Zilková, Jan Hartl, Jaroslava Kretschmerová, Pavel Nový

Votes: 6,893 | Gross: $0.12M

53. North Sea is Dead Sea (1976)

87 min | Drama

Two 14-year-old boys try to escape their oppressive home in a working-class suburb of Hamburg, first by taking a homemade raft and later a stolen sailboat down the Elbe towards the open sea.

Director: Hark Bohm | Stars: Dschingis Bowakow, Uwe Bohm, Marquard Bohm, Herma Koehn

Votes: 467

54. Private Vices, Public Virtues (1976)

104 min | Drama, History

Prince Rudolf, heir to the throne of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, deliberately provokes his father, Kaiser Franz Joseph, by his dissolute and feckless behaviour. His defiance of the ... See full summary »

Director: Miklós Jancsó | Stars: Lajos Balázsovits, Pamela Villoresi, Franco Branciaroli, Teresa Ann Savoy

Votes: 880

55. Rising High (2020)

TV-MA | 94 min | Comedy, Drama

Charting the rise and fall of three corrupt real estate agents who accumulate absurd wealth in no time but fall into a vortex of fraud, greed and drugs.

Director: Cüneyt Kaya | Stars: Ellen Dubin, David Kross, Frederick Lau, Emily Goss

Votes: 5,727

56. Shadows and Fog (1991)

PG-13 | 85 min | Comedy

With a serial strangler on the loose, a bookkeeper wanders around town searching for the vigilante group intent on catching the killer.

Director: Woody Allen | Stars: Woody Allen, Mia Farrow, Michael Kirby, David Ogden Stiers

Votes: 18,165 | Gross: $2.74M

57. The Young Seducers (1971)

R | 79 min | Comedy

The budding sexual urges of young women cause themselves and others trouble.

Director: Erwin C. Dietrich | Stars: Ingrid Steeger, Melitta Tegeler, Evelyne Traeger, Rena Bergen

Votes: 307

58. You & I (2014)

Unrated | 79 min | Drama, Romance

Three immature guys drive around a remote region of Germany, fooling around and taking photographs.

Director: Nils Bökamp | Stars: George Taylor, Eric Klotzsch, Michal Grabowski

Votes: 1,217

59. Stambul Garden (2021)

Unrated | 89 min | Drama

Janik and Samuel are very close. After high school, they plan to go to Turkey in search of Samuel's father, whose name they only know. However, shortly before their departure, Janik makes a mistake that calls everything into question.

Director: Ilker Çatak | Stars: Emil von Schönfels, Mekyas Mulugeta, Katharina Behrens, Nicole Marischka

Votes: 455

60. Alone in Berlin (2016)

R | 103 min | Drama, History, War

After a Nazi German working class couple loses their son in World War II, they decide to retaliate by secretly leafletting handwritten cards in Berlin denouncing their government.

Director: Vincent Perez | Stars: Louis Hofmann, Emil von Schönfels, Katrin Pollitt, Sammy Scheuritzel

Votes: 9,988

61. What Shall Become of You (1984 TV Movie)

94 min | Drama

In this 1984 West German film, a 12 year-old street kid in a slum of Berlin struggles to stay afloat through a commitment to his compassionate teacher and ambivalent classmates, aged 11-14,... See full summary »

Director: Horst Flick | Stars: Michael Karnowsky, Peter Seum, Anita Lochner, Dagmar Biener

Votes: 123

62. Spoor (2017)

Not Rated | 128 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Janina Duszejko, an elderly woman, lives alone in the Klodzko Valley where a series of mysterious crimes are committed. Duszejko is convinced that she knows who or what is the murderer, but nobody believes her.

Directors: Agnieszka Holland, Kasia Adamik | Stars: Agnieszka Mandat, Wiktor Zborowski, Jakub Gierszal, Patricia Volny

Votes: 6,050

63. Operation Daybreak (1975)

PG | 118 min | Drama, History, War

In 1942, Britain sends a group of British-trained Czech commandos to Prague to assassinate SS-General Reinhard Heydrich, head of the Nazi security services.

Director: Lewis Gilbert | Stars: Timothy Bottoms, Martin Shaw, Joss Ackland, Nicola Pagett

Votes: 2,397

64. Breaking the Surface (2006)

92 min | Drama

A photography student struggles to balance school, work, and helping her mom. She meets a mysterious younger man at a club. They start a passionate affair, but their new relationship faces tough challenges that test their commitment.

Director: Felicitas Korn | Stars: Henriette Heinze, Golo Euler, Sabine Bach, Wolfgang Packhäuser

Votes: 736

65. The Bohemian (2022)

130 min | Biography, Drama, History

Looking for work as a violinist, Josef comes into the orbit of a rich young woman. She introduces him to a hedonistic existence free from religious intolerance. Josef gets an incredible commission: to write an opera for the San Carlo.

Director: Petr Václav | Stars: Vojtech Dyk, Elena Radonicich, Barbara Ronchi, Lana Vlady

Votes: 572

66. Kidnapping Stella (2019)

TV-MA | 89 min | Crime, Thriller

Snatched off the street and held for ransom, a bound and gagged woman uses her limited powers to derail her two masked abductors' carefully-laid plans.

Director: Thomas Sieben | Stars: Max von der Groeben, Jella Haase, Clemens Schick, Hossein Rahmani Manesh

Votes: 6,629

67. Alma & Oskar (2022)

88 min | Biography, Drama, History

In spring 1912 recently widowed Alma Mahler, Grande Dame of Viennas Society gets involved with the "Enfant Terrible" of Viennas Art scene, Oskar Kokoschka. After some time their Affair, the... See full summary »

Director: Dieter Berner | Stars: Emily Cox, Valentin Postlmayr, Tatiana Pauhofová, Anton von Lucke

Votes: 234

68. We Have Never Been Modern (2023)

117 min | Drama, Mystery

Helena is about to give birth and face a rosy future in a modern city as the wife of a successful young factory manager.

Director: Matej Chlupacek | Stars: Eliska Krenková, Miloslav König, Milan Ondrík, Lubos Veselý

Votes: 439

69. Swap Meet at the Love Shack (1973)

97 min | Comedy

There's no plot to get in the way of the bondage action, as four lovely ladies are securely tied and muzzled in a variety of positions.

Director: Hubert Frank | Stars: Monica Marc, Michael Maien, Ingrid Steeger, Britt Corvin

Votes: 125

70. Demons of the Mind (1972)

R | 89 min | Horror, Thriller

A physician discovers that two children are being kept virtually imprisoned in their house by their father. He investigates, and discovers a web of sex, incest, and Satanic possession.

Director: Peter Sykes | Stars: Robert Hardy, Shane Briant, Gillian Hills, Yvonne Mitchell

Votes: 1,837

71. Something for Everyone (1970)

R | 112 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

In post-war Austria, young, handsome country lad Konrad Ludwig (Michael York) charms his way into a butler position at the castle of the widowed (and destitute) Countess von Ornstein (... See full summary »

Director: Harold Prince | Stars: Angela Lansbury, Michael York, Anthony Higgins, Heidelinde Weis

Votes: 1,095 | Gross: $0.30M

72. Short Night of Glass Dolls (1971)

Not Rated | 97 min | Horror, Mystery

An American journalist temporarily stationed in Central Europe searches for his new girlfriend, who has suddenly disappeared.

Director: Aldo Lado | Stars: Ingrid Thulin, Jean Sorel, Mario Adorf, Barbara Bach

Votes: 3,684

73. Making of a Prostitute (1971)

85 min | Drama

A teenager lays a small bundle on the tracks, but before the oncoming train can cross it, an older woman saves the baby from certain death. She keeps little Sophie with her and raises her to be a well-behaved girl.

Director: Gustav Ehmck | Stars: Gerhild Berktold, Axel Schiessler, Werner Umberg, Dursun Firat

Votes: 186

74. Day of the Wacko (2002)

Not Rated | 93 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

24 hours in the bitter life of a frustrated divorced teacher who stays in the vicious circle of his numerous obsessions.

Director: Marek Koterski | Stars: Marek Kondrat, Janina Traczykówna, Andrzej Grabowski, Michal Koterski

Votes: 11,856

75. O-Bi, O-Ba: The End of Civilization (1985)

88 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi

A man searches for survival after nuclear war forces people into an underground bunker. The inhabitants await rescue while their refuge decays around them.

Director: Piotr Szulkin | Stars: Jerzy Stuhr, Krystyna Janda, Kalina Jedrusik, Mariusz Dmochowski

Votes: 1,712

76. The Bunker (2015)

Not Rated | 85 min | Comedy, Drama, Horror

A young student seeks quiet and solitude to focus on an important work but ends up as the teacher of a peculiar boy who is home-schooled by his parents in an isolated bunker mansion. THE ... See full summary »

Director: Nikias Chryssos | Stars: Pit Bukowski, Daniel Fripan, Oona von Maydell, David Scheller

Votes: 2,141

77. Brothers (2023)

135 min | Action, Drama, History

Adaptation of controversial real-life story from the 1950s.

Director: Tomas Masin | Stars: Oskar Hes, Jan Nedbal, Adam Ernest, Tatiana Dyková

Votes: 325

78. Avalanche Express (1979)

PG | 88 min | Action, Thriller

Soviet KGB General Marenkov defects to the Americans and together with his CIA handler Harry Wargrave they plan an operation meant to reveal the KGB agents in Europe.

Directors: Mark Robson, Monte Hellman | Stars: Lee Marvin, Robert Shaw, Linda Evans, Maximilian Schell

Votes: 1,719

79. Alpha Code (2020)

97 min | Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller

Johana, a woman with no past, is hiding from a UN Agent Bowie, a head of secret space program. On her run she meets Martin and with help of Bowie's ex-colleague Lance they both help Martin to find his half alien daughter.

Director: Keoni Waxman | Stars: Bren Foster, Denise Richards, Randy Couture, Marek Vasut

Votes: 1,116

80. The Devil in Miss Jonas (1974)

71 min | Horror, Mystery

Miss Jonas, prone to a decadent life, has been sentenced to death. In Hell, she is told she's three days early and therefore sent back to life. Her friends are confused but expecting Hell anyway, she's determined to really deserve it.

Director: Erwin C. Dietrich | Stars: Christa Free, Marianne Dupont, Herbert Fux, Michel Jacot

Votes: 210

81. Witchhammer (1970)

107 min | Drama, History, Horror

In the 1600s, an overzealous clergy hauls innocent women in front of tribunals, forces them to confess to imaginary witchery, and engages in brutal torture and persecution of their subjects.

Director: Otakar Vávra | Stars: Vladimír Smeral, Elo Romancik, Josef Kemr, Sona Valentová

Votes: 2,849

82. The Little Witch (2018)

103 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

The story of a young and nice witch who learns everything there is to know about magic, in order to be accepted by the other older mean witches.

Director: Mike Schaerer | Stars: Karoline Herfurth, Axel Prahl, Luis Vorbach, Momo Beier

Votes: 1,526

83. Willy (2006)

12 min | Short, Comedy, Romance

A 14-year-old boy named Leander, who is insecure about his manhood, has a crush on a girl named Martina who helps him with his dilemma. The film explores the themes of puberty, sexuality, and peer pressure.

Director: Luzius Wespe | Stars: Felix Bühler, Maja Bader, Manuel Neuburger, Benedikt Lustenberger

Votes: 79

84. Run, Virgin, Run (1970)

R | 95 min | Comedy

Legend has it that a brisk wind called the "Faun" delivers vigor to the men of Falklenhousen - accounting for the town's satisfied wives and high birth rate. Truth is, when the men are away, their voluptuous wives play!

Director: Hans Billian | Stars: Joav Jasinski, Maria Brockerhoff, Helga Tölle, Michaela Martin

Votes: 175

85. Bardejov (2024)

85 min | History, War

The story of small town Jewish leader Rafuel Lowy, who found an ingenious way to save Bardejov's Jewish population from being sent to Auschwitz during World War Two.

Director: Danny A. Abeckaser | Stars: Robert Davi, Danny A. Abeckaser, Emma Renana Bardea, Julian Brass

Votes: 99

86. Pustina (2016)

TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

In a remote village where everyone knows each other, a girl goes missing under suspicious circumstances.

Stars: Zuzana Stivínová, Jaroslav Dusek, Eliska Krenková, Jan Cina

Votes: 2,370

87. Faust (1994)

97 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama

An ordinary man is lured into a strange puppet theatre by a map and finds himself embroiled in a production of the Faustian legend.

Director: Jan Svankmajer | Stars: Petr Cepek, Jan Kraus, Vladimír Kudla, Antonin Zacpal

Votes: 4,304

88. The Confession (1970)

GP | 139 min | Drama, Thriller

A high-ranking official is forced to confess to high treason.

Director: Costa-Gavras | Stars: Yves Montand, Simone Signoret, Gabriele Ferzetti, Michel Vitold

Votes: 4,831 | Gross: $0.33M

89. Iveta (2022– )

Biography, Drama

Iveta wants to be a famous singer. The journey leads from the children's choir through singing competitions, recording the first hit and record to nationwide fame.

Stars: Anna Fialová, Daniel Kadlec, Patricie Pagácová, Eliska Krenková

Votes: 61

90. The Round-Up (1966)

90 min | Drama, History, War

In Hungary, the national movement led by Kossuth has been crushed and the Austrian hegemony re-established, but partisans carry on with violent actions. In order to root out the guerilla, ... See full summary »

Director: Miklós Jancsó | Stars: János Görbe, Zoltán Latinovits, Tibor Molnár, Gábor Agárdi

Votes: 3,320

91. Franz (2025)

Biography, Drama | Filming

It narrates the life of the writer Franz Kafka, from his birth to his death.

Director: Agnieszka Holland | Stars: Katharina Stark, Emma Smetana, Sebastian Schwarz, Jenovéfa Boková

92. The Teacher (2016)

Unrated | 102 min | Comedy, Drama

The arrival of Maria Drazdechova, associated with the Communist party, to a school in Bratislava in 1983 worries parents, students, and colleagues.

Director: Jan Hrebejk | Stars: Zuzana Mauréry, Zuzana Konecná, Csongor Kassai, Tamara Fischer

Votes: 3,818 | Gross: $0.06M

93. The Return of Dracula (1958)

PG | 77 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

After a vampire leaves his native Balkans, he murders a Czech artist, assumes his identity, and moves in with the dead man's American cousins.

Director: Paul Landres | Stars: Francis Lederer, Norma Eberhardt, Ray Stricklyn, John Wengraf

Votes: 1,559

94. Interrogation (1989)

TV-MA | 118 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Tonia goes out drinking. She wakes up in prison, not having a clue why she's there. She is tortured to encourage her to confess to a crime she is not aware of.

Director: Ryszard Bugajski | Stars: Krystyna Janda, Adam Ferency, Janusz Gajos, Agnieszka Holland

Votes: 3,697

95. I Served the King of England (2006)

R | 113 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A look at the glamorous life at an old-world Prague hotel.

Director: Jirí Menzel | Stars: Ivan Barnev, Oldrich Kaiser, Julia Jentsch, Marián Labuda

Votes: 8,200 | Gross: $0.62M

96. Chinese Roulette (1976)

Not Rated | 86 min | Drama, Thriller

Both parents of a young teen who walks with crutches secretly meet their lovers, who both surprise each other at the family's country home. The daughter arrives and initiates a guessing game of "Chinese roulette."

Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder | Stars: Anna Karina, Margit Carstensen, Brigitte Mira, Ulli Lommel

Votes: 4,743

97. Head Burst (2019)

99 min | Drama

Markus, a good-looking, likable and respected architect, is a paedophile. Bodies of little boys excite him. He suffers tremendously because of this inclination. He tortures himself for it ... See full summary »

Director: Savas Ceviz | Stars: Max Riemelt, Oskar Netzel, Isabell Gerschke, Luise Heyer

Votes: 628

98. The Space Between the Lines (2019)

123 min | Drama, Romance

Emmi Rothner only wanted to cancel a newspaper subscription, but because she makes a typo in the address bar, the e-mail ends up in the mailbox of Leo Leike. It is the beginning of a long online exchange.

Director: Vanessa Jopp | Stars: Alexander Fehling, Claudia Eisinger, Gina Henkel, Moritz Führmann

Votes: 1,813

99. Lonely Wives (1972)

R | 79 min | Comedy

A reporter begins research on a story involving married European women and their secret fantasies and desires.

Director: Hubert Frank | Stars: Barbara Nielsen, Ingeborg Steinbach, Ewa Strömberg, Ingrid Steeger

Votes: 200

100. Bluebeard's Eighth Wife (1938)

Passed | 85 min | Comedy, Romance

After learning her multi-millionaire fiancé has already been married seven times, the daughter of a penniless marquis decides to tame him.

Director: Ernst Lubitsch | Stars: Claudette Colbert, Gary Cooper, Edward Everett Horton, David Niven

Votes: 4,557