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Criterion Channel
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8.1
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77
/468/
77
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4.1
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95
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93
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A Short Film About Love (1988)
19-year-old Tomek whiles away his lonely life by spying on his opposite neighbour Magda through binoculars. She's an artist in her mid-thirties, and appears to have everything - not least a constant stream of men at her beck and call. But when the two finally meet, they discover that they have a lot more in common than appeared at first sight...
poster
Criterion Channel
82
81
7.9
/24055/
76
/399/
76
/386/
4.1
/48061/
91
/23/
90
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A Short Film About Killing (1988)
Jacek climbs into the taxi driven by Waldemar, tells him to drive to a remote location, then brutally strangles him, seemingly without motive.
poster
Criterion Channel
79
78
7.5
/18479/
74
/339/
72
/271/
3.8
/13602/
95
/22/
90
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75
/12/
cc age 15+

Europa Europa (1990)
A Jewish boy separated from his family in the early days of WWII poses as a German orphan and is taken into the heart of the Nazi world as a 'war hero' and eventually becomes a Hitler Youth.
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83
74
8.5
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80
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81
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4.4
/36736/

Decalogue I (1989)
Krzysztof, a semantics professor and computer hobbyist, is raising his young son, Paweł, to look to science for answers, while Irena, Paweł’s aunt, lives a life rooted in faith. Over the course of one day, both adults are forced to question their belief systems.
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Netflix
74
7.5
/13586/
75
/559/
78
/341/
3.5
/12591/
cc age 13+

Forgotten Love (2023)
A once-respected surgeon who's lost his family and his memory gets a chance at redemption when he reconnects with someone from his forgotten past.
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82
67
8.4
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80
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79
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4.3
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Decalogue V (1989)
Jacek, an angry drifter, murders a taxi driver, brutally and without motive. His case is assigned to Piotr, an idealistic young lawyer who is morally opposed to the death penalty, and their interactions take on an emotional honesty that throws into stark relief for Piotr the injustice of killing of any kind.
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Criterion Channel
75
64
7.3
/6179/
68
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69
/114/
3.8
/8360/
90
/10/
77
/29/

No End (1985)
1982, Poland. A translator loses her husband and becomes a victim of her own sorrow. She looks to sex, to her son, to law, and to hypnotism when she has nothing else in this time of martial law when Solidarity was banned.
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76
64
7.8
/4250/
76
/129/
75
/103/
3.8
/3898/

The Quack (1982)
A famous surgeon is beaten by drunken bullies, loses his memory and cannot recollect who he was before. He gets to a village, lives in a not so well to do family and becomes the Quack - he slowly regains his talent for medicine and saves the lives of several village patients.
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72
61
7.4
/5093/
69
/110/
70
/155/
3.8
/19477/

Decalogue III (1989)
It’s Christmas Eve, and Ewa has plotted to pass the hours until morning with her former lover Janusz, a family man, by making him believe her husband has gone missing. During this night of recklessness and lies, the pair grapple with choices made when their affair was discovered three years ago, and with the value of their present lives.
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73
58
7.5
/3972/
70
/61/
72
/135/
3.8
/12480/

Decalogue VIII (1989)
Zofia, a professor of ethics, is visited by Elżbieta, an American researching the fate of Jews who survived World War II. A daytime classroom conversation turns into a night of confrontation, and Zofia is forced to answer for a decision she made decades ago that directly affected the course of Elżbieta’s life.
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72
54
7.3
/4103/
65
/91/
69
/89/
3.7
/3525/
82
/17/

Man of Iron (1981)
In Warsaw in 1980, the Communist Party sends disgruntled radio reporter Winkel to Gdańsk to dig up dirt on the shipyard strikers - particularly on Maciek Tomczyk, an independent labour union leader whose father was killed in the December 1970 protests. Posing as sympathetic, Winkel interviews the people surrounding Tomczyk, including his detained wife, Agnieszka.
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71
50
7.0
/4411/
71
/203/
65
/98/
3.6
/2861/
77
/2/

The Art of Loving: Story of Michalina Wislocka (2017)
Michalina Wislocka, the most famous and recognized sexologist of communist Poland, fights for the right to publish her book, which will change the sex life of Polish people forever.
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66
42
7.1
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65
/26/
62
/34/
3.7
/1634/
61

Escape from the Liberty Cinema (1990)
The screening of a movie "Daybreak" at the "Liberty" Cinema is interrupted by an unusual event - actors come to life on the screen, start conversations among themselves, draw the audience into them. Crowds gather around the cinema, the relevant authorities and services wonder what to do in this complicated situation. Also arriving is the censor, a man reaching his fifties, a one-time literary critic and journalist. The line between fiction and reality begins to blur.
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37
7.0
/998/
66
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67
/30/
3.4
/272/
93

Colonel Kwiatkowski (1996)
Military doctor Kwiatkowski, serving in a barracks hospital on the Western Territories, is rewarded with a week’s leave after successfully operating on Colonel Kiziora of the UB. He and his friend steal a truck bound for Warsaw, where among the ruins of his former home he meets his prewar neighbor Krysia, instantly falls in love, and, after a brawl with a Russian officer at a dance in the surviving “Polonia” hotel, pretends to be a high-ranking UB colonel to save face.
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50
37
5.4
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50
/90/
53
/81/
3.1
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34
/17/

Mall Girls (2009)
Shopping malls - today's place of creating desires. Best jewelry, clothes, shoes. Unaffordable by young girls, but they "work" to get themselves sponsors for new items.
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Netflix
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34
5.2
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53
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2.2
/1852/
cc age 13+

No Pressure (2024)
After being tricked into dropping everything to save her grandmother's farm, big-city chef Oliwia falls for a handsome farmer who's hiding a secret.
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7.1
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78
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66
/32/
3.4
/542/

Controlled Conversations (1991)
Ryszard Ochódzki receives a special assignment for UB - infiltrating the "Solidarity" party branch in Suwałki. His arriving there coincides with the imposition of martial law on Poland.
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20
5.7
/580/
61
/45/
56
/15/
3.5
/904/

Ranczo Wilkowyje (2007)
Lucy and Kusy have to face quite a problem. From the States suddenly arrives Lucy's mysterious husband Louis. It turns out that their divorce was not fully carried out. Louis fights for his wife's lost feelings, he wants the girl to return to the US with him. Kusy removes himself into the shadows, but over time begins to suspect Louis of not very pure intentions. In the background, there is a clash between the cunning Czerepach, in the role of an auditor from the Chamber of Accounts, and the Village Head. Desperate, the Village Head, together with the entrepreneur Więclawski, who has won all tenders in the municipality for years, is plotting against his eternal enemy. The bench regulars are also preparing a surprise.
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17
7.0
/586/
55
/10/
67
/11/
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Love Stories (1997)
Jerzy Stuhr scripted, directed and plays four roles in this Polish comedy about four men -- an army officer, a college instructor, a priest, and a drug dealer -- and their relationships with four females. An attractive student puts the teacher in an awkward spot when she reveals her love for him. An 11-year-old informs the priest that she's his daughter. The army officer is pleased when confronted by a past lover. The drug dealer, taken prisoner, must decide whether or not to trust his wife with his hidden loot. In the wrap-up, the elderly accountant passes judgment on all four men. Stuhr acted in films by the late Krzysztof Kieslowski, who had some input here by offering advice to Stuhr on this screenplay.
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11
5.6
/445/
42
/11/
56
/8/
3.2
/571/

30 Door Key (1991)
A young writer in 1939 Warsaw faces the conflict of acting his age or relapsing into childhood during the brink of World War II. Based on the famous novel Ferdydurke by Witold Gombrowicz.
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7
6.5
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45
/4/
3.3
/549/

The Spinning Wheel of Time (1996)
A filmmaker and his wife, an actress visit their cabin in the woods for the first time in 10 years. He sets about filming whatever he can in the area, including an alluring blonde who lives nearby.
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74
/62/
75
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Decalogue IX (1989)
Roman and Hanka have a loving marriage, but his impotence has led to her having an affair. The unbearable situation drives Roman to extreme measures both physically and mentally, testing their love and his own will to live.
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81
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79
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Decalogue VI (1989)
A teenage postal worker, Tomek, routinely spies on his older neighbor Magda, a sexually liberated artist who lives in the apartment across the courtyard from his. As their private worlds merge, fascination turns to obsession, and the line between love and curiosity becomes violently blurred.
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76
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76
/85/
77
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Decalogue IV (1989)
A father and daughter, Michał and Anka, have a unique intimacy, which the college-aged Anka is beginning to feel conflicted about. When she finds an unopened letter from her deceased mother, it seems to justify her attraction to Michał, who may not in fact be her father.
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7.7
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70
/124/
73
/189/
3.8
/23780/

Decalogue II (1989)
Dorota Geller, a married woman, faces a dilemma involving her sick husband's prognosis. Her husband's doctor, who believes in God, sweared about it in vain.
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70
/1/

Wnyki (2016)
Jakub is coming back to his home town only to discover his former girlfriend has leukemia. He has to confront the past he wanted to escape from.
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54
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5.1
/111/
63
/6/
50
/6/

Tytus, Romek i A'Tomek wśród złodziei marzeń (2002)
On the planet Transformation, the cruel Prince Saligia steals people’s dreams and turns them into advertisements. When the fame of Tytus reaches him, Saligia lures Tytus and his old friends A’Tomek and Romek to his world, where the friends are captured by the prince’s soldiers and only Tytus’s wits stand between them and despair.
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63
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5.9
/289/
64
/35/
68
/9/

Polowanie (2023)
Outraged by corruption in his small town, a family man runs for mayor but discovers that staying true to his principles may come at a devastating cost.
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6.4
/60/
50
/3/

Braciszek (2007)
A film based on real events about the art of passing, goodness and mercy... The titular Little Brother is based on Alojzy Kosiba, "Alojzeczek" - a fundraiser and almoner who lived in the years 1855-1939. A monk approaching the end of his days wants to save a young boy's life before his earthly farewell.
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6.4
/73/
10
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55
/2/

The Peddler (1990)
The hardships of an ordinary street vendor from his troubled childhood, when he had to work to support his family, to disappointing adulthood, when he lost all the money he had several Times for various reasons.
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5.9
/25/
20
/1/
60
/2/

The Day of the Big Fish (1997)
A mature man recalls his youthful love and comes to the town where he once met a woman who was important to him. However, it is hard to turn back time.
poster
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6.0
/8/
60
/1/

Feeder (2023)
Ziggy is a teenager suffering from bulimia. One day, he’s being told by his father that he needs to be sent to the hospital. He decides to prevent this and finds allies in his cause. However, in the meantime, he discovers that something dangerous lives inside of him, something that wants to come out at all costs. Will he be able to hide it any longer? The film is a horror-coming-of-age story.
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5.6
/35/
60
/2/

Przemytnicy (1985)
The 1920s, the southern border of Poland. Smuggler Józef Trofida is released from prison. From his friend Władek, he learns that he has lost his dominant position in the world of smuggling to the Alińczuk clan. To change this, Trofida organizes further expeditions, which multiply his wealth many times over. The next smuggling operation—exposed by Alińczuk—ends with Józef's death. Władek decides to take revenge on the hated clan.
poster
46
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4.6
/3377/
50
/24/
42
/12/

Where the Devil Can't Go, He Sends a Woman (2022)
Poland in the 80’s was a country ruled by crisis and a sense of hopelessness. Only few knew how to turn crisis into a business. It was a golden time for them. How did they know what would bring them money? How did they operate in a country where almost everything was forbidden?
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50
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5.0
/89/
47
/11/
55
/10/

Miłość na pierwszą stronę (2022)
The story of Nina - a modern day Cinderella and Robert - the son of the presidential couple. She is undergoing a transformation in life and is making her first steps in the paparazzi profession. He also wants to live on his own terms and free himself from the spotlight, which may turn out to be more difficult than he thinks. Only fleeting "front page love" or a great feeling for life will spark between the characters?
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46
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4.2
/129/
59
/13/
38
/9/

Bejbis (2022)
Mikolaj and Ada, a middle-aged, middle-aged couple, happy slightly above the Polish average, with one daughter, Mela. Their stabilized life is complicated by the appearance of a second child, the fruit of a slip-up. How will the characters cope in the face of the new challenge?
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3.5
/12/
20
/1/

Córa marnotrawna (2001)
Polish comedy from 2001, describing Polish capitalism with a grain of salt. The title character was brought up in the People's Republic of Poland, she left the country. He comes back home with the money and tries to find a new reality.
poster
?
5.2
/29/
20
/2/

Wstyd (2007)
A 12-year-old girl is brutally raped. The perpetrator is one of the three 40-year-old men with whom the girl had previously had contacts.
poster
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5.1
/67/
10
/1/
35
/2/

Człowiek z... (1993)
Journalist Anna is trying to make a documentary about an opposition activist she met years ago.
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10
/1/

Szklany dom (1990)
The main character of the film has just received her dream apartment in an old tenement house. However, it is not allowed to enjoy it for too long. When he returns home with the child, it turns out that the tenement house has disappeared. The woman's goal is to find her own home.
poster
?
6.4
/29/
10
/1/

Polonia Restituta (1981)
A two-part historical film covering the years of the First World War and the post-war period up to 1919 - until the signing of the peace treaty in Versailles near Paris. An attempt to show the great and complicated process of regaining an independent existence by a nation within its own state. The screen shows characters from history textbooks: Józef Piłsudski, Ignacy Paderewski, Roman Dmowski, Wojciech Korfanty as well as representatives of the world political scene, incl. David Lloyd George, Woodrow Wilson, Georges Clemenceau, Vladimir Lenin and others.
poster
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20
/1/

Na planie nowego serialu "Miodowe lata" (1998)
Preview and behind the scenes of the cult Polish series "Miodowe lata".
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Criterion Channel
?
5.0
/6/
10
/1/

Talking Heads 2021 (2021)
The film was inspired by one of the most important documentaries shot by Krzysztof Kieślowski, Talking Heads (1980). The director asked his interlocutors seemingly simple questions, such as “Who are you?” and “What do you want?”.
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6.1
/17/
25
/2/
60
/1/

Virtuti (1989)
Second half of September 1939. Lt. Brejer, along with a detachment of his sappers, receives orders to blow up the bridge. The promised explosives do not arrive. So Brejer gets the order to withdraw and reunite with the rest of the division. Along the way, suffering hunger and discomfort along with his soldiers, he joins various divisions, collects survivors and fights. From a German prisoner of war, he finally learns that the Soviets have entered Poland. Finally, he and his men manage to reach his home unit, but that unit has just surrendered to the Germans.
poster
59
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6.6
/162/
40
/2/
72
/5/

The Last Ferry (1989)
One of the passengers on a ship carrying Poles on a cruise in December 1981 is a dissident high school teacher sent abroad by Solidarity. He is under surveillance of the secret police, anxious to get their hands on the info that he is carrying. When the ship is in the middle of the Baltic sea, martial law is declared and the ship is militarized. The captain announces he will turn and return the home port. Many anguished passengers put the life vests on and jump into the sea, where they are picked up by two German ships. The teacher, however, decides to return to Poland and continue the struggle for freedom.
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54
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6.8
/135/
47
/4/
52
/3/

The Faithful River (1987)
Set during the insurgency of 1863, the story focuses on a tragic romance between a poor gentlewoman and a rebel noble. After a bloody battle a unit of insurgents have been wiped out and only one survived, but badly wounded. He eventually finds shelter and care from a landsteward's daughter, hiding in a burned-out manor with an old servant.
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6.0
/67/
53
/3/
57
/3/

Came the Uhlans (2006)
In a post-State gmina Osiek, on August 15th the plaque commemorating the liberation of the town from the hands of the Bolsheviks in 1920 will be unveiled. Vogt wants the event to be festive and to contribute to the promotion a the forgotten gmina. He needs a veteran, but where will he find a veteran of the 1920 war? Marian, a village shopkeeper, promises to “find” a veteran in excha
poster
62
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6.6
/358/
56
/14/
65
/4/

Immensity of Justice (2006)
A disengaged graduate expects his father's friend to recruit him into law, but instead learns about a murder case with a verdict he aims to challenge.


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