This article shows notable survey—either by critics or by the public of best Czech films. Some surveys focus on all Czech films, while others focus on a particular genre. It can be the highest ranked Czech exponent of an international poll.
Best film overall This section shows results of Best Czech film polls.
Film critics 1994 Karlovy Vary International Film Festival survey Num Film Director Genre 1 Marketa Lazarová (1967) František Vláčil HistoricalSource: 1998 poll of 55 Czech and Slovak film critics and publicists Num Film Director Genre Points 1 Marketa Lazarová (1967) František Vláčil Historical 325 2 The Shop on Main Street (1965) Ján Kadár and Elmar Klos War drama 252 3 All My Compatriots (1968) Vojtěch Jasný Drama 222 4 The Firemen's Ball (1967) Miloš Forman Comedy, Drama 163 5 Intimate Lighting (1965) Ivan Passer Comedy, Drama 134 6 Distant Journey (1949) Alfréd Radok War, drama 1227 Diamonds of the Night (1964) Jan Němec War, Drama 121 Closely Watched Trains (1966) Jiří Menzel War, drama 121 8 The Cremator (1968) Juraj Herz Horror 79 9 Case for a Rookie Hangman (1969) Pavel Juráček Mystery 71 10 The Ear (1970) Karel Kachyňa Thriller 68Source:
Filmové dědictví 2007 Num Film Director Genre Points 1 The Firemen's Ball (1967) Miloš Forman Comedy, Drama 332 Marketa Lazarová (1967) František Vláčil Historical 32 The Shop on Main Street (1965) Ján Kadár and Elmar Klos War drama 323 Closely Watched Trains (1966) Jiří Menzel War, drama 31 The Cremator (1968) Juraj Herz Horror 31 4 Intimate Lighting (1965) Ivan Passer Comedy, Drama 305 Lemonade Joe (1964) Oldřich Lipský Western, Comedy 29 Case for a Rookie Hangman (1969) Pavel Juráček Mystery 29 All My Compatriots (1968) Vojtěch Jasný Drama 296 Ecstasy (1932) Gustav Machatý Romantic, Drama 28 The Valley of the Bees (1967) František Vláčil Historical 287 Diamonds of the Night (1964) Jan Němec War, Drama 27 Loves of a Blonde (1965) Miloš Forman Comedy, Romance, Drama 27 8 Daisies (1966) Věra Chytilová Comedy, Drama 269 Distant Journey (1949) Alfréd Radok War, drama 25 Coach to Vienna (1966) Karel Kachyňa Psychological, War, drama 25 A Report on the Party and the Guests (1966) Jan Němec Political satire 25 Romance for Bugle (1967) Otakar Vávra Romantic, Drama 2510 Adelheid (1969) František Vláčil Psychological, drama 24 Black Peter (1963) Miloš Forman Comedy, Drama 24 Pictures of the Old World (1972)Slovak film Dušan Hanák Documentary 24 The Sun in a Net (1963) Štefan Uher Drama 24 Hop Pickers (1964) Ladislav Rychman Romantic Musical 24 The Ear (1970) Karel Kachyňa Thriller 24 The Joke (1968) Jaromil Jireš Drama 24Source:
Reflex Poll 2011 Num Film Director Genre 1 Marketa Lazarová (1967) František Vláčil Historical 2 The Cremator (1968) Juraj Herz Horror 3 Diamonds of the Night (1964) Jan Němec War, Drama 4 All My Compatriots (1968) Vojtěch Jasný Drama 5 Black Peter (1963) Miloš Forman Comedy, Drama 6 Case for a Rookie Hangman (1969) Pavel Juráček Mystery 7 Ball Lightning (1978) Ladislav Smoljak, Zdeněk Podskalský Comedy 8 The Poacher's Foster Daughter or Noble Millionaire (1949) Martin Frič Comedy 9 The Elementary School (1991) Jan Svěrák Comedy 10 Closely Watched Trains (1966) Jiří Menzel War, dramaSource:
Sight & Sound Poll 2012 Num Film Director Genre points Source 1 Marketa Lazarová (1967) František Vláčil Historical 11 2 Daisies (1966) Věra Chytilová Comedy, Drama 8 3 Closely Watched Trains (1966) Jiří Menzel War, drama 5 4 Alice (1988) Jan Švankmajer Animation, Fantasy 3 5 Dimensions of Dialogue (1982) Jan Švankmajer Animation 2 Intimate Lighting (1965) Ivan Passer Comedy, Drama 2 Source: Kánon 100 - voting by 20 Czech film critics and historians in 2018 Num Film Director Genre 1 The Firemen's Ball (1967) Miloš Forman Comedy, Drama 2 Daisies (1966) Věra Chytilová Comedy, Drama 3 Distant Journey (1949) Alfréd Radok War, drama 4 Marketa Lazarová (1967) František Vláčil Historical 5 Diamonds of the Night (1964) Jan Němec War, Drama 6 The Cremator (1968) Juraj Herz Horror 7 The Shop on Main Street (1965) Ján Kadár and Elmar Klos War drama 8 All My Compatriots (1968) Vojtěch Jasný Drama 9 From Saturday to Sunday (1931) Gustav Machatý Comedy 10 Kouř (1991) Tomáš Vorel Musical, ComedySource:
Public polls
Filmové dědictví 2007 Num Film Director Genre Points 1 The Elementary School (1991) Jan Svěrák Comedy 192 2 My Sweet Little Village (1985) Jiří Menzel Comedy 182 3 Journey to the Beginning of Time (1955) Karel Zeman Adventure, Science Fiction 179 4 The Cremator (1968) Juraj Herz Horror 177 5 Kolya (1996) Jan Svěrák Comedy 164 6 Cosy Dens (1999) Jan Hřebejk Comedy 156 7 Closely Watched Trains (1966) Jiří Menzel War, drama 153 8 Witchhammer (1969) Otakar Vávra Historical 1469 The Firemen's Ball (1967) Miloš Forman Comedy, Drama 140 Lemonade Joe (1964) Oldřich Lipský Western, Comedy 140 10 The Inheritance or Fuckoffguysgoodday (1992) Věra Chytilová Comedy 131Source:
Media Desk Poll 2010 Num Film Director Genre 1 Christian (1939) Martin Frič Comedy 2 Cesta do hlubin študákovy duše (1939) Martin Frič Comedy 3 Eva Fools Around (1939) Martin Frič Comedy 4 U pokladny stál (1939) Karel Lamač Comedy 5 Marketa Lazarová (1967) František Vláčil Historical 6 The Cremator (1968) Juraj Herz Horror 7 Lemonade Joe (1964) Oldřich Lipský Western, Comedy 8 My Sweet Little Village (1985) Jiří Menzel Comedy 9 Waiter, Scarper! (1981) Ladislav Smoljak Crime, Comedy 10 Skeleton on Horseback (1937) Hugo Haas Science Fiction, DramaSource: Reflex Poll 2011 Num Film Director Genre Points 1 Cosy Dens (1999) Jan Hřebejk Comedy 622 2 The Cremator (1968) Juraj Herz Horror 495 3 My Sweet Little Village (1985) Jiří Menzel Comedy 491 4 Men about Town (1969) Zdeněk Podskalský Comedy 286 5 Seclusion Near a Forest (1976) Jiří Menzel Comedy 226 6 All My Compatriots (1968) Vojtěch Jasný Drama 217 7 Marecek, Pass Me the Pen! (1976) Oldřich Lipský Comedy 201 8 Give the Devil His Due (1984) Hynek Bočan Adventure, Fantasy, Comedy 184 9 The Elementary School (1991) Jan Svěrák Comedy 159 10 Journey to the Beginning of Time (1955) Karel Zeman Adventure, Science Fiction 131Source: Kánon 100 Poll 2018 Num Film Director Genre 1 The Cremator (1969) Juraj Herz Horror 2 The Firemen's Ball (1967) Miloš Forman Comedy 3 Marketa Lazarová (1967) František Vláčil HistoricalSource:
By genre Comedy 1998 public survey "Comedy of the Century" Num Film Director 1 I Enjoy the World with You (1982) Marie Poledňáková 2 Kolya (1996) Jan Svěrák 3 Tři oříšky pro Popelku (1973) Václav VorlíčekSource:
Public Survey by Novinky.cz 2007 Num Film Director Points 1 My Sweet Little Village (1985) Jiří Menzel 22.4% 2 The Inheritance or Fuckoffguysgoodday (1992) Věra Chytilová 17.3% 3 Cosy Dens (1999) Jan Hřebejk 11.5%Source:
Experimental Kinobox rating 2017 Num Film Director % 1 Happy End (1967) Oldřich Lipský 80% 2 Pražská 5 (1988) Tomáš Vorel 76% 3 Wild Flowers (2000) F. A. Brabec 76% 4 Daisies (1966) Věra Chytilová 73% 5 The White Dove (1960) František Vláčil 72% 6 Miraculous Virgin (1967) Štefan Uher 71% 7 A Report on the Party and the Guests (1966) Jan Němec 71% 8 Fruit of Paradise (1970) Věra Chytilová 68% 9 Kinoautomat (1967) Radúz Činčera, Ján Roháč, Vladimír Svitáček 65% 10 The Magpie in the Wisp (1983) Juraj Herz 63%Source:
Fairy tale films Dáma rating 2012 Num Film Director 1 Give the Devil His Due (1985) Hynek Bočan 2 Once Upon a Time, There Was a King... (1954) Bořivoj Zeman 3 The Emperor and the Golem (1951) Martin Frič 4 The Proud Princess (1952) Bořivoj Zeman 5 Krabat – The Sorcerer's Apprentice (1977) Karel Zeman 6 Three Wishes for Cinderella (1973) Václav Vorlíček 7 The Tale of John and Mary (1980) Karel Zeman 8 Three Veterans (1983) Oldřich Lipský 9 Šíleně smutná princezna (1968) Bořivoj ZemanSource:
Kinobox rating 2017 Num Film Director % 1 Give the Devil His Due (1985) Hynek Bočan 87% 2 Three Wishes for Cinderella (1973) Václav Vorlíček 86% 3 Once Upon a Time, There Was a King... (1954) Bořivoj Zeman 84% 4 Šíleně smutná princezna (1968) Bořivoj Zeman 83% 5 Long Live Ghosts! (1977) Oldřich Lipský 83% 6 Three Veterans (1983) Oldřich Lipský 83% 7 The Proud Princess (1952) Bořivoj Zeman 82% 8 Dívka na koštěti (1972) Václav Vorlíček 82% 9 Panna a netvor (1978) Juraj Herz 80% 10 Dařbuján a Pandrhola (1960) Martin Frič 80%Source:
Horror Kinobox rating 2017 Num Film Director % 1 The Cremator (1968) Juraj Herz 85% 2 Panna a netvor (1978) Juraj Herz 81% 3 Krabat – The Sorcerer's Apprentice (1977) Karel Zeman 80% 4 Hrabě Drakula (1970) Anna Procházková 78% 5 Wolf's Hole (1987) Věra Chytilová 75% 6 Deváté srdce (1979) Juraj Herz 75% 7 Valerie and Her Week of Wonders (1970) Jaromil Jireš 75% 8 Lunacy (2005) Jan Švankmajer 75% 9 Freckled Max and the Spooks (1987) Juraj Jakubisko 74%/ 10 Little Otik (2000) Jan Švankmajer 74%Source:
Musical Public Survey by Novinky.cz 2007 Num Film Director Points 1 A Night at Karlstein (1974) Zdeněk Podskalský 34% 2 Long Live Ghosts! (1977) Oldřich Lipský 18% 3 Hop Pickers (1964) Ladislav Rychman 8% 4 Rebels (2001) Filip Renč 5% 5 Lemonade Joe (1964) Oldřich Lipský 5% 6 Big Beat (1993) Jan Hřebejk 3% 7 A Ballad for a Bandit (1978) Vladimír Sís 3% 8 Year of the Devil (2002) Petr Zelenka 3% 9 The Incredibly Sad Princess Bořivoj Zeman 3%Source:
Science fiction Public Survey by Novinky.cz 2007 Num Film Director Points 1 Journey to the Beginning of Time (1955) Karel Zeman 37%Source:
Kinobox Public Survey 2010 Num Film Director Points 1 Journey to the Beginning of Time (1955) Karel Zeman 15.56% 2 Ikarie XB-1 (1963) Jindřich Polák 5.46% 3 The Fabulous World of Jules Verne (1954) Karel Zeman 5.30% 4 The Fabulous Baron Munchausen (1961) Karel Zeman 4.91% 5 Tomorrow I'll Wake Up and Scald Myself with Tea (1977) Jindřich Polák 4.12% 6 Accumulator 1 (1993) Jan Svěrák 4.02% 7 Což takhle dát si špenát (1977) Václav Vorlíček 3.90% 8 If a Thousand Clarinets (1965) Ján Roháč and Vladimír Svitáček 3.45% 9 Krakatit (1948) Otakar Vávra 3.40% 10 I Killed Einstein, Gentlemen (1969) Oldřich Lipský 3.01%Source:
Kinobox rating 2017 Num Film Director % 1 Journey to the Beginning of Time (1955) Karel Zeman 84% 2 You Are a Widow, Sir (1971) Václav Vorlíček 84% 3 Což takhle dát si špenát (1977) Václav Vorlíček 83% 4 The Fabulous World of Jules Verne (1954) Karel Zeman 83% 5 Tomorrow I'll Wake Up and Scald Myself with Tea (1977) Jindřich Polák 82% 6 I Killed Einstein, Gentlemen (1969) Oldřich Lipský 82% 7 The Fabulous Baron Munchausen (1961) Karel Zeman 82% 8 Krakatit (1948) Otakar Vávra 80% 9 Ikarie XB-1 (1963) Jindřich Polák 75% 10 Wolf's Hole (1987) Věra Chytilová 75%Source:
Silent 2010 public survey by Týden.cz Num Film Director Genre 1 Erotikon (1929) Gustav Machatý Romantic 2 The Good Soldier Schweik (1926) Karel Lamač War, Comedy 3 Gypsies (1922) Karl Anton Drama 4 The May Fairy (1926) Karl Anton Romantic 5 Redivivus (1921) Jan Stanislav Kolár Fantasy, HorrorSource:
By period 1918-1939 2010 public survey by Týden.cz Num Film Director Genre 1 Christian (1939) Martin Frič Comedy 2 Cesta do hlubin študákovy duše (1939) Martin Frič Comedy 3 Eva Fools Around (1939) Martin Frič Comedy 4 U pokladny stál (1939) Karel Lamač Comedy 5 Skeleton on Horseback (1937) Hugo Haas Science Fiction, Drama 6 Imperial and Royal Field Marshal (1930) Karel Lamač Comedy 7 Workers, Let's Go (1934) Martin Frič Adventure 8 Muži v offsidu (1931) Svatopluk Innemann Comedy 9 The Merry Wives (1938) Otakar Vávra Historical, Comedy 10 Ecstasy (1932) Gustav Machatý Romantic, DramaSource:
1940s 2010 public survey by Týden.cz