Jiří Menzel's best films
The top 3 according to 5 votes from people: Cutting It Short (1981) · Closely Watched Trains (1966) · My Sweet Little Village (1985). (Updated Nov 10, 2025.)
From the Oscar-winning Closely Watched Trains to I Served the King of England: Menzel's films according to Kinobox, Moviezone and Skylink, many of them from Hrabal.
Automatically translated (original in Čeština). See the original
Top 12
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1
Cutting It Short (1981)
Hrabal's tale of a brewery and the beautiful Maryška.
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2
Closely Watched Trains (1966)
His feature debut, from Hrabal; Oscar for best foreign-language film.
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3
My Sweet Little Village (1985)
A village comedy; Oscar nomination.
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4
Seclusion Near a Forest (1976)
A Prague family looks for a country cottage, with Zdeněk Svěrák.
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5
The Snowdrop Festival (1983)
Hrabal's hunters and a wild boar.
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6
Larks on a String (1969)
Banned and only released in 1990; Golden Bear.
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7
Capricious Summer (1967)
From Vladislav Vančura; Crystal Globe at Karlovy Vary.
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8
I Served the King of England (2006)
Hrabal's waiter Jan Dítě; FIPRESCI prize in Berlin.
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9
The End of Old Times (1989)
From Vančura, with Josef Abrhám.
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10
Those Wonderful Movie Cranks (1978)
The early days of Czech cinema.
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11
The Beggar's Opera (1991)
From Václav Havel's play.
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12
Crime at a Night Club (1968)
A detective parody with songs by Suchý and Šlitr.
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