Every Czech Lion winner for Best Film (1993–2024)
The top 3 according to 59 votes from people: Big Beat (Šakalí léta) · Díky za každé nové ráno · Kolya (Kolja). (Updated Mar 18, 2025.)
The Czech Lion is the Czech Republic's most important film award. From Jan Hřebejk's Big Beat through the Oscar-winning Kolya, Divided We Fall and The Painted Bird to Jiří Mádl's Waves: every winner of the top category for the years 1993–2024. Films by Jan Hřebejk and Petr Zelenka have won it most often, three times each.
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Top 32
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1
Big Beat (Šakalí léta)
Czech Lion for Best Film, 1993. Directed by Jan Hřebejk.
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Díky za každé nové ráno
Czech Lion for Best Film, 1994. Directed by Milan Šteindler.
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Kolya (Kolja)
Czech Lion for Best Film, 1996. Directed by Jan Svěrák. Also won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film.
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4
Zahrada
Czech Lion for Best Film, 1995. Directed by Martin Šulík.
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5
Sekal Has to Die (Je třeba zabít Sekala)
Czech Lion for Best Film, 1998. Directed by Vladimír Michálek.
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6
Year of the Devil (Rok ďábla)
Czech Lion for Best Film, 2002. Directed by Petr Zelenka.
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Walking Too Fast (Pouta)
Czech Lion for Best Film, 2010. Directed by Radim Špaček.
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8
Return of the Idiot (Návrat idiota)
Czech Lion for Best Film, 1999. Directed by Saša Gedeon.
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9
Little Otik (Otesánek)
Czech Lion for Best Film, 2001. Directed by Jan Švankmajer.
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10
Boredom in Brno (Nuda v Brně)
Czech Lion for Best Film, 2003. Directed by Vladimír Morávek.
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11
Kobry a užovky
Czech Lion for Best Film, 2015. Directed by Jan Prušinovský.
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12
Masaryk
Czech Lion for Best Film, 2016. Directed by Julius Ševčík.
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13
Charlatan (Šarlatán)
Czech Lion for Best Film, 2020. Directed by Agnieszka Holland.
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14
Cesta ven
Czech Lion for Best Film, 2014. Directed by Petr Václav.
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15
The Karamazovs (Karamazovi)
Czech Lion for Best Film, 2008. Directed by Petr Zelenka.
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16
Poupata
Czech Lion for Best Film, 2011. Directed by Zdeněk Jiráský.
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17
Ve stínu
Czech Lion for Best Film, 2012. Directed by David Ondříček.
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18
Burning Bush (Hořící keř)
Czech Lion for Best Film, 2013. Directed by Agnieszka Holland.
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Všechno bude
Czech Lion for Best Film, 2018. Directed by Olmo Omerzu.
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20
The Painted Bird (Nabarvené ptáče)
Czech Lion for Best Film, 2019. Directed by Václav Marhoul.
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Waves (Vlny)
Czech Lion for Best Film, 2024. Directed by Jiří Mádl.
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22
Something Like Happiness (Štěstí)
Czech Lion for Best Film, 2005. Directed by Bohdan Sláma.
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23
Little Girl Blue (Tajnosti)
Czech Lion for Best Film, 2007. Directed by Alice Nellis.
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24
Brothers (Bratři)
Czech Lion for Best Film, 2023. Directed by Tomáš Mašín.
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25
Buttoners (Knoflíkáři)
Czech Lion for Best Film, 1997. Directed by Petr Zelenka.
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26
Divided We Fall (Musíme si pomáhat)
Czech Lion for Best Film, 2000. Directed by Jan Hřebejk.
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27
Up and Down (Horem pádem)
Czech Lion for Best Film, 2004. Directed by Jan Hřebejk.
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28
I Served the King of England (Obsluhoval jsem anglického krále)
Czech Lion for Best Film, 2006. Directed by Jiří Menzel.
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29
Protektor
Czech Lion for Best Film, 2009. Directed by Marek Najbrt.
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30
Bába z ledu
Czech Lion for Best Film, 2017. Directed by Bohdan Sláma.
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31
Zátopek (Zátopek)
Czech Lion for Best Film, 2021. Directed by David Ondříček.
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32
Il Boemo (Il Boemo)
Czech Lion for Best Film, 2022. Directed by Petr Václav.
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