Best Movies from Poland by Rank
83
1
Andrzej Wajda
Zbigniew Cybulski, Ewa Krzyzewska, Waclaw Zastrzezynski, Adam Pawlikowski
Drama / War
Poland
Polish
124
2
Krzysztof Kieslowski
Irène Jacob, Jean-Louis Trintignant
Drama / Romance
Poland / France / Switzerland
French
142
3
Krzysztof Kieslowski
Miroslaw Baka, Henryk Baranowski, Artur Barcis, Aleksander Bardini
Drama
Poland
Polish
198
4
Roman Polanski
Adrien Brody, Frank Finlay, Thomas Kretschmann, Maureen Lipman, Katarzyna Figura
Drama / War / Period Film
Poland / France / UK / Germany / Netherlands
English
277
5
Krzysztof Kieslowski
Juliette Binoche, Benoît Régent, Florence Pernel
Drama / Music / Romance
France / Poland / Switzerland / UK
French
284
6
Roman Polanski
Leon Niemczyk, Jolanta Umecka
Drama / Thriller
Poland
Polish
400
7
Krzysztof Kieslowski
Irène Jacob, Halina Gryglaszewska, Kalina Jedrusik, Aleksander Bardini
Drama / Fantasy / Romance
France / Poland / Norway
French
431
8
Krzysztof Kieslowski
Zbigniew Zamachowski, Julie Delpy, Janusz Gajos, Jerzy Stuhr
Comedy / Drama
France / Poland / Switzerland / UK
Polish
457
9
Volker Schlöndorff
Mario Adorf, David Bennent, Angela Winkler, Katharina Thalbach, Daniel Olbrychski
Drama / Period Film / War
West Germany / France / Poland / Yugoslavia
German
598
10
Jonathan Glazer
Sandra Hüller, Christian Friedel, Ralph Herforth, Max Beck, Marie Rosa Tietjen
Drama / History / War / Period Film
USA / UK / Poland
English
679
11
Pawel Pawlikowski
Agata Kulesza, Agata Trzebuchowska, Joanna Kulig, Dawid Ogrodnik, Adam Szyszkowski
Drama / Religion
Poland / Denmark
Polish
719
12
Agnieszka Holland
Marco Hofschneider, René Hofschneider
Drama / War / Comedy
Germany / France / Poland
German
850
14
Pawel Pawlikowski
Joanna Kulig, Tomasz Kot, Borys Szyc, Agata Kulesza, Cédric Kahn
Drama / Music / Romance / History / Period Film
Poland / UK / France
Polish
1157
15
Krzysztof Kieslowski
Miroslaw Baka, Krzysztof Globisz, Jan Tesarz, Zbigniew Zapasiewicz
Drama / Crime
Poland
Polish
1171
16
Andrzej Wajda
Jerzy Radziwilowicz, Krystyna Janda, Tadeusz Lomnicki, Jacek Lomnicki
Drama
Poland
Polish
1176
17
Andrzej Wajda
Gérard Depardieu, Wojciech Pszoniak, Anne Alvaro
Drama / History / Period Film / Biography
France / Poland / West Germany
French
1192
18
Jerzy Skolimowski
Sandra Drzymalska, Isabelle Huppert, Lorenzo Zurzolo, Mateusz Kosciukiewicz
Drama
Poland / Italy
Polish
1263
19
Jerzy Skolimowski
John Moulder-Brown, Jane Asher, Peter Martin Urtel, Erika Wackernagel
Drama
Poland / UK / West Germany
English
1511
20
Andrzej Wajda
Teresa Izewska, Tadeusz Janczar, Wienczyslaw Glinski
Drama / War
Poland
Polish
1686
21
Jasmila Zbanic
Jasna Djuricic, Izudin Bajrovic, Boris Ler, Dino Bajrovic, Johan Heldenbergh
Drama / War
Bosnia-Herzegovina / Austria / Romania / Netherlands / Germany / Poland / France / Norway / Turkey
Bosnian
1891
22
David Lynch
Laura Dern, Jeremy Irons, Harry Dean Stanton, Justin Theroux, Scott Coffey
Drama / Mystery / Experimental
USA / Poland / France
English
1895
23
Jesse Eisenberg
Kieran Culkin, Jesse Eisenberg, Olha Bosova, Banner Eisenberg, Jakub Gasowski
Comedy / Drama
Poland / USA
English
2017
24
Krzysztof Zanussi
Maja Komorowska, Scott Wilson, Hanna Skarzanka
Romance / Drama / War
Poland / West Germany / USA
Polish
2081
25
Magnus von Horn
Vic Carmen Sonne, Trine Dyrholm, Besir Zeciri, Ava Knox Martin, Joachim Fjelstrup
Drama / History / Horror
Denmark / Poland / Sweden
Danish
2231
26
Agnieszka Holland
Robert Wieckiewicz, Benno Fürmann, Agnieszka Grochowska, Maria Schrader
Drama / War
Poland / Germany
Polish
2277
27
Ryszard Bugajski
Krystyna Janda, Janusz Gajos, Adam Ferency, Agnieszka Holland, Anna Romantowska
Drama
Poland
Polish
2287
28
Krzysztof Zanussi
Maja Komorowska, Tadeusz Lomnicki, Magda Jaroszowna
Drama / Comedy
Poland
Polish
2314
29
Witold Lesiewicz, Andrzej Munk
Aleksandra Slaska, Anna Ciepielewska, Janusz Bylczynski, Krystyna Dubielowna
Drama / War
Poland
Polish
2314
29
Wojciech Has
Zbigniew Cybulski, Franciszek Pieczka, Leon Niemczyk, Elzbieta Czyzewska
Drama / Fantasy / Adventure
Poland
Polish
2392
30
Aleksander Ford
Aleksandra Slaska, Tadeusz Janczar, Andrzej Kozak
Drama / Gangster
Poland
Polish
2414
31
Jan Komasa
Bartosz Bielenia, Aleksandra Konieczna, Eliza Rycembel, Tomasz Zietek
Drama
Poland
Polish
2417
32
Andrzej Wajda
Joachim Paul Assböck, Waldemar Barwinski, Stanislawa Celinska, Andrzej Chyra
Drama / History / War / Biography
Poland
Polish
2452
33
Krzysztof Kieslowski
Jerzy Stuhr, Malgorzata Zabkowska, Ewa Pokas, Stefan Czyzewski, Jerzy Nowak
Drama / Comedy
Poland
Polish
2471
34
Christian Petzold
Nina Hoss, Ronald Zehrfeld, Nina Kunzendorf, Trystan Pütter, Michael Maertens
Drama
Germany / Poland
German
2531
35
Agnieszka Holland
Jalal Altawil, Maja Ostaszewska, Behi Djanati Atai, Tomasz Wlosok
Drama
Poland / USA / France / Czech Republic / Belgium / Germany / Turkey
Polish
2554
36
Krzysztof Zanussi
Maja Komorowska, Piotr Fronczewski, Marek Piwowski
Drama
Poland
Polish
2599
37
Aaron Schneider
Robert Duvall, Sissy Spacek, Bill Murray, Lucas Black, Gerald McRaney, Bill Cobbs
Comedy / Drama / Mystery / Period Film
USA / Germany / Poland
English
2600
38
Krzysztof Zanussi
Piotr Garlicki, Zbigniew Zapasiewicz, Christine Paul-Podlasky, Mariusz Dmochowski
Comedy / Drama
Poland
Polish
2600
38
Joseph Green, Jan Nowina-Przybylski
Molly Picon, Leon Liebgold, Simche Fostel, Max Bozyk, Dora Fakiel, A. Lewin
Comedy / Musical / Romance
Poland / USA
Yiddish
2616
39
Jerzy Hoffman
Daniel Olbrychski, Malgorzata Braunek, Tadeusz Lomnicki
Adventure / War / History / Epic / Romance
Poland / Soviet Union
Polish
2616
39
Jerzy Antczak
Jadwiga Baranska, Jerzy Binczycki, Stanislawa Celinska
Drama / Romance / War
Poland
Polish
2616
39
Jerzy Kawalerowicz
Jerzy Zelnik, Wieslawa Mazurkiewicz, Barbara Brylska
Drama / History / Epic / War
Poland
Polish
2616
39
Andrzej Wajda
Daniel Olbrychski, Wojciech Pszoniak, Andrzej Seweryn
Drama / Period Film
Poland
Polish
2616
39
Andrzej Wajda
Daniel Olbrychski, Anna Seniuk, Maja Komorowska
Drama / Period Film / Romance
Poland / France
Polish
2625
40
Lech Majewski
Rutger Hauer, Michael York, Charlotte Rampling, Oskar Huliczka, Joanna Litwin
Drama / History
Sweden / Poland
English
2639
41
Andrzej Wajda
Tadeusz Lomnicki, Urszula Modrzynska, Tadeusz Janczar, Janusz Paluszkiewicz
Drama / War / Romance
Poland
Polish
2639
41
Aleksander Ford, Jerzy Zarzycki
Ina Benita, Jerzy Pichelski, Stanislawa Wysocka, Kazimierz Opalinski
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Poland
Polish
2639
41
Aleksander Ford
Czeslaw Wollejko, Zbigniew Lobodzinski, J. Nieweglowski, Jerzy Duszynski
Drama / Music
Poland
Polish
2656
42
Christos Nikou
Aris Servetalis, Sofia Georgovassili, Anna Kalaitzidou, Argyris Bakirtzis
Comedy / Drama
Greece / Poland / Slovenia
Greek
2656
42
Valdimar Jóhannsson
Noomi Rapace, Hilmir Snær Gudnason, Björn Hlynur Haraldsson
Drama / Horror / Mystery / Thriller
Iceland / Sweden / Poland
Icelandic
2657
43
Wanda Jakubowska
Tatjana Gorecka, Antonina Gorecka, Barbara Drapinska, Aleksandra Slaska
Drama / War
Poland
Polish
2657
43
Jerzy Kawalerowicz
Zygmunt Kestowicz, Ignacy Machowski, Wieslaw Golas, Stanislaw Mikulski
Mystery / Thriller / Drama / Spy / Detective
Poland
Polish
2689
44
Jerzy Kawalerowicz
Lucyna Winnicka, Mieczyslaw Voit, Anna Ciepielewska
Drama / Religion / Period Film
Poland
Polish
2692
45
Krzysztof Zanussi
Tadeusz Bradecki, Malgorzata Zajaczkowska, Cezary Morawski
Drama
Poland
Polish
2692
45
Wojciech Has
Gustaw Holoubek, Tadeusz Kondrat, Halina Kowalska
Drama / Fantasy
Poland
Polish
2699
46
Jerzy Skolimowski
Vincent Gallo, Emmanuelle Seigner, Stig Frode Henriksen, Nicolai Cleve Broch
Thriller / War
Poland / Norway / Ireland / Hungary
English
2705
47
Malgorzata Szumowska
Mateusz Kosciukiewicz, Agnieszka Podsiadlik, Malgorzata Gorol, Roman Gancarczyk
Comedy / Drama
Poland
Polish
2706
48
Sergei Dvortsevoy
Askhat Kuchencherekov, Samal Esljamova, Ondas Besikbasov, Tolepbergen Baisakalov
Comedy / Drama / Romance
Germany / Kazakhstan / Poland / Russia / Switzerland
Kazakh
2707
49
Emre Kayis
Ugur Polat, Hatice Aslan, Ezgi Gör, Ipek Türktan, Ege Aydan
Drama
Turkey / Germany / Denmark / Poland
Turkish
2709
50
Wojciech Marczewski
Tomasz Hudziec, Teresa Marczewska, Marek Kondrat, Zdzislaw Wardejn
Drama / History
Poland
Polish
2711
51
Andrzej Munk, Jan Riesser
Gustaw Holoubek, Wojciech Siemion, Stanislaw Wawrytko
War / Drama / Action / Adventure
Poland
Polish
2711
51
Roman Polanski
Jodie Foster, Kate Winslet, Christoph Waltz, John C. Reilly
Comedy / Drama
France / Germany / Poland
English
2711
51
Fatih Akin
Tahar Rahim, Simon Abkarian, Makram Khoury, Hindi Zahra, Kevork Malikyan
Drama / History
Germany / France / Poland / Turkey / Canada / Russia / Italy
English
2711
51
Jerzy Skolimowski
Richard Dormer, Paulina Chapko, Wojciech Mecwaldowski, Dawid Ogrodnik
Drama / Thriller
Poland / Ireland
Polish
2711
51
Jerzy Skolimowski
Iain Glen, Robert Stephens, Judith Godrèche, Fabienne Babe
Drama / Comedy
Poland
Polish
2711
51
Agnieszka Holland
Miranda Otto, William Fichtner, Lothaire Bluteau, Ryan Smith
Drama / Romance / Religion
Germany / Canada / Poland / USA
English
2711
51
Jerzy Stuhr
Jerzy Stuhr, Dominika Ostalowska, Irina Alfyorova
Romance / Comedy / Drama
Poland
Polish
2711
51
Jan Lomnicki
Ryszarda Hanin, Marzena Trybala, Marek Bargielowski
Drama / War
Poland
Polish
2711
51
Jan P. Matuszynski
Tomasz Zietek, Sandra Korzeniak, Jacek Braciak, Agnieszka Grochowska
Drama
Poland / Czech Republic / France
Polish
2711
51
Malgorzata Szumowska, Michal Englert
Alec Utgoff, Maja Ostaszewska, Agata Kulesza, Weronika Rosati, Katarzyna Figura
Drama / Comedy
Poland / Germany
Polish
2711
51
Peter Greenaway
Martin Freeman, Emily Holmes, Michael Teigen, Eva Birthistle, Jodhi May
Biography / Drama / History / Mystery / Period Film
Canada / France / Germany / Poland / Netherlands / UK
English
2711
51
Krzysztof Zanussi
Zbigniew Zapasiewicz, Nikita Mikhalkov, Jerzy Stuhr, Remo Girone
Drama
Russia / Poland / Italy
Polish
2711
51
Jan Jakub Kolski
Krzysztof Majchrzak, Adam Ferency, Krzysztof Globisz
Drama / Romance / War
Poland / France
Polish
2711
51
Andrzej Wajda
Serge Merlin, Alina Janowska, Elzbieta Kepinska, Jan Ciecierski
Drama / Romance / War
Poland
Polish
2711
51
Greg Zglinski
Gilles Tschudi, Blerim Gjoci, Marie Matheron, Gabriela Muskala
Drama
Switzerland / Belgium / Poland
French
2711
51
Jerzy Stuhr
Jerzy Stuhr, Gosia Dobrowolska, Danuta Szaflarska, Alex Mozdzynski
Comedy / Drama
Poland
Polish
2711
51
Michal Englert, Malgorzata Szumowska
Malgorzata Hajewska, Joanna Kulig, Mateusz Wieclawek, Bogumila Bajor, Jerzy Bonczak
Drama
Poland / Sweden
Polish
2718
52
Claire Denis
Robert Pattinson, Juliette Binoche, André Benjamin, Mia Goth, Agata Buzek
Adventure / Drama / Mystery / Sci-Fi / Action / Horror
UK / France / Germany / Poland / USA
English
2725
53
Grímur Hákonarson
Sigurður Sigurjónsson, Theodór Júlíusson
Drama
Iceland / Denmark / Norway / Poland
Icelandic
2727
54
Lars von Trier
Willem Dafoe, Charlotte Gainsbourg
Drama / Horror
Denmark / Germany / France / Sweden / Italy / Poland
English
2727
54
Jason Cortlund, Julia Halperin
Jason Cortlund, Tiffany Esteb, Almex Lee, Gabrielle Maisels, Jason Howard
Drama
USA / Poland
English
2727
54
Pawel Pawlikowski
Ethan Hawke, Kristin Scott Thomas, Joanna Kulig, Samir Guesmi, Delphine Chuillot
Thriller
France / Poland / UK
English
2734
55
Wladyslaw Pasikowski
Maciej Stuhr, Ireneusz Czop, Zbigniew Zamachowski, Danuta Szaflarska
Drama / Thriller
Poland / Russia / Netherlands
Polish
2745
56
Rainer Sarnet
Rea Lest, Jörgen Liik, Arvo Kukumägi, Katariina Unt, Taavi Eelmaa
Drama / Fantasy / Romance
Estonia / Netherlands / Poland
Estonian
2780
57
Krzysztof Kieslowski
Grazyna Szapolowska, Olaf Lubaszenko, Stefania Iwinska, Piotr Machalica
Drama / Romance
Poland
Polish
2781
58
Andrzej Zulawski
Andrzej Seweryn, Jerzy Trela, Grazyna Dylag, Waldemar Kownacki, Iwona Bielska
Adventure / Drama / Fantasy / Sci-Fi / Action / Epic
Poland
Polish
2782
59
Krzysztof Kieslowski
Grazyna Szapolowska, Maria Pakulnis, Aleksander Bardini
Drama / Fantasy
Poland
Polish
2784
60
Dorota Kedzierzawska
Karolina Ostrozna, Kasia Szczepanik, Malgorzata Hajewska, Anna Prucnal
Drama
Poland
Polish
2784
60
Krzysztof Wierzbicki
Krzysztof Kieslowski
Documentary / Biography
Denmark / Poland
Polish
2790
61
Michal Waszynski
Avrom Morevski, Isaac Samberg, Moyshe Lipman, Lili Liliana, Leon Liebgold
Fantasy / Romance
Poland
Yiddish
2792
62
Krzysztof Kieslowski
Boguslaw Linda, Tadeusz Lomnicki, Zbigniew Zapasiewicz
Drama / Fantasy
Poland
Polish
2792
62
Jerzy Kawalerowicz
Zdzislaw Mrozewski, Marek Walczewski, Henryk Bista
Drama / Biography
Poland
Polish
2792
62
Andrzej Wajda
Zbigniew Zapasiewicz, Ewa Dalkowska, Andrzej Seweryn
Drama
Poland / France
Polish