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January 1966 •Czech

Jindabyne

July 2006 •English

Outside the Australian town of Jindabyne, local man Stuart Kane is on a fishing trip with friends when they discover the body of a murdered girl.

Moon Face

March 2012 •Spanish

The relationship of hatred and obsession by a farmer for his neighbor, which will force him to take strong action. Based on the eponymous story by Jack London, "Moon Face".

Rashomon

August 1950 •Japanese

Four people recount different versions of the story of a man's murder and the rape of his wife.

Border

September 2018 •Swedish

When a border guard with a sixth sense for identifying smugglers encounters the first person she cannot prove is guilty, she is forced to confront terrifying revelations about herself and humankind.

Shanghai Express

February 1932 •English

A beautiful temptress re-kindles an old romance while trying to escape her past during a tension-packed train journey.

Zločin a trik I.

January 1967 •Czech

The Sundance Kid Might Have Some Regrets

Invalid date •English

It's described as a redefining of the heist genre with a story centered on bank-robbing twins – one with supernatural powers and one without.

Gun Crazy

January 1950 •English

Bart Tare is an ex-Army man who has a lifelong fixation with guns, he meets a kindred spirit in sharpshooter Annie Starr and goes to work at a carnival. After upsetting the carnival owner who lusts after Starr, they both get fired. Soon, on Starr's behest, they embark on a crime spree for cash.

A Thousand Deaths

July 2014 •English

A mad scientist repeatedly kills and resurrects his own son. Based on the story by Jack London.

Duch soudce Pauknera

July 1983 •Czech

Pražský Sherlock Holmes

April 1968 •Czech

Síť na bludičku

October 1983 •Czech

Touha Sherlocka Holmese

March 1972 •Czech

Sherlock Holmes likes to play violin and expects a great career in music. He gets a place in a spa orchestra, but he is again and again distracted by criminal cases. Therefore he is the only one who does not see that his violin has no future. He solves the criminal mysteries in passing but the final test shows that the famous detective is tone-deaf.

Plaché příběhy

July 1982 •Czech

Record

September 1973 •Georgian

The film is based on a story by the renowned Czech writer Karel Čapek, which the filmmakers adapted to the everyday life of the region of Samegrelo in Western Georgia. Samegrelo is home to the “world record in throwing,” but the film’s protagonist only achieves this feat after being verbally insulted.

Zločincem proti své vůli

June 1970 •Czech

Guys and Dolls

December 1955 •English

Gambler Nathan Detroit has few options for the location of his big craps game. Needing $1,000 to pay a garage owner to host the game, Nathan bets Sky Masterson that Sky cannot get virtuous Sarah Brown out on a date. Despite some resistance, Sky negotiates a date with her in exchange for bringing people into her mission. Meanwhile, Nathan's longtime fiancée, Adelaide, wants him to go legit and marry her.

Calm with Horses

March 2020 •English

In darkest rural Ireland, ex-boxer Douglas 'Arm' Armstrong has become the feared enforcer for the drug-dealing Devers family, whilst also trying to be a good father to his autistic five-year-old son, Jack. Torn between these two families, Arm's loyalties are truly tested when he is asked to kill for the first time.

Lacrimae Rerum

March 1967 •Czech