Best Czech drama series

Das Boot (2018)

An inexperienced U-boat crew has to survive a secret mission and a young German woman is torn between loyalty for her home country and the French resistance in the WWII drama.

Burning Bush (2013)

Based on real characters and events, this haunting drama focuses on the personal sacrifice of a Prague history student, Jan Palach, who set himself on fire in protest against the Soviet occupation of Czechoslovakia in 1969. Dagmar Burešová, a young female lawyer, became part of his legacy by defending Jan's family in a trial against the communist government, a regime which tried to dishonour Palach’s sacrifice, a heroic action for the freedom of Czechoslovakia.

The Czech Century (2013)

Czech Century brings the key moments of the history of the Czech nation from 1918 to 1989.

I ve smrti sami (2004)

The Last Cyclist (2014)

A Christian orphan raised in a Jewish family has to face the cruel fate of Auschwitz during World War II.

Velmi křehké vztahy (2007)

Cesty domů (2010)

Marie Růžička (1993)

Skvrna (2019)

In the near future where a mysterious illness kills all adults, a group of children find refuge in a former boarding house. But what happens as they become adults?

Nurses Blue Code (2020)

Four nurses from Rubava Hospital, four strong stories and countless destinies in their hands. They love their work, but they also have their families, friends, their afflictions and desires ... Favorite heroes, new faces and stories like in life!

Prima sezóna (1993)

The Traitors Czech Republic (2024)

Wasteland (2016)

When Hana Sikorova, mayor of a northern Bohemian village, stands up to a large coal mining concern that offers villagers large compensation in exchange for abandoning their houses built on land containing brown coal deposits, her fourteen year old daughter Misha disappears. The search for her daughter makes Hana suspicious of the whole community, after years of peaceful coexistence. Under the pressure of unfolding events, the community starts to fall apart and show its true face. Solving the mystery divides the story into several interweaving narratives that ultimately connect in unexpected ways.

Svět pod hlavou (2017)

Velmi uvěřitelné příběhy (1991)

Wonderfull Times (2009)

First republic (2014)

In the center of the action are varied fates extended Valenta's family who got rich on war contracts and moved from the countryside to Prague, Podolí. In this part of the city are not only meadows, a few old smokestacks and the postwar poverty. Enterprising Valenta but Podolí change. However, not themselves, and not lightly. In the family there is a rivalry between the brothers. There is a mystery that entails the search for the old pre-war murder, and also the characters experience their true love.

Život na zámku (1995)

O zvířatech a lidech (1993)

Ordinace v růžové zahradě 2 (2005)

Arrowsmith (1996)

The Sleepers (2019)

In this spy thriller, Marie and her husband Victor return from exile to Czechoslovakia on the cusp of the Velvet Revolution — but when the couple gets in a car accident, Marie wakes up from a coma to find her husband mysteriously gone.

Dukla 61 (2018)

Drama about the family of an elite miner set against the backdrop of the biggest mining disaster of the second half of the 20th century, which left 108 men dead.

#martyisdead (2019)

Do not look. Do not ask. Don't click. Fifteen-year-old Marty had his whole life ahead of him. But now he's dead. All he had left was a series of frosty videos he had shot shortly before his death. The grieving father puts together fragments of Marty's online life to reveal the circumstances of his tragic end. Inspired by real cyberbullying cases, the eight-part thriller #martyisdead won the main prize at the Serial Killer international festival. (MALL.TV)

Volga (2023)

Standa Pekárek has three wishes in life: to drive a volga, to drive for the Humour and Folk Entertainment editorial office and to drive Got'ák. The five-part miniseries Volha is an adaptation of the novel of the same name by Karel Hynia, written in an extraordinary, bizarre and precisely echoed language. It can be perceived as a peculiar history of Czechoslovak television with a number of incredible, albeit real, "stories from the set". At the same time, however, it is a portrait of its main character - a limited egocentric who excels in inventing small tricks and deceptions - how to steal petrol, fake mileage, cheat his wife, get rid of the competition. Logically, he then also becomes a StB collaborator (with the code name Volha) who informs on all his co-workers and passengers without any remorse.

The Sleepers (2019)

1989, on the cusp of the Velvet Revoluition, Marie and her husband Viktor return home in Czechoslovakia after years of exile. After a car accident, Marie wakes up from a coma with no trace of Viktor.

Sedm schodů k moci (2023)

Kukačky (2021)

Iveta (2022)

Iveta wants to be a famous singer. The journey leads from the children's choir through singing competitions, recording the first hit and record to nationwide fame. Iveta has to convince parents, jurors, producers, spectators. The only one who believes in her from the beginning is Petr Sepéši. Her first love. What is the price of a dream come true? The beginning of Iveta Bartošová's life story.

Zlatá labuť (2023)

Bára Veselá is constantly pursued by bad luck and is on the run from the law. By chance, she unwillingly becomes a salesperson for the fashion department at the newly opened department store, Zlatá labuť. This store is a magnificent palace of luxury and is a new modern landmark in the center of Prague. The store holds a rich history behind its opulent storefronts. It is March 15, 1939, and German occupation forces are invading the Czechoslovakian state.