Best Czech music movies

Zenith (2024)

When a runaway prisoner’s taste for power wipes out his mission to lead his fellow inmates to freedom, their path to a much-desired liberation steers them to a new kind of oppression. Zenith uses dance language to illustrate the power dynamics that have shaped the political landscape in recent decades, not only in Europe but also around the world.

Ach, ta láska nebeská… (2020)

Muzzikanti (2017)

Decibels of Love (2016)

The Musical, or The Way to Happiness (2016)

Students from the Prague Conservatory leave for a workshop in the picturesque South Bohemian countryside, where they are placed before a demanding task, from which only some of them will emerge successful and they will then continue in their dream to be famous. Each of them will find their true path to happiness.

Big Beat (1993)

A period musical comedy set in a quiet Prague quarter at the end of the fifties. Using the western plot device of the "man from nowhere" a generation gap story unfolds of changing social climate. The action is driven by the character of a young man named Baby who causes a local rebellion by bringing rock'n'roll to a Communist neighborhood raised on swing.

Johanka z Arku (2003)

Babylon (2003)

Fontána pre Zuzanu 2 (1993)

Year of the Devil (2002)

Documentary maker Jan Holman follows the ultrafamous singer/songwriter Jaromír Novahica during his tour with the band Cechomor. The combination is very succesful, but it draws a heavy toll on the band members and Jan Holman.

Michal David 50 – Mejdan roku (2010)

Lucie 2014 (2014)

Pražský výběr – Symphony Bizarre (2022)

Dymytry – Monstrum žije! (2018)

K poctě Davida Stypky (2023)

Škwor - 25 let Live (2024)

Kabát – Noc v Edenu (2019)

Štístko a Poupěnka – Ať žijí pohádky (2020)

Kvaska (2007)

Young man in the prison is obsessed with a singer who is to perform in a new musical its director is currently auditioning for. He escapes and through complex and often very funny series of events ends up being the main star of the musical, only to be discovered by the police the day before the premiere...OK, enough spoilers! The story keeps going on... Lots of great dialogs, awesome music and singing, and ever-twisting story (plus, the parallels between the play's script and the real story) makes this one of the most enjoyable Czech movies I've seen in years (and I've seen many)! Definitely check it out if you like comedy, drama, musicals, and theater.

Arakain - 40-O2 Universum (2024)

Krhut & Kozub (2023)

Dan Bárta & Illustratosphere – Zvířený prach tour 2022 (2024)

Olympic slaví 55 let (2018)

Amadeus (2018)

Štístko a Poupěnka – Živě – Jedeme na výlet (2019)

RachmaninOFF Rhapsody (2023)

Kryštof – Inzerát Tour (2013)

Show! (2013)

A surprisingly intimate portrait of how the dream of running one’s own business can take on monstrous contours. Managed by the father of one of the singers, over the course of five years the girl band 5Angels had reached the gates of pop fame. But it is a path paved not only with the songs of Michal David, but also with the dogged determination of a man who loses any notion of where his role as manager ends and his role as parent begins. An emotionally moved Karel Gott, five angelic girls, and one overly involved father, thanks to whom the behind-the-scenes pre-Christmas atmosphere melts away just as rapidly as the fat should disappear from the belly. “A singer can’t be a lard bucket!”

Yallah! Underground (2015)

Yallah! Underground follows some of today’s most influential and progressive artists in Arab underground culture from 2009 to 2013 and documents their work, dreams and fears in a time of great change for Arab societies. In a region full of tension, young Arab artists in the Middle East have struggled for years to express themselves freely and to promote more liberal attitudes within their societies. During the Arab Spring, like many others of this new generation, local artists had high hopes for the future and took part in the protests. However, after years of turmoil and instability, young Arabs now have to challenge both old and new problems, being torn between feelings of disillusion and a vague hope for a better future.

Karel Gott – úsměvy nehasnou (2020)