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The Pianist
2002 film directed by Roman Polanski
Ida
2013 film directed by Paweł Pawlikowski
Three Colours: White
1994 film by Krzysztof Kieślowski
Ashes and Diamonds
1958 film by Andrzej Wajda
To Be or Not to Be
1942 film by Ernst Lubitsch
The Night of the Generals
1967 film by Anatole Litvak
A Short Film About Killing
1988 film by Krzysztof Kieślowski
365 Days
2020 film by Barbara Białowąs and Tomasz Mandes
A Real Pain
2024 film by Jesse Eisenberg
The Decalogue
Dekalog (, also known as Dekalog: The Ten Commandments and The Decalogue) is a 1989 Polish drama television miniseries directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski and co-written by Kieślowski with Krzysztof Piesiewicz, with music by Zbigniew Preisner. It consists of ten one-hour films, inspired by the decalogue of the Ten Commandments. Each installment explores characters facing one or several moral or ethical dilemmas as they reside in an austere housing project in 1980s Poland.
Canal
Kanał (, Sewer) is a 1957 Polish film directed by Andrzej Wajda. It was the first film made about the 1944 Warsaw Uprising, telling the story of a company of Home Army resistance fighters escaping the Nazi onslaught through the city's sewers. The film is adapted from the story “They Loved Life” by Jerzy Stefan Stawinski. Kanał is the second film of Wajda's War Trilogy, preceded by A Generation and followed by Ashes and Diamonds.
Man of Marble
1977 film by Andrzej Wajda
A Short Film About Love
1988 film by Krzysztof Kieślowski
Warsaw 44
2014 film by Jan Komasa
American Assassin
2017 film by Michael Cuesta
EO
2022 film directed by Jerzy Skolimowski
Jakob the Liar
1999 film directed by Peter Kassovitz
The Zookeeper's Wife
2017 film directed by Niki Caro
Battle of Warsaw 1920
2011 Polish historical film directed by Jerzy Hoffman
365 Days: This Day
2022 film directed by Barbara Białowąs and Tomasz Mandes
Heads of State
2025 American film directed by Ilya Naishuller
A Generation
1955 film by Andrzej Wajda
Korczak
1990 film by Andrzej Wajda
Agnus Dei
2016 film by Anne Fontaine
The Lure
2015 film by Agnieszka Smoczyńska
Vabank
Vabank is a 1981 Polish comedy heist film written and directed by Juliusz Machulski, set in 1934 Warsaw (although actually filmed in Łódź and Piotrków Trybunalski).
The Mysterious Lady
1928 film directed by Fred Niblo
The Foreigner
2003 film by Michael Oblowitz
Dark Crimes
2016 film by Alexandros Avranas
Teddy Bear
1980 film directed by Stanisław Bareja
11 Minutes
2015 film by Jerzy Skolimowski
The Hater
2020 film directed by Jan Komasa
Decalogue III
1988 film directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski
Eroica
1958 film by Andrzej Munk
Once Upon a Honeymoon
1942 film by Leo McCarey
Never Gonna Snow Again
2020 film by Małgorzata Szumowska and Michał Englert
Decalogue I
1989 film directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski
Decalogue II
1988 second part of the television series The Decalogue directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski
The Next 365 Days
2022 film directed by Barbara Białowąs and Tomasz Mandes
Holy Week
1995 film
United States of Love
2016 film by Tomasz Wasilewski
Leave No Traces
2021 film directed by Jan P. Matuszyński
Chopin: Desire for Love
2002 Biographical film directed by Jerzy Antczak
Innocent Sorcerers
1960 film by Andrzej Wajda
Szamanka
Szamanka () is a 1996 erotic drama film directed by Andrzej Żuławski and adapted from a screenplay by Manuela Gretkowska. The film, which was controversial upon its release in Poland, follows the obsessive relationship between an anthropology professor and a strange young woman only known as the "Italian". The title is the feminine form of the word "shaman" in Polish.
Decalogue X
1989 film from cycle directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski
Run Boy Run
2013 film directed by Pepe Danquart
Decalogue IX
1988 Film directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski
Body
2015 film by Małgorzata Szumowska
Death of a President
1977 film by Jerzy Kawalerowicz
Letters to Santa
2011 film directed by Mitja Okorn
Bad Luck
1960 film by Andrzej Munk
Border Street
1948 film directed by Aleksander Ford
Decalogue IV
1988 film from cycle directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski
Rewers
2009 Polish drama film directed by Borys Lankosz
Kiler
1997 Polish film by Juliusz Machulski
What Will You Do When You Catch Me?
1978 film by Stanisław Bareja
The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler
2009 television film directed by John Kent Harrison
Decalogue VII
1988 film from cycle directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski
Decalogue VI
1988 film from cycle directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski