01 A sewer worker hides Jewish refugees under Lwów for money, then for something more.
10 Best Polish Movies to Watch
By Vlad Zakh · September 15, 2025
Poland Arthouse slow and atmosphericsad
Polish cinema’s reputation rests heavily on Krzysztof Kieślowski, whose Three Colors trilogy and Dekalog are still taught in film schools, but the tradition around him is just as concerned with memory, guilt, and what the 20th century did to the country.
01 
02 A young ex-convict impersonates a priest in a small town that needs one.
03 A young resistance fighter questions his orders on the war's very last day.
04 A Polish-Jewish pianist's survival through the Warsaw Ghetto, one of the era's most harrowing films.
05 Roman Polanski's debut, a tense three-hander aboard a small sailboat.
06 A journalist sent to discredit the Solidarity movement instead gets pulled into it.
07 A doomed romance stretched across the Iron Curtain over more than a decade.
08 A novice nun learns a family secret right before taking her vows, shot in stark black and white.
09 A model's chance encounter with a retired judge who eavesdrops on his neighbors.
10 A widow tries to disappear from her own life after losing her husband and child.
You might also like
