Whenever we travel, we always make a point of seeing a movie: the fact that it’s such a common and familiar scene only highlights the little differences between cultures. And we also like to see a movie popular in the destination we’re eyeing because - again - it shows the human experience from a point of view that may be different than your own. This will sound strange, but for instance Jan never really wanted to particularly visit Miami until he saw Moonlight.

So we thought we’d give you five cult Czech movies because they might give you a bit of an insight into the Czech psyche… and what else do you want to do now, in early 2021, when everything’s locked down, than watch a movie? Exactly. Now, of course, we could go over the list back and forth and never settle on anything, so we just went with the five movies that we personally like and that we believe are available online with English subtitles. Yeah, it’s going to be subtitles, but come one, man or woman up. You know what we call watching a movie with subtitles here? „Watching a movie.“ You think Bruce Willis speaks Czech?

About that availability: we went with things that are available on Czech Netflix… only to find out they might not be available on US Netflix. So if you’re an expat living in Czechia, easy, and if you’re not, we think you’ll have to shop around a bit (Amazon Prime seems to be a good source, or this website looks great), but we’re confident you’ll find a streaming source. So put that popcorn in the microwave, open a bottle of something good, and enjoy!