Best Czech drama series
Get ready to binge. We've found a collection of must-watch drama shows from Czechia, now streaming on Netflix, HBO, Hulu, Prime Video, and other top services!
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.
HBO Europe73The 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.
HBO Europe69Burning 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.
HBO Europe68Svět pod hlavou 2017
Plus72Dukla 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.
ČT176Rapl 2016
Detective Kunes has a problem once again: he's lambasted the boyfriend of his ex-wife, and is threatened with dismissal from the police service. His high-ranking (female) boss has a solution for him: "removing" him on an internships in a back-of-beyond borderland region. But there's a fly in the ointment. His real mission is to unravel the two-year old case of the murder of policewoman Wágnerová, the investigation of which has reached an impasse. But the crime rate in the borderlands is one of the highest in the whole country - involving smuggling, drug production, poaching, prostitution and murders. Kunes has to deal with one difficult case after another, and it takes quite some time before he can start doing what he's sent to do, and then he does it in fact by coincidence.
ČT180Wonderfull Times 2009
ČT171#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)
MALL.TV70Traitors 2024
After a very successful first season, it's here, the popular Traitors are back! If you think that nothing can surprise you in the second season, you are very wrong. The second season is even darker and full of intrigue. The principle of the game remains the same. Groups of contestants complete daily tasks, but the essential thing is that every night a group of traitors will eliminate one of the participants from the game. The remaining participants have the opportunity to reveal the alleged traitor by voting and eliminate him from the game. The entire time, the viewer follows the classic and actually popular plot. Who will win? Good or evil? Loyal or traitors? Thanks to the selected contestants, this is a great psychological game. Traitors is once again set in one of the oldest Czech castles, surrounded by a number of legends and secrets, Křivoklát. The moderator is none other than Vojta Kotek
Prima+76Volga 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.
ČT164Methanol 2018
One shot – you get blind. Two shots – you die. It waits for you in tobacconist, in gift bag from your friend, at wedding… Do you know, what are you drinking? Case that connected police, courts, journalists and politicians. Real story, that can repeat anytime again. In the end of summer 2012, Czech republic was shocked by incidents, that public, detectives or attorneys don't remember. Alcohol made of mix of ethanol and deadly toxic methanol killed at least 38 people and harmed at least 80 in few weeks.
ČT172King of Shumava: Phantom of the Dark Region 2022
It is the spring of 1948. The joy of peace has not yet faded, and both East and West are already afraid of World War III. Both worlds are separated from each other by the deep forests of Šumava. Twenty-four-year-old cook Josef Hasil serves in the kitchen of the National Security Corps in Zvonková. Wild boy. He had already experienced the war in a German labor camp and as a link between partisans. Now he longs above all for fun, adventure, freedom. The last thing he cares about is politics.
Oneplay72Smysl pro tumor 2024
ČT180Daughter of the Nation 2024
100O lidech a koních 2025
Prima+100The Well 2025
The six-part drama directed by Tereza Kopáčová based on a script by Miro Šifra and Kristina Májová returns to a love story that traumatized several generations of Czechoslovaks. What preceded the infamous family tragedy of 1968? What followed it? Where can disrupted relationships in a closed rural community lead? What do we take with us as an inner legacy from our parents?
Voyo74First 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.
ČT166Sedm schodů k moci 2023
Prima+66The Roubal Case 2021
The mini-series are inspired by the real, albeit incredibly terrifying, events and actions that Ivan Roubal committed in the 1990s. Hynek Čermák is in the role of one of the biggest serial killers in Czechoslovak history.
Voyo64Iveta 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.
Voyo71Extractors 2023
The story focuses on a special unit of Czech intelligence, known as the Extraktoři (Extractors). The unit operates in secret and its main mission is to ensure the safe return of endangered Czechs from abroad. The story offers insight into the world of espionage and international covert operations and is inspired by true events.
Voyo66Justice 2017
Richard is a police investigator who hasn't seen his daughter Lily for very long time. The series starts when Lily shows up at his door and asks for help. She tells him that she fell in love with judge Kowalský but he attacked her and she killed him in self-defense. He decides to help her at all cost. Richard becomes lead investigator in case of Kowalský's murder.
ČT158Adikts 2024
ČT162Vedlejší produkt 2024
ČT176Kukačky 2021
ČT162Zlatá 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.
Voyo56The 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.
HBO Europe72Božena 2021
Biopic of Bozena Nemcová, a famous Czech 19th century writer and feminist, focused on her complicated on-off relationship with her husband Josef Nemec.
ČT166Pět let 2022
iVysílání80Ochránce 2021
ČT165Moloch 2025
A man suddenly goes up in flames. Suicide, assassination? - The police are faced with a mystery. Louise, an intern at the local newspaper, senses a big story behind this. In order to get information, she enters into a relationship with policeman Tom...
Canal+63Vytoč mého agenta 2024
JOJ play70Temný Kraj 2017
Prima65Doktor Martin 2015
RTVS55The Prague Mysteries 2021
The Inspector Hynek Budik as been assigned chief of police in the area on the outskirts of Prague, With detectives Martin Novacek an inexperienced rookie and the inspector Havlik will seek to solve difficult cases of murder.
ČT153Soukromé pasti 2008
TV Nova61Kriminálka Anděl 2008
Kriminálka Anděl is a Czech crime drama television series which premiered on TV Nova in 2008. Third season was shooting since April 2010 and broadcast since March 21, 2011. This TV series has an origin in the Slovak crime series Mesto tieňov.
TV Nova48Ďáblova lest 2009
Sumara, the head of the criminal investigation department, is investigating the case of a girl who was found covered in snake blood. Coincidentally, the girl is studying archaeology and is conducting excavations at the nearby Podlažice monastery. The magical number 666 was written in blood on her forehead, and her body was wrapped in a snake coiled around an egg. This prompts the involvement of Dr. Runa, an expert in magic and the occult. The incredible mysteries surrounding a satanic cult and the creation of the Devil's Bible begin to unravel.
ČT153Jitřní záře 2022
Voyo62TBH 2022
After a shooting attack at a high school in Brno, what happens in a community where the rules have been set by the members of the floorball team and their admirers - the Bitchez girls' group - on the verge of bullying?
iVysílání62On the Waves of Adriatic 2023
A joint team of Croatian and Czech police officers solves both minor and major crimes on the Adriatic Riviera and gradually unravels the mystery of the death of the partner of one of them.
Prima+63Einstein – Případy nesnesitelného génia 2020
Prima53Místo zločinu České Budějovice 2023
ČT152Matematika zločinu 2023
Voyo54The Czech Century 2013
Czech Century brings the key moments of the history of the Czech nation from 1918 to 1989.
ČT151Vraždy v kruhu 2015
ČT152Jak si nepodělat život 2019
A primary school teacher with an inferiority complex about her weight, a bank clerk who suddenly develops a strange rash around her eyes, an aging owner of a 24-hour deli in an unhappy marriage, a lonely man living in the woods and strangers' cottages. They can continue to survive with their problems, hide them, and not deal with them. Or they can fight it and, at the cost of scars and wounds, improve their lives.
ČT155Terapie 2011
HBO Europe52Guru 2022
Voyo52Lynč 2018
ČT154Zločin na dobré cestě 2025
ČT160No Big Deal 2024
Zofie and Andrea offer paid content on adult platforms. While Zofie tries to rebuild her damaged self-esteem after breaking up with Roman and experiment with these platforms, Andrea longs for financial freedom which moves her from her original goal of making a living by serious modeling. Zofie sees adult platforms as a kind of emancipation tool, while financial situation and demands of fans drive once famous Andrea deeper into darker waters of sex influencership.
Česká televize60Sanitka 2 2013
Česká televize48Fallout 2020
ČT152Zákony vlka 2023
Prima+52Sestřičky 2020
Prima55Děcko 2025
During her third pregnancy, a divorced mother decides on an unusual solution to her life situation. Immediately after giving birth, she wants to entrust the child to new adoptive parents of her choice.
Česká televize53The Burning Shore 1990
France, 1915. Young and radiantly beautiful Centaine de Thiry is the happiest woman in the world: in a few more hours she will be married to pilot Michael Courteney, the love of her life. But fate has it otherwise: Michael is shot down in a reconnaissance plane shortly before his wedding. Life has lost its meaning for Centaine. When the young woman realizes soon afterwards that she is expecting a baby, her zest for live is revived. She decides to give birth to the child in South Africa, the home country of her deceased fiancé.
55Betrayer 2020
ČT150Zdivočelá země 1996
Česká televize48Modré stíny 2016
This time the detectives deal with the case of a murdered professor. One day a cleaning woman finds him shot to death in his own study. The detectives will thus investigate whether the murder is connected with the victim's persistent effort for the removal of the University's quaestor because of the latter's strange machinations during the reconstruction of the University building. And they'll also want to know why the murderer took the great risk involved in killing the victim on the university soil. The search for the answer to the question who could wish the death of the peculiar but honest professor will take them farther than they have expected.
ČT145The Case of the Exorcist 2015
ČT143Atentát 2015
TV Nova50The Winner 2023
Viktor Hudák, Prime Minister of a small European country, is ending his career in politics and returning to everyday life. However, when his successor radically overturns all the policies that he spent a lifetime building he quickly realises there is very little power in being an ex-Prime Minister.
SkyShowtime41Hospital on the Edge of Town - The New Generation 2008
Česká televize45Dobré zprávy 2022
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