Best mind-bending Polish movies in India
By the KyaDekhu team · Updated · Availability for India from JustWatch, ratings from IMDb
14 movies in India match this list, with an average IMDb rating of 6.4. Ranked by vote-weighted IMDb rating and popularity.
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1. A Short Film About Killing (1988)
Movie · Polish · 1h 25m · Crime, Drama · IMDb 7.9 (24.8K votes)
Slow-burnMatureCold & detachedDark & gritty
Jacek climbs into the taxi driven by Waldemar, tells him to drive to a remote location, then brutally strangles him, seemingly without motive.
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2. Blind Chance (1987)
Movie · Polish · 1h 54m · Drama · IMDb 7.7 (12.5K votes)
TwistySlow-burnDark & grittyCold & detached
Witek runs after a train. Three variations follow on how such a seemingly banal incident could influence the rest of Witek's life.
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3. O-Bi, O-Ba: The End of Civilization (1985)
Movie · Polish · 1h 29m · Drama, Science Fiction · IMDb 7.2 (2.7K votes)
Slow-burnTwistyCold & detachedDark & gritty
The world has been ravaged by nuclear war. The planet is frozen and radiation kills anyone or anything that ventures outside of 'The Dome'. Soft is a shepherd for the last remnants of humanity who have gathered together as they await rescue from a mysterious craft known only as 'The Ark.' He wanders among the masses, p
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4. Operation Hyacinth (2021)
Movie · Polish · 1h 46m · Thriller, Crime · IMDb 6.8 (5.2K votes)
MatureTwistyDark & grittyEdge-of-seat
Not satisfied with the result of a murder investigation in Warsaw's gay community, an officer in 1980s communist Poland resolves to uncover the truth.
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5. Golem (1980)
Movie · Polish · 1h 28m · Drama, Science Fiction · IMDb 6.6 (1.5K votes)
TwistyCold & detachedDark & grittyVisually stunning
Pernat finds himself in a police interrogation, accused of a murder, and unable to recall any details of the crime, or even his own life. He's released back into a world of raving lunatics and deranged dentists, murderous doctors and scientists who believe the secret of human creation is inside the walls of a cast-iron
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6. All These Sleepless Nights (2016)
Movie · Polish · 1h 40m · Documentary, Drama · IMDb 6.5 (2.0K votes)
TwistySlow-burnMatureLow-stakes
What does it mean to be awake in a world that seems satisfied to be asleep? Kris and Michal push their experiences of life and love to a breaking point as they restlessly roam the city streets in search of answers, adrift in the euphoria and uncertainty of youth.
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7. The Land (2021)
Movie · Polish · 1h 43m · Comedy, Crime · IMDb 6.2 (705 votes)
TwistyFunnyCold & detachedMature
One country. Four directors. Six comedy-dramas. Each of them works as a separate story, together they form a coherent whole. All of them are based on seemingly mundane situations that take a perverse turn, bringing the heroes to the brink of their endurance.
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8. Colors of Evil: Red (2024)
Movie · Polish · 1h 52m · Crime, Thriller · IMDb 6.4 (11.1K votes)
MatureTwistyDark & grittyCold & detached
When a girl's body is found on a beach in Poland's Tricity, a prosecutor teams up with the victim's mother on an impassioned quest for the truth.
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10. Broad Peak (2022)
Movie · Polish · 1h 41m · Drama, History · IMDb 6.0 (2.7K votes)
Visually stunningTwistyEdge-of-seatCold & detached
After climbing Broad Peak mountain, Maciej Berbeka learns his journey to the summit is incomplete. 25 years later, he sets out to finish what he started.
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11. The Plagues of Breslau (2018)
Movie · Polish · 1h 33m · Crime, Action · IMDb 6.0 (6.3K votes)
Cold & detachedTwistyMatureEdge-of-seat
Every day at 6 pm a serial killer kills another person. Police officer Helena Rus thinks the killings are done by one man only and decides to reveal the killer's identity by getting back in 18th century history of the city.
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12. All My Friends Are Dead (2020)
Movie · Polish · 1h 35m · Comedy, Drama · IMDb 5.9 (8.4K votes)
Fast-pacedCold & detachedMatureTwisty
A group of friends at a New Year’s Eve party go through a whirlwind of events that exposes secrets, breaks hearts — and leads to a shocking outcome.
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13. Hellhole (2022)
Movie · Polish · 1h 30m · Horror, Mystery · IMDb 5.8 (10.4K votes)
TwistyCold & detachedDark & grittyMature
In a monastery cut off from the world, the monks run a clinic for the possessed. One day, a young policeman Marek comes to the convent. Posing as a clergyman, he penetrates monastic life and tries to explain the recent, mysterious disappearance of several tormented inmates. It turns out, however, that there is no way o
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14. Inheritance (2024)
Movie · Polish · 1h 35m · Comedy, Mystery · IMDb 5.1 (4.5K votes)
TwistyFunny
When their rich uncle passes, his mansion of intricate puzzles becomes the backdrop for his estranged family's quest to secure a portion of his wealth.
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