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Jiří Trnka

Director · 34 credits · 12 in highly-rated films

Best known for The Hand (1965)

Best Jiří Trnka movies by genre

Directed movies (28 total, ranked by score)

  1. The Hand

    1965 · ★ 7.4 (79 votes)

    Animation, Horror, Drama

    1

  2. The Good Soldier Svejk

    1956 · ★ 7.2 (11 votes)

    Comedy, Animation

    2

  3. A Midsummer's Night Dream

    1959 · ★ 7.2 (19 votes)

    Animation, Fantasy, Comedy

    3

  4. The Gift

    1947 · ★ 5.2 (9 votes)

    Animation, Comedy, Romance

    4

  5. Old Czech Legends

    1953 · ★ 6.5 (12 votes)

    Animation, History

    5

  6. Archangel Gabriel and Mistress Goose

    1965 · ★ 5.8 (9 votes)

    Animation

    6

  7. The Czech Year

    1947 · ★ 6.1 (12 votes)

    Animation, Family, Music

    7

  8. Story of the Bass Cello

    1949 · ★ 5.8 (13 votes)

    Animation, Fantasy

    8

  9. Two Little Frosts

    1955 · ★ 6.6 (11 votes)

    Animation, Comedy

    9

  10. Prince Bayaya

    1951 · ★ 6.5 (10 votes)

    Animation, Fantasy, Family

    10

  11. The Hurvinek Circus

    1955 · ★ 6.0 (2 votes)

    Family, Animation

    11

  12. The Devil's Mill

    1949 · ★ 5.8 (6 votes)

    Animation, Fantasy

    12

  13. The Emperor's Nightingale

    1949 · ★ 5.6 (17 votes)

    Animation, Family, Fantasy

    13

  14. Kutasek and Kutilka

    1954 · ★ 7.0 (1 votes)

    Animation

    14

  15. Song of the Prairie

    1949 · ★ 5.8 (17 votes)

    Animation, Western, Comedy

    15

  16. Passion

    1961 · ★ 7.1 (4 votes)

    Animation, Comedy

    16

  17. The Golden Fish

    1951 · ★ 5.7 (6 votes)

    Animation

    17

  18. Springman and the SS

    1946 · ★ 5.8 (29 votes)

    Animation, Comedy, War

    18

  19. Cybernetic Grandma

    1963 · ★ 6.0 (16 votes)

    Animation, Science Fiction

    19

  20. The Puppet Films of Jiri Trnka

    2000

    Animation

    20

  21. The Animals and the Brigands

    1947 · ★ 5.5 (2 votes)

    Animation

    21

  22. The Merry Circus

    1951 · ★ 5.1 (4 votes)

    Animation

    22

  23. Grandpa Planted a Beet

    1946 · ★ 5.7 (3 votes)

    Animation, Family

    23

  24. Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka – Švejkova budějovická anabase

    1956

    Animation, Comedy, War

    24

  25. Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka – Švejkovy nehody ve vlaku

    1955

    Animation, Comedy, War

    25

  26. How the Old Man Traded It All Away

    1954

    Animation, Family

    26

  27. Why UNESCO?

    1959

    Animation

    27

  28. Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka – Z Hatvanu na hranice Haliče

    1954

    Animation, Comedy, War

    28

Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Aug 29, 2026.