This is a chronological list of films that make up the Cinema of Slovakia. There may be an early overlap especially between Slovak and Hungarian films when the two nations shared the Kingdom of Hungary, later between Slovak and Czech films when the two nations shared Czecho-Slovakia or Czechoslovakia. The list should attempt to document films that are either Slovak-produced or associated with Slovak culture. Please see the detailed A-Z of films currently covered on Wikipedia at Category:Slovak films, List of Czechoslovak films, and Category:Czech films.
Before 1920
edit| Title | Director | Cast, notes | Genre | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A Camp of Zingari Gypsies | 1-minute British short, unknown location in the Kingdom of Hungary | Documentary | 1897 | |
| Traveling through the Váh Valley | — the Váh River | Travel | ||
| Testing the Police Dogs in Bratislava | — Prešporok, now Bratislava | Newsreel | ||
| Skiing at Tatranská Lomnica | — Tatranská Lomnica | Newsreel | ||
| The Košice Institute of Corrections for Children | — Košice | Documentary | ||
| The Košice Promenade on the Screen | — Košice | Travel | ||
| A Trip to the Tatras | Including: Arriving at Štrbské Pleso, A View of the Ridge, Farewell | Travel | 1918 | |
| Unveiling a Patriot Statue in Nitra | — statue by Sándor Finta | Newsreel | 1918 | |
| Palm Sunday in Vajnory | Visit by Governor Vavro Šrobár | Newsreel | 1919 | |
| The Red Army Victory Celebration in Košice | Including: Béla Kún: "Proletariat of Košice!" − Hungarian communist takeover of Košice | Newsreel | 1919 | |
| Snowdrop from the Tatras | Olaf Larus-Racek | Ema Švandová-Kadlecová, Rudolf Kadlec; Czech-made with Slovak lead character, partly on location in Slovakia | Drama | 1919 |
1920s
edit| Title | Director | Cast, notes | Genre | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jánošík | Jaroslav Jerry Siakeľ | Theodor Pištěk, Mária Fábryová | Drama | 1921 |
| Siciliana − Princess Kanningsten's Necklace | Imrich Darányi | Július Oláh, Ada Vojtíšková | Adventure | 1921 |
| Little Witch from the Grove | Ján Moncoľ | Zuzana Piaterová-Koniarová, Zuzana Bútorová | Drama | 1922 |
| Nosferatu | Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau | On location at Orava Castle, the High Tatras, the Váh near Strečno; no Slovak content | Horror | 1922 |
| Wallachian Year at Rožnov pod Radhoštěm | Cyril Kašpar | Produced by Tatrafilm Trenčín about Slovak-related Wallach culture in Moravia | Documentary | 1925 |
| Štrbské Pleso | Czech-produced | Travel | 1925 | |
| Tracing the Slovak Folk | Karol Plicka | Non-actors | Documentary | 1928 |
| The High Tatras | Sponsored by the Masaryk Folk Educational Institute, Prague | Travel | 1929 | |
| Through Mountains and Valleys | Karol Plicka | Non-actors | Documentary | 1929 |
1930s
edit| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Storm over the Tatras | Ferdinand Pujman, Tomáš Trnka | Synchronization of nature shots and music by Vítězslav Novák | Experimental | 1932 |
| Flowers in the Tatras | Nature | 1932 | ||
| The Earth Sings | Karel Plicka | Non-actors | Documentary | 1933 |
| The Tatras in the Sun, Fog, and Storm | Sponsored by the Masaryk Folk Educational Institute, Prague | Nature | 1933 | |
| Jánošík | Martin Frič | Paľo Bielik, Zlata Hajdúková | Drama | 1935 |
| Tracing Slovaks from New York to the Mississippi | Karel Plicka | Non-actors | Documentary | 1937 |
1940s
edit| Title | Director | Cast, notes | Genre | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A Trip to the Tatras | Sponsored by Školfilm, Bratislava | Travel | 1942 | |
| From the Tatras to the Sea of Azov | Július Kovačevič | Slovak Army progress on the Eastern Front | Documentary | 1942 |
| Life Is Rising from the Ruins | Ján Kadár | Kadár's first film | Documentary | 1945 |
| Diary from the Tatras | Travel | 1946 | ||
| Up the North Face of Kriváň | Karol Skřipský | Sports | 1947 | |
| Beware...! | Martin Frič | Paľo Bielik, Július Pántik | Drama | 1947 |
| Wolves' Lairs | Paľo Bielik | Beta Poničanová, Jozef Budský | Drama | 1948 |
| The Devil's Wall | Václav Wasserman | Andrej Bagar, František Zvarík | Drama | 1949 |
| Road of Steel | Vladimír Bahna | Banská Štiavnica railroad | Documentary | 1949 |
| Cathy | Ján Kadár | Božena Obrnová, František Dibarbora | Comedy | 1949 |
1950s
edit| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kathy | Ján Kadár | Božena Obrová, Július Pántik | Comedy | 1950 |
| Dam | Paľo Bielik | Alexander Kautnik, Gustáv Valach | Drama | 1950 |
| The Struggle Will End Tomorrow | Miroslav Cikán | Elo Romančík, Vladimír Petruška | Drama | 1951 |
| Young Hearts | Václav Kubásek | Karol Machata, Hana Kavalírová | Drama | 1952 |
| Rainbow Over Slovakia | Vladimír Bahna | feature-long | Documentary | 1952 |
| The Mountains Are Stirring | Paľo Bielik | Anton Tihelka, Oľga Adamčíková | Drama | 1952 |
| Hamlets Have Started Off | Anton Thielka, Oľga Adamčíková | Drama | 1952 | |
| Friday the 13th | Ondrej Jariabek, Oľga Adamčíková | Comedy | 1953 | |
| Unplowed Field | Vladimír Bahna | Samuel Adamčík, Frída Bachletová | Drama | 1954 |
| Native Country | Josef Mach | Heda Melicherová, Martin Ťapák | Musical | 1954 |
| Wooden Village | Andrej Lettrich | Samuel Adamčík, Andrej Bagar | Drama | 1955 |
| The Last Witch | Vladimír Bahna | Oľga Zöllnerová, Mikuláš Huba | Drama | 1957 |
| St. Peter's Umbrella | Vladislav Pavlovič, Frigyes Bán  |
Samuel Adamčík, Mari Töröcsik (co-production with Hungary) | Comedy | 1958 |
| Captain Dabač | Paľo Bielik | Ladislav Chudík, Hilda Augustovičová | Drama | 1959 |
1960s
edit| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Sun in a Net | Štefan Uher | Marián Bielik, Jana Beláková | Drama | 1963 |
| Let the One Who Is without Sin... | Dimitrij Plichta | Ján Mistrík, Marie Málková | Drama | 1963 |
| The Case of Barnabáš Kos | Peter Solan | Josef Kemr, Jarmila Košťová | Drama | 1965 |
| The Shop on Main Street | Ján Kadár, Elmar Klos | Jozef Kroner, Ida Kamińska | Drama | 1965 |
| Sheriff Behind Bars | Dimitrij Plichta | Otakar Prajzner, Martin Štěpánek | Drama | 1965 |
| Contract with the Devil | Jozef Zachar | Martin Gregor, František Dibarbora | Drama | 1967 |
| Call of the Demons | Andrej Lettrich | Ladislav Chudík, Viliam Polónyi | Caper | 1967 |
| The Man Who Lies | Alain Robbe-Grillet  |
Jean-Louis Trintignant, Zuzana Kocúriková (French co-production) | Drama | 1968 |
| The Gala in the Botanical Garden | Elo Havetta | Slavoj Urban, Nina Divíšková | Comedy | 1969 |
| 322 | Dušan Hanák | Václav Lohinský, Lucyna Winnicka | Drama | 1969 |
1970s
edit| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Copper Tower | Martin Hollý Jr. | Štefan Kvietik, Ivan Rajniak | Drama | 1970 |
| See You in Hell, Friends | Juraj Jakubisko | Olinka Bérová, Nino Besozzi (premiered, not released) | Drama | 1970 |
| Eden and After | Alain Robbe-Grillet |
Catherine Jourdan, Pierre Zimmer (French co-production) | Drama | 1970 |
| If I Had a Rifle | Štefan Uher | Marián Bernát, Jozef Grát | Drama | 1971 |
| Pictures of the Old World | Dušan Hanák | Non-actors | Documentary | 1972 |
| Eagle Feather | Martin Hollý Jr. | Ivan Mistrík, Ivan Rajniak | Drama | 1972 |
| Red Wine I, II | Andrej Lettrich | Štefan Kvietik, Emília Vašáryová (TV, theatrical release 1976) | Drama | 1972 |
| Lilies of the Field | Elo Havetta | Lotar Radványi, Vladimír Kostovič | Drama | 1973 |
| Fever | Martin Hollý Jr. | Michal Dočolomanský, Gustáv Valach | Drama | 1975 |
| Pacho, the Highwayman of Hybe | Martin Ťapák | Jozef Kroner, Dušan Blaškovič | Comedy | 1976 |
| Rosy Dreams | Dušan Hanák | Juraj Nvota, Iva Bittová | Drama | 1977 |
| Winner | Dušan Trančík | Jaroslav Tomsa, Dagmar Kováčiková | Drama | 1979 |
| And I'll Run to the End of the World | Peter Solan | Aneta Lakatošová, Ivan Mistrík | Drama | 1979 |
1980s
edit| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spadla z oblakov | Radim Cvrček | Zuzana Pravňanská | Fiction | 1981 |
| Night Riders | Martin Hollý | Radoslav Brzobohatý, Michal Dočolomanský, Soňa Valentová, Leopold Haverl | Historical, drama | 1981 |
| The Assistant | Zoro Záhon | Gábor Koncz | Drama | 1982 |
| She Grazed Horses on Concrete | Štefan Uher | Milka Zimková, Veronika Jelínková | Comedy, drama | 1982 |
| The Salt Prince | Martin Hollý | Libuše Šafránková, Karol Machata, Gábor Nagy, Jozef Kroner | Fairytale | 1983 |
| A Thousand-year-old Bee | Juraj Jakubisko | Štefan Kvietik, Michal Dočolomanský | Historical | 1983 |
| The Feather Fairy | Juraj Jakubisko | Giulietta Masina, Valerie Kaplanová, Soňa Valentová, Tobias Hoesl | Fairytale | 1985 |
| The Fountain for Suzanne | Dušan Rapoš | Eva Vejmělková, Jiří Bábek | Musical | 1985 |
| Freckled Max and the Spooks | Juraj Jakubisko | Comedy | 1987 |
1990s
edit| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Island of Long Ears | Jozef Slovák, Jozef Heriban | Marian Zednikovič, Marian Labuda, Barbara Philine | Comedy | 1990 |
| Private Lives | Dušan Hanák | Jana Šulcová, Magdaléna Vášáryová, Václav Helšus | Drama | 1991 |
| All Together (the Slovak Way) | Eva Štefankovičová | Events in 1990 | Documentary | 1991 |
| Tenderness | Martin Šulík | Maria Pakulnisová, Gejza Benkő, Iva Bittová, György Cserhalmi | Drama | 1992 |
| It's Better to Be Rich and Healthy Than Poor and Sick | Juraj Jakubisko | Deana Horváthová, Dagmar Veškrnová, Juraj Kukura | Comedy | 1992 |
| The Fountain for Suzanne 2 | Dušan Rapoš | Pavol Habera, Eva Vejmělková, Maroš Kramár | Musical | 1992 |
| Rochade | Peter Patzak | Michael York | Spy thriller | 1992 |
| Earthly Restlessness | Eduard Grečner | Marta Sládečková, Jana Nagyová, Michal Gučik | Drama | 1993 |
| Angel of Mercy | Miloslav Luther | Ingrid Timková, Juraj Šimko | Drama | 1993 |
| Everything I Like | Martin Šulík | Juraj Nvota, Gina Bellmanová, Zdena Studenková, Jiří Menzel | Drama | 1993 |
| On the Beautiful Blue Danube | Štefan Semjan | Juraj Johanides, Vladimír Hajdu, Sylvia Šuvadová | Comedy | 1994 |
| The Garden | Martin Šulík | Roman Luknár, Zuzana Šulajová | Drama | 1995 |
| Jašek's Dream | Eduard Grečner | Emil Horváth Jr., Zuzana Kapráliková, Branislav Mišík | Drama | 1996 |
| Suzanne | Dušan Rapoš | Eva Vejmělková, Maroš Kramár, Boleslav Polívka | Drama | 1996 |
| Blue Sky | Eva Borušovičová | Zita Kabátová, Emília Vášáryová, Slávka Halčáková | Comedy | 1997 |
| Orbis Pictus | Martin Šulík | Dorota Nvotová, Marián Zednikovič, Július Satinský | Drama | 1997 |
| The Camp of Fallen Women | Laco Halama | Juraj Kukura, Dana Dinková, Hana Gregorová, Mahulena Bočanová | Drama | 1997 |
| Nejasná správa o konci sveta | Juraj Jakubisko | Drama | 1997 | |
| Rivers of Babylon | Vladimír Balco | Andrej Hryc, Diana Mórová, Vladimír Hajdu | Political satire | 1998 |
| All My Loved Ones | Matej Mináč  Czech Republic |
Josef Abrahám, Jiří Bartoška, Libuše Šafránková | Drama | 1999 |
| The Fountain for Suzanne 3 | Dušan Rapoš | Eva Vejmělková, Alessandro Coari, Marián Labuda | Musical | 1999 |
Minority co-production participation:
| Country | Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
Ravenous | Antonia Bird | Guy Pearce, Robert Carlyle, David Arquette, Jeremy Davies | Comedy, horror | 1999 |