Movies by Lists - Films based on Kafka (15 [22]) 
| Title | Year | Director | Genre | Rating | Runtime | Added |
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| AmerikaVladimír Michálek chose an unconventional adaptation of Franz Kafka's novel for his feature debut. Artistically reminiscent of the classic films of Karel Zeman, the director reinterpreted this dark story of a man vainly seeking a ... | 1994 | Vladimír Michálek | Drama, Mystery | 6.1 (234 votes) | 90 | 20240313 |
| Castle, The [Das Schloss]When a land surveyor arrives at a small snowy village, local authorities refuse to allow him to advance to the nearby castle. Increasingly complicated bureaucratic obstacles arise. | 1997 | Michael Haneke (*) | Drama, Mystery | 6.6 (3.3K votes) | 123 | 20211228 |
| Castle, The [Das Schloss]A man comes to a small village to begin his new job as an attendant at the nearby castle. But everybody in the village claims that he surely must be mistaken, there is no need for an attendant at the castle. | 1968 | Rudolf Noelte | Drama, Mystery | 6.8 (260 votes) | 93 | 20211228 |
| Castle, The [Zamok]The story of Kafka's Castle. | 1994 | Aleksey Balabanov | Drama | 6.9 (700 votes) | 120 | 20211228 |
| Class Relations [Klassenverhältnisse]After making the domestic servant pregnant, a woman who doubles his age, a young man of only seventeen years from the German bourgeoisie is sent by his family to the United States in order to avoid a huge scandal. | 1984 | Danièle Huillet, Jean-Marie Straub | Drama | 6.8 (672 votes) | 126 | 20211228 |
| Franz KafkaAnimated scenes from the Kafka's life, as told in his diaries. | 1992 | Piotr Dumala | Animation, Short, Biography | 6.5 (364 votes) | 16 | 20211228 |
| Franz Kafka's A Country Doctor [Kafuka Inaka isha]Surreal events occur when a hapless country doctor visits an ill boy one cold night. | 2007 | Kôji Yamamura | Animation, Short, Horror | 7.3 (1.3K votes) | 21 | 20231130 |
| Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful LifeWhile trying to decide what Gregor Samsa wakes up as, Kafka's constantly being interrupted by knife-selling strangers, party noise, girls, fancy dress costumes, and other strange, dreamlike visions. | 1993 | Peter Capaldi | Short, Biography, Comedy, Fantasy | 7.2 (1.2K votes) | 23 | 20231101 |
| Joseph Kilian [Postava k podpírání]A man borrows a cat and when he goes back to return it, the place where he got it is no longer there. He begins his search. | 1963 | Pavel Jurácek, Jan Schmidt | Short, Drama | 7.3 (438 votes) | 38 | 20211228 |
| KafkaKafka works during the day at an insurance company, where events lead him to discover a mysterious underground society with strange suppressive goals. | 1991 | Steven Soderbergh (*) | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 6.9 (9.9K votes) | 98 | 20211228 |
| Metamorphosis [Prevrashchenie]Based on Kafka's story of the same name, "The Metamorphosis" tells the story of a traveling salesman, Gregor Samsa, who wakes up one morning to find himself transformed into a gigantic insect. | 2002 | Valeri Fokin | Drama | 6.9 (327 votes) | 80 | 20211228 |
| Metamorphosis of Mr. Samsa, TheA traveling salesman, Gregor Samsa, wakes up to find himself transformed (metamorphosed) into a large, monstrous insect-like creature. | 1977 | Caroline Leaf | Animation, Short | 6.7 (336 votes) | 10 | 20211228 |
| Penal Colony, The [La colonia penal]A journalist arrives on the Latin American island of Captiva, where a dictatorial President rules capriciously over a society that seems to consist mainly of males in military uniform, speaking a polyglot language. | 1970 | Raúl Ruiz | Drama | 6.2 (61 votes) | 75 | 20220414 |
| Trial, TheJoseph K. (Kyle MacLachlan) awakens one morning to find two strange men in his room, telling him he has been arrested. Joseph is not told with what he is charged, and despite being "arrested" is allowed to remain free and go to work. | 1993 | David Hugh Jones | Drama, Thriller | 6.0 (2.3K votes) | 120 | 20211228 |
| Trial, TheAn unassuming office worker is arrested and stands trial, but he is never made aware of his charges. | 1962 | Orson Welles (*) | Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 7.7 (20.9K votes) | 119 | 20211228 |
| Milena | 1990 | Véra Belmont | Biography, Drama | 6.3 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Procesas | 1994 | Algimantas Puipa, Janina Lapinskaite | Crime, Mystery | 5.8 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Amerika oder der Verschollene | 1969 | Zbynek Brynych | Drama | 8.9 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Shinpan | 1975 | Shûji Terayama | Short, Sci-Fi | 6.4 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Metamorphosis | 1975 | Barry Greenwald | Short, Comedy | 8.4 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Schakale und Araber | 2011 | Jean-Marie Straub | Short | 5.8 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Maalaislääkäri | 1996 | Katariina Lillqvist | Animation, Short, War | 6.6 (Unkn) | | Excluded |