- 1963 Our Mr Foester's Died, (Umřel nám pan Foerster) directing and screenplay (FAMU)
- 1965 Pearls on the Bottom – (Perličky na dně) Mr. Balthazar's Death, directing,
Screenplay in co-operation with Bohumil Hrabal
IFF Locarno 1965 - the FIPRESCI prize
Special prize, Youth Jury Panel
- 1965 The Crime at the Girls' School, (Zločin v dívčí škole) directing
Screenplay in cooperation with Josef Škvorecký
- 1966 Closely Watched Trains, (Ostře sledované vlaky) directing
Screenplay in co-operation with Bohumil Hrabal
IFF Mannheim 1966 - Grand Prix
Los Angeles 1968 - Academy Award for the Best Foreign Film - Oscar
IFF Addis Abeba - First Prize
USA - National Critics' Association,
3rd best film of 1967 "100 Best Films of the World"
In 2005 this picture was selected among (all time) World Cinema Top 100 films by Time Magazine.
- 1968 Capricious Summer, (Rozmarné léto), directing
Screenplay in co-operation with Václav Nývlt
IFF Karlovy Vary - Grand Prix from the Authors' Jury
- 1968 The Crime at the Cabaret, (Zločin v šantánu) directing
Screenplay in co-operation with Josef Škvorecký
- 1969 Skylarks on a String, (Skřivánci na niti), directing
Screenplay in co-operation with Bohumil Hrabal
IFF Berlin 1990 - The Golden Bear + FIPRESCI prize
- 1974 Who Seeks a Handful of Gold, (Kdo hledá zlaté dno), directing
- 1976 Seclusion near the Forest, (Na samotě u lesa), directing
IFF San Sebastian - the OCIC prize,
IFF Mannheim - FIPRESCI Honorary Mention,
IFF Chicago - Silver Hugo
- 1978 Those Wonderful Men with Cranks, (Báječní muži s klikou), directing
Screenplay in co-operation with Oldřich Vlček
- 1980 Cutting it Short, (Postřižiny), directing
Screenplay in co-operation with Bohumil Hrabal
IFF Venice 1981 - Special Honorary Mention
Czech Film Critics' Prize,
Nové Město nad Metují 1981 - the Youth Prize
IFF Vevey 1982 - The Golden Cane
- 1983 Snowdrop Festival, (Slavnosti sněženek), directing
Screenplay in co-operation with Bohumil Hrabal
- 1985 My Sweet Little Village, (Vesničko má středisková), directing
Los Angeles 1986 - nomination for Academy Award
IFF Montreal - Special Jury Prize
IFF Valladoid - Special prize of the audience 1986
IFF Aurilac - Grand prix of the festival
IFF for youth Paris - Award for the best actor to Janos Ban
Nové Město n/ Metují - Grand Prix
- 1989 The End of the Old Times, (Konec starých časů), directing
Screenplay in co-operation with Jiří Blažek
IFF Los Angeles 1990 - Cinetex International Comedy
- Best Directing Prize + Best Film
IFF Rueil Malmaison 1990 - The Golden Eagle
IFF Montreal 89 - The Best Directing Prize
IFF Las Vegas - The Best Directing Prize,
IFF Melbourne - The Best Directing Prize
IFF Valladoid - The Best Camera Prize
- 1990 Audience, directing
(TV recording of performance written by Vaclav Havel at Drama Club Prague for MGM)
- 1991 The Beggars' Opera, (Žebrácká opera), directing
Screenplay in co-operation with Václav Havel
IFF Toronto 1991 - Honorary Diploma for Participation
IFF Chicago 1991 - Honorary Mention
Nové Město n/ Metují 1991 - The Critics' Prize
- 1994 The Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin,
(Život a neobyčejná dobrodružství vojáka Ivana Čonkina), directing
IFF 51.La Biennale di Venezia - The Golden Plaque of the President of the Italian Senate, 1994
IFF Vevey 1995 - Golden Charlot - the Film Viewers' Prize
+ Special Prize of the Youth Jury
- 2001 “Ten Minutes Older” (Deset minut -documentary film on Rudolf Hrusinsky). Project “The Cello”.
- 2006 “I Served the King of England” (Obsluhoval jsem anglického krále), directing, script based on the novel by Bohumil Hrabal)
FIPRESCI prize on Berlinale 2007
Czech Lion for the best Czech film in 2006
Czech Lion for the best director. (2007)
Czech Lion for the best camera (2007)
Czech Lion for the Best actor Martin Huba in supporting role
Czech Lion for The best poster of the film - 2007
Special Golden arena for the best directing (IFF Pula) 2007
Prize of the Jury of young film lovers (IFF Pula) 2007
Prize for the Art Feat to the cinematographer of this film Jaromír Šofr (Novomestsky hrnec smichu, CR, 2007)
Ex Aequo Golden Camera 300 to Jaromír Šofr on the Manaki brothers festival in Skopje (Macedonia)
1st IFF Durres (Albania) 2008 – Golden crocodile for the best film
IFF Peňinsola (Spain) - Main Prize 2008
Romania – Prize for the best European film in distribution in 2008
IFF Minsk – second prize “Silver November” for the best film and actor Martin
Huba – prize of the Jury for the best supporting role.
20. IFF Castellón (Spain) - main prize „Sea Star” for the best film
- 2013 “Don Juans” (Donšajni)
