Movies and TV shows set in former yugoslavia
The list contains the best, new and most relevant movies set in former yugoslavia ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, serious, captivating, disturbing, tense and bleak films and TV shows about / with life is a bitch, war, soldier, military, danger, death, battles, murder, female nudity and political unrest plots mostly in Drama, War and Comedy genres shot in Yugoslavia, Serbia, Croatia and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as former yugoslavia: Bound Cargo (2003), The Balkan Line (2019), As If I Am Not There (2010), Number 55 (2014), Guardian Angel (1987), The Living and the Dead (2007), WR: Mysteries of the Organism (1971), Warriors (2002), Great Transport (1983), The Red Colored Grey Truck (2004).
Best films
New films
| Fortress (2025) | 9.1 | |
| House of the Dragon (2022) | 8.3 | |
| 12 Reči (2020) | 7.5 | |
| The Uncle (2022) | 6.3 | |
| Underneath (2020) | 7.0 |
List of movies set in former yugoslavia
Genre: Action, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada, Czech Republic
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Three girls are on the run from a group of disbanded soldiers. Nowhere to go they come across a lonely widow to seek refuge. Risking her life to save the young women the widow only demands erotic pleasure in exchange.
Style:
sensual, tense, suspense, queer horror, sexploitation film
Plot:
lesbian, sexualized violence, erotica, lesbianism, sexploitation, lesbian rape, sexual harassment, bdsm, captivity, sexual content, sexual fantasy, lesbian threesome ...
Place:
former yugoslavia
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Genre: Action, War
Country: Russia, Serbia
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
1999, Serbia is bombed and Kosovo region is left for plunder by bandits under command of Albanian warlord, Smuk. The removal of the human organs take place within the territories bandits have taken, the robberies, mass assassinations and genocide. ...
Style:
tense, orthodox, suspenseful, disturbing, thought provoking ...
Plot:
terrorism, friendship, nato, hopes, politics, swat team, balkan war, civil war, female soldier, hostage, society, muslim ...
Time:
90s
Place:
former yugoslavia, serbia, albania, kosovo, bosnia
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Genre: Drama
Country: Ireland, Sweden
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
A harsh dose of cinematic realism about a harsh time-the Bosnian War of the 1990s-Juanita Wilson's drama is taken from true stories revealed during the International Criminal Tribunal in The Hague. Samira is a modern schoolteacher in Sarajevo ...
Style:
realistic, disturbing, emotional, serious, disgusting ...
Plot:
rape, bosnian war, sex slave, genocide, realism, wartime life, life is a bitch, military, soldier, life turned upside down, strong female presence, gang rape ...
Place:
bosnia, sarajevo, balkan, europe, former yugoslavia ...
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Genre: Action, History, War
Country: Croatia
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
In the autumn of 1991, a small group of Croatian soldiers go on patrol in an improvised armored vehicle. Soon after that they would get ambushed and their vehicle would get destroyed, in that situation they were forced to hide in a nearby house. ...
Style:
captivating, tense, suspenseful, disturbing, suspense ...
Plot:
war for independence, war, civil war, wartime life, political unrest, battles, fight, fighting the system, wartime, soldier, military, revolution ...
Time:
year 1991
Place:
former yugoslavia, croatia, serbia, balkan
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Yugoslavia, Italy, West Germany, USA, France, Croatia
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
In January 1943 the German army, afraid of an Allied invasion of the Balkans, launched a great offensive against Yugoslav Partisans in Western Bosnia. The only way out for the Partisan forces and thousands of refugees was the bridge on the river ...
Style:
epic, exciting, captivating, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
world war two, partisan, battles, military, war, holocaust, freedom, world war, machine gun, tank, revolutionary war, judaism ...
Time:
1940s, year 1969, year 1939, year 1944, year 1945 ...
Place:
former yugoslavia, croatia, bosnia, europe, germany
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Yugoslavia
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A journalist investigates the smuggling of gypsy children on the black market and tries to save a young boy.
Plot:
child prostitute, gypsy, boy, little boy, white slavery, gypsy camp, family relations, fear, death, girl, gangster, child abuse ...
Place:
former yugoslavia, italy, venice
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Genre: Fantasy, War, Horror
Country: Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
In 1943, group of Croatian soldiers overtake a strategically important point in western Bosnia with a goal to destroy a group of communist partisans. On the way they met some supernatural phenomena, and the action itself went very badly because the ...
Style:
bleak, stylized, psychological, islamic, captivating ...
Plot:
military, ghost, supernatural, battles, political unrest, soldier, state affairs, danger, military life, life is a bitch, society, balkan war ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, 90s, year 1993, year 1943
Place:
former yugoslavia, bosnia, balkan, bosnia herzegovina, croatia ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Yugoslavia, West Germany
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A dense film that cuts up footage of a primary plot of two young Yugoslavian girls, one a politico and the other a sexpot, and an affair with a visiting Russian skater. Mixing metaphors of Russia's relationship with Yugoslavia, intercut with ...
Style:
sexy, surreal, avant garde, controversial, disturbing ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
satire, sex, surrealism, communist, psychology, sexology, trippy, sexual humor, gay, sex therapy, communism, erotic art ...
Time:
year 1971, 60s, 20th century
Place:
former yugoslavia, europe
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, War
Country: Spain
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A tense drama that revolves around a platoon of Spanish soldiers, following the innocent young men as they step from the training field into a hell for which nothing could have prepared them.
Style:
rough, serious, suspenseful, realistic, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
politics, terrorism, military, danger, soldier, military life, political unrest, mission, survival, life is a bitch, battles, chaos ...
Place:
former yugoslavia, kosovo, macedonia, europe
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Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: Yugoslavia
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
This WW2 epic was one of the last movies of that kind made in former Yugoslavia. It tells the true story of great transport of Partizans from Vojvodina to Bosnia in 1943.
Style:
tense, realistic, patriotic, melancholic, grim ...
Plot:
world war two, partisan, historical epic, convoy, resistance movement, evacuation, guerilla warfare, tragedy, heroism, sacrifice, resilience, woods ...
Place:
former yugoslavia, bosnia, eastern europe
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Serbia
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The film deals with an aspiring filmmaker, Marko, who is unable to pursue a career in horror films. He ventures into the porn industry, but his unorthodox style fails to impress producers. Frustrated, he assembles a crew of junkies, homosexuals and ...
Style:
disturbing, serious, suspenseful, rough, creepy ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
sexualized violence, transgression, extreme, bosnian war, violence, suicide, cabaret, against the rules, political unrest, adult film industry, filmmaker, gay ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
serbia, former yugoslavia
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Romance, War
Country: Serbia, Germany, Slovenia
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Belgrade, the summer of 1991. Yugoslavia is falling apart. Gavran can't get a driving licence because he is color blind. He is a rural Bosnian introvert obsessed with trucks. So, as soon as he is released from prison, he steals a truck to go on ...
Style:
road movie, romantic drama, captivating, humorous, disturbing ...
Plot:
journey, love story, relationships, couple relations, arms dealer, road trip, travel, arms smuggling, opposites attract, weapons, male female relationship, arms dealing ...
Time:
90s, year 1991, 20th century
Place:
former yugoslavia, balkan, belgrade
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 189 min.
TV show
Story:
Boston based Kernwell Industries is an American defense contractor. One of those contracts is to deploy 3,000 peacekeepers to the International Peacekeeping Coalition's work in the Balkans. Because of the near epidemic problem of sex ...
Style:
thought provoking, bleak, realistic, disturbing, serious ...
Plot:
human trafficking, sex trafficking, sexual abuse, prostitute, anal rape, white slavery, stripper, whistleblower, corruption, woman in danger, pimp, life is a bitch ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
eastern europe, europe, england, former yugoslavia
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
In the opening stages of the Bosnian War, a small group of Serbian soldiers are trapped in a tunnel by a Muslim force.
Style:
social, controversial, manga, intense, realistic ...
Plot:
yugoslav war, civil war, bosnian war, ogre, moving, social realism, war on terror, radical, conflict, wartime, badass, genocide ...
Time:
year 1996, 90s, 80s
Place:
bosnia, former yugoslavia, eastern europe, europe, bosnia herzegovina ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Croatia, Serbia, UK, Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Hungary, Austria
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
At a small border-post on the Yugoslav-Albanian border, yet another generation of soldiers suffering the usual amount of boredom awaits the end of their service, counting days to the moment when they should take their uniforms off for good. It is ...
Style:
captivating, serious, realistic, sexual, islamic ...
Plot:
war, border, soldier, comedy of errors, couples, politics, military, dishonesty, state affairs, infidelity, army, husband wife relationship ...
Time:
80s
Place:
former yugoslavia, bosnia, balkan, croatia, bosnia herzegovina ...
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A hardened mercenary in the Foreign Legion begins to find his own humanity when confronted with atrocities during the fighting in Bosnia
Style:
disturbing, depressing, tense, suspenseful, rough ...
Plot:
terrorism, rape, atrocity, redemption, breast feeding, bosnian war, mercenary, ethnic cleansing, hopes, genocide, soldier, pregnancy ...
Time:
90s, year 1998, 20th century
Place:
bosnia, former yugoslavia, europe, serbia, bosnia herzegovina ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Serbia
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
A historical fiction drama and thriller set in the turbulent period of the late 1930s in the Balkans as a place where high politics, local interests, capital and crime all merge together.
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, suspense, captivating ...
Plot:
secret society, conspiracy, police detective, law enforcement, secret movement, undercover, criminal, politician, murder investigation, partner, dishonesty, nudity ...
Time:
1920s, 20th century
Place:
former yugoslavia, nebraska, balkan
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, War
Country: Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Germany
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
This film follows two Belgrade youths on their rise to gangster legends in a decaying society.
Style:
realistic, serious, rough, disturbing, suspense ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, youth, teenage life, murder, life is a bitch, wartime life, battles, friends, organized crime, male nudity, masturbation, blood ...
Time:
90s
Place:
former yugoslavia, europe, belgrade, eastern europe, balkan ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
During the Bosnian War, Danijel, a soldier fighting for the Serbs, re-encounters Ajla, a Bosnian who's now a captive in his camp he oversees. Their once promising connection has become ambiguous as their motives have changed.
Style:
sexy, realistic, serious, emotional, erotic ...
Plot:
bosnian war, prisoner, forbidden love, rape, soldier, food, sex, muslim, love affair, war, couples, sister sister relationship ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
sarajevo, bosnia, former yugoslavia, bosnia herzegovina, europe
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Genre: War, Action
Country: Yugoslavia
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
At the beginning of the war the Germans come to the mine Trepca in Kosovo and occupy it. Communist Party and the workers do not agree with that and under constant repression, beginning small diversions, which will be transferred in the conquest and ...
Style:
tense, historical drama, suspenseful
Audience:
adult
Plot:
world war two, partisan, sabotage, mine, occupation, anti fascist, liberation, repression, solidarity, underground movement, class struggle, communist party ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
former yugoslavia, kosovo
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Genre: Drama, Sport, War
Country: Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Italy
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Sky Hook (Serbian: Nebeska udica) is a 2000 Yugoslavian film directed by Ljubiša Samardžić. It was Yugoslavia's submission to the 73rd Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but was not accepted as a nominee.
Style:
serious, realistic, suspense, melancholic, sentimental ...
Plot:
anti war, battles, political unrest, wartime life, friends, danger, survival, buddies, life story, international relations, mugging, campaign ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, year 1999
Place:
former yugoslavia, balkan, germany, italy, belgrade
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: Serbia
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
This is a story about Yugoslavian national football team and their journey to the first world championship in Montevideo.
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, inspirational, melancholic ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
football, soccer, ambition, football team, world cup, problem, sport team, lifestyle, athlete's life, championship, satire, football player ...
Time:
1930s
Place:
former yugoslavia, uruguay, belgrade, south america
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 175 min.
TV show
Story:
If the conflict in Bosnia has become something of a forgotten war, it's not for the want of trying from the immensely powerful BBC film Warriors, the story of five young soldiers and their harrowing experiences in the region.
Style:
independent film, realistic, serious, bleak, disturbing ...
Plot:
balkan war, bosnian war, genocide, war crime, propaganda, yugoslav war, ethnic cleansing, war on terror, aid worker, slavery, soldier, military ...
Time:
90s, year 1992
Place:
bosnia herzegovina, iraq, former yugoslavia, europe, liverpool ...
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Genre: Comedy, War
Country: Yugoslavia
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A group of musicians, whose band is called "Balkan express", in fact a quintet of small-time crooks , trying to make some money in Nazi-occupied Serbia.
Style:
tragicomedy, black comedy, period piece, slapstick, dark comedy ...
Plot:
partisan, world war two, nazi occupation, resistance movement, anti fascist, brothel, espionage, hiding, dark humor, underground movement, escape, survival ...
Time:
1940s, year 1944
Place:
former yugoslavia, balkan, serbia
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, UK, France, Germany, Greece
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
This tale takes place in a bar. The Spanish Alonso and his blind mother run this place. Bay, who is Alonso's friend live here too. This story tells something about Alonso and Bay and the "American Dream".
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous
Plot:
immigration, american dream, family relations, friendship, friends, family problems, estrangement, unemployment, parents and children, death in the family, rich and poor, siblings relations ...
Time:
90s
Place:
former yugoslavia, montenegro, new york, serbia, europe ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Yugoslavia
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A young man grows up in Sarajevo in the 1960s, under the shadow of his good, but ailing father, and gets attracted by the world of small-time criminals.
Style:
romantic comedy, cult classic, insightful, contemplative, serious ...
Plot:
first sexual experience, older woman younger man, coming of age, pimp, communist, hypnosis, love, gang rape, chess, prostitute, brother brother relationship, communism ...
Time:
60s, year 1981, 20th century
Place:
bosnia herzegovina, balkan, former yugoslavia, bosnia, eastern europe ...
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Croatia
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A cruel world of the Yugoslavian prison during 1980s, based on real events about a man who gets life sentence for committed crime.
Style:
captivating
Plot:
prison, life sentence, jail, jailed, maximum security prison, prisoner, prison life, criminal, prison sentence, confinement indoors, confined, life is a bitch ...
Time:
80s
Place:
former yugoslavia, croatia
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Serbia
TV show
Story:
Kursadžije is a popular Serbian TV comedy series, broadcast by RTV Pink. The sitcom is situated in a classroom, where the students come from each republic of the former Yugoslavia. The every episode was watched more than 8 million people around ...
Style:
sitcom, lighthearted, sketch comedy, slapstick
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
ethnic humor, social commentary, camaraderie, social satire, nostalgia, satire, everyday life, political satire, urban, classroom
Time:
2000s
Place:
former yugoslavia
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Genre: Action
Country: Serbia
TV show
Story:
After the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia in 1999, the Yugoslav army pulls out of Kosovo region, leaving Serbian people at the mercy of the Albanian UCK terrorists. A small band of soldiers must take over the Slatina airport, and hold it until the ...
Style:
tension, tense, intense, political thriller, dramatic ...
Plot:
military, soldier, combat, danger, geopolitics, international crisis, ethnic conflict, terrorism, siege, special forces, violence, survival ...
Time:
90s
Place:
former yugoslavia, balkan, kosovo
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: West Germany, Yugoslavia
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
In this melodramatic tale, the well-made plans of a career-obsessed woman are derailed when she sets her sights on a young man who is plainly not very interested in her. In the story, Katherina is an ambitious reporter for German television, and her ...
Style:
reflective, romantic drama, melancholic, art house
Plot:
identity, identity crisis, thoughtful, memory, family history, immigration, social commentary, homecoming, exile, reconciliation, journalism, lake ...
Time:
80s
Place:
former yugoslavia, germany, west germany, montenegro
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