Movies and TV shows set in former yugoslavia – page 5
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List of movies set in former yugoslavia
Genre: Drama
Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, France, Serbia, USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
The story of a boy from the orphanage for abandoned children who tried to find out the truth about his origins. Through the story of a boy Alen, it describes the consequences of war casualties and immense injustice that war brought most helpless, ...
Style:
emotional, melancholic, realistic, tense
Plot:
abandonment, orphan, post war, trauma, orphanage, identity, injustice, loss of innocence, loss, childhood, desperation, survival ...
Time:
90s, 2000s
Place:
bosnia herzegovina, sarajevo, bosnia, former yugoslavia, balkan
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Genre: Drama, Thriller, Action
Country: Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A fifteen year old girl Senka, comes from a wealthy family whose parents enroll in an elite school where she meets a drug dealer with whom he falls in love, and so it has hitherto completely unknown world. Senka is a young and inexperienced girl ...
Style:
thrilling, captivating, psychological, dark, melancholic ...
Plot:
drug addiction, teenager, mobster, substance abuse, female protagonist, drug dealer, life is a bitch, teenage life, drug, drug abuse, teenage protagonist, loss of innocence ...
Place:
former yugoslavia, eastern europe
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Genre: Adventure, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
The story evolves around the Arian sect. During the III century AD they have seriously shaken the very foundations of Christian world. It is also known that in this region they had a stronghold between towns of Sirmium and Belgrade. ...
Style:
tense, psychological, atmospheric, suspenseful, dark ...
Plot:
sect, murder, haunting, guilt, sin, betrayal, getting home, suicide, investigation, redemption, religious, spiritual journey ...
Place:
balkan, serbia, former yugoslavia, belgrade serbia, belgrade
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Genre: Drama
Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina, France, UK
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
At the traditional Muslim funeral service for his father Fikret Varupa, sixteen year old boy from Sarajevo, learns that his father owes money to Hamid, a man he does not even know. The debt is considerable and Hamid does not want it to go to the ...
Style:
melancholic, realistic, poignant, bleak, tragicomedy ...
Plot:
post war, poverty, debt, corruption, innocence lost, social realism, adolescence, moral dilemma, survival, child protagonist, grief, social commentary ...
Place:
bosnia, sarajevo, balkan, former yugoslavia, bosnia herzegovina
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Drama, War
Country: Italy, UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A Macedonian military deserter and his Italian blood-brother are searching for a dead grandmother wrapped up in a stolen carpet, all over the Balkan's criminal underworld.
Style:
dark comedy, satirical, road movie, captivating, disturbing ...
Plot:
satire, criminal, mafioso, gangster, caper, mafia, fight, journey, desertion, criminal underworld, friendship, organized crime ...
Place:
balkan, macedonia, eastern europe, former yugoslavia, italy
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, Slovenia, Serbia, Germany, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Story about a forty-something Sarajevo taxi driver named Fudo (Saša Petrović) who decides to take control of his own destiny. Fudo doesn't earn much, so he supplements his income by offering tips to the local criminal syndicate and turning a ...
Style:
realistic, crime drama, emotional, dark comedy, tragicomedy ...
Plot:
taxi driver, redemption, working class, family drama, moral dilemma, moral transformation, loan shark, regret, corruption, black market, debt, determination ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
bosnia, sarajevo, bosnia herzegovina, former yugoslavia
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Genre: Drama
Country: Serbia
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
The story of fictional Katić family. Vukašin returns home from the studies in France to tell his father Aćim and brother Đorđe that he plans to marry the daughter of his father's political opponent and enemy. Aćim threatens to wipe him ...
Style:
psychological, thrilling, suspenseful, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
relationships, forbidden love, unhappy marriage, politician, domestic drama, family conflict, father son conflict, family drama, family relations, male female relationship, family problems, couple relations ...
Time:
2010s, 19th century, 1870s
Place:
former yugoslavia, serbia
Is relevant?
2K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
The story of two people who, at first glance, are connected only by their name - Kosta. The first, a refugee from Krajina, is trying to survive, while other is peacefully building a career.
Style:
realistic, serious, melancholic
Plot:
identity, refugee, character study, survival, migration, urban, realism, resilience, identity crisis, post war, adaptation, integration ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
balkan, eastern europe, former yugoslavia
Is relevant?
1K
Genre: Drama
Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Germany, France, Iran
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The daily hardships of a war-scarred Bosnian village, where all that remains are widows and orphans, are painstakingly documented in this first feature from director Aida Begic. Snow offers insight about the psychological aftereffects of the 1992-95 ...
Style:
dramatic, islamic
Plot:
bosnian war, holiday, international relations, christmas, winter, world war, yugoslav war, balkan war, village, coffee, guilt, koran ...
Place:
bosnia, bosnia herzegovina, balkan, former yugoslavia, eastern europe
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Genre: War
Country: Yugoslavia
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
The story of a forced march of the first proletarian shock brigade during World War II.
Style:
crying, dark, epic
Plot:
world war two, mountain, winter, tree, combat, wound, loss of son, old man, suffering, army, frozen, hunger ...
Time:
year 1942
Place:
former yugoslavia, bosnia
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
In a near-future Belgrade, a DJ stirs up trouble with his rocking anti-establishment broadcasts. After his station is shut down, he takes to the street and starts transmitting revolution with the police hot on his trail.
Style:
independent film, political thriller, tense, noir, political drama
Plot:
anti establishment, authoritarianism, rebellion, counterculture, propaganda, police chase, youth culture, urban, surveillance, activism, civil unrest, dystopia ...
Time:
near future, 90s
Place:
eastern europe, belgrade, serbia, former yugoslavia
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Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Angel and the devil fight for the soul of a Belgrade playboy who made a young girl pregnant.
Style:
semi serious, realistic, cynical, humorous, psychotronic ...
Plot:
angel, cat, deal with the devil, moving, pact with the devil, pregnancy, baby, good versus evil, lifestyle, youth, womanizer, love and romance ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, 90s
Place:
serbia, former yugoslavia, europe, belgrade serbia, eastern europe
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Yugoslavia
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Trajković family are bridge builders. Being forced to move every once in a while, the bridges are everything but pleasant thing for 17 year old Budimir, who is unable to make any permanent love relationship. In their last attempt to settle down in ...
Style:
romantic drama, melancholic, heartfelt, period piece
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
sexual intercourse, coming of age, first love, adolescence, young love, sexual awakening, bittersweet, male protagonist, longing, female nudity, slice of life, sexual frustration ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
belgrade, former yugoslavia, eastern europe, europe
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Yugoslavia
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
After the road accident, Zika and Milan end up in an overcrowded hospital, run by doctor Nedeljkovic and his sexually obsessed nurse. Accompanied by a crazy bandmaster and a peasant with farting problems, they will try to get away from the ongoing ...
Style:
black comedy, absurd, dark comedy, situational comedy, sitcom ...
Plot:
hospital, road accident, chaos, escape, misadventure, sexual obsession, toilet humor, bureaucracy, nurse, satire, friendship, male bonding ...
Place:
former yugoslavia
Is relevant?
2K
Genre: Action
Country: Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Story about young criminals in Belgrade during the 1990s crisis.
Style:
crime thriller, suspenseful, intense, tense, dark ...
Plot:
revenge, kidnapping, rage, hostage situation, anguish, violent, identity, psychological torture, moral ambiguity, isolation, abuse of power, corruption ...
Place:
serbia, former yugoslavia
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama, War
Country: Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Belgrade, 1999. Producer Sergei and his film crew are in a disastrous situation - the film they're making is under threat - there's no money, the crew are dissatisfied - and NATO bombing is just around the corner. Then a member of the ...
Style:
captivating, black comedy, dark comedy
Plot:
filmmaking, politics, aerial bombardment, money, political intrigue, political unrest, money problems, lie, deception, white lie, con trick, filmmaker ...
Time:
year 1999
Place:
former yugoslavia, balkan, athens greece, belgrade serbia
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Comedy, Crime, Romance
Country: Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Seventeen year old Natasha, a daughter of a murdered police inspector, tries to discover her father's killers.
Style:
suspense, disturbing, tense, captivating
Plot:
amateur sleuth, investigation, murder investigation, uncover truth, private investigation, family relations, cold case, sleuth, crime solving, fighting crime, family tragedy, vendetta ...
Place:
former yugoslavia
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Zona Zamfirova is set in the eastern Serbian city of Niš in the 19th century. The plot follows the story of Zona Zamfirova, a local rich man's daughter, and the vicissitudes of her affair with Mane, an ordinary goldsmith. As it was undesirable ...
Style:
disturbing, humorous, captivating
Plot:
father daughter relationship, love, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, rich and poor, male female relationship, marital problem, class differences, love story, relationship problems, couples, love affair, society ...
Place:
former yugoslavia, serbia
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Croatia
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
Iva and Maria, a young lesbian pair, rent a favorable, nice dwelling in a less good area of Zagreb, Croatia. But unfortunately, included in the rent are the neighbors, the neighbors from hell. The curious landlady, foreigners flogging nationalists, ...
Style:
lgbt cinema, disturbing, psychological, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot:
lgbtq, lesbian, lesbian relationship, woman in danger, society, life is a bitch, injustice, family problems, couples, lgbt, sex scene, lesbian sex ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
former yugoslavia, croatia
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy
Country: Serbia
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
The story takes place in Nis, towards the end of the nineteenth century, during the calm down of the stormy historic events which led to final liberation of southern Serbian parts from Turkish occupation. The comedy is about celebrating traditional ...
Style:
humorous, entertaining, light, funny, feel good ...
Plot:
tradition, celebration, satire, social satire, banquet, hospitality, humour, society, provincial life, community, small town, everyday life ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
serbia, former yugoslavia
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy
Country: Serbia
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
In this sequel of "We Are Not Angels", a highly successful Yugoslavian comedy, a former playboy must cope with his daughter's adolescence, as well as numerous boys that keep knocking at her doors. A worried father thinks she may get ...
Style:
humorous, situational comedy, family comedy, romantic comedy, sitcom ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
father daughter relationship, adolescence, protective parent, responsibility, teen romance, coming of age, dating, flirting, unhappiness, romantic rivalry, sexual tension, urban ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
former yugoslavia, belgrade
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Austria, Germany
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A woman and her daughter struggle to make their way through the aftermath of the Balkan war.
Style:
realistic, touching, sincere, serious, psychological ...
Plot:
bosnian war, coming of age, depression, support group, haunted by the past, parents and children, life is a bitch, parent child relationship, family relations, single parent, civil war, female protagonist ...
Time:
year 2006, 21st century
Place:
bosnia, former yugoslavia, balkan, croatia, eastern europe ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: Serbia
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
We Are Not Angels III is a Serbian film. In 1973 during a Youth Work Action, budding musician Borko Pavić (Nikola Pejaković) is disappointed to find out that the majority of his fellow young workers prefer to dance kolo to folkish harmonica sounds ...
Style:
semi serious, captivating, dark comedy, black comedy, period piece
Plot:
deal with the devil, rock and roll, singer, rock star, devil, rock music, musician, music, musician's life, alcoholism, drug use, addiction ...
Time:
70s, 2000s
Place:
belgrade, former yugoslavia
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany, Italy, Bulgaria, Spain, UK
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
A successful young doctor with a beautiful wife, a happy child, and a comfortable house finds his life suddenly changed in ways he never thought possible after being injured in a serious car accident. To the outside eye Lazar Perkov has everything ...
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, serious, erotic, suspense ...
Plot:
making love, afterlife, couple relations, ghost, supernatural ability, destiny, sex scene, infidelity, symbolism, paranoia, danger, death ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
macedonia, former yugoslavia
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
The Brothers Bloom are the best con men in the world, swindling millionaires with complex scenarios of lust and intrigue. Now they've decided to take on one last job – showing a beautiful and eccentric heiress the time of her life with a ...
Style:
visually stunning, witty, realistic, semi serious, cult classic ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
twists and turns, cons and scams, crime gone awry, fall in love, con artists, caper, magic realism, con man, partner, family relations, dishonesty, escapades ...
Time:
year 2008, 21st century
Place:
montenegro, former yugoslavia, prague, tokyo, berlin germany ...
Is relevant?
95K
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA, Czech Republic, Spain
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
Henri "Papillon" Charrière is convicted in Paris for a murder he did not commit. Sentenced to life imprisonment in the penal colony of French Guiana, he becomes obsessed with escaping. After planning and executing a series of treacherous ...
Style:
suspense, factual, homoerotic, psychological, art house ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
prison escape, prison, island prison, friendship, wrongful conviction, life sentence, escape, jail, escape plan, male friendship, solitary, survival ...
Time:
year 2017, year 1931, 1930s, year 1969, 20th century ...
Place:
south america, colombia, france, former yugoslavia, venezuela ...
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Yugoslavia
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
This is a movie about the start of people's uprising in Montenegro in World War II. After the capitulation of the Yugoslav Royal Army in April 1941, the Italians managed to infiltrate their puppet regime in Montenegro. However, people ...
Style:
crying, epic
Plot:
world war two, partisan, mountain, reprisal, murder, train, betrayal, bomb, wine, machine gun, death, celebration ...
Time:
year 1941
Place:
montenegro, former yugoslavia
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Genre: Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: Yugoslavia
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
The setting is the islands off the Dalmatian coast of Yugoslavia, during WW II. The islands are controlled by occupying Italian forces, and a resistence movement of Communists is dedicated to sabotaging and ending the occupation. When a wealthy ...
Style:
epic
Plot:
world war two, partisan, fascism, female nudity, inhumanity, nudity, marriage, friend, murder, sex, death, spy ...
Place:
balkan, former yugoslavia, italy
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Genre: Action, War
Country: Yugoslavia
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
In order to check the German offensive, Partizans send an elite team of explosive experts to blow up a strategically important bridge. Besides being heavily guarded, that bridge is almost indestructible and the only man who knows weak spots in the ...
Plot:
partisan, world war two, mountain, engineer, church, swamp, truck, traitor, nun, nazi, tank, mission ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
former yugoslavia
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Yugoslavia, Soviet Union
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Beginning in 1943. year. The tragic story of the prisoners... partisans and others who were found in a prison in Montenegro at the time when the Chetniks and the occupiers at all costs they want to crush the uprising in Yugoslavia.
Plot:
partisan, world war two, wedding, shooting, execution, struggle, fascist, tank, murder, nazi, river, fear ...
Time:
year 1943
Place:
former yugoslavia, montenegro
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