Movies and TV shows set in eastern europe
The list contains the best, new and most relevant movies set in eastern europe ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, captivating, humorous, semi serious, dark comedy and satirical films and TV shows about / with female nudity, death, society, bittersweet, family relations, nude, friendship, satire, mother son relationship and nudity plots mostly in Drama, Comedy and Crime genres shot in Sweden, France, UK and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as eastern europe: All About My Bush (2007), Russian Dolls: Sex Trade (2005), Anita: Swedish Nymphet (1973), Sunshine (1999), Dinner for Adele (1978), Liza the Fox-Fairy (2015), Closely Watched Trains (1966), Adventures Italian Style (2020), Sex Traffic (2004), I Work at the Cemetery (2021).
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List of movies set in eastern europe
Genre: Comedy
Country: Sweden
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Allt om min buske är en sexkomedi i trädgårdsmiljö om oväntade kärleksförbindelser och avgrundsdjup svartsjuka. Det vackra och välbärgade paret Nils och Karin flyttar in med sin dotter Barbro i det exklusiva villaområdet. I huset intill ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, realistic, sexy, sexual
Plot:
couples, family relations, couple relations, sexual relations, suburban life, suburbs, love affair, love and romance, lesbian sex, male pubic hair, cheating wife, female pubic hair ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
eastern europe
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Belgium
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
Young women from Lithuania and Russia are taken to Belgium by a gang involved in the sex trade to work as sex slaves.
Style:
touching, erotic, suspense, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
violence against women, sex slavery, forced prostitution, sex trafficking, human trafficking, sexualized violence, striptease, sex club, slavery, sexploitation, organized crime, sexual abuse ...
Place:
eastern europe
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Sweden, France
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Anita is a girl of only 16 years, and while she has developed early physically, to a mature woman, she is psychologically completly ruthless. Her relationship the her parents and her friends is very poor and she is regarded with contempt by the ...
Style:
sexy, erotic, controversial, psychological, realistic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
nymphet, voyeur, scandinavian girl, coming of age, nymphomaniac, erotica, sexual relations, sexploitation, sexual intercourse, lesbian, female pubic hair, sex shop ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
eastern europe, stockholm sweden, europe, scandinavia
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Genre: Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: Hungary, Germany, Canada, Austria, France, UK
Duration: 181 min.
Story:
The film follows a Jewish family living in Hungary through three generations, rising from humble beginnings to positions of wealth and power in the crumbling Austro-Hungarian Empire. The patriarch becomes a prominent judge but is torn when his ...
Style:
costume drama, erotic, saga, family saga, sad ...
Plot:
holocaust, sex scene, politics, love affair, political unrest, world war two, illicit affair, fascism, nazi, family life, siblings relations, jewish culture ...
Time:
19th century, 1940s, edwardian era, year 1999, 20th century ...
Place:
eastern europe, hungary, israel, sarajevo, serbia ...
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
When the famous detective Nick Carter visits Prague, he becomes involved in strange case of a missing dog and even stranger carnivorous plant. He becomes convinced that he is standing against his greatest enemy - the Gardener, who supposedly died ...
Style:
spoof, detective, surreal, parody, ambiguous ending ...
Plot:
renaissance, nobleman, surrealism, swamp, private investigator, train station, grandfather granddaughter relationship, american abroad, private detective, arrest, dwarf, midget ...
Time:
20th century, 1900s
Place:
eastern europe, czech republic, balkan, czechoslovakia, prague ...
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Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Hungary
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Liza's a nurse, seeking love. Her only company is a long-dead Japanese pop star, who turns her into a fox-fairy out of jealousy. Now, every men who desires Liza shall die horribly. Can she overcome the curse?
Style:
light, humorous, feel good, captivating, fairy tale ...
Plot:
curse, dating, true love, death of lover, pop singer, love, ghost, jealousy, cursed, friendship, couples, weirdo ...
Place:
eastern europe, japan
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, War
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
In a small town still occupied by the Germans as World War II's tide is turning toward the Allies, apprentice train-watcher Milos is oblivious to the war. Instead, he is obsessed with having his first sexual experience. Despite the favors of ...
Style:
erotic, atmospheric, talky, touching, realistic ...
Plot:
world war two, coming of age, satire, resistance, storytelling, stallion, politics, occupation, communism, village life, wartime life, partisan ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, year 1966, 1930s
Place:
czech republic, eastern europe, europe, czechoslovakia, prague ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A few weeks before the Fall of the Berlin Wall, Pago, Rice and Bibi leave the calm city of Cesena looking for adventure: a ten-days-long holiday in Eastern Europe, in those places where the Soviet regime is still alive.
Style:
disturbing, semi serious, captivating, satirical, buddy comedy ...
Plot:
satire, italian abroad, road trip, friends, travel, lifestyle change, escapades, friendship, changing lives, group of friends, cold war, fish out of water ...
Place:
eastern europe
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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: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Poland, Ukraine
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Sasha manages a firm that installs tombstones at the local cemetery. His many customers have all experienced personal tragedies, but he is full of cynicism. One day, Sasha's 14-year-old daughter appears to bring him back into her life.
Style:
exciting, captivating, humorous, dramatic, entertaining ...
Plot:
cemetery, father daughter relationship, teenage daughter, cynic, dark humor, death, happy ending, sadness, family drama, life & death, coworker relationship, customer ...
Place:
eastern europe
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Sweden
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Eleven people, isolated from the outside world, communicate via screens. A son wants to hold the hand of his suffering mother. Love grows. A mother has abandoned her family. A therapist finds himself at the edge of ruin. A daughter connects with her ...
Style:
melancholic, tense, captivating, unusual plot structure, psychological
Plot:
pandemic, family relations, epidemic, loneliness, isolation, family drama, quarantine, society, human nature, youth, husband wife relationship, parents and children ...
Place:
eastern europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A rhythmically captivating exploration of love and loss at the fin-de-siècle. An amorous relationship between two women abruptly cut short. Dissolving under the impact of the loss of her soul mate, the surviving lover is drawn into the depths of ...
Style:
psychological, atmospheric, realistic, serious, poetic ...
Plot:
lesbian, poetry, tragic love, dealing with death, gender, gays and lesbians, lesbian romance, stream of consciousness, melancholy, loss, grief, woman woman relationship ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
eastern europe
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Georgia
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
After an American tourist steps on a landmine, he is forced to watch his girlfriend get assaulted.
Style:
realistic, disturbing, tense, suspense, captivating ...
Plot:
revenge, rape, rape and revenge, survival, terror, nudity, regret, friendship, tourist, girlfriend, home invasion, sexual assault ...
Place:
eastern europe
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, War
Country: Croatia, Serbia
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Djuro is a Romany, he has a large, happy family, and earns a living appearing in Serbian porn films. And it's through his sarcastic perspective that we follow the story of the Croatian war veteran Martin. He falls in love with a beautiful girl ...
Style:
tragicomedy, dark comedy, satirical, art house, black humor ...
Plot:
veteran, prostitution, moral ambiguity, poverty, satire, taboo, character study, social realism, pimp, cynicism, sex work, forbidden love ...
Place:
eastern europe, balkan, croatia, serbia
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Czechoslovakia, Italy
Duration: 73 min.
Story:
In Milos Forman's satire on Communism set in a small Czechoslovakian town in the 1960s, the local firemen decide to organize a ball, however the proceedings are dogged by difficulty at every step. They plan to organize a beauty pageant at the ...
Style:
black comedy, dark comedy, allegory, surreal, cult classic ...
Plot:
satire, firefighter, political satire, corruption, bureaucracy, fire, husband wife relationship, confusion, fire brigade, small town, renaissance, farce ...
Time:
year 1967, 60s, 20th century
Place:
czech republic, eastern europe, czechoslovakia
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: Czech Republic, UK, France
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
The Czech Republic Director Jan Sverák tells in this Oscar winning film the story of the disillusioned Prague man named Cellisten Louka, who after a fictitious marriage with a Russian emigrant must suddenly take responsibility for her son. However ...
Style:
emotional, sincere, touching, sentimental, realistic ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
adoption, communism, coming of age, nudity, friendship, musician, cellist, renaissance, lovers, single father, revolution, boy ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1989, year 1996
Place:
czech republic, eastern europe, prague, balkan, europe ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Poland, France
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
The story of a doctor named Tomasz who questions his beliefs, faith and morality as his end is near, so he makes all efforts to find dignity in his imminent death.
Style:
existential, captivating, serious, tricky, clever ...
Plot:
doctor, cynicism, meaning of life, suffering, cancer, renaissance, terminal illness, ex husband ex wife relationship, death, life & death, illness, fighting illness ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
eastern europe, poland
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, War
Country: France, Netherlands, Romania, Israel, Belgium
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
In 1941, the inhabitants of a small Jewish village in Central Europe organize a fake deportation train so that they can escape the Nazis and flee to Palestine.
Style:
humorous, sad, surprise ending, feel good, road movie ...
Plot:
holocaust, train, nazi, world war two, shoah, judaism, deportation, great ending, railway, wartime life, bittersweet, world war ...
Time:
1940s, year 1998, year 1941
Place:
eastern europe, germany, palestine, europe, central europe ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
An artist's studio is descended upon by a group of retired men and a young mother who agree to model in the nude for money. Comedy ensues as the students and the local bureaucracy react to the models, all in need of extra money. Several running ...
Style:
satirical, slapstick, period piece, lighthearted, black comedy ...
Plot:
student, satire, bureaucracy, art school, social commentary, misunderstanding, humanism, sculpture, professor, jealousy, sexuality, slice of life ...
Time:
70s
Place:
eastern europe, czechoslovakia
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Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
The main character in this effective, convincing drama is Witold (Tadeusz Bradecki) who is high in what later would be termed the "emotional quotient" or the ability to bounce back from adverse, tragic circumstances. Witold has been ...
Style:
existential, melancholic, bleak, intellectual, tragic
Plot:
corruption, grief, character study, moral dilemma, family drama, existential crisis, bureaucracy, frustration, social realism, betrayal, class struggle, anti hero ...
Time:
year 1980
Place:
eastern europe, poland, himalaya
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Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, Serbia
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Nenad, ten years Christian boy from a Serbian enclave, determined to create a proper community burial for his late grandfather, crosses enemy lines and makes friends among the Muslim majority in deeply divided, war-torn Kosovo.
Style:
psychological, captivating, disturbing
Plot:
boy, political conflict, ethnic conflict, little boy, child, post war, teenager, muslim, life is a bitch, military, coming of age, children in wartime ...
Time:
year 2004, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
kosovo, eastern europe, balkan, serbia
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Croatia, Ukraine
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
Dramatic events unfold in Croatia and Ukraine. The first girl drowned, the second one died from a drug overdose. The main suspect in these deaths, however, soon turns out to be innocent - and dead too. While detective Vladimir and reporter Stribor ...
Style:
detective, dark, suspense, tense, sinister ...
Plot:
human trafficking, investigation, investigative journalism, corruption, female victim, murder, serial killer, ethical dilemma, suspicion, reporter, missing person, police procedural ...
Place:
croatia, ukraine, eastern europe, europe
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
The Grand Budapest Hotel tells of a legendary concierge at a famous European hotel between the wars and his friendship with a young employee who becomes his trusted protégé. The story involves the theft and recovery of a priceless Renaissance ...
Style:
atmospheric, stylized, witty, surreal, visually appealing ...
Audience:
family friendly, teens, adult
Plot:
hotel, art theft, mentor, mentor protege relationship, prison escape, murder, escapades, twists and turns, gunfight, painting, fictional country, lawyer ...
Time:
1930s, year 2014, 20th century, 60s, 80s ...
Place:
eastern europe, alps, europe, persia, america ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
What would you do if you found 30 million that no one was missing? Mahmut decides to do what he has always dreamt of: to be seen as a Swede. He changes his name to Sebastian, rents a nice house, buys a Volvo and starts wearing socks with patterns. ...
Style:
humorous, feel good, captivating, satirical, semi serious ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
immigration, satire, identity, money, lifestyle change, changing lives, national identity, lifestyle, social satire, culture clash, aspiration, nordic ...
Place:
eastern europe, scandinavia
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Sweden
TV show
Story:
At the Swedish embassy in Mexico City, the staff tries to do everything to promote the image of Sweden. But for the selfish ambassador Thomas Hofwander, it is mainly about lifting himself.
Style:
satirical, thrilling, captivating, political, semi serious ...
Plot:
political satire, diplomacy, ambition, office politics, diplomat, political campaign, satire, social climber, job, workplace, political candidate, political leader ...
Place:
eastern europe, mexico city
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Finland
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story:
Finnish adaption of the British TV series "The Office".
Style:
sitcom, mockumentary, atmospheric, feel good, light ...
Plot:
office, employer employee relationship, employment, adaptation, social relations, relationships, couple relations, office worker, office romance, love affair, humour, office work ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
eastern europe, finland
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Genre: Fantasy, Horror
Country: Sweden
Duration: 65 min.
Story:
When out on vacaion, history buff Erland finds remains of an ancient evil which he soon has to fight.
Style:
suspense, scary, bleak, psychotronic
Plot:
knight, monster, cabin in the woods, married couple, supernatural power, artifact, cursed object, killing, murder, fear, violence, mission ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
eastern europe
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
The life of Krister has become an unending nightmare, ever since his wife's death. There seems to be no respite for this man, tormented by the errors of his past and held prisoner by a grim daily existence.
Style:
psychological, suspense, lovecraft, captivating, scary ...
Plot:
body horror, family tragedy, psychosis, hallucination, guilt, revenge, small town, social realism, broken family, panic attack, sleeping, pursuit ...
Place:
eastern europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: Finland, Sweden
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
In the early 1900s, emigrant Hanna returns from Colorado to Finland. In America she was known as Dollar-Hanna, but in Finland she has to endure the Civil War and live through the prohibition. Hanna's independent spirit will guide her.
Style:
emotional, touching, serious, realistic, family saga ...
Plot:
family relations, single parent, love and romance, society, hopes, getting home, mother daughter relationship, independent woman, generation gap, old love, father son estrangement, death of husband ...
Time:
20th century, 19th century
Place:
eastern europe, colorado, finland
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
This is the true story of the failed bank robbery-cum-hostage taking in a bank at the square Norrmalmstorg in Stockholm, in September 1973. The Stockholm Syndrome is named after this incident.
Style:
captivating, suspenseful, disturbing, tense
Plot:
bank, bank robbery, bank robber, money, hostage, twists and turns, heist, true crime, police, water, stockholm syndrome, gas mask ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
eastern europe, stockholm sweden
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