Movies and TV shows set in croatia
The list contains the best, new and most relevant movies set in croatia ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, disturbing, suspenseful, serious, tense and bleak films and TV shows about / with suspense, murder, life is a bitch, death, violence, nude, society, sex, danger and vengeance plots mostly in Drama, Comedy and War genres shot in Croatia, Serbia, Yugoslavia and other countries.
croatia
TOP 10 movies tagged as croatia: The Weekend Away (2022), Love Island (2014), Broken English (2007), All Inclusive (2017), Vegetarian Cannibal (2012), The Priest's Children (2013), Just Between Us (2010), Witnesses (2003), Sirens and Screams (2019), Nasty Nancy (2010).
Best films
List of movies set in croatia
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
When her best friend vanishes during a girls' trip to Croatia, Beth races to figure out what happened. But each clue yields another unsettling deception.
Style:
tense, disturbing, captivating, psychological, neo noir ...
Plot:
murder, weekend, murder investigation, murder mystery, disappearance, investigation, mysterious disappearance, accused of murder, girlfriend, framed for murder, suspense, travel ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
croatia, london
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Croatia, Germany, Switzerland, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Love Island tells the story of a pregnant French woman who lives in Sarajevo with her Bosnian husband and their daughter. They go for a vacation at a Croatian island, where things get complicated when they all become attracted to a beautiful woman.
Style:
semi serious, humorous, sexy, captivating, light ...
Plot:
couple relations, couples, pregnancy, family problems, island, hotel, femme fatale, family holiday, self discovery, crumbling marriage, family in crisis, skinny dipping ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
croatia, bosnia
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France, Japan, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Nora Wilder (Parker Posey), a single, career woman works at a Manhattan boutique hotel where her excellent skills in guest relations lack in the romantic department. If it is not her loving and dominant mother (Gena Rowlands) attempting to set her ...
Style:
light, sweet, emotional, sexy, stylized ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night
Plot:
loneliness, friendship, self discovery, looking for love, dating, single, cliche, thirtysomething life, relationships, coming of age, hotel, french ...
Place:
paris france, france, croatia, new york, europe ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A trip to Croatia to celebrate Inger's 60th birthday. The whole thing sounded like a great idea until Inger caught her husband having an affair. When the plane takes off for Split the depressed Inger and her two daughters, much too sensible ...
Plot:
summer vacation, female nudity, balloon, drawing, art, modeling, sex, bourbon, shower, barefoot woman, clothes, female full frontal nudity
Place:
croatia, eastern europe
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Croatia
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Danko Babic is an ambitious and amoral gynaecologist at Croatia's leading fertility clinic. When his colleague Bantic is appointed as head of the clinic, Babic starts a secret war to overthrow his rival. Distracted by his ruthless campaign he ...
Style:
tense, psychological, bleak, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
doctor, gynecologist, hospital, operation, medicine, doctors and patients, workplace, moral dilemma, life is a bitch, nurse, abortion, workplace situations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, croatia
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Croatia, Serbia, Montenegro
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Don Fabijan is a young priest who comes to serve on an unnamed small island in the Adriatic. In order to help increase birth rate on the island, he decides to pierce condoms before they are sold. He therefore teams up with the newsagent Petar and ...
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, tragicomedy, biting
Plot:
satire, priest, pregnancy, mediterranean, suspense, clergy, religions or cults, unwanted pregnancy, village life, dishonesty, society, disorder ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
eastern europe, croatia
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Croatia, Serbia, Slovenia, France
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Nikola is a man who knows how to really enjoy life; he's even able to rouse sympathy for his sinful ways. His brother turns a blind eye to his philandering although, with a broken marriage behind him, he doesn't have a clear conscience, ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, realistic, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
sexual content, infidelity, sexual relations, couples, midlife crisis, siblings relations, dishonesty, husband wife relationship, age-gap relationship, dentist, unfaithful husband, nude ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
croatia, europe
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Croatia
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Set amid the atrocities of war in the Balkans, Witnesses is retold, Rashomon-style, from various characters' viewpoints, adding new information about the complexity of war and humanity. Beginning inside a rustic house with a woman in black ...
Style:
tense, rough, serious, disturbing, bleak ...
Plot:
military, murder, investigation, police investigation, soldier, amateur detective, kidnapping, war, criminal heroes, political unrest, anti war, human nature ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
europe, former yugoslavia, serbia, croatia
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Croatia
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
This film is shot in a continuous 78-minute take. The story takes place in a city ravaged by crisis, poverty and crime. The people who remained belong mostly to the low class, and they're struggling to survive through various criminal ...
Style:
realistic, disturbing, suspenseful, bleak, tense
Plot:
distopia, murder, death, poverty, surrealism, crisis, suspense, night, rich, murder mystery, murder investigation, investigation ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
croatia
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Genre: Horror
Country: Croatia
Duration: 49 min.
Story:
In a school full of perverse teachers, where you earn grades by having sex, Nancy is the only honest person. But when she, despite studying a lot, fails her final exam... it’s time for revenge!
Style:
slasher, disturbing, bleak, psychotronic, scary ...
Plot:
teacher, school, murder, schoolgirl, high school, revenge, vengeance, sex, death, serial murder, homicidal maniac, heroes ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
croatia
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, War
Country: Croatia
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
At the beginning of 1991, Yugoslav army did not acknowledge Croatian's independence, and still holding few military barracks in Croatia. Gajski travels to an island to get his son out of the army. Locals have besieged the barracks and organized ...
Style:
parody
Plot:
communist, battles, barracks, politics, machismo, rescue, father son relationship, ferry, deserter, husband wife relationship, surrender, sex ...
Time:
year 1991
Place:
croatia, former yugoslavia
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Croatia, Serbia
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A family from isolated village in Lika makes a good living out of American pension earned by their late granddad Djuradj and received by his widow Nedja. The very existence of a family is threatened when Nedja dies, but the head of the family comes ...
Style:
realistic, semi serious, sentimental, humorous, offbeat
Plot:
family relations, dysfunctional family, dull life, disorder, life is a bitch, eccentric family, family problems, unlikely criminals, parents and children, pension, social relations, village ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
croatia, europe
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Sport
Country: Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Eliciting images of cancer, this drama explores the illnesses that plague modern Croatia. Four young junkies in Zagreb maturing in the wake of war reflect the petty hatreds, violence, prejudices and mood hanging over the country like a disease that ...
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, tense, exciting ...
Plot:
drug smuggling, friends, drug abuse, addiction, troublemaker, drug dealing, life is a bitch, rehabilitation, drug addiction, drug dealer, suspense, alcohol abuse ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
croatia, former yugoslavia, bosnia, bosnia herzegovina, sarajevo
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Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Croatia, Slovenia, Serbia, Montenegro
Duration: 155 min.
Story:
Dora is a neglected girl, who dreams about becoming a football manager. Suddenly, her outlaw father enters her life and they build a close relationship. Ives, a soap opera director, nurses her father who suffers from Alzheimer’s. As she loses him, ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, disturbing, thought provoking
Plot:
horny wife, father daughter relationship, father and daughter, family relations, multiple storylines, family problems, dysfunctional family, family life, relationship problems, relationships, parents and children, redemption ...
Place:
croatia
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: France, Belgium, Hong Kong
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
After a powerful billionaire is murdered, his secret adoptive son must race to prove his legitimacy, find his father's killers and stop them from taking over his financial empire.
Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, realistic, stylized ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
millionaire, obsessive quest, murder, spy, vengeance, intrigue, dishonesty, rivalry, workplace, uncover truth, corporate world, life philosophy ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
hong kong, europe, croatia
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Genre: Drama
Country: Slovenia
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Embittered widower, Ludvik, spends his nights transporting illegal refugees in his van from Croatia, across Slovenia, and into Italy. The young and inexperienced Rudi acts as his helpmate. Together they become a well-trained duo who almost every ...
Style:
realistic, serious, disturbing, bleak
Plot:
friendship, widower, van, life is a bitch, working class, refugee, criminal, death of wife, smuggling, border crossing, suspense, motorcycle ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
croatia, slovenia, italy, former yugoslavia, europe
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Croatia
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Six men, one woman (and her brother) come together with one goal - to make the play. It would be probably another common story that this theater group is composed of anti-heroes who float lost in time and space, in a town where it seems that the sun ...
Style:
humorous, semi serious, captivating, light, funny ...
Plot:
theater, showbiz, cowboy, culture clash, society, small town, homecoming, rivalry, rules and policies, misfit, artists and showbiz, small town life ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
croatia
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Serbia
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
During the Nazi-occupied Ustasha regime "NDH" in former Yugoslavia during WWII, little girl Dara is sent to the concentration camp complex Jasenovac in Croatia also known as "Balkan's Auschwitz".
Style:
thought provoking, disturbing, suspenseful, sincere, touching
Plot:
concentration camp, world war two, jewish, hospital, execution, suspense, war, prison, starving child, sex in car, mass murder, desperation ...
Place:
germany, croatia
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Genre: Horror
Country: Croatia
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
The main focus of the story is a young girl, Maša Artuković, allegedly possessed by Satan, whose deteriorating state results in the arrival of Viktor Supilo, a priest who is to conduct the rite of exorcism upon her. The ritual is to be performed ...
Style:
suspenseful, scary, dark
Plot:
clergy, exorcism, priest, obsession, macabre, curses spells and rituals, evil spirit, suspense, paranormal activity, supernatural, evil force, journalist ...
Place:
croatia
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Yugoslavia
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Beautiful but ailing girl is married to a harsh man who doesn't care for her. Only after she dies does he realize that he actually loves her.
Plot:
folk, dysfunctional marriage, village, baby, death, marriage, countryside, forest ranger, death in the family, terminal illness
Place:
croatia
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Croatia
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
The story about the Bleiburg massacre, seen from a Croatian Home Defenders point of view.
Plot:
world war two, massacre, destiny, tragedy, hunger, air raid, bombing, retreat, motorcycle, border, river, anarchy ...
Time:
year 1945
Place:
croatia
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Yugoslavia
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
WW2 story about group of prisoners who are trying to escape the death camp, run by local pro-Nazi militia.
Plot:
world war two, partisan, nazi, civil war, cruelty, prison, concentration camp
Time:
1940s
Place:
croatia
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293
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: Germany, Sweden
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
In this sun soaked adventure for the entire family, a group of five orphaned children form their own makeshift family while attempting to operate outside the rules of society. Though they must sometimes steal to survive, their loyalty to one another ...
Plot:
orphan, store, mayor, sea, violin, fish, gang war, teenager, female leader, petty theft, strong female lead, youth gang ...
Place:
croatia
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Yugoslavia
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
'Malo Misto' lives its own life, but not far behind the times. Hotel manager Roko Prč strives to organise tourism, so he introduces the first nudist beach. His wife Anđa brings two of her cousins from the Dalmatian hinterland and demands ...
Plot:
summer romance, resort hotel, tourist attraction, exploitation, summer, office romance, hotel manager, communism, infatuation, family business
Place:
former yugoslavia, croatia
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: Yugoslavia, Croatia
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Set in pre-World War II Zagreb, the story is seen through the eyes of 6-year-old Perica Šafranek (played by Tomislav Žganec). A dandy from Zagreb, Mr Fulir (played by Relja Bašić), starts flirting with Perica's mother during a family ...
Style:
social
Plot:
marriage, infatuation, flirting, singing
Place:
croatia
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: Croatia
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The film is set over the course of a New Year's Eve night in the Croatian port city of Split, where it follows three parallel plots. The first plot line features a small-time drug dealer Nike (Marinko Prga) and a young widow Marija (Nives ...
Style:
neo noir, serious, disturbing, bleak, realistic ...
Plot:
drug abuse, murder, new year's eve, small town, new year, dealer, juvenile delinquency, drug dealing, going straight, addiction, life is a bitch, small town life ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
croatia, eastern europe, former yugoslavia, europe
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Genre: Adventure, Horror, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A group of friends on vacation decide to venture onto a trail high up in the mountains that has been closed for repairs. The climb proves more perilous than planned, especially as they soon realize that they are not alone. The adventure turns into a ...
Style:
scary, rough, suspenseful, slasher, serious ...
Plot:
survival, serial murder, climbing, mountain, trap, stalking, friends, escapades, isolation, psychopath, expedition, disappearance ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
croatia, europe
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
The story of a fan whose world completely revolves around the movie star he adores.
Style:
psychological thriller
Plot:
obsession, psychopath, obsessed fan, insanity, fan culture, dancing, motorcycle, doppelganger, movie star, dual role, bollywood, hindi
Place:
india, delhi, croatia, london, mumbai india
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Yugoslavia
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Poetic parable of children in war and their sacrifice.
Plot:
world war two, partisan, pigeon, robbery, child, sky, arrest, wound, fear, bird, hiding, reprisal ...
Place:
croatia, former yugoslavia
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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, bleak, rough, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
atrocity, terrorism, rape, redemption, mercenary, war crime, breast feeding, soldier, hopes, pregnancy, life is a bitch, woman in danger ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
bosnia, europe, former yugoslavia, serbia, bosnia herzegovina ...
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