Movies and TV shows set in bosnia
The list contains the best, new and most relevant movies set in bosnia ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, serious, emotional, bleak, tense and suspenseful films and TV shows about / with bosnian war, life is a bitch, muslim, family relations, war, military, yugoslav war, civil war, friendship and balkan war plots mostly in Drama, War and Comedy genres shot in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Germany, Croatia and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as bosnia: As If I Am Not There (2010), Twice Born (2012), Halima's Path (2012), On the Path (2010), The Whistleblower (2010), Savior (1998), Children of Sarajevo (2012), Welcome to Sarajevo (1997), Cirkus Columbia (2010), Summer in the Golden Valley (2003).
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List of movies set in bosnia
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: Drama, Romance, War
Country: Italy, Spain
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
Full-throttle melodrama about an ill-starred romance set against the backdrop of the siege of Sarajevo. A mother brings her teenage son to Sarajevo, where his father died in the Bosnian conflict years ago.
Style:
serious, touching, realistic, erotic, romantic ...
Plot:
power of love, redemption, balkan war, haunted by the past, parents and children, life is a bitch, family relations, single parent, hopes, sexual harassment, italian soldier, suicide ...
Time:
90s, 21st century
Place:
bosnia, balkan, former yugoslavia, sarajevo, bosnia herzegovina ...
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Croatia, Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
In order to recover the body of her son lost during the war in Bosnia, a grieving, but strong-willed Muslim woman, Halima, must track down her estranged niece, who we find carries a mysterious connection to him.
Style:
touching, emotional, realistic, serious
Plot:
un, adoption, wartime life, loss of son, parents and children, family relations, life is a bitch, muslim, bodies, missing person, adopted son, birth mother ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, 90s
Place:
bosnia, eastern europe, bosnia herzegovina, croatia, balkan
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Genre: Drama
Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Austria, Germany, Croatia
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Loving young couple Luna and Amar try their best to overcome unexpected obstacles that threaten their relationship. After Amar's dramatic change in a fundamentalist community, Luna tears herself apart searching if love is truly enough to keep ...
Style:
thought provoking, captivating, sincere, contemplative, realistic ...
Plot:
religion, muslim, addiction, self discovery, couple relations, couples, religions or cults, introspection, society, redemption, life is a bitch, alcohol abuse ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
bosnia, former yugoslavia, balkan, sarajevo, bosnia herzegovina
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: Canada, USA, Germany
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Based on the experiences of Nebraska cop Kathryn Bolkovac (Rachel Weisz) who discovers a deadly sex trafficking ring while serving as a U.N. peacekeeper in post-war Bosnia. Risking her own life to save the lives of others, she uncovers an ...
Style:
rough, political, educational, intellectual, factual ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens
Plot:
sex trafficking, un, rape, gender, corruption, politics, conspiracy, sex crime, teenage prostitution, investigation, civil war, slavery ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1999, year 2010, 70s ...
Place:
bosnia, bosnia herzegovina, sarajevo, usa, nebraska ...
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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: Drama
Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Qatar, Germany
Duration: 72 min.
Story:
Kym, an Australian tourist, decides to travel to Bosnia. Her guidebook leads her to Višegrad, a small town steeped in history, on the border of Bosnia and Serbia. After a night of insomnia in the 'romantic' Hotel Vilina Vlas, Kym ...
Style:
serious, bleak, disturbing, emotional, gloomy ...
Plot:
bosnian war, genocide, life turned upside down, uncover truth, investigation, journalist, life is a bitch, social relations, small town, rape, hotel, strong female presence ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
bosnia, bosnia herzegovina
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Genre: Drama
Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Germany, France, Turkey
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A microcosm of the fathomless suffering that remains more than 16 years since the siege of Sarajevo ended, writer-director Aida Begic’s follow-up to her 2008 Cannes Critics’ Week Grand Prize-winning debut Snow tells the story of two orphaned ...
Style:
thought provoking, realistic, serious, bleak, grim ...
Plot:
life is a bitch, orphan, society, social decay, youth, siblings relations, post war, siblings, survival, trauma, friendship, resilience ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
bosnia, sarajevo, balkan, bosnia herzegovina, former yugoslavia
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Follow a group of international journalists into the heart of the once cosmopolitan city of Sarajevo—now a danger zone of sniper and mortar attacks where residents still live. While reporting on an American aid worker who’s trying to get ...
Style:
disturbing, harsh, political, heartbreaking, brutal ...
Plot:
journalism, bosnian war, civil war, journalist, adoption, orphan, genocide, family relations, morality, military, anti war, rescue ...
Time:
year 1997, 90s, year 1992
Place:
bosnia, england, former yugoslavia, sarajevo, europe ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina, France, UK, Germany, Slovenia, Belgium, Serbia
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
A story set in the former Yugoslavia and centered on a guy who returns to Herzegovina from Germany with plenty of cash and hopes for a good new life.
Style:
sexy, semi serious, sentimental, humorous, realistic ...
Plot:
homecoming, parents and children, family problems, love and romance, unlikely couple, dysfunctional family, eccentric family, small town, family relations, father son relationship, life story, father ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
bosnia, balkan, former yugoslavia, eastern europe, croatia ...
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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: 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, suspense, exciting ...
Plot:
drug smuggling, friends, drug abuse, addiction, troublemaker, rehabilitation, life is a bitch, drug dealing, drug addiction, drug dealer, alcoholic, problem ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
croatia, bosnia, bosnia herzegovina, former yugoslavia, sarajevo
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller, War
Country: Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Hungary
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
The story begins a couple days after the war has ended. A group of Serbian soldiers in charge of clearing the fields from mines discovers a man sealed inside a factory's basement. A mysterious man says he is 'ours', he doesn't ...
Style:
tense, serious, psychological thriller, captivating, suspense ...
Plot:
military, post war, isolation, danger, supernatural, missing person, prisoner, paranoia, mind meld, soldier, power relations, confined ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
bosnia, balkan, croatia, bosnia herzegovina, europe ...
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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: 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: Drama, War
Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina, France
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
An alcoholic Bosnian poet sends his wife and daughter away from Sarajevo so they can avoid the troubles there. However, he is soon descended upon by a pair of orphaned brothers. The brothers have escaped a massacre in their own village and have come ...
Style:
islamic, serious, realistic, bleak, emotional ...
Plot:
nude young male, boy, coming of age, bosnian war, balkan war, anti war, drug addiction, child, brother brother relationship, feeling, anarchist, humanism ...
Time:
90s
Place:
bosnia, bosnia herzegovina, former yugoslavia, iraq, balkan ...
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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: 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: Drama
Country: Serbia, Germany, France, Slovenia, Croatia
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Circles (Serbian: Krugovi) is a Serbian movie based on the true story of a Serbian soldier who risked his life to protect a Muslim civilian during the war in Bosnia. During the war in Bosnia in 1993, a Serbian soldier pays for his life after ...
Style:
serious, captivating, thought provoking, sincere, twisted ...
Plot:
hopes, post war, life is a bitch, haunted by the past, redemption, moral dilemma, bosnian war, surgery, metaphor, destiny, serial killer, revolution ...
Time:
year 2005, year 2013, 2000s, 20th century, 90s ...
Place:
bosnia, serbia, croatia, eastern europe, balkan ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Set in Sarajevo in May 2021, the city's famous Old Town tries to recover after a difficult pandemic year. When a visitor from Zagreb comes looking for the best kebabs in town, a harmless gesture causes the disintegration of the business and ...
Style:
family comedy, comedy drama, dark comedy, light hearted, realistic
Audience:
adult
Plot:
father son relationship, father daughter relationship, food, pandemic, family life, family relations, small town life, life is a bitch, misunderstanding, satire, everyday life, slice of life ...
Place:
sarajevo, bosnia herzegovina, bosnia
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: Croatia
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
TV show about general Ante Gotovina.
Style:
realistic, tense, exciting, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot:
military, balkan war, biopic, army, wartime life, military service, military life, army general, military officer, war, wartime, leadership ...
Time:
90s
Place:
croatia, bosnia, balkan
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Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Germany
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Upcoming horror comedy directed by Eric Hordes.
Style:
fairy tale, psychotronic, bleak, suspenseful, unusual plot structure ...
Plot:
nightmare, magic, evil, supernatural, supernatural power, killing, monster, deadly creature, chase, peril, rivalry, violence ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
bosnia
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Genre: Action
Country: Pakistan
Duration: 40 min.
TV show
Story:
Alpha Bravo Charlie is an action and thriller drama series, produced by ISPR and directed by acclaimed Pakistani drama and film director Shoaib Mansoor. It got huge popularity and set a record for TRPs in Pakistan. It is a sequel to drama series ...
Style:
heartfelt, emotional, realistic, urdu
Plot:
personal growth, coming of age, friendship, duty, camaraderie, loyalty, brotherhood, patriotism, sacrifice, discipline, resilience, family relations ...
Place:
bosnia, pakistan
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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, captivating, light, sexy ...
Plot:
couple relations, pregnancy, couples, hotel, island, family problems, femme fatale, family holiday, family in crisis, crumbling marriage, self discovery, nudity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
croatia, bosnia, bosnia herzegovina
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: USA, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Mexico
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
An emerging journalist (Jesse Eisenberg), an experienced cameraman (Terrence Howard), and a discredited reporter (Richard Gere) find their bold plan to capture Bosnia's top war criminal quickly spiraling out of control when a UN representative ...
Style:
intense, emotional, serious, suspenseful, rough ...
Plot:
journalism, journalist, cia, war crime, civil war, bosnian war, revenge, danger, reward, vacation, friendship, genocide ...
Time:
20th century, year 2007, 90s, 2000s
Place:
bosnia, former yugoslavia, serbia, europe, new york ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Yugoslavia
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
Tito's break-up with Stalin in 1948 marked the beginning of not only confusing, but also very dangerous years for many hard-core Yugoslav communists. A careless remark about the newspaper cartoon is enough for Mesha to join many arrested ...
Style:
erotic, grindhouse, independent film, manga, contemplative ...
Plot:
coming of age, nude bathing, anti communist, family relations, children, young love, making love, communism, traumatic childhood, politics, youth, boy ...
Time:
1950s, year 1985, 50s, 20th century
Place:
bosnia, serbia, eastern europe, europe, former yugoslavia
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, War, Western
Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
In the nineties the Yugoslavia Federation falls apart in bloody wars. Perpetual student Milan, a Serb from a patriarchal community and Kenan, a Muslim cellist, are a homosexual couple living in Sarajevo. Their lives, intimate and public, are shaken ...
Style:
realistic, tense, emotional, serious, lgbt cinema ...
Plot:
gender bending, hidden identity, love affair, wartime life, life is a bitch, political unrest, state affairs, gays and lesbians, tragic love, love and romance, society, danger ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
bosnia, former yugoslavia, bosnia herzegovina, balkan, serbia ...
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina, France, Turkey
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
This film follows father Ahmed and son Tarik Karaga during WWII and the Siege of Sarajevo.
Style:
historical drama, political, intense, art house, bleak
Plot:
bosnian war, world war two, coming of age, labor camp, survival, trauma, father son relationship, memory, ethnic conflict, pow, occupation, anti war ...
Time:
90s, 1940s
Place:
bosnia herzegovina, former yugoslavia, bosnia, balkan, sarajevo ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Fuke visits his uncle Idriz and aunt Sabira to fix a broken boiler. He soon finds out there's a lot more that needs to be repaired. Idriz and Sabira aren't ready to accept the loss of their only son in the Balkan war, seven years earlier. ...
Style:
melancholic, reflective, art house, tear jerker
Plot:
balkan war, family drama, grief, loss, mourning, intimate, nostalgia, slice of life, memory, healing, reconciliation, getting home ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
bosnia herzegovina, bosnia, balkan, former yugoslavia
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA, Canada, UK, Hungary
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
The horrors of war are examined from the view points of lifelong friends (Linus Roache, Vincent Perez), who end up on opposing sides in the civil war in Sarajevo. One is an expert marksman, who trains the snipers used to terrify the city and the ...
Style:
realistic, serious, thought provoking, biting, tense ...
Plot:
balkan war, yugoslav war, conflict, war on terror, sibling relationship, best friend, politics, state affairs, society, against humanity, military, soldier ...
Place:
sarajevo, bosnia, europe, former yugoslavia, bosnia herzegovina
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