Movies and TV shows set in sarajevo
The list contains the best, new and most relevant movies set in sarajevo ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, serious, melancholic, emotional, bleak and tense films and TV shows about / with bosnian war, female nudity, war, betrayal, friendship, family relations, life is a bitch, survival, murder and women plots mostly in Drama, War and Comedy genres shot in Bosnia and Herzegovina, France, UK and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as sarajevo: Climates (2006), Touch Me Not (2018), Sarajevo (2014), In the Land of Blood and Honey (2011), Shot Through the Heart (1998), As If I Am Not There (2010), Welcome to Sarajevo (1997), Twice Born (2012), It's Hard to Be Nice (2007), The Parrot (2016).
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Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey, France, Netherlands
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Man was made to be happy for simple reasons and unhappy for even simpler ones – just as he is born for simple reasons and dies for even simpler ones... Isa and Bahar are two lonely figures dragged through the ever-changing climate of their inner ...
Style:
psychological, realistic, serious, erotic, contemplative ...
Plot:
family relations, couples, family problems, crumbling marriage, couple relations, unsupportive spouse, dishonesty, sexual relations, crazy love, rape, winter, rough sex ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
turkey, middle east, sarajevo, istanbul turkey
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Genre: Drama
Country: Romania, Germany, Czech Republic, Bulgaria, France
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Together, a filmmaker and her characters venture into a personal research project about intimacy. On the fluid border between reality and fiction, Touch Me Not follows the emotional journeys of Laura, Tómas and Christian, offering a deeply empathic ...
Style:
erotic, sensual, transgressive, aesthetic, explicit ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
orgy, sexual pleasure, taboo sex, transgender, hybrid, female nudity, erotica, swingers club, transvestite, introspection, father daughter relationship, female protagonist ...
Place:
sarajevo
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Austria, Czech Republic
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
The events in Sarajevo in June 1914 are the backdrop for a thriller directed by Andreas Prochaska and written by Martin Ambrosch, focusing on the examining magistrate Dr. Leo Pfeffer (Florian Teichtmeister) investigating the assassination of ...
Style:
captivating, serious, factual, tense, historical drama
Plot:
world war one, assassination, political conspiracy, freedom fighter, investigation, dictatorship, great war, world war two, royalty, dictator, rivalry, society ...
Time:
1910s, year 1914
Place:
sarajevo, germany, bosnia herzegovina, serbia
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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, 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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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: 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, 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: 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, 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: 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: UK, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
A stranger arrives in Sarajevo and barges into Damir's reclusive world. Little by little she takes over his life. She absorbs his dreams, until finally she threaten his very existence.
Style:
psychological thriller, suspense, tense, dark, surreal ...
Plot:
obsession, isolation, psychological manipulation, character study, privacy invasion, unsettling, slow burn, claustrophobia, symbolism, mental breakdown, possession, nightmare ...
Place:
sarajevo, bosnia herzegovina, bosnia
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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: War
Country: France, Canada, Belgium
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
In an urban war zone where everything that moves is a target, Paul tries to live, love and inform.
Style:
suspenseful, rough, suspense, exciting, touching ...
Plot:
war correspondent, death, photograph, blood, journalist, un, peace, voice over narration, nudity, bare chested male, male pubic hair, bare butt ...
Time:
90s, year 1992
Place:
sarajevo
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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: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina
Duration: 35 min.
TV show
Story:
Viza za budućnost was one of the first post-Independence Bosnian sitcoms. Production started on June 22, 2001 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The final episode was filmed in Sarajevo on August 25, 2008 and aired in October. Viza za budućnost ...
Style:
sitcom, captivating, psychological, social, thrilling ...
Plot:
social issues, post war, refugee, satire, family life, social problems, family drama, everyday life, social satire, multiculturalism, homecoming, humour ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
bosnia herzegovina, sarajevo
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Serbia
Duration: 161 min.
TV show
Story:
When Gavrilo Princip killed Franz Ferdinand, Austrian future king , the World War I began. What will Gavrilo Princip do? He has to choose, hard jail untill death, or hanging. There are so much things happening in Bosnia.
Style:
historical drama, period piece, serious, tense, tension ...
Plot:
world war one, courtroom drama, trial, nationalism, investigation, justice, political unrest, occupation, conscience, moral dilemma, evidence, morality ...
Place:
bosnia herzegovina, sarajevo
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Genre: Comedy, History, War
Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia
TV show
Story:
In the period of WW2, in the town of Sarajevo, an owner of a tavern Hilmija must deal with a Nazi and run his business. The problem is that he is a coworker with Serbians, Croatians and Jews. That puts his business as well as his safety in danger.
Style:
historical drama, captivating, satirical, entertaining, semi serious ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
world war two, nazi, persecution, occupation, wartime life, escapades, businessman, wartime, resistance, satire, military, slice of life ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
Place:
sarajevo, bosnia, former yugoslavia
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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: 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
Country: France, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Sarajevo on 28 of June, 2014. At the Hotel Europa, the best hotel in town, the manager Omer prepares to welcome a delegation of diplomatic VIPs. On the centenary of the assassination that is considered to have led to World War I, an appeal for peace ...
Style:
thought provoking, suspense, captivating, disturbing, psychological ...
Plot:
hotel, social problems, political unrest, murder, workplace, assassination, politics, class conflict, social realism, strike, national identity, urban ...
Place:
bosnia herzegovina, sarajevo
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Genre: Drama
Country: France, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Switzerland, Italy, Portugal, Bulgaria, Germany
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Thirteen European directors explore the theme of Sarajevo; what this city has represented in European history over the past hundred years, and what Sarajevo stands for today in Europe. These eminent filmmakers of different generations and origins ...
Style:
anthology, disturbing, realistic, serious, art house ...
Plot:
politics, wartime life, haunted by the past, state affairs, society, anti war, political unrest, european history, memory, reflection, post war, trauma ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
balkan, bosnia, sarajevo, bosnia herzegovina
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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: Adventure, Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: Yugoslavia
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A historical drama set at the turn of the XIX century. The richest merchant in Sarajevo marries the baker's daughter, but after returning home from one of his business trips, he discovers that she is being possessed by the "fury". He ...
Style:
historical drama, intense, period piece, dark, art house ...
Plot:
exorcism, religion, possession, rage, merchant, family crisis, infidelity, betrayal, madness, honor, ritual, moral dilemma ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
balkan, sarajevo, ottoman empire, bosnia
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Genre: Drama
Country: Poland, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Colombian girl, who studies law in France, arrives to Sarajevo in order to write a study about the War Crimes Tribunal. Unexpectedly she finds herself in the center of the intimate tragedy of her new friend, a native woman.
Style:
thrilling, psychological, captivating, bleak, emotional ...
Plot:
problem, female protagonist, relationship problems, grief, loss, war crime, european, mature, bosnian war, female friendship, memory, friendship ...
Place:
sarajevo, bosnia herzegovina
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Yugoslavia
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Tugomir, a student, wants to write a dissertation on Love, but fails to complete it before being obligatory drafted in the army. There, he succumbs to paranoia that his girlfriend is cheating on him. He decides to cheat on her too.
Style:
romantic drama, period piece, melancholic, dark comedy, surprise ending ...
Plot:
betrayal, paranoia, jealousy, infidelity, love triangle, relationships, military service, sexual jealousy, sexual tension, obsession, mental illness, car accident ...
Time:
80s
Place:
sarajevo, belgrade
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
An ex soixante- huitard is forced to look back at his past .His kids look at him like an old soldier from a very distant war.His banker called him urgently.His last script idea is refused.He remembers meeting his wife in Sarajevo during the war.Most ...
Style:
realistic, clever, talky, semi serious, humorous ...
Plot:
midlife crisis, aging, dealing with death, unfulfillment, artists and showbiz, filmmaking, nostalgia, character study, introspection, regret, memory, retirement ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, sarajevo
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Denmark, UK, Czech Republic, Netherlands
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Jonah Ludovic (Sam Neill) is a custodian at a small municipal zoo. After a night of heavy shelling Ludovic arrives at his job to find the staff abandoning the zoo. He joins a skeleton crew that includes an elderly guard and a veterinarian (Om ...
Style:
tense, atmospheric, rough, suspenseful, psychological ...
Plot:
fighting the system, tragic hero, survival, wartime life, society, rebellion, life is a bitch, danger, political unrest, politics, zookeeper, dystopia ...
Place:
eastern europe, bosnia herzegovina, sarajevo
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance, War
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
Beyond Borders is an epic tale of the turbulent romance between two star-crossed lovers set against the backdrop of the world's most dangerous hot spots. Academy Award winner Angelina Jolie stars as Sarah Jordan, an American living in London in ...
Style:
touching, romantic, captivating, romantic drama, thought provoking ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night, teens, chick flick
Plot:
charity, love, love story, love affair, desert, border, war, starvation, un, survival, brutality, life & death ...
Time:
80s, year 1988, year 1993, year 1995, year 1984 ...
Place:
africa, cambodia, london, england, europe ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: France, Switzerland
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Jean-Luc Godard's poetic meditation on war, violence and defeat. The film is structured in three parts. The three segments are "Hell", "Purgatory", and "Heaven". The first segment is a montage of war images from ...
Style:
philosophical, meditative, atmospheric, serious, political ...
Plot:
politics, life philosophy, existentialism, religion, self discovery, greed, anti war, memory, journalist, poetry, death, trauma ...
Time:
year 2004, 90s, 21st century
Place:
middle east, sarajevo, europe, former yugoslavia, bosnia ...
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