01 A young soldier is ordered to take part in a mass execution over the course of one long, unbearable day.
11 Best Serbian Movies to Watch
By Vlad Zakh · September 13, 2026
Serbia Drama thought provokingintense
Emir Kusturica’s chaotic, carnivalesque epics defined Serbian and Yugoslav cinema internationally for decades, but the country’s more recent films tackle the Balkan wars and their aftermath with a much colder, more direct eye.
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02 A single night of interconnected violence and cruelty spreads across a fractured Belgrade.
03 A retired porn star's comeback film turns into an escalating nightmare of exploitation.
04 Two childhood friends from different ethnic backgrounds end up on opposite sides of the Bosnian War.
05 A young boy's obsessive devotion to Tito sends him on an absurd pilgrimage to his birthplace.
06 A desperate father takes on an assassination job to pay for his son's life-saving surgery.
07 A sprawling extended family of undertakers squabbles over inheritance while the family patriarch refuses to die.
08 A boy is told his father is away on a work trip, unaware he's actually been sent to a labor camp.
09 A group of Yugoslavs hide in a cellar for decades, unaware that World War II ended long ago.
10 A ragtag Yugoslav football club chases an improbable run at the first-ever World Cup.
11 A struggling filmmaker's traveling performance troupe descends into war-zone chaos and violence.
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