KEY Films From Ex - Yugoslavia
by perobeljo-32181 | created - 23 Apr 2021 | updated - 28 May 2022 | PublicKey films from the former yugoslavia and present new states till now
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1. H-8... (1958)
105 min | Drama, Thriller
A bus and a truck are destined to collide with each other on a highway. Their passengers go on about their lives without knowing what will happen.
Director: Nikola Tanhofer | Stars: Boris Buzancic, Djurdja Ivezic, Antun Vrdoljak, Vanja Drach
Votes: 1,695
2. WR: Mysteries of the Organism (1971)
Not Rated | 84 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
An homage to the work of psychologist Wilhelm Reich, matched with a story about a Yugoslavian girl's affair with a Russian skater. Sexual repression, social systems and the orgone theory are explored.
Director: Dusan Makavejev | Stars: Milena Dravic, Ivica Vidovic, Jagoda Kaloper, Tuli Kupferberg
Votes: 5,427
3. Martin u oblacima (1961)
110 min | Comedy
Martin and his girlfriend Zorica are two students who live as subtenants in separate flats. Since that situation has devastating effect on their love life, they yearn after the place of ... See full summary »
Director: Branko Bauer | Stars: Boris Dvornik, Ljubica Jovic, Joza Seb, Antun Nalis
Votes: 136
4. Man Is Not a Bird (1965)
81 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A love romance between older, respectable engineer that came in the industrial town to do some expert job and young hairdresser in whose house he stayed in and the consequences of that ... See full summary »
Director: Dusan Makavejev | Stars: Milena Dravic, Janez Vrhovec, Eva Ras, Stojan 'Stole' Arandjelovic
Votes: 1,338
5. Millions on the Island (1955)
97 min
Three children, two brothers and their friend, win a lottery ticket at sports forecasting. Upon deciding not to tell their parents in order to buy a ship, two criminals find out about this and try to steal their money.
Director: Branko Bauer | Stars: Metka Gabrijelcic, Vladimir Bacic, Relja Basic, Radovan Vuckovic
Votes: 64
6. Do You Remember Dolly Bell? (1981)
Not Rated | 110 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A young man's personality is shaped, involving some weird happenings around.
Director: Emir Kusturica | Stars: Slavko Stimac, Slobodan Aligrudic, Ljiljana Blagojevic, Mira Banjac
Votes: 6,799
7. Only People (1957)
106 min | Drama
An one-legged engineer of hydro construction and a war veteran meets a blind girl in a mountain sanatorium of Ophthalmology during winter. She's waiting for a surgery that can restore her ... See full summary »
Director: Branko Bauer | Stars: Tamara Miletic, Milorad Margetic, Niksa Stefanini, Olivera Markovic
Votes: 134
8. Svanuce (1964)
93 min | Drama
A train driver has a rival in his godson for his wife. During a crisis on the train, he refuses to kill him or let him die in a crash.
Director: Nikola Tanhofer | Stars: Miha Baloh, Ilija Dzuvalekovski, Senka Veletanlic, Pavle Vuisic
Votes: 57
9. National Class Category Up to 785 Ccm (1979)
105 min | Comedy, Drama, Sport
One week in a life of Branimir Mitrovic "Floyd", a young rally driver from the National Class (up to 785cc), dreaming of promotion to the higher category. He lives a carefree life of a ... See full summary »
Director: Goran Markovic | Stars: Dragan Nikolic, Bogdan Diklic, Gorica Popovic, Rade Markovic
Votes: 4,140
10. Slucajni zivot (1969)
66 min | Drama
The two friends are trying to tear out their lives from the clutches of idle.
Director: Ante Peterlic | Stars: Dragutin Klobucar, Ivo Serdar, Ana Karic, Zvonimir Rogoz
Votes: 185
11. The Wounds (1998)
103 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
This film follows two Belgrade youths on their rise to gangster legends in a decaying society.
Director: Srdjan Dragojevic | Stars: Dusan Pekic, Milan Maric, Dragan Bjelogrlic, Branka Katic
Votes: 11,733
12. One Song a Day Takes Mischief Away (1970)
85 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
The story is seen through the eyes of 6 year old Perica Safranek. On a family picnic Perica's mother starts flirting with Mr Fulir, a Zagreb Dandy. The father at first doesn't notice it, ... See full summary »
Director: Kresimir Golik | Stars: Franjo Majetic, Mirjana Bohanec, Relja Basic, Mia Oremovic
Votes: 2,627
13. Vlak bez voznog reda (1959)
121 min | Drama
The story about colonization of poor Dalmatian peasants to the fertile Pannonian plain shortly after WWII.
Director: Veljko Bulajic | Stars: Olivera Markovic, Lia Rho-Barbieri, Inge Ilin, Ljiljana Vajler
Votes: 170
14. Covik od svita (1965)
101 min | Comedy
A young womanizer from the Dalmatian coastal town goes to Germany hoping to get easy money.
Director: Obrad Gluscevic | Stars: Boris Dvornik, Milena Dravic, Nikola-Kole Angelovski, Sonja Hlebs
Votes: 66
15. Who's Singin' Over There? (1980)
86 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
It's April 5, 1941, somewhere in Serbia. A group of people go on a bus to Belgrade, on a journey that will change their lives forever.
Director: Slobodan Sijan | Stars: Pavle Vuisic, Dragan Nikolic, Danilo 'Bata' Stojkovic, Aleksandar Bercek
Votes: 16,634
16. Kade po dozdot (1967)
89 min | Drama, Romance
A young woman tries not to become conformist like her parents, while her fiancé who had similar views, gradually became one. However it turns out that she cannot distance from her own background either.
Director: Vladan Slijepcevic | Stars: Stanislava Pesic, Ali Raner, Ilija Dzuvalekovski, Olga Spiridonovic
Votes: 26
17. Vesna (1953)
96 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
Three students try to pass their final exam by reluctant task of wooing their professor's daughter, but the unlucky winner, decided by a coin toss, will completely forget about studying once he meet her.
Director: Frantisek Cáp | Stars: Metka Gabrijelcic, Franek Trefalt, Jure Furlan, Janez Cuk
Votes: 618
18. Deps (1974)
94 min | Drama, Crime
A film about a small-time gangster, a loser who finally seems on the road to going straight.
Director: Antun Vrdoljak | Stars: Bekim Fehmiu, Milena Dravic, Fabijan Sovagovic, Biserka Alibegovic
Votes: 112
19. Train in the Snow (1976)
84 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
One class of school children from a small village make the trip to Zagreb. Teacher gets sick and the class is forced to go home without him. During their journey the train gets stuck in a snowstorm.
Director: Mate Relja | Stars: Slavko Stimac, Gordana Inkret, Zeljko Malcic, Edo Perocevic
Votes: 1,269
20. Vrata ostaju otvorena (1959)
100 min | Drama
A juvenile delinquent escapes the hall and responses to ad of the parents who lost their son in WWII. After being accepted with much love and care, he reconsiders his initial plan to rob the family.
Director: Frantisek Cáp | Stars: Rade Vergovic, Teodora Arsenovic, Milena Dravic, Mirjana Eric
Votes: 37
21. Kad mrtvi zapjevaju (1998)
99 min | Comedy, Drama, War
At the beginning of 1990s, two Croatian emigrants, economically minded Cinco and politically minded Marinko, arrive in Croatia from Germany, homesick for their families and hometowns. In ... See full summary »
Director: Krsto Papic | Stars: Ivo Gregurevic, Ivica Vidovic, Mirjana Majurec, Ksenija Pajic
Votes: 1,173
22. Real Truth (1972)
77 min | Drama
An unemployed actress remembers her war-torn childhood while she unsuccessfully tries to find a job.
Director: Tomislav Radic | Stars: Bozidarka Frajt, Ruza Rosoci, Vesna Veselic, Zlatica Dubravcic
Votes: 75
23. When Father Was Away on Business (1985)
R | 136 min | Drama
A family is deeply affected by the father's extramarital affairs and the turbulent consequences of the Tito-Stalin split.
Director: Emir Kusturica | Stars: Moreno De Bartoli, Predrag 'Miki' Manojlovic, Mirjana Karanovic, Mustafa Nadarevic
Votes: 10,110 | Gross: $0.02M
24. Vuk samotnjak (1972)
90 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
A boy finds a large wolf-like dog in the mountain and they befriend. The local peasants think that it may be a real wolf responsible for the sheep pestilence. They decide to kill the animal... See full summary »
Director: Obrad Gluscevic | Stars: Slavko Stimac, Zeljko Mataija, Ivan Stimac, Boro Ivanisevic
Votes: 911
25. Kuzis stari moj (1973)
94 min | Comedy, Drama
Our hero is Glista - a young Zagreb punk whose (sub)urban adventures depict his world and philosophy.
Director: Vanca Kljakovic | Stars: Ivica Vidovic, Eva Ras, Relja Basic, Milutin Butkovic
Votes: 112
26. Lito vilovito (1964)
86 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A summer in the life of tourist-seducing boys.
Director: Obrad Gluscevic | Stars: Beba Loncar, Milena Dravic, Milutin Micovic, Ljubisa Samardzic
Votes: 113
27. My Son Don't Turn Round (1956)
111 min | Drama, War
A partisan comes secretly to town to find about what happened to his little son who barely remembers him. He is horrified when he finds out that his son is raised in a colaborators' ... See full summary »
Director: Branko Bauer | Stars: Bert Sotlar, Lila Andres, Zlatko Lukman, Mladen Hanzlovsky
Votes: 413
28. Skoplje '63 (1964)
77 min | Documentary
"Skoplje '63" is a 1964 Yugoslavian documentary film directed by Veljko Bulajic about the 1963 Skopje earthquake (Skoplje, per film title, is the Serbo-Croatian spelling of Skopje). The ... See full summary »
Director: Veljko Bulajic
Votes: 24
29. The Pine Tree in the Mountain (1971)
94 min | Comedy, Drama, War
A party commissioner Ivica is sent to the lowland village in purpose of monitoring the partisan batch, made up of locals. Regardless of disagreements with their leader Dikan, they befriend ... See full summary »
Director: Antun Vrdoljak | Stars: Boris Dvornik, Ivica Vidovic, Charles Millot, Mate Ergovic
Votes: 423
30. Kuduz (1989)
105 min | Drama
After the release from prison, small-time criminal is marrying his girlfriend and lives a straight and poor, but happy life with her and her daughter. However, his happiness is shattered by... See full summary »
Director: Ademir Kenovic | Stars: Slobodan Custic, Snezana Bogdanovic, Bozidar Bunjevac, Branko Djuric
Votes: 786
31. It Isn't Easy to Get Along with Men (1985)
91 min | Comedy, Romance
A divorcee and her two teenage daughters go on their summer holidays at sea. There they encounter some romantic (mis)adventures.
Director: Mihailo Vukobratovic | Stars: Milena Dravic, Ljubisa Samardzic, Ana Simic, Branka Katic
Votes: 863
32. The Battle of Neretva (1969)
G | 105 min | Drama, History, War
World War II drama about the 1943 battle around the Neretva River between Axis forces and Yugoslav partisan units.
Director: Veljko Bulajic | Stars: Yul Brynner, Hardy Krüger, Franco Nero, Sylva Koscina
Votes: 4,045
33. Before the Rain (1994)
Not Rated | 113 min | Drama, Romance, War
Three interconnected stories of love under the threat of civil war in Macedonia and London.
Director: Milcho Manchevski | Stars: Katrin Cartlidge, Rade Serbedzija, Grégoire Colin, Josif Josifovski
Votes: 15,868 | Gross: $0.76M
34. Abeceda straha (1961)
99 min | Thriller, War
In order to gather information about high-ranking collaborationist official, the resistance movement is sending one girl to spy on him. She uses the cover of illiterate chambermaid from the... See full summary »
Director: Fadil Hadzic | Stars: Vesna Bojanic, Josip Zappalorto, Nada Kasapic, Tatjana Beljakova
Votes: 174
35. Dogadjaj u Rasi (1950)
17 min | Documentary, Short
A state-propaganda about the Rasa mine in Istria.
Director: Rudolf Sremec
Votes: 8
36. Piccolo (1959)
9 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Two men in adjoining duplexes, good friends, are enchanted by the song of a bird. One buys a small harmonica and learns to play it; he keeps his neighbor awake. The neighbor buys a larger ... See full summary »
Director: Dusan Vukotic
Votes: 116
37. The Ninth Circle (1960)
107 min | Drama, Romance, War
In order to save Jewish girl from the Nazis and their colaborators, Croatian family arranges her to be wed to their young son. Young man is displeased with sudden end to his careless youth ... See full summary »
Director: France Stiglic | Stars: Dusica Zegarac, Boris Dvornik, Branko Tatic, Ervina Dragman
Votes: 571
38. Pod sumnjom (1956)
105 min | War
Man escapes from an Italian camp and returns to his island in occupied Dalmatia only to find himself victim of a plot denouncing him as an enemy agent.
Director: Branko Belan | Stars: Milorad Margetic, Tamara Miletic, Mirko Vojkovic, Bozo Jajcanin
Votes: 39
39. Jutro (1967)
95 min | Drama, War
The war has ended leaving a deep trace in people. Going through a different conflicts in the first days of peace - dealing with a former enemy's collaborators and executing traitors - a ... See full summary »
Director: Mladomir 'Purisa' Djordjevic | Stars: Ljubisa Samardzic, Neda Arneric, Milena Dravic, Mija Aleksic
Votes: 198
40. Signal Over the City (1960)
91 min | Action, Drama, War
The movie is based on true events that occured in Croatian city of Karlovac in 1941. In order to save the imprisoned high ranking member of the resistance movement, the group of Partizans ... See full summary »
Director: Zivorad 'Zika' Mitrovic | Stars: Aleksandar Gavric, Marija Tocinoski, Miha Baloh, Dragan Ocokoljic
Votes: 93
41. Point 905 (1960)
85 min | Drama, Thriller, War
After the war, a Yugoslav army captain, Vladimir, is in charge of suppressing armed supporters of the former king's regime, led by major Momir. After Vladimir's best friend is killed, he ... See full summary »
Director: Mate Relja | Stars: Ilija Dzuvalekovski, Dusan Bulajic, Stane Potokar, Hermina Pipinic
Votes: 74
42. Stela (1990)
86 min | Drama
Young social worker falls in love with a delinquent girl on the run.
Director: Petar Krelja | Stars: Anja Sovagovic-Despot, Zarko Lausevic, Miodrag Krivokapic, Mira Furlan
Votes: 100
43. Lisinski (1944)
85 min | Biography, Drama, Music
Biography of Vatroslav Lisinski, 19th century Croatian composer and the author of the first Croatian opera.
Director: Oktavijan Miletic | Stars: Branko Spoljar, Lidija Dominkovic, Sena Jurinac, Veljko Maricic
Votes: 88
44. ZG80 (2016)
90 min | Action, Comedy, Sport
Series of events leading to football fans war on the streets of Belgrade.
Director: Igor Seregi | Stars: Rene Bitorajac, Matija Kacan, Marko Cindric, Filip Detelic
Votes: 3,155
45. Vatreni (2018)
87 min | Documentary, History, Sport
Croatian War of Independence narrated trough the experiences of the players of the National Soccer Team who won the third place during the 1998 FIFA World Cup, in France. Their victory ... See full summary »
Director: Edson Ramírez | Stars: Aljosa Asanovic, Slaven Bilic, Miroslav Blazevic Jr., Miroslav Ciro Blazevic
Votes: 30
46. Red Dust (1999)
105 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Wistful croquis of the neigborhood in western Zagreb at the beggining of the '90's.
Director: Zrinko Ogresta | Stars: Josip Kuchan, Marko Matanovic, Ivo Gregurevic, Slaven Knezovic
Votes: 504
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