The 50 Best Albanian Movies of All Time

A tale of orphaned Albanian children coping with life in an orphanage and Italian occupation while acquainting themselves with communist ideas.

The Wehrmacht arrives in a small Albanian town after Italy capitulates to the Allies. Tomka and his gang decide to exact revenge when the German soldiers set up camp on their football pitch.

Three years after the fascist occupation, a group of children create the anti-fascist organization called "Debatik". Coli, an orphan boy, manages to become a member.

Three people, Sergeant Rahmiu, Islam and Bepini hijack a military ship to emigrate to Italy. Along the way they encounter opposition in the sailor Skender Guri, who wants to turn the ship back to Albania.

This is the true story of the National Hero of Albanians, George Kastrioti Scanderbeg, from his birth to his death. 1405-1468. Based mainly upon the monk writer Marin Barleti, the movie starts off with how the boy Scanderbeg was taken hostage by the ottoman turks and trained from them until he became one of the most outstanding warriors of the Ottoman Empire, then later returned home to his country to organized the oppressed Albanians into a fierce and heroic resistance for over 30 years. After converting from Islam to Christianity (the religion of ancestors) he managed to keep the greatest empire on earth at the time from invading Albania. His story is an inspiration to generations of Albanians, wherever they lived.

Halit Berati, a virtuoso clarinet player, becomes a focus of the resistance by the common people of Albania to the attempts by the Italians in the 1930's to influence their ideology and attitudes by controlling Albanian music, entertainment and literature.

An amateur cycling team from Albania heads to France to take part in a tournament only to discover on the way that revolution has broken out back home.

A translator at the conference of communist parties witnessed the biggest break between the two communist parties. The dramatic events in the military conflict take place on a naval base in Albania, which the Soviets did not dare to adopt.

Would you sell the bones of your father or grandfather, if this was a millionaire business? Jolie (French) and Orsola (Italian), discover in s village in the South of Albania, the most bizarre Bazaar where bones can be bought and sold. Why not profit, themselves, by selling the bones of their father and grandfather in exchange for true love? Our story is based on actual events, happened in the South of Albania years ago, based in the old Balkan saying: the place in which the grave of a compatriot has endured the trials of time, is a place worth dying for.

In the 1940s, Mother Pashako fights alongside her sons, brother, and a battalion of partisans against the German Nazis who want to take control of the village.

Adaptation of the novel with the same title from Dritëro Agolli. Mato Gruda has been feuding with the old man Mere Fizi. Mato Gruda keeps a gun in a hidden place dreaming to use it against Fizies. He keeps an Italian as a helper at home, and calls him Agush. Agush became his teacher to use his war s tool. Hence, the secret of a peasant who joined the war out of necessity comes to light.

After World War II, more than 85% of the Albanian people were illiterate. Partisan soldier Dritan Shkaba is tasked with opening new schools in north Albania to enlighten the population.

The adventures of a young boy , who comes to live from city to a village during school vacations .

Albania early 70'. A WW2 hero, retreated now at an old age at his little village struggles to adjust to the terms of the culture revolution, coming in the shape of 'equal rights for man and women'. In a brilliant contrast of a brand new world of youthful revolutionarys and rich exotic and colourful expressions this comes across as arguably the best loved Albanian comedy of all time

Lilua , a 19 years old girl , injured during war is being kept in a village but needs to be transported in a safe place far from there. The streets are blocked by nazist occupator. There is only one way out. Will Lilo survive the cold of crossing the river?

To meet the desires and needs of the parents, a marriage is arranged between 14-year-old Gjino and 20-year-old Marigo. Gjino reluctantly obeys, but Marigo, who loves another, tries various devious methods to free herself from this bizaare marriage agreement.

Besim does not find warmth from his stepfather Ahmet. He abandoned school and makes serious mistakes associating with bad people. But it is precisely the warm hand of classmates, his teacher and the whole of society that brings Besim back to life.

Based on Ismail Kadare's novel Novembre d'une capitale. Albanian Resistance attempts to take over Tirana Radio in November 1944.

Conjugal visits unite strangers Elsa and Spetim meeting incarcerated spouses. They find companionship but prisoner amnesty threatens their bond.

In 1943, during the wartime, a young village girl is about to be married. The wedding takes place at an unsuitable moment, but there is a good reason for it: the bridegroom can't wait because he will be going to the mountain to become a partisan.

Andre starts as a teacher in a remote mountain village in Albania. His first task is to choose one of two communist slogans. He picks the shorter one, which is appreciated by his class, because they have to build the slogan on the hillside using whitewashed rocks. However, this means that the longer slogan goes to Diana, the French teacher to whom Andre is attracted. Andre gets on the wrong side of the communist party boss of the village, when he stands up for an unjustly accused goat herdsman, whom he had befriended. The boss is determined to take his revenge on Andre.