The 50 Best Albanian Movies of All Time
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- DirectorDhimiter AnagnostiStarsTimo FllokoAgim QirjaqiKadri RoshiA tale of orphaned Albanian children coping with life in an orphanage and Italian occupation while acquainting themselves with communist ideas.
- DirectorXhanfize KekoStarsSotiraq ÇiliZehrudin DoklePavlina OçaThe 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.
- DirectorSergei YutkevichStarsAkaki KhoravaBesa ImamiAdivie AlibaliThis 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.
- DirectorLisenko MalajStarsJustina AliajLiza LaskaAgron Mema
- DirectorViktor GjikaStarsBujar LakoGulielm RadojaKadri RoshiHalit 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.
- DirectorGjergj XhuvaniStarsNdriçim XhepaHelidon FinoGentiano HaziziAn 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.
- DirectorPiro MilkaniKujtim ÇashkuStarsBujar LakoMevlan ShanajAgim ShukeA 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.
- DirectorEdmond BudinaStarsCatherine WilkeningVisar VishkaVeronica GentiliWould 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.
- DirectorViktor GjikaStarsTinka KurtiAleksandër ProsiPandi Raidhi
- DirectorViktor GjikaStarsTimo FllokoElida CangonjiStavri ShkurtiAdaptation 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.
- DirectorXhanfize KekoStarsHerion MustafarajPandi RaidhiDhorkë OrgockaThe adventures of a young boy , who comes to live from city to a village during school vacations .
- DirectorMuharrem FejzoFehmi HoshafiStarsAlbert VërriaNikolin XhojaFlora MërtiriAlbania 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
- DirectorDhimiter AnagnostiStarsYllka MujoTimo FllokoViktor ZhustiLilua , 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?
- DirectorDhimiter AnagnostiStarsElvira DiamantiAdmir SorraRobert NdrenikaTo 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.
- DirectorKristaq DhamoStarsKrenar ArifiPerika GjeziZhani Ziçishti
- DirectorKujtim ÇashkuStarsArtur GorishtiAleksandër ProsiReshat ArbanaBesim 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.
- DirectorSpartak PecaniStarsTimo FllokoMonika LubonjaEva Lëssi
- DirectorRikard LjarjaStarsBirçe HaskoElvira DiamantiRikard LjarjaBased on Ismail Kadare's novel Novembre d'une capitale. Albanian Resistance attempts to take over Tirana Radio in November 1944.
- DirectorBujar AlimaniStarsLuli BitriKarafil ShenaTodi LlupiConjugal visits unite two strangers visiting a prison to meet their incarcerated spouses. During these visits, Elsa and Spetim find the companionship missing from their lives. But a prisoner amnesty soon threatens their fragile bond in this contemplative drama. An official selection of the prestigious Global Lens Collection presented by the Global Film Initiative. (Albanian w. English subs)
- DirectorMark TopallajStarsMajlinda GjondedeDemir HyskjaViktor ZhustiIn 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.
- DirectorKujtim ÇashkuStarsKadri RoshiPavlina ManiRobert Ndrenika
- DirectorGjergj XhuvaniStarsDavid ElmasllariMarko BitrakuMirjana DediAndre 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.
- DirectorViktor GjikaStarsAleksandër ProsiBujar LakoReshat ArbanaA drama about the road of albanians for their country's independence.
- DirectorSpartak PecaniStarsRoza AnagnostiReshat ArbanaIna Gjika
- DirectorVladimir PriftiStarsAleksandër ProsiBujar LakoNdrek Luca
- DirectorArtan MinarolliStarsNik XhelilajXhevdet FerriBruno ShllakuIn a country where tradition is constantly at war with modernity, Koll is a college student set on enjoying his youth to the fullest. When his father dies and he is forced to assume responsibility for an ancient crime, Koll is thrust into the gruesome, feudal heart of contemporary Albania.
- DirectorLisenko MalajStarsBujar AsqeriuThimi FilipiBirçe HaskoTwo young directors, Ilir and Sandri, are working on a new film, which deals with events from World War II.
- DirectorKristaq DhamoStarsKastriot ÇaushiFane BitaEva Alikaj
- DirectorJoni ShanajStarsKlevis BegaOlta GixhariNiko KanxheriA young pharmacist enters into a casual relationship with a young woman alleged to be his father's secret mistress, in contemporary Tirana.
- DirectorVladimir PriftiStarsReshat ArbanaShpresa BërdëllimaVioleta SekujTom Melgushi, wonders the streets drunk causing annoyance amongs the people. One day, the village teacher Flutura (butterfly) rides in his truck and in Tom's eyes she sees a glimmer of hope for a stable relationship. Later, Tom becomes the target of criticism for the accident that causes Flutura to be throw from Tom's truck fearing violence.
- DirectorKujtim ÇashkuStarsReshat ArbanaMario AshikuViktor Bruçeti
- DirectorKristaq MitroIbrahim MuçajStarsLiza LaskaMargarita XhepaDhimitra PlasariThe nazi forces arrive in cold winter. In the village remain only he women. They put up resistance until the wounded partisans, sheltered in the village homes, can withdraw to more remote areas, and the snow covers their traces. Face to face with the Germans and under their very eyes, the village women, leaded by aunts Shano and Mara set off together to collect firewood, an excuse they produce to take food to the partisans.
- DirectorFatmir KoçiStarsNevin MeçajErmela TeliRaimonda BulkuA film tells the story of a young couple in post-communist Albania, at the time when many Albanians left the country in search for a better life abroad. The protagonist is Nik, who lives in the capital of Albania, Tirana, along with his mother and father. He is in love with a beautiful girl named Klara, who wants to move to Paris to be a model. Nik makes his living with an old truck that belonged to his father, who is now sick, and seemingly dying. Amidst the criticisms of his mother, the confusion and desperation covering the country, and the desire of his girlfriend to leave, Nik is still unsure whether he wants to leave. The film explores the way Nik handles the events of his life.
- DirectorMuharrem FejzoStarsRoza AnagnostiGulielm RadojaRobert NdrenikaA female teacher goes to a town in Southern Albania with the permission of the Sultan to open a girls' school.
- DirectorKristaq DhamoStarsTinka KurtiNaim FrashëriPjetër GjokaThe movie is based on a Fatmir Gjata screenplay. Gjata had written a novel with the same title earlier. The events evolve in the 1950s. The main character, Tana, is a smart, outgoing and progressive young woman. She is in love with Stefan (Naim Frashëri) and they both live in an unnamed mountain village in Albania. Tana has to face the old mentality of her old grandfather and she also has to fight the jealousy of Lefter . It is a love game, while socialist progress is highlighted as is often in the socialist realism.
- DirectorXhanfize KekoStarsAlbana MerkoziajJuna TomoriGentian BashaA group of kids want to go to their teacher's house during the Teachers Day.
- DirectorKujtim ÇashkuStarsReshat ArbanaTimo FllokoBesa ImamiThe film speaks of the fate of soldiers who go to war as mercenaries and return dead. Village girls wait and wait for their fiancee to return from war and finally get married to others. A Vizier tries to marry a beautiful young woman who is tired of long wait and husband soldier.
- DirectorEno MilkaniPiro MilkaniStarsAnna GeislerováNik XhelilajBarbora StepánováIt is 1961 and an Albanian student (Nik Xhelilaj) of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague, together with a group of Czech students, is shooting his graduate movie on a motorcycle factory, in the small market-town of Cesky Sternberk, in then Czechoslovakia. Coming from a country that is completely isolated from the rest of Europe, he is fascinated by the lifestyle, society and "erotic exuberance" of the Czech golden youth, yet feeling strong links with his family in his homeland. He falls in love with a married woman (Anna Geislerová), the wife of a police superintendent (Paolo Buglioni) and is insecure about his future.
- DirectorDhimiter AnagnostiStarsEptan LohjaRobert NdrenikaMimika LucaA spoiled kid do not go to school and tell his parents that her older sister has a boyfriend. The delicate relationship between him and his parents cause laugh and compassion at the same time.
- DirectorSaimir KumbaroStarsTimo FllokoRaimonda BulkuNiko KanxheriSet during the sweeping purges in 1980s Albania, a military regiment raising horses is disbanded under suspicion of being involved in a coup against dictator Enver Hoxha. One man, Agroni, resists the arbitrary decision to disband and liquidate the horses, which are also included as conspirators. He is denounced, and his trial sets forth a chain reaction of tragedies.
- DirectorIris EleziThomas LogoreciStarsFlonja KodheliArtur GorishtiFioralba KryemadhiOne week at the Bota café. Nothing happens. Everything happens.
- DirectorViktor GjikaStarsMevlan ShanajBexhet NelkuVangjush FurxhiOn the anniversary of the death of Commissioner Ibrahim Kovaçi, six of his war friends are accompanying his statue to his native village, where a ceremony will be held. During the road, each of them remembers moments related to the life of Ibrahim.