Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "albania"

1. War Dogs (2016)

R | 114 min | Biography, Comedy, Crime

Loosely based on the true story of two young men, David Packouz and Efraim Diveroli, who won a three hundred million dollar contract from the Pentagon to arm America's allies in Afghanistan.

Director: Todd Phillips | Stars: Jonah Hill, Miles Teller, Steve Lantz, Gregg Weiner

Votes: 254,425 | Gross: $43.03M

2. The Expendables 2 (2012)

R | 103 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller

Mr. Church reunites the Expendables for what should be an easy paycheck, but when one of their men is murdered on the job, their quest for revenge puts them deep in enemy territory and up against an unexpected threat.

Director: Simon West | Stars: Sylvester Stallone, Liam Hemsworth, Randy Couture, Jean-Claude Van Damme

Votes: 322,467 | Gross: $85.02M

3. For Your Eyes Only (1981)

PG | 127 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller

Secret service agent James Bond is assigned to find a missing British vessel equipped with a weapons encryption device and prevent it from falling into enemy hands.

Director: John Glen | Stars: Roger Moore, Carole Bouquet, Topol, Lynn-Holly Johnson

Votes: 108,363 | Gross: $62.30M

4. Taken 2 (2012)

PG-13 | 92 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

In Istanbul, retired CIA operative Bryan Mills and his wife are taken hostage by the father of a kidnapper Mills killed while rescuing his daughter.

Director: Olivier Megaton | Stars: Liam Neeson, Famke Janssen, Maggie Grace, Leland Orser

Votes: 322,832 | Gross: $139.85M

5. The Balkan Line (2019)

130 min | Action, War

After the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia in 1999, the Yugoslav army pulls out of Kosovo region, leaving Serbian people at the mercy of the Albanian UCK terrorists. A small band of soldiers must take over the Slatina airport, and hold it until the Russian peacekeepers arrive.

Director: Andrey Volgin | Stars: Anton Pampushnyy, Milena Radulovic, Gosha Kutsenko, Ravshana Kurkova

Votes: 10,534

6. Evil Under the Sun (1982)

PG | 117 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Trying to find how a millionaire wound up with a phony diamond brings Hercule Poirot to an exclusive island resort frequented by the rich and famous. When a murder is committed, everyone has an alibi.

Director: Guy Hamilton | Stars: Peter Ustinov, James Mason, Maggie Smith, Colin Blakely

Votes: 20,218 | Gross: $6.11M

7. Wag the Dog (1997)

R | 97 min | Comedy, Drama

Shortly before an election, a spin-doctor and a Hollywood producer join efforts to fabricate a war in order to cover up a Presidential sex scandal.

Director: Barry Levinson | Stars: Dustin Hoffman, Robert De Niro, Anne Heche, Woody Harrelson

Votes: 88,506 | Gross: $43.02M

8. Captain Corelli's Mandolin (2001)

R | 131 min | Drama, Music, Romance

When a fisherman leaves to fight with the Greek army during World War II, his fiancée falls in love with the local Italian commander.

Director: John Madden | Stars: Nicolas Cage, Penélope Cruz, John Hurt, Christian Bale

Votes: 35,971 | Gross: $25.54M

9. Aria (1987)

R | 90 min | Comedy, Drama, Music

10 short films by 10 different directors, set to arias by different composers.

Directors: Robert Altman, Bruce Beresford, Bill Bryden, Jean-Luc Godard, Derek Jarman, Franc Roddam, Nicolas Roeg, Ken Russell, Charles Sturridge, Julien Temple | Stars: John Hurt, Theresa Russell, Stephanie Lane, Roy Hyatt

Votes: 3,106 | Gross: $1.03M

10. The Ipcress File (1965)

Passed | 109 min | Drama, Thriller

In London, a wisecracking spy investigates the kidnapping and brainwashing of British scientists while dealing with the constraints of his agency's bureaucracy.

Director: Sidney J. Furie | Stars: Michael Caine, Nigel Green, Guy Doleman, Sue Lloyd

Votes: 17,603

11. Monsieur Ibrahim (2003)

R | 95 min | Comedy, Drama

In Paris, a Turkish shop owner befriends a Jewish boy in his mid-teens.

Director: François Dupeyron | Stars: Omar Sharif, Pierre Boulanger, Gilbert Melki, Isabelle Renauld

Votes: 11,612 | Gross: $2.82M

12. Crossworlds (1996)

PG-13 | 91 min | Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi

A young man finds himself in the middle of a universal battle between good and evil when he sets up residence in a trans-dimensional valley. Only his father's mysterious crystal pendant and its lost matching scepter can guarantee victory.

Director: Krishna Rao | Stars: Rutger Hauer, Josh Charles, Stuart Wilson, Andrea Roth

Votes: 3,157

13. Byron (2003 TV Movie)

147 min | Biography, Drama, Romance

Following the success of his poem "Childe Harold's Pilgrimage", Byron becomes the toast of London.

Director: Julian Farino | Stars: Stephen Campbell Moore, Oliver Milburn, Michael Elwyn, Jonny Lee Miller

Votes: 1,157

14. The Saddest Music in the World (2003)

R | 100 min | Comedy, Musical

A musical of sorts set in Winnipeg during the Great Depression, where a beer baroness organizes a contest to find the saddest music in the world. Musicians from around the world descend on the city to try and win the $25,000 prize.

Director: Guy Maddin | Stars: Isabella Rossellini, Mark McKinney, Maria de Medeiros, David Fox

Votes: 6,322 | Gross: $0.67M

15. The Border Post (2006)

94 min | Comedy, Drama

A small border post on the Yugoslav-Albanian border in the spring of 1987. Frustrated and always drunk, lieutenant Pasic feels a strange pain in his groins. He seeks help from the only ... See full summary »

Director: Rajko Grlic | Stars: Toni Gojanovic, Sergej Trifunovic, Emir Hadzihafizbegovic, Verica Nedeska

Votes: 6,676

16. Operation Cicero (2019)

126 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Ilyas Bazna works as a butler in the British Embassy in Turkey during WW2. After Bazna starts to work as a German spy he is going to experience a series of unexpected events.

Director: Serdar Akar | Stars: Erdal Besikçioglu, Burcu Biricik, Ertan Saban, Murat Garibagaoglu

Votes: 6,492

17. Sophia (III) (2022)

93 min | Drama, History, Romance

A serbian young girl visits Albania in search of the roots of an old story about her Grandpa during the War of 1941. She falls in love with an albanian guy, starting an "impossible" relationship between two nations divided by war.

Director: Eduart Grishaj | Stars: Rozafa Celaj, Mateo Curri, Agron Dizdari, Vahid Dzankovic

Votes: 177

18. Sworn Virgin (2015)

Unrated | 84 min | Drama

Years after declaring her eternal virginity and opting to live life as a man in the mountains of Albania, Hana looks to return to living as a woman as she settles into a new existence in modern-day Milan.

Director: Laura Bispuri | Stars: Alba Rohrwacher, Emily Ferratello, Lars Eidinger, Flonja Kodheli

Votes: 1,243 | Gross: $0.00M

19. The Phynx (1970)

GP | 81 min | Comedy, Music

A rock band becomes embroiled in foreign affairs when they're sent to go on tour in Albania as a cover to find hostages in a remote castle held by Communist enemies of the U.S.

Directors: Lee H. Katzin, Robert McKimson | Stars: Michael A. Miller, Ray Chippeway, Dennis Larden, Lonny Stevens

Votes: 359

20. Lamerica (1994)

116 min | Comedy, Drama

Immediately after the fall of communism in Albania, two Italians go there to embezzle investment money by creating a fake company. As the chairman/fall guy, they pick a former political prisoner who turns out to be more than meets the eye.

Director: Gianni Amelio | Stars: Enrico Lo Verso, Michele Placido, Piro Milkani, Carmelo Di Mazzarelli

Votes: 2,379 | Gross: $0.44M

21. U.S. Seals (2000 Video)

R | 90 min | Action, Thriller

Dozens of American cargos with high valuable goods have disappeared, probably attacked by modern pirates. The United States decide to mobilize a team of expert SWAT, with Mike Bradley as ... See full summary »

Director: Yossi Wein | Stars: Jim Fitzpatrick, Greg Collins, Ty Miller, Justin Williams

Votes: 3,089

22. The Camp Followers (1965)

119 min | Drama, War

In WWII, Lieut. Martino and his men are assigned to lead a group of prostitutes through the mountainous ways to serve in brothels for Italian soldiers in Albania.

Director: Valerio Zurlini | Stars: Mario Adorf, Anna Karina, Marie Laforêt, Lea Massari

Votes: 673

23. Action of the Tiger (1957)

Approved | 93 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Carson is an American contraband runner approached by Tracy, a French woman who wants him to help rescue her brother from Albania where he is being held as a political prisoner.

Director: Terence Young | Stars: Van Johnson, Martine Carol, Herbert Lom, Gustavo Rojo

Votes: 422

24. Drejt Fundit (2015)

120 min | Action

It's first action movie in Albania

Director: Drilon Hoxha | Stars: Drilon Hoxha, Erand Hoxha, Ardian Ramushi, Ardit Zela

Votes: 257

25. King of the Belgians (2016)

94 min | Comedy, Drama

Desperate to return home from a state visit to Istanbul when his country suffers its worst-ever political crisis, but unable to fly due to a solar storm, the King of the Belgians finds himself on a tumultuous road trip across the Balkans.

Directors: Peter Brosens, Jessica Woodworth | Stars: Peter Van den Begin, Lucie Debay, Titus De Voogdt, Bruno Georis

Votes: 2,170

26. The Weight of Chains (2010)

Not Rated | 125 min | Documentary, History, News

The Weight of Chains is a Canadian documentary film that takes a critical look at the role that the US, NATO and the EU played in the tragic breakup of a once peaceful and prosperous ... See full summary »

Director: Boris Malagurski | Stars: Rade Aleksic, James Bissett, John Bosnitch, Michel Chossudovsky

Votes: 4,539

27. Dua Lipa: Elevating (2022)

TV-PG | 60 min | Documentary, Music

One of the most recognizable voices in all of modern day music, Dua Lipa quickly rose to fame. Her catchy tunes and sultry vocals make her music appeal to a global audience. Get lost in the story of this pop phenomenon.

Director: Danielle Winter | Star: Dua Lipa

Votes: 55

28. The Van (2019)

15 min | Short, Drama

The Van stops, the doors open, and Ben comes out alive. Another few fights and he will be able to leave Albania. He still hopes his father will leave with him.

Director: Erenik Beqiri | Stars: Phénix Brossard, Arben Bajraktaraj, Afrim Muçaj, Lulzim Zeqja

Votes: 188

29. Bolla (2021)

165 min | Drama

A gripping story of forbidden love between a married family man, Albanian Arsim, and Serb Milos in the wartime conditions of Kosovo in the late 1990s

Director: Milja Sarkola | Stars: Jessica Grabowsky, Mikko Kauppila, Jouko Klemettilä, Anssi Niemi

30. Lucky, el intrépido (1967)

91 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller

An American secret agent is sent to Europe to track down a ring of counterfeiters. His investigation takes him from Rome to Albania, where he gets involved with a sexy Albanian police commissioner.

Director: Jesús Franco | Stars: Ray Danton, Barbara Bold, Dante Posani, Dieter Eppler

Votes: 232

31. Hostage (2005)

105 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Inspired by the real-life story of a bus hijacking in Northern Greece, HOSTAGE explores the sensitive issue of Greek-Albanian relations through a young Albanian who takes over an intercity ... See full summary »

Director: Constantine Giannaris | Stars: Stathis Papadopoulos, Theodora Tzimou, Giannis Stankoglou, Minas Hatzisavvas

Votes: 590

32. Alive (2009)

Not Rated | 90 min | Drama

In 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 ... See full summary »

Director: Artan Minarolli | Stars: Nik Xhelilaj, Xhevdet Ferri, Bruno Shllaku, Niada Saliasi

Votes: 243

33. La conquista de Albania (1983)

122 min | Adventure, Drama, History

King Carlos II of Navarre once (XIV century) sent his brother Don Luis de Beaumont to lead a military expedition into Albania and reclaim the Albanian throne he inherited from his wife. But... See full summary »

Director: Alfonso Ungría | Stars: Xabier Elorriaga, Chema Muñoz, Klara Badiola, Walter Vidarte

Votes: 66

34. Time of the Comet (2008)

104 min | Drama, History, Romance

A young man is searching for the war to free his country and establish freedom. Instead of war he finds the love of his life.

Director: Fatmir Koçi | Stars: Blerim Destani, Masiela Lusha, Xhevdet Ferri, Thomas Heinze

Votes: 297

35. Children of the World (1998–2001)

TV-G | 24 min | Documentary, Family

Each episode features children in a different country around the world. The documentary-style show for children and their families is hosted by the lovable professor Greg. In today's world ... See full summary »

36. Anija (La nave) (2012)

83 min | Documentary, Drama, History

In early March 1991, a number of ships laden with men, women and children appeared off the Adriatic coast of southern Italy. It was the beginning of the so-called "Exodus of the Albanians."... See full summary »

Director: Roland Sejko | Stars: Ivo Calebotta, Eneida del Prete, Avni Delvina, Ardian Elezi

Votes: 73

37. Out of Touch (I) (2011)

95 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

Two men, a former ministry chief and his business partner, have less than 48 hours to save their jobs and reputations. An absurd chain of events threatens to destroy everyone in this fast paced crime thriller.

Director: Andy Deliana | Stars: Gentjan Zenelaj, Rozi Kotani, Laertis Vasiliou, Tatiana Cotiuba

Votes: 57

38. The Weight of Chains 2 (2014)

124 min | Documentary, Comedy, History

'The Weight of Chains 2' is a documentary film largely dealing with the effects of the Washington Consensus economic doctrine on the newly established former Yugoslav republics, but also ... See full summary »

Director: Boris Malagurski | Stars: Boris Malagurski, Oliver Stone, Noam Chomsky, Carla Del Ponte

Votes: 1,440

39. Besa: The Promise (2012)

90 min | Documentary, Family, History

When the Nazis occupied Albania, not a single Jew was betrayed by its citizens - mostly Muslims. An untold history that resonates today.

Director: Rachel Goslins | Stars: Norman H. Gershman, Rexhep Hoxha

Votes: 46

40. Azemi (2014)

97 min | War, Action

Rrahman Fetahu and his two brothers in arms survive during the Yugoslavia war between Serbia and Kosovo.

Stars: Fastwebo, James Fetahu, Rrahman Fetahu, Avni Hoti

Votes: 159

41. The Death of the Horse (1992)

80 min | Drama

Set 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, ... See full summary »

Director: Saimir Kumbaro | Stars: Timo Flloko, Raimonda Bulku, Niko Kanxheri, Fitim Makashi

Votes: 125

42. Tirana, année zéro (2001)

89 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A 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... See full summary »

Director: Fatmir Koçi | Stars: Nevin Meçaj, Ermela Teli, Raimonda Bulku, Robert Ndrenika

Votes: 167

43. Gjoleka djali i abazit (2007)

Drama

The events take place in a small Albanian village, around the 1930s. This isolated land, dominated by rituals and patriarchal relationships is the spirit that welcomes the newborn child of ... See full summary »

Director: Dhimiter Anagnosti | Stars: Ilirian Ali, Enxhi Agushi, Luli Bitri, Artur Gorishti

Votes: 120

44. Etjet e Kosovës (2006)

92 min | Drama, War

The film "Kosova-Desperate Search" recounts the repercussions and effects of the Kosovar war on the Albanian population. Ethnic cleansings and other atrocities mentally and physically ... See full summary »

Director: Sunaj Raca | Stars: Raimonda Bulku, Blerim Destani, Faruk Begolli, Meto Jovanovski

Votes: 59

45. Amnesty (2011)

83 min | Drama

Conjugal 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 ... See full summary »

Director: Bujar Alimani | Stars: Luli Bitri, Karafil Shena, Todi Llupi, Mirela Naska

Votes: 228

46. Granatë (2016)

18 min | Short, Drama

In northern Albania, two innocent children experience the effects of warfare, and meanwhile in London a successful architect shares his story and the influences for his new project which shelters thousands of Syrian refugees in the UK.

Director: Ornela Peka | Stars: Tom McKay, Louisa Connolly-Burnham, Ilire Vinca Celaj, Jessica Muja

Votes: 10

47. Blood Trail (2008)

Not Rated | 79 min | Documentary, War

Follows Robert King in his fifteen years as a war photographer.

Director: Richard Parry | Star: Robert King

Votes: 130

48. Taulanti kërkon një motër (1985)

72 min | Drama

With abortion as the central issue in this political melodrama from Albania, viewers will react strongly for or against the heroine, depending on their own convictions. After an ... See full summary »

Director: Xhanfize Keko | Stars: Yllka Mujo, Viktor Zhusti, Donald Kokona, Roza Anagnosti

Votes: 59

49. Sons of Cain (2021)

69 min | Documentary

Through the eyes of 7 children, the ancient Albanian code of blood vengeance is called into question.

Director: Keti Stamo

Votes: 13

50. Mao Ce Dun (2007)

91 min | Comedy

The film unfolds the reality in a communist country in the 1970s through the eyes and wise ways of an ordinary gypsy. The events take place in a small town in Albania. Besides the ... See full summary »

Director: Besnik Bisha | Stars: Fadil Hasa, Miola Sitaj, Ola Sadiku, Marko Bitraku

Votes: 59