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1. Harrison's Flowers (2000)
R | 121 min | Drama, Romance, War
When a Newsweek photojournalist disappears in war-torn Yugoslavia, his wife travels to Europe to find him.
Director: Élie Chouraqui | Stars: Andie MacDowell, Scott Anton, Elias Koteas, Brendan Gleeson
Votes: 6,772 | Gross: $1.84M
2. Sixth Bus (2022)
103 min | Drama, War
The "Sixth Bus" is a film about a young American trying to find a man from her past never to be found, during a biggest conflict on European soil since WWII-battle of Vukovar. It is about a... See full summary »
Director: Eduard Galic | Stars: Zala Djuric, Andrej Dojkic, Masa Djordjevic, Toni Gojanovic
Votes: 1,846
3. Nestali (2020– )
52 min | Action, Drama, War
During Croatian War of Independence, Croatian soldiers find themselves cut off their units and behind enemy lines. Each one has a different mission, but after they witness a war criminal, they decide to get him.
Stars: Goran Navojec, Bojan Navojec, Filip Krizan, Marko Cindric
Votes: 529
4. General (2019)
145 min | Biography, Drama, History
Follows the life of general Ante Gotovina.
Director: Antun Vrdoljak | Stars: Goran Visnjic, Mustafa Nadarevic, Tarik Filipovic, Goran Navojec
Votes: 2,160
5. General (2019–2020)
50 min | Biography, Drama, History
Follows the life of general Ante Gotovina.
Stars: Goran Visnjic, Boris Svrtan, Goran Navojec, Mustafa Nadarevic
Votes: 643
6. How the War Started on My Island (1996)
97 min | Comedy, Drama, War
Although being one of the first movies to take humoristic approach towards violent break-up of Yugoslavia, this motion picture is partly based on real events that took place in September of... See full summary »
Director: Vinko Bresan | Stars: Vlatko Dulic, Ljubomir Kerekes, Ivan Brkic, Predrag 'Predjo' Vusovic
Votes: 2,926
7. Number 55 (2014)
100 min | Action, History, War
In the autumn of 1991, a small group of Croatian soldiers go on patrol in an improvised armored vehicle. Soon after that they would get ambushed and their vehicle would get destroyed, in ... See full summary »
Director: Kristijan Milic | Stars: Goran Bogdan, Alan Katic, Marko Cindric, Drazen Mikulic
Votes: 1,613
8. Zora dubrovacka (2013–2014)
Drama, Romance, War
In 1991 war-torn Croatia, Maro, young Kanalite man from a working-class family and Judita, girl from a noble family fall in love during the Siege of Dubrovnik.
Stars: Alen Liveric, Barbara Bilic, Jelena Percin, Boris Ler
Votes: 118
9. Save the Last Bullet
Drama, History, War | Pre-production
Based on events from the Balkan Wars. 1991: Amidst the cruel battle of Vukovar, a brave squad of Croatian soldiers fights its way through the besieged country to deliver a truck full of weapons to the Serbian border.
Director: Joachim Masannek | Stars: Sophie Marceau, Christopher Lambert, Michael Paré, Costas Mandylor
10. Zivi i mrtvi (2007)
87 min | Fantasy, War, Horror
In 1943, group of Croatian soldiers overtake a strategically important point in western Bosnia with a goal to destroy a group of communist partisans. On the way they met some supernatural ... See full summary »
Director: Kristijan Milic | Stars: Filip Sovagovic, Velibor Topic, Slaven Knezovic, Marinko Prga
Votes: 1,002
11. Bljesak (2020)
50 min | Documentary, History, War
In early May 1995, began one of the most important victories of the war in Croatia. Croatian military and security forces liberated the occupied territories of western Slavonia by lightning action.
Director: Miro Brankovic | Stars: Peter Galbraith, Mate Granic
Votes: 29
12. Croatia: Defining a Nation (2022)
114 min | Documentary, History
In 1998 a band of brothers took Croatia to 3rd place at the FIFA World Cup. How they got there was even more astonishing, as the team and country navigated the brutal Yugoslav wars of the 1990's.
Director: Louis Myles | Stars: Aljosa Asanovic, Martin Bell, Slaven Bilic, Miroslav Ciro Blazevic
Votes: 88
13. 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
14. Mercy of the Sea (2003)
90 min | Drama, War
A woman who lost most of her family during the war in Croatia and breakup of Yugoslavia is informed a decade later that her son has been found.
Directors: Dominik Sedlar, Jakov Sedlar | Stars: Renée Estevez, Martin Sheen, Kevin Albano, Mike Bernardo
Votes: 97
15. It Was All Just A Good Dream (2016)
90 min | Documentary, Biography, Drama
Shocking, intimate and moving documentary "Sve je bio dobar san" ("It Was All Just a Good Dream: the Frenchman from Vukowar ") examines the events from the time of the war in Croatia and the arrival of the young French volunteer Jean-Michel Nicolier in Croatia.
Director: Branko Istvancic | Star: Vesna Bosanac
Votes: 81
16. Wasn't Afraid to Die (2016)
111 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
True story about the guy who wanted to help Croatia back in 90's by sending on behalf of Croatian community in Toronto instead of the money a large airplane full of arms.
Director: Jakov Sedlar | Stars: Andrej Dojkic, Armand Assante, John Nielsen, Luka Peros
Votes: 30
17. Joschka und Herr Fischer (2011)
138 min | Documentary, Biography, History
He was a student activist, an urban guerrilla, a taxi driver; Joseph "Joschka" Fischer emerged from the Extra-parliamentary Opposition (APO) to become Hessen's trainer-clad environment ... See full summary »
Director: Pepe Danquart | Stars: Joschka Fischer, Hans Koschnick, Katharina Thalbach, Peter Grohmann
Votes: 200
18. 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
19. Kako je obranjena Hrvatska (2016)
52 min | Documentary, History, War
Documentary series about aggression against the Republic of Croatia. The series provides a detailed insight into the course of the war and the defense of Croatia.
Votes: 38
20. Mjesto sjecanja: Vukovar (2015)
49 min | Documentary, History, War
Documentary film about the tragic fate of the Croatian town of Vukovar, which was destroyed by the Yugoslav People's Army (JNA) and Serbian paramilitary units
Director: Veljko Bulajic | Stars: Vesna Bosanac, Irena Dudar, Elizabeta Geysic, Violeta Grdic
Votes: 17
21. Junaci sa Srdja (1994 Video)
42 min | Documentary, Short, War
Interviews with defenders of Dubrovnik.
Director: Baldo Cupic | Stars: Josko Ajduk, Janko Bobetko, Bozo Buric, Jure Buric
Votes: 16
22. Bura duse (2019)
53 min | Documentary, War
Director: Goran Marsalek | Stars: Darko Horvat, Drazen Hrzenjak, Zvonko Kovacic
23.
TopTenz (2010– )
Episode:
10 More of History's Most Unfair Battles
(2022)
15 min | Documentary
Only the biggest war buffs won't be unfamiliar with at least a couple battles featured here, so the suspense will be there once again whether the underdogs pulled it off or whether numbers, weapons, and equipment carried the day.
Star: Simon Whistler
24.
The Balkans in Flames (2021–2022)
Episode:
A State Falls Apart
(2021)
Documentary, History, War
We are in the fateful year of Yugoslavia's first free elections since World War II: 1990. It is the hour of the nationalists, and the collapse of the multi-ethnic state is only a matter of ... See full summary »
Stars: Vjekoslav Skrinjar, Marie-Janine Calic, Laura Silber, James Gow
25.
The Balkans in Flames (2021–2022)
Episode:
Yugoslavia In Ruins
(2021)
Documentary, History, War
The Srebrenica massacre is a wake-up call for the international community, which decides to intervene after four years of war. That same year, the warring parties sign a peace treaty. But ... See full summary »
Stars: Misha Glenny, James Gow, Marie-Janine Calic, Gerry Kremer