Famous Movies From Croatia

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List of popular movies from Croatia, listed by popularity with movie trailers when available. All prominent movies shot in Croatia are included. This list of famous films made in Croatia includes additional information about the movies, such as who directed them and what genre they are. Any top rated movies made in Croatia should appear on this list, with the most well-known ones at the top. The most popular cinema of Croatia is included below, so if you see a movie that's missing then it probably isn't very well-known.

List is made up of movies like Go West and Grbavica. This list answers the questions What movies were shot in Croatia?"
  • Sex, Drink and Bloodshed

    Sex, Drink and Bloodshed

    Bogdan Diklić, Daria Lorenci, Admir Glamočak
    Sex, Drink and Bloodshed is a Croatian action film. It was released in 2004.
  • Yellow Moon

    Yellow Moon

    Marija Škaričić, Lana Baric
    Yellow Moon is a 2009 short film directed by Zvonimir Juric.
  • Gravehopping

    Gravehopping

    Sonja Savić, Demeter Bitenc, Natasa Burger
    Gravehopping is a 2005 Slovenian film directed by Jan Cvitkovič. It was Slovenia's submission to the 79th Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but was not accepted as a nominee.
  • Gig – Road to the Stars

    Gig – Road to the Stars

    Gig – Road to the Stars is a 2010 short animation film written and directed by Hrvoje Habljak.
  • Garcia

    Garcia

    Rene Bitorajac, Vanja Drach, Goran Grgić
    Garcia is a Croatian film directed by Dejan Šorak. It was released in 1999.
  • Accidental Co-Traveller

    Accidental Co-Traveller

    Nenad Cvetko, Cintija Asperger-Eastman, Ante Prkacin
    Accidental Co-Traveller is a Croatian drama film directed by Srećko Jurdana. It was released in 2004.
  • Move On
    Mads Mikkelsen, Karl Fischer, Gabriela Marcinkova
    Move On is a 2012 Action Comedy Drama film written by Matt Greenhalgh and directed by Asger Leth.
  • My Beautiful Country

    My Beautiful Country

    Bata Živojinović, Slavko Štimac, Suzana Petričević
    My Beautiful Country is a 2012 drama film written and directed by Michaela Kezele.
  • Illusion

    Illusion

    Rade Šerbedžija, Fabijan Šovagović, Vanja Drach
    Illusion is a 1967 Croatian film directed by Krsto Papić.
  • I Love You

    I Love You

    Nataša Janjić, Zrinka Cvitešić, Ivana Roščić
    I Love You is a Croatian drama film directed by Dalibor Matanic. It was released in 2005.
  • Nausikaya

    Nausikaya

    Nausikaya is a 1994 Croatian film directed, written and produced by Vicko Ruić. It is based on "The Spider", a horror short story by Hanns Heinz Ewers.
  • Egon Schiele – Exzess und Bestrafung

    Egon Schiele – Exzess und Bestrafung

    Jane Birkin, Christine Kaufmann, Mathieu Carrière
    Egon Schiele – Exzess und Bestrafung, also known as Egon Schiele – Excess and Punishment and Egon Schiele, enfer et passion is a 1980 film based on the life of the Austrian artist Egon Schiele. It stars Mathieu Carriere as Schiele with Jane Birkin as his artist muse Walburga Neuzil and Christine Kaufmann as his wife Edith and Kristina van Eyck as her sister. The film is essentially a depiction of obsession and its constituents of sex, alcohol and uncontrolled emotions. Set in Austria during the Great War, Schiele is depicted as the agent of social change leading to destruction of those he loves and ultimately of himself. The film is an international co-production with actors of German, French, Dutch and English origin. It was directed by Herbert Vesely and produced by Dieter Geissler and Robert Hess. The cinematography is by Rudolf Blahacek and the haunting music is by Brian Eno. The film was selected as the Austrian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 53rd Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.
  • Ne zaboravi me

    Ne zaboravi me

    Boris Buzančić, Ena Begović, Mia Oremović
    Ne zaboravi me is a Croatian film directed by Jakov Sedlar. It was released in 1996.
  • Plavi 9

    Plavi 9

    Antun Nalis
    Plavi 9 is a 1950 Croatian football comedy film. The film was directed by Krešo Golik. That film is a bizarre mixture of the Soviet-style industrial epic, romantic comedy and football film. It is famous for superbly directed football sequences. After release it quickly became the biggest hit of then-young Yugoslav cinema. This film is first Croatian movie with sport as the main topic. Plavi 9 is also first Croatian comedy film from sound era. Movie was filmed on the locations in Croatia and in Serbia.
  • Where the Penguins Fly

    Where the Penguins Fly

    Ivica Vidović, Ljubomir Kerekeš
    Where the Penguins Fly is a Croatian comedy-drama film directed by Josip Vujčić. It was released in 2008.
  • Madonna

    Madonna

    Ivo Gregurević, Ljubomir Kerekeš, Goran Navojec
    Madonna is a Croatian film directed by Neven Hitrec and starring Ljubomir Kerekeš, Lucija Šerbedžija and Ivo Gregurević. It was released in 1999.
  • Infection

    Infection

    Filip Šovagović, Leon Lučev, Lucija Šerbedžija
    Infection is a 2003 Croatian film directed by Krsto Papić. It is a remake of The Rat Savior, Papić's 1976 film.
  • Not OK, Cupid!

    Not OK, Cupid!

  • The One Who Will Stay Unnoticed

    The One Who Will Stay Unnoticed

    Bojan Navojec, Daria Lorenci, Krešimir Mikić
    The One Who Will Stay Unnoticed is a Croatian drama film directed by Zvonimir Jurić. It was released in 2003.
  • Bare Ground

    Bare Ground

    Milena Dravić
    Bare Ground is a 2002 film directed by Ljubiša Samardžić.
  • Monday

    Monday

    Ele Keats, Joe Kraemer, Sarah Louise Wilson
  • Pušća Bistra

    Pušća Bistra

    Mladen Vulic, Dragan Despot, Ranko Zidaric
    Pušća Bistra is a Croatian comedy film directed by Filip Sovagovic. It was released in 2005.
  • On the Square

    On the Square

    Dusko Modrinic
    On the Square is a 2007 short film written and directed by Vanja Juranic.
  • Journalist
    Rade Šerbedžija, Fabijan Šovagović, Stevo Žigon
    Journalist is a 1979 Croatian drama film directed and written by Fadil Hadžić and starring Rade Šerbedžija, Fabijan Šovagović and Stevo Žigon. A politically provocative drama about an idealistic journalist who fights against censorship in the communist system, it is considered one of Hadžić's best and most popular films, as well as one of the most prominent Croatian films of the 1970s.
  • Agonija

    Agonija

    Nives Ivankovic, Ena Begović, Tarik Filipović
    Agonija is a 1998 Croatian film directed by Jakov Sedlar. The film is based on U agoniji, a play by Miroslav Krleža.
  • The Testament of LZ

    The Testament of LZ

    The Testament of LZ is a 1994 documentary film directed by Lordan Zafranović.
  • Ko ziv ko mrtav

    Ko ziv ko mrtav

    Ko ziv ko mrtav is a 2005 short film directed by Igor Josip Viskovic.
  • Pont Neuf

    Pont Neuf

    Zeljko Mavrovic
    Pont Neuf is a 1997 Croatian biographical film directed by Željko Senečić. It is a film about the life of Croatian painter Josip Račić.
  • Let There Be Water

    Let There Be Water

    Let There Be Water is a 2001 short documentary film directed by Neven Hitrec.
  • Practical Guide to Belgrade with Singing and Crying
    Julie Gayet, Jean-Marc Barr, Anita Mancic
    Practical Guide to Belgrade with Singing and Crying is a 2011 comedy drama romance film written by Stefan Arsenijevic and Bojan Vuletic and directed by Bojan Vuletic.