Discover the best of Croatian cinema, film, and television
Discover the definitive list of popular and critically-acclaimed movies and TV shows from Croatia. Find your next binge-watch, streaming on Netflix, HBO, Hulu, Prime Video, and other top services!
The cinema of Croatia
Croatian cinema is a film culture bathed in Mediterranean light and set against the breathtaking Adriatic coast, known for its world-class animation, sharp wit, and soulful dramas. Its artistic roots are deep, particularly in the globally celebrated Zagreb School of Animation. For decades, this studio produced innovative and artistically daring short films that won major awards around the world, establishing a powerful creative legacy. In the 1990s, a new wave of live-action filmmakers emerged. Directors like Vinko Brešan became masters of the dark comedy, using razor-sharp satire to tackle the recent past in beloved films like How the War Started on My Island. This unique ability to blend serious themes with brilliant humour became a hallmark of the national cinema. But perhaps Croatia's biggest role on the world stage has been as a star in its own right. The ancient walls of its cities famously became King's Landing in Game of Thrones, a role that transformed the country into a premier international filming destination and showcased its stunning beauty to hundreds of millions. What makes Croatian film culture so captivating is this wonderful contrast: a cinema that offers sun-kissed beauty alongside a sharp, satirical wit and a deeply soulful heart.
Best Croatian series
Success 2019
Follow the intertwining stories of four strangers who are bound together by a violent event.
72The Silence 2021
Dramatic events unfold in Croatia and Ukraine. The first girl drowned, the second one died from a drug overdose. The main suspect in these deaths, however, soon turns out to be innocent - and dead too. While detective Vladimir and reporter Stribor struggle to solve these murders in Croatia, the niece of Olga, an Ukrainian philanthropist, goes missing in Kyiv.
72Black-and-White World 2015
This show is about a time in former Yugoslavia, mostly City of Zagreb at the end of 70' and beginning of 80'. In a dramatic and humorous way it tries to describe a life of this great Yugoslavian era through 3 Generations of people. It's a story of love, family problems with a lot of influence of the Urban Culture and Music scene in Yugoslavia. A time of great music in Yugoslavia such as Rock and New Wave but also somewhat turbulent time right after Tito died.
84Punks and Princesses 2005
Bitange i princeze is a situation comedy type television show currently airing on Croatian Radio Television. The story is positioned in Zagreb, and it relies basically on group of people living in an apartment going through disasters in their life, falling in love, making it comical, similar to the plot in Friends. However, it contains elements of parody. For instance, as opposed to good relations between Friends, the characters are often fighting and making fun of each other, especially Irena Grobnik and Robert "Robi" Kumerle.
76SRAM 2024
The Croatian international remake of Norwegian Skam. Following the lives of teenagers that attend high school, Sram explores everyday issues of teenage life, such as their friendships, romantic relationships and mental health.
86The Paper 2016
The last independent newsroom in the country is taken over by a construction magnate for the reasons that have nothing to do with love or respect for journalism.
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Best Croatian movies
Robin Hood 2018
A war-hardened Crusader and his Moorish commander mount an audacious revolt against the corrupt English crown.
64Murina 2022
A teenage girl decides to replace her controlling father with his wealthy foreign friend during a weekend trip to the Adriatic Sea.
66The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent 2025
1993. A passenger train from Belgrade to Bar is stopped by paramilitary forces in an ethnic cleansing operation. As they haul off innocent civilians, only one man dares to stand up to them. This is the true story of a man who could not remain silent.
72The Priest's Children 2013
Don Fabijan is a young priest who comes to serve on an unnamed small island in the Adriatic. In order to help increase birth rate on the island, he decides to pierce condoms before they are sold. He therefore teams up with the newsagent Petar and the pharmacist Marin. After they abolish all forms of birth control on the entire island, the consequences become more and more complicated.
69ZG80 2016
ZG80 is a prequel of Metastaze. The movie brings back its characters to prewar Yugoslavia where they, as part of Bad Blue Boys, go on a football match in Belgrade to see Dinamo play against Crvena Zvezda. They encounter guest fans, their arch rivals Delije, in a series of events that lead to football fans war on the streets of Belgrade.
73The Constitution 2016
Four very different people live in the same building but avoid each other because of differences in how they live their lives, what they believe in, and where they come from. They would probably never exchange a word, but misfortune pushes them towards each other. Their lives entangle in ways that profoundly challenge deep-held beliefs and prejudices surrounding material status, sexual orientation, nationality and religion. Slowly, and even painfully, they begin to open up to each other and recognize the essential humanity each of them possesses.
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