Discover the best of Montenegrin cinema, film, and television
Discover the definitive list of popular and critically-acclaimed movies and TV shows from Montenegro. Find your next binge-watch, streaming on Netflix, HBO, Hulu, Prime Video, and other top services!
The cinema of Montenegro
Montenegrin cinema is a world of dramatic mountains and sharp, dark humour, a film culture with a character as rugged and soulful as its stunning Adriatic coastline. As one of the world's youngest countries, its modern cinematic story is one of fresh, independent energy. For years, its filmmakers contributed to the broader Yugoslav film scene, but since independence, a distinctly Montenegrin voice has come into its own. A new generation of directors has earned festival acclaim by exploring the nation's unique identity. They often use a wonderfully black, satirical humour to look at the transition from an old world to a new one, crafting stories about family and honour in a changing society. Director Ivan Salatić's beautifully atmospheric films, like You Have the Night, have been praised for their poetic and introspective style. The nation's jaw-dropping natural beauty, from the dramatic Bay of Kotor to its soaring mountain peaks, has also made it a star in its own right, attracting international productions, including a key role in the James Bond blockbuster Casino Royale. What makes Montenegrin cinema so compelling is this very blend of epic landscape and intimate, often very funny, human drama. It’s a cinema with a unique spirit, proudly telling its own stories from a fresh, new perspective.
Best Montenegrin series
Budva na pjenu od mora 2012
TV show depicts the clash of different value systems and mental components of the two Montenegrin families, one of Budva's old town, and other transitional from Niksic. Mima Karadzic plays Sava Bacic, a controversial businessman who anything he pleases in Budva, and builds high-rises. Mladen Nelevic plays the head of another family - Jova Radmilovic from Budva and a former police officer who wants to sell his piece of land. Things get complicated when love is born between Savo's daughter Bojana (Sanja Jovicevic) and Jovo's son Luka (Momcilo Otasevic).
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Jelena 2004
The story of Jelena is set to Serbia's capital Belgrad and it follows the life of an ordinary woman, who's not happy in love. She's married to Ratko and has two children Sasa and Lidija. Inspite of years that went by, Jelena never managed to forget Vuk, a love of her life she has been involved with in her youth. She was separated from Vuk under tragic and mysterious circumstances. After 3 decades in his wish to pursue justice, Vuk returns to his city bringing his daughter Helen with him. His attempt to clarify what happened and to prove the truth is sabotaged by Jelena's husband who keeps failing in business more and more. Even though he loves Jelena, he has a relationship with Sofija, the owner of a modeling agency. Nobody expects that the accidental encounter between Sasa and Helen will become fatal once they decided to start the life together.
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Volim i ja nerandze... no trpim 1992
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Oriđinali 1996
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Best Montenegrin movies
The Beauty of Vice 1986
In the mountains of Montenegro people have lived by strict and Draconian laws for centuries, almost untouched by modern civilization. However, a young couple are going to seek their fortune on the more liberal coast and there they find jobs in the nudist colony. Hundreds of naked bodies and atmosphere of joie d'vivre make the husband and wife question their rigid way of life.
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Ajvar 2019
Vida and Bane are married couple who have been living in Scandinavia for a long time. They have successful careers, enough money for a decent life and a dog, but they do not have children.
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nokti 0
a nail-biting experimental film (literally)
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The Books of Knjige: Cases of Justice 2017
Who left a dead body on a farm of truck driver's of which the best quality milk is made? Who smuggles illegal Betangin tablets? Who set on fire policemen's hands? Why does the ominous rabbit shows up? Two brave but incompetent police inspectors are trying to find out all of this.
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Intro 2013
Andrej lives in a small industrial coastal town. The only escape from his bleak everyday reality is his affection for his friend Ana, which he is unable to express. His situation suddenly changes as various events lead him to a misfortune final encounter with her. The movie is set in the nineties, and through Andrejs story, it pays homage to a lost generation of children and youth growing up during the violent breakup of Yugoslavia.
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Debt to the Sea 2018
At the very entrance of Boka Kotorska there is fortress named Fortica, which served as border control or quarantine in the past when ships used to dock in the bay. The most common goods taxed was salt. Its geographical position was significant during 1920s as well, while some speculate that the main hero of this story, Perisa, accumulated his fortune exactly in this way...
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