Best Albanian thriller movies

Get ready to binge. We've found a collection of must-watch thriller films from Albania, now streaming on Netflix, HBO, Hulu, Prime Video, and other top services!

  • Poster for Bloodlands

    Bloodlands 2017

    A struggling family in Albania, wrestling with tradition, must unite against a mysterious clan's aggressions, leading to a 'blood feud' that is all too familiar in the Balkans.

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  • Poster for Waterdrop

    Waterdrop 2024

    Aida, 45 years old, city hall manager in a small Southern Albanian town by the shore of Ochrid Lake has to fight against the infernal machine of a corrupt system, of which she’s a herself a part of, when her teenage son Mark becomes involved in a rape scandal that could send him to jail.

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  • Poster for Alive!

    Alive! 2009

    A young college student from rural Albania leaves school to visit home, only to find himself embroiled in his family's deadly blood feud.

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  • Poster for Special Task

    Special Task 1963

    Tomori has managed to infiltrate a foreign agency and is trying to discover their secret documents, bases, and means of communication.

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  • Poster for Pharmakon

    Pharmakon 2012

    A young pharmacist enters into a casual relationship with a young woman alleged to be his father's secret mistress, in contemporary Tirana.

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  • Poster for Seven Lucky Gods

    Seven Lucky Gods 2014

    An illegal immigrant from Albania infiltrates the lives of a group of Londoners with devastating consequences.

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  • Poster for The Old Shell

    The Old Shell 1980

    Pandi has been recruited by foreign agents in order to collect information about a military plant where his friend Servet works. To achieve his goal, Pandi blackmails Servet with an old shell, used by Servet to accidentally injure a friend during the military service.

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  • Poster for Silent Duel

    Silent Duel 1967

    Spectacular film by successful director Dhimitër Anagnosti. Three people, Sergeant Rahmiu (Ndrek Luca), Islam (Reshat Arbana), and Bepini (Bujar Kapexhiu) hijack a military ship to emigrate to Italy. Along the way they encounter opposition in the sailor Skender Guri (Rikard Ljarja), who wants to turn the ship back to Albania. 4 people representing different layers of the postwar Albanian society merge and collide offshore, unfolding the political conflicts of that era.

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  • Poster for The Circle of Memory

    The Circle of Memory 1987

    Margarita Begolli, the portagonist of the film, returns to Albania after 25 years with her memory lost.

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  • Poster for The Trap

    The Trap 1983

    Two courtiers of king Zog are recruited by foreign agencies and come illegally in Albania. However, they get caught and interrogated, so the plans of the foreign agencies are thwarted.

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  • Poster for Traces in the Snow

    Traces in the Snow 1984

    Border guards discover footprints in the snow near the border and become suspicious.

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