8 Best Bosnian Movies to Watch

By Vlad Zakh · October 11, 2026

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Bosnian cinema is defined almost entirely by the war of the 1990s and its long aftermath, and its two Oscar-nominated exports both tackle that history with real, unflinching directness.

Death in Sarajevo (2016) 01

Death in Sarajevo (2016)

IMDb ★ 6.6

A luxury hotel's staff and guests collide on the 100th anniversary of Franz Ferdinand's assassination.

Circles (2013) 02

Circles (2013)

IMDb ★ 6.7

One act of wartime kindness ripples outward across several interconnected lives a decade later.

Fuse (2003) 03

Fuse (2003)

IMDb ★ 6.5

A small town's planned visit from the U.S. president exposes lingering ethnic tension left over from the war.

Grbavica (2006) 04

Grbavica (2006)

IMDb ★ 7.2

A single mother's guarded silence about her daughter's conception unravels years after the war.

Quo Vadis, Aida? (2020) 05

Quo Vadis, Aida? (2020)

IMDb ★ 7.8

A UN translator races to save her family during the real Srebrenica genocide unfolding around her.

No Man's Land (2001) 06

No Man's Land (2001)

IMDb ★ 7.9

Two enemy soldiers are trapped together in the same trench with a third man on a live land mine.

An Episode in the Life of an Iron Picker (2013) 07

An Episode in the Life of an Iron Picker (2013)

IMDb ★ 7.1

A struggling Roma family scrapes together money for an urgent medical procedure their health system denies them.

Grbavica: The Land of My Dreams (2006) 08

Grbavica: The Land of My Dreams (2006)

IMDb ★ 7.2

A single mother in postwar Sarajevo hides the brutal truth of her daughter's conception from a wartime rape.

Vlad Zakh

Vlad Zakh

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