Best Montenegrin drama movies
A curated collection of popular drama movies from Montenegro.
For Our Children (2023)
For Our Children (2023)
Everything happens from the perspective of a young girl who, by sheer circumstances and against her own will, finds herself to be a part of social milieu during local elections.
The Ascent (2011)
The Ascent (2011)
Jovan has just graduated from literature and struggles to finish his first novel. He decides to go to his friend's country estate in order to dedicate himself to writing in peace. At the estate, which is situated in obscured mountain's landscape, live farmers - one very strange family which doesn't have contact with civilization. They are illiterate, they live in unclearly defined sexual relations and they are devoted to nature. Zeko, head of the family, is sadist authority whose word, will and unique world-view can't be challenged by family members. Jovan slowly gets used to life with them, and decides to stay with them a little longer. But, it's not on him to decide how much longer.
Iskra (2017)
Iskra (2017)
Petar is a retired detective and all he has left is his daughter Iskra. His pensioner's days are interrupted when Iskra disappears. The pursuit to find Iskra begins and the investigation takes Petar back to his past.
Ajvar (2019)
Intro (2013)
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.
Lazy Guy (2018)
Lazy Guy (2018)
"Lazy Guy" is a look at the life of many youth and their families in Montenegro's capital city, Podgorica. Through the story of a young man struggling to find a job, the film attempts to show the culture, economic conditions of the country and how the normalization of corruption and dishonesty has led to despair and apathy."Lazy Guy" refers to the stereotyping of Montenegrins as lazy people. Through the experience of the main character, fighting against chronic hardship and disillusionment, in an environment knowing little prosperity, we should come to see the error of the label.
After the Winter (2022)
After the Winter (2022)
Five childhood friends from a small Montenegrin town have gradually moved away to different corners of the former Yugoslavia, yet they remain in contact, aware that their long-time friendship continues to play a fundamental role in their lives.
Shelters (2014)
Shelters (2014)
Luka moves to a small coastal town to live with his aunt, while his parents are in the middle of a divorce. A sense of numbness seems to hang above the town, but there is also Jana, a girl from the neighborhood who loves to sunbathe. The end of a lazy summer is near...
You Have the Night (2018)
You Have the Night (2018)
After leaving the ship on which she works, Sanja finds herself stranded, with nowhere to go but home. The shipyard has filed for bankruptcy, leaving many workers out of work. A storm comes; one life is lost. Luka is waiting for the night in the woods. The night when everything could change.
Barley (2021)
Barley (2021)
Jakov invites his old friend Petar, who lives abroad, to be the godfather at his daughter's baptism. His arrival awakens deeply suppressed memories of their relationship, and Petar fails to resist his temptation and secretly tries to reach Jakov, who's aware that he has taken a false identity in order to assimilate into the milieu.