Best Serbian drama series
A curated collection of popular drama series from Serbia.
Air Bridge (2024)
Air Bridge (2024)
Its plot is bound to a specific time of the cathartic end of the World War II in Serbia. The heart of the story is a unique endeavor - the largest single rescue mission of downed Allied airmen in aviation history of all time, known as the “Halyard Mission”.
Time of Evil (2021)
Flat Hill (2013)
Flat Hill (2013)
Ravna Gora tells story of events after April War 1941. Serbia with accent on the Chetnic-Partisan conflict, at the beginning of World War II
Time of Death (2024)
Time of Death (2024)
The WWI is the focus of the tetralogy novel "Time of Death". It paints a broad picture of time, events, and human fates. Other than members of the Katic family, many historical individuals are among the primary heroes.
Constantine's Crossing (2024)
Constantine's Crossing (2024)
Nazi officers seek ancient relics with supernatural powers, once owned by Roman Emperor Constantine, that could aid their war effort during World War II.
Wounded Eagle (2008)
Wounded Eagle (2008)
Ranjeni orao was a Serbian television show produced in 2008 and aired on RTS1 during late 2008 and early 2009. The 17 episode series is based on the 1936 novel "Ranjeni orao" by Serbian author Mir Jam. The show had unprecedented success with the last episode averaging over 3 million viewers, making it the most watched Serbian television series ever made.
The Kalkan Circles (2021)
The Kalkan Circles (2021)
The clash between the two families in the small town hides a secret kept for decades. It is time to resolve it.
The Well (2022)
The Well (2022)
The main character – philosophy professor Radomir Pavlovic is at the peak of his power when he sets out on that journey – young enough and yet not old enough to understand everything that will befall him on that journey.
block 27 (2022)
block 27 (2022)
When a teenager disappears in the rough blocks of New Belgrade, his twin sister, ignored by the confused parents and the inefficient police, starts a search of her own.
The Secret of the Vineyard (2021)
The Secret of the Vineyard (2021)
The family of the rich businessman Vuk Tomovic from Subotica hides many secrets, but Vera, a single mother of two sons from Negotinska Krajina, also lives in fear that her secrets will not be revealed.
All These Plains (2010)
All These Plains (2010)
Series is based on the authentic 19th century story, following the destiny of Jagodic brothers, who own a rich and spacious property in Banat (Northeast Serbia). Their premature death stops every opportunity to continue their family lineage.
Pasjača (2025)
Pasjača (2025)
Nikola, a teacher from Belgrade, accepts a job in the remote mountain village of Gornik, unaware that deep-buried secrets await him there. At the same time, Lucija, an ambitious PhD in anthropology, arrives in the village to investigate a community that claims to be descendants of ancient Celts. However, the locals are not ready for change due to their fears and old legends, a mysterious past, and the suspicious motives of the new arrivals.
The World Champions (2016)
The World Champions (2016)
A story about four pioneers who fathered the “Yugoslav school of basketball” and whose merit is the development of this sport in Europe. They are Nebojša Popović, Borisav Stanković, Radomir Šaper and Aleksandar Nikolić. The central event is the crucial game at World Cup 1970 between Yugoslavia and the United States. From the point of view of the main character, Nebojša Popović, we follow the growth and life path of enthusiasts, whose professional work, ideas, and efforts made their major dream come true, the first gold medal for Yugoslavia in world championships.
Operation Sabre (2024)
Operation Sabre (2024)
Belgrade, 2003. When Serbian Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic is assassinated, the country plunges into chaos, and the authorities' response is to introduce a state of emergency. A turning point in recent Serbian history through the perspective of a journalist, a police officer, and a criminal.
The Family (2021)
The Family (2021)
The story takes place around 2001, which follows the last 48 hours of Slobodan Milošević's life together with his family at large until his arrest and subsequent extradition to The Hague.
The Roots (2018)
The Roots (2018)
The story of fictional Katić family. Vukašin returns home from the studies in France to tell his father Aćim and brother Đorđe that he plans to marry the daughter of his father's political opponent and enemy. Aćim threatens to wipe him out from the will and intricate family relations come to light. Đorđe and his wife have problems, because after 15 years of marriage they still have no children.
Toma (2023)
Toma (2023)
The tumultuous life, fantastic career, and volatile relationships of the legendary Yugoslav singer Toma Zdravkovic. The series follows the highs and lows of the famous bohemian and 'king of sorrow' that inspired his unique, timeless music.
Balkan Tavern (2025)
Balkan Tavern (2025)
Based on the life of a famous folk singer Aca Lukas, this TV series is mainly concentrated on questions of identity of main character Pedja Kovac. After circumstances his life turns from an ordinary musician into the most popular singer.
In the Clinch (2022)
In the Clinch (2022)
At the turning point of his life, 20-year-old Aljoša Kovač is trying to strike a balance between the expectations of his father Velja, the ambitions of his mother Mira, his own hard-to-achieve passion for music, and a love that is nearing its inevitable end.
Tycoon (2020)
Tycoon (2020)
Someone shoots at Serbian tycoon Vladan Simonovic. This makes Vladan initiate a private investigation that will open up "Pandora's box" with respect to his past and will lead to conflicts linked with the future of his mighty company.
Married But Single (2014)
Married But Single (2014)
This is a touching love story based on the novel by Mir Jam. The successful and young lawyer, Radmilo, is in love with a beautiful girl from Belgrade - Ljiljana, who he hasn't seen for years. She is in love with another man but, as he reveals that he is not willing to marry her, she accepts Radmilo's marriage proposal just to spite him. On their first wedding night she admits that she loves another and tries to leave the house but Radmilo asks her to give him three months so he could think of a good excuse for them to separate, since he lives in a small place where everyone knows (and talks about) everything. As it happens, during those three months emotions bloomed and what started with a fight continued with affection.
Nobel laureate (2024)
Nobel laureate (2024)
The eight-episode series follows the life of the writer Ivo Andrić during several months in the fall and winter of 1961, from the moment he found out he had won the Nobel Prize until he returned from the award ceremony, via Switzerland, to Belgrade. Each of the episodes has two parallel streams of narration: one, related to the year 1961, in which we follow Andrić's preparations for going to Stockholm, and the second, a subjective jump back to the past. Andrić's view of the key moments of his own life, which were almost always the key moments of the country where he lived and lives, the encounters and decisions he made, is full of questioning, doubts and re-evaluation. Through eight episodes, the most important, well-known and less well-known, paths that Andrić walked, the faces that surrounded him and the places where he lived during the winter of 1961 and throughout his life are revealed and followed.
Sunday (2024)
Sunday (2024)
The series reveals details of the upbringing of the famous Serbian singer Džej Ramadanovski and his journey to success and fame.
Faith and Conspiracy (2016)
Faith and Conspiracy (2016)
Story of forbidden love between Serbian guy and German girl in Vojvodina, Yugoslavia. Story begins in 1940's, just as war broke out and then goes threw this turbulent period to the 1960's, showing what was happening in Novi Sad. Germans have to fleed back to Germany, everything changed, but love remained
Golden Boy (2022)
Golden Boy (2022)
This is the story of a young, talented football player with a problematic temperament, who already in his youth, because of his talent, becomes the target of several interest groups.
Na terapiji (2009)
Na terapiji (2009)
"Na Terapiji" is consisted of 5 patient's cases including the psychiatrist himself.The series is made on a franchise "Be Tipul", originally written in Israel, later purchased and rewritten by HBO.
The Defender (2021)
The Defender (2021)
A legal suspense-drama based on high profile crimes that took place in the former Yugoslavia between 1955-1975. Each episode searches for both truth and motives from the perspective of the defense attorney who immerse themselves inside the mind, lives and relationships of each protagonist.
Bad Blood (2021)
Bad Blood (2021)
A story that follows three generations of a rich Serbian Christian family in the 19th century in the north of the then Ottoman Empire in the city of Vranje, who are fighting for survival through various moral crises, facing decline. Forbidden love, intrigue, murder, arranged marriages, revenge, friendship and enmity between Serbs, Albanians and Turks and the endangered position of women at that time
Undefeatable Heart (2011)
Undefeatable Heart (2011)
The action of the series was placed in the romantic thirties of the twentieth century and speaks of the impossible love between Miroslav Balsic, the poor young man from the province, and Milena Novakovic, the rich successor to the bank's director. This series, together with the "Wounded Eagle" and "The Sorrow of Her Mother," is a kind of trilogy created by the novels of well-known Serbian writer Milica Jakovljevic, Mir-Jam, and realized by the same authorial team. According to the motives of her novel, the script was written by Zdravko Šotra.Miroslav Balsic (Ivan Bosiljcic) is an unemployed graduate lawyer who sings at bars because of his inability to find a job in the profession. Although he completely lost hope of getting a job, one day he will receive a letter in which a bank manager from the province invites him to be a teacher to his son who has problems at school and who offers him permanent employment in the profession if he returns his son to the right path .However, Miloslav falls in love with the daughter of a banker, beautiful Milena Novakovic (Sloboda Micaljovic-Cetkovic) ...