This is a list of the most notable Yugoslav cinema films.
1940s Year Title Director 1947 Slavica Vjekoslav Afrić 1948 Na svoji zemlji France Štiglic 1949 Barba Žvane Vjekoslav Afrić 1949 Zastava Branko Marjanović
1950s Title Director Cast Genre Notes 1950 Jezero Radivoje-Lola Đukić 1951 1952Ciguli MiguliBranko Marjanović ComedyBanned by the authorities until 1977FrosinaVojislav NanovicMeri BoskovaAco JovanovskiLjuba ArsovaPetar PrlickoDrama 1953 Daleko je sunce Radoš Novaković 1954 The House on the Coast Bosko Kosanovic René Deltgen, Nadja Regin, Sybille Schmitz Drama Co-production with West Germany 1955HankaSlavko Vorkapić Entered into the 1956 Cannes Film Festival 1956Ne okreći se sine Branko Bauer Bert SolarZlatko Lukman Drama Won Golden Arena for Best Film at Pula Film Festival (1956)Valley of Peace France Štiglic Entered into the 1957 Cannes Film FestivalNe okreći se sineBranko Bauer 1957It Was Not in VainNikola Tanhofer HorrorEntered into the 7th Berlin International Film FestivalSubotom uvečeVladimir Pogačić 1958H-8Nikola TanhoferĐurđa IvezićBoris BuzančićAntun VrdoljakVanja DrachDramaWon Golden Arena for Best Film at Pula Film Festival (1958)The Sky Through the Trees Stole Janković Entered into the 1st Moscow International Film FestivalLa tempestaAlberto Lattuada 1959Kapò Gillo Pontecorvo Susan Strasberg Drama Italian-French-Yugoslav co-productionTrain Without a TimetableVeljko Bulajić Entered into the 1959 Cannes Film Festival
1960s Title Director Cast Genre Notes 1960A Corpse Hangs in the Web Fritz Böttger Alexander D'Arcy Science fiction The English version was featured in the last season of Mystery Science Theater 3000The Ninth CircleFrance ŠtiglicBoris DvornikDramaNominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film and entered into the 1960 Cannes Film FestivalAtomic War Bride (Rat)Veljko BulajicBata ŽivojinovićScience fictionThe Fourteenth DayZdravko Velimirović Entered into the 1961 Cannes Film Festival Kapo Gillo Pontecorvo Italian-French-Yugoslav coproductionPartizanske pričeStole JankovićLjubav i modaLjubomir RadičevićBolje je umetiVojislav Nanović 1961And Love Has VanishedAleksandar Petrović Entered into the 1962 Cannes Film FestivalBoatmen of Thessaloniki Zhivorad Mitrovik Ishtrev Begoli, Darko Damevski Drama Macedonian language filmComrade President Center-ForwardZorz SkriginMija AleksicOlivera MarkovićSeverin BijelićComedyNebeski odredBosko Boskovic, Ilija Nikolic Entered into the 2nd Moscow International Film FestivalMartin u oblacimaBranko BauerSolunski atentatoriŽika MitrovićParče plavog nebaToma JanjićLeto je krivo za svePuriša Đorđević 1962KozaraVeljko Bulajić Entered into the 3rd Moscow International Film FestivalTrial Orson Welles Anthony Perkins Drama / Fantasy based on the novel by Franz KafkaTaras Bulba J. Lee Thompson Yul BrynnerTony Curtis History / Adventure about Cossack clan on the Ukrainian steppesTreasure of Silver Lake Lex BarkerAdventureEurowestern, based on the novel by Karl MayNaš avtoFrantišek ČapPrekobrojnaBranko BauerZvižduk u 8Sava Mrmak 1963The Long ShipsJack CardiffRichard WidmarkSidney PoitierAdventureApache Gold Lex BarkerAdventureEurowestern, based on the novel by Karl MayOstravaPeter van EyckElke SommerDramaGerman–Yugoslav co-productionKozaraVeljko BulajićDesant na DrvarFadil Hadžić 1964Destination DeathWolfgang Staudte Entered into the 14th Berlin International Film FestivalMad SummerObrad GluščevićBeba LončarMilutin MićovićMilena DravićLjubiša SamardžićComedyOld ShatterhandHugo FregoneseLex BarkerAdventureEurowestern, based on the novel by Karl MayPrometheus of the IslandVatroslav Mimica Entered into the 4th Moscow International Film FestivalLast of the Renegades Lex BarkerAdventureEurowestern, based on the novel by Karl MayAmong Vultures Stewart GrangerAdventureEurowestern, based on the novel by Karl MaySkoplje '63Veljko Bulajić DocumentaryScreened at the 1964 Cannes Film FestivalSlužbeni položajFadil Hadžić 1965Čovek nije tica Dušan Makavejev Drama Genghis Khan Henry Levin Omar Sharif History / Adventure depicting the life and conquests of the Mongol emperor Genghis KhanThe Oil Prince Stewart Granger Adventure Eurowestern, based on the novel by Karl MayThe Desperado Trail Lex Barker Adventure Eurowestern, based on the novel by Karl MayOld Surehand Stewart Granger Adventure Eurowestern, based on the novel by Karl May 1966 The Climber Vladan Slijepčević Entered into the 5th Moscow International Film Festival The Dream Mladomir Puriša Đorđević Entered into the 17th Berlin International Film Festival Rondo Zvonimir Berković Relja BašićMilena DravićStevo ŽigonDramaMilena Dravić won a Silver Arena award for "Best Actor" at Pula Film Festival (1966)Half-Breed Lex Barker Adventure Eurowestern, based on the novel by Karl MayWinnetou and Old Firehand Rod Cameron Adventure Eurowestern, based on the novel by Karl MayTople godineDragoslav LazićOrlovi rano leteSoja JovanovićKako su se voleli Romeo i Julija 1967Love Affair, or the Case of the Missing Switchboard OperatorDusan MakavejevEva RasSlobodan AligrudicRuzica Sokic Skupljači perjaAleksandar Petrović Bekim FehmiuOlivera VucoVelimir 'Bata' ŽivojinovićGordana Jovanović Drama Nominated for Best Foreign Language Film Oscar (1968) Won FIPRESCI Prize at Cannes Film Festival, Grand Jury Prize, Palme d'Or nom at the 1967 Cannes Film Festival. Golden Globes foreign nom (1969)Playing SoldiersBahrudin Čengić Was due to compete at the 1968 Cannes Film FestivalThe Rats Woke UpŽivojin Pavlović Won the Silver Bear for Best Director at BerlinSteps Through MistŽorž SkriginHusein ČokićBora TodorovićMilan SrdočPartisan film 1968Innocence UnprotectedDušan MakavejevDragoljub Aleksić Won the Jury Grand Prix at BerlinBiće skoro propast svetaAleksandar PetrovićAnnie GirardotIvan PalúchMija AleksićEva RasDramaNominated for a Palme d'Or (Golden Palm) at the 1969 Cannes Film FestivalU raskorakuMilenko Strbac Entered into the BerlinWinnetou and Shatterhand in the Valley of Death Lex BarkerAdventureEurowestern, based on the novel by Karl MayPodnePuriša ĐorđevićPre istineVojislav Kokan Rakonjac 1969The Battle of NeretvaVeljko BulajićSergei BondarchukYul BrynnerMilena DravićBata ŽivojinovićLjubisa SamardzicBoris DvornikFranco NeroWar filmNominated for Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film (1970)Fräulein Doktor Alberto Lattuada Suzy Kendall, Kenneth More War spy Co-production with ItalyHandcuffsKrsto Papić Most (The Bridge, Savage Bridge)Hajrudin KrvavacBata ŽivojinovićSlobodan PerovićBoris DvornikRelja BašićJovan Janićijević BurdušWar filmPopularized the Italian partisan ballad Bella ciao in many Communist countries.Rani radoviŽelimir Žilnik Won the Golden Bear at BerlinWhen You Hear the BellsAntun Vrdoljak Entered into the 6th Moscow International Film FestivalZasedaŽivojin Pavlović
1970s Title Director Cast Genre Notes 1970 Kelly's Heroes Brian G. Hutton Clint Eastwood Donald Sutherland War film co-production One Song a Day Takes Mischief Away Krešo Golik Franjo Majetić Red Wheat Živojin Pavlović Entered into the 21st Berlin International Film FestivalHe Who Sings Means No HarmKrešimir Golik Franjo MajetićMirjana BohanecTomislav Žganec Comedy drama 1971 Black Seed Kiril Cenevski Entered into the 7th Moscow International Film Festival W.R.: Mysteries of the OrganismDušan Makavejev Milena DravićIvica VidovićJagoda Kaloper Political satireSex comedy Interfilm Award/FIPRESCI Prize at Berlin Festival (1971)The Role of My Family in the RevolutionBahrudin ČengićEntered into the 32nd Venice International Film Festival 1972 Score Radley Metzger Claire Wilbur Drama/Comedy one of the first films to explore bi-sexual relationships Traces of a Black Haired Girl Zdravko Randic Entered into the 22nd Berlin International Film FestivalValter brani SarajevoHajrudin Krvavac 1973The Battle of Sutjeska Stipe Delić Entered into the 8th Moscow International Film FestivalLeptirica Đorđe Kadijević Mirjana Nikolić Petar Božović Slobodan Petrović Horror Television filmBombašiPredrag Golubović 1974A Performance of Hamlet in the Village of Mrdusa DonjaKrsto Papić Entered into the 24th Berlin International Film FestivalSB zatvara krugMiomir StamenkovićUžička republikaŽika MitrovićPartizaniStole JankovićCrveni udarPredrag Golubović 1975BackboneVlatko Gilic HorrorEntered into the 1977 Cannes Film FestivalThe Republic of Užice Žika Mitrović Entered into the 9th Moscow International Film FestivalDoktor MladenMidhat Mutapdžić 1976Čuvar plaže u zimskom periodu Goran Paskaljević Entered into the 26th Berlin International Film FestivalIdealist Igor Pretnar Entered into the 10th Moscow International Film FestivalIzbavitelj The Rat Savior Krsto Papić Ivica Vidović Horror/Science fiction Vlak u snijegu Mate Relja Slavko ŠtimacEdo Peročević Children's film The Widowhood of Karolina Zasler Matjaž Klopčič Entered into the 27th Berlin International Film FestivalVrhovi ZelengoreZdravko Velimirović 1977The Dog Who Loved Trains Goran Paskaljević Entered into the 28th Berlin International Film FestivalFoolish Years Zoran Čalić Dragomir Bojanić Gidra Comedy/Romance Akcija stadion Dušan Vukotić Igor Galo War drama 1978Bravo maestroRajko Grlić Entered into the 1978 Cannes Film FestivalDestinies Predrag Golubovic Miroljub Leso, Mirceta Vujicic Drama Moment Stole Janković Entered into the 11th Moscow International Film FestivalOccupation in 26 Pictures Lordan Zafranović Entered into the 1979 Cannes Film FestivalPaviljon VI Lucian Pintilie Entered into the 1979 Cannes Film FestivalNije negoMilivoje Mića MiloševićDvoboj za južnu pruguZdravko VelimirovićBoško BuhaBranko Bauer 1979 Partizanska eskadrila Hajrudin Krvavac Osvajanje slobodeZdravko Šotra
1980s Title Director Cast Genre Notes 1980 Ko to tamo pevaSlobodan ŠijanPavle VujisićDragan NikolićBata StojkovićBoro StjepanovićComedy drama Won Special Jury Award at Montréal World Film Festival (1981) Voted as Best Yugoslav Movie of 1947–95 Period by members of the Yugoslavian Board of the Academy of Film Art and Science (AFUN) (1996). Screened at the 1981 Cannes Film FestivalSpecial TreatmentGoran Paskaljević Entered into the 1980 Cannes Film FestivalDays of Dreams Vlatko Gilic Entered into the 1980 Cannes Film FestivalSee You in the Next War Živojin Pavlović Screened at the 1982 Cannes Film FestivalTajna Nikole TesleKrsto Papić 1981Do You Remember Dolly Bell? Emir KusturicaSlavko ŠtimacSlobodan AligrudićLjiljana BlagojevićMira BanjacDramaWon Critics Award São Paulo International Film Festival (1982)