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10 famous stories set in Montenegro

Live snapshot of the top 10 most popular catalogue items (2026-09-05). Click any card to open this entry on the live map.

Browse 17 books, 35 movies and 1 game set in Montenegro.

Casino Royale

Casino Royale

Eon Productions-Stillking Films-Columbia Pictures-Studio Babelsberg-Danjaq-Casino Royale Productions-Government of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas-Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
movie

Le Chiffre a banker to the world's terrorists is scheduled to participate in a high-stakes poker game in Montenegro where he intends to use his winnings to establish his financial grip on the terrorist market. M sends…

Setting: MontenegroTime Period: 2000s
From Russia with Love

From Russia with Love

United Artists-Eon Productions-Danjaq
movie

Agent 007 is back in the second installment of the James Bond series this time battling a secret crime organization known as SPECTRE. Russians Rosa Klebb and Kronsteen are out to snatch a decoding device known as the…

Setting: Istanbul, Turkey; Venice, Italy; YugoslaviaTime Period: 1960s
Underground

Underground

Komuna-Barrandov Studio
movie

A group of Serbian socialists prepares for the war in a surreal underground filled by parties tragedies love and hate.

Setting: YugoslaviaTime Period: World War II; Cold War
Time of the Gypsies

Time of the Gypsies

Ljubavny Film-Kinema Sarajevo-Televizija Sarajevo
movie

In this luminous tale set in the former Yugoslavia Perhan an engaging young Romany with telekinetic powers is seduced by the quick-cash world of petty crime that threatens to destroy him and those he loves.

Setting: Former YugoslaviaTime Period: 1980s
Murder on the Orient Express

Murder on the Orient Express

by Agatha Christie
book

Just after midnight, a snowdrift stops the Orient Express in its tracks. The luxurious train is surprisingly full for the time of the year, but by the morning it is one passenger fewer. An American tycoon lies dead in…

Setting: ['Constantinople (Turkey)', 'Vinkovci (Croatia)', 'Yugoslavia', 'Aleppo, Syria']Time Period: 1934
When Father Was Away on Business

When Father Was Away on Business

Cannon Group-Forum Sarajevo-Centar film-Sutjeska Film
movie

Tito's break-up with Stalin in 1948 marked the beginning of not only confusing but also very dangerous years for many hard-core Yugoslav communists. A careless remark about the newspaper cartoon is enough for Mesha to…

Setting: YugoslaviaTime Period: 1948-1950s
Death Billiards

Death Billiards

Madhouse
movie

Death Billiards is one of the four anime works that each received 38 million yen (about US$480000) from the "2012 Young Animator Training Project." Just like in 2010 and 2011 the animation labor group received 214.5…

Setting: Fantasy: BarTime Period: Not known
Force 10 from Navarone

Force 10 from Navarone

Columbia Pictures-American International Pictures-Navarone Productions
movie

World War II 1943. Mallory and Miller the heroes who destroyed the guns of Navarone are sent to Yugoslavia in search of a ghost from the past.

Setting: YugoslaviaTime Period: World War II
Once Brothers

Once Brothers

NBA Entertainment-ESPN Films
movie

Drazen Petrovic and Vlade Divac were two friends who grew up together sharing the common bond of basketball. Together they lifted the Yugoslavian National team to unimaginable heights. After conquering Europe they both…

Setting: Yugoslavia; USATime Period: 1980s-1990s
Balkan Spy

Balkan Spy

Union film
movie

Convinced that his subtenant is a spy and an enemy of the state Ilija Čvorović falls into deep paranoia which leads to absurd and destructive chain of events.

Setting: YugoslaviaTime Period: 1980s

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