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10 Best Movies Like Balkan Express

If you loved Balkan Express, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Pretty Village, Pretty Flame

Pretty Village, Pretty Flame

1996★ 7.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Balkan Express for fans of War. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

In the opening stages of the Bosnian War, a small group of Serbian soldiers are trapped in a tunnel by a Muslim force....

#2
The Dog Who Loved Trains

The Dog Who Loved Trains

1977★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Balkan Express for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A fugitive girl, a stuntman and a young man who lost his dog quite some time before, are joining together on a trip to reach each of their own destination. A youngster gets emotion...

#3
The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun

The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun

2021★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Balkan Express for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

The staff of an American magazine based in France puts out its last issue, with stories featuring an artist sentenced to life imprisonment, student riots, and a kidnapping resolved...

#4
Hook

Hook

1991★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Balkan Express for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

The boy who wasn't supposed to grow up—Peter Pan—does just that, becoming a soulless corporate lawyer whose workaholism could cost him his wife and kids. During his trip to see Gra...

#5
Tropic Thunder

Tropic Thunder

2008★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Balkan Express for fans of Comedy & War. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A group of self-absorbed actors set out to make the most expensive war film ever. After ballooning costs force the studio to cancel the movie, the frustrated director refuses to st...

#6
The Godfather

The Godfather

1972★ 8.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Balkan Express for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Spanning the years 1945 to 1955, a chronicle of the fictional Italian-American Corleone crime family. When organized crime family patriarch, Vito Corleone barely survives an attemp...