Life Is a Miracle (
2004) | IMDb:
7.5
Set during the Bosnian war in the early 1990s, Luka is a mild-mannered railway clerk whose life is turned upside down, not just by the outbreak of the war, but when his wife runs off with a local musician. Then Luka's son is conscripted and eventually captured in the fighting. To recover his son, Luka is commanded to guard a pretty young Muslim nurse who will be used in a hostage swapping operation.
Starring:
Slavko Štimac
,
Nataša Tapušković
,
Vesna Trivalić
,
Vuk Kostić
,
Aleksandar Berček
,
Stribor Kusturica
Directed by:
Emir Kusturica
Underground (
1995) | IMDb:
8.1
A group of Serbian socialists prepares for the war in a surreal underground filled by parties, tragedies, love and hate.
Starring:
Miki Manojlović
,
Lazar Ristovski
,
Mirjana Joković
,
Slavko Štimac
,
Ernst Stötzner
,
Srđan Todorović
Directed by:
Emir Kusturica
Arizona Dream (
1993) | IMDb:
7.2
An Inuit hunter races his sled home with a fresh-caught halibut. This fish pervades the entire film, in real and imaginary form. Meanwhile, Axel tags fish in New York as a naturalist's gofer. He's happy there, but a messenger arrives to bring him to Arizona for his uncle's wedding. It's a ruse to get Axel into the family business. In Arizona, Axel meets two odd women: vivacious, needy, and plagued by neuroses and familial discord. He gets romantically involved with one, while the other, rich but depressed, plays accordion tunes to a gaggle of pet turtles.
Starring:
Johnny Depp
,
Jerry Lewis
,
Faye Dunaway
,
Lili Taylor
,
Vincent Gallo
,
Paulina Porizkova