The Best Emir Kusturica Movies, Ranked
32 credits from 1972 to 2024, ranked by the Movie Echo Score — a blend of critic reviews, audience ratings and lasting impact. Balkan Line (2019) comes out on top with a score of 75. The biggest box office hit is Life Is a Miracle (2004) with $5.36M worldwide. Below: the best films by genre and by decade, the most awarded and the newest releases.
Biggest Emir Kusturica Box Office Hits
Emir Kusturica's films have made $13.6M worldwide in total. Life Is a Miracle (2004) is the biggest hit at $5.36M, ahead of Promise Me This (2007) ($2.04M). Lifetime grosses, with each film's domestic share.
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Life Is a Miracle 2004 · Romance $5.36M - 2
Promise Me This 2007 · Comedy $2.04M - 3
7 Days in Havana 2011 · Drama $1.91M - 4
The Scapegoat 2013 · Drama $1.51M - 5
Nicostratos the Pelican 2011 · Comedy $755K - 6
Secret Journey 2006 · Drama $454K - 7
Black Cat, White Cat 1999 · Comedy $371K $351K dom. - 8
Arizona Dream 1994 · Drama $113K $113K dom. - 9
Strawberry in the Supermarket 2003 · Adventure $77.6K - 10
The Whirl 2012 · Mystery $39.7K
The Best Emir Kusturica Movie in Every Genre
The best-rated film in each genre Emir Kusturica has worked in, the genres with the most films first. Drama leads with 11 films, and 7 Days in Havana (2011) is the pick of them.
- Drama 11 films 7 Days in Havana 2011 · as Actor (segment "Jam Session")
- Comedy 4 films Promise Me This 2007 · Director
- Romance 2 films Life Is a Miracle 2004 · Director
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Action 1 film Balkan Line 2019 · as Taxi driver Movie Echo Score: 75 - Mystery 1 film The Whirl 2012 · as Bogdanov otac
- Adventure 1 film Strawberry in the Supermarket 2003 · as General
The Best Emir Kusturica Movie of Each Decade
One pick per decade of Emir Kusturica's career, newest decade first: the best-rated film of each ten years, from 1980s to 2010s.
The Latest Emir Kusturica Movies
The most recent films Emir Kusturica is credited on, newest first — starting with Balkan Line (2019). Open any of them for the cast, ratings, box office and where to watch.
- Balkan Line 2019 · Taxi driver
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On the Milky Road 2016 · Kosta -
The Ice Forest 2014 · Secondo -
Words with Gods 2014 · Monk (ep. "Our Life") - The Scapegoat 2013 · Stojil
- The Whirl 2012 · Bogdanov otac
- 7 Days in Havana 2011 · Actor (segment "Jam Session")
- Nicostratos the Pelican 2011 · Démosthène
- Promise Me This 2007 · Director
- Secret Journey 2006 · Harold
- Life Is a Miracle 2004 · Director
- Strawberry in the Supermarket 2003 · General
The Best Emir Kusturica Movies: Questions & Answers
The best-rated, highest-grossing, most awarded and newest Emir Kusturica films, answered from the rankings on this page.
What is the best Emir Kusturica movie?
Balkan Line (2019) is the best-rated Emir Kusturica film, with a Movie Echo Score of 75. The Movie Echo Score blends critic reviews, audience ratings and how well a film has lasted.
Balkan Line: cast, ratings & box office What is the highest-grossing Emir Kusturica movie?
Life Is a Miracle (2004) made the most at the box office, with $5.36M worldwide, followed by Promise Me This (2007) with $2.04M. Together, Emir Kusturica's films with box office figures have made $13.6M.
What is the best Emir Kusturica drama movie?
7 Days in Havana (2011) is the best-rated of Emir Kusturica's drama films. In other genres: Promise Me This (comedy), Life Is a Miracle (romance) and Balkan Line (action).
What is the newest Emir Kusturica movie?
The newest film on Emir Kusturica's filmography is Chaplin | Spirit of the Tramp (2024), with Emir Kusturica as Self.
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