Q: Is A Serbian Film on Netflix?

As of 2023, A Serbian Film is not available for viewing on Netflix. Edited versions can be streamed on Vudu and Amazon , while the unedited and uncensored version can be purchased on DVD and Blu-Ray via Amazon .

Question 1

What is the point of A Serbian Film? Is it art or trash?

Accepted Answer

Director Srđan Spasojević has insisted that his intentions about making A Serbian Film were purely artistic and political in nature. He has never wavered from his contention that it was a commentary on how the Serbian government uses its citizens as disposable prostitutes and slaves.

Whether or not Spasojević was sincere is up to the individual viewer. The very fact that the film inspired such polarized reactions should confirm the notion that whether a film is "art" or "trash" is strictly in the eyes of the beholder. One would have to view the film to form an opinion, but so many people who've actually viewed it were so horrified, that they warn people not to view it because they say it will scar them for life.

Question 2

Is it safe/Legal to watch A Serbian Film?

Accepted Answer

Since the film is available for purchase and streaming in both its unedited and censored forms, it is technically legal to watch it anywhere on Earth where the authorities have not banned access to Amazon.com. Whether it's "safe" to watch is an entirely different matter, though. Multiple reviewers claim they felt "scarred for life" after watching it and express extreme regret that they can't "unsee" what they've seen. Some reviewers have gone out of their way to warn people never to watch it lest they endure permanent psychological trauma.

Question 3

Is A Serbian Film on Netflix?

Accepted Answer

As of 2023, A Serbian Film is not available for viewing on Netflix. Edited versions can be streamed on Vudu and Amazon, while the unedited and uncensored version can be purchased on DVD and Blu-Ray via Amazon.

Question 4

Why do Horror exploitation films exist?

Accepted Answer

This is a subjective and philosophical question with no real objective answer. Some would speculate that the very existence of the horror genre appeals to the human need to be frightened, however safely. The fact that horror movies have gotten more and more graphic over the years suggests that for some people, horror is like a drug that won't satisfy them unless the dose is continually increased. Many people argue that there is simply no justification for portraying certain acts onscreen and that such films only exist to titillate the sick needs of a subsection of society. Others, such as director Srđan Spasojević, claim that depicting horrific acts can serve as a metaphor for a social order that is horrific and hypocritical at its very core.

Question 5

What countries have banned A Serbian Film?

Accepted Answer

The film has been officially banned in at least 46 countries, including Norway, Brazil, the Philippines, China, Australia, New Zealand, Spain, South Korea, Mexico, and England. It has experienced such an extremely limited theatrical run that as of early 2023, it’s total combined worldwide box-office receipts totaled only $1,550.

With extreme edits, it has been released in various forms in several countries, including United States and Great Britain. Its unedited and uncensored form was finally released in the USA on DVD in 2021. Interestingly, it has never been banned in Serbia.

Question 6

What are other movies like a serbian film?

Accepted Answer

Salo, or the 120 Days of Sodom (1975) in Pier Paolo Pasolini’s demented homage to fascist Italy, a group of sadists round up nine young boys and girls and subject them to four months of physical, sexual, and psychological torture. Cannibal Holocaust (1980) was such a realistic-looking depiction of cannibalistic activities deep in the Amazonian rainforest that its director, Ruggero Deodato, was criminally charged for producing it. Nekromantik (1988) is German director Jorg Buttgereit’s sickening tale of a couple who engages in necrophilic practices. Audition (1991) is Japanese director Takashi Miike’s stomach-turning story of a Japanese widower who “auditions” girls to become his new wife. Frontier(s) (2008) is an extremely graphic French film depicting a group of bank robbers locked in a life-or-death struggle against one another.

You can also reference our list of the most disturbing movies ever made for more intense cinematic experiences.

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