The Ottomans were a constant presence in Southeast Europe for a better part of five centuries and thus established strong roots in the area. Their influence is still felt in numerous ways, even though the Empire ceased to exist a century ago. This influence was expressed, in all sorts of media in numerous countries, of the region. One of these countries was Yugoslavia, whose movie industry was one of the most eminent in Southeast Europe and Europe in general. As far as the historical movies, made by the Yugoslav film industry, they were primarily focused on the events of the Second World War. The Yugoslavs still produced other historical films and some of them were focused on the period of the Ottoman Empire. The two types of films did cover different time periods, but with the same objective; to represent the Yugoslav peoples in a favourable light. Either by showing the ‘heroic’ resistance of the Yugoslav Partisans or the ‘oppressive’ Ottoman times. More or less both pictures generated by the films, were embellished. And the best way to enhance how good one side was and to demean the ‘other’ in the case of this paper - the Ottomans or the Turks as they were being called in Yugoslavia. Numerous films that were made, had a propagandic purpose and this was epitomised in the 1989 movie Battle of Kosovo, which was in a way a prelude to the Yugoslav wars of the 90s and the treatment of the ‘domestic Turks’ which is how they were derogatorily called as a Muslim population. This paper will cover and compare films such as Lažni car (1955), Nevesinjska puška (1963), Hasanaginica (1967), Derviš i smrt (1974), Boj na Kosovu (1989), and Nož (1999). These films were chosen because they represent a notable example of Yugoslav cinema, and the actors who played the main roles were for the most part well renowned.