The Best TV Shows on HRT 1

Every HRT 1 Show Ranked From Best To Worst

As of February 2026, we’ve curated over 20 of HRT 1’s premier shows for your viewing pleasure. Icons of HRT 1, Eurovision Song Contest and Smoggies made their debut in 1956 and 1982, setting industry standards. HRT 1’s extensive portfolio includes more than 20 shows, spanning the years from 1956 to 2025.

  • Operation Barbarossa
    Operation Barbarossa (1990)10.0

    Operation Barbarossa is a kids TV show, based on the novel The Mysterious Boy by Ivan Kušan. It is a story about a boy who for some time lives in the belief that he is to blame for the death of a friend, a peer, who drowned in the Sava river. In order to cover up his death, the boy takes his name (because he had just come to Zagreb when he disappeared) also goes to another school. Thus, in two shifts (before noon - afternoon), he tries to be a student in two schools and gets into many dramatic situations. The riddle is, of course, solved by Kušan's main character Koko.

  • Stylish in the Guests
    Stylish in the Guests (2008)9.0

    A widower from Split arrives in Zagreb for a medical checkup and disrupts his son’s family everyday.

  • The Diary of the Great Perica
    The Diary of the Great Perica (2021)9.0

    A sequel to One Song a Day Takes Mischief Away (1970) set in 1964.

  • Black-and-White World
    Black-and-White World (2015)8.9

    This show is about a time in former Yugoslavia, mostly City of Zagreb at the end of 70' and beginning of 80'. In a dramatic and humorous way it tries to describe a life of this great Yugoslavian era through 3 Generations of people. It's a story of love, family problems with a lot of influence of the Urban Culture and Music scene in Yugoslavia. A time of great music in Yugoslavia such as Rock and New Wave but also somewhat turbulent time right after Tito died.

  • Blaž među ženama
    Blaž među ženama (2025)8.0

  • Shame
    Shame (2024)7.7

    The Croatian international remake of Norwegian Skam. Following the lives of teenagers that attend high school, Sram explores everyday issues of teenage life, such as their friendships, romantic relationships and mental health.

  • Eurovision Song Contest
    Eurovision Song Contest (1956)7.1

    The Eurovision Song Contest is an international song competition, organised annually by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and featuring participants representing primarily European countries. Each participating country submits an original song to be performed on live television and radio, transmitted to national broadcasters via the EBU's Eurovision and Euroradio networks, with competing countries then casting votes for the other countries' songs to determine the winner.

  • The Silence
    The Silence (2021)7.1

    Dramatic events unfold in Croatia and Ukraine. The first girl drowned, the second one died from a drug overdose. The main suspect in these deaths, however, soon turns out to be innocent - and dead too. While detective Vladimir and reporter Stribor struggle to solve these murders in Croatia, the niece of Olga, an Ukrainian philanthropist, goes missing in Kyiv.

  • Smoggies
    Smoggies (1982)6.2

    The adventures of a numerous family Vragec, who live in a suburban settlement "Naselak" in Croatia's capital Zagreb.

  • The Paper
    The Paper (2016)6.2

    The last independent newsroom in the country is taken over by a construction magnate for the reasons that have nothing to do with love or respect for journalism.

  • Mountain
    Mountain (2023)6.0

    Procedural drama television series that follows a mountain rescue team. Episodes feature rescue missions ranging from illegal activities, natural disasters, and reckless conduct - to lighter fares such as eternally unprepared tourists.

  • You're Lying, Melita
    You're Lying, Melita (1983)N/A

    "You're lying, Melita" is a Croatian television miniseries from 1983. about a little girl who thinks there's nothing wrong with choosing not to tell the truth. Based on a short novel by Ivan Kušan.

  • Dora: Croatia's Eurovision National Selection
    Dora: Croatia's Eurovision National Selection (1993)N/A

    Dora is the national selection used by Croatia to select its entry for the Eurovision Song Contest.

  • Stormy Silence
    Stormy Silence (1997)N/A

    The series focuses on the Croatian struggle for independence, dating as far back as 1895.

  • Odmori se, zaslužio si
    Odmori se, zaslužio si (2006)N/A

  • Misho and Robin
    Misho and Robin (2016)N/A

    Misho, a little curious cat, and Robin, a wise little robin, are best friends and an inseparable duo in their shenanigans and adventures.

  • Missing
    Missing (2020)N/A

    After a military operation of limited operation, six Croatian soldiers (Prka, Sikira, Nervoza, Gradski, Delon and Pape) remained behind the enemy lines for 10 days before being cut off from the enemy lines. Soldiers have not known each other all their lives and have been brought together by war. People of different profiles meet.

  • Mrkomir the First
    Mrkomir the First (2021)N/A

    The plot of the series takes place in the early Middle Ages. Prince Mrkomir rules in Klis, along with the conspirator Slavomir, the head of the KOA, which is an abbreviation for the Rector's Intelligence Agency.

  • Minus and Plus
    Minus and Plus (2021)N/A

    A girl from Dalmatia, Lucija and Kruno a young lawyer from Zagreb, impulsively decided to get married, after only a month of acquaintance. They really start to know each other after the wedding, their lives get spiced up with many surprises. Lucija and Kruno are completely different in character and mentality: she is a carefree and cheerful Dalmatian, at the same time frivolous and superficial, he is more serious, more calm, but at the same time he's a panic who sees disaster in everything. When their distinctive relatives join in in the mix, it takes a lot of love and patience to overcome all the differences.

  • The One and Only
    The One and Only (2022)N/A

    An intriguing history of Yugoslav nuclear program that proposed to build an atomic bomb and 16 nuclear facilities on Yugoslav soil. Only one project came to fruition, the nuclear power plant in Krsko, Slovenia.