The Man from the Oak Forest (Serbo-Croatian: Čovek iz hrastove šume, Serbian Cyrillic: Човек из храстове шуме) is a 1964 Yugoslav film directed by Mića Popović.

Once a shepherd, thug and murderer Maksim terrorizes and commits crimes in remote mountain villages in the name of Chetnik ideology, although he refuses to associate with the local Chetnik movement and considers himself a free spirit.

His reputation earns him the nickname "the poet of death" (pesnik smrti).

Maksim falls in love with her, but becomes convinced that she is looking for gold, which is why he starts killing even more in order to get the money.

The Yugoslav Film Archive, in accordance with its authorities based on the Law on Cultural Heritage, declared one hundred Serbian feature films (1911–1999) as cultural heritage of great importance on December 28, 2016.