The Uncle (Croatian: Stric) is a 2022 psychological thriller film written and directed by David Kapac and Andrija Mardešić.

[1] Set in Yugoslavia during the late 1980s, the film opens with a Croatian family, Father, mother and their adolescent son, hastily preparing for a Christmas Eve dinner where they'll be joined by their Uncle, who is coming to visit from Germany.

They sit down to eat dinner, which is suddenly interrupted by the ringing of a mobile phone, implying a different time period than initially assumed.

They spend their evening decorating the Christmas tree, dancing, watching TV and eating biscuits, all of which go wrong in different ways.

"[3] The film draws inspiration from and has been compared to the works of Michael Haneke and Yorgos Lanthimos, due to its undertones of social commentary and a tense and unnerving atmosphere.