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Movies about Refugees

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Casablanca(1942)

FSK: 6+ years
| 1h 42min | Drama, Romance / Love
4.1/5 (with 2,329 votes)

In Casablanca, Morocco in December 1941, a cynical American expatriate meets a former lover, with unforeseen complications.

The Old Oak(2023)

1h 53min | Drama
3.9/5 (with 26 votes)

A pub landlord in a previously thriving mining community struggles to hold onto his pub. Meanwhile, tensions rise in the town when Syrian refugees are placed in the empty houses in the community.

Directed by Ken Loach - With Dave Turner, Ebla Mari

The Kite Runner(2007)

FSK: 12+ years
| 2h 8min | Drama
3.7/5 (with 514 votes)

After spending years in California, Amir returns to his homeland in Afghanistan to help his old friend Hassan, whose son is in trouble.

Wasp Network(2020)

2h 8min | Drama, History, Thriller
3.1/5 (with 171 votes)

Havana, Cuba, 1990. René González, an airplane pilot, unexpectedly flees the country, leaving behind his wife Olga and his daughter Irma, and begins a new life in Miami, where he becomes a member of an anti-Castro organization.

Train of Life(1998)

1h 43min | Drama, Comedy, War
3.7/5 (with 123 votes)

In 1941, the inhabitants of a small Jewish village in Central Europe organize a fake deportation train so that they can escape the Nazis and flee to Palestine.

Exodus(1960)

3h 28min | War, Drama
3.3/5 (with 90 votes)

Ari Ben Canaan, a passionate member of the Jewish paramilitary group Haganah, attempts to transport 600 Jewish refugees on a dangerous voyage from Cyprus to Palestine on a ship named the Exodus. He faces obstruction from British forces, who will not grant the ship passage to its destination.

Capernaum(2018)

FSK: 12+ years
| 2h 6min | Drama
4.1/5 (with 716 votes)

Zain, a 12-year-old boy scrambling to survive on the streets of Beirut, sues his parents for having brought him into such an unjust world, where being a refugee with no documents means that your rights can easily be denied.

Directed by Nadine Labaki - With Nadine Labaki, Zain Al Rafeea, Yordanos Shiferaw

Transit(2018)

1h 41min | Drama, War, Romance / Love
3.3/5 (with 94 votes)

In an attempt to flee Nazi-occupied France, Georg assumes the identity of a dead author but soon finds himself stuck in Marseilles, where he falls in love with Maria, a young woman searching for her missing husband.

Opponent(2023)

1h 59min | Drama

In the aftermath of a devastating rumor, Iman and his family have been forced to flee Iran. As refugees, they end up in a run-down hotel in northern Sweden. Despite feeling powerless, Iman tries to maintain his role as the family patriarch. To increase their chances of asylum, he breaks a promise to his wife and joins the local wrestling club. As the rumours start to resurface, Iman’s fear and desperation begin to take a hold.

Directed by Milad Alami - With Payman Maadi, Marall Nasiri, Björn Elgerd

The Other Side of Hope(2017)

1h 41min | Comedy, Drama
3.5/5 (with 125 votes)

A restaurateur befriends a Syrian refugee who has recently arrived in Finland.

Combat Girls(2011)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 40min | Drama
3.5/5 (with 54 votes)

Marisa, a 20-year-old German girl, hates foreigners, Jews, cops, and everyone she finds guilty for the decline of her country. She provokes, drinks, fights and her next tattoo will be a portrait of Adolf Hitler. But Marisa's convictions begin to crumble when she meets a young Afghan refugee, and she learns that the black and white principles of her gang are not the only way.

Welcome to the Hartmanns(2016)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 53min | Comedy, Drama
3.2/5 (with 103 votes)

The Hartmann family is turned upside down when mother Angelika decides to take in the refugee Diallo, against her husband's will. Amidst the typical chaos of our time, hope remains that the family finds its stability, confidence and peace again - just like the whole country.

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Tori and Lokita(2022)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 28min | Drama
3.5/5 (with 29 votes)

In Belgium today, a young boy and an adolescent girl who have travelled alone from Africa pit their invincible friendship against the difficult conditions of their exile.

And Breathe Normally(2018)

1h 35min | Drama
3.4/5 (with 46 votes)

At the edge of Iceland’s Reykjanes peninsula, two women’s lives will intersect – for a brief moment – while trapped in circumstances unforeseen. Between a struggling Icelandic mother and an asylum seeker from Guinea-Bissau, a delicate bond will form as both strategize to get their lives back on track.

Directed by Ísold Uggadóttir - With Þorsteinn Bachmann

A Moment in the Reeds(2018)

1h 48min | Romance / Love, Drama
3.1/5 (with 28 votes)

Having moved to Paris for university, Leevi returns to his native Finland for the summer to help his estranged father renovate the family lake house so it can be sold. Tareq, a recent asylum seeker from Syria, has been hired to help with the work, and when Leevi's father has to return to town on business, the two young men establish a connection and embark on a romance set against the idyllic Finnish summer. However, looming over this chance encounter, is the father's imminent return to the lake house, the continuation of Leevi's studies abroad as well as Tareq's complex relationship with his family in Syria.

Directed by Mikko Mäkelä

Fahim(2019)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 47min | Drama, Kids & Family, Comedy
3.4/5 (with 67 votes)

Fahim Mohammad, a Bangladeshi immigrant, becomes a world junior chess champion in France.

Green Border(2023)

2h 27min | Drama
3.7/5 (with 10 votes)

In the treacherous and swampy forests that make up the so called “green border” between Belarus and Poland, refugees from the Middle East and Africa trying to reach the European Union are trapped in a geopolitical crisis cynically engineered by Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko. In an attempt to provoke Europe, refugees are lured to the border by propaganda promising easy passage to the EU. Pawns in this hidden war, the lives of Julia, a newly minted activist who has given up her comfortable life, Jan, a young border guard, and a Syrian family intertwine.

Directed by Agnieszka Holland - With Maja Ostaszewska, Behi Djanati Atai, Piotr Stramowski, Agata Kulesza, Maciej Stuhr, Jalal Altawil, ...

White Paradise(2023)

1h 33min | Thriller
3.5/5 (with 16 votes)

Samuel, a widower, is taking care of his 7-year-old daughter alone. Overwhelmed and stressed out, he decides to isolate in a chalet he was renovating with his wife in the Italian Alps. Indifferent to the anger of locals who help police to hunt down migrants, he comes across a woman who fled Afghanistan. Samuel decides to help her reach the border, thinking it will take them a few hours. But an agressive group of men comes after them….

Directed by Guillaume Renusson

Diamantino(2018)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 36min | Comedy, Science Fiction, Drama, Fantasy
3.1/5 (with 37 votes)

A disgraced soccer star seeks redemption but is exploited by a variety of causes hoping to capitalize on his celebrity.

Directed by Gabriel Abrantes, Daniel Schmidt - With Carloto Cotta, Carla Maciel, Cleo Diára

Antigone(2019)

1h 49min | Drama
3.4/5 (with 22 votes)

Sophie Deraspe’s adaptation of the classic Greek tragedy of the same name reimagines the story of a woman’s quest for justice as a commentary on the immigrant experience in contemporary Montreal.

Directed by Sophie Deraspe - With Nahéma Ricci, Nour Belkhiria, Antoine DesRochers, Paul Doucet, Jean-Sébastien Courchesne

Persona Non Grata(2015)

2h 19min | Drama, History, War
3.4/5 (with 3 votes)

The story of a Japanese diplomat, sometimes called the Schindler of Japan, and his life lading up to and after his decision to issue over 2,000 visas to Jewish refugees in Kaunas, Lithuania resulting in saving the lives of over 6,000 people. This is the story of a man who believed in doing all he could do for the benefit of his beloved Japan, including trying to keep her from becoming embroiled in a worldwide conflict he saw as inevitable. Along the way, he came face to face with the plight of the European Jews as they tried to escape the onslaught of the Nazi's and the rapidly advancing German army. Caught between the unbending policies of his country now bound by treaty with Nazi Germany and his awakening moral responsibilities, we follow his life from his early days in Manchuria to his eventual posting in Lithuania and his appointment with destiny which would forever brand him a hero.

11'09''01 September 11(2002)

2h 15min | Drama
3.3/5 (with 48 votes)

Filmmakers from all over the world provide short films – each of which is eleven minutes, nine seconds, and one frame of film in length – that offer differing perspectives on the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

Boat People(1982)

1h 49min | Drama
3.8/5 (with 18 votes)

A Japanese photojournalist revisits Vietnam after the liberation to document the nation, and begins following and documenting the young children from a poor Vietnamese family.

Turtle Beach(1992)

FSK: 18+ years
| 1h 30min | Thriller, Drama
1.9/5 (with 4 votes)

Reporter Judith Wilkes leaves her husband and two sons in Sydney and goes to Malaysia to cover the story of the Vietnamese boat people. She becomes romantically involved with Kanan, and strikes up a friendship with Lady Minou Hobday, who keeps a regular vigil at "Turtle Beach" where the refugees try to land secretly in the hope that one day her own children will arrive. Accompanying Minou one night, Judith witnesses a brutal massacre by the Malaysians which spurs her on to expose the horrors of the internment camps at Bidong.

Refugee(2000)

3.1/5 (with 7 votes)

The films tells the story of an un-named Indian Muslim, who helps illegal refugees from both India and Pakistan to cross the border through the Great Rann of Kutch. The film is attributed to have been inspired by the short story "Love Across the Salt Desert" by Keki N. Daruwalla.

Shikara(2020)

1h 58min | Drama, Romance / Love
2.5/5 (with 3 votes)

Shikara is the untold story of Kashmiri Pandits' forced exodus. It is the story of resilience in the face of insurmountable odds. It is also the story of a love that remains unextinguished through 30 years of exile. A timeless love story in the worst of times.

Directed by Vidhu Vinod Chopra

Mother of Mine(2005)

1h 51min | Drama, War
3.3/5 (with 19 votes)

1943: Nine-year-old Eero whose father is killed during the war is brought to Sweden to foster parents to his protection like thousands of other Finnish children. Eero feels lost, particularly as his foster mother Signe behaves very unfriendly. She was expecting a little girl and still mourns for her daughter who drowned in the sea.

As Far as I Can Walk(2022)

1h 32min | Drama

Strahinja and his wife Ababuo left Ghana with a dream of a better life in Europe. Instead of reaching the western part of the continent, they were deported back to Serbia. Strahinja has started to build himself a career, while Ababuo is unable to fulfil her ambitions and she feels increasingly frustrated. When she disappears one day, Strahinja sets out to find her… A crystal clear, humanistic story about the need to find one’s place in the world. It’s also a tale of love, the most profound testimony of which might also be the most painful.

Directed by Stefan Arsenijević - With Ibrahim Koma, Maxim Khalil, Nebojša Dugalić

Dreaming Lhasa(2007)

1h 30min | Drama, Romance / Love
2.5/5 (with 3 votes)

Karma, a Tibetan filmmaker from New York, goes to Dharamsala, the Dalai Lama's exile headquarters in northern India, to make a documentary about former political prisoners who have escaped from Tibet. She wants to reconnect with her roots but is also escaping a deteriorating relationship back home.One of Karma's interviewees is Dhondup, an enigmatic ex-monk who has just escaped from Tibet. He confides in her that his real reason for coming to India is to fulfill his dying mother's last wish, to deliver a charm box to a long-missing resistance fighter. Karma finds herself unwittingly falling in love with Dhondup even as she is sucked into the passion of his quest, which becomes a journey into Tibet's fractured past and a voyage of self-discovery.

Directed by Ritu Sarin

Fear(2020)

1h 40min | Drama, Romance / Love
3.7/5 (with 5 votes)

Svetla, a widow who lost her job recently is living next to the Bulgarian-Turkish border. There are many cases of refugees in her village due to it's location. One day she meets a refugee from Africa and this changes her life.

Directed by Ivaylo Hristov
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