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Movies: Best "child soldier" Movies


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Tears of the Sun(2003)

FSK: 16+ years
| 2h 1min | War, Action, Drama
3.4/5 (with 972 votes)

Navy SEAL Lieutenant A.K. Waters and his elite squadron of tactical specialists are forced to choose between their duty and their humanity, between following orders by ignoring the conflict that surrounds them, or finding the courage to follow their conscience and protect a group of innocent refugees. When the democratic government of Nigeria collapses and the country is taken over by a ruthless military dictator, Waters, a fiercely loyal and hardened veteran is dispatched on a routine mission to retrieve a Doctors Without Borders physician.

Innocent Voices(2005)

2h | Drama, War
4.1/5 (with 197 votes)

A young boy, in an effort to have a normal childhood in 1980s El Salvador, is caught up in a dramatic fight for his life as he desperately tries to avoid the war which is raging all around him.

Monos(2019)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 43min | Drama, War
3.4/5 (with 162 votes)

On a faraway mountaintop, eight kids with guns watch over a hostage and a conscripted milk cow.

Beasts of No Nation(2015)

FSK: 12+ years
| 2h 17min | Drama, War
3.8/5 (with 764 votes)

Based on the experiences of Agu, a child fighting in the civil war of an unnamed, fictional West African country. Follows Agu's journey as he's forced to join a group of soldiers. While he fears his commander and many of the men around him, his fledgling childhood has been brutally shattered by the war raging through his country, and he is at first torn between conflicting revulsion and fascination.

Assassination Classroom(2015)

3.6/5 (with 80 votes)

A mysterious creature destroys 70% of the moon. The creature then warns that if he is not destroyed by March of next year, Earth will be next. The creature also demands that he becomes the homeroom teacher for 3rd grade E class at Kunugigaoka Junior High School. The government is powerless to say no. The creature then becomes the homeroom teacher of 3rd grade E class which consists of failed students including Nagisa Shiota (Ryosuke Yamada). The creature is called Teacher Koro. Meanwhile, the government requests that the students try to kill Teacher Koro even though he possesses super powers. The government offers a 10 billion yen reward for whomever successfully kills him. The students are confused by the situation, but decide to kill Teacher Koro. When their class begins with Teacher Koro, the students finds themselves having a good time with their new teacher.

War Witch(2012)

1h 30min | Drama, War
3.3/5 (with 41 votes)

Somewhere in Sub-Saharan Africa, Komona a 14-year-old girl tells her unborn child growing inside her the story of her life since she has been at war. Everything started when she was abducted by the rebel army at the age of 12.

Directed by Kim Nguyen - With Rachel Mwanza

Johnny Mad Dog(2008)

1h 37min | Drama, History, War
3.2/5 (with 27 votes)

A cast of unknown performers are used in this drama about child soldiers fighting a war in an unnamed African country.

Ballad of the Little Soldier(1984)

46min | Documentary
3.1/5 (with 12 votes)

Ballad of the Little Soldier is a 1984 documentary film about child soldiers in Nicaragua.

Directed by Werner Herzog

Peaceful Nights(2022)

1.0/5 (with 1 vote)

In war times, a 9 year old child soldier meets a 11 year old refugee girl during a warm night. As the night goes on, they experience things that makes them change. When the night is over, they won't be the same.

Not My Life(2011)

1h 24min | Documentary

Not My Life comprehensively depicts the cruel and dehumanizing practices of human trafficking and modern slavery on a global scale. Filmed on five continents, in a dozen countries, Not My Life takes viewers into a world where millions of children are exploited through an astonishing array of practices including forced labor, sex tourism, sexual exploitation, and child soldiering.

Directed by Robert Bilheimer

Dear Child(2020)

1h 29min | Documentary

A documentary which follows the lives of children recovering from their involvement with the drug war in Brazil. Set in a rehabilitation centre on the edge of the jungle, Dear Child follows a group of kids who have been rescued from the drug war, as they learn to become children again and not soldiers or drug addicts.

A Different War(2004)

14min | Drama, War
3.0/5 (with 1 vote)

Although Nuni has been selected to play the lead (King David) in his Jerusalem grade school play, he'd secretly rather play the princess role instead.

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Eye of the Storm(2017)

1h 44min | Drama
3.2/5 (with 2 votes)

At a war crimes trial in an African country, an idealistic lawyer delves into the past of a man who, accused of committing unspeakable atrocities, is treated as an inhuman monster.

Directed by Sékou Traoré - With Maimouna N'Diaye, Fargass Assandé

Scars(2020)

1h 20min | Documentary

Vetri decided to find her fellow former child soldiers. They, like her, fought for the independence of the Tamil state in northern Sri Lanka. Talking together, they open up the traumas of war and reveal stories that were meant to be forgotten.

Directed by Agnieszka Zwiefka

War Child(2008)

1h 34min | Documentary
2.0/5 (with 1 vote)

Hip-hop star Emmanuel Jal returns to Sudan where he served as a child soldier.

Lost Children(2005)

1h 43min | Documentary

For over 18 years a civil war in northern Uganda has dragged on almost completely unnoticed by the rest of the world. The rebels of the LRA (Lord's Resistance Army) are waging a bloody guerilla campaign. They abduct children and conscript them as soldiers, forcing them to kill their own people. The film Lost Children documents the lives of four children, from 8 to 14 years old, who successfully escaped the LRA. They return home to be branded as killers. Will they ever forget? Will they be forgiven? Can you ever be a child again after being a soldier?