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The Good, the Bad and the Ugly(1966)

R
| 2h 41min | Western
4.2/5 (with 3,648 votes)

While the Civil War rages on between the Union and the Confederacy, three men – a quiet loner, a ruthless hitman, and a Mexican bandit – comb the American Southwest in search of a strongbox containing $200,000 in stolen gold.

Tears of the Sun(2003)

R
| 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.

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

Capernaum(2018)

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

Hotel Rwanda(2004)

PG-13
| 2h 1min | Drama, History, War
3.9/5 (with 1,239 votes)

Inspired by true events, this film takes place in Rwanda in the 1990s when more than a million Tutsis were killed in a genocide that went mostly unnoticed by the rest of the world. Hotel owner Paul Rusesabagina houses over a thousand refuges in his hotel in attempt to save their lives.

The Good Lie(2014)

PG-13
| 1h 50min | Drama
3.7/5 (with 222 votes)

A young refugee of the Sudanese Civil War who wins a lottery for relocation to the United States with three other lost boys. Encountering the modern world for the first time, they develop an unlikely friendship with a brash American woman assigned to help them, but the young man struggles to adjust to this new life and his feelings of guilt about the brother he left behind.

His House(2020)

1h 33min | Horror, Thriller
3.2/5 (with 493 votes)

After making a harrowing escape from war-torn South Sudan, a young refugee couple struggle to adjust to their new life in a small English town that has an unspeakable evil lurking beneath the surface.

Directed by Remi Weekes - With Sope Dirisu, Wunmi Mosaku, Matt Smith, Javier Botet

Two Women(1960)

NR
| 1h 40min | Drama, War
3.9/5 (with 238 votes)

Widowed shopkeeper Cesira and her 13-year-old daughter Rosetta flee from the allied bombs in Rome during the second World War; they travel to the remote village where Cesira was born. During their journey and in the village and onward, the mother does everything she can to protect Rosetta. Meanwhile, a sensitive young intellectual, Michele, falls in love with Cesira.

Macross: Do You Remember Love?(1984)

3.6/5 (with 36 votes)

It is A.D. 2009 and the human race is caught in a war between giant humanoids, male Zentrans and female Meltrans. Returning from the edge of our solar system after making a space fold, the SDF-1 Macross makes the long journey back to Earth with survivors of South Ataria Island. "Macross: Do You Remember Love?" is an alternate re-telling of the events that occurred in the original 1982 TV series.

Happy End(2017)

R
| 1h 50min | Drama
3.1/5 (with 166 votes)

A well-to-do French family living in Calais deal with a series of setbacks and crises while paying little attention to the grim conditions in the refugee camps within a few miles of their home.

Flee(2021)

PG-13
| 1h 23min | Documentary, Animation
3.9/5 (with 132 votes)

Recounted mostly through animation to protect his identity, Amin looks back over his past as a child refugee from Afghanistan as he grapples with a secret he’s kept hidden for 20 years.

Beyond Utopia(2023)

PG-13
| 1h 55min | Documentary, Thriller
4.1/5 (with 7 votes)

A courageous pastor uses his underground network to rescue and aid North Korean families as they risk their lives to embrace freedom.

Directed by Madeleine Gavin
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Le Havre(2011)

1h 34min | Drama, Comedy
3.5/5 (with 172 votes)

Marcel Marx, a former bohemian and struggling author, has given up his literary ambitions and relocated to the port city Le Havre. He leads a simple life based around his wife Arletty, his favourite bar and his not too profitable profession as a shoeshiner. As Arletty suddenly becomes seriously ill, Marcel's path crosses with an underage illegal immigrant from Africa, who needs Marcel's help to hide from the police.

All Saints(2017)

PG
| 1h 48min | Drama, Comedy
3.1/5 (with 23 votes)

ALL SAINTS is based on the inspiring true story of salesman-turned-pastor Michael Spurlock, the tiny church he was ordered to shut down, and a group of refugees from Southeast Asia. Together, they risked everything to plant seeds for a future that might just save them all.

The Swimmers(2022)

2h 14min | Drama, History
3.8/5 (with 175 votes)

From war-torn Syria to the 2016 Rio Olympics, two young sisters embark on a risky voyage, putting their hearts and their swimming skills to heroic use.

Directed by Sally El Hosaini - With Yusra Mardini, Manal Issa, Ahmed Malek, Matthias Schweighöfer, James Floyd, Ali Suliman, ...

In Darkness(2011)

R
| 2h 25min | Drama, War
3.5/5 (with 79 votes)

A dramatization of one man's rescue of Jewish refugees in the Nazi-occupied Polish city of Lvov. In Darkness tells the true story of Leopold Soha who risks his own life to save a dozen people from certain death. Initially only interested in his own good, the thief and burglar hides Jewish refugees for 14 months in the sewers of the Nazi-occupied town of Lvov (formerly Poland).

Turtles Can Fly(2005)

1h 38min | Drama
3.9/5 (with 92 votes)

Turtles can fly tells the story of a group of young children near the Turkey-Iran border. They clean up mines and wait for the Saddam regime to fall.

Directed by Bahman Ghobadi

Limbo(2021)

R
| 1h 43min | Drama, Comedy
3.5/5 (with 33 votes)

An offbeat observation of refugees waiting to be granted asylum on a fictional remote Scottish island. It focuses on Omar, a young Syrian musician who is burdened by the weight of his grandfather’s oud, which he has carried all the way from his homeland.

Directed by Ben Sharrock - With Kais Nashef, Sidse Babett Knudsen

Woman of the Year(1942)

NR
| 1h 54min | Comedy, Drama, Romance / Love
3.5/5 (with 65 votes)

Rival reporters Sam and Tess fall in love and get married, only to find their relationship strained when Sam comes to resent Tess' hectic lifestyle.

Kannathil Muthamittal(2002)

2h 3min | Drama, War
3.8/5 (with 19 votes)

A little girl is told by her parents that she is adopted. Determined to find her birth mother, her family eventually agrees to take her to Sri Lanka, where they encounter the militant group known as the Tamil Tigers.

Combat Girls(2011)

PG-13
| 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(2009)

1h 50min | Drama, Romance / Love
3.6/5 (with 109 votes)

Bilal is 17 years old, a Kurdish boy from Iraq. He sets off on an adventure-filled journey across Europe. He wants to get to England to see his love who lives there. Bilal finally reaches Calais, but how do you cover 32 kilometers of the English Channel when you can't swim? The boy soon discovers that his trip won't be as easy as he imagined... The community of struggling illegal aliens in Calais.

The House by the Sea(2017)

1h 47min | Drama
3.2/5 (with 9 votes)

By a little bay near Marseille lies a picturesque villa owned by an old man. His three children have gathered by his side for his last days. It’s time for them to weigh up what they have inherited of their father’s ideals and the community spirit he created in this magical place. The arrival, at a nearby cove, of a group of boat people will throw these moments of reflection into turmoil.

Strayed(2003)

1h 35min | Drama, Romance / Love, War
3.1/5 (with 29 votes)

Fleeing the June 1940 arrival of Hitler's army in Paris, a young war widow and her two children are rescued from dive-bombing German fighters by a cocky, reckless teenager. He finds them refuge in an abandoned house, but despite the fact that the family quickly comes to be depending much on his cunning and survival abilities, their cohabitation proves uneasy.

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

Last Call for Nowhere(2016)

1h 30min | Comedy
2.9/5 (with 123 votes)

French border cop José Fernandez has just one last extradition to do before his long-awaited promotion to the crime bureau. But his detainee Akim, victim of a judiciary glitch, is outraged to find himself saddled with the identity of a potential terrorist and put on a flight back to Kabul, where he has never even set foot before! What starts as a routine trip for Fernandez and his skirt-chasing partner Guy goes haywire when their plane is grounded in Malta, forcing them to bunk up with Akim, who will stop at nothing to avoid extradition!

Welcome to the Hartmanns(2016)

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.

Sweetness in the Belly(2019)

1h 51min | Drama
3.1/5 (with 11 votes)

Orphaned in Africa as a child, Lilly escapes to England as a refugee, fleeing civil war in Ethiopia. Lost in this cold new world, Lilly embraces the immigrant community in London, attempting to reunite people with their scattered families. But as her friend Amina discovers, Lilly's mission isn't purely selfless: a passionate lost love affair is revealed.

The Crossing(2014)

2h 9min | Drama
2.7/5 (with 16 votes)

At the end of the World War II and the middle of the Chinese Revolution, three couples from different backgrounds with different nationalities flee from China to the island of Taiwan.

The Last Witness(2018)

1h 37min | History, Thriller
3.1/5 (with 33 votes)

An ambitious young journalist uncovers the horrific slaughter of 22,000 Polish officers during World War II, a secret kept hidden for far too many years.

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