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Films on Genocide

by MrKaya • Created 11 years ago • Modified 3 years ago
Films on the genocides in world history, and the involved tragedies.
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  • Sam Waterston in The Killing Fields (1984)

    1. The Killing Fields

    19842h 21mR76Metascore
    7.8 (62K)
    A journalist is trapped in Cambodia during Pol Pot's bloody Year Zero cleansing campaign.
    DirectorRoland JofféStarsSam WaterstonHaing S. NgorJohn Malkovich
  • Don Cheadle, Nick Nolte, Joaquin Phoenix, Mosa Kaiser, Sophie Okonedo, Ofentse Modiselle, and Mathabo Pieterson in Hotel Rwanda (2004)

    2. Hotel Rwanda

    20042h 1mPG-1379Metascore
    8.1 (386K)
    Paul Rusesabagina, a hotel manager, houses over a thousand Tutsi refugees during their struggle against the Hutu militia in Rwanda, Africa.
    DirectorTerry GeorgeStarsDon CheadleSophie OkonedoJoaquin Phoenix
  • Shake Hands with the Devil (2007)

    3. Shake Hands with the Devil

    20071h 52mR57Metascore
    7.6 (3.8K)
    The story of General Romeo Dallaire's frustrated efforts to stop the madness of the Rwandan Genocide, despite the complete indifference of his superiors.
    DirectorsJennifer CapraruRoger SpottiswoodeStarsRoy DupuisOwen SejakeJames Gallanders
  • Shooting Dogs (2005)

    4. Shooting Dogs

    20051h 55mR71Metascore
    7.6 (12K)
    A Catholic Priest and an English teacher get stranded in a school in Kigali during the 1994 Rwandan genocide.
    DirectorMichael Caton-JonesStarsJohn HurtHugh DancyDominique Horwitz
  • Ararat (2002)

    5. Ararat

    20021h 55mR62Metascore
    6.3 (15K)
    Interrogated by a customs officer, a young man recounts how his life was changed during the making of a film about the Armenian genocide.
    DirectorAtom EgoyanStarsCharles AznavourBrent CarverEric Bogosian
  • Schindler's List (1993)

    6. Schindler's List

    19933h 15mR95Metascore
    9.0 (1.5M)
    In German-occupied Poland during World War II, industrialist Oskar Schindler gradually becomes concerned for his Jewish workforce after witnessing their persecution by the Nazis.
    DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsLiam NeesonRalph FiennesBen Kingsley
  • Adrien Brody in The Pianist (2002)

    7. The Pianist

    20022h 30mR85Metascore
    8.5 (976K)
    During WWII, acclaimed Polish musician Wladyslaw faces various struggles as he loses contact with his family. As the situation worsens, he hides in the ruins of Warsaw in order to survive.
    DirectorRoman PolanskiStarsAdrien BrodyThomas KretschmannFrank Finlay
  • Asa Butterfield and Jack Scanlon in The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (2008)

    8. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas

    20081h 34mPG-1355Metascore
    7.7 (264K)
    Through the innocent eyes of Bruno, the eight-year-old son of the commandant at a German concentration camp, a forbidden friendship with a Jewish boy on the other side of the camp fence has startling and unexpected consequences.
    DirectorMark HermanStarsAsa ButterfieldDavid ThewlisRupert Friend
  • Marlene Dietrich, Judy Garland, Burt Lancaster, Spencer Tracy, Montgomery Clift, Maximilian Schell, and Richard Widmark in Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)

    9. Judgment at Nuremberg

    19612h 59mApproved60Metascore
    8.3 (93K)
    Fictionalized depiction of the 1947 Judges' Trial, the third of 12 trials of Nazi war criminals conducted by the American occupying forces in Nuremberg, Germany, in which former judges of Nazi Germany were tried for their actions.
    DirectorStanley KramerStarsSpencer TracyBurt LancasterRichard Widmark
  • Carice van Houten, Michiel Huisman, and Sebastian Koch in Black Book (2006)

    10. Black Book

    20062h 25mR71Metascore
    7.7 (83K)
    In the Nazi-occupied Netherlands during World War II, a Jewish singer infiltrates the regional Gestapo headquarters for the Dutch resistance. Things get complicated when she falls for the enemy.
    DirectorPaul VerhoevenStarsCarice van HoutenSebastian KochThom Hoffman
  • Remembrance (2011)

    11. Remembrance

    20111h 45m
    7.2 (2.4K)
    A Polish man rescues a Jewish woman during the chaos of WWII, but they become separated until a chance encounter over 30 years later in New York reunites them.
    DirectorAnna JusticeStarsAlice DwyerMateusz DamieckiDagmar Manzel
  • Rupert Graves and Jack Shepherd in God on Trial (2008)

    12. God on Trial

    20081h 26mTV Movie
    7.6 (4.1K)
    Awaiting their inevitable deaths at one of the worst concentration camps, a group of Jews make a rabbinical court to decide whether God has gone against the Holy Covenant and if He is the one guilty for their suffering.
    DirectorAndy De EmmonyStarsJoseph MuirJosef AltinAshley Artus
  • Tahar Rahim in The Cut (2014)

    13. The Cut

    20142h 18mNot Rated56Metascore
    6.3 (8.2K)
    In 1915 a man survives the Armenian genocide in the Ottoman Empire, but loses his family, speech and faith. One night he learns that his twin daughters may be alive, and goes on a quest to find them.
    DirectorFatih AkinStarsTahar RahimSimon AbkarianMakram Khoury
  • Michelle St. John in Where the Spirit Lives (1989)

    14. Where the Spirit Lives

    19891h 36m
    7.4 (309)
    A young Native Canadian (First Nations person) fights to keep her culture and identity when she is abducted to a residential school.
    DirectorBruce PittmanStarsMichelle St. JohnKim Bruisedhead FoxMarianne Jones
  • Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, and Giorgio Cantarini in Life Is Beautiful (1997)

    15. Life Is Beautiful

    19971h 56mPG-1358Metascore
    8.6 (785K)
    When an open-minded Jewish waiter and his son become victims of the Holocaust, he uses a perfect mixture of will, humor and imagination to protect his son from the dangers around their camp.
    DirectorRoberto BenigniStarsRoberto BenigniNicoletta BraschiGiorgio Cantarini
  • Downfall (2004)

    16. Downfall

    20042h 36mR82Metascore
    8.2 (391K)
    Traudl Junge, the final secretary for Adolf Hitler, tells of the Nazi dictator's final days in his Berlin bunker at the end of WWII.
    DirectorOliver HirschbiegelStarsBruno GanzAlexandra Maria LaraUlrich Matthes
  • Ralph Fiennes, Kate Winslet, and David Kross in The Reader (2008)

    17. The Reader

    20082h 4mR58Metascore
    7.6 (270K)
    Post-WWII Germany: Nearly a decade after his affair with an older woman came to a mysterious end, law student Michael Berg re-encounters his former lover as she defends herself in a war-crime trial.
    DirectorStephen DaldryStarsKate WinsletRalph FiennesBruno Ganz
  • Geoffrey Rush and Sophie Nélisse in The Book Thief (2013)

    18. The Book Thief

    20132h 11mPG-1353Metascore
    7.5 (146K)
    While subjected to the horrors of World War II Germany, young Liesel finds solace by stealing books and sharing them with others. In the basement of her home, a Jewish refugee is being protected by her adoptive parents.
    DirectorBrian PercivalStarsSophie NélisseGeoffrey RushEmily Watson
  • Raphael Fejtö and Gaspard Manesse in Au Revoir les Enfants (1987)

    19. Au Revoir les Enfants

    19871h 44mPG88Metascore
    8.0 (38K)
    A French boarding school run by priests seems to be a haven from World War II until a new student arrives. Occupying the next bed in the dormitory to the top student in his class, the two young boys begin to form a bond.
    DirectorLouis MalleStarsGaspard ManesseRaphael FejtöFrancine Racette
  • The Counterfeiters (2007)

    20. The Counterfeiters

    20071h 39mR78Metascore
    7.5 (48K)
    The story of the Operation Bernhard, the largest counterfeiting operation in history, carried out by Germany during World War II.
    DirectorStefan RuzowitzkyStarsKarl MarkovicsAugust DiehlDevid Striesow
  • Anthony LaPaglia and Oscar Isaac in Balibo (2009)

    21. Balibo

    20091h 51mNot Rated
    7.0 (3K)
    War correspondent Roger East and the young Jose Ramos-Horta travel to East Timor to investigate the murders of the Balibo Five in 1975.
    DirectorRobert ConnollyStarsAnthony LaPagliaOscar IsaacDamon Gameau
  • Anthony LaPaglia and Martin Freeman in The Eichmann Show (2015)

    22. The Eichmann Show

    20151h 36mTV Movie
    6.5 (5.2K)
    Dramatisation of the team hoping to televise the trial of Adolf Eichmann, an infamous Nazi responsible for the deaths of millions of Jews. It focuses on Leo Hurwitz, a documentary film-maker and Milton Fruchtman, a producer.
    DirectorPaul Andrew WilliamsStarsMartin FreemanAnthony LaPagliaRebecca Front
  • Jeroen van Koningsbrugge in Riphagen (2016)

    23. Riphagen

    20162h 11m
    7.1 (9.1K)
    The story about Riphagen, a cunning Dutch traitor during WW2 who helped Nazi round up Jews, stealing their treasures for himself. He destroyed Resistance groups, making many who pursued justice after the war look like fools.
    DirectorPieter KuijpersStarsGuido PollemansAnna RaadsveldHuub Smit
  • Hannah Arendt (2012)

    24. Hannah Arendt

    20121h 53mNot Rated69Metascore
    7.1 (12K)
    A look at the life of philosopher and political theorist Hannah Arendt, who reported for 'The New Yorker' on the trial of the Nazi leader Adolf Eichmann in Jerusalem.
    DirectorMargarethe von TrottaStarsBarbara SukowaAxel MilbergJanet McTeer
  • Helen Mirren, Sam Worthington, and Jessica Chastain in The Debt (2010)

    25. The Debt

    20101h 53mR65Metascore
    6.8 (73K)
    In 1965, three Mossad Agents cross into East Berlin to apprehend a notorious Nazi war criminal. Thirty years later, the secrets the Agents share come back to haunt them.
    DirectorJohn MaddenStarsHelen MirrenSam WorthingtonTom Wilkinson

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