| Warriors (1999) | 8.2 | |
| A Life's Worth (2025) | 8.5 | |
| Savior (1998) | 7.2 | |
| In the Crosswind (2014) | 7.5 | |
| Farha (2021) | 8.0 |
Ethnic cleansing movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant ethnic cleansing movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, serious, suspense, suspenseful, dramatic and bleak films and TV shows about / with ethnic cleansing, genocide, survival, betrayal, war crime, violence, murder, massacre, memory and death plots mostly in Drama, War and History genres shot in USA, France, Poland and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as ethnic cleansing: As If I Am Not There (2010), Sometimes in April (2005), In the Crosswind (2014), Savior (1998), Hatred (2016), Ararat (2002), A Life's Worth (2025), Olimpius Inferno (2009), Behind Enemy Lines (2001), The Midwife (2015).
Best films
List of ethnic cleansing movies
Genre: Drama
Country: Ireland, Sweden
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
A harsh dose of cinematic realism about a harsh time-the Bosnian War of the 1990s-Juanita Wilson's drama is taken from true stories revealed during the International Criminal Tribunal in The Hague. Samira is a modern schoolteacher in Sarajevo ...
Style:
realistic, disturbing, emotional, serious, disgusting ...
Plot:
rape, bosnian war, sex slave, genocide, realism, wartime life, life is a bitch, military, soldier, life turned upside down, strong female presence, gang rape ...
Place:
bosnia, sarajevo, balkan, europe, former yugoslavia ...
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: France, Rwanda, USA
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
Debra Winger, Oris Erhuero and Idris Elba star in this drama framed by the Rwandan genocide.
Style:
rough, serious, realistic, bleak, disturbing ...
Plot:
genocide, massacre, coup, racism, against humanity, rwandan genocide, murder, civil war, politics, mass child killing, ethnic cleansing, mass murder ...
Time:
year 2005, year 1994, 90s
Place:
africa, rwanda, washington d.c., uganda, france ...
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Estonia
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
June 14, 1941, 3 a.m. Over 40000 people from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania are deported by Soviets to Siberia. Among them is a philosophy student Erna, a happily married mother of a little girl. Separated from her husband Erna and her daughter are ...
Style:
realistic, serious, atmospheric, bleak, black and white ...
Plot:
stalinism, deportation, world war two, wartime life, hunger, ethnic cleansing, separation from family, getting home, life is a bitch, family in danger, danger, family relations ...
Time:
year 1941, 1940s, 1950s, 20th century, 50s
Place:
siberia, soviet union, baltics, europe, russia ...
Is relevant?
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A hardened mercenary in the Foreign Legion begins to find his own humanity when confronted with atrocities during the fighting in Bosnia
Style:
disturbing, depressing, tense, suspenseful, rough ...
Plot:
terrorism, rape, atrocity, redemption, breast feeding, bosnian war, mercenary, ethnic cleansing, hopes, genocide, soldier, pregnancy ...
Time:
90s, year 1998, 20th century
Place:
bosnia, former yugoslavia, europe, serbia, bosnia herzegovina ...
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Poland
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
Summer of 1939. Zosia is a young Polish girl who is deeply in love with Ukrainian Petro. Their great love will be put to the test when her father decides to marry her to a wealthy widower Skiba. Right after wedding she is left alone because her ...
Style:
tense, thought provoking, suspense, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot:
genocide, world war two, war atrocity, murder, massacre, brutality, wedding, cheating wife, homicide, hanged woman, childbirth, nazi occupation ...
Time:
year 1943, year 1939, 1940s
Place:
poland
Is relevant?
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Canada, France
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A variety of characters, some close relatives, others distant strangers, are each affected by the making of a film about the Armenian Genocide of 1915.
Style:
sexy, disturbing, emotional, realistic, existential ...
Plot:
armenian genocide, genocide, filmmaking, politics, ethnic, painting, atrocity, war crime, self discovery, haunted by the past, against humanity, family problems ...
Time:
year 2002, 1910s, 20th century, 1930s, year 1915 ...
Place:
armenia, canada, ottoman empire, middle east, toronto ontario canada ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, War
Country: Poland, USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
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Style:
historical drama, heartbreaking, bleak, grim, period piece ...
Plot:
world war two, holocaust, gypsy, genocide, discrimination, nazi occupation, loss, auschwitz, suffering, persecution, tragedy, ethnic cleansing ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
poland
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden
TV show
Story:
A deep dive into the Bosnian War, that tore the country apart at the dawn of the 1990s, A Life’s Worth explores with intensity the unimaginable dilemma faced by the peacekeepers sent to the region, unable to intervene in a conflict that was beyond ...
Style:
bleak, intense, reflective, poignant, historical drama ...
Plot:
moral ambiguity, ethnic cleansing, bosnian war, moral dilemma, trauma, post traumatic stress, international law, genocide, post cold war
Time:
90s
Place:
balkan
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Romania, Germany, Bulgaria, France, Czech Republic
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
"I do not care if we go down in history as barbarians." These words, spoken in the Council of Ministers of the summer of 1941, started the ethnic cleansing on the Eastern Front. The film attempts to comment on this statement.
Style:
historical drama, art house, slow cinema, reflective, intense ...
Plot:
world war two, male pubic hair, male nudity, massacre, jewish ghetto, holocaust, ethnic cleansing, controversy, moral ambiguity, memory, minimalism, haunting ...
Time:
90s, 2010s, 1940s
Place:
eastern europe, romania
Is relevant?
Genre: Action
Country: Russia
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
The movie is based on the events in South Ossetia in August 2008, and portraying a brutal Georgian army engaging in ethnic cleansing at the behest of its omnipresent American masters.
Style:
tense, bleak, dark, historical drama, political thriller
Plot:
ethnic conflict, ethnic cleansing, survival, violence, brutality, loss, refugee, propaganda, trauma, nationalism, political propaganda, occupation ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
While flying a routine reconnaissance mission over Bosnia, fighter pilot Chris Burnett photographs something he wasn't supposed to see and gets shot down behind enemy lines, where he must outrun an army led by a ruthless Serbian general. With ...
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, rough, serious, intense ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
sniper, military, behind enemy lines, survival, courage, fighter pilot, combat, u.s. navy, reconnaissance, war crime, fighter plane, rescue ...
Time:
year 2001, 20th century, year 1995, 21st century
Place:
bosnia, balkan, serbia, former yugoslavia, europe ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, History, Romance, Thriller, War
Country: Finland
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
'The Midwife' (fin.'Kätilö') is a romance-drama set during WWII in Finland’s Lapland province, a major European battle ground of the war. Based on Katja Kettu’s bestselling novel, 'The Midwife' turns on the love ...
Style:
romantic, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, touching
Plot:
world war two, sex scene, ss officer, violence, fall in love, genocide, war crime, german soldier, concentration camp, midwife, drug, nurse ...
Time:
1940s, year 1944
Place:
finland
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Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: France, USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Harrison Lloyd is a Pulitzer-winning photojournalist. His wife and family are making it hard for him to keep his mind on his work when he's in a war zone, and he wants to change jobs to something less stressful. But he's got one last ...
Style:
brutal, disturbing, suspense, bleak, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
genocide, journalism, missing person, violence, murder, photograph, photojournalist, photographer, civil war, blood, battles, vengeance ...
Time:
year 1991, 90s, 80s, 70s
Place:
new jersey, balkan, eastern europe, europe, serbia ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Western, Drama
Country: East Germany
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
An Indian village is attacked by the American army. The Indians are cruelly killed. One of the soldiers called Harmonika is disgusted by the murders of the innocent women and children. He decides to leave the army. He goes to live with the Indians ...
Style:
historical drama, spaghetti western, tense, bleak, melancholic
Plot:
native american, native, violent, brutality, massacre, redemption, empathy, colonialism, desertion, ethnic cleansing, racial tension, imperialism ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
colorado
Is relevant?
Genre: Horror
Country: Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Slovenia
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
In the cold west, Motel Acacia is tasked with exterminating immigrants by the government through a BED, haunted with the spirit of a Filipino tree demon, that eats men and impregnates women. A young Filipino man, JC, is groomed by his tyrannical ...
Style:
suspenseful, scary, serious, dread, bleak ...
Plot:
monster, motel, demon, family business, survival horror, immigrant, xenophobia, supernatural, immigration, body horror, evil spirit, fight ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
The destiny of a happy Armenian family, whose life will change forever in 1915, Ottoman Empire, (Armenian land), now Turkey and whose beautiful dreams will become memories in the eyes of the most famous Armenian American painter, who lives to paint ...
Style:
historical drama, captivating, disturbing, thought provoking, suspense ...
Plot:
armenian genocide, genocide, turkish history, mass murder, life is a bitch, social problems, loss, trauma, memory, inheritance, grief, survivor ...
Time:
year 1915, 1910s
Place:
ottoman empire, armenia, turkey
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Greece, USA, Cyprus
Duration: 141 min.
Story:
Members of the Baltatzis family recount the 1922 burning of Smyrna, Greece, including the assault on vibrant Greek and Armenian communities.
Style:
period piece, historical drama, realistic, dramatic, serious ...
Plot:
genocide, family relations, assault, war crime, witness, tragedy, ethnic cleansing, occupation, exodus, destruction, refugee, loss ...
Time:
1920s
Place:
ottoman empire, greece, turkey
Is relevant?
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Russia, Belarus, Czech Republic, France, Poland, Israel, Ukraine
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
The film tells about the history of the Holocaust through the stories of its unwitting Witnesses.
Style:
tense, thought provoking, bleak, captivating, disturbing ...
Plot:
world war two, holocaust, ss officer, concentration camp, anti war, witness, war crime, genocide, atrocity, memory, anti semitism, auschwitz ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: Greece
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
May 1895. Our story begins when the family of George Pavlides engages their 12-year-old son, Miltos, with the 9-year-old daughter of Michalis Nikolaidis, Ifigenia. The attacks of fanatical Turks will force the two families to flee their homeland. ...
Style:
historical romance, historical drama, psychological, thrilling, captivating ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
forbidden love, star crossed lovers, relationships, family problems, couple relations, forceful separation, male female relationship, family relations, love story, romantic relationship, relationship problems, fall in love ...
Time:
1890s, 1910s
Place:
ottoman empire, istanbul turkey, greece
Is relevant?
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Genre: Drama
Country: Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Sweden
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Palestine, 1948. After the withdrawal of the British occupiers, tensions rise between Arabs and Jews. Meanwhile, Farha, the smart daughter of the mayor of a small village, unaware of the coming tragedy, dreams of going to study in the big city.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, captivating, thrilling, tense ...
Plot:
arab, palestinian-israeli conflict, bombing, aerial bombardment, teenage girl, suffering, moving, zionism, colonization, ethnic cleansing, father daughter relationship, female friendship ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
palestine, middle east
Is relevant?
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Family, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Detectives Judy Hopps and Nick Wilde find themselves on the twisting trail of a mysterious reptile who arrives in Zootopia and turns the mammal metropolis upside down.
Style:
3d animation, neo noir, buddy comedy, computer animated, surprise ending ...
Plot:
fox, anthropomorphic animal, furry, rabbit, animal, snake, guinea pig, police officer, zebra, rhinoceros, bear, metropolis ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
australia
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, War
Country: Italy
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
A touching story of an Italian book seller of Jewish ancestry who lives in his own little fairy tale. His creative and happy life would come to an abrupt halt when his entire family is deported to a concentration camp during World War II. While ...
Style:
touching, inspirational, emotional, sentimental, poignant ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, family friendly, kids, adult
Plot:
holocaust, world war two, nazi, concentration camp, human spirit, life & death, life philosophy, self sacrifice, nazism, life lesson, destiny, ss ...
Time:
1940s, year 1997, 20th century, 90s, 1930s ...
Place:
italy, poland, europe, tuscany
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Italy, Bulgaria, Spain, France, Germany
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
The Lark Farm is set in a small Turkish town in 1915. It deals with the genocide of Armenians, looking closely at the fortunes, or rather, misfortunes of one wealthy Armenian family.
Style:
emotional, realistic, captivating, suspense, contemplative ...
Plot:
armenian genocide, genocide, world war one, turkish history, family relations, wartime life, life turned upside down, siblings relations, life is a bitch, love and romance, deportation, great war ...
Time:
year 1915, 20th century, 1920s
Place:
armenia, ottoman empire, turkey, middle east
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Firebrand Democratic Unionist Party leader Ian Paisley and Sinn Fein politician Martin McGuinness, two implacable enemies in Northern Ireland, are forced to take a short journey together in which they will take the biggest leap of faith and change ...
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, suspense, thought provoking, captivating ...
Plot:
ira, politician, chauffeur, british politics, surveillance, car accident, secret service, prime minister, freedom fighter, road trip, 9/11, protest ...
Time:
year 2007, year 2006, year 1987, year 1972, year 1973 ...
Place:
northern ireland, ireland, edinburgh scotland, glasgow scotland, united kingdom ...
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
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 ...
Style:
touching, serious, suspense, factual, compassionate ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
military, war, jungle, combat, civil war, soldier, sniper, refugee, special forces, escapades, rescue mission, army ...
Time:
year 2003, 2000s, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
africa, nigeria, iran, iraq, hawaii
Is relevant?
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
Austrian mountaineer, Heinrich Harrer journeys to the Himalayas without his family to head an expedition in 1939. But when World War II breaks out, the arrogant Harrer falls into Allied forces' hands as a prisoner of war. He escapes with a ...
Style:
breathtaking, philosophical, epic, spiritual, scenic ...
Audience:
family outing, adult
Plot:
buddhism, beautiful scenery, mountain, expedition, traveler, biopic, world war two, life philosophy, spirituality, wanderlust, travel, friendship ...
Time:
20th century, 1930s, 1940s, 90s, year 1997
Place:
tibet, himalaya, austria, chile, asia ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, France, Germany, USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
After Silvia Broome, an interpreter at United Nations headquarters, overhears plans of an assassination, an American Secret Service agent is sent to investigate.
Style:
political thriller, mind bending, political, suspense, tricky ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
assassination, un, twists and turns, espionage, investigation, politics, murder, revenge, dictator, undercover, secret service, vengeance ...
Time:
year 2005, 21st century
Place:
africa, new york, brooklyn new york city, paris france, south africa ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Animation, Drama, Family, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
When Quasi defies the evil Frollo and ventures out to the Festival of Fools, the cruel crowd jeers him. Rescued by fellow outcast the gypsy Esmeralda, Quasi soon finds himself battling to save the people and the city he loves.
Style:
fairy tale, romantic, sentimental, colorful, retro ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, girls' night, family friendly, toddlers ...
Plot:
notre dame cathedral, medieval, profanity, unrequited love, gypsy, bell, church, prejudice, clergy, disability, villain, epic battle ...
Time:
15th century, 90s, year 1996, 18th century
Place:
paris france, france, europe, madagascar
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
In the wilderness of British Columbia, two hunters are tracked and viciously murdered by Aaron Hallum. Former Special Operations instructor, L.T. Bonham is approached and asked to apprehend Hallum, his former student, who has 'gone rogue' ...
Style:
suspense, slasher, intense, brutal, serious ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
one man army, manhunt, commando, wilderness, hitman, lone hero, homicidal maniac, swat team, psychopath, conspiracy, chase, murder ...
Time:
year 2003, 90s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
oregon, portland oregon, kosovo, usa, british columbia ...
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: USA, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Mexico
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
An emerging journalist (Jesse Eisenberg), an experienced cameraman (Terrence Howard), and a discredited reporter (Richard Gere) find their bold plan to capture Bosnia's top war criminal quickly spiraling out of control when a UN representative ...
Style:
intense, emotional, serious, suspenseful, rough ...
Plot:
journalism, journalist, cia, war crime, civil war, bosnian war, revenge, danger, reward, vacation, friendship, genocide ...
Time:
20th century, year 2007, 90s, 2000s
Place:
bosnia, former yugoslavia, serbia, europe, new york ...
Is relevant?
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