Syrian refugee movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant syrian refugee movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out captivating, realistic, psychological, disturbing, serious and suspense films and TV shows about / with syrian refugee, refugee, immigrant, immigration, racism, father son relationship, survival, migration, police and hopes plots mostly in Drama, Thriller and Romance genres shot in Germany, France, UK and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as syrian refugee: Label Me (2019), A Moment in the Reeds (2017), Jupiter's Moon (2017), Transplant (2020), The Man Who Sold His Skin (2020), The Other Side of Hope (2017), Swallow (2019), Dept. Q (2025), Limbo (2020), Broken Keys (2021).
List of syrian refugee movies
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 60 min.
Story:
Sex is power, and Waseem, a Syrian gay-for-pay hustler seeking asylum in Cologne, wields it like a shield. Keeping his johns at an emotional arm’s length while satisfying their most carnal desires in order to eke out a living, he meets his match ...
Style:
sexy, contemplative, psychological, melancholic, touching ...
Plot:
lgbt, gay interest, gay, sex work, gay lead character, homosexuality, gay couple, gay sex, gay relationship, gay love, male male relationship, male nudity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
germany
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
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, ...
Style:
touching, atmospheric, captivating, realistic, sincere ...
Plot:
gay, lgbt, gay love, immigration, homosexuality, gay relationship, syrian refugee, gay romance, gay lead character, gay sex, architect, forbidden love ...
Place:
finland
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Hungary, Germany, France
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
A young immigrant is shot down while illegally crossing the border. Terrified and in shock, wounded Aryan can now mysteriously levitate at will. Thrown into a refugee camp, he is smuggled out by Dr Stern, intent on exploiting his extraordinary ...
Style:
art house
Plot:
levitation, supernatural, refugee, doctor, war refugee, syrian refugee, nudity, elevator, female nudity, terrorism, police, migrant ...
Time:
year 2017, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
hungary, former yugoslavia, budapest
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Dr. Bashir Hamed, a Syrian doctor with battle-tested skills in emergency medicine, makes the difficult decision to flee his country and build a new life in Canada with his younger sister Amira. Bash works to navigate a new environment after earning ...
Style:
disturbing, sincere, psychological, captivating, medical drama ...
Plot:
medical, emergency room, syrian refugee, medicine, hospital, doctor, surgery, cure, doctors and patients, patient, medical profession, prodigy ...
Place:
toronto ontario canada
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Genre: Drama
Country: Tunisia, France, Belgium, Germany, Sweden, Qatar, Cyprus, Turkey
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
To be able to travel to Europe and find the love of his life, Sam Ali, a Syrian refugee, accepts to have his back tattooed by one of the most sulfurous contemporary artist; becoming that way a precious work of art.
Style:
existential, twist ending, surprise ending
Plot:
syrian refugee, forbidden love, artist, tattoo, social satire, foreigner, existentialism, arab, muslim, world war, bare chested male, visa ...
Place:
lebanon, syria, middle east, maghreb, brussels ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Finland, Germany
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A restaurateur befriends a Syrian refugee who has recently arrived in Finland.
Style:
comedy drama, captivating, serious, humorous, realistic ...
Plot:
refugee, syrian refugee, racism, war refugee, loss of family, illegal alien, poker, migration, unemployment, life is a bitch, restaurant, husband leaves wife ...
Time:
year 2017, 2010s, 90s
Place:
finland, helsinki finland, eastern europe
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, France
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Hunter, a newly pregnant housewife, finds herself increasingly compelled to consume dangerous objects. As her husband and his family tighten their control over her life, she must confront the dark secret behind her new obsession.
Style:
psychological, art house, visually stunning, suspense, dark ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
obsession, husband wife relationship, control, bored housewife, abortion, loneliness, mental disorder, psychotherapist, hospital, telephone call, pregnant woman, surgery ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
pittsburgh, africa, new york state
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
A brash but brilliant cop becomes head of a new police department, where he leads an unlikely team of misfits in solving Edinburgh's cold cases.
Style:
grim, detective, dramatic, suspenseful, witty ...
Plot:
female nudity, investigation, syrian refugee, cold case, police, guilt, police detective, refugee, police investigation, interrogation, therapist, criminal ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
scotland, united kingdom, britain, edinburgh scotland
Is relevant?
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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 ...
Style:
comedy drama, sad
Plot:
snow, refugee, musician, destiny, separation from family, island, friend, resistance, syrian refugee, exile, friends, migration ...
Place:
scotland
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Genre: Drama
Country: Lebanon, France
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
In a war-torn Middle Eastern city where music has been banned by Islamic extremists, Karim, a brilliant musician, struggles to rebuild his destroyed piano while trying to escape to Europe.
Style:
captivating, psychological, thrilling, bleak, poignant ...
Plot:
syrian refugee, musician, piano, musician's life, music, islam, life is a bitch, social problems, oppression, survival, resilience, hopes ...
Place:
middle east
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Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A glance at the divided U.S. political system through the eyes of a young Syrian refugee on the streets of Memphis, TN, as he faces the harsh realities of chasing the American dream.
Style:
captivating, dramatic, realistic, social, serious ...
Plot:
refugee, poverty, independence, politics, social injustice, syrian refugee, neighbor, social issues, poor, drug addict, addiction, social relations ...
Place:
memphis, tennessee
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 59 min.
TV show
Story:
Truck driver Erwin believes that he's helping people when he smuggles refugees, but shocking consequences follow a moment of distraction.
Style:
suspense, tension, serious, disturbing, dramatic ...
Plot:
refugee, police, truck driver, choice, family man, small town, syrian refugee, smuggling, immigration, driver, town, family life ...
Place:
syria
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Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 48 min.
Story:
After losing her home and all that she's known, a widowed Turkish woman finds herself in an unexpected love affair with a young Syrian refugee in Istanbul.
Style:
romantic drama, realistic, melancholic
Plot:
refugee, female protagonist, widow, hopes, syrian refugee, grief, compassion, loneliness, immigration, urban, new love, character study ...
Place:
istanbul turkey
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
After the bombing of his father's chocolate factory, a young Syrian refugee struggles to settle into his new Canadian small-town life, caught between following his dream and preserving his family's chocolate-making legacy. Based on the ...
Style:
psychological, disturbing, captivating, satirical, uplifting ...
Plot:
family business, dream, syrian refugee, family relations, lifestyle change, problem, father son relationship, satire, follow your dream, bigger dreams, refugee, resilience ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Greece
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Two different worlds, two strangers who will come and change what we believe separates but also unites two people. Stratis and Razan will experience a strong love under the most adverse conditions. Will they manage to overcome the wreck of their ...
Style:
psychological, romantic drama, captivating, romantic, thrilling ...
Plot:
migration, syrian refugee, romantic relationship, relationships, male female relationship, love story, social problems, refugee, fall in love, in love, family problems, love and romance ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
greece
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Genre: Drama
Country: Greece, UK, Germany
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Tattoo artist Billy and unemployed Nakos are best friends from Athens. Old bachelor Nakos is a racist, obsessed with the victim mentality, and he rages at Greece’s increasing immigrant numbers. Billy, however, is in favor of foreigners coming. ...
Style:
captivating, psychological, realistic, thought provoking, tense ...
Plot:
refugee, greek, syrian refugee, xenophobia, immigration, racism, lifestyle, changing lives, social problems, social issues, immigrant, city life ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
greece, athens greece
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Belgium, Germany
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Hamid is part of a secret group pursuing the Syrian regime’s fugitive leaders. His mission takes him to France, on the trail of his former torturer whom he must confront.
Plot:
war criminal, syrian refugee, secret organization, torture, photograph, looking for someone, library, professor, desert, university, blood, justice ...
Time:
2010s, year 2014
Place:
berlin germany, paris france, syria, beirut lebanon
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK, France, Belgium
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
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.
Plot:
pub, working class, cathedral, village, pet dog, female photographer, racism, solidarity, social realism, poverty, syrian refugee, community ...
Time:
2010s, year 2016
Place:
northern england
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Lithuania
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Marius is a highly successful lawyer based in Vilnius. He becomes obsessed with Ali, a handsome Syrian refugee he first encounters in an online chatroom run out of Belgrade. Marius is rich and enjoys a vibrant social and cultural life. Nevertheless, ...
Style:
psychological, talky, touching, atmospheric, romantic ...
Plot:
gay subtext, refugee, gay interest, young lovers, forbidden love, gay love, lawyer, love affair, love interest, couple relations, society, couples ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
lithuania, belgrade serbia
Is relevant?
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Finland
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
The story of the international refugee crisis, depicting a world where greed, violence and exploitation compete with hopes and dreams amid a constant fight for survival.
Style:
suspense, captivating, disturbing, emotional, realistic ...
Plot:
human trafficking, refugee, lawyer, migration, slave trade, lifestyle change, problem, criminal underworld, changing lives, kidnapping, female protagonist, runaway ...
Place:
finland, helsinki finland
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Genre: Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story:
A series taking place in an army medical center located in a remote military base and following the bizarre characters and occurrences in the center.
Style:
sincere, suspense, captivating, disturbing, tense ...
Plot:
israeli army, female soldier, military, lesbian, army life, physician, wartime, army, soldier, military base, medicine, pow ...
Place:
middle east, israel
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Greece
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Three separate narratives each following a love story between a foreigner and a Greek. Each story represents a different generation falling in love during a time of socioeconomic turmoil that dominates Southern Europe as a whole, only to connect as ...
Style:
touching, suspenseful, sincere, serious, extraordinary
Plot:
love story, housewife, extramarital affair, marital problem, heroes, fall in love, husband wife relationship, father son relationship, greek, alley, philosophy, restlessness ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
greece, athens greece
Is relevant?
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A retail billionaire's 60th birthday party is celebrated in an exclusive hotel on the Greek island of Mykonos.
Style:
social, freeze frame, black comedy, funny, satirical
Plot:
money, millionaire, bankruptcy, filmmaking, party, flash forward, bribery, satire, husband wife relationship, fashion industry, yacht, swindle ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
greece, monaco, sri lanka
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