Genocide movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant genocide movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, serious, disturbing, captivating, emotional and dramatic films and TV shows about / with genocide, against humanity, war, survival, brutality, world war two, death, murder, mentor and tragedy plots mostly in Drama, War and History genres shot in USA, Germany, UK and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as genocide: The Killing Fields (1984), The Last King of Scotland (2006), Shake Hands with the Devil (2007), Hatred (2016), Attack on Darfur (2009), Hotel Rwanda (2004), The Pianist (2002), Schindler's List (1993), Anne Frank: The Whole Story (2001), Sometimes in April (2005).
Best films
List of genocide movies
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: UK
Duration: 141 min.
Story:
The Killing Fields tells the real-life story of a friendship between two journalists, an American and a Cambodian, during the bloody Khmer Rouge takeover of Cambodia in 1975, which led to the death of 2-3 million Cambodians during the next four ...
Style:
disturbing, rough, emotional, political, tense ...
Plot:
journalism, genocide, vietnam war, war, photographer, brutality, friendship, anti war, politics, reporter, escape attempt, khmer rouge ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, 80s, year 1984
Place:
cambodia, vietnam, iraq, asia, new york
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: UK, Germany
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Young Scottish doctor, Nicholas Garrigan decides it's time for an adventure after he finishes his formal education, so he decides to try his luck in Uganda, and arrives during the downfall of President Obote. General Idi Amin comes to power and ...
Style:
political, harsh, brutal, bloody, factual ...
Plot:
dictatorship, genocide, politics, doctor, polygamy, dictator, atrocity, corruption, suspense, attempted murder, against humanity, torture ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
africa, uganda, scotland
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Canada
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Canadian Lt. General Romeo Dallaire was the military commander of the UN mission in Rwanda and this movie is personal and, all too true, story of his time there during the genocide of 1994. It is not quite as moving as the earlier Hotel Rwanda and ...
Style:
disturbing, serious, bleak, rough, realistic ...
Plot:
genocide, politics, betrayal, rwandan genocide, chaos, civil war, military, dishonesty, righting the wronged, anti war, hopes, moral dilemma ...
Time:
90s
Place:
africa, rwanda
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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, suspenseful, captivating, art house
Plot:
genocide, world war two, war atrocity, massacre, murder, nazi occupation, torture, wedding, female protagonist, baby, husband wife relationship, village ...
Time:
year 1943, year 1939, 1940s
Place:
poland
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Canada, South Africa, Germany
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
American journalists in Sudan are confronted with the dilemma of whether to return home to report on the atrocities they have seen, or to stay behind and help some of the victims they have encountered.
Style:
disturbing, realistic, rough, captivating, serious ...
Plot:
genocide, journalism, journalist, village, desert, murder, tragedy, civil war, against humanity, uncover truth, survival, photojournalist ...
Place:
sudan, africa
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360K
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: UK, South Africa, Italy, USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
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 ...
Style:
emotional, rough, thought provoking, intense, sad ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
genocide, racism, war, hotel, against humanity, ethnic conflict, cruelty, politics, murder, un, war crime, human spirit ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
africa, rwanda, somalia, congo, tanzania
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845K
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music, War
Country: France, Poland, Germany, UK
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
The true story of pianist Wladyslaw Szpilman's experiences in Warsaw during the Nazi occupation. When the Jews of the city find themselves forced into a ghetto, Szpilman finds work playing in a café; and when his family is deported in 1942, he ...
Style:
emotional, harsh, bleak, heartbreaking, touching ...
Plot:
holocaust, world war two, survival, nazi, genocide, jewish, war, anti semitism, nazism, classical music, suspense, pianist ...
Time:
1940s, post world war two, 20th century, 1930s, year 1944 ...
Place:
poland, germany, europe, eastern europe, central europe ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 195 min.
Story:
The true story of how businessman Oskar Schindler saved over a thousand Jewish lives from the Nazis while they worked as slaves in his factory during World War II.
Style:
touching, emotional, thought provoking, realistic, heartbreaking ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night
Plot:
holocaust, world war two, jewish, genocide, nazi, war, concentration camp, anti semitism, brutality, against humanity, wartime, racism ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, 1930s, 90s
Place:
poland, germany, vatican, europe, israel ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, War
Country: Czech Republic, USA
Duration: 180 min.
TV show
Story:
Anne Frank: The Whole Story is a film based on the life of Anne Frank, a Jewish girl growing up in Nazi occupied Holland. When war breaks out Anne & her family, Otto her father, Edith her mother & Margot her sister move from Germany ...
Style:
uplifting, sincere, emotional, bleak, sad ...
Plot:
genocide, holocaust, against humanity, world war two, war, starvation, concentration camp, survival, childhood, hopes, anti semitism, ss ...
Time:
1940s, 1930s, 20th century
Place:
amsterdam, holland, europe, netherlands
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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, realistic, serious, bleak, disturbing ...
Plot:
genocide, massacre, murder, civil war, racism, against humanity, rwandan genocide, mass murder, coup, battles, politics, political unrest ...
Time:
year 1994, 90s
Place:
africa, rwanda, washington d.c.
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
When his family moves from their home in Berlin to a strange new house in Poland, young Bruno befriends Shmuel, a boy who lives on the other side of the fence where everyone seems to be wearing striped pajamas. Unaware of Shmuel's fate as a ...
Style:
sad, emotional, touching, heartbreaking, sentimental ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family outing
Plot:
world war two, holocaust, concentration camp, war, jewish, childhood, friendship, nazi, children, military, gas chamber, german ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, post world war two
Place:
germany, poland, europe, berlin germany, switzerland
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15K
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, War
Country: France, Germany, Romania
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
The film "Amen." examines the links between the Vatican and Nazi Germany. The central character is Kurt Gerstein, a member of the Institute for Hygiene of the Waffen-SS who is horrified by what he sees in the death camps. Moreover, he is ...
Style:
political, thought provoking, disturbing, sincere, bleak ...
Plot:
holocaust, world war two, genocide, priest, politics, christian, conscience, ss, nazi, war, concentration camp, pope ...
Time:
1940s, post world war two, 1930s, 20th century
Place:
vatican, germany, rome italy, poland, czechoslovakia ...
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, History, Mystery, War
Country: Germany, France, Italy, Russia, Poland, Canada, Turkey, Jordan
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
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.
Style:
tense, exciting, factual, captivating, sexy ...
Plot:
armenian genocide, genocide, world war one, diaspora, refugee, deportation, mute, desert, turkish history, armenian, charlie chaplin, odyssey ...
Time:
year 1915
Place:
ottoman empire, armenia, turkey, north dakota
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: Cambodia, USA
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
A 5-year-old girl embarks on a harrowing quest for survival amid the sudden rise and terrifying reign of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia.
Style:
factual, thought provoking, captivating, psychological, rough ...
Plot:
genocide, forced labor, war, communism, little girl, mass murder, ideology, crime against humanity, khmer rouge, wartime, imperialism, murder ...
Time:
year 1970, 70s
Place:
cambodia
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15K
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:
thought provoking, disturbing, sexy, emotional, realistic ...
Plot:
armenian genocide, genocide, filmmaking, politics, armenian, freedom, war crime, atrocity, self discovery, against humanity, family problems, haunted by the past ...
Time:
1910s, 20th century, 1930s, year 1915, 21st century
Place:
armenia, canada, israel, ottoman empire, middle east ...
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Genre: History, War
Country: Germany, Lithuania
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
In 1942, in Vilna, the Nazi annihilate 55,000 Jews and squeeze the 15,000 survivors in a seven blocks ghetto. The twenty-two year old sadistic commander Kittel is assigned to administrate the ghetto in the capital of Lithuania, becoming the master ...
Style:
serious, realistic, bleak, emotional, rough ...
Plot:
genocide, holocaust, war, world war two, anti semitism, moral dilemma, human nature, survival, heroes, confined, against humanity, lifesaver ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, post world war two
Place:
europe
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55K
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance, Thriller
Country: Germany, France, Luxembourg, UK, USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A young woman's desperate search for her abducted boyfriend that draws her into the infamous Colonia Dignidad, a sect nobody ever escaped from.
Style:
psychological, harsh, exciting, atmospheric, emotional ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens
Plot:
suspense, cult, religious fanatic, kidnapping, religion, genocide, escape, torture chamber, torture, prison, survival, abuse ...
Time:
70s, year 1973
Place:
chile, germany, south america, new jersey, latin america
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 179 min.
Story:
In 1947, four German judges who served on the bench during the Nazi regime face a military tribunal to answer charges of crimes against humanity. Chief Justice Haywood hears evidence and testimony not only from lead defendant Ernst Janning and his ...
Style:
political, emotional, disturbing, suspenseful, sincere ...
Plot:
courtroom drama, genocide, holocaust, judge, court, jewish, justice, lawyer, war, legal, politics, courtroom ...
Time:
1940s, middle ages, 60s, year 1945, year 1946 ...
Place:
germany, poland, europe, berlin germany
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: UK, Germany
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Two westerners, a priest and a teacher find themselves in the middle of the Rwandan genocide and face a moral dilemna. Do they place themselves in danger and protect the refugees, or escape the country with their lives? Based on a true story.
Style:
disturbing, bleak, sad, emotional, sincere ...
Plot:
genocide, politics, violence, survival, survivor, priest, teacher, against the odds, moral dilemma, human spirit, fighting the system, tragic hero ...
Time:
90s, year 1994
Place:
africa, rwanda, south africa, united kingdom
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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, captivating, realistic, gloomy, contemplative
Plot:
armenian genocide, genocide, armenian, world war one, siblings relations, wartime life, life turned upside down, life is a bitch, survivor, turkish history, family relations, love and romance ...
Time:
year 1915, 1920s, 20th century
Place:
armenia, ottoman empire, turkey, middle east
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Genre: Drama, Thriller, War
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 142 min.
Story:
The invasion of a village in Byelorussia by German forces sends young Florya into the forest to join the weary Resistance fighters, against his family's wishes. There he meets a girl, Glasha, who accompanies him back to his village. On ...
Style:
bleak, thought provoking, rough, disturbing, harsh ...
Plot:
world war two, genocide, against humanity, war crime, brutality, atrocity, occupation, anti war, war, military, children in wartime, holocaust ...
Time:
1940s, year 1943, 20th century
Place:
germany, ussr, poland, europe, russia
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250K
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
The story of Michael Berg, a German lawyer who, as a teenager in the late 1950s, had an affair with an older woman, Hanna, who then disappeared only to resurface years later as one of the defendants in a war crimes trial stemming from her actions as ...
Style:
sexy, melancholic, touching, emotional, sexual ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
coming of age, older woman younger man relationship, age difference, forbidden love, court, first love, nazi, holocaust, older woman younger man sex, secret, world war two, sex ...
Time:
year 1958, year 1988, year 1966, post world war two, year 1980 ...
Place:
germany, israel, west berlin west germany, hamburg germany, europe ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: France
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:
disturbing, brutal, bleak, gloomy, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
genocide, journalism, murder, missing person, violence, civil war, photographer, battles, suspense, vengeance, obsessive quest, love affair ...
Time:
90s, 80s, year 1991, 70s
Place:
former yugoslavia, new jersey, middle east, vietnam, europe ...
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Genre: Drama, History, Horror, Thriller, War
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Black Sun: The Nanking Massacre, also called Men Behind the Sun 4, is a 1994 Hong Kong film directed by Mou Tun Fei and is in many ways considered to be a follow up to the 1987 shockumentary film, Men Behind the Sun. The movie depicts the events ...
Style:
controversial, disturbing, realistic, serious, bleak ...
Plot:
genocide, world war two, rape, violent, war crime, massacre, torture, extreme violence, holocaust, execution, power relations, disorder ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century
Place:
china, asia, japan
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151K
Genre: Action, Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
Based on a true story, during World War II, four Jewish brothers escape their Nazi-occupied homeland of West Belarus in Poland and join the Soviet partisans to combat the Nazis. The brothers begin the rescue of roughly 1,200 Jews still trapped in ...
Style:
emotional, sincere, epic, dramatic, realistic ...
Plot:
holocaust, world war two, jewish, war, survival, nazi, judaism, partisan, genocide, rebellion, military, prejudice ...
Time:
post world war two, 20th century, 1940s, year 1942, year 1941
Place:
poland, germany, israel, russia, europe
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Germany
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
A young prosecutor in postwar West Germany investigates a massive conspiracy to cover up the Nazi pasts of prominent public figures.
Style:
serious, disturbing, realistic, captivating, thought provoking ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
holocaust, lawyer, investigation, nazi, prosecutor, world war two, fighting the system, idealism, nazi war criminal, ex nazi, genocide, uncover truth ...
Time:
20th century, post world war two, year 1958, year 1963, 50s
Place:
germany, frankfurt germany, berlin germany, west germany
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
The historical recreation of the 1942 Wannsee Conference, in which Nazi and SS leaders gathered in a Berlin suburb to discuss the "Final Solution to the Jewish Question". Lead by SS-General Reinhard Heydrich, this group of high ranking ...
Style:
factual, disturbing, bleak, political, atmospheric ...
Plot:
holocaust, nazi, world war two, politics, nazism, genocide, anti semitism, war crime, racism, ss officer, third reich, suspense ...
Time:
1940s, post world war two, 1930s, 20th century
Place:
berlin germany, germany, europe, poland
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
While subjected to the horrors of WWII Germany, young Liesel finds solace by stealing books and sharing them with others. Under the stairs in her home, a Jewish refuge is being sheltered by her adoptive parents.
Style:
touching, sentimental, emotional, serious, captivating ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, teens, family outing
Plot:
world war two, holocaust, war, childhood, nazi, jewish, adoption, human spirit, nazi germany, life is a bitch, against humanity, youth ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1941, year 1945, year 1938 ...
Place:
germany, europe
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, War
Country: China
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
In 1937, Japan began their invasion of China by murdering over 300,000 people in the capital of Nanjing. The atrocities committed against women and their daughters are especially barbaric. One of them is Xiaoyun, a peasant girl who fights with the ...
Style:
exciting, captivating, entertaining, tense, serious ...
Plot:
ninja, genocide, assassination, revenge, resistance, war, vengeance, wartime life, world war two, martial arts, heroes, medieval ...
Time:
20th century, 1930s
Place:
china, usa, asia, japan
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Genre: Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: Canada, UK
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Set between the two World Wars and based on true historical events, Bitter Harvest conveys the untold story of the Holodomor, the genocidal famine engineered by the tyrant Joseph Stalin. The film displays a powerful tale of love, honour, rebellion ...
Style:
sincere, psychological, disturbing, tense, captivating ...
Audience:
chick flick, boys' night
Plot:
hunger, peasant, genocide, brutality, love, society, life is a bitch, couples, adaptation, violence, greed, youth ...
Time:
1930s
Place:
ukraine
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