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List of genocide movies

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Schindler's List (1993)
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, heartbreaking, realistic, thought provoking ...
Audience: date night, chick flick, adult
Plot: holocaust, world war two, genocide, nazi, war, wartime, storytelling, concentration camp, brutality, nazism, against humanity, survival ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century, year 1993, 90s, ancient times ...
Place: poland, germany, persia, iran, europe ...
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 7.4
 52K
Son of Saul (2015)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Hungary
Duration: 107 min.
Story: In the horror of 1944 Auschwitz, a prisoner forced to burn the corpses of his own people finds moral survival trying to save from the flames the body of a boy he takes for his son.
Style: compassionate, melancholic, disturbing, grim, cerebral ...
Plot: holocaust, world war two, nazi concentration camp, genocide, tragedy, nazi, prison, shoah, courage, concentration camp, brutality, life & death ...
Time: 1940s, year 1944, year 2015, 90s
Place: poland, germany, eastern europe
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The Butcher of Prague (2011)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Czech Republic, Slovakia
Duration: 126 min.
Story: With the Nazi takeover of Europe underway, the Reich Protector Reinhard Heydrich arrives in Prague and his underlings begin enforcing his authority in the towns and villages across the occupied country. In Lidice, the film's main protagonist, ...
Style: realistic, disturbing, serious, emotional, bleak
Plot: nazi occupation, political repression, world war two, mass murder, holocaust, life is a bitch, heroic mission, wartime life, against humanity, social relations, haunted by the past, genocide ...
Time: 1940s, year 1942, 20th century
Place: czechoslovakia, prague, czech republic
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 7.5
 142K
The Book Thief (2013)
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: sentimental, touching, emotional, serious, captivating ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night, family outing, teens, adult
Plot: world war two, holocaust, nazi, childhood, adoption, war, nazi germany, human spirit, life is a bitch, against humanity, teenage girl, youth ...
Time: 1940s, year 2013, ancient times, 2010s, 20th century ...
Place: germany, europe
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The Resistance (2011)
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: captivating, exciting, entertaining, tense, serious ...
Plot: ninja, genocide, assassination, revenge, resistance, vengeance, wartime life, world war two, martial arts, heroes, medieval, danger ...
Time: 20th century, 1930s
Place: china, usa, asia, japan
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 5.9
 4K
Eichmann (2007)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: Hungary, UK
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Based upon the final confession of Adolf Eichmann, made before his execution in Israel, of his role in Hitler's plan for the final solution.
Style: serious, captivating, tense, sincere, disturbing ...
Plot: nazi, holocaust, legal, nazi war criminal, anti semitism, life is a bitch, prison, genocide, courtroom, confined, society, investigation ...
Time: 20th century, 1940s, 60s, post world war two, 50s ...
Place: europe, israel, middle east, budapest
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 7.6
 4K
God on Trial (2008)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 86 min.
Story: In the Jewish tradition of arguing with God, Jewish prisoners in Auschwitz decide to put God on Trial.
Style: thought provoking, serious, disturbing, tense, realistic ...
Plot: holocaust, concentration camp, world war two, atrocity, genocide, debate, war crime, injustice, confined, life is a bitch, human nature, human spirit ...
Time: 20th century, year 2008, 1940s
Place: europe, palestine, poland, israel, germany
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The Aryan Couple (2004)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: A WWII Drama about a German/Jewish industrialist who, in order to ensure his family's safe passage out of Germany, is forced to hand over his business to the Nazis.
Style: psychological, serious, captivating, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot: concentration camp, world war two, holocaust, survival, genocide, anti semitism, undercover, hidden identity, moral dilemma, life is a bitch, forbidden love, uncover truth ...
Time: 1940s, year 1944
Place: germany, switzerland, hungary, europe
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 7.0
 9K
The Round Up (2010)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: France, Germany, Hungary
Duration: 115 min.
Story: 1942. Joseph is eleven. And this June morning, he must go to school, a yellow star sown on his chest. He receives the support of a goods dealer. The mockery of a baker. Between kindness and contempt, Jo, his Jewish friends, their families, learn of ...
Style: emotional, disturbing, thought provoking, bleak, realistic ...
Plot: holocaust, concentration camp, nazism, german occupation, holocaust survivor, world war two, nazi, world war, against humanity, injustice, genocide, nazi concentration camp ...
Time: 20th century, 1940s, year 2009, post world war two, year 1942
Place: france, vichy, paris france, middle east, europe ...
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 6.3
 15K
Ararat (2002)
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: disturbing, emotional, realistic, sexy, meta ...
Plot: genocide, armenian genocide, filmmaking, politics, freedom, atrocity, war crime, self discovery, haunted by the past, against humanity, family problems, painting ...
Time: year 2002, 1910s, 20th century, year 1915, 1930s ...
Place: armenia, canada, ottoman empire, middle east, new york ...
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Johnny Mad Dog (2008)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: France, Belgium, Liberia
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A cast of unknown performers are used in this drama about child soldiers fighting a war in an unnamed African country.
Style: realistic, serious, disturbing, rough, sad ...
Plot: children in wartime, child soldier, civil war, orphan, life is a bitch, society, youth, against humanity, soldier, atrocity, escape, child ...
Time: year 2008, 21st century
Place: africa, rwanda, france
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The Weeping Meadow (2004)
Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: Greece, France, Italy, Germany
Duration: 170 min.
Story: This is the first film of Theo Angelopoulos' trilogy. The story starts in 1919 with some greek refugees from Odessa arriving somewhere near Thessaloniki. Among these people are two small kids, Alexis and Eleni. Eleni is an orphan and she is ...
Style: touching, sentimental, sincere, captivating, aesthetic ...
Plot: refugee, greek, village, wartime life, tragic love, on the run, orphan, political unrest, genocide, politics, self discovery, fall in love ...
Time: year 2004, 1920s, year 1945, year 1936, 1940s ...
Place: greece, ancient greece, europe, ottoman empire
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 6.9
 16K
Mr. Jones (2019)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Thriller
Country: Poland, UK, Ukraine
Duration: 141 min.
Story: In 1933, Welsh journalist Gareth Jones travels to Ukraine, where he experiences the horrors of a famine. Everywhere he goes he meets henchmen of the Soviet secret service who are determined to prevent news about the catastrophe from getting out. ...
Style: period piece, cult classic
Audience: date night
Plot: journalism, journalist, cannibalism, communism, genocide, hunger, stalinism, female journalist, anti communist, reporter, spy, writers ...
Time: 1930s, year 2019, year 1933, year 1957, year 1934 ...
Place: ukraine, soviet union, berlin germany, london, russia ...
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Cathedral of the Sea (2018)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Spain
Duration: 55 min.
TV show
Story: In the 14th century, Barcelona is experiencing one of its most prosperous moments. The city has grown to La Ribera, a fishing district in which the largest Marian temple ever known is built: Santa María del Mar. But the construction runs parallel ...
Style: biblical, brutal, suspenseful, suspense, depressing ...
Plot: medieval, genocide, religion, envy, social relations, rich and poor, society, father son relationship, sea, social problems, family relations, life is a bitch ...
Time: 14th century, middle ages, medieval times
Place: spain, barcelona
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 7.2
 11K
Savior (1998)
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: bleak, disturbing, depressing, tense, rough ...
Plot: terrorism, atrocity, rape, redemption, genocide, breast feeding, war crime, ethnic cleansing, mercenary, soldier, hopes, pregnancy ...
Time: 90s, year 1998, 20th century
Place: bosnia, former yugoslavia, europe, serbia, balkan ...
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Labyrinth of Lies (2014)
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, heartbreaking ...
Plot: holocaust, lawyer, nazi, investigation, prosecutor, world war two, idealism, fighting the system, nazi war criminal, post war germany, ex nazi, genocide ...
Time: 20th century, post world war two, 1950s, year 2014, year 1963 ...
Place: germany, frankfurt germany, west germany
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 7.5
 28K
Remember (2015)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, Mexico, Germany, South Africa
Duration: 94 min.
Story: With the aid of a fellow Auschwitz survivor and a hand-written letter, an elderly man with dementia goes in search of the person responsible for the death of his family.
Style: twist ending, suspense, unusual plot structure, surprise ending, psychological ...
Plot: nazi, holocaust, ss, auschwitz, nazi war criminal, nazi officer, revenge, old man, genocide, swastika, world war two, mistaken identity ...
Time: year 2015
Place: germany, cleveland ohio, reno nevada
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Killers of the Flower Moon (2023)
Genre: Crime, Drama, History, Mystery, Romance, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 206 min.
Story: When oil is discovered in 1920s Oklahoma under Osage Nation land, the Osage people are murdered one by one—until the FBI steps in to unravel the mystery.
Style: thrilling, suspenseful, captivating, detective, psychological ...
Plot: native american, murder, courtroom, greed, genocide, fbi, true crime, oil, interracial marriage, investigation, modern western, serial murder ...
Time: 1920s, 20th century
Place: oklahoma
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Escape from Sobibor (1987)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: UK
Duration: 143 min.
Story: During WWII, the death camp at Treblinka had an escape, causing the Commandant at a similar camp in Sobibor to vow (actually threaten) that his camp would never experience the same thing. But those who were its captives, the Jewish laborers that had ...
Style: tense, realistic, suspenseful, rough, serious ...
Plot: concentration camp, escape, world war two, holocaust, pow, against humanity, genocide, military, brutality, captivity, nazi, prison ...
Time: 20th century, 1940s
Place: poland, europe
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 3.2
 2K
Auschwitz (2011)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Canada, Germany
Duration: 73 min.
Story: Auschwitz is a hard-hitting war film which shows life as it really was at the death camp.
Style: disturbing, thought provoking, rough, realistic, bleak ...
Plot: nazi, holocaust, world war two, concentration camp, anti semitism, mass murder, against humanity, life is a bitch, society, genocide, gas chamber, exploitation ...
Time: 20th century, 1940s
Place: europe, poland
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 8.1
 61K
Underground (1995)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, War
Country: Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, France, Germany, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, UK, USA
Duration: 170 min.
Story: Black marketeers Marko and Blacky manufacture and sell weapons to the Communist resistance in WWII Belgrade, living the good life along the way. Marko's surreal duplicity propels him up the ranks of the Communist Party, and he eventually ...
Style: absurd, black comedy, art house, political, satirical ...
Plot: world war two, communism, surrealism, genocide, war, satire, greed, freedom, lie, culture clash, brutality, imagination ...
Time: 1940s, 90s, year 1995, post world war two, 60s ...
Place: former yugoslavia, serbia, balkan, eastern europe, europe ...
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First They Killed My Father (2017)
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, suspenseful ...
Plot: genocide, forced labor, communism, little girl, mass murder, khmer rouge, crime against humanity, wartime, imperialism, murder, anti war, revolution ...
Time: 90s, year 2017, 2010s, 70s, year 1970
Place: cambodia, east asia
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Life Is Beautiful (1997)
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, tragicomedy ...
Audience: chick flick, teens, kids, family friendly, adult
Plot: holocaust, world war two, concentration camp, nazi, human spirit, life & death, life philosophy, self sacrifice, nazism, fascism, war, courage ...
Time: 1940s, year 1997, 20th century, 90s, 1930s ...
Place: italy, europe, tuscany
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 6.7
 498
Armenia (2006)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 125 min.
Story: This is a story about returning to ones ancestral homeland. Anna is a cardiologist who discovers her father has fled to his native Armenia after being diagnosed with a heart problem. Despite their contentious relationship, she sets out to bring her ...
Style: psychological, thrilling, captivating, road movie
Plot: armenian genocide, genocide, physician, diaspora, journey, teenage girl, grownups, teenager, road trip
Place: armenia, france
Is relevant ?
 7.3
 11K
In Darkness (2011)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Poland, Germany, Canada
Duration: 145 min.
Story: 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 ...
Style: harsh, disturbing, uplifting, sincere, social ...
Plot: holocaust, nazi, world war two, atrocity, survival, refugee, genocide, judaism, world war, human spirit, sewer, mistrust ...
Time: 1940s, 2010s, 20th century, 2000s, year 2008 ...
Place: poland, germany, eastern europe, europe
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Vampires: Lucas Rising (2014)
Genre: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 107 min.
Story: The on going Vampire saga that started with Vampires: Brighter in Darkness, Vampires: Lucas Rising tells the tale of the immortals Lucas Delmore and Toby Brighter and their fight to defend their Love and Mankind.
Style: bleak, scary, psychotronic, suspense, suspenseful
Plot: gay, vampire, genocide, blood, female antagonist, male nudity, couple relations, love and romance, peril, supernatural ability, fear, supernatural ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe
Is relevant ?
 7.3
 957
Amu (2005)
Genre: Drama
Country: India, USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Amu is the story of Kaju, a twenty-one-year-old Indian American woman who returns to India to visit her family and discover the place where she was born. The film takes a dark turn as Kaju stumbles against secrets and lies from her past. A ...
Style: disturbing, serious, realistic, touching, banned
Plot: sikh, genocide, adoption, uncover truth, haunted by the past, orphan, family relations, homecoming, political unrest, society, hidden truth, bookstore ...
Time: 21st century
Place: india, new delhi, asia, delhi
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The Zone of Interest (2023)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: USA, UK, Poland
Duration: 105 min.
Story: The commandant of Auschwitz, Rudolf Höss, and his wife Hedwig, strive to build a dream life for their family in a house and garden next to the camp.
Style: experimental, crying, period drama
Plot: auschwitz, world war two, holocaust, garden, concentration camp, nazi, nazi officer, genocide, husband wife relationship, love, swastika, river ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century, year 1944, year 1943, year 1942
Place: poland, hungary
Is relevant ?
 7.7
 421K
Black Hawk Down (2001)
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 144 min.
Story: When U.S. Rangers and an elite Delta Force team attempt to kidnap two underlings of a Somali warlord, their Black Hawk helicopters are shot down, and the Americans suffer heavy casualties, facing intense fighting from the militia on the ground.
Style: realistic, epic, rough, suspenseful, intense ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: war, combat, courage, battles, army, military, shooting, gunfight, chaos, sniper, survival, american soldier ...
Time: year 1993, year 2001, 90s, 20th century, year 2002 ...
Place: africa, somalia, america, south africa, middle east ...
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Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood (2009)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story: Edward and Alphonse Elric's reckless disregard for alchemy's fun­damental laws ripped half of Ed's limbs from his body and left Al's soul clinging to a cold suit of armor. To restore what was lost, the brothers scour a war-torn ...
Style: anime, exciting, serious, manga, stylized ...
Audience: teens, kids, adult, preschool
Plot: alchemy, supernatural, curses spells and rituals, siblings relations, imaginary, alchemist, genocide, heroes, brother brother relationship, evil, technology, escapades ...
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