Translator movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant translator movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, serious, suspense, psychological, captivating and melancholic films and TV shows about / with translator, culture clash, murder, storytelling, death, friendship, women, military, catastrophe and dialogue plots mostly in Drama, Comedy and War genres shot in USA, UK, France and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as translator: The Translators (2019), Ambassadors (2013), Fear and Trembling (2003), Arrival (2016), Where are you going, Aida? (2020), Inbetween Worlds (2014), A Perfect Day (2015), Gaudi Afternoon (2001), The Covenant (2023), The Art of War (2000).
Best films
New films
| Warfare (2025) | 7.2 | |
| Pacifiction (2022) | 6.3 | |
| Animal (2023) | 6.2 | |
| Magellan (2025) | 6.7 | |
| Can This Love Be Translated? (2026) | 8.0 |
List of translator movies
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Nine translators have been picked by a ruthless publisher and locked in a luxury bunker to translate the highly anticipated book of a famous author in record time. Although the translators are confined to prevent any kind of leak because of the high ...
Style:
suspense, non-linear, serious, clever, surprise ending ...
Plot:
translator, publisher, swimming pool, sleeping, new job, death, library, bunker, rivalry, nightmare, job interview, writers ...
Place:
paris france, frankfurt germany, london
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
The adventures and politics of a British ambassador to a fictitious Asian country called Tajbekistan.
Style:
humorous, feel good, light, captivating, biting ...
Plot:
satire, politics, ambassador, secretary, translator, state affairs, workplace, workplace situations, dictatorship, humour, political humor, tourist ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
middle east
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France, Japan
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Amélie, a young Belgian woman, having spent her childhood in Japan, decides to return to live there and tries to integrate in the Japanese society. She is determined to be a "real Japanese" before her year contract runs out, though it ...
Style:
witty, semi serious, realistic, humorous, funny ...
Plot:
employer employee relationship, culture clash, workplace, translator, fish out of water, power relations, workplace intrigue, boss and employee, demotion, friendship, japanese culture, cultural difference ...
Time:
year 1993, year 1991, year 2003, 90s, year 1990
Place:
japan, tokyo, asia, belgium
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Taking place after alien crafts land around the world, an expert linguist is recruited by the military to determine whether they come in peace or are a threat.
Style:
psychological, philosophical, intellectual, reflective, twist ending ...
Audience:
family friendly, teens, adult
Plot:
first contact, alien, female protagonist, linguist, ufo, extraterrestrial, alien contact, time, alien invasion, creature, science, alien race ...
Time:
year 2016, future, 2010s
Place:
montana, china, america, massachusetts, venezuela ...
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Austria, Romania, Netherlands, Germany, Poland, France, Turkey, Norway, Croatia, Sweden, Montenegro, Italy
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Bosnia, July 1995. Aida is a translator for the UN in the small town of Srebrenica. When the Serbian army takes over the town, her family is among the thousands of citizens looking for shelter in the UN camp. As an insider to the negotiations Aida ...
Style:
political, suspense, captivating, disturbing, psychological ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
bosnian war, translator, military base, firing squad, un, life risking, family in danger, woman in danger, women, military, risk, wartime ...
Time:
90s, year 1995
Place:
bosnia herzegovina, serbia, eastern europe
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Germany
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Jesper is a soldier in the German army, who reports for a new tour of duty in Afghanistan. His unit is to protect a village from the Taliban.
Style:
realistic, serious, psychological, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
soldier, translator, culture clash, gain trust, danger, battle zone, friendship, war in afghanistan, military, village, murder, death threat ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
afghanistan, pakistan, middle east
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, War
Country: Spain
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Film about a group of aid workers trying to resolve a crisis in an armed conflict zone in the Balkans.
Style:
humorous, cynical, black comedy, melancholic, political ...
Plot:
volunteer, war zone, aid worker, soldier, translator, life philosophy, wartime, world politics, landmine, dialogue, ethnic conflict, bosnian war ...
Time:
20th century, year 1995, year 2015, 90s
Place:
former yugoslavia, bosnia herzegovina, balkan
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Country: Spain
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
An American abroad finds herself falling in with an eccentric group of fellow expatriates in Spain in this comedy. Cassandra (Judy Davis) is a nomadic American who finds herself stranded in Spain, where she's found temporary work translating ...
Style:
semi serious, talky, entertaining, independent film, realistic ...
Plot:
kick-butt women, lesbian, eccentricity, dysfunctional family, creativity, amateur detective, betrayal, farce, translator, comedy of errors, eccentric family, family relations ...
Time:
year 2001, 21st century
Place:
spain, barcelona, europe, san francisco, tokyo
Is relevant?
205K
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: UK, Spain, USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
During the war in Afghanistan, a local interpreter risks his own life to carry an injured sergeant across miles of grueling terrain.
Style:
serious, captivating, tense, suspenseful, powerful ...
Plot:
war in afghanistan, ambush, american soldier, shooter, military, soldier, translator, sniper, brotherhood, friendship, chase, taliban ...
Time:
2010s, 2000s
Place:
afghanistan, los angeles
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
When ruthless terrorists threaten to bring down the United Nations, they frame the one man they believe can stop them: an international security expert named Shaw. Now he must run from his own allies and become a solitary force for good, as he tries ...
Style:
exciting, suspense, intense, stylized, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
conspiracy, espionage, political conspiracy, mafia, martial arts, murder, frame up, translator, secret agent, gunfight, car chase, heroes ...
Time:
year 2000, y2k, 90s, 20th century
Place:
china, hong kong, new york, usa, manhattan new york city
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Key & Peele is an American sketch comedy television show. It stars Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele, both former cast members of MADtv. Each episode of the show consists of several pre-taped sketches starring the two actors, introduced by Key ...
Style:
sketch comedy, feel good, not serious, humorous, talky ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
comedian, translator, profanity, sketch, black american, african american, artists and showbiz, partner, society, racial slur, social problems, friends ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Traveling through an unnamed European country on the brink of war, sickly, intellectual Ester, her sister Anna and Anna's young son, Johan, check into a near-empty hotel. A basic inability to communicate among the three seems only to worsen ...
Style:
sexual, art house, black and white, disturbing, cerebral ...
Plot:
existentialism, surrealism, nihilism, sister sister relationship, religion, lesbian incest, dysfunctional family, female masturbation, translator, war zone, room, sibling rivalry ...
Time:
year 1963, 20th century, 60s
Place:
europe, tokyo
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 169 min.
Story:
As U.S. troops storm the beaches of Normandy, three brothers lie dead on the battlefield, with a fourth trapped behind enemy lines. Ranger captain John Miller and seven men are tasked with penetrating German-held territory and bringing the boy home.
Style:
breathtaking, realistic, captivating, tense, inspirational ...
Audience:
manly, date night, chick flick, kids, adult
Plot:
war, world war two, military, courage, battles, self sacrifice, sniper, friendship, nazi, combat, army, machine gun ...
Time:
1940s, year 1944, year 1998, 90s, year 2013 ...
Place:
normandy, france, germany, poland, europe ...
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Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
After an encounter with UFOs, a line worker feels undeniably drawn to an isolated area in the wilderness where something spectacular is about to happen.
Style:
captivating, cerebral, breathtaking, atmospheric, mysterious ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, pre-teens, adult ...
Plot:
ufo, alien, first contact, alien abduction, technology, alien contact, space and aliens, contact, flying saucer, extraterrestrial, chase, airplane ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1977, near future, future
Place:
wyoming, indiana, india, ohio, north america ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
The emotions of a celebrity and her interpreter get lost in translation as they travel the world filming a TV show. Will love find its own language?
Style:
lighthearted, heartfelt, romantic comedy, feel good, uplifting ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
translator, celebrity, love story, communication, opposites attract, chemistry, misunderstanding, showbiz, urban, intimacy, workplace romance, personal growth ...
Place:
south korea, seoul
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Russia
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
After a failed marriage, Masha retreats to the sanctuary of her humble profession as a translator of serious literature. Financial difficulties force her to accept an offer to interpret during a seminar held by an English puppeteer.
Style:
realistic, melancholic, art house, independent film, romantic drama
Plot:
translator, puppeteer, female protagonist, self discovery, intimate, character study, divorce, communication, slice of life, second chance, trust, isolation ...
Place:
soviet union, moscow russia, ussr
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK, France, Italy, Germany, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A woman takes the law into her own hands after police ignore her pleas to arrest the man responsible for her husband's death, and finds herself not only under arrest for murder but falling in love with an officer.
Style:
sincere, cerebral, atmospheric, sentimental, romantic ...
Plot:
justice, redemption, revenge, on the run, police, terrorism, murder, terrorist, translator, criminal heroes, crime gone awry, vigilantism ...
Time:
year 2002, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
italy, europe, tuscany, turin italy
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Genre: Adventure, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France, Italy, Germany
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
In France, the single translator Diane Siprien adopts an Asian baby named Liu-San in a foundation directed by Sybille Weber. Years later, a weird mark appears on the boy's chest and Diane and Liu share their dreadful nightmares. Diane is ...
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, serious, demonic, entertaining ...
Plot:
child in peril, adoption, translator, curses spells and rituals, adopted son, scientist, murder, police, danger, bear, boy, blood ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
asia, mongolia, france, europe, siberia
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A tale about Vietnamese refugees sent to an orientation camp on the Camp Pendleton Marine Base in California, 'Green Dragon' focuses on a young boy and his sister. Set in 1975, the film chronicles the stories told to the two children by ...
Style:
psychological, touching, sincere, emotional, independent film ...
Plot:
military, vietnam war, interracial relations, military life, friendship, self discovery, coming of age, translator, homecoming, culture clash, human nature, immigrant ...
Time:
year 2001, 70s
Place:
vietnam, asia, california, usa
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Each morning Donya leaves her tight-knit community of Afghan immigrants in Fremont, California. She crosses the Bay to work at a family-run fortune cookie factory in San Francisco. Donya drifts through her routine, struggling to connect with the ...
Style:
black and white, suspenseful, harsh, captivating, dramatic ...
Plot:
female protagonist, refugee, fortune cookie, us military, translator, immigrant, racial prejudice, loneliness, insomnia, u.s. army, army, war ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
afghanistan, bay area, california, san francisco
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A young man of Chinese-Cambodian descent dies, leaving behind his isolated mother and his lover of four years. Though the two don't share a language, they grow close through their grief.
Style:
realistic, bleak, serious, touching, emotional ...
Plot:
lgbtq, gay, lgbt, gay relationship, gay love, retirement home, male homosexuality, language barrier, homosexual, mourning, mother love, loss of lover ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, london
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
One year after 9/11, an American journalist travels to Afghanistan in an effort to learn the truth about the search for Osama bin Laden.
Style:
serious, realistic, rough, thought provoking, fake documentary
Plot:
found footage, missing person, state affairs, society, journalism, obsessive quest, danger, escapades, media, survival, violent content, translator ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
afghanistan, middle east
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Hong Kong, Singapore
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
An aspiring violinist and a professional translator live parallel lives and appear to be perfect for each other, but somehow fate seems to keep them apart. Living in different units of the same apartment building, they never meet, because when they ...
Style:
romantic, semi serious, realistic, touching, romantic drama ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night, adult
Plot:
longing, looking for love, destiny, couples, hopes, love and romance, translator, singleness, male female relationship, star crossed lovers, bittersweet, unfulfilled love ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
hong kong, asia
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama
Country: Hong Kong, China, South Korea
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
When Aryong, the daughter of a triad boss from Hong Kong is accused of killing the boss of a competing triad, she is goes into hiding in Korea. Upon arriving, she is guided by a nimble but loyal Gi-chul and his motley crew, who are assigned to ...
Style:
semi serious, suspenseful, exciting, realistic, stylized ...
Plot:
martial arts, gangster, woman in danger, uninhibited rivalry, danger, chases and races, assassination, chase, murder, vengeance, master warrior, rivalry ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
hong kong, korea, seoul, asia
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: India, USA, Thailand, China
Duration: 154 min.
Story:
Based in Delhi's Chandni Chowk, orphaned Sidhu is adopted by the owner of Bajrang Bali Parathas, known simply as Dada. Years later Sidhu has grown up and is an expert at slicing vegetables.
Style:
humorous, feel good, semi serious, realistic
Audience:
teens
Plot:
martial arts, mistaken identity, ambition, dishonesty, save the day, rivalry, danger, heroic mission, against the odds, anti hero, misfit, heroes ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
china, india, asia, delhi
Is relevant?
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Norway
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
A nurse gets into a dispute at work because she switches to speaking English when she gets nervous. A translator compromises her integrity when persuaded to translate a book she doesn't believe in. An elderly woman and her daughter are ...
Style:
realistic, humorous, semi serious, touching, comedy drama ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
communication, workplace situations, communication problem, workplace, human nature, family relations, translator, parents and children, all female cast, women, inheritance, everyday life ...
Time:
21st century
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Genre: History
Country: South Africa
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Krotoa, a feisty, bright, 11-year-old girl is removed from her close-knit Khoi tribe to serve Jan van Riebeeck, her uncle’s trading partner and the first Governor of the Cape Colony. She is brought into the first Fort established by the Dutch East ...
Style:
historical drama, captivating, thrilling, period piece, psychological ...
Plot:
colonialism, culture clash, assimilation, biopic, translator, colony, lifestyle, woman, problem, female protagonist, cross cultural relations, tragedy ...
Time:
17th century
Place:
south africa
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Comedy set in a refugee camp in occupied Austria after World War II. A shrewd multi-lingual interpreter who mediates between Russian and British military brass enters into a friendly rivalry with British Major Giles Burnside, who is in charge of ...
Style:
comedy drama, tense
Plot:
refugee camp, translator, world war two, post war, social commentary, survival, character study, diplomacy, soviet army, british military, negotiation, bureaucracy ...
Time:
1940s, post world war two, year 1969
Place:
austria
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Genre: Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Chinese-language interpreter Gaia is called up out of the blue by the Italian authorities with an urgent and confidential translation assignment. She is whisked away to a secret underground location and ushered into a pitch-black room where she is ...
Style:
tense, captivating, psychological, suspense, exciting ...
Plot:
alien contact, mistrust, alien species, alien race, female protagonist, government agent, translator, locked in a room, supernatural, alien invasion, electric torture, naivete ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
italy, rome italy
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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, tense, rough, political, heartbreaking ...
Plot:
genocide, journalism, vietnam war, civil war, photographer, war, violence, reporter, photograph, brutality, khmer rouge, mass murder ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, year 1973, 80s, year 1984 ...
Place:
cambodia, vietnam, east asia, asia, new york ...
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