Refugee Movies
- 2025

The Empty
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A panicked woman embarks on a quest for power.
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- 2025

Mayor of Lowell
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This short documentary chronicles the culture and arts of Cambodian Americans and the Lowell, MA community through the eyes of Sokhary Chau, the...
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- 1970

The Swimming Lesson
The Swimming Lesson01970HD
Based on a true story, teenage, Muslim refugee girls in burkinis take a fantastical swimming lesson in Idaho. The initiative for swimming lessons...
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- 2014

Ghetto 59
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Nearly 20 years since the end of the 1992-95 Bosnian war, there are people who still live in refugee Centers, usually located on the outskirts of...
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- 2025

I Have to Run
I Have to Run02025HD
A gay artist flees the repressive laws and war in Russia to go to Berlin, leaving his boyfriend behind. Meanwhile, life in Berlin turns out to be...
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- 2005

Cohen's War
Cohen's War92005HD
An hour-long portrait of Canadian immigration lawyer, M. Lee Cohen, renowned for his work with refugees. The film follows his representation of Sonya...
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- 1956

Blue Sea
Blue Sea91956HD
Lieutenants Johnny Waller and Ingvar Lund have been appointed captains of two torpedo boats.
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- 2016

Let Me In
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There are more refugees in the world today than at any point in history. And half of them are children. Let Me In is a cinematic experience which...
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- 2021

Akoni
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A Nigerian refugee struggles to integrate into Australian society after escaping the clutches of Boko Haram, until he meets a woman who opens her...
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- 1985

Amir: An Afghan Refugee Musician's Life in Peshawar, Pakistan
Amir: An Afghan Refugee Musician's Life in Peshawar, Pakistan71985HD
Amir, shot during the height of the Afghan civil war in the 1980s, investigates and portrays the life of Afghan refugees living in and around the...
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- 2017

Locked In
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Samira and Nazim, asylum seekers who fled after torture find themselves in the UK again detained by the state. They are on the fast track system,...
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- 2025

The Journal
The Journal02025HD
An American veteran of the Vietnam War returns a precious keepsake to the daughter of an enemy solider, 50 years later. The film stars Elyse Dinh, a...
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- 2017

Ana's Commission
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It focuses on Ana, the wife of tycoon Sašo. When her husband gets in trouble and disappears, she realizes she does not know anything about her...
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- 2020

The Little Refugee
The Little Refugee02020HD
In 2015, the Syrian boy Aylan appeared dead on the beach in Bodrum, Turkey. The image shocked and alerted the world to the refugee crisis. The film...
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- 2021

Samos - The Faces of our Border
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- 2016

Chasing Asylum
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Chasing Asylum tells the story of Australia's cruel, inhumane treatment of asylum seekers and refugees, examining the human, political, financial and...
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- 2014

Once My Mother
Once My Mother82014HD
Australian filmmaker Sophia Turkiewicz investigates why her Polish mother abandoned her and uncovers the truth behind her mother's wartime escape...
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- 2020

Rosemary's Way
Rosemary's Way4.52020HD
An effervescent facilitator and mother figure, Multicultural Liaison Officer Rosemary is undoubtedly a force of nature. Isolation in Auburn’s...
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- 1970

Awlad
Awlad01970HD
Α quarter of the global population of school age lives in war zones or disaster areas. Fewer than one in four underage refugees attends...
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- 2025

Love in the Walls
Love in the Walls02025HD
Residents of a Melbourne social housing community strive to reclaim their own hope and identity in the face of recent deaths and a larger societal...
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