Movies: Refugee
- 1969
Mama (1969)
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Sasha, a refugee from Ukraine, flees to New York City to pursue his dream of becoming an actor, setting up camp under a bridge. As he grapples with the guilt of leaving his home and family behind, he gets an unexpected visitor....
- 1969
The Swimming Lesson (1969)
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Based on a true story, teenage, Muslim refugee girls in burkinis take a fantastical swimming lesson in Idaho. The initiative for swimming lessons began after a newly arrived refugee, a Congolese boy, drowned in the summer of 2017. ...
- 1969
Sare – Life in exile (1969)
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In Turkey, Ankara, a politically active family from Iran is being deported after 10 years. The story is told through their 7 year old daughter, Sare, while she herself has struggles of her own....
- 1969
The World's Happiest Man (1969)
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A delve into the plight of Bhutanese-Nepali refugees who settled in the Ohio-Pennsylvania area and fought alienation and displacement....
- 2001
Road Blocks (2001)
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Ali, a Kurdish refugee, travels to Athens in search of his missing brother. He discovers that his brother paid to be smuggled into Italy but then disappeared, so Ali tries to find his brother and get his way into Italy....
- 2005
Cohen's War (2005)
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An hour-long portrait of Canadian immigration lawyer, M. Lee Cohen, renowned for his work with refugees. The film follows his representation of Sonya Pecelj and Vladimir Zalipyatskikh. The first case follows a young woman, Sonya Pecelj from Kosovo, w...
- 1998
Asylum (1998)
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This feature documentary follows three newly arrived people in Canada and their experiences with the Canadian Refugee process. As claims are assessed and paperwork is double checked, we begin to examine exactly who can be considered a refugee....
- 1988
Enligt beslut (1988)
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About the refugee Carlos who has just been told he can't stay in Sweden, and about the civil servants handling his case....
- 1948
Řecké děti (1948)
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- 1969
Awlad (1969)
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Α quarter of the global population of school age lives in war zones or disaster areas. Fewer than one in four underage refugees attends secondary school. Only one in twenty enrolls for university. Less than two per cent of global humanitarian aid is ...
- 1984
Becoming American (1984)
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Hang Sou and his family, preliterate tribal farmers, await resettlement in a refugee camp in Thailand after fleeing their war-consumed native Laos. "Becoming American" records their odyssey as they travel to and resettle in the United States. As they...
- 1956
Blue Sea (1956)
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Lieutenants Johnny Waller and Ingvar Lund have been appointed captains of two torpedo boats....
- 1985
Amir: An Afghan Refugee Musician's Life in Peshawar, Pakistan (1985)
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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 city of Peshawar in northern Pakistan through the experiences of the musician Amir. The aspirations of A...
- 1969
Khawla's Goal (1969)
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- 1969
Los burgueses de Calais (1969)
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Documentary about the humanitarian crisis of the refugees between 2015 and 2018...
- 2025
Unbreakable: The Jelena Dokic Story (2025)
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The remarkable story of Jelena Dokic – an elite tennis star who beat the best in the world with a mental toughness few could match. Jelena survived the turmoil of being a refugee, the pressure of centre court, and the burden of a volatile father....
- 1969
Homeland (1969)
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Documentary about a Syrian refugee family that just arrived in the Netherlands....
- 1939
The Giant of Norway (1939)
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This short tells the story of Norwegian explorer and diplomat Fridtjof Nansen (1861-1930). After a life of adventure, he was instrumental in resettling tens of thousands of refugees and displaced persons resulting from World War I. He continued this ...
- 1969
The Valley Rebels (1969)
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Cédric Herrou is a farmer who supports and houses African refugees in the alpine village of Breil-Sur-Roya in southern France. Some regard him as a heroic good Samaritan, but others – including the French border police and state prosecutor – denounce...
- 1955
The Refugee (1955)
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A Chinese medical student named Gan Shosho finds himself cut off from his homeland as he is studying in Japan during the outbreak of the war. Despite his difficult circumstances, he finds love in the form of Sachiko and the two marry. They later trav...