Movies: Refugee

  • 1969
    Mama

    Mama (1969)

    Mama

    01969HD

    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....

    Mama
  • 1969
    The Swimming Lesson

    The Swimming Lesson (1969)

    The Swimming Lesson

    01969HD

    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. ​​...

    The Swimming Lesson
  • 1969
    Sare – Life in exile

    Sare – Life in exile (1969)

    Sare – Life in exile

    01969HD

    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....

    Sare – Life in exile
  • 1969
    The World's Happiest Man

    The World's Happiest Man (1969)

    The World's Happiest Man

    01969HD

    A delve into the plight of Bhutanese-Nepali refugees who settled in the Ohio-Pennsylvania area and fought alienation and displacement....

    The World's Happiest Man
  • 2001
    Road Blocks

    Road Blocks (2001)

    Road Blocks

    02001HD

    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....

    Road Blocks
  • 2005
    Cohen's War

    Cohen's War (2005)

    Cohen's War

    02005HD

    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...

    Cohen's War
  • 1998
    Asylum

    Asylum (1998)

    Asylum

    01998HD

    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....

    Asylum
  • 1988
    Enligt beslut

    Enligt beslut (1988)

    Enligt beslut

    01988HD

    About the refugee Carlos who has just been told he can't stay in Sweden, and about the civil servants handling his case....

    Enligt beslut
  • 1948
    Řecké děti

    Řecké děti (1948)

    Řecké děti

    01948HD

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    Řecké děti
  • 1969
    Awlad

    Awlad (1969)

    Awlad

    01969HD

    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 ...

    Awlad
  • 1984
    Becoming American

    Becoming American (1984)

    Becoming American

    01984HD

    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...

    Becoming American
  • 1956
    Blue Sea

    Blue Sea (1956)

    Blue Sea

    01956HD

    Lieutenants Johnny Waller and Ingvar Lund have been appointed captains of two torpedo boats....

    Blue Sea
  • 1985
    Amir: An Afghan Refugee Musician's Life in Peshawar, Pakistan

    Amir: An Afghan Refugee Musician's Life in Peshawar, Pakistan (1985)

    Amir: An Afghan Refugee Musician's Life in Peshawar, Pakistan

    01985HD

    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...

    Amir: An Afghan Refugee Musician's Life in Peshawar, Pakistan
  • 1969
    Khawla's Goal

    Khawla's Goal (1969)

    Khawla's Goal

    01969HD

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    Khawla's Goal
  • 1969
    Los burgueses de Calais

    Los burgueses de Calais (1969)

    Los burgueses de Calais

    01969HD

    Documentary about the humanitarian crisis of the refugees between 2015 and 2018...

    Los burgueses de Calais
  • 2025
    Unbreakable: The Jelena Dokic Story

    Unbreakable: The Jelena Dokic Story (2025)

    Unbreakable: The Jelena Dokic Story

    02025HD

    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....

    Unbreakable: The Jelena Dokic Story
  • 1969
    Homeland

    Homeland (1969)

    Homeland

    01969HD

    Documentary about a Syrian refugee family that just arrived in the Netherlands....

    Homeland
  • 1939
    The Giant of Norway

    The Giant of Norway (1939)

    The Giant of Norway

    01939HD

    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 ...

    The Giant of Norway
  • 1969
    The Valley Rebels

    The Valley Rebels (1969)

    The Valley Rebels

    01969HD

    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...

    The Valley Rebels
  • 1955
    The Refugee

    The Refugee (1955)

    The Refugee

    01955HD

    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...

    The Refugee