Refugee Movies

  • 2025
    The Empty

    The Empty

    The Empty

    02025HD

    A panicked woman embarks on a quest for power.

    The Empty
  • 2025
    Mayor of Lowell

    Mayor of Lowell

    Mayor of Lowell

    02025HD

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

    Mayor of Lowell
  • 1970
    The Swimming Lesson

    The Swimming Lesson

    The Swimming Lesson

    01970HD

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

    The Swimming Lesson
  • 2014
    Ghetto 59

    Ghetto 59

    Ghetto 59

    62014HD

    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...

    Ghetto 59
  • 2025
    I Have to Run

    I Have to Run

    I Have to Run

    02025HD

    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...

    I Have to Run
  • 2005
    Cohen's War

    Cohen's War

    Cohen's War

    92005HD

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

    Cohen's War
  • 1956
    Blue Sea

    Blue Sea

    Blue Sea

    91956HD

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

    Blue Sea
  • 2016
    Let Me In

    Let Me In

    Let Me In

    5.32016HD

    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...

    Let Me In
  • 2021
    Akoni

    Akoni

    Akoni

    02021HD

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

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

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

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

    71985HD

    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...

    Amir: An Afghan Refugee Musician's Life in Peshawar, Pakistan
  • 2017
    Locked In

    Locked In

    Locked In

    02017HD

    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,...

    Locked In
  • 2025
    The Journal

    The Journal

    The Journal

    02025HD

    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...

    The Journal
  • 2017
    Ana's Commission

    Ana's Commission

    Ana's Commission

    02017HD

    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...

    Ana's Commission
  • 2020
    The Little Refugee

    The Little Refugee

    The Little Refugee

    02020HD

    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...

    The Little Refugee
  • 2021
    Samos - The Faces of our Border

    Samos - The Faces of our Border

    Samos - The Faces of our Border

    02021HD

    Samos - The Faces of our Border
  • 2016
    Chasing Asylum

    Chasing Asylum

    Chasing Asylum

    82016HD

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

    Chasing Asylum
  • 2014
    Once My Mother

    Once My Mother

    Once My Mother

    82014HD

    Australian filmmaker Sophia Turkiewicz investigates why her Polish mother abandoned her and uncovers the truth behind her mother's wartime escape...

    Once My Mother
  • 2020
    Rosemary's Way

    Rosemary's Way

    Rosemary's Way

    4.52020HD

    An effervescent facilitator and mother figure, Multicultural Liaison Officer Rosemary is undoubtedly a force of nature. Isolation in Auburn’s...

    Rosemary's Way
  • 1970
    Awlad

    Awlad

    Awlad

    01970HD

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

    Awlad
  • 2025
    Love in the Walls

    Love in the Walls

    Love in the Walls

    02025HD

    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...

    Love in the Walls