Movies and TvShows featuring "refugees" theme.
Sir Nicholas 'Nicky' Winton, a young London broker, risks his life to rescue Jewish children from the Nazis during World War II. He embarks on a race against time to save as many children as possible before the borders close. Years later, haunted by the children he couldn't save, Nicky finds redemption when he meets the surviving adults on a live TV show.
Laila is a Syrian victim of a bombing who agrees to marry a powerful sheikh in exchange for money to save her little brother's life. However, plans change due to the tragic death of the child. Laila and her family flee to start a new life in distant lands. Abandoned and enraged, the sheikh sends Jamil, his right-hand man, in search of the bride, but could not imagine he would fail to obey his command and fall madly in love with her. This forbidden love will be tested when the sheikh's daughter decides to take revenge after her father's mysterious death. From Emmy winners Thelma Guedes and Duca Rachid, ‘Orphans of a Nation’ tells a beautiful love story in the current context of refugees from around the world.
Follows the story of a family of Syrian refugees, an Afghan teacher, and a border guard who meet on the Polish-Belarusian border during the most recent humanitarian crisis in Belarus. They are all unknowingly caught up in a political fraud orchestrated by the Belarusian authorities. As they navigate the risks and legal consequences, they question the meaning of humanity.
Tom and Mia inherit a family apartment and move to Athens. Tom is a company start-upper, while Mia becomes an anti-capitalist activist.
An American journalist who spent 13 months in France 1940-41 managed to arrange safe passage to the US for over 2,000 refugees; who were in danger of losing their lives.
Strikes in Port Talbot spark a revolution – and a family of fugitives go on the run. Facing impossible choices, what would you do?
When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit follows the story of a 10-year-old Jewish girl named Anna and her family as they flee Germany in 1933 due to the rise of the Nazi regime. The film highlights their struggles and experiences as refugees in various locations, including Zurich, Switzerland, and Paris, France. Based on the autobiographical novel of the same name, it explores themes of anti-Semitism, family relationships, and resilience.
A Marine plans to attack a small-town American mosque but encounters the people he intends to kill.
In 'The Spanish Main,' a Dutch sea captain named Laurentius Vandervelt escapes from a Spanish galleon and becomes a buccaneer. He plans to seek revenge on the Spanish captain, Jose-Diaz. Along the way, he encounters various challenges, including a vicious pirate gang and a corrupt governor. Amidst the violence and brutality, Laurentius finds himself falling in love with the beautiful Contessa Francesca. Can he balance his desire for revenge with his growing feelings for Francesca?
Tori and Lokita is a heart-stopping thriller that follows the story of two illegal African immigrants in Belgium. Tori and Lokita pose as brother and sister in order to obtain legal papers for Lokita. They get involved in shady drug work and use the money to support their family. Lokita is denied papers and is ordered to take a DNA test to prove her relationship with Tori. In desperation, they agree to work for a drug dealer, but things take a grim turn when Lokita is locked up alone and eventually killed. Tori manages to escape and attends Lokita's funeral, delivering a heartfelt eulogy.
The Cloud-Capped Star is an epic drama that revolves around a poverty-stricken family in Calcutta during the partition of Bengal. It tells the story of a young woman who faces numerous challenges and sacrifices herself for her family's survival. With themes of unrequited love, betrayal, and the struggles of refugees, this movie explores the despair and hardships of life in Calcutta.
On August 10 2002, the eruption of Mount Fuji, as well as a series of large-scale earthquakes and tsunamis, inflicts tremendous damage to Japan, sending the country into a state of emergency. Furthermore, another massive earthquake hits Japan on August 15, splitting the country into two.
Successful model Samira Hashi makes an emotional return to Somalia, one of the most dangerous places in the world and the place she was born. Civil war broke out in 1991, 10 days after Samira's birth, but two years later her family managed to flee the country and she grew up in the UK.Now, as Samira and the war both turn 21, she's going back for the first time to visit the people and places she left behind. The contrast with her safe and glamorous life in London could not be starker as she experiences firsthand the war's effect on a generation of young people growing up in conflict.
Two young university students wish to escape the oppressive Soviet Union. But their plans are monitored by the KGB, who try to intimidate them. One of them is taken into custody and tortured, which spurs them to make an escape attempt that could cost them their lives
The Hunger: The Story of the Irish Famine is a documentary that explores the devastating events of the Irish famine in the 1840s. It delves into the causes and consequences of the famine, including the mismanagement of resources and the mass death that occurred. The documentary also highlights the humanitarian crisis and the impact it had on Ireland and its people. Through powerful storytelling and historical accounts, The Hunger sheds light on one of Ireland's darkest periods.
Here in Toronto, four young Somali refugees are finishing high school. What did they bring with them? What did they find in Canada? Their testimonies, about us and about themselves, interspersed with newsreel footage and sequences of a theatrical creation in which they put all their soul, make them immediately endearing and overturn many prejudices held against refugees. A film that makes you want to get to know them better.
A prominent Czech journalist Saša Uhlová leaves her family and joins “cheap labour force” in Western Europe. Undercover, she works at an asparagus farm in Germany, tries her hand as a maid at a hotel in Ireland and takes care of the elderly in France. She experiences first-hand the struggles of Eastern European low-wage workers whose sacrifice and hard work allow for the Western society’s comfort. What is the real price that Europe pays for exploiting its own citizens? How do the lives of economic migrants, who have been forced to leave their children and elderly parents, look like? And why are privileged Europeans looking the other way?
After 11 strangers unite to help a gay youth escape life-threatening violence in Uganda, the unexpected pandemic and conflicting opinions over his best interests test the limits of their commitment and jeopardize his fresh start in Canada.
In every act of compassion, a foreign place becomes home.
The Most Secret Place on Earth is a gripping documentary that uncovers the hidden operations carried out by the CIA during the Vietnam War in Laos. It exposes the brutalities and complexities of the conflict, shedding light on the impact it had on both the local population and the refugees who fled the war-torn region. Through rare archival footage and interviews, the film provides an intriguing insight into a little-known chapter of history.