1. Beasts of War (Bêtes de guerre)
The military history of animals is surprising and little-known. Starting from a strange London memorial dedicated to war animals, the evocative power of animation and the testimonies of those who are passionate about this long history, this documentary sets out to meet these anonymous heroes.
It has an average vote of 8.5 on TMDB.
2. Es gibt mich noch - Ein Folteropfer aus der Türkei (Es gibt mich noch - Ein Folteropfer aus der Türkei)
Documentary directed by Klaus Antes
3. Atatürk'ün Alev Çiçekleri (Atatürk'ün Alev Çiçekleri)
(Atatürk'ün Alev Çiçekleri)
4. Zübeyde (Zübeyde, Analar ve Oğullar)
Zübeyde, Mothers and Sons, tells the life of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk's mother, Zübeyde Hanim, which begins in Thessaloniki, in the last periods of the Ottoman Empire, and reflects the period until the declaration of the Republic.
It has an average vote of 5 on TMDB.
5. Exchange (Обмін)
How to repay parental debt on the other side of the front line? Why would a doctor kill and when to believe the enemy? How is the war in eastern Ukraine different from any other war in the world? A war drama about the stories of two families, where adult men took up arms and thus crossed their destinies.
It has an average vote of 6.1 on TMDB.
6. The Walk (The Walk)
Asil is a young Syrian refugee awaiting documents in Turkey while processing the trauma of losing her home and family. Her story gives voice to a charming gigantic puppet named Amal, who represents millions of migrant and displaced children in a walk from the Syrian border in Turkey all the way across Europe. Escorted and animated by a group of puppeteers who are themselves refugees, Amal’s epic journey is one of compassion and discovery.
7. Braveheart
Enraged at the slaughter of Murron, his new bride and childhood love, Scottish warrior William Wallace slays a platoon of the local English lord's soldiers. This leads the village to revolt and, eventually, the entire country to rise up against English rule.
It has an average vote of 7.941 on TMDB.
8. I Refuse to Kill: He Went to War with War
At the risk of a 5-year prison term, Francesco Da Vinci struggles with his Virginia draft board to be recognized as a sincere conscientious objector to the Vietnam war.
9. Drawing from Memory (Aus meinem Leben)
An autobiographical film about my childhood in Syria, the war and my escape from it. My childhood was happy but unusual: my mother raised me as a girl. When I became a teenager I was buoyed up by the energy of youth and a desire to change the world. Then the war broke out and I had to leave everything behind.
10. Evacuation (Евакуація)
In 2014, the war begins. Immediately, a system of evacuation of the wounded and killed is being built, the outpost of which is the Dnieper - it is here that the first will be delivered, it is here that they are still received. Tatiana Guba has been coordinating the evacuation for 5 years. She is called "Mom Tanya". Thousands of people are grateful to her for her life. Serhiy Kryvorotchenko, director of the Dnipro Airport, has deployed a helicopter evacuation system since the beginning of the war. Eugene Titarenko, the film's director, in 2014-2015 was part of a volunteer medical battalion, communicates with the heroes of the film about the evacuation system. The viewer will see the whole way of saving lives, will be directly in the vortex of events and will understand how many people are involved in the process of saving one person.
It has an average vote of 10 on TMDB.
11. The Guerrilla Unit (Njësiti guerril)
Action war film drama directed and written by Hysen Hakani with Muharrem Skënderi.
12. Atatürk (Atatürk)
The story of the life of the founder of the Turkish Republic and its first President, a towering figure of the 20th Century Mustafa Kemal ATATÜRK.
13. North (Bakur)
Bakur is a documentary that invites its audience to reflect on a war that has been continuing for decades and gives an insightful look on its main subject, the PKK. The film follows the lives of the guerilla in three different camps on the Kurdish region that lies within Turkish borders.
It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.
14. The Son
Using unpublished photos taken by Italian war photographer Enrico Sarsini, and the reconstruction of key events, this film examines the battle for a strategically-located church that was defended by Azerbaijani teenager Natig Gasimov. After his surrender and interrogation by Armenian forces, he was never heard of again. This film finds out what happened to Natig and who may be responsible. Filmed over a period of three years, filmmaker Karan Singh spoke to witnesses in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Italy and Russia in his search for the truth.
15. The Lark Farm (La masseria delle allodole)
The Lark Farm is set in a small Turkish town in 1915. It deals with the genocide of Armenians, looking closely at the fortunes, or rather, misfortunes of one wealthy Armenian family.
It has an average vote of 6.1 on TMDB.
16. 300
Based on Frank Miller's graphic novel, "300" is very loosely based the 480 B.C. Battle of Thermopylae, where the King of Sparta led his army against the advancing Persians; the battle is said to have inspired all of Greece to band together against the Persians, and helped usher in the world's first democracy.
It has an average vote of 7.185 on TMDB.
17. Atatürk II 1881 – 1919 (Atatürk II 1881 – 1919)
A biopic centred on the military career of the founder and the first president of Turkish Republic, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk.
It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.
18. Otelina e Lutoy
Otelinda and Lutoy, married for almost 50 years, are reminded of the moments of greatest tension they experienced, in the Angolan civil war, when confronted with the images on the news about the war in Ukraine. Narrated by Otelinda, her story, we learn her story from the 25th of April, until the day she waited alone for her husband on the verge of misfortune, in Cabinda. Her narration is accompanied by the contrasting images of their daily lives in 2023, as well as the landscapes and people of the country where they now reside. Their relationship initially appears distant, but becomes closer towards the end of the narrative, through the memories of everything they suffered together.
It has an average vote of 10 on TMDB.
19. Der Jungfrauenwahn (Der Jungfrauenwahn)
For young Muslims who live in a free society, how is the culture of origin of the parents compatible with their own wishes? What significance does the commandment of virginity have?
20. Amina
In 16th-century Zazzau, now Zaria, Nigeria, Amina must utilize her military skills and tactics to defend her family's kingdom. Based on a true story.
It has an average vote of 6.412 on TMDB.