1. After Spring
Close to 80,000 Syrian refugees live in the Zaatari Refugee Camp in Jordan, the second-largest such camp in the world. Fifty-eight percent of its inhabitants are children. After Spring immerses us in the rhythms of the camp, the role of the aid workers, and the daily lives of two families as they contemplate an uncertain future.
It has an average vote of 10 on TMDB.
2. The Breidjing Camp (Le Camp de Bredjing)
Claire Denis goes to Eastern Chad to the Breidjing camp, the home of 40,000 refugees from Darfur. With great humility, she tells the stories of these men and women, victims of one of the worst humanitarian catastrophes that this century has seen so far.
3. Fugitive, Where Are You Running to? (Fugitif, où cours-tu ?)
Life for refugees and migrants stuck at Calais: Filmed amidst the camps, the beaches, the sea and the sky, impressions of the lived experiences of these people wavering between despair and hope.
It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.
4. Draussen bleiben (Draussen bleiben)
(Draussen bleiben)
5. 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.
6. Site 2
After having fled Pol Pot, Rithy Panh, a 15 year old Cambodian finds refuge at the Mairut camp in Thailand, in 1979. Ten years later, now a filmmaker, he returns to the camps to film the daily life of this threatened people. The peoples he meets, eaten away by inactivity, insecutity and the fear of being forgotten, have been waiting for a possible return to Cambodia.
7. Karam Camera
Two Syrian refugee girls document each others' attempts at making their first films.
It has an average vote of 10 on TMDB.
8. For the Love of Rutland
After an attempt to bring Syrian refugees into the predominately white New England town of Rutland, Vermont, unleashes deep partisan rancor, a longtime Rutland resident emerges as an unexpected leader in a town divided by class, cultural values, and divisive politics.
It has an average vote of 8 on TMDB.
9. Men Who Have Lost Their Roots (Des hommes qui ont perdu racines)
Hungarian refugees in Austrian camps after the failed revolution in Budapest.
It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.
10. Exode (Exode)
(Exode)
It has an average vote of 8 on TMDB.
11. Unsettled: Seeking Refuge in America
Powerfully and heartbreakingly detailing the challenging process that LGBTQ refugees must go through to find safety and security while starting over in the US, Tom Shepard’s inspiring new documentary profiles four people who have come to San Francisco to save their own lives. Over the course of this unforgettable group portrait, Subhi , Junior , and Mari and Cheyenne experience roadblocks and triumphs as they reflect on their respective histories and try to create a home for themselves in an environment that is not always welcoming. Once in San Francisco, they are met with setbacks but each maintains hope for a better future – Mari and Cheyenne record an album, Subhi starts a tour speaking on behalf of Syrian refugees and finds love, while Junior faces challenges of homelessness and gender non-conformance.
It has an average vote of 10 on TMDB.
12. Privacy of Wounds (Privacy of Wounds)
Set as an experiment in a simulated cell in Oslo, three former political prisoners are locked up for three days with no film crew, to revisit their memories of Syria's darkest detention facilities.
13. Los burgueses de Calais
Documentary about the humanitarian crisis of the refugees between 2015 and 2018
14. Born in Syria (Nacido en Siria)
This intimate documentary follows a group of Syrian children refugees who narrowly escape a life of torment and integrate into a foreign land.
It has an average vote of 7.2 on TMDB.
15. 69 Minutes of 86 Days (69 minutter av 86 dager)
A 3-year-old girl and her family's long journey from a Greek refugee centre to Uppsala.
It has an average vote of 5.5 on TMDB.
16. Five Days on Lesvos
As politicians debate and argue, the men, women and children at the heart of the European immigration wave have found themselves caught in the midst of a humanitarian crisis. On the frontline is the Greek island of Lesvos – the first point of entry into Europe for over half of the refugees. One week at the end of August 2015 marked a tipping point in the crisis. More refugees arrived than ever before, volunteers were inundated and local infrastructure just couldn’t cope; trains were overflowing, refugees were dying in the back of lorries and on beaches, and politicians responded by closing borders and arguing about how to stem the tide of people. Filmed over just five days, this first-hand account of that dramatic week on Lesvos is seen through the eyes of the refugees and volunteers caught in the crisis.
17. Aya
In a town near Calais that looks like the Wild West, big-hearted 50-year-old Lydie shelters Zimako, an unruly, paperless migrant from Togo.
18. Cinema Dadaab (Cinema Dadaab)
In one of the world's largest and oldest refugee camps, Dadaab, the inhabitans survive by watching films and dreaming. The refugees cannot leave the camp, but they let their minds escape the harsh reality: by going to the simple cinema hall run by Abdikafi Mohamed, the film's protagonist.
It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.
19. Edge of the Valley
A nine-year-old Syrian refugee girl contemplates her increasingly bleak future after being forced to drop out of school in the midst of Lebanon’s unprecedented economic collapse and battle with Covid-19.
It has an average vote of 10 on TMDB.
20. The Lost Kids of Calais
Rafi, Salman, Said and Ali are all under 18 years old. They come from Afghanistan, Syria and Pakistan. After months of wandering, fleeing wars in their country, they found themselves stuck in Calais, where they are trying to survive, waiting for something better. Their dream: to get to England. How? By climbing into containers or slipping onto the axles of trucks, risking their lives. Who cares about these isolated minors in the Calais Jungle, the largest slum in Europe?
