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Criterion Channel
85
8.0
/60077/
78
/887/
79
/915/
4.4
/90103/
96
/46/
93
/674/

Andrei Rublev (1966)
An expansive Russian drama, this film focuses on the life of revered religious icon painter Andrei Rublev. Drifting from place to place in a tumultuous era, the peace-seeking monk eventually gains a reputation for his art. But after Rublev witnesses a brutal battle and unintentionally becomes involved, he takes a vow of silence and spends time away from his work. As he begins to ease his troubled soul, he takes steps towards becoming a painter once again.
poster
MGM Plus
82
IMDb 55
8.7
/2470341/
86
/91115/
84
/38728/
4.4
/5027588/
73
/375/
87
/14180/
74
/46/
cc age 11+

Interstellar (2014)
The adventures of a group of explorers who make use of a newly discovered wormhole to surpass the limitations on human space travel and conquer the vast distances involved in an interstellar voyage.
poster
Kanopy
80
7.7
/450817/
78
/13689/
74
/6186/
3.7
/251911/
77
/172/
88
/18043/
74
/33/
cc age 17+

Black Hawk Down (2001)
When U.S. Rangers and an elite Delta Force team attempt to kidnap two underlings of a Somali warlord, their Black Hawk helicopters are shot down, and the Americans suffer heavy casualties, facing intense fighting from the militia on the ground.
poster
74
6.8
/7262/
67
/69/
63
/88/
3.5
/2839/
89
/100/
75
/197/
76
/28/

Kandahar (2001)
After an Afghanistan-born woman who lives in Canada receives a letter from her suicidal sister, she takes a perilous journey through Afghanistan to try to find her.
poster
Kanopy
81
72
7.8
/6531/
79
/116/
74
/191/
3.7
/2571/
88
/34/
93
/289/

Live and Become (2005)
In 1980, the black Falashas in Ethiopia are recognised as genuine Jews and are secretly carried to Israel. The day before the transport the son of a Jewish mother dies. In his place and with his name (Schlomo) she takes a Christian 9-year-old boy.
poster
71
7.2
/3616/
67
/62/
67
/41/
3.5
/1001/
79
/15/

The Assault (1986)
At the end of WWII the Dutch resistance kills a German officer in front of the house of a Dutch family. Years after the war the young boy who witnessed the killing runs into the members of the resistance who committed the killing.
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Kanopy
66
6.8
/14052/
70
/1050/
65
/321/
3.4
/8083/
78
/54/
78
/70/
65
/12/

Black '47 (2018)
In 1847, when Ireland is in the grip of the Great Famine that has ravaged the country for two long years, Feeney, a hardened Irish Ranger who has been fighting for the British Army abroad, returns home to reunite with his estranged family, only to discover the cruelest reality, a black land where death reigns.
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Hoopla
66
7.3
/24339/
73
/410/
72
/341/
3.6
/10551/
52
/84/
81
/838/
54
/32/
cc age 15+

Angela's Ashes (1999)
An Irish Catholic family returns to 1930s Limerick after a child's death in America. The unemployed I.R.A. veteran father struggles with poverty, prejudice, and alcoholism as the family endures harsh slum conditions.
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Netflix
77
57
7.1
/2843/
70
/153/
72
/59/
3.7
/9106/
79
/24/
69
/17/
66
/5/
cc age 10+

Audrey (2020)
An unprecedented and intimate look at the life, work and enduring legacy of British actress Audrey Hepburn (1929-1993).
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Amazon Prime Video
50
6.0
/4312/
67
/332/
60
/85/
2.7
/791/
15
/60/
67
/117/
34
/17/
cc age 16+

Bitter Harvest (2017)
Set between the two World Wars and based on true historical events, Bitter Harvest conveys the untold story of the Holodomor, the genocidal famine engineered by the tyrant Joseph Stalin. The film displays a powerful tale of love, honour, rebellion and survival at a time when Ukraine was forced to adjust to the horrifying territorial ambitions of the burgeoning Soviet Union.
poster
Criterion Channel
74
46
7.3
/2547/
65
/52/
71
/78/
3.8
/5427/
88
/8/

A Man There Was (1917)
Terje Vigen, a sailor, suffers the loss of his family through the inflexibility of another man. Years later, when his enemy's family finds itself dependent on his benevolence, Terje must decide whether to avenge himself.
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Pluto TV
42
4.6
/5221/
63
/818/
57
/245/
2.1
/1565/
27
/15/
49
/186/
17
/6/
cc age 14+

Samson (2018)
After losing the love of his life to a cruel Philistine prince, a young Hebrew with Supernatural strength defends his people, sacrificing everything to avenge his love, his people, and his God.
poster
70
30
7.2
/1201/
73
/34/
70
/20/
3.3
/417/
73
/30/

Skylark (1993)
Jacob's farm is in trouble from a severe drought. Jacob and Sarah begin to wonder if Sarah can stay, and what will happen to Jacob if she and the children have to leave the farm.
poster
71
27
7.2
/568/
66
/33/
78
/81/
3.4
/268/

Sister (2019)
How many Yamil remembers himself, war has always been. He is very much waiting for it to end - after all, then the father will return, whom the boy knows only from photographs and letters. One day, Mom leaves for a distant city and brings the silent girl Oksana with her. Mum transmits the order of his father to take care of Oksana, as if he was a little sister ... A film adaptation of the story “The Joy of Our Home” by the classic of Soviet literature Mustay Karim.
poster
68
19
6.0
/364/
65
/48/
82
/21/
3.2
/294/

Samurai Fury (2025)
Set in war-torn 15th century Kyoto, on the eve of the Onin War, the movie centers on a band of outlaws led by Hyoe, a scoundrel whose lethal sword skills place him at the tip of the spear in a deadly uprising against the corrupt Shogunate and its army, led by former friend-turned-archrival Doken.
poster
69
16
7.3
/568/
71
/15/
61
/13/
72
/12/

Sounds of Sand (2007)
On the one hand, there’s the desert eating away at the land. The endless dry season, the lack of water. On the other there’s the threat of war. The village well has run dry. The livestock is dying. Trusting their instinct, most of the villagers leave and head south. Rahne, the only literate one, decides to head east with his three children and Mouna, his wife. A few sheep, some goats, and Chamelle, a dromedary, are their only riches. A tale of exodus, quest, hope and fatality.
poster
70
13
7.5
/469/
60
/6/
71
/14/
3.7
/300/

Famine-33 (1991)
The film about the Holodomor famine in Ukraine, based on the novel 'The Yellow Prince' by Vasyl Barka. The film is told through the lives of the Katrannyk family of six. It relies more on images than on words shot in black-and-white.
poster
81
11
8.3
/38/
80
/3/
80
/1/
4.1
/816/

Gauze (2025)
14-year-old Zain, a Palestinian swimming champion, faces war and man-made famine. He becomes the sole caregiver to his little brother. When aid drops into the sea, desperate for food, Zain is forced to swim - not for passion, but for survival.
poster
53
11
6.1
/993/
62
/23/
56
/12/
3.2
/309/
23
/5/

Untamed (1955)
When the great potato famine hits Ireland, the diaspora begins as thousands emigrate. Among those leaving the Emerald Isle is Katie O'Neill and her husband, who decide that the promised land is South Africa and make their way there. Once there, they discover the hardships that are the reality of the homesteader experience.
poster
?
10
/1/

Der Sojakomplex oder Die phantastische Geschichte der eisernen Kuh (1988)
The film shows the connection between agricultural overproduction in Europe and hunger in Brazil.
poster
?
7.3
/6/
70
/2/
60
/1/

Ett satans år (1978)
Swedish documentary from 1977. The film is about the last starvation year in Sweden, the emergency year 1867 in Ångermanland. It is a story about people who are hurting, but also about efforts from the outside world to help the developing country Sweden out of the crisis. SVT's documentary filmmaker Olle Häger passed away in November 2014. We remember him by showing some of his appreciated films during the summer.
poster
?
9.1
/41/

The Living (2009)
Tells the story of the tragic events in Ukraine in 1932-33, the genocidal Great Famine or the Holodomor, and one Welshman's attempts to tell the world what was happening.
poster
?
5.5
/36/
60
/2/

Changeling (2021)
Fear and superstition take hold of a young family during a time of great hunger in 1879 Ireland.
poster
?
7.8
/36/
46
/3/
78
/5/

Anna Firling's Roads (1985)
A tory based on classical theatre play "Mother Courage and Her Children" by Bertolt Brecht.
poster
?
7.2
/19/
60
/1/

The Hungry Spirit (2018)
The cartoon's main character is a girl living in the times of the Famine and personally experiencing all the terrors of this major crime against humanity.
poster
?

Abie's Imported Bride (1925)
When the son of the owner of a woollen mill learns of the plight of the starving Jews in Russia he sets about raising money to ease their suffering. After raising $100,000, he plans to travel to Russia but is dismayed to find that his father wants him to return with the Russian girl found for him by a professional matchmaker.
poster
42
?
4.3
/341/
45
/2/
43
/7/
40
/7/

Deadly Harvest (1977)
Farmer struggles to keep food on the table, and regain his son who has joined a gang of marauding city-folk during the world's worst famine.
poster
?
3.3
/30/
30
/1/
40
/2/

Easy Life (2016)
A hilarious adventure of a 6-year-old orphan named Joy and a small wooden temple of disciples. During the great famine, the temple was engulfed in conflict and became the center of a martial showdown. Despite the drastic changes in the temple and the political arena, Joy somehow has become everyone's desire and is squeezed into the middle of all the chaos.
poster
?
6.9
/42/
80
/1/

Leningrad Symphony (2017)
August 1942: Amidst the unimaginable suffering inflicted during the blockade of Leningrad by the German Wehrmacht, an orchestra director was given an almost impossible task: to stage the premiere of Dimitri Shostakovitch's "Leningrad Symphony". The performance became a symbol of the brief triumph of culture over the barbarism of war.
poster
60
?
6.7
/229/
43
/3/
62
/7/
3.5
/331/

The Christian Revolt (1962)
In Tokugawa-era (1637) Shimabara, oppressed peasant Christians revolt against the shogunate with the aid of charismatic Christian rebel leader Shiro Amakusa.
poster
?
6.9
/21/
70
/1/

Appellation (2016)
In a dystopian future, where one ex-government scientist holds the key to ending the nation's famine, only a government investigator can stand in his way. His secret research is threatened when a neighbour reports his suspicious behaviour.
poster
55
?
5.4
/138/
50
/3/
62
/8/

Potatoes (1969)
In a village in the Ardennes, during the German occupation, finding rations is becoming almost impossible. Clovis, an ordinary labourer, decides to cross the occupied zone to bring back enough potatoes to feed his family. His plan is a success but Clovis rapidly becomes obsessed with storing the precious tubers.
poster
?

Tales from the Poorhouse
An old play starring Brendan Gleeson. Released in 1998. From the acclaimed 1990s Irish-language TV series, which starred Brendan Gleeson, Mick Lally, & Ruth McCabe. Set in a famine workhouse, Tales... dramatises the interwoven lives of characters caught up in the disaster of the Great Famine. It is directed by Louis Lentin, whose film Dear Daughter first revealed abuse in state institutions.
poster
?

The Unknown Famine (1973)
Jonathan Dimbleby’s landmark 1973 documentary “The Unknown Famine” stands as a pivotal moment in Ethiopian history—a journalistic endeavour that not only exposed a humanitarian crisis but inadvertently helped precipitate the end of Africa’s oldest monarchy. The footage was broadcast by ITV for its flagship affairs series named "This Week".
poster
?

Unsettled (2005)
In 158 a group of English settlers landed near present-day North Carolina. These pilgrims expected wealth and prosperity from the untouched land but instead received famine and hyperthermia. Their eventual fate has been unknown until now.
poster
?

Afrique-France : le divorce ? (2025)
At a time when French flags are being burned and French embassies targeted, this documentary delves into the growing disaffection between French-speaking Africa and the former colonial power. Through the voices of African leaders, pan-African activists, and committed young people, the film questions the persistence of a relationship marked by the aftermath of colonization, the opaque agreements of "Françafrique," and a military presence deemed paternalistic.
poster
?

The Price of Aid
Every day the U.S. donates millions of tons of food to famine victims and other starving people in the world's poorest countries. This provocative documentary, through an in-depth case study of a recent famine crisis in Zambia, shows how these aid programs may address an immediate crisis but at the same time can create long-term problems for the recipient nation.
poster
?

Famish (2024)
In 1315, the Great Famine swept across the land, and a family of farmers are struck with the loss of their son. When the body goes missing, their sanity hangs on by a thread.
poster
?

Ocras (2003)
In a time of famine a starving girl and her mother are rescued from the roadside by a stranger. But the stranger has other motives.
poster
?

Nigel the Peasant (2018)
Nigel, a famished peasant in 18th century England, takes revenge on the aristocrat that deprived him of his livelihood.
poster
?

Pure Gold (2019)
In the grip of a famine, a farmer must provide for his starving family, however his desperation is exploited by a mischievous being, that tempts him with something precious.
poster
?

Bengal Shadows (2018)
Documentary about Winston Churchill and the Bengal famine of 1943.
poster
?

White Hunger
Set in 1867, the year of the great famine in Finland. A farmer’s wife sets off on foot through the snow with her two young children towards St. Petersburg.


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