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MGM Plus
84
8.1
/388966/
79
/6238/
77
/3038/
3.9
/130874/
91
/188/
94
/12273/
79
/40/
cc age 15+

Hotel Rwanda (2004)
Inspired by true events, this film takes place in Rwanda in the 1990s when more than a million Tutsis were killed in a genocide that went mostly unnoticed by the rest of the world. Hotel owner Paul Rusesabagina houses over a thousand refuges in his hotel in attempt to save their lives.
poster
Criterion Channel
77
7.3
/18947/
71
/397/
70
/323/
3.7
/22096/
87
/38/
81
/297/
80
/10/

Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985)
The story of two radically different men thrown together in a Latin American prison cell. One is Valentin, a journalist being tortured for his political beliefs. The other is Molina, a gay window-dresser who fills their lonely nights by spinning romantic fantasies drawn from memories of old movies.
poster
HBO Max Amazon Channel
78
69
7.7
/6421/
75
/122/
70
/82/
3.8
/2886/
95
/364/

Sometimes in April (2005)
Two brothers are divided by marriage and fate during the 100 horrifying days of the 1994 Rwandan genocide.
poster
74
66
7.6
/12309/
75
/170/
75
/158/
3.7
/2607/
71
/18/
cc age 18+

Shooting Dogs (2006)
Two westerners, a priest and a teacher find themselves in the middle of the Rwandan genocide and face a moral dilemna. Do they place themselves in danger and protect the refugees, or escape the country with their lives? Based on a true story.
poster
Netflix
74
57
6.6
/2042/
72
/143/
71
/88/
3.6
/4087/
83
/6/
83
/20/
cc age 15+

Trees of Peace (2021)
Four women from different backgrounds forge an unbreakable sisterhood while trapped and in hiding during the genocide in Rwanda.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
69
57
7.6
/3896/
71
/94/
72
/63/
3.5
/1140/
50
/10/
88
/383/
57
/8/

Shake Hands with the Devil (2007)
In 1993, Canadian Lieutenant General Roméo Dallaire was sent by the United Nations to Rwanda as commander of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda (UNAMIR). Its mission, to ensure the ceasefire, is underfunded, excessively bureaucratized and made up of military units which come from dozens of countries and which each have a very different program... These are Lt Gen Dallaire's efforts to stop the madness of the Rwandan Genocide, despite the complete indifference of his superiors.
poster
66
53
6.9
/7068/
68
/97/
59
/44/
3.4
/12346/

Bergen (2022)
Bergen, a valuable Turkish arabesque singer, fights to stay afloat despite all the difficulties in her life.
poster
Criterion Channel
74
53
7.3
/5105/
74
/85/
65
/85/
4.0
/9259/
76
/17/
79
/2/

In a Year with 13 Moons (1978)
Elvira Weishaupt, once a burly working-class butcher, has made an enormous sacrifice for love. She has undergone a sex change for a romantic interest who has abandoned her, and she now must struggle to reconcile her past life with her present identity.
poster
69
45
6.7
/962/
69
/91/
71
/163/
3.6
/4974/

Small Country: An African Childhood (2020)
Gabriel, aged 10, lives in a comfortable ex-pat neighborhood in Burundi, his ‘small country’. Gabriel is a normal kid, happy, carefree and having adventures with his friends and little sister. Then in 1993, tensions in neighboring Rwanda spill over, threatening his family and his innocence.
poster
76
44
8.1
/1103/
65
/11/
54
/7/
3.6
/254/
90
/48/
91
/114/
80
/19/

Shake Hands with the Devil: The Journey of Roméo Dallaire (2005)
The story of Canadian Lt. Gen. Roméo Dallaire and his controversial command of the United Nations mission to Rwanda during the 1994 genocide. The documentary was inspired by the book Shake Hands with the Devil: The Failure of Humanity in Rwanda which was published in 2003.
poster
78
44
7.7
/457/
82
/57/
76
/43/
3.8
/2953/

The Seamstress (2017)
In the thirties, two sisters separated by fate face prejudice and sexism, one by the high society in a big city and the other by a group of renegades in the countryside. Despite the distance, they know that they can only count on each other and both of them will assert themselves in their own and surprising way.
poster
56
11
5.5
/355/
53
/11/
52
/19/
3.3
/234/

Birds Are Singing in Kigali (2017)
We meet ornithologist Anna in 1994 just as genocide is raging in Rwanda, perpetrated by the majority Hutus against the Tutsis. Anna manages to save the daughter of a colleague whose family has been murdered, and she takes her to Poland. But the woman returns to Rwanda to visit the graves of her loved ones. The director originally worked on the movie with her husband Krzysztof Krauze (My Nikifor – Crystal Globe, KVIFF 2005), but after his death in 2014 she eventually finished this challenging picture alone.
poster
?
6.1
/13/

'94 Terror
Keza, a survivor of the Tutsi and Hutu slaughter that happened in the 1994 Rwanda genocide tells the struggle and loss of her beloved family that she went through until the river Kagera that enabled her to cross to Uganda.
poster
?
6.6
/9/

L'ordre du temple solaire (2005)
The Order of the Solar Temple was particularly twisted, apocalyptic, sinister and lethal cult. It had the particularity of recruiting rich people, in France, Switzerland and Quebec. It became famous through a controversial collective suicide in 1994. The cult was led by Jo Di Mambro and Luc Jouret.
poster
?
6.5
/66/
10
/1/
60
/1/

The Protectors (1973)
Up against his money-grabbing relatives, his compromised superiors, and the state, a firm painter decides to protest by bricking up the windows of his house. Everyone wants to get their hands on his legacy. Will the protectors succeed?
poster
?
6.0
/24/
10
/1/
40
/1/

A German in Kalavryta (1970)
N/A
poster
52
?
6.9
/39/
52
/4/
31
/4/
2.9
/263/

Birds (2019)
Jonas and David are best friends who spend their times watching soccer games on TV despite cheering for opposite teams. In one particular afternoon, as another game progresses, they discuss the girls they want to meet at a party they'll attend later on. However, with a strange tension in the air and some secrecy from one of them it all might change the course of their lives.
poster
?
4.2
/48/
10
/1/
23
/4/

A Virgem (1973)
Four couples go to a country seat. One of the girls is still a virgin, and his boyfriend proposes a game which changes the group behavior.
poster
56
?
5.4
/140/
60
/6/
53
/3/

Naked On The Street (1969)
Against the backdrop of social prejudice, a torrid affair between a rich heiress and a proud worker starts to bloom, against all odds. Are the star-crossed lovers meant to be together? Is there a future when you're naked in the street?
poster
59
?
7.2
/112/
40
/2/
67
/7/

Stigma (1982)
A young couple (Antonis Kafetzopoulos and Olia Lazaridou) have a baby affected with the Down Syndrome. In order to avoid the difficulties entailed in bringing a child that will never live a normal life, they decided to put an end to its life.
poster
?
7.8
/96/
57
/4/
65
/2/
100
/10/
73
/1/

My Neighbor, My Killer (2009)
The people of Rwanda attempt to reconcile after the genocide through an open process of admission and forgiveness.
poster
69
?
7.0
/559/
66
/13/
71
/9/

Visibility Zero (1970)
Angelos Kreouzis (Nikos Kourkoulos) survives a shipwreck and reveals to the committee in charge that the disaster was not an accident, but the consequence of the neglect of the ship by those responsible.
poster
?
7.4
/62/
60
/1/
70
/2/

Opération Turquoise (2007)
N/A
poster
68
?
7.5
/292/
68
/5/
62
/3/

The Trial of the Judges (1974)
A true story: The trial of judges Polizoidi and Tertseti for disobedience and their triumphant acquittal during the three men regency council, when king Othon of Greece was a minor. The cast of the film was enormous, with almost half of the theatrical people participating.
poster
70
?
7.1
/98/
65
/4/
75
/11/

Rwanda (2019)
Two white Italian actors play Black Rwandans in a fact-based tale set during the Rwanda genocide.
poster
Kanopy
?
7.6
/91/
20
/1/
42
/5/
54
/5/

100 Days (2001)
The film centers on a pair of young lovers; Bapiste is more than ready to have sex with his girlfriend Josette, but she refuses, arguing that when they are married they can have all the sex they would like. Meanwhile, powerful Hutu leaders have had enough of Tutsi rebels and call on all Hutus to kill their Tutsi neighbors. As chaos breaks out, the Tutsis flee and the lovers are separated. Josette and her family find solace in a Catholic church run by a sadistic priest. The Catholic Church, the state, and the French army look the other way as bloodshed ensues. Josette is taken as a "wife" by the priest and repeatedly raped. When the Belgian army sent in to protect the church is called away on an emergency, the Hutus attack and massacre hundreds of women and children. Josette miraculously survives, but she is only a husk of the woman that she was. As the Tutsis regroup, they exact terrible revenge.
poster
?
6.8
/89/
25
/2/
40
/2/

Yes, But... (1972)
A young man pushed beyond his endurance remembers his life on the roof of a tall building. He's there to commit suicide.
poster
?
8.0
/31/

The Diary of Immaculée (2006)
In this moving documentary, Oscar-nominated filmmakers Peter LeDonne and Steve Kalafer chronicle the extraordinary life of Immaculée Ilibagiza, a young African woman who escaped genocide in Rwanda and ultimately found refuge in the United States. Seeking shelter with an Episcopalian minister, Immaculée hid from her attackers inside a bathroom for three long months but stayed centered through prayer and faith.
poster
?
5.8
/88/
60
/1/
42
/2/

Blackout (2010)
Paris, April 1994. Young freelance journalist Antoine Rives is making a report on Westerners who have been repatriated from Rwanda, fleeing the massacres. He meets Clément, a student of Hutu origin whose Tutsi fiancée Alice hasn’t been able to leave Rwanda. Antoine convinces Clément to go back with him to look for Alice, and to let him film the journey. Their pact soon becomes untenable as they find themselves thrown into chaos. This is a journey through horror during which a young man’s First World illusions are stripped away as he wakes up to human tragedy.
poster
60
?
6.2
/326/
60
/3/
58
/2/

The Day God Walked Away (2009)
In 1994, in Kigali, the capital of Rwanda, during the first days of the Tutsi genocide. Jacqueline, a young Tutsi nanny, returns home, in her village, desperately looking for her children. When she finds them lying lifeless among the corpses, Jacqueline takes refuge in the forest, where she gradually sinks into madness...
poster
?

The Leader
In 1997, thirty-nine members of the American cult known as "Heaven's Gate" committed the largest mass suicide to ever take place on American soil. This is their story.
poster
?

Flowers of Rwanda (2008)
Rwanda. 14 years after the genocide that took the lives of more than 800,000 people. What situation is the country in now? What feelings reign in the hearts of the victims? Can victims and executioners coexist? What value does education have in a society that has experienced genocide? Can it happen again? Who should act when a genocide is taking place? Do we have any responsibility as individuals?
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?

The Faces We Lost (2017)
A documentary about how Rwandans use personal and family photographs to remember and commemorate the loved ones they lost in the 1994 genocide.


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