20 movies like Mediterranea, ordered by similarity : A Season in France(2017), Monsters and Men(2018), Timbuktu(2014), This Is Congo(2017), The Good Lie(2014), A Thousand Times Goodnight(2013), Zama(2017), The Other Side of Hope(2017), Billa 2(2012), Jupiter's Moon(2017), Girls of the Sun(2018), 3 Faces(2018) ...
Drama
Italy|France|USA|Germany|Qatar
2015
110 Minutes
Koudous Seihon Alassane Sy Adam Gnegne Mary Elizabeth Innocence Pio Amato Davide Schipilliti
refugee companion squatter villager police officer african intense sad shocking gritty emotional bleak africa italy refugees immigrants discrimination journey violence community
Two men make the dangerous journey from Africa to Italy for a better life, but then face hostility and violence in this shocking look at the life-and-death struggle of refugees.
Drama
2017
100 Minutes
Eriq Ebouaney Sandrine Bonnaire Aalayna Lys Ibrahim Burama Darboe Bibi Tanga Léonie Simaga Régine Conas Khampha Thammavongsa Marius Yelolo Heling Li Franck Okouo
african wife teacher brother frenchwoman daughter emotional charming melodramatic heartwarming touching sad france africa farmer's market market refugees immigrants american civil war helping others
Drama
USA
2018
95 Minutes
John David Washington Anthony Ramos Kelvin Harrison Jr. Chanté Adams Jasmine Cephas Jones Nicole Beharie
bystander police officer baseball player murder victim father african-american disturbing tense intense shocking uneasy emotional new york police brutality african-americans racial profiling murder prejudice racial tension fall
The aftermath of a police killing of a black man, told through the eyes of the bystander who filmed the act, an African-American police officer and a high-school baseball phenom inspired to take a stand.
Drama
Mauritania|France|Qatar
2014
97 Minutes
Ibrahim Ahmed Toulou Kiki Abel Jafri Fatoumata Diawara Hichem Yacoubi Kettly Noël Mehdi A.G. Mohamed Layla Walet Mohamed Adel Mahmoud Cherif Salem Dendou
father daughter family militant terrorist community member brutal chilling emotional fascinating gripping gritty intense moving raw sad tense timbuktu, mali rural community desert
A cattle herder and his family who reside in the dunes of Timbuktu find their quiet lives -- which are typically free of the Jihadists determined to control their faith -- abruptly disturbed.
Documentary, War, Drama, History
USA|Congo
2017
93 Minutes
Mamadou Ndala
merchant poor person villager government official military officer bleak brutal uneasy tense intricate disheartening congo village plains office road market political corruption political unrest military occupation
An unfiltered look in to the lives of 3 characters surviving amongst the most recent cycle of conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo, otherwise known as the M23 rebellion.
Drama
Kenya|India|USA|Canada|South Africa
2014
109 Minutes
Reese Witherspoon Arnold Oceng Ger Duany Emmanuel Jal Corey Stoll Thad Luckinbill Nyakuoth Wiel Femi Oguns Sarah Baker Lindsey Garrett
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A group of Sudanese refugees, given the chance to resettle in the U.S., arrive in Kansas City, Missouri, where their encounter with an employment agency counselor forever changes all of their lives.
War, Drama
2013
117 Minutes
Juliette Binoche Nikolaj Coster-Waldau Lauryn Canny Adrianna Cramer Curtis Maria Doyle Kennedy Larry Mullen Jr. Mads Ousdal Chloe Annett
family photojournalist young woman mother daughter husband emotional engaging fiery gripping intense powerful war zone home kabul, afghanistan africa refugee camp ireland career family
A war-zone photojournalist's (Juliette Binoche) dedication to her dangerous job places her at odds with her family (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Lauryn Canny).
Drama, History
2017
115 Minutes
Daniel Giménez Cacho Lola Dueñas Matheus Nachtergaele Juan Gervasio Minujín Nahuel Cano Daniel Veronese Rafael Spregelburd
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In the 18th century, a highly-placed servant of the Spanish crown who is obsessed with petty grudges and fantasies plots his transfer to Buenos Aires.
Drama, Comedy
Finland|Germany
2017
98 Minutes
Sherwan Haji Sakari Kuosmanen Janne Hyytiäinen Ilkka Koivula Nuppu Koivu Simon Hussein Al-Bazoon Niroz Haji Kaija Pakarinen Tommi Korpela Kati Outinen
refugee syrian restaurant manager emotional intense disheartening profound brooding melodramatic finland helsinki restaurant political asylum refugees new life poker adventure rescue escape underdog
A poker-playing restaurateur and former traveling salesman befriends a group of refugees newly arrived to Finland.
Mystery & Thriller, Action, Drama
India
2012
129 Minutes
Ajith Kumar Parvathy Omanakuttan Prabhu Rahman Sudhanshu Pandey Bruna Abdullah Vidyut Jamwal Yog Japee Sarath Mandava Manoj K. Jayan Ilavarasu
refugee don crime boss friend mob boss gangster brutal brash bleak cool confident unrestrained refugee camp club beach mansion resort india refugees corruption
Small-time diamond smuggler David befriends Goa-based gangster Abbasi. But when David begins to build inroads with an international gangster, Abbasi is not happy. Soon the two turn into bitter rivals.
Sci-Fi, Drama
Hungary|Germany|France
2017
123 Minutes
Merab Ninidze Zsombor Jéger György Cserhalmi Mónika Balsai Ákos Birkás Péter Haumann Judit Meszléry Enikö Mihalik
refugee syrian boy father doctor terrorist dark gritty intense suspenseful wild hungary refugee camp syria hospital budapest, hungary city refugees levitation superhuman abilities
Aryan is a Syrian refugee trying to make his way into Hungary from Serbia, along with his father and many other wretched souls. They are all caught, and find themselves in a web of cynicism and corruption.
War, Drama
France|Belgium|Georgia|Switzerland
2018
115 Minutes
Golshifteh Farahani Emmanuelle Bercot Evin Ahmad Erol Afsin Zübeyde Bulut Behi Djanati Atai Arabi Ghibeh Sinama Alievi
female fighter journalist mother son terrorist intense tense disheartening gripping emotional brutal iraq abandoned building camp village war extremism family love women soldiers
A Kurdish female battalion prepares to take back their town from extremists.
Drama
Iran
2018
100 Minutes
Narges Delaram
actress girl filmmaker villager family member amusing hilarious tense emotional small town village car field house tradition following your dreams growing up small-town life adventure discovery
Three actresses at different stages of their career. One from before the 1979 Islamic Revolution, one popular star of today known throughout the country and a young girl longing to attend a drama conservatory.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
UK|Australia|USA|South Africa
2020
101 Minutes
Daniel Radcliffe Ian Hart Daniel Webber Nathan Page Stephen Hunter Mark Leonard Winter Jeanette Cronin Paul Harvey Ratidzo Mambo Martin Ayles PJ Oaten
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Based on the real-life prison break of two political captives, Escape From Pretoria is a race-against-time thriller set in the tumultuous apartheid days of South Africa.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
Denmark
2018
85 Minutes
Jakob Cedergren Jessica Dinnage Omar Shargawi Johan Olsen Jacob Hauberg Lohmann Katinka Evers-Jahnsen Jeanette Lindbæk Larsen Simon Bennebjerg Laura Bro
police officer ex-cop woman kidnapper villain suspect suspenseful thrilling engaging gripping intense emotional denmark police station kidnapping emergencies investigation murder danger fear
A police officer assigned alarm dispatch duty enters a race against time when he answers an emergency call from a kidnapped woman.
Drama
France|Austria|Germany
2017
107 Minutes
Isabelle Huppert Jean-Louis Trintignant Mathieu Kassovitz Fantine Harduin Franz Rogowski Laura Verlinden Aurélia Petit Toby Jones Hille Perl Hassam Ghancy Nabiha Akkari
family wife husband refugee suicidal person grandson engaging emotional melodramatic charming heartwarming sad france refugee camp restaurant family home family dysfunction immigrants helping others happiness
A well-to-do French family deals with a series of setbacks and crises.
Drama
USA
2017
108 Minutes
John Corbett Cara Buono Myles Moore Barry Corbin Nelson Lee Angela Fox Gregory Alan Williams John Wise Win Jenne Kang David Keith Todd Truley
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When a group of Burmese refugees join the congregation, the pastor of a failing Anglican church attempts to aid them by planting crops and enlisting the help of the community.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
France|South Africa
2013
110 Minutes
Orlando Bloom Forest Whitaker Conrad Kemp Inge Beckmann Tinarie Van Wyk-Loots Regardt van den Bergh Randall Majiet Patrick Lyster Joelle Kayembe
murderer murder victim eunuch detective drug dealer south african man bleak brutal dark thrilling intense suspenseful south africa cape town, south africa beach murder drugs apartheid crime detective work
Policemen Ali Sokhela and Brian Epkeen investigate the brutal murder of a young white woman, apparently provoked by the availability of a new illegal drug and somehow connected to the disappearance of black street children.
Drama, Romance
2018
106 Minutes
Kidist Siyum Bruno Ganz Patrick D'Assumçao Yoann Blanc Stéphane Bissot
young girl refugee african bleak dark gripping intense swiss alps switzerland refugees secret love disappearance pregnancy unwanted pregnancy forbidden love escape love mystery unknown era
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA|UK|Australia
2017
113 Minutes
Ethan Hawke Amanda Seyfried Philip Ettinger Cedric Kyles Michael Gaston Victoria Hill Van Hansis Satchel Eden Bell
reverend pregnant woman husband wife suicidal person activist bleak dark uneasy emotional gritty unrestrained small town house garage church tragic death suicide church corruption
A minister of a small congregation in upstate New York grapples with mounting despair brought on by tragedy, worldly concerns and a tormented past.
Drama
Germany|France|Mexico|USA
2016
121 Minutes
Johnny Ortiz Ian Casselberry Rory Cochrane Khleo Thomas Michael J. Harney Aml Ameen Joel McKinnon Miller Darrell Britt-Gibson
mexican detainee refugee immigrant soldier lawyer brutal disheartening heartwarming melodramatic gripping moving mexican-american border mexico united states iraq immigration escape war mexican-americans
Nero, a deported Mexican, returns illegally to the U.S in search of his identity. He joins the U.S army as a Green card soldier, a shortcut to citizenship. Lost in a maze, Nero fights to obtain his nationality.