20 movies like The Flood, ordered by similarity : Mediterranea(2015), Soy Nero(2016), The Other Side of Hope(2017), The Good Lie(2014), Billa 2(2012), Jupiter's Moon(2017), Ghosts(2006), Leave to Remain(2013), All Saints(2017), Dirty Pretty Things(2002), Welcome(2009), Lost Boys of Sudan(2003) ...
Drama
UK
2019
97 Minutes
Lena Heady Iain Glen Arsher Ali Ivanno Jeremiah Mandip Gill Jack Gordon Rebecca Johnson Christopher Sciueref John Lightbody Sam Otto Amira Ghazalla
immigration official refugee bleak emotional immigration hearing united kingdom refugees immigration flashbacks escape 2010s
A hardened immigration officer decides the fate of a dangerous asylum seeker.
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
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.
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.
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
orphan sibling survivor refugee manager woman chilling emotional fascinating sudan kenya refugee camp airplane house office war orphans refugees journey adaptation
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.
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.
Drama
2006
98 Minutes
Ai Qin Lin Zhan Yu Zhe Wei Man Qin Wei Devi Zhu
immigrant gang member son prostitute bleak shocking china england factory beach bay immigration poverty desperation tragic death illegal immigration isolation sacrifice escape 2000s
Drama
UK
2013
89 Minutes
Toby Jones Noof Ousellam Masieh Zarrien Emma N. Power Yasmin Mwanza Melanie Wilder Anusha Prakash
young person bleak disheartening engaging intense moving powerful raw united kingdom refugees coming of age social issues culture shock escape growing up 2010s
Three teenagers forced to leave their family, friends and homes behind learn to live in yet another hostile country. That country is the UK.
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
salesman pastor parishioner refugee inspiring heartwarming emotional engaging church small town countryside refugees community service life lessons life's work faith love pursuit sacrifice 2010s
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
UK
2002
94 Minutes
Chiwetel Ejiofor Audrey Tautou Sergi López Sophie Okonedo Benedict Wong Sotigui Kouyaté Abi Gouhad Jean-Philippe Écoffey Jeffery Kissoon Darrell D'Silva
immigrant prostitute refugee manager doctor creepy disheartening thrilling hotel london basement street crime drugs human rights immigration sex black market escape mystery
Illegal immigrants Okwe and Senay work at a posh London hotel and live in constant fear of deportation. One night Okwe stumbles across evidence of a bizarre murder setting off a series of events that could lead to disaster or freedom.
Drama
2009
109 Minutes
Vincent Lindon Firat Ayverdi Audrey Dana Derya Ayverdi Thierry Godard Selim Akgül Firat Celik Murat Subasi Olivier Rabourdin Yannick Renier Mouafaq Rushdie
teen boy refugee swimming instructor wife girlfriend kurd emotional powerful touching france seaside english channel house love swimming divorce overcoming the odds immigration unlikely friendship love
Stranded in France, a Kurdish refugee (Firat Ayverdi) takes swimming lessons as part of a plan to cross the English Channel.
Documentary
USA
2003
90 Minutes
Megan Mylan
orphan immigrant refugee adoptive father peter nyarol dut santino majok chuor moving emotional inspiring sudan village nebraska north dakota airplane houston culture clash refugees immigration new life war
Lost Boys of Sudan is a feature-length documentary that follows two Sudanese refugees on an extraordinary journey from Africa to America. Orphaned as young boys in one of Africa's cruelest ... See full summary »
Drama
Australia
2019
111 Minutes
Hugo Weaving Andrew Luri Hayley McElhinney Bolude Watson Alan Dukes Toni Scanlan Brandon Burke Victoria Haralabidou
war correspondent photographer refugee bleak brooding dark emotional intense moving sad touching sydney sudan art gallery hidden past memories war crime photograph exhibition massacre
Daniel is preparing an exhibition of his work from the world's war zones. When Sebastian learns that this exhibition may display photographs of a massacre in his village, he finds Daniel and appeals to him to exclude those photographs.
War, Drama
UK
2007
93 Minutes
Elliot Ruiz Matthew Knoll Nathan DelaCruz Yasmine Hanani Andrew McLaren Thomas Hennessy
marine army officer iraqi refugee victim woman bleak intense touching brutal melodramatic sad iraq war zone battlefield war war aftermath iraq war battle refugees
An investigation of the massacre of 24 men, women and children in Haditha, Iraq allegedly shot by 4 U.S. Marines in retaliation for the death of a U.S. Marine killed by a roadside bomb. The movie follows the story of the Marines of Kilo Company, an Iraqi family, and the insurgents who plant the roadside bomb.
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
Drama
UK
1969
103 Minutes
David Niven Topol Anna Karina John Hurt Anthony Quayle Ori Levy
british officer interpreter refugee civilian love interest russian amusing engaging lighthearted quirky austria refugee camp world war ii refugees helping others desertion displacement discovery escape love
After World War II, in an Austrian camp for displaced people, an interpreter mediates between the British and the Soviets regarding the fate of various refugees.
Drama
West Germany
1977
108 Minutes
Bruno S. Eva Mattes Clemens Scheitz
busker prostitute pimp neighbor nephew waitress bleak amusing eerie melodramatic berlin prison bar apartment new york city wisconsin immigration displacement loneliness culture shock
In Berlin, an alcoholic man, recently released from prison, joins his elderly friend and a prostitute in a determined dream to leave Germany and seek a better life in Wisconsin.
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
2016
89 Minutes
Julianne Nicholson Denis O'Hare J. Mallory McCree Octavia Chavez-Richmond Chinasa Ogbuagu Raquel Castro Tashiana Washington Sydni Beaudoin Jim Norton Portia Johnson
professor student administrator girl boy disheartening emotional intricate touching high school classroom apartment bronx, n.y. immigration political asylum family ties american dream discovery escape growing up
Three undocumented Bronx teenagers are graduating from high school while navigating the treacherous waters of trying to get their papers to stay in the US.
Drama
UK
2002
88 Minutes
Jamal Udin Torabi Enayatullah Imran Paracha Hiddayatullah Allah Bauhsh Hossain Baghaeian Yaaghoob Nosraj Poor Ghodrat Poor Kerem Atabeyoglu Erham Sekizcan
refugee smuggler police officer travel agent brother mother bleak profound pakistan iran paris turkey italy england smuggling illegal immigration accidental death resilience displacement escape
A refugee family is trying to reach more peaceful lands illegally inside trucks.