Armenian genocide
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1. America America (1963)
Approved | 174 min | Adventure, Drama
A young Greek stops at nothing to secure a passage to America.
Director: Elia Kazan | Stars: Stathis Giallelis, Frank Wolff, Elena Karam, Harry Davis
Votes: 5,990
2. Mother (1991)
157 min | Drama
The saga of an Armenian family that immigrated to France after the break-up of the oppressive Ottoman Empire.
Director: Henri Verneuil | Stars: Claudia Cardinale, Omar Sharif, Nathalie Roussel, Isabelle Sadoyan
Votes: 3,628
3. Mother (1993– )
277 min | Drama
The story of an Armenian man and his family who are forced to flee their country and live as refugees in a foreign country.
Stars: Claudia Cardinale, Omar Sharif, Zabou Breitman, Denis Podalydès
Votes: 139
4. The Lark Farm (2007)
Not Rated | 122 min | Drama, History
A stirring and stunning story of an aristocratic family who is unexpectedly swept into the ravages of World War I and a forbidden passion that may be the family's only hope.
Directors: Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani | Stars: Paz Vega, Moritz Bleibtreu, Alessandro Preziosi, Ángela Molina
Votes: 2,326
5. Auction of Souls (1919)
80 min | Drama, History, Romance
The story about the Armenian Genocide based on the account of survivor Aurora Mardiganian.
Director: Oscar Apfel | Stars: Aurora Mardiganian, Irving Cummings, Anna Q. Nilsson, Henry Morgenthau
Votes: 1,241
6. Ararat (2002)
R | 115 min | Drama, War
Interrogated by a customs officer, a young man recounts how his life was changed during the making of a film about the Armenian genocide.
Director: Atom Egoyan | Stars: Charles Aznavour, Brent Carver, Eric Bogosian, Simon Abkarian
Votes: 14,769 | Gross: $1.55M
7. The Armenian Genocide (2006)
56 min | Documentary
This is the story of the first genocide of the 20th century; when the Young Turks at the end of the Ottoman Empire systematically exterminated 1.5 million Armenians during World War One.
Director: Laurence Jourdan
Votes: 168
8. Screamers (2006)
R | 91 min | Documentary, Music
Internationally known director Carla Garapedian follows the rock band System of a Down as they tour Europe and the US pointing out the horrors of modern genocide that began in Armenia in 1915 up though Darfur today.
Director: Carla Garapedian | Stars: Taner Akçam, Hrant Dink, John Dolmayan, Sibel Edmonds
Votes: 1,568 | Gross: $0.05M
9. The River Ran Red (2008 Video)
Not Rated | 60 min | Documentary
The River Ran Red, part of The Witnesses Trilogy, is a 60 minute documentary about the epic search for survivors of the Armenian Genocide of 1915. Using eyewitness testimonies, the ... See full summary »
Director: J. Michael Hagopian
Votes: 47
10. Aghet - Ein Völkermord (2010 TV Movie)
90 min | Documentary, History
"Aghet - A Genocide" - On the Armenian Genocide by the Young Turk government of the Ottoman Empire during World War I. It is based on eyewitness reports by European and American personnel ... See full summary »
Director: Eric Friedler | Stars: Hermann Beyer, Samuel Finzi, Martina Gedeck, Sylvester Groth
Votes: 745
11. The Forgotten Genocide (1975)
28 min | Documentary, Short
Documentary by Armenian born J. Michael Hagopian, who now films and lives in the United States, detailing the Armenian genocide by Turks through eyewitness accounts and interviews with survivors, combined with rare archival film footage.
Director: J. Michael Hagopian | Stars: Mike Connors, Armin T. Wegner
Votes: 28
12. The Armenian Genocide (1991)
25 min | Documentary, Short, History
Produced in a joint project by J. Michael Hagopian's production company the Armenian Film Foudation (which was created to promote Armenian cultural awareness) and the Curriculum Development... See full summary »
Director: J. Michael Hagopian | Star: Mark Andrew Reyes
Votes: 156
13. Life Triumphs (1977)
92 min | Drama
This story of a strong-willed man, Nahapet, who lost his family during the Armenian Genocide in 1915, is an eternal story of resurrection.
Director: Henrik Malyan | Stars: Sos Sargsyan, Sofik Sarkisyan, Frunzik Mkrtchyan, Galya Novents
Votes: 436
14. An Armenian Journey (1988)
58 min | Documentary, History
Armenian-American film maker & journalist Theodore Bogosian takes on the controversial subject as to weather the deaths of over 1 million Armenians in eastern Turkey during the first world ... See full summary »
Director: Ted Bogosian | Star: Ted Bogosian
Votes: 32
15. Karot (1990)
136 min | Drama
Real life tragic story of Arakel whose anguish towards lost homeland made him cross Soviet-Turkish border during Stalin era.
Director: Frunze Dovlatyan | Stars: Rafael Atoyan, Galya Novents, Ashot Melikdzhanyan, H. Kartashyan
Votes: 102
16. Armenian Genocide (2006 TV Movie)
60 min | Documentary, History, War
The first Genocide of the 20th century when over a million Armenians died at the hands of the Ottoman Turks during World War I, between 1915 and 1918.
Director: Andrew Goldberg | Stars: Julianna Margulies, Ron Suny, Peter Balakian, Elizabeth Frierson
Votes: 4,982
17. 1915 Armenian Genocide (2010)
Not Rated | 60 min | Documentary, History
The iconic "1915 Armenian Genocide" was originally produced in 1980 (digitally restored and re-released in 2010) is based on the eyewitness accounts of four survivors whose compelling story... See full summary »
Director: Mark Bedrosian | Star: Paul Schaefer
Votes: 2,044
18. Armenian Revolt (2006 Video)
57 min | Documentary, History
A balanced view of the struggle between the Ottoman Empire and the Armenians in the Eastern Anatolia during the late 19th century what is considered by some today, a genocide. This in-depth... See full summary »
Director: Marty Callaghan | Stars: Seçil Karal Akgün, Aram Arkun, David Fromkin, Justin McCarthy
Votes: 118
19. Andranik (1929)
58 min | War
Director: Acho Chakatouny | Stars: Louis Alberti, Raoul Chennevières, Stamato, Andrée Standart
20. Kochvatz en aprelu (1961)
86 min | Drama
Two brothers were separated after the Armenian genocide of 1915. One of them crossed the ocean, the other died during the World War II. The survived brother returns to Armenia to find his nephews.
Director: Laert Vagharshyan | Stars: Gurgen Tonunts, David Malyan, S. Margaryan, A. Badalyan
Votes: 36
21. Saroyan yeghbayrnere (1969)
102 min | Drama
Civil war in Armenia after the Russian Revolution divides the country and - two brothers.
Directors: Khoren Abrahamyan, Frunze Dovlatyan, Arkadi Hayrapetyan | Stars: Frunze Dovlatyan, Khoren Abrahamyan, Gurgen Janibekyan, Anahit Maschyan
Votes: 54
22. Sons of Sassoun (1975)
PG | 108 min | Drama
Set around 1908, the "Sons of Sassoun" follows a group of Armenian freedom fighters defending themselves and their village from the invading forces of the Ottoman Empire.
Director: Sarky Mouradian | Stars: Manuel Kichian, Lana Wood, Peter Lorre Jr., Victor Izay
Votes: 46
23. Dzori Miro (1981)
Drama
The hero of the film loses his family during the 1915 genocide in the Ottoman Empire and fights against Turkish militiamen. Disappointed in his life, Miro finds refuge in Soviet Armenia. ... See full summary »
Director: Zhirayr Avetisyan | Stars: R. Abrahamyan, A. Avetisyan, H. Galoyan, M. Grigoryan
Votes: 56
24. Forty Days of Musa Dagh (1982)
143 min | Drama, History, War
Armenian guerrilla troops fight against the Turkish forces on the mountain of Musa Dagh.
Director: Sarky Mouradian | Stars: Kabir Bedi, Ronnie Carol, Guy Stockwell, Peter Haskell
Votes: 258
25. Epic Denied: Depriving the Forty Days of Musa Dagh
Documentary | Announced
A documentary about the trials and tribulations of Hollywood's multiple attempts to produce an epic movie based on Franz Werfel's worldwide bestseller, "The Forty Days of Musa Dagh". ... See full summary »
Directors: Edwin Avaness, Serj Minassians
26. Assignment Berlin (1982)
Not Rated | 94 min | Drama
The young Soghomon Tehlirian stands trial in Berlin for his assassination of Talaat Pasha, a former leader of the Young Turks, who in 1915 were responsible for the systematic extermination of 1.5 million Armenians in the Ottoman Empire.
Director: Hrayr Toukhanian | Stars: Eddie Mekka, Val Avery, Roger Jackson, Michael Carroll
Votes: 96
27. Komitas (1988 TV Movie)
96 min | Biography, Drama
The film is dedicated to the Armenian monk and genius composer Komitas, and the 2 million victims on his people in Turkey in 1915.
Director: Don Askarian | Stars: Samvel Ovasapian, Margarita Woskanjan, Omig Saadetian, Yeghishe Mougikian
Votes: 86
28. Back to Ararat (1988)
99 min | Documentary
Directors: Jim Downing, Göran Gunér, Per-Åke Holmquist, Suzanne Khardalian
Votes: 89
29. Musaler-88: vishapi tari (1988)
39 min | Documentary, Short
1988, the year of beginning of the All-Armenian National Movement and Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. Thousands pilgrims gather in Musaler village to commemorate the heroic struggle of Musa-Dagh aginst Turkish oppressors during the World War I.
Director: Ara Vahuni
Votes: 24
30. Men, Years, Life (1990)
70 min
An allegorical film about the subservience of the people of the Caucasus (both Christian and Muslim alike) in general and Armenians in particular by the Soviet State. Mother Russia even ... See full summary »
Directors: Yervant Gianikian, Angela Ricci Lucchi
Votes: 29
31. Le voyage en Arménie (2006)
125 min | Drama
Barsam, Anna's father, is seriously ill. Before he dies, he would like to bequeath his daughter something : he would like to teach her doubt. As he flees to Armenia, he leaves many clues ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Guédiguian | Stars: Ariane Ascaride, Gérard Meylan, Chorik Grigorian, Romen Avinian
Votes: 498
32. Sunrise over Lake Van (2011)
93 min | Drama
The main character is an 80-year-old Garabed, whose mother miraculously survived the 1915 Armenian Genocide. He tries to preserve the memory of the lost Motherland in his Americanized ... See full summary »
Directors: Artak Igityan, Vahan Stepanyan | Stars: Jean-Pierre Nshanian, Aren Vatyan, Arevik Martirosyan, Gunisigi Zan
Votes: 111
33. Mother (1992)
Not Rated | 130 min | Drama
This film recounts Henri Verneuil's relationship with his father who had brought his Armenian family to Marseille, France, in order to escape from the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire.
Director: Henri Verneuil | Stars: Richard Berry, Omar Sharif, Nathalie Roussel, Claudia Cardinale
Votes: 2,075
34. The Blue Book (2009)
54 min | Documentary, Family, History
This documentary traces the work of Ara Sarafian, an archival historian. The documentary was commissioned when Sarafian began a campaign to oppose the efforts of Turkish parliamentarians in London to deny the Armenian Genocide of 1915.
Director: Gagik Karagheuzian | Stars: David Holloway, Ara Sarafian
Votes: 16
35. The Cut (I) (2014)
Not Rated | 138 min | Adventure, Drama, History
In 1915 a man survives the Armenian genocide in the Ottoman Empire, but loses his family, speech and faith. One night he learns that his twin daughters may be alive, and goes on a quest to find them.
Director: Fatih Akin | Stars: Tahar Rahim, Simon Abkarian, Makram Khoury, Hindi Zahra
Votes: 8,001 | Gross: $0.03M
36. Ritorno a Khodorciur - Diario armeno (1986)
80 min | Documentary
Directors: Yervant Gianikian, Angela Ricci Lucchi
37. Io ricordo (1997)
12 min | Documentary, Short
Directors: Yervant Gianikian, Angela Ricci Lucchi | Star: Raphael Gianikian
38. The Son of the Olive Merchant (2011)
Not Rated | 76 min | Documentary, Animation, Adventure
For their honeymoon, Anna and Mathieu went to Turkey. With camera in hand, they traced the footsteps of Garabed, the Armenian grand-father of Mathieu, who escape the 1915 genocide. They are... See full summary »
Director: Mathieu Zeitindjioglou | Star: Jean-Claude Dreyfus
Votes: 34
39. Voyage to Amasia (2011)
Not Rated | 84 min | Documentary
VOYAGE TO AMASIA is a feature length documentary based around Eric Hachikian's piano trio of the same name. Amasya, Turkey is the city where Eric's grandmother, Helen Shushan, was born and ... See full summary »
Directors: Randy Bell, Eric V. Hachikian
Votes: 19
40. Grandma's Tattoos (2011)
58 min | Documentary
Reveals the fate of thousands of forgotten women, mostly teenagers and young girls, who survived the 1915 Armenian Genocide but were forced into prostitution by their captors.
Director: Suzanne Khardalian | Star: Maria Vardanyan
Votes: 51
41. Genocide Memoir (2012)
14 min | Documentary, Short, Biography
Boghos Tavrayan was about 4 years old, he didn't know who his parents were, he didn't know the year of his birth, he didn't know why they were abhorred, the only thing he knew was his first... See full summary »
Director: Shahane Bekarian
42. Vecny smutek genocidy (2015)
72 min | Documentary
Documentary film will be talking about genocide of Armenian people in years 1915 - 1918. One of the first who unveiled these events to the world was czech traveler Karel Hansa. In his ... See full summary »
Director: Martin Mahdal
43. Le génocide arménien (1978)
10 min | Documentary, Short
Director: Gabriel Chahine | Star: Jean Papaz
44. 1915 (2015)
82 min | Drama
Exactly 100 years after the Armenian Genocide, a theatre director stages a play to bring the ghosts of the past back to life.
Directors: Garin Hovannisian, Alec Mouhibian | Stars: Simon Abkarian, Angela Sarafyan, Sam Page, Nikolai Kinski
Votes: 5,057 | Gross: $0.10M
45. The Promise (II) (2016)
PG-13 | 133 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Set during the last days of the Ottoman Empire, The Promise follows a love triangle between Michael, a brilliant medical student, the beautiful and sophisticated Ana, and Chris - a renowned American journalist based in Paris.
Director: Terry George | Stars: Oscar Isaac, Charlotte Le Bon, Christian Bale, Daniel Giménez Cacho
Votes: 178,529
46. The Other Side of Home (2016 Video)
40 min | Documentary, Short
In 1915, estimated 1.5 million Armenians were killed by the Ottoman Turks, during the Armenian Genocide. In 2015, a Turkish woman named Maya discovers that her great grandmother was ... See full summary »
Director: Nare Mkrtchyan | Stars: Ali Cesur, Michelle Yolyan
Votes: 66
48. Armenia, My Love... (2016)
101 min | Drama
The destiny of an Armenian family, living in the Ottoman Empire, in 1915, whose dreams will become memories in the eyes of the most famous Armenian American artist, who lives to paint the story of his shattered childhood childhood.
Director: Diana Angelson | Stars: Diana Angelson, Nazo Bravo, Shake Tukhmanyan, Arman Nshanian
Votes: 635
49. Architects of Denial (2017)
102 min | Documentary, History, War
Featuring Julian Assange, George Clooney, and brutal witness accounts, this film explores the controversy surrounding the Armenian genocide and persecution of Middle Eastern Christians, including the U.S. politicians who deny it occurred.
Director: David Lee George | Stars: Taner Akçam, Tjagharyan Movses Amaya, Movses Aneshyan, Julian Assange
Votes: 255 | Gross: $0.07M
50. Anjar: Flowers, Goats and Heroes (2009)
87 min | Documentary
Growing up in Lebanon during the Lebanese Civil War, the filmmaker's life in a small Armenian village becomes forever linked to a group of 1915 genocide survivors. Through rare photos and ... See full summary »
Director: Noura Kevorkian
Votes: 27
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