Films about the Armenian Genocide
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1. 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
2. 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: 5,992
3. 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
4. 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
5. 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: 257
6. Back to Ararat (1988)
99 min | Documentary
Directors: Jim Downing, Göran Gunér, Per-Åke Holmquist, Suzanne Khardalian
Votes: 89
7. 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: 87
8. 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
9. 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
10. 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: 3,631
11. Avetik (1992)
100 min | Drama
Set around the central figure of an Armenian trying to forge a life in the West the film offers a series of impressions of Armenian history.
Director: Don Askarian | Stars: Alik Asatryan, Mikhail Stepanyan, Karen Dzhanibekyan, Eduard Saribekyan
Votes: 169
12. I Love the Sound of the Kalachnikov It Reminds Me of Tchaikovsky (2001)
75 min | Documentary
An autobiographical documentary film that goes beyond the barriers of the genre and is something between videoart, experimental film and home video and seeks to throw light on the ... See full synopsis »
Director: Philippe Vartan Khazarian
13. On the Old Roman Road (2001)
76 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Also Wano, carpet-seller, will receive his second, secret life, as light-footed dead-angel for the Turkish politician, as charming terrorist, as loner and successful lover. He prepared the ... See full summary »
Director: Don Askarian | Stars: Haykaz Aroyan, Don Askarian, Ohan Askaryan, Satenik Avakian
Votes: 54
14. 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: 14,772 | Gross: $1.55M
15. Germany and the Secret Genocide (2003 Video)
57 min | Documentary
Using rare archival footage, the film chronicles the involvement of Turkey's economic and military ally, Germany, in the first genocide of the 20th century.
Director: J. Michael Hagopian
Votes: 10
16. My Son Shall Be Armenian (2004)
Documentary
Director: Hagop Goudsouzian | Stars: Lousnak Abdalian, Mariam Avoyan, Martine Batani, Gabriella Djerrahian
Votes: 5
17. 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
18. 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: 1,567 | Gross: $0.05M
19. 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: 2,327
20. 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
21. 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: 8,004 | Gross: $0.03M
22. Map of Salvation (2015)
90 min | Documentary
In the upheaval of the Armenian genocide, five European missionary women bring salvation and consolation to thousands of Armenian orphans.
Director: Aram Shahbazyan
Votes: 61
23. Armenian Genocide, 100 Years of Memory (2015 TV Special)
120 min | Music
Director: Stéphan Aubé | Stars: Alain Altinoglu, Liparit Avetisian, Nora Gubisch, Coro Gulbenkian
Votes: 59
24. 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: 5,056 | Gross: $0.10M
25. Crows of the Desert: A Hero's Journey through the Armenian Genocide (2017)
Documentary
One man's struggle to help save survivors from the 20th Century's first genocide. Risking peril, Levon leads a small group to rescue the scattered, destitute survivors of the Armenian ... See full summary »
Director: Marta Houske | Stars: Travis, Ara Madzounian
Votes: 54
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