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1. 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: 178,596
2. The Ottoman Lieutenant (2017)
R | 106 min | Drama, War
This movie is a love story between an idealistic American nurse and a Turkish officer in World War I.
Director: Joseph Ruben | Stars: Michiel Huisman, Hera Hilmar, Josh Hartnett, Ben Kingsley
Votes: 26,675
3. Smyrna (2021)
141 min | Drama, History, War
Members of the Baltatzis family recount the 1922 burning of Smyrna, Greece, including the assault on vibrant Greek and Armenian communities.
Director: Grigoris Karantinakis | Stars: Mimi Denissi, Leonidas Kakouris, Burak Hakki, Krateros Katsoulis
Votes: 3,165
4. 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: 8,006 | Gross: $0.03M
5. 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: 14,781 | Gross: $1.55M
6. Aurora's Sunrise (2022)
TV-MA | 96 min | Documentary, Animation
A genocide survivor becomes a silent movie star: Aurora Mardiganian's odyssey is close to unreal. After losing her family, escaping slavery, and enduring Hollywood greed, she journeys far to tell the world of the Armenian Genocide.
Director: Inna Sahakyan | Stars: Anzhelika Hakobyan, Arpi Petrossian, Shushan Abrahamyan, Seyran Akopov
Votes: 936
7. 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
8. 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: 1,242
9. The Great War: 1914-1918 (1996)
Documentary, Biography, History
A unique first-person narrative, sewn together from genuine testimonies of frontline soldiers.
Stars: Judi Dench, Salome Jens, Jay Winter, Jürgen Prochnow
Votes: 378
10. 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: 4,984
11. Don't Tell Me the Boy Was Mad (2015)
134 min | Drama
In the 80s, Aram, a young man from Marseille of Armenian origin, blows up the Turkish ambassador's car in Paris. Gilles Tessier, a young cyclist who was passing at that moment, is seriously... See full summary »
Director: Robert Guédiguian | Stars: Simon Abkarian, Ariane Ascaride, Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet, Syrus Shahidi
Votes: 626
12. 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: 254 | Gross: $0.07M
13. 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: 2,079
14. 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: 104
15. 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
16. 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: 62
17. Invisible World (2012)
93 min | Drama
An anthology film following different stories around the theme of invisibility in the modern world.
Directors: Theodoros Angelopoulos, Gian Vittorio Baldi, Marco Bechis, Laís Bodanzky, Beto Brant, Maria de Medeiros, Manoel de Oliveira, Atom Egoyan, Guy Maddin, Jerzy Stuhr, Cisco Vasques, Wim Wenders | Stars: Ashot Adamyan, Gian Vittorio Baldi, Sonia Braga, Leon Cakoff
Votes: 210
18. 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: 97
19. 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
20. Intent to Destroy: Death, Denial & Depiction (2017)
PG-13 | 115 min | Documentary, History
Filmmaker Joe Berlinger meets with historians and scholars to discuss the Armenian Genocide and the continuing denial by the Turkish government of it ever happening.
Director: Joe Berlinger | Stars: Shohreh Aghdashloo, Taner Akçam, Hagop Asadourian, Peter Balakian
Votes: 546
21. Truth to Power (2021)
79 min | Documentary
The Grammy-winning lead singer of System of a Down, Serj Tankian helps to awaken a political revolution on the other side of the world, inspiring Armenia's struggle for democracy through his music and message.
Director: Garin Hovannisian
Votes: 169
22. Without Gorky (2011)
58 min | Documentary
A personal journey into a family myth. The life of my grandmother, my mother and my aunt continues to be influenced by my grandfather: the Abstract Expressionist painter Arshile Gorky whose suicide in 1948 dictates fraught family dynamics.
Director: Cosima Spender | Stars: Arshile Gorky, Maro Gorky, Natasha Gorky, Agnes Magruder
Votes: 101
23. Do Not Forget Me Istanbul (2010)
113 min | Drama
An aged mother with her middle aged daughter travels from Palestine to Istanbul, Turkey, to meet some relatives. This and other short stories give us a clue about the city of Istanbul.
Directors: Hany Abu-Assad, Stefan Arsenijevic, Aida Begic, Iosifina Markarian, Stergios Niziris, Omar Shargawi, Eric Nazarian | Stars: Ali Suliman, Hiam Abbass, Esin Alpogan, Belçim Bilgin
Votes: 390
24. Watchers of the Sky (2014)
Not Rated | 120 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Four modern stories of remarkable courage while setting out to uncover the forgotten life of Raphael Lemkin, the man who coined the term 'genocide'. Inspired by Samantha Power's Pulitzer ... See full summary »
Director: Edet Belzberg | Stars: Benjamin Ferencz, Raphael Lemkin, Matt Mitler, Luis Moreno Ocampo
Votes: 305 | Gross: $0.02M
25. 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
26. 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
27. 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: 636
28. 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
29. 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
30. They Shall Not Perish: The Story of Near East Relief (2016)
54 min | Documentary
The Near East Foundation, known initially as Near East Relief, spearheaded this first great mobilization of international humanitarian assistance in the United States, in September 1915, in... See full summary »
Stars: Victor Garber, Andrea Martin, Tony Shalhoub, Ron Rifkin
Votes: 48
31. 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
32. Music to Madness: The Story of Komitas (2019)
Not Rated | 73 min | Documentary, History, Music
Born on September 26, 1869 in the Armenian homeland of the Turkish Ottoman Empire, Komitas was a frail, weak boy, but with a perfect singing voice. Despite humble life circumstances, it was... See full summary »
Director: David Robert Deranian | Stars: Saro Bedoyan, Leila Benmerrouche, Herows Hovsepian
Votes: 28
33. Women of 1915 (2016)
TV-PG | 94 min | Documentary
The epic journey of women survivors of the 20th Century's first genocide and the odyssey of the relentless human rights advocates who empowered them.
Director: Bared Maronian | Stars: Gloria Sanders, Lory Tatoulian
Votes: 50
34. 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
35. 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
36. 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
37. Armenian Haunting (2018)
78 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
An Armenian-American journalist turns into an unwilling ghost hunter while researching the sudden deaths in her family and their connection to a paranormal mystery.
Director: Art Arutyunyan | Stars: Vaneh Assadourian, Jay Dersahagian, Kyle Patrick Darling, Chris Green
Votes: 182
38. 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
39. 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: 169
40. Bloedbroeders: Blood Brothers (2015– )
Documentary
In 'Blood Brothers', Turkish-Dutch journalist Sinan Can and Armenian-Dutch musical theatre actor Ara Halici explore how their families were involved in the Turkish mass-murder of the ... See full summary »
Votes: 29
41. 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
42. The Genocide Factor (2000 TV Movie)
Documentary
This documentary consists of four programs. (1) "Genocide from Biblical Times through the Ages" covers the Biblical period, the Greeks and Romans, the Mongols, the Crusades, witchcraft ... See full summary »
Director: Robert J. Emery | Stars: Martha Barnett, Yehuda Bauer, Iris Chang, Eddie Faye Gates
Votes: 27
43. The Children of Vank (2016)
Documentary, History
Director: Nezahat Gündogan | Stars: Ahmet Ak, Cevahir Ak, Meryem Balci, Sultan Demir
Votes: 12
44. My Mother's Voice (2012)
25 min | Documentary, Short, Biography
The true story of a 14-year-old girl, orphaned in the Armenian Genocide, who finds her way to America to marry a man she knows only from a photograph.
Director: Mark Friedman | Stars: Flora Munushian, Brian McArdle, Charles Gevoian, Kay Mouradian
Votes: 6
45. My Grandfather's Music (2011)
19 min | Short, Drama
"Bolis" tells the story of Armenak Mouradian, a successful Armenian oud musician from the diaspora who travels for the first time to Istanbul for an important musical event. "Armenians call... See full summary »
Director: Eric Nazarian | Stars: Jacky Nercessian, Serra Yilmaz, Esin Alpogan, Görkem Yeltan
46. 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
47. 100 Years Later (2016)
55 min | Documentary
A film about the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide and the work of historian Ara Sarafian to create reconciliation among Armenians, Kurds, and Turks, despite the official denialism of the Turkish state.
Director: John Lubbock | Stars: Yusuf Akbulut, Ismail Besikçi, Selahattin Demirtas, Ilie Kaso-Jito
Votes: 13
48. Armenia (2016)
84 min | Drama
"Armenia" is a cinematic interweaving of film, literature and history. The day after his fiftieth birthday, Haig Boghos (Alain Croubalian), a world-weary singer embarks on a personal ... See full summary »
Director: M.A. Littler | Star: Alain Croubalian
Votes: 63
49. Armenian Genocide: The Forgotten Holocaust (TV Movie)
Documentary, History, War | Pre-production
The philosopher Cometan explores the lives of key figures and the details of important events during the Armenian Genocide which was committed by the Ottoman Empire from 1914 and 1923.
50. SaroyanLand (2013)
72 min | Documentary, Biography, Drama
SaroyanLand is a docu-drama focusing on the journey of famous writer William Saroyan to the birthplace of his Armenian family Bitlis, in Turkey in 1964. While retaking the same road, the ... See full summary »
Director: Lusin Dink | Stars: Norikyan Artur, Osin Cilingir, Sevinç Erol, Kevork Malikyan
Votes: 240