occupation movies

Sand Castle (2017)
6.484 / 10

War, Action, Drama

Set during the occupation of Iraq, a squad of U.S. soldiers try to protect a small village.

Golda (2023)
6.415 / 10

Drama, History, War

Set during the tense 19 days of the Yom Kippur War in 1973, Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir is faced with the potential of Israel’s complete...

Tomorrow, When the War Began (2010)
6.2 / 10

Action, Adventure, Drama

Ellie Linton, a teen from an Australian coastal town, leads her friends on an excursion to a camp deep in the woods, dubbed "Hell." Upon their...

One Wonderful Sunday (1947)
7.2 / 10

Drama, Romance

Yuzo and his fiancée Masako spend their Sunday afternoon together, trying to have a good time on just thirty-five yen. They manage to have many...

SOPOR (1981)
5.2 / 10

Comedy

One Monday morning, a thousand children leave the suburb of Farsta and go to Stockholm to occupy the Royal Castle. The children have formed a group...

Beloved Enemy (1936)
5.8 / 10

Drama, Romance

In 1921, British Lord Athleigh arrives in Dublin with his daughter, Helen, to engage in peace talks. As wanted Irish rebel leader Dennis Riordan is...

Under the Stars (2001)
7 / 10

Drama

Louka, whose parents were killed in the Turkish invasion of Cyprus, persuades a beautiful smuggler to take him over the border to visit his village,...

Lev farligt (1944)
7 / 10

Drama

Iben Holt, a rich bohemian, lives in an occupied country. On his way home from a party he hears an explosion and sees flames rising from a factory....

Big Rig (2007)
5.571 / 10

Documentary

Big Rig (2008) is a documentary film by Doug Pray about long-haul truck drivers. The film consists of a series of interviews with different drivers,...

Buffalo Boy (2005)
6.5 / 10

Drama

Set along the southern coast of Vietnam during the French occupation in the 1940s, water is everywhere, giving life and bringing decay and rot. Kim...

The Resistance (2011)
8 / 10

Action, War, Fantasy

In 1937, Japan began their invasion of China by murdering over 300,000 people in the capital of Nanjing. The atrocities committed against women and...

Taking Alcatraz (2015)
0 / 10

Documentary

A documentary account by award-winning filmmaker John Ferry of the events that led up to the 1969 Native American occupation of Alcatraz Island as...

Notes of Resistance and Erasure (2021)
0 / 10

Documentary

This experimental short traces the lifespan of the graffiti and murals present at the occupation of NYC’s City Hall in June and July of 2020. The...

Trieste Is Ours! (2009)
6.2 / 10

Comedy, Drama

In 2009, a group of military enthusiasts led by the commander France (Gojmir Lešnjak - Gojc) decides to occupy Trieste. The group that stages...

Okinawa: The Afterburn (2015)
1 / 10

Documentary

On April 1, 1945, the United States military launched its invasion of the main island of Okinawa, the start of a battle that was to last 12 weeks and...

The Ghosts of Jeju (2013)
0 / 10

Documentary

Documentary about the struggle of the people of Jeju Island, South Korea. Set in the context of the U.S. presence in Korea after World War II, the...

The Book of Oath (1983)
0 / 10

Drama, Adventure, War, History

Jerusalem... The East Side Story (2007)
0 / 10

Documentary

The film documents Palestinian everyday's life under Isreali occupation in East Jerusalem. It uncovers Isreals policy of judaizing the city in order...

Acabou a Paz: Isto Aqui Vai Virar o Chile (2015)
8 / 10

Documentary

3 cm Less (2003)
0 / 10

Documentary

3 CM LESS (the title comes from projections that the Palestinian children of today will grow up on average three centimeters shorter than their...