asylum seekers movies

Cry Freedom (1987)
7.1 / 10

Drama

A dramatic story, based on actual events, about the friendship between two men struggling against apartheid in South Africa in the 1970s. Donald...

Limbo (2021)
6.8 / 10

Drama, Comedy

An offbeat observation of refugees waiting to be granted asylum on a fictional remote Scottish island. It focuses on Omar, a young Syrian musician...

Borderless (2019)
6.9 / 10

Documentary

Lauren Southern investigates what is really happening at Europe’s borders. From interviews with human traffickers in Morocco to secret recordings...

The Merger (2018)
5.808 / 10

Comedy, Drama

A country football coach who has a plan to rebuild the local football team by recruiting recently settled asylum seekers.

Matar (2023)
0 / 10

Drama, Documentary

The story of an asylum seeker in England who, when confronted with the hostile immigration system in the UK, is forced to live on the fringes of...

The Jump (2020)
7 / 10

Documentary

In the Cold War years of the 1970s, an American patrol boat meets a Soviet ship off the east coast of the United States for talks about fishing...

Lucky Miles (2007)
5.6 / 10

Drama, Comedy

It's 1990 and an Indonesian fishing boat abandons Iraqi and Cambodian refugees in a remote part of the Western Australia. Although most are quickly...

The Hearing (2024)
0 / 10

Documentary

Four rejected asylum seekers relive the hearing on their reasons for fleeing their home countries, shedding light on the core of the asylum...

The Hearing (2023)
2 / 10

Documentary

After crossing 11 countries irregularly to seek asylum in Canada, Peggy, Simon and their three children are waiting for the hearing that will...

Foreigners Out! Schlingensief's Container (2002)
6.7 / 10

Documentary

FOREIGNERS OUT! SCHLINGENSIEFS CONTAINER is a thrilling, insightful, funny chronicle and reflection of one of he biggest public pranks and acts of...

Asylum (1998)
0 / 10

Documentary

This feature documentary follows three newly arrived people in Canada and their experiences with the Canadian Refugee process. As claims are assessed...

The New World (2013)
5.5 / 10

Drama

Mirte is a cleaner in the reception centre for asylum seekers at the airport. She tries to forget her past through routine. When the charismatic West...

Someone's Trying to Get in (2024)
0 / 10

A Haitian asylum seeker flees an immigration camp, unknowingly approaching a house owned by a paranoid blue-collar worker.

Tiger (2017)
0 / 10

Animation, Documentary

“I want to be a tiger. I am an atheist from Iraq and I am seeking asylum. About my hallucinations… It’s difficult. Horrible monsters. I hope I...

Before Our Eyes (2017)
0 / 10

Documentary

One inside, one outside. One thin line that creates “us” and “them”. The importance of the borders has again a huge impact in Europe....

The Perfect Story (2022)
0 / 10

Documentary

The Perfect Story offers a riveting, intimate look at the ethical and moral challenges sparked by the relationship between a foreign correspondent...

De wijde wereld (2019)
0 / 10

Documentary

Documentary about asylum seekers in the Netherlands.

Grey Violet: Odd One Out (2017)
1 / 10

Documentary

A Russian mother and her queer son try to cope with their new situation, as the son, a political activist and radical artist, applies for political...

The Hot Potato: The Road to Transformation (2013)
0 / 10

Documentary

To cool the heat on the asylum debate - the biggest 'hot potato' in Australian politics, we took a hot potato food van around the country in the lead...

Chauka, Please Tell Us The Time (2017)
6.3 / 10

Documentary

An urgent and powerful documentary, shot in a detention centre where asylum seekers trying to reach Australian shores are indefinitely detained....