Most Popular Armenian Genocide Movies and TV Shows
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1. La promesse (II) (2016)
Tous Public | 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: 167,751
2. Le Lieutenant Ottoman (2017)
16 | 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: 24,242
3. America, America (1963)
Tous publics | 174 min | Drama
A young Anatolian Greek, entrusted with his family's fortune, loses it en route to Istanbul and dreams of going to the United States.
Director: Elia Kazan | Stars: Stathis Giallelis, Frank Wolff, Elena Karam, Harry Davis
Votes: 4,801
4. Ararat (2002)
Tous publics | 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: 11,262 | Gross: $1.55M
5. The Cut (I) (2014)
Tous publics avec avertissement | 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: 5,121 | Gross: $0.03M
6. Le Mas des alouettes (2007)
Tous publics avec avertissement | 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: 2,051
7. 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: 4,515 | Gross: $0.10M
8. Ravished Armenia (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: 963
9. 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: 217
10. 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: 416
11. Mundo Invisível (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, Jupiter Apple, Gian Vittorio Baldi, Sônia Braga
Votes: 154
12. Mayrig (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: 3,053
13. 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: 1,718
14. Assignment Berlin (1982)
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: 63
15. Architects of Denial (2017)
102 min | Documentary
Though both the historical and modern-day persecution of Armenians and other Christians is relatively uncovered in the mainstream media and not on the radar of many average Americans, it is... See full summary »
Director: David Lee George | Stars: Taner Akçam, Julian Assange, Jonathan Babington-Heina, George Clooney
Votes: 209 | Gross: $0.07M
16. The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century (1996– )
Documentary, Biography, History
A unique first-person narrative, sewn together from genuine testimonies of frontline soldiers.
Stars: Judi Dench, Salome Jens, Jürgen Prochnow, Michael York
Votes: 308
17. Intent to Destroy (2017)
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: 455
18. 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: 328
19. 588 rue Paradis (1992)
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: 1,826
20. Une histoire de fou (2015)
Tous publics | 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: 520
21. Songs of Solomon
100 min | Drama | Post-production
Inspired by true events, this is a film about a childhood friendship, torn apart by the horrific Hamidian massacres infiltrated by the Ottoman Empire under the rule of Sultan Abdul Hamid II... See full summary »
Director: Arman Nshanian | Stars: Samvel Tadevosian, Arman Nshanian, Sos Janibekyan, Arevik Gevorgyan
22. Watchers of the Sky (2014)
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: 252 | Gross: $0.02M
23. Aram (2002)
90 min | Drama
Aram, an ex-soldier from the Armenian cause, has come to France to close an arms deal under secret service surveillance. Held responsible and banished by his faher for his brother's ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Kechichian | Stars: Simon Abkarian, Lubna Azabal, Serge Avedikian, Alain Mottet
Votes: 317
24. Nahapet (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, Mher Mkrtchyan, Galya Novents
Votes: 182
25. Screamers (2006)
R | 89 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: 1,451 | Gross: $0.05M
26. Aghet (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: 640
27. 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: 109
28. 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: 385
29. 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: 39
30. 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: 70
31. 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: 78
33. 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: 33
34. Map of Salvation (2015)
90 min | Documentary
The film tells about the humanist movement that emerged as a wave of protest and resistance during human tragedies in the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th centuries, especially... See full synopsis »
Director: Aram Shahbazyan
Votes: 34
35. 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: 57
36. 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: 37
37. Vank'in Cocuklari (2016)
Documentary, History
Director: Nezahat Gündogan | Stars: Ahmet Ak, Cevahir Ak, Meryem Balci, Sultan Demir
Votes: 10
38. 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: 119
39. Chienne d'histoire (2010)
15 min | Animation, Short, History
Constantinople, 1910. There are too many stray dogs in the streets. The newly installed government, influenced by an occidental model of society, calls in European specialists to get rid of... See full summary »
Director: Serge Avedikian
Votes: 214
40. 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
41. 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: 10
42. Epic Denied: Depriving the Forty Days of Musa Dagh (2021)
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
43. Le fils du marchand d'olives (2011)
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: 29
44. Music to Madness: The Story of Komitas (2014)
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: 17
45. 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: 6
46. Tillbaka till Ararat (1988)
99 min | Documentary
Directors: Jim Downing, Göran Gunér, Per-Åke Holmquist, Suzanne Khardalian
Votes: 76
47. 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: 98
48. 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: 22
49. Mayrig (1993– )
277 min | Drama
The story of an Armenian man and his family who have to flee their country during the genocide by the Turks, and come to live as refugees in a foreign land.
Stars: Claudie Arif, Serge Avedikian, Christian Barbier, Michèle Bardollet
Votes: 118
50. 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: 22