Famine Movies
- 1917
A Man There Was
A Man There Was7.0271917HD
Terje Vigen, a sailor, suffers the loss of his family through the inflexibility of another man. Years later, when his enemy's family finds itself...
- 1969
Potatoes
Potatoes6.21969HD
In a village in the Ardennes, during the German occupation, finding rations is becoming almost impossible. Clovis, an ordinary labourer, decides to...
- 2005
Unsettled
Unsettled02005HD
In 158 a group of English settlers landed near present-day North Carolina. These pilgrims expected wealth and prosperity from the untouched land but...
- 2011
The Great Famine
The Great Famine02011HD
When a devastating famine descended on Soviet Russia in 1921, it was the worst natural disaster in Europe since the Black Plague in the Middle Ages....
- 2018
The Hungry Spirit
The Hungry Spirit62018HD
The cartoon's main character is a girl living in the times of the Famine and personally experiencing all the terrors of this major crime against...
- 2017
Leningrad Symphony
Leningrad Symphony82017HD
August 1942: Amidst the unimaginable suffering inflicted during the blockade of Leningrad by the German Wehrmacht, an orchestra director was given an...
- 2007
Sounds of Sand
Sounds of Sand6.12007HD
On the one hand, there’s the desert eating away at the land. The endless dry season, the lack of water. On the other there’s the threat...
- 2018
Nigel the Peasant
Nigel the Peasant02018HD
Nigel, a famished peasant in 18th century England, takes revenge on the aristocrat that deprived him of his livelihood.
- 2021
Changeling
Changeling62021HD
Fear and superstition take hold of a young family during a time of great hunger in 1879 Ireland.
- 2024
Famish
Famish02024HD
In 1315, the Great Famine swept across the land, and a family of farmers are struck with the loss of their son. When the body goes missing, their...
- 2016
Appellation
Appellation72016HD
In a dystopian future, where one ex-government scientist holds the key to ending the nation's famine, only a government investigator can stand in his...
- 1978
Ett Satans År
Ett Satans År61978HD
Swedish documentary from 1977. The film is about the last starvation year in Sweden, the emergency year 1867 in Ångermanland. It is a story...
- 2003
Ocras
Ocras02003HD
In a time of famine a starving girl and her mother are rescued from the roadside by a stranger. But the stranger has other motives.
- 2018
Bengal Shadows
Bengal Shadows02018HD
Documentary about Winston Churchill and the Bengal famine of 1943.
- 2019
Pure Gold
Pure Gold02019HD
In the grip of a famine, a farmer must provide for his starving family, however his desperation is exploited by a mischievous being, that tempts him...
- 1925
Abie's Imported Bride
Abie's Imported Bride01925HD
When the son of the owner of a woollen mill learns of the plight of the starving Jews in Russia he sets about raising money to ease their suffering. ...
- 1970
White Hunger
White Hunger01970HD
Set in 1867, the year of the great famine in Finland. A farmer’s wife sets off on foot through the snow with her two young children towards St....
- 1970
The Price of Aid
The Price of Aid01970HD
Every day the U.S. donates millions of tons of food to famine victims and other starving people in the world's poorest countries. This provocative...
- 1988
Der Sojakomplex oder Die phantastische Geschichte der eisernen Kuh
Der Sojakomplex oder Die phantastische Geschichte der eisernen Kuh01988HD
The film shows the connection between agricultural overproduction in Europe and hunger in Brazil.