Hotel Rwanda (2004)

Name: Hotel Rwanda
Released: 2004

Inspired by true events, this film takes place in Rwanda in the 1990s when more than a million Tutsis were killed in a genocide that went mostly unnoticed by the rest of the world. Hotel owner Paul Rusesabagina houses over a thousand refuges in his hotel in attempt to save their lives.

Genres: Drama, History, War

What to watch after Hotel Rwanda

Live and Become (2005) — Same subject: refugee camp
12 Years a Slave (2013) — Same feel: sad, painful
Virunga (2014)
Sometimes in April (2005) — Same subject: rwanda, genocide
One Life (2023) — Same feel: dramatic, compassionate
Beasts of No Nation (2015) — Same subject: refugee