Famine Movies

Fear and superstition take hold of a young family during a time of great hunger in 1879 Ireland.

Nigel, a famished peasant in 18th century England, takes revenge on the aristocrat that deprived him of his livelihood.

Documentary about Winston Churchill and the Bengal famine of 1943.

When a stranded soldier shows up on a peasant family’s doorstep pleading for shelter, they take him in on account of their religious values....

Swedish documentary from 1977. The film is about the last starvation year in Sweden, the emergency year 1867 in Ångermanland. It is a story...