Keyword: somalia

Surviving Black Hawk Down

7.5

2025

TV

HD

Documents the real 1993 Battle of Mogadishu through firsthand accounts from U.S. soldiers and Somali civilians, detailing the mission to capture warlord Aidid and the downing of two helicopters.

Black Hawk Down

8.5

2001

Movie

HD

The story of 160 elite U.S. soldiers who dropped into Mogadishu in October 1993 to capture two top lieutenants of a renegade warlord, but found themselves in a desperate battle with a large force of heavily-armed Somalis.

Captain Phillips

7.8

2013

Movie

HD

The true story of Captain Richard Phillips and the 2009 hijacking by Somali pirates of the U.S.-flagged MV Maersk Alabama, the first American cargo ship to be hijacked in two hundred years.

Desert Flower

4.7

2009

Movie

HD

Waris Dirie, born 1965 in Somalia, flees at 13 when sold as 4th wife. Shes maid at the Somalian embassy in London, then McDonalds, where shes discovered and becomes intl top model. 1997, she speaks up against female genital mutilation.

Malbatt: Misi Bakara

7

2023

Movie

HD

The story of the 19th Battalion Malay Regiment, which was deployed as part of the United Nations peacekeeping force in 1993, and their mission to rescue the trapped American soldiers following the Black Hawk Down attack.

Escape from Mogadishu

7.3

2021

Movie

HD

In 1991 war-torn Somalia the personnel and the families of both the South Korean and the North Korean embassies have the same goal: to escape from Mogadishu.

The Perfect Story

7.3

2022

Movie

HD

A foreign correspondents bond with a Somali refugee raises ethical questions about journalism, filmmaking, and storytelling ownership while exploring who controls narrative-shaping in media.

The Pirates of Somalia

6.8

2017

Movie

HD

In 2008, rookie journalist Jay Bahadur forms a half-baked plan to embed himself with the pirates of Somalia. He ultimately succeeds in providing the first close-up look into who these men are, how they live, and the forces that drive them.

The Pirate Tapes

6.3

2011

Movie

HD

A tale of violence, piracy, and environmental disaster spirals into a life-threatening situation when Mohamed, a young Somali-Canadian, joins a real pirate cell with a hidden camera. This incredible footage shows the true nature of the Somalian pirates.

Submergence

5.3

2017

Movie

HD

James and Danielle meet on vacation and fall in love. Shes going to the dark North Atlantic bottom to find life. Hes going to Somalia to find a terrorist but gets a dark cell.

The Journey Is the Destination

6.3

2016

Movie

HD

Photographer Dan Eldon, was only 22 when he was killed by an angry mob in Somalia. He left behind 17 scrapbooks that held his art, chronicling his life from age 14. His work, seen in Time and Newsweek, showed only part of his talent.