Movies like Blood Diamond

Key Features:: Civil war, Drug smuggling, American soldiers, Survival, Greed, Redemption, Political unrest, Moral ambiguity, Desperation, Quest, Violence-high, Profanity-moderate, Nudity-none
Tone:: serious, gritty, dramatic
Target Audience:: Drama enthusiasts, Action fans, Social justice advocates, Political thriller fans
Emotional Arc:: Hope → Despair → Resilience

Blood Diamond

2006-12-08

An ex-mercenary turned smuggler. A Mende fisherman. Amid the explosive civil war overtaking 1999 Sierra Leone, these men join for two desperate missions: recovering a rare pink diamond of immense value and rescuing the fisherman's son, conscripted as a child soldier into the brutal rebel forces ripping a swath of torture and bloodshed countrywide.

Genres

Drama, Thriller, Action

Cast

Leonardo DiCaprio, Djimon Hounsou, Jennifer Connelly, Kagiso Kuypers, Arnold Vosloo, Antony Coleman, Benu Mabhena, Anointing Lukola, David Harewood, Basil Wallace

Crew

Charles Leavitt, Edward Zwick, C. Gaby Mitchell, Charles Leavitt

Rating

★7.553(8036 votes)