20 Days in Mariupol 2023

Reviews (61)

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   LeSchroeck 8 月 25, 2026

   Wichtig. Grauenvoll. Niederschmetternd. Herausfordernd. Hoffentlich so hilfreich wie möglich. Unbewertbar.

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   Matt Neglia 8 月 25, 2026

   20 DAYS IN MARIUPOL is a tough watch but vital for getting an honest account of the brutality of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Some truly haunting images, all told with visual urgency & melancholic voiceover from a brave but weary journalist putting himself on the front lines.

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   André 8 月 25, 2026

   This was traumatizing to watch. So many shocking images that you can’t unsee. Much of these footage was reported in the news around the world at the time and some claimed it was fake. Indeed, it’s hard to think that these atrocities are real, but they are. Chernov says in voiceover that his brain desperately wants to forget what he’s seeing, but the camera won’t let him. We see it too. He didn’t just make a documentary, but a historical record with his life at extreme risk daily. As always, regardless of political or ideological thinking, those who end up paying with their lives in these conflicts are the innocent. Elderly people, pregnant women, children, babies. Houses, hospitals, everything bombed,…

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   Bethany 8 月 25, 2026

   an absolutely brutal but necessary watch

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   Kevflix And Chill 8 月 25, 2026

   AP journalists chronicle the first days of the Russian incursion into Ukraine. Harrowing footage of the fallout of Russian bombardments into civilians neighborhoods, fire departments, and hospitals. It’s incredibly harrowing to watch. Children and infants are among the many dead and wounded. And most that have survived (to this point) are left in despair — no home, and no way out. A must watch. SIFF 0223 2023 Ranked

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   universzero 8 月 25, 2026

   📜 Documentaries 🏆 2023 Ranked “Film how these motherfuckers are killing civilians. Show this Putin bastard the eyes of this child and all these doctors who are crying. Rotting bastard. That’s how he ‘saves’ people. It’s good that there’s press here. Keep filming.” After reviewing Beyond Utopia yesterday, I decided to watch some more documentaries. First up was this. It’s equally important and a more difficult watch. Everyone who enjoyed Beyond Utopia should certainly see 20 Days in Mariupol as well. I remember seeing much of this AP footage when it became available in March 2022. It was the first real look most of us had into the worst of Russia’s crimes at the start of the invasion. I still…

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   Joshua Dysart 8 月 25, 2026

   You cannot explain to me a geopolitical policy that justifies this. There is no rationale, no logic, no reasoning of human governance that should allow for this. The minute you’ve bombed a child your history, your culture, your pride, your grievance don’t matter anymore. Your trauma doesn’t matter anymore, because trauma that inflicts more trauma is the path to mutual destruction. None of your reasons for bombing a child matter. My nation, the United States has bombed children. And many, many other nations have as well. A few are bombing children right now. One of them is Russia. And if children are being bombed, then we have to watch. We have to see. To witness it. Confront it. There is…

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   🌻 8 月 22, 2026

   war is like an x-ray. all human insides become visible. good people become better, bad people become worse.

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   Stonan 8 月 22, 2026

   The most harrowing thing I have ever seen, ended up having to turn it off because I felt so ill, something that has never happened before to me. Truly depicts to the best of my comprehension the horror of war.

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    Rosiexx8 8 月 21, 2026

    Fav movie of all time so sad but it shows the reality of life in Mariupol

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    emilybenford 8 月 21, 2026

    an important film that more people need to see. this movie shows us why we still need to be talking about Ukraine.

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    TMueller 8 月 21, 2026

    The saddest reality is that these people will be used as political pawns until the end of time. Victims of arbitrary borders in a conflict with no clear resolution. May the people of the Donbas find peace.

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    Peter_O 8 月 21, 2026

    Excellent documentary about the Ukraine/Russian war. I could only watch this once. An AP team of Ukrainian journalists trapped in the besieged city of Mariupol struggle to continue their work documenting atrocities of the Russian invasion.

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    jakebecknation 8 月 20, 2026

    insane that this is the first movie they had us watch for the doc film legal clinic

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    ꩜ byblik 𐂂ˎˊ˗ 8 月 20, 2026

    Его очень сложно оценивать, ведь это не тот фильм, где ты будешь в восторге после просмотра. Но, думаю, любой человек должен посмотреть его и увидеть правду

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    livlikesmovies_ 8 月 20, 2026

    was told to watch prior to my theory of war class – didn’t know i was going to be sobbing for an hour and a half straight. but in all seriousness, this documentary truly demonstrates how disturbingly fast war can escalate. i’m going to ruminate on this one for a bit, research paper pending.

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    iisa 8 月 20, 2026

    дуже страшно і передивлятись це кожного разу відчувається ще страшніше, бо починаєш задумуватись, а як швидко таке може статись і з твоїм містом щоразу ридаю як вперше просто хочеться щось зробити, а стикаєшся зі своїм майже абсолютним безсиллям

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    SeanJiang 8 月 19, 2026

    I don’t think it needed intercutting news footage or non-diegetic music.

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    1ntrusivethot 8 月 19, 2026

    Great doc to watch if you want to ruin your day more effectively, did not appreciate watching a child die ngl but I’m sure nobody in the hospital room did either. Idk why I do this to myself.

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    AmaliahLF 8 月 18, 2026

    I truly believe everyone needs to watch this. Unbelievably horrific but necessary to see.

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    Adriaan87 8 月 18, 2026

    20 Days in Mariupol is a haunting and crucial documentary by Mstyslav Chernov

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    DrippySoap 8 月 18, 2026

    Leyendo las reviews del documental , veo que hay un gran sector que lo define como propaganda amarillista. Entrando o no en el debate de si esto pudiera ser pornomiseria y un elemento propagandístico de la OTAN, creo que conviene redefinir, o recordar, ciertos conceptos que creía que estaban integrados. Ideas como como asumir que cualquier conflicto armado era un conflicto civil, ya que por encima de todo primaba la clase obrera, y lo que muestra el documental es la…

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    Jay 8 月 17, 2026

    Absolutely harrowing and alarming. Another must watch war documentary

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    Blurrryy 8 月 17, 2026

    It is simply devastating to watch. No human being deserves to be assaulted and suffer in that way.

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    emko_ 8 月 16, 2026

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    RedStarThrower 8 月 15, 2026

    Heartbreaking and necessary.

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    logopogo 8 月 13, 2026

    Number of times I cried: 20

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    crille_official 8 月 13, 2026

    I got PTSD from this

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    Tessa 8 月 13, 2026

    Absolutely harrowing. You cannot forget this; documentation is so important.

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    Ney 8 月 13, 2026

    أفلام الحروب تبيّن لك حاجتين. قسوة العالم، وثمن حياة الإنسان

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    Andrea 8 月 12, 2026

    To filter through so many hours of footage and still come up with a 90 minute documentary that feels neither too polished nor heavily edited is frankly incredible. That rawness is precisely what makes the footage feel real. People at a loss for words, shaky camera angles, and the very visible presence of the cameraman are all factors that ultimately make the documentary more effective. I don’t think I can call something like this enjoyable, but neither do I think all films should be judged by that standard. The journalistic value of 20 Days in Mariupol is most definitely its greatest strength.

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    PedroPen1u 8 月 11, 2026

    Fazia tempo que não assistia a um documentário, e 20 Dias em Mariupol é uma experiência que vai ser difícil de esquecer. É de partir o coração, triste, cruel e difícil de continuar assistindo na maior parte do tempo. Eu considero que todo mundo deveria assistir pelo menos uma vez. As imagens são horríveis de ver, mas é exatamente isso que torna esse documentário tão importante. Ele demonstra a guerra de uma forma extremamente humana e crua, sem deixar que…

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    rl13Russel 8 月 11, 2026

    Blow up Jake

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    laurete 8 月 10, 2026

    brutal pra caralho, me peguei chorando em tantos momentos… tanta vida, cultura, historia, lembranças e futuro completamente apagados

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    Diego Armando Susan 8 月 10, 2026

    Es la experiencia cinematográfica más aterradora que me tocó atravesar en mi vida. Lo más terrible es que se trata de una pieza estrictamente documental. Escribo esto mientras me seco las lágrimas e intento aflojar el cuerpo. 20 Días en Mariupol muestra en registro documental la invasión y asedio de parte de los rusos comandados por Putin a la ciudad ucraniana de Mariupol, todo a cámara en mano desde las mismas calles de Mariupol. Es durísimo, pero durísimo de ver,…

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    Jack 8 月 10, 2026

    One of the most devastating films I’ve ever watched. So many moments that carry such incredible weight, and the emotion captured throughout this film is truly overwhelming. It’s one I know will stay with me long after the final shot.

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    KL.holanda كلاوس. 8 月 10, 2026

    Esse documentário me deixou muito reflexivo sobre a relação da sociedade com a guerra sendo apenas um civil, te mostra bem o terror da guerra.

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    Inka 8 月 10, 2026

    Slava Ukraini always — a brutal watch that I wish more people would see. Media manipulation to fit certain narratives is so pervasive rendering the work of filmmakers/ journalists such as Chernov essential.

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    zxd56nhd 8 月 10, 2026

    серце болить.

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    Gabriel Fernández 8 月 9, 2026

    Muy Random mi elección de documentales, pero excelentes…

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    dylanlovelady 8 月 9, 2026

    War is sooooooo fucked up. Putin is such a bad guy

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    figsprout • ᴊᴏᴇʏ 8 月 9, 2026

    How the hell do you rate a documentary like this? Everyone needs to see this.

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    mialur 8 月 9, 2026

    hard to say anything positive and rate it like an usual film. difficult to watch. cried

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    luukeria 8 月 9, 2026

    pure hatred.

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    natyyy_27 8 月 9, 2026

    I am traumatized, this documentary chilled me to the bone. Not just because of the brutal, raw footage, but also the excerpts from Russian propaganda media. I find myself asking: when will EVERYONE finally understand that this isn’t fake? That the one to blame is Russia, not Ukraine? That civilians are dying? When will we understand that war is an evil where innocent people suffer the most?

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    César Salgado 8 月 8, 2026

    Que bien narrada y estructurada está

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    waapon 8 月 8, 2026

    бля я рыдала, как последняя сука

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    nana 8 月 8, 2026

    Tiszta, nyers anyagot mutatnak melyet ritkan latsz. De barmennyire is tokeletes tanulasi anyagnak, jogsertes, tul koran lett kirakva es sorolhatnam. Szemely szerint cenzurazni kellett volna minden arcot aki beleegyezes nekul belekerult a dokumentumfilmbe.

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    Jaloliddin25 8 月 8, 2026

    Perhaps somewhere in Mariupol or Bakhmut, we may have already encountered the Ernest Hemingway of the 21st century—or the future great filmmaker whose work will one day define how this war is remembered.

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    Reecington 8 月 7, 2026

    I was just thinking there’s not nearly enough war and destruction so this is great

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    ClementBertoux 8 月 7, 2026

    D’utilité publique

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    Campbell!!! 8 月 7, 2026

    Extremely harrowing but so necessary to watch

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    Jonathanlukas 8 月 7, 2026

    Never been more angry and sad after watching a documentary. Never watching again ever, highly recommend.

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    mungo_vez 8 月 6, 2026

    je note plus les docu mais si y’en a un qui ma marqué c’est lui must watch

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    Tyann Smith 8 月 5, 2026

    A harrowing but necessary documentary. When I envision a true documentarian, this is what I think of. My heart breaks for Ukraine 🇺🇦✨

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    V1erness 7 月 25, 2026

    Brutal

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    cat mao 6 月 2, 2026

    The sight of this little kitty, afraid and confined like many others in this small make-shift bunker was only a sad reminder of the utter sadness many of these little kitties and people have faced in Mariupol. How deeply harrowing it is to see the faces of these people and this kitty and wonder the terrible things they had to endure. – 00:08:50 – 00:12:56

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    Kellen Rowley 5 月 21, 2026

    It is important, necessary and must be watched. It is also brutal and punishing, as it must be. Thankful there are people with balls enough to make it.

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    Andy Wremerth 3 月 11, 2024

    Very hard to watch, but a necessity! 10/10. Everyone should see this documentary

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    dylank313 2 月 25, 2024

    There are some moments here which will stick with you forever

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    aaron 11 月 20, 2023

    i was 12 when i watched this, i couldnt sleep the following days after. if you are highly empathetic and/or severely distressed easily DO NOT WATCH THIS. this movie documents a russian siege on an ukrainian port city aka mariupol during attacks that took place in 2022. with every other reporter/journalist either left according to own will or forced to leave this movie shows footage from the last reporter in mariupol at the time. this movie displays russian tactics displaying…