

Hotel Rwanda
When the world closed its eyes, he opened his arms.
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.
TMDB
7.7/10
3,313 votes
IMDb
8.1/10
395,306 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
91%
Tomatometer
Metacritic
79/100
Metascore
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $17.5M
- Box office
- $23,530,892
- Language
- English
- rwanda
- refugee
- refugee camp
- tutsi
- militia
- rwandan genocide
- based on true story
- murder
- slaughter
- dead body
- atrocity
- african
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Behind the camera
Director
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Produced in
United States of America, United Kingdom, Italy, South Africa
Where to watch
All optionsAvailability for India. Provided by JustWatch through the TMDB API.
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Awards & recognition
- Oscar nominations
- 3
- Total wins
- 16
- Total nominations
- 49
- Nominated for 3 Oscars
- 16 wins
- 49 nominations total
Awards data for Hotel Rwanda provided by OMDb.
Release dates
IndiaIN
- PhysicalDVD4 Feb 2005
United StatesUS
- Theatrical (limited)22 Dec 2004
- TheatricalPG-134 Feb 2005
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical (limited)London25 Feb 2005
- Theatrical12A4 Mar 2005
United Arab EmiratesAE
- Theatrical6 Apr 2005
AustraliaAU
- TheatricalM24 Feb 2005
CanadaCA
- PremierePGToronto International Film Festival11 Sept 2004
ArgentinaAR
- TV1 May 2007
AustriaAT
- Theatrical8 Apr 2005
BelgiumBE
- Theatrical23 Feb 2005
BrazilBR
- Theatrical1419 Aug 2005
BulgariaBG
- Theatrical15 Apr 2005
ChinaCN
- PremiereShanghai International Film Festival11 Jun 2005
Frequently asked questions
Hotel Rwanda was released on 22 December 2004.
- C7/10
CinemaSerf
9/4/2023
Don Cheadle is super as Paul Rusesabagina, the manager of a Belgian-owned hotel in Kigali in 1994 during the civil strife that saw Hutus relentlessly and ruthlessly persecute the minority Tutsis in Rwanda. Once he is directly touched by one such incident, he decides that he must do something to help and so turns his luxury accommodation into a refuge for hundreds of dispossessed and terrified people. With the help th…
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