The Killing Fields (1984)

Synopsis:

A journalist is trapped in Cambodia during tyrant Pol Pot’s bloody “Year Zero” cleansing campaign, which claimed the lives of two million “undesirable” civilians.
Roland Joffé
Sam Waterston, Haing S. Ngor, John Malkovich, Julian Sands
02 Nov 1984 (UK)
Won 3 Oscars. Another 24 wins & 22 nominations.tt0087553 , Civil War, Journalist, Photographer, Vietnam, Cambodia, Killing Fields, Red Khmer, Pol Pot, Based On True Story, Genocide, Based On True Events