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Pomegranate poets, Ararat silhouettes, Yerevan courtyards and highland villages — one of the oldest nations tells long-memory stories. Start with these ten, then open Armenia on StoryTerra's map.

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10 famous stories set in Armenia

Live snapshot of the top 10 most popular catalogue items (2026-09-04). Click any card to open this entry on the live map.

Browse 5 books and 14 movies set in Armenia.

The Color of Pomegranates

The Color of Pomegranates

Armenia Studio
movie

The life of the revered 18th-century Armenian poet and musician Sayat-Nova. Portraying events in the life of the artist from childhood up to his death the movie addresses in particular his relationships with women…

Setting: ArmeniaTime Period: 18th Century
The Legion

The Legion

Magol Films-Cárbara Films
movie

Noreno a half-Roman is entrusted with the mission of crossing the snowy mountains of Armenia swarming with Parthian patrols to seek help for his slowly dying men.

Setting: ArmeniaTime Period: Roman Empire Era
The Earthquake

The Earthquake

National Cinema Centre of Armenia-Mars Media Entertainment-Fond kino
movie

After the devastating Spitak earthquake of December 7th Konstantin Berezhnoy a 50-year-old Russian and Robert Melkonyan a 28-year-old Armenian work together to rescue the desperate survivors.

Setting: Spitak, ArmeniaTime Period: 1988
Hotel Gagarin

Hotel Gagarin

Lotus Production-RAI Cinema
movie

An highly heterogeneous group of people go to Armenia to make a movie all ignoring what will happen to each of them.

Setting: ArmeniaTime Period: 2018
Ararat

Ararat

ARP Sélection-Alliance Atlantis-Serendipity Point Films-Téléfilm Canada-Ego Film Arts
movie

Interrogated by a customs officer a young man recounts how his life was changed during the making of a film about the Armenian genocide.

Setting: Canada; ArmeniaTime Period: 1915; 2000s
Spitak

Spitak

Telesto
movie

«Spitak» tells the story of the most devastating and largest (in terms of casualties) Armenian earthquake that happened on December 7 1988. This day went down in history as the day of a horrible disaster which claimed…

Setting: Spitak, ArmeniaTime Period: 1988
Vodka Lemon

Vodka Lemon

Amka Films-Paradise Films-Dulciné Films
movie

In a remote isolated Yazidi Kurdish village in post-Soviet Armenia Hamo a widower with a pitiful pension and three worthless sons travels daily to his wife's grave. There he meets the lovely Nina who is communing with…

Setting: ArmeniaTime Period: Post-Soviet Era
The Lighthouse

The Lighthouse

Andreevsky Flag Film Company
movie

Lena returns to her home in a remote war-ravaged Armenian village to try and persuade her grandparents to leave with her for safety in Moscow.

Setting: ArmeniaTime Period: 2006
The Sandcastle Girls

The Sandcastle Girls

by Chris Bohjalian (Goodreads Author)
book

The Sandcastle Girls is a sweeping historical love story steeped in Chris Bohjalian's Armenian heritage. When Elizabeth Endicott arrives in Aleppo, Syria she has a diploma from Mount Holyoke, a crash course in nursing,…

Setting: ['Syria', 'Ottoman Empire', 'Armenia']Time Period: 1915; Armenian genocide
Architects of Denial

Architects of Denial

movie

Though both the historical and modern-day persecution of Armenians and other Christians is relatively uncovered in the mainstream media and not on the radar of many average Americans it is a subject that has gotten far…

Setting: ArmeniaTime Period: Early 20th Century

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