De jonge Agu wordt gedwongen om zich aan te sluiten bij een leger huurlingen wanneer de oorlog losbarst in zijn niet nader genoemd West-Afrikaans land. Agu's vader wordt vermoord, zijn moeder en zuster zijn spoorloos en hij moet deelnemen aan een leven van geweld en wreedheden.
Ja! de film Beasts of No Nation is nu beschikbaar om te kijken op Netflix in Nederland.
| Writing | Cary Joji Fukunaga | Screenplay |
| Editing | Mikkel E.G. Nielsen | Editor |
| Production | Bill Benenson | Executive Producer |
| Production | Amy J. Kaufman | Producer |
| Art | Inbal Weinberg | Production Design |
| Directing | Cary Joji Fukunaga | Director |
| Production | Riva Marker | Producer |
| Production | Christine Holder | Co-Executive Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jenny Eagan | Costume Design |
| Production | Nnamdi Asomugha | Executive Producer |
| Production | Daniela Taplin Lundberg | Producer |
| Writing | Uzodinma Iweala | Novel |
| Editing | Pete Beaudreau | Editor |
| Camera | Cary Joji Fukunaga | Director of Photography |
| Production | Idris Elba | Producer |
| Production | Daniel Crown | Producer |
| Production | Cary Joji Fukunaga | Producer |
| Sound | Dan Romer | Original Music Composer |
| Art | Katie Hickman | Set Decoration |
| Directing | Zorinah Juan-Lieber | Script Supervisor |
| Camera | Klemens Becker | Camera Operator |
| Sound | Tracy McKnight | Music Supervisor |
| Camera | Klemens Becker | Steadicam Operator |
| Production | Todd Courtney | Executive Producer |
