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.
| Directing | Cary Joji Fukunaga | Director |
| Writing | Cary Joji Fukunaga | Screenplay |
| Production | Bill Benenson | Executive Producer |
| Production | Nnamdi Asomugha | Executive Producer |
| Production | Amy Kaufman | Producer |
| Production | Riva Marker | Producer |
| Production | Christine Holder | Co-Executive Producer |
| Production | Daniela Taplin Lundberg | Producer |
| Editing | Mikkel E.G. Nielsen | Editor |
| Art | Inbal Weinberg | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jenny Eagan | Costume Design |
| Writing | Uzodinma Iweala | Novel |
| Camera | Cary Joji Fukunaga | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Dan Romer | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Pete Beaudreau | Editor |
| Production | Idris Elba | Producer |
| Production | Cary Joji Fukunaga | Producer |
| Production | Daniel Crown | Producer |
| Sound | Tracy McKnight | Music Supervisor |
| Directing | Zorinah Juan-Lieber | Script Supervisor |
| Camera | Klemens Becker | Steadicam Operator |
| Camera | Klemens Becker | Camera Operator |
| Art | Katie Hickman | Set Decoration |
| Production | Todd Courtney | Executive Producer |
