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