Poll: Cate Blanchett's Favorite Hope Films

Results of 296 votes:

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   Spirited Away (2001)

    

   Rating: 8.6 Plot: During her family's move to the suburbs, a sullen 10-year-old girl wanders into a world ruled by gods, witches, and spirits, and where humans are changed into beasts.
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   Shoplifters (2018)

    

   Rating: 8.0 Plot: A family of small-time crooks take in a child they find outside in the cold.
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   The Terminal (2004)

    

   Rating: 7.4 Plot: An Eastern European tourist unexpectedly finds himself stranded in JFK airport, and must take up temporary residence there.
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   The Road (1954)

    

   Rating: 8.0 Plot: A care-free girl is sold to a traveling entertainer, consequently enduring physical and emotional pain along the way.
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   Babel (2006)

    

   Rating: 7.4 Plot: Tragedy strikes a married couple on vacation in the Moroccan desert, touching off an interlocking story involving four different families.
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   Capernaum (2018)

    

   Rating: 8.4 Plot: While serving a five-year sentence for a violent crime, a 12-year-old boy sues his parents for neglect.
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   Where Is the Friend's House? (1987)

    

   Rating: 8.1 Plot: An 8 year old boy must return his friend's notebook he took by mistake, lest his friend be punished by expulsion from school.
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   ...and the Pursuit of Happiness (1986)

    

   Rating: 7.2 Plot: After acknowledging his own immigrant background, Malle, tries to present the range of immigrant experiences in the US during the 1980's. In an attempt to be comprehensive, the film …
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   Black Narcissus (1947)

    

   Rating: 7.8 Plot: After opening a convent in the Himalayas, five nuns encounter conflict and tension - both with the natives and also within their own group - as they attempt to adapt to their remote,…
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    Dheepan (2015)

     

    Rating: 7.2 Plot: Dheepan is a Sri Lankan Tamil warrior who flees to France and ends up working as a caretaker outside Paris.
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    The Joy Luck Club (1993)

     

    Rating: 7.7 Plot: The life histories of four Asian women and their daughters reflect and guide each other.
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    The Promise (1996)

     

    Rating: 7.8 Plot: Roger uses his son Igor to ruthlessly traffic and exploit undocumented immigrants. When one of the immigrants is killed, Igor is guilt-ridden and wants to care for the dead man's fam…
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    The Other Side of Hope (2017)

     

    Rating: 7.2 Plot: A poker-playing restaurateur and former traveling salesman befriends a group of refugees newly arrived to Finland.
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    News from Home (1976)

     

    Rating: 7.5 Plot: Impersonal but beautiful images of Akerman's life in New York are combined with letters from her loving but manipulative mother, read by Akerman herself.
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    First Cow (2019)

     

    Rating: 7.2 Plot: A skilled cook has traveled west and joined a group of fur trappers in Oregon, though he only finds true connection with a Chinese immigrant also seeking his fortune. Soon the two co…
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    Last Resort (2000)

     

    Rating: 7.2 Plot: When a young Russian woman and her son leave Moscow to meet her fiancé, who fails to show up, she declares political asylum.
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    Documenteur (1981)

     

    Rating: 7.1 Plot: A young French woman, separated from her lover, tries to find a lodging in L.A. for herself and her son.
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    The Immigrant (2013)

     

    Rating: 6.6 Plot: 1921. An innocent immigrant woman is tricked into a life of burlesque and vaudeville until a dazzling magician tries to save her and reunite her with her sister who is being held in …
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    Human Flow (2017)

     

    Rating: 7.0 Plot: Human Flow is director and artist Ai Weiwei's detailed and heartbreaking exploration into the global refugee crisis.
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    Well-Founded Fear (2000)

     

    Rating: 7.7 Plot: This documentary film takes us to an in-depth look at the asylum process of the federal U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS). Foreigners that are already in the United S…