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1. Big Night (1996)
R | 109 min | Drama, Romance
New Jersey, 1950s. Two brothers run an Italian restaurant. Business is not going well as a rival Italian restaurant is out-competing them. In a final effort to save the restaurant, the brothers plan to put on an evening of incredible food.
Directors: Campbell Scott, Stanley Tucci | Stars: Tony Shalhoub, Stanley Tucci, Marc Anthony, Larry Block
Votes: 22,843 | Gross: $11.88M
2. Crossing Over (2009)
R | 113 min | Crime, Drama
Crossing Over is about illegal aliens of many nationalities in the Los Angeles area and the authorities and individuals dealing with them.
Director: Wayne Kramer | Stars: Harrison Ford, Ashley Judd, Ray Liotta, Jim Sturgess
Votes: 24,535 | Gross: $0.45M
3. Heaven & Earth (1993)
R | 140 min | Action, Biography, Drama
During the Vietnam War, a Vietnamese woman struggles hustling on the streets, where she comes face to face with those involved in the conflict around her.
Director: Oliver Stone | Stars: Hiep Thi Le, Tommy Lee Jones, Haing S. Ngor, Bussaro Sanruck
Votes: 15,123 | Gross: $5.86M
4. Hester Street (1975)
PG | 89 min | Drama, Romance
In 1896, a Russian Jewish woman immigrates to New York's Lower East Side to reunite with her Americanized husband, but has difficulty assimilating.
Director: Joan Micklin Silver | Stars: Steven Keats, Carol Kane, Mel Howard, Dorrie Kavanaugh
Votes: 1,885 | Gross: $5.00M
5. Blast Beat (2020)
105 min | Drama
When a family leaves their native Colombia for the United States in the summer of '99, a metalhead science prodigy and his aimless younger brother struggle to align the American Dream with their new reality.
Director: Esteban Arango | Stars: Mateo Arias, Kali Uchis, Moises Arias, Teo Aguiar
Votes: 312
6. America America (1963)
Approved | 174 min | Adventure, Drama
A young Greek stops at nothing to secure a passage to America.
Director: Elia Kazan | Stars: Stathis Giallelis, Frank Wolff, Elena Karam, Harry Davis
Votes: 5,996
7. I Am Yours (2013)
Not Rated | 100 min | Drama
Mina's relationships never last very long. But when the Pakistani single mother meets a Swedish director, she'll going to any lengths to make it work.
Director: Iram Haq | Stars: Amrita Acharia, Ola Rapace, Prince Singh, Rabia Noreen
Votes: 766
8. The Glass Wall (1953)
Approved | 82 min | Drama, Film-Noir
Peter is a refugee who wants to make a better life for himself in America, but he doesn't have the proper papers. Desperate for entry, he jumps ship and flees to New York to search for a World War II veteran whom he helped during the war.
Director: Maxwell Shane | Stars: Vittorio Gassman, Gloria Grahame, Ann Robinson, Douglas Spencer
Votes: 1,340
9. Gingerbread Miracle (2021 TV Movie)
83 min | Drama, Romance
Maya is a freelance attorney who, after a minor setback, has been living in the apartment above her parents' garage and using the Casillas Panadería as her unofficial office for the past ... See full summary »
Director: Michael M. Scott | Stars: Merritt Patterson, Jon-Michael Ecker, Jorge Montesi, Elyse Maloway
Votes: 1,281
10. Bordertown (1935)
Approved | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
In Mexico, a former lawyer becomes the invaluable second-in-command to a casino owner, whose wife begins to fall for him.
Director: Archie Mayo | Stars: Paul Muni, Bette Davis, Margaret Lindsay, Eugene Pallette
Votes: 2,004
11. Eat a Bowl of Tea (1989)
PG-13 | 102 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A study in culture bridging, including ... a new US-born husband, trying to work within the traditional ways, a new China-born wife, eager to join the "dream" of America, two family-minded ... See full summary »
Director: Wayne Wang | Stars: Cora Miao, Russell Wong, Victor Wong, Sau-Kei Lee
Votes: 835 | Gross: $0.23M
12. An American Romance (1944)
Passed | 151 min | Drama
Stefan Dangos immigrates to America and works his way up from the iron mines and steel mills to become a great American success story as an industrialist.
Director: King Vidor | Stars: Brian Donlevy, Ann Richards, Walter Abel, John Qualen
Votes: 574
13. Panic (I) (2014)
TV-MA | 85 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A troubled journalist is drawn into London's underworld when his beautiful neighbour is kidnapped.
Director: Sean Spencer | Stars: David Gyasi, Pippa Nixon, Jason Wong, Yennis Cheung
Votes: 112
14. Doubles with Slight Pepper (2011)
16 min | Short, Drama
Doubles with Slight Pepper is a dramatic film set in Trinidad during Christmas. It's a coming of age story centered around Dhani, a young street food vendor, who must decide if he will help save his estranged Father from dying.
Director: Ian Harnarine | Stars: Errol Sitahal, Sanjiv Boodhu, Ken Boodhu, Karen Saban
Votes: 60
15. School of Babel (2013)
94 min | Documentary
How to integrate into French society when you are a young immigrant newly arrived in Paris? Just join the school of La Grange aux Belles where, whether you are named Agnieszka, Eduardo, ... See full summary »
Director: Julie Bertuccelli | Stars: Maryam Aboulgila, Felipe Arellano Santibanez, Miguel Angel Cegarra Monsalve, Brigitte Cervoni
Votes: 404
16. Alonso, the Dream and the Call (2018)
PG | 12 min | Short, Drama
If life doesn't kill you, try the healthcare system.
Director: Ben-Hur Uribe | Stars: Madeleine Fister, Khanisha Foster, Annette Gomez, John Griffin
17. Lost & Found, NY (2016– )
Comedy, Drama
A comedy series about an immigrant actress navigating through life in New York. Recipient of two Best Web Series awards and selected by over 15 international film festivals. Filmed in New York and Sofia by an international cast and crew.
Stars: Vanina Kondova, Daria Zara Kondova, Meridith Jones, Michael R. Piazza
Votes: 26
18. Belleville Stories
Documentary | Post-production
The people of "Belleville Stories" belong to a long-standing immigrant and artist community spanning Paris' 10th, 11th, 19th and 20th arrondissements. The film speaks not only of the ... See full summary »
Directors: Ruth Rachel Anderson-Avraham, Shumin Ma | Stars: Indira Saddul, Liwen Dong, Raoul Velasco, Mikhal Abitbol
19. Grandma's Story (1999)
10 min | Short, Biography
A Grandmother talks to her granddaughter about her journey to the U.S. from Latin America as a child.
Director: R.S. | Star: Brandi Aguilar
20. Where Is Home? A Binational Gay Love Story (2013)
9 min | Documentary, Short
In 2007, Otts' H1B (work) visa was about to expire. He needed to leave the United States, and his partner Ken, for a full year in order to qualify for another visa. But there was no ... See full summary »
Director: Otts Bolisay | Star: Otts Bolisay
21. Yes I Canada (2016)
Short, Comedy
An enthusiastic candidate pleads his case with immigration.
Director: Katarzyna Kochany | Stars: Dan Willmott, Florian Francois
22. Anniversary (VIII) (2019)
9 min | Documentary, Short, Drama
Anniversary is both a portrait and an atmospheric rendering. It seeks to depict the emotional landscape of a young woman who has lost her mother and is trying to deal with her own present ... See full summary »
Director: Catherine Dauphin | Stars: Larisa Faber, Alexandre Hornbeck
24. Barbieri (2007)
47 min | Documentary
Directors: Corrado De Luca, Roberto Verì | Stars: Corrado Accaputo, Corrado De Luca, Antonio Domanico, Romano Geso
25. Polaris (2012)
12 min | Documentary, Short
This documentary follows the day to day life of Filipino immigrants working on fishing vessels off the North East coast of Scotland.
Director: Chico Pereira
Votes: 10
26. Curd (2019)
7 min | Short, Drama
Hira is visiting her son in the US, feels trapped in her house and struggles with the alien culture and language. Following a botched dinner preparation, Hira is compelled to take her first steps towards assimilation.
Director: Varun Chounal | Stars: Serykah Aggerwhil, Diana Caban Velez
27. Miedzy sasiadami - posrednik. Karl Dedecius (2000)
55 min | Documentary, Biography
Director: Peter Vogt
28. Canada Vignettes: Helen Law (1979)
3 min | Documentary, Short
Through the eyes of her first-generation Canadian son, Mrs. Helen Law, a Chinese immigrant to Canada is profiled.
Director: Jennifer Hodge