Immigration movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant immigration movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out captivating, realistic, emotional, melancholic, touching and serious films and TV shows about / with immigration, immigrant, society, family relations, culture clash, migration, love, hopes, identity and urban plots mostly in Drama, Comedy and Romance genres shot in USA, UK, Italy and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as immigration: Banat: The Journey (2015), Adu (2020), The Wolves (2019), Green Card (1990), Ae Fond Kiss... (2004), Like Crazy (2011), America America (1963), The Immigrant (2013), The New Land (1972), The Godfather Part II (1974).
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Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, Romania, Bulgaria
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Bari, a city caught in the relentless economic crisis. Ivo is an agronomist, but the lack of opportunities pushes him to accept a job in the fertile region of Banat in Romania. Clara has just ended a relationship and is about to lose her job at the ...
Style:
captivating, disturbing, psychological, road movie
Plot:
relationships, migration, immigration, unemployment, love story, love affair, in love, fall in love, male female relationship, love and romance, romantic relationship, couple relations ...
Place:
italy, romania
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Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
In a desperate attempt to reach Europe and crouched before an airstrip in Cameroon, a six-year-old boy and his older sister wait to sneak into the holds of an airplane. Not too far away, an environmental activist contemplates the terrible image of ...
Style:
thought provoking, psychological, captivating, tear jerker
Plot:
tribe, immigration, assassination, dysfunctional family, financial problem, family problems, social relations, family relations, money problems, social problems, tragic event, life is a bitch ...
Place:
africa, spain, senegal
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Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Max and Leo are 8 and 5 years old and have just immigrated to the US with their mother. Their days pass inside a tiny apartment, while they wait for their mother to come back, as they hold on to the hope of traveling to Disney.
Style:
sentimental, sincere, disturbing, controversial, unusual plot structure ...
Plot:
brother brother relationship, immigration, grownups, motive, illegal immigration, immigrant family, bigger dreams, secret, female protagonist, theft, airport, working mom ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France, Australia, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Urban horticulturalist Brontë Mitchell has her eye on a gorgeous apartment, but the building's board will rent it only to a married couple. Georges Fauré, a waiter from France whose visa is expiring, needs to marry an American woman to stay ...
Style:
romantic comedy, light, romantic, rom com, entertaining ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
love, marriage of convenience, destiny, immigration, green card, immigrant, lawyer, sex scene, fake marriage, fake relationship, cons and scams, selfie ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
new york, america, usa, manhattan new york city, london ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, Italy, Germany, Spain, Belgium
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A young man upsets his Punjabi family when he falls in love with an Irish schoolteacher.
Style:
emotional, touching, sentimental, romantic, offbeat ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick
Plot:
forbidden love, racism, culture clash, marriage, prejudice, immigrant, immigration, family relations, love, society, tragic love, sex ...
Time:
year 2004, 70s
Place:
scotland, glasgow scotland, britain, manchester, pakistan ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A British college student falls for an American student, only to be separated from him when she's banned from the U.S. after overstaying her visa.
Style:
romantic, sexy, poignant, sensual, sentimental ...
Audience:
date night, teens, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
long distance relationship, fall in love, love story, lovers, happy ending, forceful separation, couple relations, lovers apart, bittersweet, relationships, love and romance, immigration ...
Time:
year 2011, 70s, 21st century
Place:
united kingdom, usa, los angeles, london, england ...
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Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 174 min.
Story:
A young Anatolian Greek, entrusted with his family's fortune, loses it en route to Istanbul and dreams of going to America
Style:
semi autobiographical, aesthetic, existential, social, road movie ...
Plot:
greek, immigration, immigrant, emigration, migration, armenian genocide, american dream, boat, journey, determination, dream, narration ...
Time:
19th century, year 1963, 1890s, 20th century
Place:
greece, ottoman empire, new york, istanbul turkey, middle east ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
In 1921 New York. an 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 the confines of Ellis Island.
Style:
atmospheric, emotional, harsh, costume drama, period piece ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
prostitution, immigrant, immigration, corruption, brothel, family relations, confession, american dream, love affair, exploitation, society, forceful separation ...
Time:
1920s, year 2013, 20th century, 1930s
Place:
poland, israel, america, usa, manhattan new york city ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Cover-boy racconta l’amicizia fra Ioan (Eduard Gabia) e Michele (Luca Lionello) l’uno rumeno e l’altro italiano. Due mondi che casualmente s’incontrano: l’esperienza di chi, figlio della rivoluzione post comunista, è fuggito dal proprio ...
Style:
intercultural, realistic, independent film, bleak, melancholic
Plot:
immigration, male nudity, gay, lgbt, friendship, social realism, exploitation, coming of age, survival, working class, gay interest, class struggle ...
Place:
italy, romania, eastern europe
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Genre: Drama, Western
Country: Sweden
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Continuation from Utvandrarna (1971): The Swedes arrive in the USA. They still have a long journey to Minnesota where they expect to find other Swedes. When they arrive there, each family searches a place to build a home. Kristina and Karl-Oskar ...
Style:
epic, serious, captivating, sentimental, touching ...
Plot:
immigration, settler, immigrant, migration, desert, farmer, food, nordic, american civil war, snowstorm, male nudity, brothel ...
Time:
19th century, 1850s, year 1972, 1860s
Place:
minnesota, america, usa
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 202 min.
Story:
In the continuing saga of the Corleone crime family, a young Vito Corleone grows up in Sicily and in 1910s New York. In the 1950s, Michael Corleone attempts to expand the family business into Las Vegas, Hollywood and Cuba.
Style:
epic, captivating, neo noir, saga, retro ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly, adult
Plot:
mafia, organized crime, revenge, murder, gangster, cosa nostra, sicilian mafia, literary, immigration, crime boss, assassination, melancholy ...
Time:
1950s, 50s, 1940s, 20th century, 1920s ...
Place:
cuba, sicily, new york, las vegas, italy ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, India
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
An aspiring Indian tech entrepreneur in the Silicon Valley finds himself unexpectedly battling the bizarre American immigration system to keep his dream alive or prepare to return home forever.
Style:
captivating, entertaining, humorous, realistic, comedy drama
Plot:
immigration, entrepreneurship, silicon valley, cultural difference, immigrant, bureaucracy, lifestyle, aspiration, direction and purpose, ambition, coping, businessman ...
Time:
2010s
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story:
A disgraced New York politician who was the city's youngest city councilman in history until he was brought down by a public intoxication incident gets an opportunity to rebuild his life when he is hired by a group of immigrants who hope to ...
Style:
humorous, captivating, sincere, entertaining, light ...
Plot:
immigration, friendship, society, adaptation, destiny, rivalry, youth, love, disorder, life philosophy, lifestyle, second chance ...
Place:
new york
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
An undocumented immigrant, Roberto, seeks a way to become lawful, but all efforts are put on hold when he becomes a new father at the onset of the US government's 'Zero Tolerance' child separation policy at the US / Mexico border.
Style:
psychological, disturbing, captivating, emotional, tension ...
Plot:
immigration, undocumented immigrant, social issues, immigrant, illegal immigration, family drama, border crossing, father son relationship, marital problem, life is a bitch, family problems, family relations ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
TV show
Story:
Several families in the farmland of Northern California navigate universal themes of class, immigration, culture and family.
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, realistic, reflective ...
Plot:
immigration, village life, family drama, class conflict, social problems, family relations, eccentric family, family problems, lifestyle, life, social issues, countryside ...
Place:
northern california
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Sister Tse is brought to New York by a Snakehead, a human smuggler. Although she is indebted to the crime family responsible for her transport, her survival instincts help her gain favor with the matriarch, and she rises quickly in the ranks. Soon ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, suspense, captivating, emotional ...
Plot:
human trafficking, immigration, organized crime, female protagonist, crime family, survival, illegal immigration, criminal underworld, criminal, smuggler, smuggling, illegal immigrant ...
Place:
new york
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Genre: Family
Country: Mexico, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Buscando A Leti - In Search of Leti, is written and performed in Spanish, subtitled in English. Leti, a ten-year-old girl, is the protagonist of this film. The grandparents become the caretakers when her parents leave Mexico to find work in Chicago. ...
Style:
disturbing, touching, thought provoking, heartbreaking, emotional ...
Plot:
immigration, grandparents, racism, oppression, separation, culture, family relations, family conflict, child protagonist, family drama, child, black girl ...
Place:
mexico, chicago
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
What would you do if you found 30 million that no one was missing? Mahmut decides to do what he has always dreamt of: to be seen as a Swede. He changes his name to Sebastian, rents a nice house, buys a Volvo and starts wearing socks with patterns. ...
Style:
humorous, feel good, captivating, satirical, semi serious ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
immigration, satire, identity, money, lifestyle change, changing lives, national identity, lifestyle, social satire, culture clash, aspiration, nordic ...
Place:
eastern europe, scandinavia
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Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A Sicilian family deals with the arrival of a group of immigrants on their island.
Style:
realistic, serious, sincere, touching, tense
Plot:
tourist, moral dilemma, society, refugee, immigration, family relations, family problems, rules and policies, family life, ocean, misfit, migration ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
sicily, italy, southern italy, mediterranean sea
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, France, Germany, Japan, USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
An anthology of 5 different cab drivers in 5 American and European cities and their remarkable fares on the same eventful night.
Style:
anthology, independent film, intellectual, dark comedy, surreal ...
Plot:
taxi, culture clash, night, taxi driver, immigration, multiple storylines, storytelling, nightlife, blindness, conversation, blind character, friendship ...
Time:
90s, year 1991, 20th century
Place:
paris france, rome italy, helsinki finland, new york, los angeles ...
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Genre: Drama, Family, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 181 min.
Story:
This lavishly produced and critically acclaimed screen adaptation of the international stage sensation tells the life-affirming story of Tevye (Topol), a poor milkman whose love, pride and faith help him face the oppression of turn-of-the-century ...
Style:
period piece, freeze frame, thought provoking, touching, sentimental ...
Audience:
family friendly, family outing, teens, date night, kids
Plot:
judaism, dance, wedding, tradition, jewish culture, broadway, milkman, anti semitism, dancing, forbidden love, tradition versus modernity, butcher ...
Time:
19th century, year 1971, 1900s, 20th century, 90s ...
Place:
ukraine, israel, russia, ussr, europe ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Ireland, UK, USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
An Irish immigrant family adjusts to life in the United States, a chance to get over the lost son. They have no money and the apartment is in bad condition.
Style:
touching, sincere, sentimental, emotional, sad ...
Plot:
childhood, redemption, immigrant, immigration, artist, loss of son, starting over, dying, children, society, overcoming, acceptance ...
Time:
80s, year 2002, 2000s, 20th century
Place:
new york, ireland, usa, new york state, manhattan new york city
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
The true story of immigration attorney Judy Wood and how she singlehandedly changed the U.S. law of asylum to save women's lives.
Style:
thought provoking, disturbing, captivating, factual
Audience:
adult
Plot:
lawyer, immigration, courtroom drama, court case, prejudice, trial, justice, female friendship, evidence, courage, court, destiny ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Israel, Poland
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
City of Lodz in Poland, after the Second World War. Two brothers, Tadek and Andrzej, grow up without a father, and their mother, so busy at work, does not notice when the boys join a rowdy and anti-Semitic organization.Only when during a fight one ...
Style:
serious, realistic, captivating, touching, historical drama ...
Plot:
self discovery, immigrant, immigration, family relations, culture clash, society, single parent, neo nazism, holocaust survivor, identity, family drama, anti semitism ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, 1950s, 60s
Place:
israel, middle east, poland, australia
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Wendy, a hardened immigration officer is offered a high-profile asylum case, judged on her ability to quickly and clinically reject applicants. Through her interrogation, she must uncover whether Haile is lying and has a more sinister reason for ...
Style:
tense, suspense, captivating, intense, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
immigration, border patrol, interrogation room, financial problem, immigration officer, social problems, illegal immigration, moral dilemma, political unrest, social commentary, interrogation, moral ambiguity ...
Place:
europe, united kingdom
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Sweden
Duration: 151 min.
Story:
In the middle of the 19th century, Kristina and Karl-Oskar live in a small rural village in Smaaland (southern Sweden). They get married and try to make a living on a small spot of land. However, the small size of their land, the infertile soil, and ...
Style:
epic, romantic, inspirational, atmospheric, gloomy ...
Plot:
immigrant, journey, immigration, religious persecution, food, sea voyage, farm hand, starvation, nordic, refugee, boat, death ...
Time:
19th century, 1840s, 1850s, year 1971
Place:
minnesota, america, europe, eastern europe
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Egypt
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Some people will do anything to secure an American visa, as hard as that might be. Some enter lotteries, others beg friends and families to invite them. Others still, just sneak in and hope Mr Trump doesn’t notice they are there. But in this ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, dark comedy, intercultural ...
Plot:
immigration, couples, pregnancy, problem, lifestyle, family problems, social problems, immigrant, relationship problems, american dream, citizenship, birth ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
cairo egypt, egypt
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Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Pathemari features the life of Pallikkal Narayanan who migrated to the Middle-East in the early 1980s, when the Kerala Gulf boom was at its peak.
Style:
period piece, emotional, captivating, dramatic, serious ...
Plot:
immigration, hardship, immigrant, migration, homesickness, coping, family history, indian history, foreigner, happiness, country, nostalgia ...
Time:
80s, 70s, 60s
Place:
dubai
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Genre: Comedy
Country: India
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Chal Mera Putt 3 revolves around the lives of illegal immigrants in UK, their friendship and their constant struggle of finding a home away from home.
Style:
humorous, feel good, satirical, captivating, entertaining ...
Plot:
friendship, immigration, social issues, satire, punjabi, immigrant, struggle, social satire, illegal immigrant, immigrant family, social problems, lifestyle ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
britain, london
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Moskow police detective Andrei Somov resigns and emigrates from Russia, but has to accept a menial job in a restaurant while his adolescent son and pregnant daughter-in-law are denied exit visa's. 'Andy' does however get to know some ...
Style:
tense, detective, captivating, suspenseful, crime drama ...
Plot:
immigration, father son relationship, illegal immigration, russian immigrant, hugging, border crossing, chief of police, police detective, police, police officer, illegal immigrant, smuggler ...
Place:
los angeles, russia, mexico
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