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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A corrupted border agent decides to clean up his act when an impoverished woman's baby is put up for sale on the black market.
Style:
neo noir, talky, serious, rough, atmospheric ...
Plot:
border, immigrant, corruption, u.s. mexico border, murder, kidnapping, illegal immigrant, moral ambiguity, police, husband wife relationship, dark hero, hitman ...
Time:
year 1982, 80s, 70s
Place:
texas, mexico, latin america, el paso texas, california
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Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium, France, Italy, Germany
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
In order to become the owner of a snack bar with her boyfriend, Lorna, a young Albanian woman living in Belgium, becomes an accomplice to a diabolical plan devised by mobster Fabio.
Style:
serious, atmospheric, harsh, psychological, touching ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
immigrant, loneliness, marriage, divorce, manipulation, attempted murder, danger, life is a bitch, wedding planning, couples, regret, overdose ...
Time:
year 2008, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
belgium, europe, france
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Set in a blighted, inner-city neighbourhood of London, Breaking and Entering examines an affair which unfolds between a successful British landscape architect and Amira, a Bosnian woman – the mother of a troubled teen son – who was widowed by ...
Style:
sincere, thought provoking, heartbreaking, compassionate, psychological ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
passion, immigrant, infidelity, architect, destiny, blackmail, autism, single mother, breaking and entering, unfaithful boyfriend, burglary, family conflict ...
Time:
year 2006, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
london, england, europe, bosnia, sarajevo
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Japan, India
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
American-born Gogol, the son of Indian immigrants, wants to fit in among his fellow New Yorkers, despite his family's unwillingness to let go of their traditional ways.
Style:
sentimental, touching, sincere, captivating, realistic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
immigrant, childhood, relationships, marriage, generation gap, childbirth, train, life, parenthood, rebel, family life, society ...
Time:
70s, 80s, year 2006, 20th century, 90s ...
Place:
india, new york, usa, taj mahal, ohio ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 73 min.
Story:
When a young Russian woman and her son leave Moscow to meet her fiancé, who fails to show up, she declares political asylum.
Style:
sincere, realistic, touching, serious, independent film
Plot:
immigrant, racism, racial discrimination, love affair, society, human nature, realism, male female relationship, fiancee, refugee, migration, empathy ...
Time:
90s
Place:
europe, russia, england, britain
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Torn straight from the headlines, Michael Winterbottom's compelling and prescient 'In This World' follows young Afghan Jamal and his older cousin Enayat as they embark on a hazardous overland trip from their refugee camp at Peshawar, ...
Style:
inspirational, bleak, sincere, road movie, political ...
Plot:
refugee, immigrant, politics, hopes, poverty, on the road, life is a bitch, friendship, danger, migration, society, death ...
Time:
year 2002, year 2001
Place:
middle east, afghanistan, iran, tehran iran, pakistan ...
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5K
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA, Dominican Republic
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Sugar is a 2008 sports drama film directed by Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck. It follows the story of Miguel Santos, a. k. a. Sugar (Algenis Perez Soto), a Dominican pitcher from San Pedro de Macorís, struggling to make it to the big leagues and pull ...
Style:
atmospheric, touching, sentimental, realistic, entertaining ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
baseball, immigrant, athlete, culture clash, follow your dream, rags to riches, fish out of water, american dream, against the odds, character study, rookie, hopes ...
Time:
year 2008, 21st century
Place:
iowa, africa, new york, puerto rico, kansas ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, Turkey, Italy
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Nejat seems disapproving about his widower father Ali's choice of prostitute Yeter for a live-in girlfriend. But he grows fond of her when he discovers she sends money home to Turkey for her daughter's university studies. Yeter's ...
Style:
emotional, touching, breathtaking, lyrical, psychological ...
Plot:
immigrant, tragic event, lgbtq, prostitute, student, loss of daughter, multiple storylines, rebelliousness, lgbt, coincidence, prison, migration ...
Time:
year 2007, 2000s
Place:
germany, turkey, hamburg germany, middle east, istanbul turkey ...
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, India, Qatar
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
In New York, a Pakistani native finds that his American Dream has collapsed in the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
Style:
tense, emotional, intense, realistic, captivating ...
Plot:
immigrant, culture clash, wall street, muslim, 9/11, terrorism, conspiracy, political unrest, civil rights, american dream, false accusation, dishonesty ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, middle east, pakistan, istanbul turkey, usa ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
As he pedals through the streets of Paris to deliver meals, Souleymane recounts his story. In two days, he has to go through his asylum application interview, the key to obtaining papers, but Souleymane is not ready.
Style:
tense, contemplative
Plot:
immigrant, bureaucracy, struggle, introspection, social realism, uncertainty, empathy, resilience, survival, identity, storytelling, anxiety ...
Place:
paris france
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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
Country: France, Italy, Belgium, Poland
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
After a painful journey through Europe, Alex, the Belarusian, joins the Foreign Legion in France and clings to a confused hope of a European identity. Jomo, the Nigerian, fights for the survival and durability of his people in the Niger Delta and is ...
Style:
tense, thrilling, suspenseful, captivating
Plot:
foreign legion, immigrant, french foreign legion, hostage, soldier, military, oil field, black man, illegal immigration, military training, guilt, rebel ...
Place:
paris france, france, guyana
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Primo & Secondo, two immigrant brothers, pin their hopes on a banquet honoring Louis Prima to save their struggling restaurant.
Style:
sentimental, witty, sincere, melancholic, culinary ...
Plot:
food, cooking, chef, immigrant, italian restaurant, wine, restaurant, character study, self discovery, human nature, great ending, jazz ...
Time:
50s, year 1996, 20th century, 1950s
Place:
new jersey, usa, italy
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: USA, Mexico, Spain
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
One morning, California wakes up to find that one-third of its population -- the Hispanic third -- has disappeared. A strange pink fog envelops the state, and communication outside its boundaries is completely cut off. The economic, political and ...
Style:
realistic, witty, humorous, semi serious, mockumentary ...
Plot:
racism, immigrant, culture clash, society, family relations, injustice, parents and children, interracial relations, state affairs, human nature, life is a bitch, chess ...
Time:
year 2004
Place:
california, usa
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Chile
Duration: 20 min.
TV show
Story:
Web series that follows Peter, a Chilean immigrant struggling to succeed in New York City.
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, light, multicultural ...
Plot:
immigrant, follow your dream, life turned upside down, society, ambition, struggle, perseverance, personal growth, aspiration, survival, identity, culture clash ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa, chile
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531K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
Viktor Navorski is a man without a country; his plane took off just as a coup d'etat exploded in his homeland, leaving it in shambles, and now he's stranded at Kennedy Airport, where he's holding a passport that nobody recognizes. ...
Style:
touching, sincere, sentimental, sweet, emotional ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, date night, family friendly
Plot:
airport, stranded, loneliness, culture clash, nothing goes right, happy ending, destiny, fish out of water, aviation, passenger, life philosophy, fictional country ...
Time:
year 2004, 1900s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, america, canada, romania ...
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Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
The story is set at the beginning of the 20th century in Sicily. Salvatore, a very poor farmer, and a widower, decides to emigrate to the US with all his family, including his old mother. Before they embark, they meet Lucy. She is supposed to be a ...
Style:
emotional, touching, serious, sincere, captivating ...
Plot:
immigrant, progress, social relations, starting over, society, italian immigrant, tradition, superstition, family history, parent child relationship, hopes, emigrant ...
Time:
victorian era, year 2006, 20th century, 1920s, turn of the century ...
Place:
sicily, italy, new york, europe, palermo italy ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, Germany
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
A Chechen Muslim illegally immigrates to Hamburg and becomes a person of interest for a covert government team which tracks the movements of potential terrorists.
Style:
bleak, tense, political, thought provoking, cerebral ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
espionage, terrorism, spy, intelligence, islam, war on terror, surveillance, immigrant, secret service, investigation, betrayal, manipulation ...
Time:
year 2014, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
germany, hamburg germany, britain, middle east, berlin germany
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Germany, Turkey
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Head On is German director Fatih Akin’s story of the alcoholic Cahit and Turkish Sibel. Akin tells the story of a love that can never be between two people who are too alike to not be together.
Style:
depressing, sexy, breathtaking, harsh, bleak ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
suicide attempt, ethnicity, marriage, sex, immigrant, love story, relationships, culture clash, passion, extramarital affair, marriage of convenience, loneliness ...
Time:
year 2004, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
turkey, germany, hamburg germany, europe, frankfurt germany ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
An Ethiopian immigrant, sets out on a journey through his children's homes after losing his wife. Coming to know some of life's harsh new realities, he tries to survive in his own way.
Style:
emotional, serious, realistic, touching, independent film ...
Plot:
immigrant, family relations, parents and children, society, family problems, elderly, dysfunctional family, family drama, alienation, grief, assimilation, diaspora ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
palestine, israel
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
Behrani, an Iranian immigrant buys a California bungalow, thinking he can fix it up, sell it again, and make enough money to send his son to college. However, the house is the legal property of former drug addict Kathy. After losing the house in an ...
Style:
bad ending, depressing, atmospheric, bleak, emotional ...
Plot:
depression, tragedy, eviction, immigrant, life is a bitch, nude, american dream, justice, visceral, relationships, tragic event, real estate ...
Time:
year 2003, 70s, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
san francisco, persia, bay area, usa, california ...
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158K
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Ireland, UK, Canada, USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
In 1950s Ireland and New York, young Ellis Lacey has to choose between two men and two countries.
Style:
touching, sentimental, sweet, romantic, period piece ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, date night
Plot:
immigrant, love and romance, starting over, sex scene, marriage proposal, hopes, immigration, friendship, female protagonist, true love, love affair, homesickness ...
Time:
1950s, 50s, 2010s, year 2015, 1900s ...
Place:
ireland, brooklyn new york city, new york, coney island brooklyn new york city, america ...
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18K
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France, India
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Dheepan is a Sri Lankan Tamil warrior who flees to France and ends up working as a caretaker outside Paris.
Style:
political, emotional, bleak, disturbing, realistic ...
Plot:
immigrant, violent, refugee, culture clash, character study, greed, language barrier, gangster, illegal immigration, migration, social realism, orphan ...
Time:
year 2015, 2010s
Place:
france, paris france, sri lanka, middle east, india
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Leo, a guy in the seventh grade gets harassed by a two years older boy in school and seeks revenge. At the same time, Ali, the father of a girl in Leo's class (who Leo has a crush on) is contacted by a opposition group from his home country ...
Style:
independent film, suspense, exciting, tense, captivating ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
bullying, fight, teenage boy, murder, manipulation, terrorism, friendship, school, humiliation, male victim, boy, immigrant ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
middle east, eastern europe
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
A young man (Cruise) leaves Ireland with his landlord's daughter (Kidman) after some trouble with her father, and they dream of owning land at the big giveaway in Oklahoma ca. 1893. When they get to the new land, they find jobs and begin saving ...
Style:
sentimental, period piece, intense, serious, rom com ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night, chick flick
Plot:
love, love and romance, enemies to lovers, boxing, ambition, love story, immigrant, boxer, obsessive quest, against the odds, american dream, rise and fall ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1890s, turn of the century, 1800s ...
Place:
usa, ireland, oklahoma, oklahoma city, europe ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Israel
Duration: 47 min.
Story:
Emigration to Israel challenges Sasha's Jewish identity. Will love help him to go over this crisis?
Style:
emotional, realistic, touching, serious, sentimental ...
Plot:
immigrant, moral dilemma, emigration, fall in love, religions or cults, family relations, society, love and romance, parents and children, misfit, identity, engagement ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
middle east, israel, ukraine
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A Scandinavian immigrant, driven to madness by ruined dreams and the tragic death of his wife, embarks on a quixotic mission to build a homemade ship and sail out of the prairie dust bowl at the height of the Great Depression.
Style:
realistic, serious, period piece, touching, sincere ...
Plot:
immigrant, family relations, working class, unemployment, life is a bitch, society, couple relations, unfulfillment, prairie, great depression, drought, family drama ...
Time:
1920s, 20th century, 1930s
Place:
canada
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Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium, France, Luxembourg, Tunisia
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
In this acclaimed and gripping social portrait of immoral lives in need of rescue, Igor (Jérémie Renier), aged 15, and his father Roger (Olivier Gourmet) deal in housing and peddling illicit labor in the outlying districts of Liege, Belgium. ...
Style:
sincere, slow cinema, thought provoking, art house, inspirational ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
coming of age, immigrant, father son relationship, youth, melancholy, existentialism, refugee, dysfunctional family, immigration, illegal immigration, teenage boy, little boy ...
Time:
90s, year 1996
Place:
antwerp, france, belgium, europe, usa ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
Mexican immigrant and single mother Flor Moreno finds housekeeping work with Deborah and John Clasky, a well-off couple with two children of their own. When Flor admits she can't handle the schedule because of her daughter, Cristina, Deborah ...
Style:
feel good, sentimental, sincere, touching, romantic ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, date night
Plot:
single parent, food, life, immigrant, housewife, relationships, infidelity, dysfunctional family, mother, parent child relationship, relationship problems, love and romance ...
Time:
year 2004, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, malibu california, mexico ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A man planning to commit suicide hires a taxi driver to take him to his jumping-off point.
Style:
touching, uplifting, thought provoking, sincere, independent film ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
suicidal, taxi driver, friendship, depression, immigrant, loneliness, mentor, character study, elderly, suicide, society, regret ...
Time:
year 2008, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
north carolina, africa, southern usa, usa, california
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