Migration movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant migration movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out touching, captivating, realistic, melancholic, emotional and thought provoking films and TV shows about / with migration, immigration, refugee, friendship, family relations, hopes, immigrant, culture clash, society and bittersweet plots mostly in Drama, Adventure and Comedy genres shot in USA, France, Germany and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as migration: Migration (2023), 300 Worte Deutsch (2013), The Mosquito Coast (2021), I Am You (2019), Green Border (2023), The March (1990), Cargo (2021), The New Land (1972), Banat: The Journey (2015), Fly Away Home (1996).
Best films
List of migration movies
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
A family of ducks convinces their over-protective father to go on the vacation of a lifetime as they attempt to migrate from New England, through New York City, and ultimately down to the Bahamas.
Style:
3d animation, light, captivating, funny, humorous ...
Plot:
migration, duck, overprotective father, vacation, bird, fatherhood, friend, travel, friendship, friends, chef, travel and leisure ...
Place:
new york, jamaica, new england, south pole, manhattan new york city
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Sport
Country: Turkey
Duration: 141 min.
Story:
From defecting to the Olympics, an underdog weightlifter powers through adversity to raise up his community in this biopic of Naim Süleymanoğlu.
Style:
captivating, thought provoking, psychological, inspirational, iconic
Plot:
weightlifting, migration, olympics, real life, assimilation, tournament, athlete, communism, muslim, rivalry, athlete's life, contests and competitions ...
Time:
year 1992, year 1996, 80s, 90s, year 1988
Place:
atlanta georgia, barcelona, athens greece, balkan, bulgaria ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Culture-Clash-Comedy about Turkish brides importet into Germany...
Style:
humorous, unusual plot structure, feel good, contemplative, light
Plot:
migration, wedding, strong female lead, wedding planning, tradition, strong female character, father son relationship, cultural difference, domineering mother, father daughter relationship, integration, prostitute ...
Place:
germany, turkey
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Allie Fox—a brilliant inventor and stubborn idealist—uproots his family for a dangerous quest through Mexico to flee the U.S. government and find safety.
Style:
tense, suspense, captivating, thrilling
Plot:
migration, on the run, parents and children, haunted by the past, showdown, confronting the past, dysfunctional family, past coming back to haunt, secret past, kids and family, family life, fight ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
mexico
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Turkey
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
The story of Masoud, who is trying to emigrate to Europe to make a better life for himself, his mother and his fiancé. After embarking on a difficult and dangerous immigration journey with his best friend, Masoud meets a pregnant doctor and an old ...
Style:
dramatic, harsh, suspenseful, captivating, disturbing ...
Plot:
migration, refugee, hopes, truth, justice, power, mercy, social justice, fight, fight for justice, human spirit, strength ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Poland, France, Czech Republic, Belgium
Duration: 152 min.
Story:
In the treacherous and swampy forests that make up the so called “green border” between Belarus and Poland, refugees from the Middle East and Africa trying to reach the European Union are trapped in a geopolitical crisis cynically engineered by ...
Style:
political drama
Plot:
migration, young man, border guard, border crossing, illegal immigrant, immigrant, illegal immigration, activist, male nudity, blacks and whites, suffering, human rights ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
poland
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180
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A group of several thousand Africans migrate westward across northern Africa and sail across the Strait of Gibraltar to Europe. Their message is: "We are poor because you are rich."
Style:
thought provoking, art house, independent film, political drama
Plot:
migration, poverty, refugee, inequality, colonialism, desperation, solidarity, journey, exodus, social justice, border crossing, interracial relations ...
Place:
africa, north africa, spain
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250
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Finland
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
The story of the international refugee crisis, depicting a world where greed, violence and exploitation compete with hopes and dreams amid a constant fight for survival.
Style:
suspense, captivating, disturbing, emotional, realistic ...
Plot:
human trafficking, refugee, lawyer, migration, slave trade, lifestyle change, problem, criminal underworld, changing lives, kidnapping, female protagonist, runaway ...
Place:
finland, helsinki finland
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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: 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: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Amy is only 13 years old when her mother is killed. She goes to Canada to live with her father, an eccentric inventor whom she barely knows. Amy is miserable in her new life... until she discovers a nest of goose eggs that were abandoned when a ...
Style:
uplifting, touching, inspirational, serious, sentimental ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, family friendly, pre-teens ...
Plot:
goose, rescue, father daughter relationship, bird, aviation, single father, animal, loss of mother, migration, conservation, deforestation, childhood ...
Time:
90s, year 1996, 20th century
Place:
canada, new zealand, north carolina, ontario canada, new york
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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: Animation, Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A robot — ROZZUM unit 7134, “Roz” for short — is shipwrecked on an uninhabited island and must learn to adapt to the harsh surroundings, gradually building relationships with the animals on the island and becoming the adoptive parent of an ...
Style:
computer animated, 3d animation, feel good, touching, humorous ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
robot, talking robot, stranded on an island, island, skunk, motherhood, anthropomorphism, orphan, goose, nature, wildlife, wilderness survival ...
Time:
future
Place:
north america
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Turkey, France, Germany, Switzerland
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
The film is based on 'Fikrimin Ince Gulu', a novel by Adalet Agaoglu, which depicts a first generation gurbetci/guest-worker returning home. It covers his land journey in short bursts from Germany to the Turkey's west border - and ...
Style:
melancholic, slow cinema, realistic, dark comedy, black comedy
Plot:
migration, road trip, nostalgia, working class, longing, adaptation, character study, village life, social realism, identity, homecoming, bittersweet ...
Place:
turkey, germany
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Genre: Drama
Country: Costa Rica
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Two young Nicaraguan children, Saslaya and her mute brother Dario, must travel to Costa Rica to find their long-lost mother.
Style:
independent film, melancholic, intercultural
Audience:
adult
Plot:
migration, immigration, coming of age, resilience, border crossing, social issues, poverty, survival, realism, family reunited, hopes, road trip ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
nicaragua, costa rica, central america
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: China, USA, UK
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
After he’s grounded by an injury, a high-flying bachelor is saddled with two wide-eyed orphans as they come face-to-face with the dangers and beauty of the outside world.
Style:
3d animation, colorful, entertaining, funny, humorous ...
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
goose, bird, duck, migration, journey, parents and children, guardian, misfit, danger, turtle, anthropomorphic animal, chicken ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
A young Aji Mathew is a communist who goes the whole nine yards for the ideologies he believes in. When the girl he loves leaves to the US out of the blue and her parents fix her wedding, Aji is left with just a fortnight to reach the country albeit ...
Style:
tense, semi serious, captivating, emotional, road movie ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
migration, escapades, fall in love, police, culture clash, communist, young adult, determination, arranged marriage, journey, sacrifice, social commentary ...
Place:
usa, india
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909
Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico, USA, Greece, Dominican Republic
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Ramin flees from persecution in Iran and ends up living in the limbo of exile, far from everything he knows, in the tropical port town of Veracruz, Mexico. There his nostalgia and melancholy are confronted with new friendships, while he starts to ...
Style:
lgbt cinema, melancholic, touching, psychological, unusual plot structure ...
Plot:
lgbt, gay, lgbtq, gay interest, exile, gay love, friendship, closeted gay, gay lead character, machismo, melancholy, self discovery ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
mexico
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Australia
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
After winning the lottery, the Habib family move into Sydney's richest suburb to live the Australian dream, but their poshy next door neighbours are not all to happy about it.
Style:
satirical, captivating, feel good, semi serious, light hearted
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
satire, fish out of water, lottery winner, migration, multiculturalism, class conflict, immigration, culture clash, money, neighbor, new neighbor, social satire ...
Place:
sydney australia, australia
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Norway
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Four men with dubious plans move to a farm in the countryside. More or less against their will, they end up as the founders of Norway's first halal dairy farm.
Style:
disturbing, suspense, captivating, tension, dark comedy ...
Plot:
farmer, countryside, farming, farm, village life, migration, kidnapping, male protagonist, child abduction, social problems, cattle ranch, lifestyle ...
Place:
iran
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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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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Bilal is 17 years old, a Kurdish boy from Iraq. He sets off on an adventure-filled journey across Europe. He wants to get to England to see his love who lives there. Bilal finally reaches Calais, but how do you cover 32 kilometers of the English ...
Style:
sincere, touching, serious, uplifting, atmospheric ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, kurd, swimming, obsessive quest, self discovery, family disapproval, adolescence vs adulthood, friendship, misfit, hopes, bittersweet, migration ...
Time:
year 2009, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
france, english channel, london, england, iraq
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25K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Finland, France, Germany
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Marcel Marx, a former bohemian and struggling author, has given up his literary ambitions and relocated to the port city Le Havre. He leads a simple life based around his wife Arletty, his favourite bar and his not too profitable profession as a ...
Style:
sentimental, romantic, surreal, atmospheric, touching ...
Plot:
refugee, poverty, friendship, immigrant, human spirit, bohemian life, working class, migrant, elderly, society, misfit, social misfits ...
Time:
2010s, year 2011, 90s, year 2009, 70s ...
Place:
france, africa, europe, normandy, paris france ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, France, USA, Germany, Qatar
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Ayiva recently left his home in Burkina Faso in search of a way to provide for his sister and his daughter. He takes advantage of his position in an illegal smuggling operation to get himself and his best friend Abas off of the continent. Ayiva ...
Style:
suspenseful, tense, suspense, melancholic, rough ...
Plot:
illegal immigration, smuggling, migration, interracial relations, family relations, job seeking, storytelling, father daughter relationship, mother daughter relationship, drunkenness, friendship, promise ...
Place:
italy, africa, libya, algeria, mediterranean sea
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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: Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Mexico
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Set on the border, where Mexico becomes the crucible and the fearsome gangs of today’s Mexican countryside, the gauntlet, to freedom. The stories of a girl living in Honduras and hungering for a brighter future, and two teen gang members, for whom ...
Style:
road movie, serious, disturbing, bleak, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
gang, immigrant, u.s. mexico border, street gang, juvenile delinquency, gang member, social problems, family reunited, mexican drug cartel, illegal immigrant, rape, death ...
Time:
year 2009, 21st century
Place:
latin america, mexico, south america, central america, mexico city ...
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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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105K
Genre: Animation, Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: France, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
In 1970s Iran, Marjane 'Marji' Statrapi watches events through her young eyes and her idealistic family of a long dream being fulfilled of the hated Shah's defeat in the Iranian Revolution of 1979. However as Marji grows up, she ...
Style:
adult animation, political, black and white, visually stunning, serious ...
Audience:
teens, kids, pre-teens, teen drama, adult
Plot:
coming of age, revolution, feminist, female protagonist, politics, iraq iran war, self discovery, biopic, childhood, repression, adolescence, culture clash ...
Time:
80s, year 2007, 70s, 20th century, year 1978 ...
Place:
iran, middle east, tehran iran, france, vienna ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: West Germany
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Emmi Kurowski, a cleaning lady, is lonely in her old age. Her husband died years ago, and her grown children offer little companionship. One night she goes to a bar frequented by Arab immigrants and strikes up a friendship with middle-aged mechanic ...
Style:
art house, political, atmospheric, stylized, emotional ...
Plot:
racism, culture clash, female nudity, relationships, older woman younger man relationship, loneliness, working class, old woman, impossible love, forbidden love, male nudity, friendship ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, year 1974
Place:
west germany, munich germany, germany, europe, central europe ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Musical
Country: Denmark, Germany, Netherlands, Italy, USA, UK, France, Sweden, Finland, Iceland, Norway
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
Selma, a Czech immigrant on the verge of blindness, struggles to make ends meet for herself and her son, who has inherited the same genetic disorder and will suffer the same fate without an expensive operation. When life gets too difficult, Selma ...
Style:
disturbing, bleak, depressing, touching, emotional ...
Plot:
death sentence, factory worker, destiny, blindness, life is a bitch, tragedy, dancing, immigrant, secret, murder, hanging, tragic hero ...
Time:
90s, year 2000, 20th century, year 1964, 2000s
Place:
nebraska, usa, washington d.c., washington state
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