In the 1990s, an immigrant single mother raises her teenage son in the Canadian suburbs, determined to provide a better life for him than the one she left behind in South Korea.

Unsung Hero

2024

English

7.0

♡ 24

Joel Smallbone Director

Lance E. Nichols as Art Meriweather

Sonny Burnette as Church Usher

Terry O'Quinn as Grandpa James

Lucas Black as Jed Albright

When David Smallbone's successful music company collapses, he moves his family from Australia to the United States in search of a brighter future. With nothing more than their six children, their suitcases, and their love of music, David and his pregnant wife Helen set out to rebuild their lives from the ground up. Based on a remarkable true story, a mum's faith stands against all odds; and inspires her husband and children to hold onto theirs.

No One Gets Out Alive

2021

English

5.4

♡ 56

68%

40%

Action

based on novel or book

Santiago Menghini Director

David Figlioli as Becker

David Barrera as Beto

Alejandro Akara as Carlos

Marc Menchaca as Red

An immigrant in search of the American dream is forced to take a room in a boarding house and soon finds herself in a nightmare from which she can't escape.

Past Lives

2023

English

7.8

♡ 121

95%

Celine Song Director

Jane Yubin Kim as Actress

John Magaro as Arthur Zaturansky

Greta Lee as Nora

Emily Cass McDonnell as Rachel

After decades apart, childhood friends Nora and Hae Sung are reunited in New York for one fateful weekend as they confront notions of destiny, love, and the choices that make a life.

America America

1963

English

7.7

♡ 3

Action

Adventure

american dream

based on novel or book

Elia Kazan Director

Robert H. Harris as Aratoon Kebabian

John Marley as Garabet

Joanna Frank as Vartuhi

Tom Holland as Voice Overs

A young Anatolian Greek, entrusted with his family's fortune, loses it en route to Istanbul and dreams of going to America.

Biutiful

2010

Spanish

7.4

♡ 31

66%

undocumented immigrant

Alejandro González Iñárritu Director

Ana Wagener as Bea

Eduard Fernández as Tito

Alain Hernández as (uncredited)

Javier Bardem as Uxbal

This is a story of a man in free fall. On the road to redemption, darkness lights his way. Connected with the afterlife, Uxbal is a tragic hero and father of two who's sensing the danger of death. He struggles with a tainted reality and a fate that works against him in order to forgive, for love, and forever.

Stranger Than Paradise

1984

English

7.4

♡ 28

100%

Jim Jarmusch Director

Danny Rosen as Billy

Richard Edson as Eddie

Eszter Balint as Eva

Paul Sloane as Motel Owner

A New Yorker's life is thrown into a tailspin when his younger cousin surprise-visits him, starting a strange, unpredictable adventure.

Jagame Thandhiram

2021

Tamil

5.8

♡ 23

30%

Karthik Subbaraj Director

Lee Nicholas Harris as Arresting police officer

Aishwarya Lekshmi as Attila Gajaraj

Gajaraj as Murugesan Dhanush

Dhanush as Suruli

When a clever, carefree gangster is recruited to help an overseas crime lord take down a rival, he is caught off guard by the moral dilemmas that follow.

Gangs of New York

2002

English

7.5

♡ 253

72%

Martin Scorsese Director

Leonardo DiCaprio as Amsterdam Vallon

John Sessions as Harry Watkins - Lincoln

Liam Neeson as 'Priest' Vallon

Brendan Gleeson as Walter 'Monk' McGinn

In early 1860s New York, Irish immigrant Amsterdam Vallon is released from prison and returns to the Five Points, seeking revenge against his father's killer, William Cutting, a powerful anti-immigrant gang leader. He knows that revenge can only be attained by infiltrating Cutting's inner circle. Vallon's journey becomes a fight for personal survival and to find a place for the Irish people.

Tourist Family

2025

Tamil

8.2

♡ 7

93%

Abishan Jeevinth Director

Ramesh Thilak as Bhairavan

M. Sasikumar as Dharmadas

Yogi Babu as Prakash Simran

Simran as Vasanthi

A quirky Sri Lankan family seeking a fresh start in India transforms a disconnected neighborhood into a vibrant community with their infectious love and kindness.

Romper Stomper

1992

English

6.8

♡ 37

78%

Geoffrey Wright Director

James McKenna as Bubs

Jacqueline McKenzie as Gabe

Russell Crowe as Hando

Edwina Exton as Skinhead Girl

Nazi skinheads in Melbourne take out their anger on local Vietnamese, who are seen as threatening racial purity. Finally the Vietnamese have had enough and confront the skinheads in an all-out confrontation, sending the skinheads running. A woman who is prone to epileptic seizures joins the skins' merry band, and helps them on their run from justice, but is her affliction also a sign of impurity?

Forbidden: Undocumented and Queer in Rural America

2017

English

5.9

♡ 2

Tiffany Rhynard Director

Forbidden: Undocumented and Queer in Rural America is an award-winning 2016 documentary about Moises Serrano, who grew up queer and undocumented in Yadkinville, North Carolina.

Léon: The Professional

1994

French

8.5

♡ 457

76%

Luc Besson Director

Jean Reno as Léon

Natalie Portman as Mathilda

Gary Oldman as Stansfield

Samy Naceri as Swat 1

Léon, the top hit man in New York, has earned a rep as an effective "cleaner". But when his next-door neighbors are wiped out by a loose-cannon DEA agent, he becomes the unwilling custodian of 12-year-old Mathilda. Before long, Mathilda's thoughts turn to revenge, and she considers following in Léon's footsteps.

Jeronimo

2019

English

8.1

♡ 3

Born to Korean immigrant parents freed from indentured servitude in early twentieth century Mexico, Jerónimo Lim Kim joins the Cuban Revolution with his law school classmate Fidel Castro and becomes an accomplished government official in the Castro regime, until he rediscovers his ethnic roots and dedicates his later life to reconstructing his Korean Cuban identity. After Jerónimo's death, younger Korean Cubans recognize his legacy, but it is not until they are presented with the opportunity to visit South Korea that questions about their mixed identity resurface.

Meek's Cutoff

2010

English

6.5

♡ 8

86%

Kelly Reichardt Director

Will Patton as Soloman Tetherow

Bruce Greenwood as Stephen Meek

Paul Dano as Thomas Gately

Neal Huff as William White

A group of settlers traveling through the Oregon High Desert in 1845 find themselves stranded in harsh conditions.

Cafe 404

2024

English

4.9

♡ 8

Alexandros Tsilifonis Director

Jerome Kaluta as Abi

Michael Edwards as Jimmy's Father

Lia Ikkos as Jimmy's Mother

Vassilis Koukalani as Mob Boss

In the barren stretch of the motorway, Jimmy’s family diner is on the verge of extinction—until a botched drug deal drops a bag of cash into his lap. Now, Jimmy must navigate the dangerous underworld of gangsters, shady cops, and his own treacherous staff to save the business he’s clung to his entire life. With a mix of crime, thriller, and dark comedy, Jimmy and his eccentric crew—Mara, Nicko, and Abi—must outsmart the criminals closing in, all while struggling with their own growing desires for the cash. It’s a game of survival, where no one plays fair.

Fremont

2023

English

6.9

♡ 10

98%

post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd)

san francisco, california

Babak Jalali Director

Jeremy Allen White as Daniel

Gregg Turkington as Dr. Anthony

Boots Riley as Restaurant Patron

Eddie Tang as Ricky

Donya, a lonely Afghan refugee and former translator, spends her twenties drifting through a meager existence in Fremont, California. Shuttling between her job writing fortunes for a fortune cookie factory and sessions with her eccentric therapist, Donya suffers from insomnia and survivor's guilt over those still left behind in Kabul as she desperately searches for love.

A Better Life

2011

English

♡ 6

86%

undocumented immigrant

Chris Weitz Director

Rolando Molina as Jesus

Nancy Lenehan as Mrs. Donnelley

Eddie Martinez as Rey

Chelsea Rendon as Ruthie Valdez

A gardener in East L.A. struggles to keep his son away from gangs and immigration agents while traveling across town to perform landscaping work for the city's wealthy landowners.

A Day Without a Mexican

2004

English

4.8

♡ 7

27%

Sergio Arau Director

Carlos Gómez as Jose Velasquez Diaz

Yareli Arizmendi as Lila Rodriguez

Jason Stuart as Restaurant Manager

Yeniffer Behrens as Suzy

When a mysterious fog surrounds the boundaries of California, there is a communication breakdown and all the Mexicans disappear, affecting the economy and the state stops working missing the Mexican workers and dwellers.

Crossing Over

2009

English

6.7

♡ 22

15%

criminal investigation

los angeles, california

murder investigation

unfaithfulness

Wayne Kramer Director

Alice Eve as Claire Sheperd

Leonardo Nam as Kwan

Harrison Ford as Max Brogan

Elaine Kagan as Rochelle Kaplan

Immigrants from around the world enter Los Angeles every day, with hopeful visions of a better life, but little notion of what that life may cost. Their desperate scenarios test the humanity of immigration enforcement officers. In Crossing Over, writer-director Wayne Kramer explores the allure of the American dream, and the reality that immigrants find – and create -- in 21st century L.A.

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