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Past Lives(2023)

PG-13
| 1h 46min | Drama, Romance / Love
4.0/5 (with 288 votes)

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

Directed by Celine Song - With Greta Lee, Yoo Teo, John Magaro, Choi Won-young, Jonica T. Gibbs

Léon: The Professional(1994)

R
| 1h 51min | Crime, Drama, Action
4.2/5 (with 6,908 votes)

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.

Knives Out(2019)

PG-13
| 2h 11min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
3.9/5 (with 5,655 votes)

When renowned crime novelist Harlan Thrombey is found dead at his estate just after his 85th birthday, the inquisitive and debonair Detective Benoit Blanc is mysteriously enlisted to investigate. From Harlan's dysfunctional family to his devoted staff, Blanc sifts through a web of red herrings and self-serving lies to uncover the truth behind Harlan's untimely death.

Gangs of New York(2002)

R
| 2h 47min | Drama, History, Crime
3.7/5 (with 2,935 votes)

In 1863, Amsterdam Vallon returns to the Five Points of America to seek vengeance against the psychotic gangland kingpin, Bill the Butcher, who murdered his father years earlier. With an eager pickpocket by his side and a whole new army, Vallon fights his way to seek vengeance on the Butcher and restore peace in the area.

A Most Violent Year(2014)

R
| 2h 5min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
3.3/5 (with 629 votes)

A thriller set in New York City during the winter of 1981, statistically one of the most violent years in the city's history, and centered on the lives of an immigrant and his family trying to expand their business and capitalize on opportunities as the rampant violence, decay, and corruption of the day drag them in and threaten to destroy all they have built.

Dancer in the Dark(2000)

R
| 2h 21min | Drama, Crime
3.9/5 (with 758 votes)

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 learns to cope through her love of musicals, escaping life's troubles - even if just for a moment - by dreaming up little numbers to the rhythmic beats of her surroundings.

West Side Story(1961)

G
| 2h 32min | Crime, Drama, Romance / Love
3.7/5 (with 799 votes)

In the slums of the upper West Side of Manhattan, New York, a gang of Polish-American teenagers called the Jets compete with a rival gang of recently immigrated Puerto Ricans, the Sharks, to "own" the neighborhood streets. Tensions are high between the gangs but two romantics, one from each gang, fall in love leading to tragedy.

The Disaster Artist(2017)

R
| 1h 44min | Comedy, Drama
3.6/5 (with 1,595 votes)

An aspiring actor in Hollywood meets an enigmatic stranger by the name of Tommy Wiseau, the meeting leads the actor down a path nobody could have predicted; creating the worst movie ever made.

Heaven's Gate(1980)

R
| 3h 39min | Drama, Western
3.4/5 (with 144 votes)

Harvard graduate James Averill is the sheriff of prosperous Jackson County, Wyo., when a battle erupts between the area's poverty-stricken immigrants and its wealthy cattle farmers. The politically connected ranch owners fight the immigrants with the help of Nathan Champion, a mercenary competing with Averill for the love of local madam Ella Watson. As the struggle escalates, Averill and Champion begin to question their decisions.

A Most Wanted Man(2014)

R
| 2h 1min | Thriller
3.2/5 (with 592 votes)

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.

An American Pickle(2020)

1h 29min | Comedy, Drama
2.9/5 (with 189 votes)

An immigrant worker at a pickle factory is accidentally preserved for 100 years and wakes up in modern day Brooklyn. He learns his only surviving relative is his great grandson, a computer coder who he can’t connect with.

No One Gets Out Alive(2021)

1h 25min | Horror, Thriller, Mystery
3.0/5 (with 258 votes)

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.

Directed by Santiago Menghini
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The Immigrant(2013)

R
| 1h 57min | Drama, Romance / Love
3.2/5 (with 371 votes)

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.

Romper Stomper(1992)

1h 34min | Action, Drama, Thriller
3.3/5 (with 212 votes)

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?

Ip Man 4: The Finale(2019)

NR
| 1h 47min | Action, Drama, History
3.6/5 (with 838 votes)

Following the death of his wife, Ip Man travels to San Francisco to ease tensions between the local kung fu masters and his star student, Bruce Lee, while searching for a better future for his son.

Directed by Wilson Yip - With Donnie Yen, Scott Adkins, Kent Cheng, Lynn Hung, Chris Collins, Simon Shiyamba, ...

House of Sand and Fog(2003)

R
| 2h 6min | Drama
3.6/5 (with 329 votes)

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 unfair legal dispute with the county, she is left with nowhere to go. Wanting her house back, she hires a lawyer and befriends a police officer. Neither Kathy nor Behrani have broken the law, so they find themselves involved in a difficult moral dilemma.

Unsung Hero(2024)

PG
| 1h 52min | Drama

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.

With Joel Smallbone, Daisy Betts, Kirrilee Berger, Jonathan Jackson, Diesel La Torraca

Biutiful(2010)

R
| 2h 28min | Drama
3.6/5 (with 484 votes)

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.

Crossing Over(2009)

R
| 1h 53min | Crime, Drama
3.1/5 (with 152 votes)

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.

First Cow(2020)

PG-13
| 2h 2min | Drama, Western
3.5/5 (with 180 votes)

In the 1820s, a taciturn loner and skilled cook travels west to Oregon Territory, where he meets a Chinese immigrant also seeking his fortune. Soon the two team up on a dangerous scheme to steal milk from the wealthy landowner’s prized Jersey cow – the first, and only, in the territory.

Mr. Majestyk(1974)

PG
| 1h 43min | Action, Crime, Thriller
3.5/5 (with 66 votes)

A melon farmer battles organized crime and a hit man who wants to kill him.

The Class(2008)

PG-13
| 2h 8min | Drama
3.5/5 (with 300 votes)

Teacher and novelist François Bégaudeau plays a version of himself as he negotiates a year with his racially mixed students from a tough Parisian neighborhood.

Lorna's Silence(2008)

1h 45min | Crime, Drama
3.4/5 (with 61 votes)

Lorna is a young Albanian woman in a marriage of convenience with Claudy, a heroin addict. Just as Lorna is about to be granted Belgian citizenship, Claudy finds the strength to detox; this presents a problem not only for Lorna, but for the criminal who brokered the deal.

Port of Call(2015)

1h 38min | Crime, Thriller, Mystery
3.4/5 (with 28 votes)

Based on a real murder case where a dismembered corpse of a murdered 16 year-old prostitute girl was found in Hong Kong in 2008.

Avalon(1990)

PG
| 2h 6min | Drama, Kids & Family
3.3/5 (with 33 votes)

A Polish-Jewish family comes to the U.S. at the beginning of the twentieth century. There, the family and their children try to make themselves a better future in the so-called promised land.

Code Unknown(2000)

1h 58min | Drama, Romance / Love, War
3.4/5 (with 95 votes)

A series of events unfold like a chain reaction, all stemming from a minor event that brings the film's five characters together. Set in Paris, France, Anne is an actress whose boyfriend Georges photographs the war in Kosovo. Georges' brother, Jean, is looking for the entry code to Georges' apartment. These characters' lives interconnect with a Romanian immigrant and a deaf teacher.

Stranger Than Paradise(1984)

R
| 1h 29min | Comedy, Drama
3.6/5 (with 214 votes)

Rootless Hungarian émigré Willie, his pal Eddie, and visiting sixteen-year-old cousin Eva always manage to make the least of any situation, whether aimlessly traversing the drab interiors and environs of New York City, Cleveland, or an anonymous Florida suburb.

Place publique(2018)

1h 38min | Comedy, Drama
2.8/5 (with 71 votes)

Revolves around Castro, who was once a very famous TV host, but as he grows old, his popularity is dwindling.

The Boss: Anatomy of a Crime(2014)

1h 38min | Drama, Crime
3.9/5 (with 42 votes)

This incredibly disturbing story follows the exploitation of an apprentice butcher, Hermógenes, and his trial after he murders his boss in broad daylight. Hermógenes, a farmhand from northern Argentina, relocates to Buenos Aires in search of a better life for himself and his young wife, but soon finds himself at the mercy of a corrupt boss. The film is based on a thorough investigation of a real event that happened in Buenos Aires 10 years ago. Almost every scene in the film is inspired by real facts or based on well documented daily practices of the “meat business” and its environment. Both a shocking exposé of unscrupulous practices in the meat industry and a heart-wrenching personal story, El Patrón became one of the most successful Argentine films of 2014.

A Better Life(2011)

PG-13
| 1h 38min | Drama
3.6/5 (with 91 votes)

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.

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