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1. Scarface (1983)
R | 170 min | Crime, Drama
In 1980 Miami, a determined Cuban immigrant takes over a drug cartel and succumbs to greed.
Director: Brian De Palma | Stars: Al Pacino, Michelle Pfeiffer, Steven Bauer, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio
Votes: 915,999 | Gross: $45.60M
2. This Is England (2006)
Not Rated | 101 min | Crime, Drama
A young boy becomes friends with a gang of skinheads. Friends soon become like family, and relationships will be pushed to the very limit.
Director: Shane Meadows | Stars: Thomas Turgoose, Stephen Graham, Jo Hartley, Andrew Shim
Votes: 128,700 | Gross: $0.33M
3. Moscow on the Hudson (1984)
R | 115 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A Russian saxophonist visiting New York with a circus troupe suddenly decides to defect from the USSR during a shopping trip to a department store, but he finds adjusting to American life more difficult than he imagined.
Director: Paul Mazursky | Stars: Robin Williams, Maria Conchita Alonso, Cleavant Derricks, Alejandro Rey
Votes: 13,077 | Gross: $25.10M
4. The Mosquito Coast (1986)
PG | 117 min | Adventure, Drama, Thriller
An inventor spurns his city life and moves his family into the jungles of Central America to make a utopia.
Director: Peter Weir | Stars: Harrison Ford, Helen Mirren, River Phoenix, Jadrien Steele
Votes: 31,184 | Gross: $14.30M
5. The Namesake (2006)
PG-13 | 122 min | Drama
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.
Director: Mira Nair | Stars: Kal Penn, Irrfan Khan, Tabu, Jacinda Barrett
Votes: 21,750 | Gross: $8.66M
6. The Perez Family (1995)
R | 113 min | Comedy, Romance, Drama
In 1980, USA opens to Cuban refugees. Once in Miami, Dorita tries to create a Perez "family" of 3 to get a sponsor. She wants Juan to be her "husband" - plus a "son" or "dad".
Director: Mira Nair | Stars: Marisa Tomei, Anjelica Huston, Alfred Molina, Chazz Palminteri
Votes: 2,441 | Gross: $2.83M
7. Golgo 13: The Professional (1983)
Not Rated | 91 min | Animation, Action, Crime
After killing the son of a powerful oil tycoon, an infamous hit-man is targeted by American governmental forces and superhuman killers.
Director: Osamu Dezaki | Stars: Tetsurô Sagawa, Gorô Naya, Toshiko Fujita, Kôsei Tomita
Votes: 3,369
8. The Craic (1999)
86 min | Comedy
Two Irish actors (Jimeoin McKeown, Alan McKee) flee from 1988 Belfast after a violent confrontation with a leader (Robert Morgan) of the IRA and illegally enter Australia. Seeking acting ... See full summary »
Director: Ted Emery | Stars: Jimeoin, Alan McKee, Colin Hay, Bob Franklin
Votes: 604
9. My Friend Rockefeller (2015)
86 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime
Portrait of Christian Gerhartsreiter, who posed as a Rockefeller heir for decades, but who was, in fact, a con artist and a murderer.
Director: Steffi Kammerer | Stars: Christian Karl Gerhartsreiter, Dan Banks, Sandra Boss, Meredith Brucker
Votes: 715
10. Un pasaje de Ida (1988)
90 min | Drama
A fictional retelling of the Regina Express tragedy, in which 22 Dominican stowaways died from suffocation in an attempt of illegal travel in September 1981.
Director: Agliberto Meléndez | Stars: Ángel Muñiz, Carlos Alfredo Fatule, Horacio Veloz, Miguel Bucarelly
Votes: 133
11. Born in Evin (2019)
95 min | Documentary
Filmmaker and actress, Maryam Zaree, and her quest to find out the circumstances surrounding her birth inside one of the most notorious political prisons in the world.
Director: Maryam Zaree | Stars: Ayatollah Khomeini, Maryam Zaree, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Kasra Zareh
Votes: 185
12. Nitrato d'argento (1996)
87 min | Comedy, Drama, History
The film celebrates the 100th anniversary of the birth of cinema. It presents the technical and artistic evolution of the motion pictures. We move from mute to sound, from black-and-white ... See full summary »
Director: Marco Ferreri | Stars: László Balogh, Éric Berger, Marc Berman, Doriana Bianchi
Votes: 145
13. Ameriikan raitti (1990)
120 min | Crime, Drama
Two small-time crooks take off to Florida to escape unpaid taxes and failure.
Director: Lauri Törhönen | Stars: Kari Sorvali, Mari Rantasila, Jari Järvimaa, Åke Lindman
Votes: 314
14. The Year I Did Nothing (2019)
75 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
Set in 1985, Manila, 3 Filipino siblings spend an extended summer waiting to immigrate to the United States, while the Philippines gets ready to evict their homeland's notorious dictator, Ferdinand Marcos.
Director: Ana Barredo | Stars: Nora Lapena, Jared Xander Silva, Faith Toledo, Bianca Buena
Votes: 23
15. The Statue (2019)
16 min | Short, Comedy, Family
Kids Comedy. A recently immigrated 2nd grader struggles with his new life that only becomes more challenging when his dance teacher casts him in the class play.
Director: Becca Wolff | Stars: Nikhil Gomez, Ella Lee-Clark, Olivia Dunn, Mohana Rajagopal
16. Look at All the Lonely People (1990)
Documentary
Shows the difficulty of immigrant absortion in Israel, as seen through the eyes of Israeli rock musician Arkady Duhim.
Director: Asher Tlalim | Star: Arkady Duhim
18.
Forensic Files (1996–2011)
Episode:
Going for Broke
(2006)
TV-14 | 21 min | Documentary, Crime
After a corpse is found without its head and hands at a compose site, a single finger tip leads to the identity of the body. A single dog hair found on the body, witness tips, and blood evidence lead to the suspect.
Stars: Peter Thomas, Jerry Cusick, Rocky Fontana, Joseph Friedberg
Votes: 73
19.
Voxday Darkstream (2017– )
Episode:
Conservatism Was Always a Dead End
(2019)
News
Star: Vox Day