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1. Gandhi (1982)
PG | 191 min | Biography, Drama, History
The life of the lawyer who became the famed leader of the Indian revolts against the British rule through his philosophy of nonviolent protest.
Director: Richard Attenborough | Stars: Ben Kingsley, John Gielgud, Rohini Hattangadi, Roshan Seth
Votes: 240,324 | Gross: $52.77M
2. Ip Man 2 (2010)
R | 108 min | Action, Biography, Drama
Centering on Ip Man's migration to Hong Kong in 1949 as he attempts to propagate his discipline of Wing Chun martial arts.
Director: Wilson Yip | Stars: Donnie Yen, Xiaoming Huang, Sammo Kam-Bo Hung, Lynn Xiong
Votes: 111,119 | Gross: $0.21M
3. Rocco and His Brothers (1960)
Not Rated | 179 min | Crime, Drama, Sport
Having recently been uprooted to Milan, Rocco and his four brothers each look for a new way in life when a prostitute comes between Rocco and his brother Simone.
Director: Luchino Visconti | Stars: Alain Delon, Renato Salvatori, Annie Girardot, Claudia Cardinale
Votes: 21,224
4. The Good Earth (1937)
Passed | 138 min | Drama, Romance
Although married Chinese farmers Wang and O-Lan initially experience success, their lives are complicated by declining fortunes and lean times, as well as the arrival of the beautiful young Lotus.
Directors: Sidney Franklin, Victor Fleming, Gustav Machatý, Sam Wood | Stars: Paul Muni, Luise Rainer, Walter Connolly, Tilly Losch
Votes: 5,414
5. America America (1963)
Approved | 174 min | Adventure, Drama
A young Greek stops at nothing to secure a passage to America.
Director: Elia Kazan | Stars: Stathis Giallelis, Frank Wolff, Elena Karam, Harry Davis
Votes: 5,998
6. Western (2017)
Unrated | 121 min | Drama
German construction workers building a dam near a Bulgarian village interact with the locals, and soon the troubles arise both with the locals and among themselves.
Director: Valeska Grisebach | Stars: Meinhard Neumann, Reinhardt Wetrek, Syuleyman Alilov Letifov, Veneta Fragnova
Votes: 4,310 | Gross: $0.04M
7. Last Train Home (2009)
Not Rated | 85 min | Documentary, Drama
A couple embarks on a journey home for Chinese new year along with 130 million other migrant workers, to reunite with their children and struggle for a future. Their unseen story plays out as China soars towards being a world superpower.
Director: Lixin Fan | Stars: Changhua Zhang, Yang Zhang, Suqin Chen, Qin Zhang
Votes: 3,718 | Gross: $0.29M
8. The Overnighters (2014)
PG-13 | 102 min | Documentary, Drama
Broken, desperate men chase their dreams and run from their demons in the North Dakota oil fields. A local Pastor risks everything to help them.
Director: Jesse Moss | Stars: Jay Reinke, Andrea Reinke, Alan Mezo, Shelly Schultz
Votes: 2,553 | Gross: $0.11M
9. The March (1990)
100 min | Drama
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."
Director: David Wheatley | Stars: Malick Bowens, Juliet Stevenson, Joseph Mydell, Dermot Crowley
Votes: 154
10. Heartbound: A Different Kind of Love Story (2018)
90 min | Documentary
In the small northern region of Jutland, Denmark, over 900 Thai women are married to Danish men, a trend that started 25 years ago when a former sex worker from Northeastern Thailand ... See full summary »
Directors: Janus Metz, Sine Plambech
Votes: 274
11. Where To? (1957)
90 min | Drama
A family lives poorly in a village in the Lebanese mountain. One day the father abandons his family and leaves for Brazil, considered an Eldorado by a great number of his compatriots. ... See full summary »
Director: Georges Nasser | Stars: Laura Azar, Tannous Dik, Shakib Khouri, Mounir Nader
Votes: 312
12. Calcutta (1969)
105 min | Documentary
With minimal narration by the director and very little context this is a kaleidoscope of stunning visuals from Calcutta, a city of 8,000,000 in the late 1960's: rich and poor, exotic and ... See full summary »
Director: Louis Malle | Star: Louis Malle
Votes: 782
13. Disha (1992)
135 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
The Sarpat family, who live in Bhukari, consist of Parsaram, who has been involved in digging a well for the past over 12 years and is now called 'Pagal Parsa'; his brother, Soma, who gets ... See full summary »
Director: Sai Paranjpye | Stars: Shabana Azmi, Nana Patekar, Raghubir Yadav, Rajshree Sawant
Votes: 162
14. Sold for Marriage (1916)
Passed | 50 min | Drama, Romance
A poor Russian girl's beauty leads her unscrupulous uncle to bring her to the United States. There he is going to sell her into a marriage with a rich old man she has never met. But her ... See full summary »
Director: Christy Cabanne | Stars: Lillian Gish, Frank Bennett, Walter Long, Allan Sears
Votes: 118
15. Runt (2005)
Not Rated | Drama, Thriller
When Christopher confronts his own violent temper which threatens his wife and children, he flies home to Jamaica and engages in an exorcism of the spirit, from his memories of his abusive,... See full summary »
Director: Michael Phillip Edwards | Stars: Michael Phillip Edwards, Carl Bradshaw, Nadège August, Patrice Pitman Quinn
Votes: 85
16. Basain (2005)
90 min | Drama
A poor farmer Dhane and his family suffer one calamity after another, and a series of quarrels with fellow villagers forces them to leave the village.
Director: Subash Gajurel | Stars: Mukunda Bastakoti, Dinesh D.C., Ranju Lamichhane, Uttam Pradhan
Votes: 35
17. It's Winter (2006)
86 min | Drama
The struggle to survive, for a generation, torn between wanting to leave its country, yet bound by blood to home.
Director: Rafi Pitts | Stars: Mitra Hajjar, Ali Nicksaulat, Said Orkani, Hashem Abdi
Votes: 658
18. Espaldas mojadas (1955)
TV-14 | 116 min | Crime, Drama
Mexican worker Rafael Améndola runs from the police and cross the Mexican-American border, helped by Frank Mendoza, a partner of an American called Mr. Sterling, who gives work to illegal ... See full summary »
Director: Alejandro Galindo | Stars: David Silva, Víctor Parra, Martha Valdés, Óscar Pulido
Votes: 88
19. Laboratory Greece (2019)
165 min | Documentary
A journey through Greece and Europe's past and recent history: from the Second World War to the current crisis. It is a historical documentary, a look into many stories.
Director: Jacopo Brogi | Stars: Filippo Abbate, Konrad Adenauer, Salvador Allende, Rania Antonopoulos
Votes: 32
20. The Romanians Are Coming (2015– )
Documentary
The lives of poor Romanian people who seek work in Great Britain, seen through the eyes of the British people.
Star: Alex Fechete Petru
Votes: 231
21. My Ireland (2019)
90 min | Documentary
Anthony Monaghan is from the beautiful West of Ireland. Due to the poor economy at the time, he had to leave home at the tender age of fifteen to find work abroad. After many hard years, he... See full summary »
Director: Tony Monaghan | Stars: Patrick Cawley, Padraig Conroy, John Conway, Rose Conway-Walsh
22. La casa del Sur (1975)
104 min | Adventure, Drama, History
Director: Sergio Olhovich | Stars: David Reynoso, Helena Rojo, Salvador Sánchez, Rodrigo Puebla
Votes: 33
23. Again... Pioneers (1950)
72 min | Drama, Family
Ken Keeler, a lawyer in the small town of Fairview, learns that children from "The Patch", a run-down migrant camp outside of town, will be attending the town's school. Not long afterwards ... See full summary »
Director: William Beaudine | Stars: Colleen Townsend, Tom Powers, Sarah Padden, Regis Toomey
Votes: 37
24. Celuloza (1954)
120 min | Drama
A common worker tells a communist activist the story of his turbulent life - from the extreme poverty in the countryside to becoming a conscious worker's activist.
Director: Jerzy Kawalerowicz | Stars: Józef Nowak, Stanislaw Milski, Zbigniew Skowronski, Teresa Szmigielówna
Votes: 116
25. The Bioscopewallah (2007)
13 min | Short
The Webster's dictionary describes the 'Bioscope' as a kind of an early movie projector. However, in India it is popularly referred to a wooden box containing pictures and having four ... See full summary »
Director: Prashant Kadam
26. Viacrucis Migrante - Migrant Crossing (2016)
62 min | Documentary
Three Central American migrants embark on a journey to the north. Seeking safety and a better life, they find the will, faith, and support to continue their journey in a shelter in southern Mexico.
Director: Hauke Lorenz
Votes: 6
27. In Sarmatien (2013)
120 min | Documentary
Volker Koepp revisits locations and people from his earlier documentaries in the wide Eastern European region of Sarmatia.
Director: Volker Koepp
Votes: 18
28. Delhi Bound for Work (2009)
58 min | Documentary
The film delves into the complex nature of the migration of young women from villages in Eastern India to cities, exploitation by recruitment agencies and employers and treatment by their families and communities.
Director: Reena Kukreja
31. Aquí no hay nadie (2006)
Short, Drama
Director: Alfonso Esquivias | Stars: Damián Alcázar, Manuel Herrera, Manuel Ramos
32.
Maalaala Mo Kaya (1991–2022)
Episode:
Palaisdaan
(2006)
TV-14 | Biography, Drama, Romance
Known as the "Cinderella of Sasmuan," Mayor Lina Bagasina (Bea Alonzo) beat the odds to rise from being a humble housemaid to become the highest elected official in her town. How did she do... See full summary »
Director: Jerry Lopez Sineneng | Stars: Bea Alonzo, Bembol Roco, Sylvia Sanchez, Eric Fructuoso
33.
The Andrew Klavan Show (2015– )
Expert Pollster Henry Olsen Breaks Down the 2024 Presidential Election
(2023 Podcast Episode)
Talk-Show
Stars: Andrew Klavan, Harry Olsen
34.
Unreported World (2000– )
Episode:
Venezuela's Lost Children
(2018)
25 min | Documentary, News
Krishnan Guru-Murthy visits Colombia to investigate the plight of some of the one million children fleeing poverty, hunger and medical shortages in Venezuela.
Director: Nick Blakemore | Star: Krishnan Guru-Murthy