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1. Big Night (1996)
R | 109 min | Drama, Romance
New Jersey, 1950s. Two brothers run an Italian restaurant. Business is not going well as a rival Italian restaurant is out-competing them. In a final effort to save the restaurant, the brothers plan to put on an evening of incredible food.
Directors: Campbell Scott, Stanley Tucci | Stars: Tony Shalhoub, Stanley Tucci, Marc Anthony, Larry Block
Votes: 17,939 | Gross: $11.88M
2. Heaven & Earth (1993)
R | 140 min | Action, Biography, Drama
During the Viet Nam War, a Viet Namese woman struggles hustling on the streets, where she comes face to face with those involved in the conflict around her.
Director: Oliver Stone | Stars: Hiep Thi Le, Tommy Lee Jones, Haing S. Ngor, Bussaro Sanruck
Votes: 13,340 | Gross: $5.86M
3. America America (1963)
Approved | 174 min | 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: 4,905
4. Hester Street (1975)
PG | 89 min | Drama, Romance
It's 1896. Yankel Bogovnik, a Russian Jew, emigrated to the United States three years earlier and has settled where many of his background have, namely on Hester Street on the Lower East ... See full summary »
Director: Joan Micklin Silver | Stars: Steven Keats, Carol Kane, Mel Howard, Dorrie Kavanaugh
Votes: 1,249 | Gross: $5.00M
5. I Am Yours (2013)
Not Rated | 100 min | Drama
Mina is a young single mother living in Oslo with her 6 year old son Felix. She is of Norwegian Pakistani descent with a troubled family relationship. Constantly looking for love, Mina ... See full summary »
Director: Iram Haq | Stars: Amrita Acharia, Ola Rapace, Prince Singh, Rabia Noreen
Votes: 672
6. The Glass Wall (1953)
Approved | 82 min | Drama, Film-Noir
Peter, a WW II 'displaced person' about to be deported jumps ship in New York harbor in an effort to find an ex-G.I named Tom whom he helped during the war and can prove Peter's right to ... See full summary »
Director: Maxwell Shane | Stars: Vittorio Gassman, Gloria Grahame, Ann Robinson, Douglas Spencer
Votes: 640
7. Eat a Bowl of Tea (1989)
PG-13 | 102 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A study in culture bridging, including ... a new US-born husband, trying to work within the traditional ways, a new China-born wife, eager to join the "dream" of America, two family-minded ... See full summary »
Director: Wayne Wang | Stars: Cora Miao, Russell Wong, Victor Wong, Siu-Ming Lau
Votes: 595 | Gross: $0.23M
8. La cour de Babel (2013)
94 min | Documentary
How to integrate into French society when you are a young immigrant newly arrived in Paris? Just join the school of La Grange aux Belles where, whether you are named Agnieszka, Eduardo, ... See full summary »
Director: Julie Bertuccelli | Stars: Maryam Aboulgila, Felipe Arellano Santibanez, Miguel Angel Cegarra Monsalve, Brigitte Cervoni
Votes: 364
9. An American Romance (1944)
Passed | 151 min | Drama
Stefan Dangos immigrates to America and works his way up from the iron mines and steel mills to become a great American success story as an industrialist.
Director: King Vidor | Stars: Brian Donlevy, Ann Richards, Walter Abel, John Qualen
Votes: 456
10. Panic (I) (2014)
TV-MA | 85 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A troubled journalist is drawn into London's underworld when his beautiful neighbour is kidnapped.
Director: Sean Spencer | Stars: David Gyasi, Pippa Nixon, Jason Wong, Yennis Cheung
Votes: 62
11. Lost & Found, NY (2016– )
Comedy, Drama
A comedy series about an immigrant actress navigating through life in New York. Recipient of two Best Web Series awards and selected by over 15 international film festivals. Filmed in New York and Sofia by an international cast and crew.
Stars: Vanina Kondova, Daria Zara Kondova, Meridith Jones, Michael R. Piazza
Votes: 22
12. Alonso, the Dream and the Call (2018)
PG | 12 min | Short, Drama
If life doesn't kill you, try the healthcare system.
Director: Ben-Hur Uribe | Stars: Madeleine Fister, Khanisha Foster, Annette Gomez, John Griffin
13. Doubles with Slight Pepper (2011)
16 min | Short, Drama
Doubles with Slight Pepper is a dramatic film set in Trinidad during Christmas. It's a coming of age story centered around Dhani, a young street food vendor, who must decide if he will help save his estranged Father from dying.
Director: Ian Harnarine | Stars: Errol Sitahal, Sanjiv Boodhu, Ken Boodhu, Karen Saban
Votes: 49
14. Curd (2019)
7 min | Short, Drama
Hira is visiting her son in the US, feels trapped in her house and struggles with the alien culture and language. Following a botched dinner preparation, Hira is compelled to take her first steps towards assimilation.
Director: Varun Chounal | Stars: Serykah Aggerwhil, Diana Caban Velez
15. Polaris (2012)
12 min | Documentary, Short
This documentary follows the day to day life of Filipino immigrants working on fishing vessels off the North East coast of Scotland.
Director: Chico Pereira
Votes: 8
16. Yes I Canada (2016)
Short, Comedy
An enthusiastic candidate pleads his case with immigration.
Director: Katarzyna Kochany | Stars: Dan Willmott, Florian Francois
17. Barbieri (2007)
47 min | Documentary
Directors: Corrado De Luca, Roberto Verì | Stars: Corrado Accaputo, Corrado De Luca, Antonio Domanico, Romano Geso
18. Miedzy sasiadami - posrednik. Karl Dedecius (2000)
55 min | Documentary, Biography
Director: Peter Vogt
19. Where Is Home? A Binational Gay Love Story (2013)
9 min | Documentary, Short
In 2007, Otts' H1B (work) visa was about to expire. He needed to leave the United States, and his partner Ken, for a full year in order to qualify for another visa. But there was no ... See full summary »
Director: Otts Bolisay | Star: Otts Bolisay
20. Belleville Stories
Documentary | Post-production
The people of "Belleville Stories" belong to a long-standing immigrant and artist community spanning Paris' 10th, 11th, 19th and 20th arrondissements. The film speaks not only of the ... See full summary »
Directors: Ruth Rachel Anderson-Avraham, Shumin Ma
22. Grandma's Story (1999)
10 min | Short, Biography
A Grandmother talks to her granddaughter about her journey to the U.S. from Latin America as a child.
Director: R.S. | Star: Brandi Aguilar