Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "citizenship"

1. What We Do in the Shadows (2019–2024)

TV-MA | 30 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror

A look into the nightly lives of four vampires who have lived together on Staten Island for over a century.

Stars: Kayvan Novak, Matt Berry, Natasia Demetriou, Harvey Guillén

Votes: 102,673

2. Starship Troopers (1997)

R | 129 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Humans, in a fascist militaristic future, wage war with giant alien bugs.

Director: Paul Verhoeven | Stars: Casper Van Dien, Denise Richards, Dina Meyer, Jake Busey

Votes: 321,099 | Gross: $54.81M

3. Elysium (I) (2013)

R | 109 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi

In the year 2154, the very wealthy live on a man-made space station while the rest of the population resides on a ruined Earth. A man takes on a mission that could bring equality to the polarized worlds.

Director: Neill Blomkamp | Stars: Matt Damon, Jodie Foster, Sharlto Copley, Alice Braga

Votes: 471,022 | Gross: $93.05M

4. 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: 13,093 | Gross: $25.10M

5. French Kiss (1995)

PG-13 | 111 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A woman flying to France to confront her straying fiance gets into trouble when the charming crook seated next to her uses her for smuggling.

Director: Lawrence Kasdan | Stars: Meg Ryan, Kevin Kline, Timothy Hutton, Jean Reno

Votes: 53,000 | Gross: $38.90M

6. Mo (2022– )

TV-MA | 30 min | Comedy, Drama

Mo Najjar who straddles the line between two cultures, three languages and "a ton of bullshit." The fictional Mo is a Palestinian refugee living one step away from asylum on the path to U.S. citizenship.

Stars: Mohammed Amer, Omar Elba, Farah Bsieso, Tobe Nwigwe

Votes: 9,195

7. Blue Bayou (2021)

R | 117 min | Drama

As a Korean-American man raised in the Louisiana bayou works hard to make a life for his family, he must confront the ghosts of his past as he discovers that he could be deported from the only country he has ever called home.

Director: Justin Chon | Stars: Justin Chon, Alicia Vikander, Mark O'Brien, Linh-Dan Pham

Votes: 10,452

8. Crossing Over (2009)

R | 113 min | Crime, Drama

Crossing Over is about illegal aliens of many nationalities in the Los Angeles area and the authorities and individuals dealing with them.

Director: Wayne Kramer | Stars: Harrison Ford, Ashley Judd, Ray Liotta, Jim Sturgess

Votes: 24,528 | Gross: $0.45M

9. Shadowlands (1993)

PG | 131 min | Biography, Drama, Romance

C.S. Lewis, a world-renowned Christian theologian, writer and professor, leads a passionless life until he meets spirited poet Joy Gresham from the U.S.

Director: Richard Attenborough | Stars: Anthony Hopkins, Debra Winger, Julian Fellowes, Roddy Maude-Roxby

Votes: 20,445 | Gross: $25.84M

10. The Cat from Outer Space (1978)

G | 104 min | Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi

Three scientists help an Alien feline, stranded on Earth, to repair its damaged spacecraft in order to return home but their efforts are hampered by inept army officials and foreign spies.

Director: Norman Tokar | Stars: Ken Berry, Sandy Duncan, Harry Morgan, Roddy McDowall

Votes: 6,096

11. Désirée (1954)

Approved | 110 min | Biography, Drama, History

The rise and fall of Napoleon Bonaparte, Emperor of France.

Director: Henry Koster | Stars: Marlon Brando, Jean Simmons, Merle Oberon, Michael Rennie

Votes: 3,477 | Gross: $9.81M

12. Danton (1983)

PG | 136 min | Biography, Drama, History

In 1793, as the Terror begins in France, Georges Danton, a champion-of-the-people, returns to clash against Maximilien Robespierre and his extremist party.

Director: Andrzej Wajda | Stars: Gérard Depardieu, Wojciech Pszoniak, Anne Alvaro, Roland Blanche

Votes: 7,773

13. Princess Kaiulani (2009)

PG | 130 min | Biography, Drama, History

The true story of a Hawaiian princess' attempts to maintain the independence of the island against the threat of American colonization.

Director: Marc Forby | Stars: Q'orianka Kilcher, Barry Pepper, Shaun Evans, Jimmy Yuill

Votes: 1,902 | Gross: $0.88M

14. Ararat (2002)

R | 115 min | Drama, War

Interrogated by a customs officer, a young man recounts how his life was changed during the making of a film about the Armenian genocide.

Director: Atom Egoyan | Stars: Charles Aznavour, Brent Carver, Eric Bogosian, Simon Abkarian

Votes: 14,778 | Gross: $1.55M

15. Sweet Land (2005)

PG | 110 min | Drama, Romance

In 1920, Inge, a German national, travels from Norway to rural Minnesota for her arranged marriage to Olaf, a Norwegian farmer; bureaucracy and prejudice cause major complications.

Director: Ali Selim | Stars: Elizabeth Reaser, Lois Smith, Patrick Heusinger, Stephen Pelinski

Votes: 4,148 | Gross: $1.71M

16. Hold Back the Dawn (1941)

Passed | 116 min | Drama, Romance

Stopped in Mexico by U.S. Immigration, Georges Iscovescu hopes to get into the country by marrying a citizen.

Director: Mitchell Leisen | Stars: Charles Boyer, Olivia de Havilland, Paulette Goddard, Victor Francen

Votes: 2,805

17. Xenia (2014)

Unrated | 134 min | Drama, Romance

Strangers in their own birthplace, 16-year-old Danny and 18-year-old Odysseus cross the entire country in search of their Greek father, after their Albanian mother passes away.

Director: Panos H. Koutras | Stars: Kostas Nikouli, Nikos Gelia, Giannis Stankoglou, Marisha Triantafyllidou

Votes: 4,344 | Gross: $0.00M

18. A View from the Bridge (1962)

110 min | Drama

Eddie Carbone, a Brooklyn longshoreman is unhappily married to Beatrice and unconsciously in love with Catherine, the niece that they have raised from childhood. Into his house come two ... See full summary »

Director: Sidney Lumet | Stars: Raf Vallone, Maureen Stapleton, Carol Lawrence, Jean Sorel

Votes: 563

19. Little Nellie Kelly (1940)

Passed | 98 min | Comedy, Family, Musical

Irish colleen Nellie is in love with handsome Jerry Kelly, even though her father objects. Nellie and Jerry soon marry and announce plans to move to New York, which again angers Nellie's ... See full summary »

Director: Norman Taurog | Stars: Judy Garland, George Murphy, Charles Winninger, Douglas McPhail

Votes: 718

20. Six Bridges to Cross (1955)

Approved | 96 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

The emotional story of a lifelong friendship between a Boston rookie cop and a young street-wise delinquent.

Director: Joseph Pevney | Stars: Tony Curtis, George Nader, Julie Adams, Jay C. Flippen

Votes: 718

21. Kids for Character (1996 Video)

Family

Winner of the Parents' Choice Gold Award, uses fun-filled skits and songs to teach kids the "Six Pillars of Character", trustworthiness, respect, responsibility, fairness, caring and citizenship.

Directors: Charles E. Bastien, Tom Breslin, Jeff Gittle, Rob Gorrell, David Grossman, Robert Hersh, Raymond Jafelice, Liz Plonka, Jim Rowley, Ted Schilowitz, Larry Jacobs | Stars: Tom Selleck, Eddie Coker, Mark Augustine, Brittany Bentley

Votes: 73

22. Pandaemonium (2000)

PG-13 | 124 min | Biography, Drama

Friendship and betrayal between two poets during the French Revolution.

Director: Julien Temple | Stars: Linus Roache, John Hannah, Samantha Morton, Emily Woof

Votes: 883

23. Four Sons (1928)

Passed | 100 min | Drama, War

A family saga in which three sons of a Bavarian widow go to war for Germany and the fourth goes to America, Germany's eventual opponent.

Director: John Ford | Stars: James Hall, Margaret Mann, Charles Morton, Francis X. Bushman Jr.

Votes: 920

24. I Do (I) (2012)

Not Rated | 91 min | Drama, Romance

A gay Brit living in New York is deprived of his immigration status and risks losing his family and life in the U.S. He marries his lesbian best friend to remain in the country and stay ... See full summary »

Director: Glenn Gaylord | Stars: Jamie-Lynn Sigler, Alicia Witt, Maurice Compte, David W. Ross

Votes: 1,227

25. Syrian Bride (2004)

97 min | Comedy, Drama

In Majdal Shams, the largest Druze village in Golan Heights on the Israeli-Syrian border, the Druze bride Mona is engaged to get married with Tallel, a television comedian that works in the... See full summary »

Director: Eran Riklis | Stars: Hiam Abbass, Makram Khoury, Clara Khoury, Ashraf Barhom

Votes: 3,479 | Gross: $0.38M

26. Wings for the Eagle (1942)

Approved | 84 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance

Aircraft workers during during World War II become involved in a love triangle.

Director: Lloyd Bacon | Stars: Ann Sheridan, Dennis Morgan, Jack Carson, George Tobias

Votes: 333

27. Turbines (2019)

84 min | Horror, Thriller

Attila and Jana move to a rural Australian town as part of a government policy. But soon, bad things begin to happen.

Directors: Shane Borza, Igor Breakenback | Stars: Igor Breakenback, Bianca Bradey, Warren Coulton, Amber Gokken

Votes: 176

28. The Defenders (2023)

90 min | Documentary, Biography, Sport

The gripping true story of how a former Australian football captain and a ragtag team of social media warriors, challenged two monarchies, a military junta and the world's richest and most ... See full summary »

Director: Matthew Bate | Stars: Hakeem Al-Araibi, Craig Foster, Ming-Zhu Hii, Mark Saturno

Votes: 45

29. For the Love of Mary (1948)

Approved | 90 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance

Young girl gets a job at the White House as a switchboard operator and gets mixed up in politics.

Director: Frederick De Cordova | Stars: Deanna Durbin, Edmond O'Brien, Don Taylor, Jeffrey Lynn

Votes: 417

30. Princess O'Rourke (1943)

Passed | 94 min | Comedy, Romance

A pilot falls in love with a woman he believes is heading cross country to become a maid, little suspecting that she's actually a princess.

Director: Norman Krasna | Stars: Olivia de Havilland, Robert Cummings, Charles Coburn, Jack Carson

Votes: 1,547

31. Sorry, Haters (2005)

Not Rated | 83 min | Drama, Thriller

Against the anxieties and fears of post-9/11 America, an Arab cab driver picks up a troubled professional woman with unexpected results.

Director: Jeff Stanzler | Stars: Robin Wright, Abdellatif Kechiche, Élodie Bouchez, Aasif Mandvi

Votes: 1,538 | Gross: $0.01M

32. What a Country (1986–1987)

30 min | Comedy

The trials and misadventures of a US citizenship teacher and his class of recent immigrants.

Stars: Garrett M. Brown, Vijay Amritraj, George Murdock, Harry Waters Jr.

Votes: 52

33. Nazi Agent (1942)

Approved | 83 min | Crime, Drama

A story of German-born identical twins (both played by Conrad Veidt), one a loyal American, and the other, a Nazi official.

Director: Jules Dassin | Stars: Conrad Veidt, Ann Ayars, Frank Reicher, Dorothy Tree

Votes: 803

34. The War Tapes (2006)

Not Rated | 97 min | Documentary, War

Called up for service in Iraq, several members of the National Guard were given digital video cameras. This film, edited from their footage, provides a perspective on a complex and troubled conflict.

Director: Deborah Scranton | Stars: Zack Bazzi, Duncan Domey, Ben Flanders, Mike Moriarty

Votes: 1,314 | Gross: $0.25M

35. Submarine Alert (1943)

Passed | 66 min | Thriller, War

German spies use a stolen shortwave transmitter prototype to broadcast top secret shipping info to an offshore Japanese sub. To nab the spy ring, the U.S. government has the West Coast's top radio engineers fired and shadowed.

Director: Frank McDonald | Stars: Richard Arlen, Wendy Barrie, Nils Asther, Roger Pryor

Votes: 379

36. West (2013)

R | 102 min | Drama

She Can See Her Future, But Can't Escape Her Past.

Director: Christian Schwochow | Stars: Jördis Triebel, Tristan Göbel, Jacky Ido, Anja Antonowicz

Votes: 1,035

37. 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: 573

38. A Ship Comes In (1928)

70 min | Drama

An immigrant family experiences life in the United States.

Director: William K. Howard | Stars: Rudolph Schildkraut, Louise Dresser, Milton Holmes, Linda Landi

Votes: 215

39. Dondi (1961)

Not Rated | 99 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

Six American GIs stationed in Italy befriend an orphaned boy, but the soldiers remain unaware that the lad has stowed away with them when they return to the U.S.

Director: Albert Zugsmith | Stars: David Janssen, Patti Page, Walter Winchell, Mickey Shaughnessy

Votes: 322

40. La gran fiesta (1986)

101 min | Drama, Romance

In 1942, in San Juan, Puerto Rico, a casino is organizing a farewell party for its patrons, since it's about to be turned into a U.S. Military base. The guests drink, seduce, and gossip, but some also plot against each other.

Director: Marcos Zurinaga | Stars: Daniel Lugo, Cordelia González, Miguel Ángel Suárez, Luis Prendes

Votes: 153

41. Maple Palm (2006)

R | 116 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A lesbian couple of fifteen years lives with the secret that one is an illegal immigrant. With no legal way to protect their relationship, the couple lives in fear of deportation. After an ... See full summary »

Director: Ralph Torjan | Stars: Deborah Stewart, Taymour Ghazi, Andrea Carvajal, Robert J. Feldman

Votes: 409

42. Grey Digital Target (1986)

80 min | Animation, Action, Drama

In a barren, war torn future Earth, a soldier and his female comrade look for a lost friend in a quest that would shake their reality.

Director: Satoshi Dezaki | Stars: Kazuhiko Inoue, Maya Okamoto, Kiyoshi Kobayashi, Kôichi Chiba

Votes: 194

43. Heiran (2009)

PG | 85 min | Drama, Romance

An Iranian high school student falls for an illegal foreign worker and follows him to Tehran.

Director: Shalizeh Arefpoor | Stars: Baran Kosari, Mehrdad Sedighian, Farhad Aslani, Jaleh Sameti

Votes: 398

44. Rabbit in the Moon (1999)

85 min | Documentary, Biography, History

This documentary is about the internment of Japanese Americans in camps during World War II.

Director: Emiko Omori | Stars: Emiko Omori, Chizuko Omori, Frank Emi, Aiko Yoshinaga-Herzig

Votes: 128

45. Secret Ballot (2001)

G | 123 min | Comedy, Drama

A female election agent and a gun-toting soldier try to collect votes among the local islanders with mixed success.

Director: Babak Payami | Stars: Nassim Abdi, Cyrus Abidi, Youssef Habashi, Farrokh Shoja

Votes: 1,279 | Gross: $0.11M

46. Island Soldier (2017)

85 min | Documentary

The untold story of Micronesian citizens fighting America's wars. Through the personal odyssey of the Nenas, one family experiences the consequences of military service, as they represent a... See full summary »

Director: Nathan Fitch

Votes: 16

47. Ils étaient neuf célibataires (1939)

85 min | Comedy, Romance

Fast-thinking Guitry contrives a scheme to earn easy money from rich women with expiring visas by marrying them with clochards and at the same time to win the charms of beautiful Polish ... See full summary »

Director: Sacha Guitry | Stars: Sacha Guitry, Max Dearly, Elvire Popesco, Victor Boucher

Votes: 282

48. The Chinese Exclusion Act (2017)

TV-PG | 114 min | Documentary, Biography, History

The origin, history and impact of the 1882 law that made it illegal for Chinese workers to come to America and for Chinese nationals already here to become U.S. citizens.

Directors: Ric Burns, Li-Shin Yu | Stars: Hoon Lee, Mae Ngai, Jean Pfaelzer, David Lei

Votes: 104

49. Dar-Badar

45 min | Drama | Completed

Dar-Badar is a human story of displacement, refuge, dreams, reality, success, failure, resilience, challenges, co-incidences and life altering experiences. Dar-Badar is a Farsi and Urdu ... See full summary »

Director: Rohit Khaitan | Stars: Chandan Roy Sanyal, Madhur Bhandarkar, Nidhi Joshi, Shoaib Lodin

50. Annie Was a Wonder (1949)

Passed | 11 min | Short

In this entry in the Passing Parade series, narrator John Nesbitt tells the story of Annie Swenson, who worked as a cook/housekeeper in the Nesbitt home when he was growing up. Annie was ... See full summary »

Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: Kathleen Freeman, Howard Negley, Ruth Lee, Sven Hugo Borg

Votes: 268