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89
8.2
/488892/
79
/7362/
79
/5829/
4.2
/578429/
99
/132/
90
/11624/
100
/19/
cc age 12+

Citizen Kane (1941)
Newspaper magnate Charles Foster Kane is taken from his mother as a boy and made the ward of a rich industrialist. As a result, every well-meaning, tyrannical or self-destructive move he makes for the rest of his life appears in some way to be a reaction to that deeply wounding event.
poster
Kanopy
86
IMDb 73
8.2
/692749/
80
/13189/
80
/7107/
4.5
/1113493/
91
/245/
86
/36698/
93
/42/
cc age 16+

There Will Be Blood (2007)
Ruthless silver miner, turned oil prospector, Daniel Plainview, moves to oil-rich California. Using his son to project a trustworthy, family-man image, Plainview cons local landowners into selling him their valuable properties for a pittance. However, local preacher Eli Sunday suspects Plainview's motives and intentions, starting a slow-burning feud that threatens both their lives.
poster
85
8.0
/8109/
77
/139/
74
/120/
4.2
/7336/
94
/17/
87
/40/

The Emigrants (1971)
Karl and Kristina Nilsson work on a farm in a cold and desolate area of 19th century rural Sweden. Growing privations, combined with increasing social and religious persecution, motivate the Nilssons and many of their neighbors to strike out for the United States. Following a treacherous ocean crossing and an equally grueling land passage, the emigrants find themselves in seemingly idyllic Minnesota.
poster
Kanopy
84
7.7
/16278/
75
/282/
73
/280/
4.1
/24232/
95
/22/
92
/416/

Stroszek (1977)
Bruno Stroszek is released from prison and warned to stop drinking. He has few skills and fewer expectations: with a glockenspiel and an accordion, he ekes out a living as a street musician. He befriends Eva, a prostitute down on her luck and they join his neighbor, Scheitz, an elderly eccentric, when he leaves Germany to live in Wisconsin.
poster
Kanopy
83
7.4
/106631/
74
/4533/
73
/1762/
4.1
/491736/
98
/325/
92
/96/
89
/49/
cc age 13+

Minari (2021)
A Korean American family moves to an Arkansas farm in search of its own American dream. Amidst the challenges of this new life in the strange and rugged Ozarks, they discover the undeniable resilience of family and what really makes a home.
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Criterion Channel
83
7.4
/42767/
72
/719/
71
/577/
3.9
/71607/
100
/26/
88
/765/
86
/13/

Stranger Than Paradise (1984)
A New Yorker's life is thrown into a tailspin when his younger cousin surprise-visits him, starting a strange, unpredictable adventure.
poster
HBO Max Amazon Channel
81
7.3
/110984/
70
/4416/
70
/1433/
3.9
/700614/
93
/336/
80
/513/
90
/57/
cc age 17+

The Brutalist (2024)
When an innovative modern architect flees post-war Europe, he is given the opportunity to rebuild his legacy. Set during the dawn of the modern United States (in Pennsylvania), his wife joins him, and their lives are forever changed by a demanding, wealthy patron.
poster
81
7.7
/5972/
77
/112/
71
/76/
3.9
/8028/
92
/61/
82
/159/
75
/10/

El Norte (1983)
Brother and sister Enrique and Rosa flee persecution at home in Guatemala and journey north, through Mexico and on to the United States, with the dream of starting a new life.
poster
Kanopy
78
7.5
/14030/
74
/507/
68
/133/
3.5
/4021/
96
/76/
81
/945/
80
/20/
cc age 17+

Bigger Stronger Faster* (2008)
In America, we define ourselves in the superlative: we are the biggest, strongest, fastest country in the world. Is it any wonder that so many of our heroes are on performance enhancing drugs? Director Christopher Bell explores America's win-at-all-cost culture by examining how his two brothers became members of the steroid-subculture in an effort to realize their American dream.
poster
77
7.6
/190115/
74
/3565/
73
/2476/
3.9
/103877/
80
/176/
85
/4045/
69
/40/
cc age 18+

25th Hour (2002)
In New York City in the days following the events of 9/11, Monty Brogan is a convicted drug dealer about to start a seven-year prison sentence, and his final hours of freedom are devoted to hanging out with his closest buddies and trying to prepare his girlfriend for his extended absence.
poster
Starz Apple TV Channel
76
6.7
/1923/
71
/87/
72
/63/
3.6
/5012/
97
/94/
85
/34/
76
/23/

I Carry You with Me (2021)
An epic love story spanning decades is sparked by a chance encounter between two men in provincial Mexico. Based on a true story, ambition and societal pressure propel an aspiring chef to leave his soulmate and make the treacherous journey to New York, where life will never be the same.
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HBO Max Amazon Channel
75
6.6
/61602/
66
/3633/
65
/868/
3.5
/599056/
94
/271/
81
/90/
77
/53/
cc age 17+

Love Lies Bleeding (2024)
Reclusive gym manager Lou falls hard for Jackie, an ambitious bodybuilder headed through town to Las Vegas in pursuit of her dream. But their love ignites violence, pulling them deep into the web of Lou’s criminal family.
poster
HBO Max Amazon Channel
74
6.8
/9141/
68
/655/
68
/121/
3.9
/122372/
85
/136/
85
/20/
68
/30/
cc age 15+

Problemista (2024)
Alejandro is an aspiring toy designer from El Salvador, struggling to bring his unusual ideas to life in New York City. As time on his work visa runs out, a job assisting an erratic art-world outcast becomes his only hope to stay in the country and realize his dream.
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Kanopy
74
7.2
/47382/
70
/671/
71
/733/
3.6
/22309/
87
/15/
86
/745/
62
/17/

Arizona Dream (1993)
An Inuit hunter races his sled home with a fresh-caught halibut. This fish pervades the entire film, in real and imaginary form. Meanwhile, Axel tags fish in New York as a naturalist's gofer. He's happy there, but a messenger arrives to bring him to Arizona for his uncle's wedding. It's a ruse to get Axel into the family business. In Arizona, Axel meets two odd women: vivacious, needy, and plagued by neuroses and familial discord. He gets romantically involved with one, while the other, rich but depressed, plays accordion tunes to a gaggle of pet turtles.
poster
MGM Plus
74
7.3
/79405/
72
/1763/
70
/890/
3.3
/31673/
77
/207/
76
/2836/
72
/43/
cc age 13+

Seabiscuit (2003)
True story of the undersized Depression-era racehorse whose victories lifted not only the spirits of the team behind it but also those of their nation.
poster
73
8.0
/166697/
76
/2917/
78
/2583/
4.2
/178924/
70
/164/
89
/3417/
61
/39/

Dogville (2003)
A woman on the run from the mob is reluctantly accepted in a small Colorado community in exchange for labor, but when a search visits the town, she learns that their support has a price.
poster
Fandango at Home Free
73
6.9
/80911/
68
/2912/
66
/1489/
3.6
/75251/
89
/227/
69
/1055/
79
/44/
cc age 17+

A Most Violent Year (2014)
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.
poster
Kanopy
73
7.3
/233262/
70
/3570/
69
/4006/
3.6
/168742/
67
/213/
71
/10005/
69
/38/
cc age 17+

Revolutionary Road (2008)
A young couple living in a Connecticut suburb during the mid-1950s struggle to come to terms with their personal problems while trying to raise their two children. Based on a novel by Richard Yates.
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Criterion Channel
78
72
7.0
/9280/
72
/173/
69
/192/
3.8
/16133/
100
/5/
85
/101/

Leningrad Cowboys Go America (1989)
The Leningrad Cowboys, a group of Siberian musicians, and their manager, travel to America seeking fame and fortune. As they cross the country, trying to get to a wedding in Mexico, they are followed by the village idiot, who wishes to join the band.
poster
Kanopy
70
6.3
/726/
68
/63/
62
/14/
3.4
/1981/
86
/44/
71
/19/
71
/15/

Ms. Purple (2019)
Kasie, stuck in LA’s Koreatown, works as a karaoke hostess getting paid for her companionship by drunken men. When her dad’s hospice nurse quits she reconnects with her estranged brother, Carey, forcing them to enter a period of intense self-reflection as their single father who raised them nears death.
poster
The Roku Channel
69
6.5
/14041/
66
/377/
62
/217/
3.3
/8609/
73
/77/
59
/184/
67
/11/
cc age 17+

Moscow on the Hudson (1984)
A Russian circus visits the US. A clown wants to defect, but doesn't have the nerve. His saxophone playing friend however comes to the decision to defect in the middle of Bloomingdales. He is befriended by the black security guard and falls in love with the Italian immigrant from behind the perfume counter. We follow his life as he works his way through the American dream and tries to find work as a musician.
poster
Kanopy
68
6.9
/1330/
68
/41/
64
/28/
3.4
/1472/
77
/95/
54
/17/
70
/30/

The King (2018)
A cultural portrait of the American dream at a critical time in the nation’s history. Set against the 2016 American election, The King takes a musical road trip across the country in Elvis Presley's 1963 Rolls Royce.
poster
74
66
7.7
/6366/
73
/99/
69
/94/
3.8
/3891/
67
/9/
85
/52/
72
/12/

America America (1963)
A young Anatolian Greek, entrusted with his family's fortune, loses it en route to Istanbul and dreams of going to America.
poster
Hoopla
65
7.2
/183941/
72
/5375/
67
/1967/
3.5
/136336/
77
/196/
80
/19137/
64
/38/
cc age 18+

Team America: World Police (2004)
When North Korean ruler Kim Jong-il orchestrates a global terrorist plot, it's up to the heavily armed, highly specialized Team America unit to stop his dastardly scheme. The group, which has recruited troubled Broadway actor Gary Johnston, not only has to face off against Jong-il, but they must also contend with the Film Actors Guild, a cadre of Hollywood liberals at odds with Team America's 'policing the world' tactics.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
64
5.3
/8961/
56
/566/
53
/216/
3.1
/28177/
91
/148/
67
/62/
72
/30/
cc age 15+

Nanny (2022)
Aisha, a Senegalese immigrant who takes a job as a nanny for a wealthy white family in New York City, finds herself consumed by unsettling visions and a growing rage.
poster
Kanopy
79
64
7.9
/2973/
78
/88/
72
/46/
3.6
/972/
91
/68/
95
/586/
72
/25/
cc age 11+

God Grew Tired of Us (2006)
Filmmaker Christopher Quinn observes the ordeal of three Sudanese refugees -- Jon Bul Dau, Daniel Abul Pach and Panther Bior -- as they try to come to terms with the horrors they experienced in their homeland, while adjusting to their new lives in the United States.
poster
64
6.9
/60875/
72
/2535/
67
/1410/
3.5
/48345/
76
/86/
71
/4829/
38
/7/
cc age 5+

An American Tail (1986)
A young mouse named Fievel and his family decide to migrate to America, a "land without cats," at the turn of the 20th century. But somehow, Fievel ends up in the New World alone and must fend off not only the felines he never thought he'd have to deal with again but also the loneliness of being away from home.
poster
59
6.6
/71697/
69
/1646/
67
/1264/
3.2
/32096/
51
/39/
62
/1729/
49
/19/
cc age 13+

Far and Away (1992)
A young couple escapes Ireland, dreaming of a new life during the land giveaway in Oklahoma. As they struggle to survive against betrayal and harsh winter conditions, they must fend off her parents who are determined to bring her back home.
poster
Netflix
57
6.7
/59968/
67
/2284/
67
/985/
2.7
/78690/
24
/260/
81
/954/
38
/44/
cc age 16+

Hillbilly Elegy (2020)
An urgent phone call pulls a Yale Law student back to his Ohio hometown, where he reflects on three generations of family history and his own future.
poster
56
6.2
/492/
58
/18/
46
/7/
3.2
/981/
31
/81/

End of the Road (1970)
Moments after receiving his graduate diploma, Jacob waits at a train station. The future lies ahead, but life abruptly intervenes. Images flash in Jacob's mind: of war, injustice, assassination, protest, the entire spectrum of 1960s angst and anger - sending Jacob into a catatonic state. What follows during his bizarre rehab and its aftermath will be another form of madness.
poster
63
50
6.3
/2360/
64
/53/
65
/59/
3.4
/2293/
60
/5/
60
/47/

Motorama (1991)
A ten year old boy gets tired of life with abusive parents and cashes in his piggy bank and steals a Mustang. He rides off into a surreal America playing "Motorama," a game sponsored by Chimera Gas Company. He has various encounters with different people, and eventually reaches the Chimera Gas Company where he finds they are not playing by the rules of the game.
poster
65
48
6.9
/2118/
69
/73/
71
/260/
3.4
/2897/
47
/63/

An American in Rome (1954)
Nando Moriconi is a young Italian living in Rome obsessed with all-things American.
poster
Hoopla
75
42
7.3
/512/
75
/13/
62
/11/
3.5
/300/
86
/28/
88
/54/
75
/12/

Ballplayer: Pelotero (2011)
Two top baseball prospects in the Dominican Republic face fierce competition and corruption as they chase their big league dreams.
poster
72
39
7.4
/1042/
60
/10/
72
/23/
83
/1411/

The End of Suburbia: Oil Depletion and the Collapse of the American Dream (2004)
Since World War II North Americans have invested much of their newfound wealth in suburbia. It has promised a sense of space, affordability, family life and upward mobility. As the population of suburban sprawl has exploded in the past 50 years Suburbia, and all it promises, has become the American Dream. But as we enter the 21st century, serious questions are beginning to emerge...
poster
66
38
6.6
/1620/
67
/53/
60
/37/
3.4
/800/
77
/13/
62
/13/

Umrika (2015)
When a young village boy discovers that his brother, long believed to be in America, has actually gone missing, he begins to invent letters on his behalf to save their mother from heartbreak, all the while searching for him.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
48
37
5.4
/2491/
61
/212/
57
/91/
2.6
/1588/
22
/9/
51
/14/
40
/6/

Beneath Us (2020)
The American Dream becomes a nightmare for a group of undocumented day laborers hired by a wealthy couple. What they expect to be their biggest payday turns into a terrifying fight for survival.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
33
17
3.8
/1810/
45
/49/
39
/30/
13
/107/

American Crude (2008)
Quite a bit can happen over the course of a single day in L.A., and when smooth-talking scam artist Johnny decides to throw a bachelor party for his best friend Bill the events of the day take a bizarre turn. As the festivities get underway, the appearance of a transvestite prostitute, a trigger-happy ex-con, and a notorious porn king signal that this isn't going to be a typical night out.
poster
Netflix
59
17
6.3
/360/
65
/41/
59
/22/
3.3
/607/
43
/7/

A Tale of Two Kitchens (2019)
Two countries, two restaurants, one vision. At Gabriela Cámara's acclaimed Contramar in Mexico City, the welcoming, uniformed waiters are as beloved by diners as the menu featuring fresh, local seafood caught within 24 hours. The entire staff sees themselves as part of an extended family. Meanwhile at Cala in San Francisco, Cámara hires staff from different backgrounds and cultures, including ex-felons and ex-addicts, who view the work as an important opportunity to grow as individuals. A Tale of Two Kitchens explores the ways in which a restaurant can serve as a place of both dignity and community.
poster
56
13
6.0
/1004/
57
/11/
54
/10/
3.2
/401/
45
/9/

Tender Is the Night (1962)
1920s, the French Riviera: wealthy expatriate Nicole Warren's mental illness strains her marriage to psychiatrist Dick. A young American actress named Rosemary Hoyt arrives and is drawn into their circle, becoming romantically involved with the older, married Dick and disrupting the fragile balance of the group. The thought of Dick possibly being attracted to another sends Nicole on an emotional downward spiral that threatens to consume them all.
poster
68
11
6.8
/122/
68
/7/
69
/16/
3.5
/212/

America (2018)
November 2016 : The United States of America are about to elect their new president. AMERICA is a deep dive into the heart of Arizona, meeting the inhabitants of a little town crossed by Road 66, the broken inheritors of the American Dream who deliver us their hopes and fears.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
40
9
4.1
/456/
54
/45/
41
/17/
25
/3/

American Romance (2016)
A series of horrifying murders, the victims, always couples, staged in bizarre collage dioramas with cardboard cutouts and scribbled, childlike messages about the corrupting power of love. The killer's on the loose, and the FBI is looking for a truck driver. Emery Reed is a long haul trucker disillusioned with the American Dream after an accident left his wife paralyzed and took the life of their son. Newlyweds Jeff and Krissy are having the time of their lives until their car breaks down on a rural road in the middle of nowhere. When the love birds collide with the forlorn truck driver, a wild ride leaves everyone questioning the true value of love and American Romance.
poster
?
70
/1/

Young People Big Dreams
It’s 3 AM, the neon is buzzing, and nobody's where they thought they’d be. In the restless late hours of Miami, nine characters stumble through weird nights and even weirder dreams as they grapple with their dead-end jobs and absurdities of modern life: A diner breakdown to a reggaeton-fueled murder fantasy, a clown-vampire existential crisis, and a ten-year-old philosopher driving the last nail into the coffin of the American Dream - ultimately revealing a society teetering between exhaustion and hope.
poster
?
5.6
/6/

Aurora (2023)
Aurora is a young Colombian who, forced by circumstances, decides to emigrate to New York in search of a better future for herself and her family, working and sending newspapers money to her home. But when her mother falls ill, she must choose between returning to her country of origin and what this entails, giving up returning forever since she is undocumented, or staying and enduring the plight of her loved one from a distance and thus helping financially with her medical emergency. But this help that will represent so much effort will have an unexpected and painful fate in the hands of his brother.
poster
?
7.8
/27/

Dancing in the Ring (2025)
NYC, 1940. Chilean boxer Arturo Godoy and driven dancer Leda Urbinati arrive in the city chasing the American Dream. But when an immigrant opportunist offers help, friendship turns into a dangerous love triangle, where ambition corrupts, dreams darken, and loyalty shatters.
poster
?
8.6
/14/
92
/4/

Park City (2011)
A celebrity petroleum engineer discovers a rundown property in Park City.
poster
?
9.1
/13/
95
/2/

Fame in California (2012)
High school girls Emma and Alice face a life-changing event after they leave their Sacramento home to pursue their dreams in Los Angeles.
poster
?
8.9
/8/

Wokman
Wokman shares an immigrant Chinese family’s pursuit of the American Dream from inside of their restaurant, China Wok. Based in 1998 in rural Georgia, Wokman is a slice-of-life story of the only Chinese family in town, the Lis, as they navigate through their own little corner of America.
poster
57
?
6.4
/161/
53
/3/
50
/2/
3.0
/378/
cc age 13+

Lost & Found in Cleveland (2025)
A slice of life set over a 24-hour period that follows the personal odysseys of five very different people, whose lives intertwine when America’s favorite televised antiques appraisal show comes to Cleveland, "the best location in the nation".


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