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poster
89
8.3
/275756/
80
/3258/
78
/1903/
4.4
/178177/
99
/177/
92
/1634/
95
/41/
cc age 16+

A Separation (2011)
A married couple are faced with a difficult decision - to improve the life of their child by moving to another country or to stay in Iran and look after a deteriorating parent who has Alzheimer's disease.
poster
Kanopy
79
7.5
/14690/
73
/200/
70
/175/
3.6
/3860/
85
/101/
88
/329/
72
/31/

Nowhere in Africa (2001)
A Jewish woman named Jettel Redlich flees Nazi Germany with her daughter Regina, to join her husband, Walter, on a farm in Kenya. At first, Jettel refuses to adjust to her new circumstances, bringing with her a set of china dishes and an evening gown. While Regina adapts readily to this new world, forming a strong bond with her father's cook, an African named Owuor.
poster
Netflix
77
6.7
/11118/
67
/417/
67
/274/
3.7
/44045/
96
/159/
64
/26/
85
/30/
cc age 15+

Atlantics (2019)
Arranged to marry a rich man, young Ada is crushed when her true love goes missing at sea during a migration attempt — until a miracle reunites them.
poster
Kanopy
68
7.0
/2949/
70
/50/
67
/39/
3.3
/435/
67
/39/
75
/60/
60
/19/

Bride Flight (2008)
A romantic drama that charts the lives of three women from different backgrounds, forever changed when they emigrate to New Zealand as war brides.
poster
Hoopla
66
7.3
/24339/
73
/410/
72
/341/
3.6
/10551/
52
/84/
81
/838/
54
/32/
cc age 15+

Angela's Ashes (1999)
An Irish Catholic family returns to 1930s Limerick after a child's death in America. The unemployed I.R.A. veteran father struggles with poverty, prejudice, and alcoholism as the family endures harsh slum conditions.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
64
5.3
/9009/
56
/575/
53
/221/
3.1
/28403/
91
/148/
67
/58/
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
Criterion Channel
72
64
7.0
/4613/
70
/129/
66
/105/
3.8
/24652/
88
/16/
66
/40/

Touki Bouki (1973)
Mory, a cowherd, and Anta, a university student, try to make money in order to go to Paris and leave their boring past behind.
poster
Kanopy
69
61
6.8
/5303/
68
/80/
65
/142/
3.4
/2202/
73
/84/
69
/397/
74
/22/
cc age 13+

Golden Door (2006)
The story is set at the beginning of the 20th century in Sicily. Salvatore, a very poor farmer, and a widower, decides to emigrate to the US with all his family, including his old mother. Before they embark, they meet Lucy. She is supposed to be a British lady and wants to come back to the States. Lucy, or Luce as Salvatore calls her, for unknown reasons wants to marry someone before to arrive to Ellis Island in New York. Salvatore accepts the proposal. Once they arrive in Ellis Island they spend the quarantine period trying to pass the examinations to be admitted to the States. Tests are not so simple for poor farmers coming from Sicily. Their destiny is in the hands of the custom officers.
poster
85
59
7.3
/2529/
72
/179/
72
/158/
3.9
/17430/
75
/2/

No Dogs or Italians Allowed (2023)
Early 20th century, in the Ughetto family's home village, Ughettera, Northern Italy. Life in the region had become very difficult and the Ughettos dreamed of a better life abroad. Legend has it that Luigi Ughetto crossed the Alps and started a new life in France, thus changing his beloved family's destiny forever. His grandson retraces their story.
poster
62
57
6.4
/7546/
66
/154/
61
/139/
3.3
/3856/
65
/26/
52
/72/
66
/11/

The Border (1982)
A corrupted border agent decides to clean up his act when an impoverished woman's baby is put up for sale on the black market.
poster
Criterion Channel
75
55
6.9
/1869/
67
/39/
73
/48/
4.0
/4278/
86
/22/
78
/20/

Colossal Youth (2006)
After the Portuguese government demolishes his slum and relocates him to a housing project on the outskirts of Lisbon, 75-year-old Cape Verde immigrant Ventura wanders between his new and old homes, reconnecting with people from his past.
poster
61
41
6.6
/2754/
64
/44/
57
/29/
3.3
/1420/
54

The Emigrants (2021)
Sweden, 1849. A poverty-stricken family decides to move to America in the hope of finding a better and more prosperous life. Although they know the journey will be dangerous and the pressure of facing a new life in a strange and wild land is great, they are determined to succeed.
poster
69
41
7.0
/1556/
71
/108/
64
/53/
3.4
/1622/
74
/13/

Crossing Borders (2006)
In 1960, Martín and Marcos are forced by their difficult personal circumstances to travel to Switzerland in search of work, leaving their families in the Madrid of Franco's Spain. But they undertake more than a simple journey; they begin the road to a new life.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
67
40
6.3
/1777/
64
/51/
59
/25/
3.3
/801/
86
/66/

17 Miracles (2011)
As part of the Willie Handcart Company, Levi Savage (Jasen Wade) feared that leaving late in the season would lead to despair and death. What he came to find out is that for every tragedy, there is a multitude of miracles. Based on unbelievable actual events, and brought to you by filmmaker T.C. Christensen (Praise to the Man, The Work and the Glory), 17 Miracles will open your eyes to the stories of the Mormon Pioneers as you have never seen them before. Something extraordinary is about to happen.
poster
60
34
6.3
/1096/
54
/16/
54
/12/
67
/12/
67
/19/
57
/7/

Here and There (2009)
Robert, a jaded middle-aged New Yorker, travels to Belgrade to make some quick cash by marrying someone for U.S. immigration papers. The plan goes awry when the money never arrives, leaving Robert stuck in Serbia. Meanwhile in New York, Banko, the young Serb whose girlfriend Robert is to marry, fights to come up with the cash.
poster
72
33
7.2
/670/
65
/13/
54
/16/
3.6
/564/
100

The Theme (1979)
In search of inspiration and new topics, the famous metropolitan writer Kim Yesenin goes to the province. Unexpectedly for himself, he discovers that here people live very differently than in the world familiar to him. By chance, he witnesses someone else's love drama - intellectual Sasha and dissident Andrei who is leaving for America. He is shocked by this complex conflict and fictitious problems, where there is no place for either melancholy or depression. In this situation, the hero decides to go to Moscow...
poster
62
33
6.8
/1954/
70
/49/
67
/27/
3.4
/2334/
38
/2/

My Boss (2012)
The film is set in the backdrop of IT Industry. Dileep appears as a young software engineer working in Mumbai and who aspires to migrate to a foreign country while Mamta plays the role of his boss.
poster
VIX
73
25
7.3
/156/
72
/9/
81
/49/
3.5
/369/

La vida no vale nada (1955)
Pablo, a wandering laborer, has imprisoned himself in a hell of alcoholism. Cruz, a widow, reaches out to the troubled man, but even her compassion may not be enough to save him.
poster
Kanopy
61
24
6.6
/519/
55
/7/
62
/15/
3.4
/547/
58
/206/

The Italian (1915)
An immigrant leaves his sweetheart in Italy to find a better life across the sea in the grimy slums of New York.
poster
68
18
7.1
/994/
58
/7/
76
/9/
3.5
/687/

The Father (1971)
"Baba" is a bitter melodrama set in Istambul. A father is not able to earn enough money to feed his family. He is waiting to emigrate to Germany. When his landlord's son kills a man while drunk, the father is prepared to answer for the deed himself, provided that the landlord supports his wife and children. As there is little difference for the father between ten years in prison or ten years in a foreign country, he regards this to be the best solution.
poster
59
15
5.4
/392/
68
/40/
52
/23/
3.3
/403/

¡Vente a Alemania, Pepe! (1971)
Peralejos, a quiet village in Upper Aragon, is a place where nothing ever happens. One day Angelino returns home to spend the holidays, an immigrant who drives a Mercedes and tells great wonders of Germany and their women. Pepe, fascinated by the stories of his friend, decides to immigrate, but his dream begins at five o'clock, cleaning windows, and ends at twelve o'clock pasting posters.
poster
62
12
6.7
/679/
51
/5/
70
/8/
3.4
/325/
55
/11/

It's Winter (2006)
Unemotional, restrained cinematographic poem, situated in a wintry and poor suburb of Tehran. A man is dismissed and his lack of prospects for the future make him decide to seek his happiness abroad. He leaves his wife and child behind and for a long time nothing is heard of him. Then a stranger turns up, a car mechanic looking for a job. The attractive single mother can’t resist his attentions. Very subtly, a struggle ensues that reflects that of a whole generation of young doubting Iranians who may want to leave the country, but hardly know how to start.
poster
61
12
6.3
/855/
55
/12/
60
/11/
3.3
/237/

A Lady in Paris (2012)
Anne leaves Estonia to come to Paris as a caretaker for Frida, an elderly Estonian lady who emigrated to France long ago. Anne soon realizes that she is not wanted. All Frida wants from life is the attention of Stéphane, her younger former lover. Stéphane, however, is desperate for Anne to stay and look after Frida, even against the old lady's will. In this conflict of strangers, Anne will find her own way…
poster
53
8
5.1
/270/
46
/9/
50
/13/
3.2
/234/

The Lad from Old Ireland (1910)
A young man leaves Ireland for America, but doesn't forget home.
poster
?
60
/1/

Blue Hour (2021)
A food delivery man’s first shif t falls on the night of June 11, 2019. Ka-ho is new to his job and needs his son to navigate for him. The two ride on the same motorbike and try their best to deliver their orders. In a bar, Tyson spends the night attempting to figure something out. Under the blue sky, up on the highway, they are heading to the next destination.
poster
?
50
/2/
50
/1/

Deadlock (2024)
Overlooking the sea, two young men contemplate what is beyond the horizon as their friends and family leave for the allure of a new life.
poster
?
8.0
/49/
70
/1/

Was lebst Du? (2004)
I followed the everyday lives of Ali, Kais, Ertan and Alban with my camera for over two years. The time was characterized by disappointments, conflicts and also great successes. It all began with a visit to the "Klingelpütz" youth center in the middle of Cologne. Young migrants have been meeting here for many years.
poster
Netflix
66
?
6.5
/1523/
65
/156/
71
/43/
3.1
/2548/
cc age 15+

Boxer (2024)
With only his wife by his side, a promising young boxer flees communist Poland to chase his dream of becoming the greatest fighter in history.
poster
?
7.8
/13/

Home (2008)
N/A
poster
Kanopy
?
7.9
/33/

Return to Cuba (2016)
After 18 years living in Italy, the Cuban Barbara Ramos returns to live in her homeland. In the town of Santa Clara, she discovers through the projects of family and friends what has changed in Cuba but also what has not and will likely never change. Shot over a period of three years - the time it took Barbara to build her dream house - RETURN TO CUBA chronicles her life in the wake of Raul Castro's liberal reforms and reconciliation with the United States of America. A light-hearted yet energetic movie positively demonstrating that finding happiness is possible in today's Cuba!
poster
?
8.3
/10/
100
/2/

Monaco, Italia. Storie di arrivi in Germania (2011)
N/A
poster
?
6.8
/7/

Is Olc an Ghaoth (2020)
With the spectre of COVID-19 looming, the old ways of waking and burying the dead are fractured and desolate in this curious tale of two bachelor brothers, Pádraig and Éamonn, from Achill Island, living and dying under the shadow of the Coronavirus.
poster
?
8.4
/11/
70
/2/

The Journey (2016)
Field of Vision and The New Yorker have created a six-part episodic documentary, filmed in 2015, that immerses us in the Syrian refugee crisis. Matthew Cassel, an independent multimedia journalist and filmmaker based in Istanbul, follows the seven-month, obstacle-laden 1700-mile journey of Aboud Shalhoub, a Syrian refugee who has fled the dangers of wartime Damascus in order to build a better life for his family in the Netherlands. Cassel's colleague Simon Safieh remained in Damascus with Aboud's wife and two children, who eventually join him in Europe.
poster
?
3.4
/13/

Šestapadesát neomluvených hodin (1977)
Two young, inexperienced students, dissatisfied with the demands of their teachers and the mentoring of their parents, try to cross illegally into the country - but because they are headed for friendly Poland, nothing happens to them. The story is set in the early 1960s and depicts the heyday of café bands. The two protagonists admire one such band, which plays jazz, misses school and wants to radically change their current life, which they find grey...
poster
?
90
/4/

Return (2023)
Documentary about emigration between the Canary Islands and Cuba during the late 19th century and early 20th century.
poster
60
?
7.2
/16/
60
/13/
50
/2/

Island of Freedom (2022)
A man from communist Czechoslovakia unexpectedly meets his childhood love on a flight to Cuba. When they stop over in Canada, he has a plan… but can he trust her?
poster
?
10
/1/

Un viaje por Galicia (1958)
N/A
poster
?
8.6
/21/

Barzakh (2022)
Adnan, a 16-year-old Syrian who has lived in France with his family for two years, is trying to come to term with his mysterious past.
poster
?
8.9
/18/
20
/1/

Kristina från Duvemåla - en konsertresa till Minnesota (1996)
Documents the highlights of a concert version of the musical written by former ABBA members Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus, performed in Minnesota. Based on a series of novels detailing a family's poverty-driven migration from Sweden to America in the mid-19th century, we also meet some of the descendants to the emigrants.
poster
?
10
/1/

De okända utvandrarna (1991)
Documentary about Swedish emigration to Argentina via Brazil.
poster
?
6.4
/28/
55
/2/
60
/2/

The Little Bird of Ribeira (1960)
Popular in the riverside area of Porto, Micas raised her daughter, Madalena, at the cost of sacrifice, as her father emigrated to Brazil. With a happy voice, Madalena works on unloading the coal, seeing her loves thwarted by her humble condition. Barata, another typical figure who makes a living from expedients, helps Madalena's father - meanwhile returned, to "register" her - in a kidnapping plan capable of facilitating her reconciliation with Micas, who is reluctant... Things get complicated, but happiness ends up triumphing.
poster
?
8.4
/45/

4242 (2016)
Cristi has just moved to an unknown country, far away from family and friends. At first, she is happy for the challenge. But soon she begins to question her place in this new world that seems to be a lost town, made of absences, distances, silence and indifference. '4242' is the story of a young female immigrant, a story of a teenager's anguish who is trying to redefine her identity after being forced to leave home.
poster
?
8.2
/11/
100
/1/

Quiet Crossing (2019)
45,000 sections of reinforced concrete - three tons each.
 Nearly 300 watchtowers., over 250 dog runs, twenty bunkers.
 Sixty-five​ miles of anti-vehicle trenches—signal wire, barbed wire, beds of nails. Over 11,000 armed guards.
 A death strip of sand, well-raked to reveal footprints. 200 ordinary people shot dead following attempts to escape the communist regime.
 96 miles of concrete wall. Families divided, loved ones lost…
poster
?
5.8
/37/
60
/1/

A Paradise Without Billiards (1991)
An Italian man emigrates to Sweden after getting tempted by the picture painted by his friend's letters but finds the reality quite different.
poster
?
7.0
/18/
70
/2/

Dao (2008)
Dao (22) is a young Thai woman. She arrives in the Netherlands to share the rest of her life with a dutch called Michel. The confrontation with a man she barely knows in a strange country with foreign tastes, scents and habits makes Dao feel rootless. Does she realizes only now what she has started?
poster
GuideDoc
?
7.9
/9/
60
/1/

The Man with the Lantern (2018)
To discover the truth behind the mysterious objects her uncle brought back from the Far East during her childhood, filmmaker Francesca Lixi embarks on a journey to those places through archival footage.
poster
Plex
46
?
4.6
/188/
35
/4/
58
/5/

Próxima (2007)
Tony, the owner of a small fantastic film video shop, has found out that at times reality can defy science-fiction. The time has come to embark on a trip to a place nobody has ever been to before.
poster
?
7.7
/91/
42
/4/
50
/3/

Frosina (1952)
The first Macedonian Movie from 1952- Frosina is one of the many Macedonian wives whose husbands are economic emigrants abroad. Marriage does not bring them a family, only the burden of life itself. After her husband's short visits, she gives birth to children who do not live long because of the poverty into which they have been born. She gives birth to them alone, and she buries them alone. Only her last child, Klime, survives all his various illnesses and grows up to be her one joy in life. The war breaks out...


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