Immigration Movies

A serious accident shatters the night shift at a slaughterhouse on the brink of bankruptcy. Omar must decide whether — and how far — he...

The Chinese dream of Florent, a young French graduate, turns into a nightmare. He is desperate to survive in the Far East. He crosses paths with...

A young Venezuelan freedom fighter seeks asylum in the United States, but his heart remains in the fight back home.

A surreal exploration of queer identity in the face of immigration; following teenager Hajnal as they grapple with the demands of leaving behind...

The film mixes fiction, filmed documents and interviews which recounts the arrival in Paris of an Algerian immigrant lost in the metro. On December...

At the turn of the century, Sephardic Jews fled the turmoil of their homeland to start a new life in America. Filled with interviews, archival photos...

A documentary about Basque inmigrants who went to USA looking for work and a better future. Basically, Amerikanuak talks about feeling homesick,...

Deep in the lush river jungles of Argentina, Alvaro lives a solitary existence fishing and harvesting reeds. What sets him apart from the rest of his...

I’ve never flown without having an overweight suitcase. This film explains why.

This MGM Crime Does Not Pay series short looks at the U.S. Department of Immigration's efforts to halt the smuggling of illegal aliens into the...

Artist Ramiro Gomez advocates for domestic laborers through an art instillation in the Sonoran Desert, in tribute to his immigrant roots.

Examines how the Immigration and Naturalization Service decides who will be granted asylum in the United States. The applicant must have a...

An internet personality journeys to his hometown on the border between Texas and Mexico to visit family members, only to discover that his...

A 30 year old Egyptian man, hard working waiter without a green card, invites a Russian woman, newly arrived American dream chaser, to his house for...

Deep in the Irish countryside, a lost runner stumbles upon a remote cafe where he meets a charismatic stranger.

A luxury condo begins serving as an alluring open house by day, but by night becomes a brief refuge for a family targeted by immigration enforcement.

A documentary about Antti Jalava, a Swedish-Finnish writer who was among the first to write about the immigrant experience in Sweden.

This Ukrainian-Jewish teenager immigrated to San Francisco as a young child. Now on the brink of adulthood, she interviews her grandparents about...

An Iranian boy moves to Luxembourg and forms a friendship with a girl with whom he has no language in common.

A young woman flees from immigration police, desperate to escape an inevitable fate. As the tension builds in a single continuous shot, her options...