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1. The Hunt (II) (2020)
R | 90 min | Action, Horror, Thriller
Twelve strangers wake up in a clearing. They don't know where they are, or how they got there. They don't know they've been chosen - for a very specific purpose - The Hunt.
Director: Craig Zobel | Stars: Betty Gilpin, Hilary Swank, Ike Barinholtz, Wayne Duvall
Votes: 129,701 | Gross: $5.81M
2. The Proposal (I) (2009)
PG-13 | 108 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A pushy boss forces her young assistant to marry her in order to keep her visa status in the U.S. and avoid deportation to Canada.
Director: Anne Fletcher | Stars: Sandra Bullock, Ryan Reynolds, Mary Steenburgen, Craig T. Nelson
Votes: 362,135 | Gross: $163.96M
3. Crash (I) (2004)
R | 112 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Los Angeles citizens with vastly separate lives collide in interweaving stories of race, loss and redemption.
Director: Paul Haggis | Stars: Don Cheadle, Sandra Bullock, Thandiwe Newton, Karina Arroyave
Votes: 449,766 | Gross: $54.58M
4. Capernaum (2018)
R | 126 min | Drama
While serving a five-year sentence for a violent crime, a 12-year-old boy sues his parents for neglect.
Director: Nadine Labaki | Stars: Zain Al Rafeea, Yordanos Shiferaw, Boluwatife Treasure Bankole, Kawsar Al Haddad
Votes: 106,215 | Gross: $1.66M
5. Downsizing (2017)
R | 135 min | Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
A social satire in which a man realizes he would have a better life if he were to shrink himself to five inches tall, allowing him to live in wealth and splendor.
Director: Alexander Payne | Stars: Matt Damon, Christoph Waltz, Hong Chau, Kristen Wiig
Votes: 125,286 | Gross: $24.45M
6. Exodus (1960)
Approved | 208 min | Action, Drama, War
The State of Israel is created in 1948, resulting in war with its Arab neighbors.
Director: Otto Preminger | Stars: Paul Newman, Eva Marie Saint, Ralph Richardson, Peter Lawford
Votes: 11,444 | Gross: $18.97M
7. The Immigrant (2013)
R | 120 min | Drama, Romance
In 1921, an innocent immigrant woman is tricked into a life of burlesque and vaudeville until a dazzling magician tries to save her and reunite her with her sister who is being held in the confines of Ellis Island.
Director: James Gray | Stars: Marion Cotillard, Joaquin Phoenix, Jeremy Renner, Dagmara Dominczyk
Votes: 33,854 | Gross: $2.01M
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: 24,558 | Gross: $0.45M
9. Daughter of Shanghai (1937)
Passed | 62 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
A Chinese-American woman tries to expose an illegal-alien smuggling ring.
Director: Robert Florey | Stars: Anna May Wong, Charles Bickford, Buster Crabbe, Cecil Cunningham
Votes: 591
10. The Astronaut Farmer (2006)
PG | 104 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
A NASA astronaut, forced to retire years earlier so he could save his family farm, has never given up his dream of space travel and looks to build his own rocket, despite the government's threats to stop him.
Director: Michael Polish | Stars: Billy Bob Thornton, Virginia Madsen, Bruce Dern, Max Thieriot
Votes: 23,299 | Gross: $11.00M
11. The Other Side of Hope (2017)
Not Rated | 100 min | Comedy, Drama
A poker-playing restaurateur and former traveling salesman befriends a group of refugees newly arrived to Finland.
Director: Aki Kaurismäki | Stars: Sherwan Haji, Sakari Kuosmanen, Kaija Pakarinen, Tuomari Nurmio
Votes: 13,701 | Gross: $0.18M
12. Jimmy's Hall (2014)
PG-13 | 109 min | Biography, Drama, History
During the Depression, Jimmy Gralton returns home to Ireland after ten years of exile in America. Seeing the levels of poverty and oppression, the activist in him reawakens and he looks to re-open the dance hall that led to his deportation.
Director: Ken Loach | Stars: Barry Ward, Francis Magee, Aileen Henry, Simone Kirby
Votes: 6,970 | Gross: $0.56M
13. Ladybird Ladybird (1994)
R | 101 min | Drama
Maggie, an unmarried mother of four children by four different men who abused her, leaves her kids home alone one night. A fire injures them and child services takes custody. Maggie fails to regain custody of her children.
Director: Ken Loach | Stars: Crissy Rock, Vladimir Vega, Sandie Lavelle, Mauricio Venegas
Votes: 3,835 | Gross: $0.15M
14. Home (2019–2020)
27 min | Comedy, Drama
Peter, his new partner Katy, and her son John return home to Dorking from their first holiday together in France. Hiding in the boot of their car is Sami, a Syrian refugee.
Stars: Rufus Jones, Rebekah Staton, Youssef Kerkour, Oaklee Pendergast
Votes: 1,141
15. That Girl in Yellow Boots (2010)
Not Rated | 103 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A British woman faces challenges while attempting to locate her father in India.
Director: Anurag Kashyap | Stars: Kalki Koechlin, Prashant Prakash, Naseeruddin Shah, Gulshan Devaiah
Votes: 4,105
16. Mala Noche (1986)
Not Rated | 78 min | Drama
A story of amour fou. Walt is madly in love/lust with a young illegal Mexican immigrant. However, the object of his unrequited affection doesn't even speak any English and finds Walt really... See full summary »
Director: Gus Van Sant | Stars: Tim Streeter, Doug Cooeyate, Ray Monge, Nyla McCarthy
Votes: 4,340
17. Lost Paradise (2012)
93 min | Drama
Lucie lives with her father Hugo. Her mother has been gone for a year and the abscence brought father and daughter even closer. However, when the mother returns, Hugo's taken by ... See full summary »
Director: Ève Deboise | Stars: Pauline Etienne, Olivier Rabourdin, Florence Thomassin, Ouassini Embarek
Votes: 246
18. My Man Godfrey (1957)
Unrated | 92 min | Comedy, Mystery, Romance
The spoiled daughter of a rich American family hires as butler an Austrian vagrant she finds on a pier, without knowing that he illegally jumped ship.
Director: Henry Koster | Stars: June Allyson, David Niven, Jessie Royce Landis, Robert Keith
Votes: 1,127
19. Icon of French Cinema (2023– )
Comedy, Drama
Judith, a former successful French actress, comes back to Paris to resume her career after a few years break in LA. Meanwhile, she sees her teenage daughter engaging in a relationship with an older man, just as it happened when she was 14.
Stars: Judith Godrèche, Tess Barthélémy, Liz Kingsman, Gina Cailin
Votes: 115
20. Ladrón que roba a ladrón (2007)
PG-13 | 98 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Two former thieves reunite to rob the biggest thief they know -- Moctesuma Valdez, a TV infomercial guru who's made millions selling worthless health products to poor Latino immigrants. When none of their affiliates want to go undercover as day laborers to pull off the heist, the two men turn to the real thing for help.
Director: Joe Menendez | Stars: Fernando Colunga, Miguel Varoni, Julie Gonzalo, Saúl Lisazo
Votes: 1,985 | Gross: $4.00M
21. Silver City (2004)
R | 128 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery
The discovery of a corpse threatens to unravel a bumbling local politician's campaign for governor of Colorado.
Director: John Sayles | Stars: Chris Cooper, Thora Birch, Maria Bello, Billy Zane
Votes: 4,236 | Gross: $1.02M
22. No News from God (2001)
R | 112 min | Crime, Drama
Two angels, one from the heaven and one from the hell, come to earth to save the soul of a boxer.
Director: Agustín Díaz Yanes | Stars: Penélope Cruz, Victoria Abril, Jero García, Gerardo Giacinti
Votes: 5,723 | Gross: $0.08M
23. Operation Eichmann (1961)
Approved | 92 min | Crime, Drama, History
With the defeat of Germany that ends World War II in Europe, the Allies discover the true horror of more than six million Jews slaughtered by the Nazis - and the fact that one of the ... See full summary »
Director: R.G. Springsteen | Stars: Werner Klemperer, Ruta Lee, Donald Buka, Luis Van Rooten
Votes: 314
24. Margarita (2012)
Not Rated | 90 min | Comedy, Drama
Behind the facade of a beautiful urban home, a combination of complacency and bad investments has left power couple Ben and Gail disconnected, resentful and just about broke. When the ... See full summary »
Directors: Dominique Cardona, Laurie Colbert | Stars: Nicola Correia-Damude, Patrick McKenna, Claire Lautier, Christine Horne
Votes: 459
25. Chris Rock: Never Scared (2004 TV Special)
Not Rated | 80 min | Documentary, Comedy
Are you ready for Rock? Actor/director/comedian Chris Rock performs a gut-busting set in his fourth HBO stand-up special taped before a live audience at Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C.
Director: Joel Gallen | Stars: Chris Rock, Dionicio Chambers, Doug E. Fresh, Eric Edwards
Votes: 5,701
26. A Season in France (2017)
100 min | Drama
An African high school teacher flees his war-torn country for France, where he falls in love with a Frenchwoman who offers a roof for him and his family.
Director: Mahamat-Saleh Haroun | Stars: Eriq Ebouaney, Sandrine Bonnaire, Aalayna Lys, Ibrahim Burama Darboe
Votes: 600
27. For the Love of Mary (1948)
Approved | 90 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
A 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: 420
28. Final Sale (2011)
Not Rated | 91 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A woman undergoes an illegal organ transplant only to discover that the young girl who donated the kidney died during the operation. Determined to stop this heinous activity, but torn by ... See full summary »
Director: Andrew C. Erin | Stars: Laura Harris, Ivan Sergei, Kaitlin Doubleday, Jonathan LaPaglia
Votes: 306
29. Illégal (2010)
Not Rated | 90 min | Drama
A single mother of a thirteen-year-old boy from Belarus seeks refuge in Belgium with dreams of a better life, but instead, she will be incarcerated and separated from her son, risking deportation.
Director: Olivier Masset-Depasse | Stars: Anne Coesens, Alexandre Gontcharov, Milo Masset-Depasse, Natalia Belokonskaya
Votes: 944 | Gross: $0.00M
30. A Lady Without Passport (1950)
Approved | 74 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
During the 1950s, an undercover U.S. Immigration investigator travels to Cuba to bust a crime ring that smuggles illegal-aliens into the USA but he falls in love with a smuggled woman.
Director: Joseph H. Lewis | Stars: Hedy Lamarr, John Hodiak, James Craig, George Macready
Votes: 921
31. The Aliens (2017)
Not Rated | 105 min | Drama
A UFO believer must choose between the aliens above he has never seen or the mysterious guide who appears in his campsite week after week.
Director: Byron Yee | Stars: Byron Yee, Stephanie Arcila, Mauricio Zatarain, Anne Marie Scheffler
Votes: 85
32. Förortsungar (2006)
Not Rated | 96 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
Kidz in da Hood is the gripping and warm story of Amina, who came to Sweden with her grandfather three years ago. Amina has not yet received her residency permit and when her grandfather ... See full summary »
Directors: Catti Edfeldt, Ylva Gustavsson | Stars: Beylula Kidane Adgoy, Gustaf Skarsgård, Embla Hjulström, Jennifer Brown
Votes: 965
33. Morgen (2010)
100 min | Drama
A low-key satire that takes a droll approach to the serious subject of illegal immigration.
Director: Marian Crisan | Stars: András Hatházi, Yilmaz Yalçin, Elvira Rimbu, Dorin C. Zachei
Votes: 1,171
34. Smugglers' Cove (1948)
Passed | 66 min | Comedy, Crime, Family
The Bowery Boys run into a smuggling operation when Slip checks out a manor he mistakenly believes he's inherited
Director: William Beaudine | Stars: Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Gabriel Dell, Martin Kosleck
Votes: 349
35. In the Courtyard (2014)
R | 97 min | Comedy, Drama
Antoine is too depressed to go on playing in his rock band. After wandering in the streets, he decides to seek an occupation. Unskilled as he is, he is lucky to be hired as the caretaker of an old Paris apartment building.
Director: Pierre Salvadori | Stars: Catherine Deneuve, Gustave Kervern, Féodor Atkine, Pio Marmaï
Votes: 1,448
36. 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
37. My Father's Guests (2010)
Not Rated | 100 min | Comedy
Lucien Paumelle has been a human-rights activist for decades and his relatives are not astonished when he announces that he is determined to help illegal immigrants by giving them shelter ... See full summary »
Director: Anne Le Ny | Stars: Karin Viard, Flore Babled, Michel Aumont, Fabrice Luchini
Votes: 845
38. A Mother's Story (2011)
100 min | Drama
Makeup artist Medy (Pokwang) was given the chance of a lifetime to accompany a concert star to the United States for a performance. She promised her family that she would return after a ... See full summary »
Director: John-D Lazatin | Stars: Pokwang, Nonie Buencamino, Rayver Cruz, Xyriel Manabat
Votes: 50
39. Boy (2012)
TV-14 | 48 min | Drama
"Boy" tells the story of an invisible member of our society, an undocumented Filipino cleaner. He has no name. Moving continuously from one location to the other, he is living between being... See full summary »
Director: Tami Ravid | Stars: Gerald Gonzales, Bart Klever, Arvin Quirante, René van Zinnicq Bergman
Votes: 59
40. Chasing Life (2007 Video)
R | 82 min | Crime, Drama, Music
A female rock singer and her band, on her way to Los Angeles, in search of love and stardom, is forced to face the secrets of her past when her band breaks down in a racist town in Texas.
Director: Daniel Glasser | Stars: Jodi Nelson-Tabor, Tristan Aronovich, Jason Bonduris, Ransom Boynton
Votes: 8
41. Silent Cargo (2011)
16 min | Short, Thriller
12 Illegal immigrants are smuggled across the ocean in a shipping container. Trapped in the container 3 weeks longer than expected, most have died leaving only 4 survivors with diminishing ... See full summary »
Director: Adam Azimov | Stars: Ellen Wong, Saad Siddiqui, Ronica Sajnani, Supinder Wraich
Votes: 41
42. Al-Adham (2009– )
Drama
Adham travels to Ukraine with a group of illegal immigrants to seek employment and escape the conflicts that had torn his family apart for more than twenty years.
Stars: Ahmed Ezz, Cyrine AbdelNour, Salah Abdullah, Hanan Sulieman
Votes: 142
43. Il tramite (2004)
104 min | Drama
In southern Italy, Rollo, a nearly mute, large, muscular young man, is part of a crime gang. He wants to go on "an escort," to smuggle a ten-year-old Moroccan boy into Switzerland where ... See full summary »
Director: Stefano Reali | Stars: Maurizio Mattioli, Valerio Foglia Manzillo, Ana Papadopulu, Bayed Mohamed Ismail
Votes: 162
44. Hop (2002)
106 min | Comedy, Drama
All Justin and his father want to do is sit down and enjoy a soccer game together. This simple act sparks a chain of events leading to Justin running from the law. He must embark on a ... See full summary »
Director: Dominique Standaert | Stars: Kalomba Mboyi, Jan Decleir, Antje de Boeck, Ansou Diedhiou
Votes: 458
45. Days of Love (1999 TV Movie)
Comedy
The adventures and sexual encounters of youth coming age.
Directors: Eitan Dotan, Evgeny Afineevsky | Stars: Yehuda Efroni, Dina Golan, Aviva Marks, Aryeh Moskona
Votes: 7
46. GG 19 - Eine Reise durch Deutschland in 19 Artikeln (2007)
143 min | Comedy, Drama
GG 19 is a cinematic journey through Germany within 19 articles. Á la short cuts, in 19 stories, the fundamental rights of the Federal Republic of Germany become an emotional experience. ... See full summary »
Directors: Boris Anderson, Ansgar Ahlers, Marcel Ahrens, Sabine Bernardi, Axel Bold, Savas Ceviz, David Dietl, Nina Franoszek, Johannes Harth, Marion Kracht, André F. Nebe, Carolin Otterbach, Kerstin Polte, Christine Repond, Andreas Samland, Harald Siebler, Suzanne von Borsody, Johannes von Gwinner, Philipp von Werther | Stars: Adriana Altaras, Thomas Bading, Claudia Maria Bauer, Stephan Boden
Votes: 51
47. Spartacus & Cassandra (2014)
80 min | Documentary
Spartacus and Cassandra, the children of two homeless Roma, have been taken in by the young street worker Camille. In her little community she helps homeless and poor children and performs ... See full summary »
Director: Ioanis Nuguet | Stars: Cassandra Dumitru, Spartacus Ursu, Camille Brisson, Lamina Dumitru
Votes: 114
48. Nachbarinnen (2004)
88 min | Drama
The single package-delivery woman Dora lives a somewhat reclusive life in a high-rise in Leipzig and gets through everyday life with her dry sense of humor. But her quiet, well-ordered life... See full summary »
Director: Francis Meletzky | Stars: Dagmar Manzel, Grazyna Szapolowska, Jörg Schüttauf, Berndt Stübner
Votes: 132
49. Une pure coïncidence (2002)
92 min | Comedy, Documentary
Director: Romain Goupil | Stars: Alain Cyroulnik, Romain Goupil, Olivier Martin, Nicolas Minkowski
Votes: 79
50. Hatch (2011)
PG-13 | 19 min | Short, Drama
A newborn's destiny hangs in the balance as grownups come to terms with what they cannot have.
Director: Christoph Kuschnig | Stars: Max Mayer, Vedran Kos, Tina Keserovic, Andreas Patton
Votes: 43