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

51. Fair Play (2014)

100 min | Drama, Sport

The 1980s in Czechoslovakia. The young talented sprinter Anna (Judit Bárdos) is selected for the national team and starts training to qualify for the Olympic Games. As a part of the ... See full summary »

Director: Andrea Sedlácková | Stars: Judit Bárdos, Anna Geislerová, Roman Luknár, Eva Podzimková

Votes: 1,102

52. Épouse-moi mon pote (2017)

92 min | Comedy, Romance

To avoid deportation, Yassine asks his best friend Fred to marry him.

Director: Tarek Boudali | Stars: Tarek Boudali, Philippe Lacheau, Charlotte Gabris, Nadège Dabrowski

Votes: 4,141

53. Zelary (2003)

R | 150 min | Drama, Romance, War

A nurse is part of the resistance in 1940s Czech Republic. She is discovered and must find a place to hide. A patient whose life she saved, from a remote mountain village where time stopped 150 years ago, agrees to hide her as his wife.

Director: Ondrej Trojan | Stars: Anna Geislerová, György Cserhalmi, Ivan Trojan, Jaroslava Adamová

Votes: 3,760 | Gross: $0.33M

54. Welcome to Chechnya (2020)

TV-MA | 107 min | Documentary

A group of activists risk their lives fighting for LGBTQ+ rights in Chechnya.

Director: David France | Stars: Olga Baranova, David Isteev, Ramzan Kadyrov, Maxim Lapunov

Votes: 3,152

55. Paradise (2016)

130 min | Drama, War

Follows three people whose paths cross during a terrible time of war: Olga, a Russian aristocratic emigrant and member of the French Resistance; Jules, a French collaborator; and Helmut, a high-ranking German SS officer.

Director: Andrey Konchalovskiy | Stars: Jakob Diehl, Peter Kurth, Yuliya Khlynina, Philippe Duquesne

Votes: 2,035 | Gross: $0.01M

56. Date Wine (1998)

110 min | Drama, Romance

This film is an exploration of what happens to places in general, and people in particular, once the menfolk abandon an Egyptian village to investigate the greener-grass on the proverbial '... See full summary »

Director: Radwan El-Kashef | Stars: Seif Abdelrahman, Manal Afifi, Hamdy Ahmed, Fayza Amasaib

Votes: 596

57. The World is Big and Salvation Lurks Around the Corner (2008)

105 min | Drama

The story of Alex, who, with the help of his charismatic grandfather, Bai Dan, embarks on a journey in search of his real self.

Director: Stephan Komandarev | Stars: Predrag 'Miki' Manojlovic, Carlo Ljubek, Hristo Mutafchiev, Ana Papadopulu

Votes: 6,107

58. Lamerica (1994)

116 min | Comedy, Drama

Immediately after the fall of communism in Albania, two Italians go there to embezzle investment money by creating a fake company. As the chairman/fall guy, they pick a former political prisoner who turns out to be more than meets the eye.

Director: Gianni Amelio | Stars: Enrico Lo Verso, Michele Placido, Piro Milkani, Carmelo Di Mazzarelli

Votes: 2,379 | Gross: $0.44M

59. Foreign Body (1986)

PG-13 | 111 min | Comedy

An unemployed Indian engineer emigrates to England to find work and through a series of circumstances, ends up impersonating a doctor to win the attention of an attractive young woman.

Director: Ronald Neame | Stars: Victor Banerjee, Warren Mitchell, Denis Quilley, Amanda Donohoe

Votes: 324

60. Pasport (1990)

103 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

A case of mistaken identity, by a switched Passport leaves a Georgian man stranded in Israel.

Director: Georgiy Daneliya | Stars: Gérard Darmon, Natalya Gundareva, Oleg Yankovskiy, Armen Dzhigarkhanyan

Votes: 1,222

61. Alone with Her Dreams (2019)

95 min | Drama

A story of great women set in an impervious nature, told among the silence of the left unsaid.

Director: Paolo Licata | Stars: Tania Bambaci, Marta Castiglia, Nicoletta Cifariello, Claudio Collovà

Votes: 555

62. Chronicle of an Escape (2006)

R | 103 min | Crime, Thriller

The goalkeeper of a little-known soccer team is kidnapped by a Argentinean government squad and sent to a detention center. After months of torture, he plots his escape with three other young men.

Director: Israel Adrián Caetano | Stars: Rodrigo de la Serna, Pablo Echarri, Nazareno Casero, Lautaro Delgado

Votes: 3,710 | Gross: $0.00M

63. Obce niebo (2015)

107 min | Drama, Thriller

A family of Polish immigrants lives in Sweden. One innocent lie triggers suspicions and leads to their daughter being placed with a foster family by social services. The parents undertake a dramatic fight to get their child back.

Director: Dariusz Gajewski | Stars: Agnieszka Grochowska, Bartlomiej Topa, Barbara Kubiak, Ewa Fröling

Votes: 460

64. Home from Home: Chronicle of a Vision (2013)

Not Rated | 231 min | Drama, History

Jakob longs for a new life for himself and his troubled family in Brazil.

Director: Edgar Reitz | Stars: Jan Dieter Schneider, Antonia Bill, Maximilian Scheidt, Marita Breuer

Votes: 1,542

65. How I Got Here (2022– )

TV-G | Adventure

Young adults and their immigrant parents embark on a poignant 10-day homeland trip, savoring local delicacies and scenery while reflecting on the sacrifices that brought their families to their current circumstances.

Stars: Amanda Paige Philipson, Jamila Pomeroy, Kaelyn Yoon-MacRae, Abdul Ali

Votes: 21

66. Hauser's Memory (1970 TV Movie)

GP | 96 min | Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller

A scientist is persuaded by the government to inject himself with the brain fluid of a dying colleague in order to preserve missile-defense secrets. However, he finds that he is now torn ... See full summary »

Director: Boris Sagal | Stars: David McCallum, Susan Strasberg, Helmut Käutner, Leslie Nielsen

Votes: 135

67. Jerusalem (1996)

PG-13 | 168 min | Drama

The beginning of the 20th century. Gertrud and Ingmar are in love with each other. While Ingmar is away during the winter, a religious wave spreads in the area. Also Gertrud becomes a ... See full summary »

Director: Bille August | Stars: Maria Bonnevie, Ulf Friberg, Pernilla August, Lena Endre

Votes: 1,563

68. Un Franco 14 Pesetas (2006)

102 min | Comedy, Drama

Spain 1960, the dawn of the country's economic development. Industrial "reorganization" means that many workers have lost their jobs and are forced to emigrate. Martin is one of them. ... See full summary »

Director: Carlos Iglesias | Stars: Carlos Iglesias, Javier Gutiérrez, Nieve de Medina, Isabel Blanco

Votes: 1,454

69. A Thousand Suns (2013)

45 min | Documentary

Magaye Niang, the main actor of Senegalese film classic Touki Bouki (1973), is an average farmer today. After a screening of the film he recalls his first love, who left the country years ago.

Director: Mati Diop | Stars: Magaye Niang, Wasis Diop, Ben D. Beye, Issa Samb

Votes: 177

70. Ten Minutes Older: The Cello (2002)

146 min | Drama, Music, Musical

Collection of short films the summaries of which include; a foreign man moving to Italy, getting married and having a child; a four split scene short involving plot-less images of old ... See full summary »

Directors: Bernardo Bertolucci, Claire Denis, Mike Figgis, Jean-Luc Godard, Jirí Menzel, Michael Radford, Volker Schlöndorff, István Szabó | Stars: Amit Rayani, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Mark Long, Rudolf Hrusínský

Votes: 1,867

71. The Path of Hope (1950)

105 min | Adventure, Drama

The story of a group of Sicilian miners and their families, and their hardships as they decide to illegally cross the border to France.

Director: Pietro Germi | Stars: Raf Vallone, Elena Varzi, Saro Urzì, Franco Navarra

Votes: 686

72. Lída Baarová (2016)

TV-14 | 106 min | Biography, Drama, History

A biographical film about the black-and-white era Czech actress Lída Baarová and her doomed love affair with one of the Third Reich's most powerful men: the Minister of Propaganda, Joseph Goebbels.

Director: Filip Renc | Stars: Tatiana Pauhofová, Karl Markovics, Gedeon Burkhard, Simona Stasová

Votes: 2,483

73. American Dreams in China (2013)

112 min | Comedy, Drama

The story of three friends who build a successful English language school in China called "New Dream". This school helps the dreams of Chinese teenagers come true. Before they stood proudly... See full summary »

Director: Peter Ho-Sun Chan | Stars: Xiaoming Huang, Dawei Tong, Chao Deng, Du Juan

Votes: 2,892

74. Lovefilm (1970)

Not Rated | 123 min | Drama

Jancsi reminiscences about Kata his childhood friend in WWII Budapest, They are separated as a result of 1956 revolution. Reunited as adults, they struggle with whether they will stay in each others lives.

Director: István Szabó | Stars: Judit Halász, András Bálint, Edit Kelemen, András Szamosfalvi

Votes: 872

75. That Trip We Took with Dad (2016)

111 min | Comedy, Drama

The story is set in 1968, when a Romanian-German family from the city of Arad starts a journey to the German Democratic Republic.

Director: Anca Miruna Lazarescu | Stars: Alexandru Margineanu, Razvan Enciu, Ovidiu Schumacher, Susanne Bormann

Votes: 661

76. Dr. Petiot (1990)

102 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

Based on the real life of Dr. Marcel Petiot: During world war II Petiot, an MD living in occupied Paris, promised to help wealthy Jewish people among his patients to flee occupied France ... See full summary »

Director: Christian de Chalonge | Stars: Michel Serrault, Pierre Romans, Bérangère Bonvoisin, Zbigniew Horoks

Votes: 800

77. Go West!

Comedy | Announced

1976. With a goal of emigrating to America, the Myshkins divorce and marry their respective Jewish neighbors, but get stranded in Vienna, Austria.

Director: Alexander Hahn | Stars: Steve Guttenberg, Maria de Medeiros, Adam Rose, Stephen Baldwin

78. The Way We Laughed (1998)

124 min | Drama

Turin at the end of the fifties: two brothers have emigrated there from Sicily and the older works very hard to let the younger study and free himself from poverty through culture. The boy ... See full summary »

Director: Gianni Amelio | Stars: Francesco Giuffrida, Enrico Lo Verso, Fabrizio Gifuni, Calogero Caruana

Votes: 840 | Gross: $0.04M

79. Titanic: Birth of a Legend (2005 TV Movie)

75 min | Documentary, Drama

Dramatised documentary which follows the lives of the men who designed and built Titanic and her sister ship Olympic at the Harland & Wolff shipyard in Belfast, showing the violence, ... See full summary »

Director: William Lyons | Stars: Charles Dance, Gordon Langford Rowe, Charles Lawson, Damian O'Hare

Votes: 206

80. Beg (1971)

196 min | Drama, History, War

The defeat of the "White Army" in the Russian Civil War of 1918-21, causing massive emigration of the upper classes and nobility, called "White Russians". Set in Crimea, Constantinopol and ... See full summary »

Directors: Aleksandr Alov, Vladimir Naumov | Stars: Lyudmila Saveleva, Aleksey Batalov, Mikhail Ulyanov, Tatyana Tkach

Votes: 1,262

81. Pelle der Eroberer (1986 TV Movie)

89 min | Drama

Near the end of the 19th century ten-year-old Pelle and his elderly widowed father Lasse leave Sweden for Denmark. Due to his age Lasse can only find work on a large farm where workers are ... See full summary »

Director: Christian Steinke | Stars: Stefan Schrader, Martin Trettau, Klaus Manchen, Karin Gregorek

Votes: 71

82. Korona Rossiyskoy Imperii, ili Snova Neulovimye (1971)

134 min | Action, Adventure, History

The last part of the trilogy, consists of two series. The civil war is over, but not all enemies have been defeated yet. Grown up and matured guys are fighting bandits of all stripes, bringing the bright future of socialism closer.

Director: Edmond Keosayan | Stars: Mikhail Metyolkin, Viktor Kosykh, Vasiliy Vasilev, Valentina Kurdyukova

Votes: 1,006

83. The Lost Wife

Drama, Romance | Announced

A Polish art student's love affair with her best friend's older brother is torn apart by the German invasion.

Star: Daisy Ridley

84. 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

85. La vida no vale nada (1955)

TV-PG | 100 min | Drama

Con una perspectiva un poco fatalista sobre la naturaleza humana y la búsqueda de la felicidad a través del amor, Pablo experimenta de manera cínica algunas relaciones sin éxito.

Director: Rogelio A. González | Stars: Pedro Infante, Rosario Granados, Domingo Soler, Magda Guzmán

Votes: 134

86. Waiting for Happiness (2002)

90 min | Drama, Music

The story of two people who cross paths in Nouhadhibou.

Director: Abderrahmane Sissako | Stars: Khatra Ould Abder Kader, Maata Ould Mohamed Abeid, Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Mohamed, Fatimetou Mint Ahmeda

Votes: 1,098 | Gross: $0.00M

87. ...and the Pursuit of Happiness (1986 TV Movie)

80 min | Documentary

After acknowledging his own immigrant background, Malle, tries to present the range of immigrant experiences in the US during the 1980's. In an attempt to be comprehensive, the film ... See full summary »

Director: Louis Malle | Stars: Franklin Chang-Diaz, Guillermo Gómez-Peña, Lenwood Johnson, Boris Lyoskin

Votes: 524

88. Roda tsanta kai kopana (2011)

Comedy

Picking up nearly 30 years after the last movie, the students, now adults, get to work at the school they once attended. Now, Bilias and the rest of the crew will have to face the same things they once used to do to their own teachers.

Director: Omiros Efstratiadis | Stars: Kostas Voutsas, Steve Douzos, Eleni Filini, Nena Chronopoulou

Votes: 786

89. Lost Souls (1989)

88 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror

Like many Hong Kong people, the Ling family are hoping to immigrate to Canada - but then they all die in a gas poisoning accident. Their death isn't going to stop them, but it turns out migrating in the next life takes money, too.

Director: David Lai | Stars: Bill Tung, Lydia Shum, David Wu, Sheila Chan

Votes: 119

90. Once a Moth (1976)

TV-PG | 99 min | Drama

A young nurse questions her planned emigration to the United States, and her country's post-colonial conditions, following her brother's fatal shooting by an American soldier from the nearby military base.

Director: Lupita Aquino-Kashiwahara | Stars: Nora Aunor, Jay Ilagan, Gloria Sevilla, Perla Bautista

Votes: 64

91. Gnade (2012)

132 min | Drama

A struggling German couple starts finding each other again after keeping as a secret about being responsible for a horrific accident.

Director: Matthias Glasner | Stars: Birgit Minichmayr, Jürgen Vogel, Henry Stange, Ane Dahl Torp

Votes: 1,008

92. Identity Card (2010)

137 min | Comedy, Drama

Bittersweet comedy from Ondrej Trojan - "Obcanský prukaz", based on book by Petr Sabach about four teenage boys, their friends, parents, lovers - from the moment when they are 15 to moment ... See full summary »

Director: Ondrej Trojan | Stars: Libor Kovár, Matous Vrba, Jakub Sárka, Jan Vlcek

Votes: 1,195

93. Rio das Mortes (1971 TV Movie)

84 min | Comedy

Michel and Guenther, working in dead-end jobs, are obsessed with going to Peru to find buried treasure, using a map of the Rio das Mortes. Michel's girlfriend, Hanna, humors their plan, but really just wants to get married.

Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder | Stars: Hanna Schygulla, Michael König, Günther Kaufmann, Katrin Schaake

Votes: 748

94. Rebelové (2001)

109 min | Musical, Comedy, Romance

Musical retromovie from the 60's in Czech republic. Story about star-crossed lovers - student Tereza and a boy who deserted from the army.

Director: Filip Renc | Stars: Zuzana Norisová, Jan Révai, Tomás Hanák, Martin Kubacák

Votes: 732

95. Laboratory Greece (2019)

165 min | Documentary

A journey through Greece and Europe's past and recent history: from the Second World War to the current crisis. It is a historical documentary, a look into many stories.

Director: Jacopo Brogi | Stars: Filippo Abbate, Konrad Adenauer, Salvador Allende, Rania Antonopoulos

Votes: 32

96. Philadelphia, Here I Come! (1974)

Not Rated | 95 min | Drama

Friel contrasts Gar's cloistered emotional life with his gregarious social persona by portraying him as two distinct characters, a public self (Donal McCann) and a private self (Des Cave).

Director: John Quested | Stars: Donal McCann, Des Cave, Siobhan McKenna, Eamon Kelly

Votes: 118

97. Ik vertrek (2005– )

Reality-TV

The series follows the lives of the people who are planning to move to different countries, depicting the emotional farewells, and the ups and downs associated with moving to a new country.

Stars: Tessa de Jong-Severijns, Bouwe de Jong, Daniël Dekker, Edwin Diergaarde

Votes: 30

98. Tender Waves (2013)

96 min | Comedy, Romance

The congenial Vojta is bashful and his family is batty. His short-tempered father, who once failed to swim the English Channel, wants him to be a competing swimmer and his loving mother, a ... See full summary »

Director: Jirí Vejdelek | Stars: Tatiana Pauhofová, Hynek Cermák, Robert Cejnar, Lucie Steflová

Votes: 339

99. Douce (1943)

Not Rated | 90 min | Drama

In Paris in 1887, Irène works as a governess to Douce, the grand-daughter of the dowager Countess de Bonafé. Douce believes she is in love with Fabien, the handsome manager of the estate. ... See full summary »

Director: Claude Autant-Lara | Stars: Odette Joyeux, Madeleine Robinson, Marguerite Moreno, Jean Debucourt

Votes: 422

100. The March (1990)

100 min | Drama

A group of several thousand Africans migrate westward across northern Africa and sail across the Strait of Gibraltar to Europe. Their message is: "We are poor because you are rich."

Director: David Wheatley | Stars: Malick Bowens, Juliet Stevenson, Joseph Mydell, Dermot Crowley

Votes: 154