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

1. Scarface (1983)

R | 170 min | Crime, Drama

In 1980 Miami, a determined Cuban immigrant takes over a drug cartel and succumbs to greed.

Director: Brian De Palma | Stars: Al Pacino, Michelle Pfeiffer, Steven Bauer, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio

Votes: 920,619 | Gross: $45.60M

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: 362,361 | Gross: $163.96M

3. Machete (2010)

R | 105 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

After being set-up and betrayed by the man who hired him to assassinate a Texas Senator, an ex-Federale launches a brutal rampage of revenge against his former boss.

Directors: Ethan Maniquis, Robert Rodriguez | Stars: Danny Trejo, Michelle Rodriguez, Robert De Niro, Jessica Alba

Votes: 204,349 | Gross: $26.59M

4. Decision to Leave (2022)

Not Rated | 139 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A detective investigating a man's death in the mountains meets the dead man's mysterious wife in the course of his dogged sleuthing.

Director: Park Chan-wook | Stars: Park Hae-il, Tang Wei, Lee Jung-hyun, Go Kyung-pyo

Votes: 55,997

5. The Bourne Legacy (2012)

PG-13 | 135 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller

An expansion of the universe from Robert Ludlum's novels, centered on a new hero whose stakes have been triggered by the events of the previous three films.

Director: Tony Gilroy | Stars: Jeremy Renner, Rachel Weisz, Edward Norton, Scott Glenn

Votes: 316,277 | Gross: $113.20M

6. Like Crazy (2011)

PG-13 | 86 min | Drama, Romance

A British college student falls for an American student, only to be separated from him when she's banned from the U.S. after overstaying her visa.

Director: Drake Doremus | Stars: Felicity Jones, Anton Yelchin, Jennifer Lawrence, Charlie Bewley

Votes: 63,362 | Gross: $3.41M

7. Spring (I) (2014)

Not Rated | 109 min | Horror, Romance, Sci-Fi

A young man in a personal tailspin flees from US to Italy, where he sparks up a romance with a woman harboring a dark, primordial secret.

Directors: Justin Benson, Aaron Moorhead | Stars: Lou Taylor Pucci, Nadia Hilker, Francesco Carnelutti, Nick Nevern

Votes: 31,546 | Gross: $0.05M

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: 24,563 | Gross: $0.45M

9. 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: 33,868 | Gross: $2.01M

10. Grand Canyon (1991)

R | 134 min | Crime, Drama

The fates of several people are randomly intertwining. Their sympathy of each other faces multiple differences in their lifestyles.

Director: Lawrence Kasdan | Stars: Danny Glover, Kevin Kline, Steve Martin, Mary McDonnell

Votes: 16,762 | Gross: $33.24M

11. Dheepan (2015)

R | 115 min | Crime, Drama

Dheepan is a Sri Lankan Tamil warrior who flees to France and ends up working as a caretaker outside Paris.

Director: Jacques Audiard | Stars: Jesuthasan Antonythasan, Kalieaswari Srinivasan, Claudine Vinasithamby, Vincent Rottiers

Votes: 16,898 | Gross: $0.25M

12. Maria Full of Grace (2004)

R | 101 min | Crime, Drama

A pregnant Colombian teenager becomes a drug mule to make some desperately-needed money for her family.

Director: Joshua Marston | Stars: Catalina Sandino Moreno, Guilied Lopez, Orlando Tobón, Virginia Cristina Ariza

Votes: 36,250 | Gross: $6.52M

13. Ernest Saves Christmas (1988)

PG | 95 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy

Ernest helps Santa Claus as he searches for his successor.

Director: John R. Cherry III | Stars: Jim Varney, Douglas Seale, Oliver Clark, Noelle Parker

Votes: 12,885 | Gross: $28.20M

14. Chinese Puzzle (2013)

R | 117 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A 40-year-old father's life is complicated when the mother of his two children moves to New York. Since he can't bear them growing up far away from him, he decides to move there as well.

Director: Cédric Klapisch | Stars: Romain Duris, Audrey Tautou, Cécile de France, Kelly Reilly

Votes: 15,307 | Gross: $0.34M

15. Fat Slags (2004)

75 min | Comedy

The Fat Slags from Viz hit the big time and become celebrities.

Director: Ed Bye | Stars: Fiona Allen, Sophie Thompson, Jerry O'Connell, Anthony Head

Votes: 3,980

16. Samba (2014)

R | 118 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Senegalese Samba has worked 10 years in France. He's arrested and befriends the woman helping him with legal matters as volunteer after a burnout at work. He's released after being told to leave France. Chemistry?

Directors: Olivier Nakache, Éric Toledano | Stars: Omar Sy, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Tahar Rahim, Izïa Higelin

Votes: 17,355 | Gross: $0.15M

17. The Precocious and Brief Life of Sabina Rivas (2012)

Not Rated | 116 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance

At the Mexican-Guatemalan border, young teenage lovers Sabina and Jovany, both Hondurans, accidentally meet again after some years apart. She plans to get to the United States and dreams ... See full summary »

Director: Luis Mandoki | Stars: Joaquín Cosio, Greisy Mena, Fernando Moreno, Angelina Peláez

Votes: 1,120

18. A Different Story (1978)

PG | 108 min | Drama, Romance

A homosexual woman marries a gay male friend to prevent his deportation, but they soon fall in love.

Director: Paul Aaron | Stars: Perry King, Meg Foster, Valerie Curtin, Peter Donat

Votes: 483

19. The Glass Wall (1953)

Approved | 82 min | Drama, Film-Noir

Peter is a refugee who wants to make a better life for himself in America, but he doesn't have the proper papers. Desperate for entry, he jumps ship and flees to New York to search for a World War II veteran whom he helped during the war.

Director: Maxwell Shane | Stars: Vittorio Gassman, Gloria Grahame, Ann Robinson, Douglas Spencer

Votes: 1,352

20. Home Sic Home (1995)

Comedy, Drama, Romance

Melanie (Dina Bonnevie) and her family hate Berto (Dolphy) because of their consistent disastrous encounters with him. But Berto has secret feelings for Melanie, who acquires a visa to the ... See full summary »

Director: Efren Jarlego | Stars: Dolphy, Dina Bonnevie, Babalu, Eric Quizon

Votes: 31

21. Dark Journey (1937)

Not Rated | 77 min | Adventure, Crime, Romance

During World War I, a German spy and a French spy meet and fall in love.

Director: Victor Saville | Stars: Conrad Veidt, Vivien Leigh, Joan Gardner, Anthony Bushell

Votes: 1,463

22. The Immigrant (1917)

Unrated | 30 min | Short, Comedy, Drama

Charlie is an immigrant who endures a challenging voyage and gets into trouble as soon as he arrives in America.

Director: Charles Chaplin | Stars: Charles Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Eric Campbell, Albert Austin

Votes: 9,233

23. Dead Women in Lingerie (1991)

R | 86 min | Crime, Thriller

A private detective is hired to catch a serial killer who makes immigrant garment workers his victims.

Director: Erica Fox | Stars: John Romo, Maura Tierney, June Lockhart, Lyle Waggoner

Votes: 193

24. Good Day, Ramon (2013)

PG-13 | 120 min | Drama

Ramon, a young Mexican boy, tries to cross the border for the fifth time but fails. His friend tells him about his aunt living in Germany and that she has a better life over there. Ramon then goes to Germany to find his friend's aunt.

Director: Jorge Ramírez Suárez | Stars: Kristyan Ferrer, Ingeborg Schöner, Adriana Barraza, Arcelia Ramírez

Votes: 3,005 | Gross: $0.10M

25. Papers, Please (2013 Video Game)

M | Drama, Thriller

In the fictional socialist state of Arstotzka in 1982, a border checkpoint inspector must cope with complex entry regulations, superiors' corruption, terrorists, a mysterious group and the personal drama of the applicants for entry.

Director: Lucas Pope | Star: Ilya Shubochkin

Votes: 1,690

26. Looking for Palladin (2008)

R | 115 min | Comedy

A young Hollywood player is drawn into a remote place looking for a quick deal and instead finds a sanctuary, a community, and ultimately himself.

Director: Andrzej Krakowski | Stars: Ben Gazzara, David Moscow, Talia Shire, Pedro Armendáriz Jr.

Votes: 199

27. El cuartito (2021)

94 min | Comedy, Drama

In a high-stakes comedy drama that illustrates the power of humanity in a fragmented world, the dreams of five strangers traveling to Puerto Rico are put on hold when immigration authorities confine them in 'El Cuartito'

Director: Marcos Carnevale | Stars: Claribel Medina, Isel Rodriguez, Fausto Mata, Braulio Castillo hijo

Votes: 139

28. My Tehran for Sale (2009)

Not Rated | 101 min | Drama

Marzieh is a young female actress living in Tehran. The authorities ban her theatre work and, like all young people in Iran, she is forced to lead a secret life in order to express herself ... See full summary »

Director: Granaz Moussavi | Stars: Marzieh Vafamehr, Amir Chegini, Asha Mehrabi, Mobina Karimi

Votes: 1,714

29. Kehtaa Hai Dil Baar Baar (2002)

Unrated | 119 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

An egoistic and overprotective father, tests his soon-to-be son in law whether he is suitable for his daughter or not. Mayhem ensues after he learns that his future son in law is not that what he imagined.

Director: Rahul Dholakia | Stars: Paresh Rawal, Jimmy Shergill, Kim Sharma, Johny Lever

Votes: 204

30. Paddy O'Day (1936)

Approved | 76 min | Comedy, Drama, Music

Paddy O'Day is an Irish immigrant who learns on arrival in the U.S. that her mother is dead. Friends help her survive as an entertainer, and success is a good argument against the immigration officials.

Director: Lewis Seiler | Stars: Jane Withers, Pinky Tomlin, Rita Hayworth, Jane Darwell

Votes: 283

31. ...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: 523

32. In Your Eyes (2010)

PG | 114 min | Drama, Romance

Ciara(Claudine) goes to America as a physical therapist fulfilling a lifelong dream to better provide for her sister's needs. While back in the Philippines, Julia (Anne) lives a fast life ... See full summary »

Director: Mac Alejandre | Stars: Claudine Barretto, Anne Curtis, Richard Gutierrez, Joel Torre

Votes: 52

33. The Return of Monte Cristo (1946)

Approved | 91 min | Adventure, Drama, Mystery

Edmond Dantes is falsely accused of a crime and imprisoned. After 14 years ,He escapes and gets great wealth under the help of the Abbé Faria. Revitalised as the name of Monte Cristo,is to destroy the designs of corrupt and evil men.

Director: Henry Levin | Stars: Louis Hayward, Barbara Britton, George Macready, Una O'Connor

Votes: 104

34. Happy Ever Afters (2009)

Not Rated | 101 min | Comedy

Two weddings collide when both receptions are held at one hotel.

Director: Stephen Burke | Stars: Sally Hawkins, Tom Riley, Sinead Maguire, Tina Kellegher

Votes: 1,046

35. Between Love & Goodbye (2008)

Unrated | 97 min | Drama, Music, Romance

A modern gay drama about falling in and out of love, and the rocky road in between.

Director: Casper Andreas | Stars: Simon Miller, Rob Harmon, Ryan Turner, Austin Head

Votes: 1,295 | Gross: $0.00M

36. El Vendedor de Arte (2023)

Drama

An art dealer reluctant to sell modern art sees in a young immigrant the salvation of his gallery.

Director: Marcel Fondeur | Stars: Cinthia Almonte, Andrés Castillo, Randall Connoly, Francis Cruz

37. To Paradise (2011)

98 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Italy 2011, Amir is one of many Tunisian immigrant, landed on Italian shores in search of fortune. But the dream of a quiet life goes away because of bad choices and a love that will put him at odds with the mob.

Director: Anis Gharbi | Stars: Elena Baldessari, Matteo Balsamo, Marco Bertoloni, Diego Bertuetti

Votes: 16

38. 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

39. The Return of Rusty (1946)

Approved | 64 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

A young Czechoslovakian orphan, Loddy Bicek, befriended by an American army sergeant, is brought into the United States as a stowaway by the soldier. He is apprehended, but escapes and ... See full summary »

Director: William Castle | Stars: Ted Donaldson, John Litel, Mark Dennis, Barbara Wooddell

Votes: 37

40. It Had to Happen (1936)

Approved | 79 min | Crime, Drama

A poor boy rises to power in politics. When the banker husband of his secret love takes money and flees the country, he replaces the lost amount and becomes implicated in the crime.

Director: Roy Del Ruth | Stars: George Raft, Rosalind Russell, Leo Carrillo, Arline Judge

Votes: 150

41. You See the Moon (2018)

24 min | Short, Drama

Lisbon; after another blistering summer, Miguel finds himself in a deep jadedness. An improvised party erupts at his apartment awakening the memory of a passion.

Director: Miguel Nunes | Stars: Miguel Nunes, Edgar Morais, Joana de Verona, Erica Price

Votes: 32

42. Los Domirriqueños 2 (2019)

Not Rated | 107 min | Comedy

In order to raise funds to pay off a lawsuit, Dominicans and Puerto Ricans get together to set up a circus.

Director: Eduardo Ortíz | Stars: Fausto Mata, Stephany Liriano, Jorge Pabón, Alejandro Gil

Votes: 56 | Gross: $0.48M

43. 300 Worte Deutsch (2013)

90 min | Comedy, Drama

A German-Turkish woman (student and judoka) gets into a moral conflict when her father (the mosque's principal) wants her to help Turkish "imported brides' pass a 300-word German test in order to get a residency permit.

Directors: Züli Aladag, Inci Demirbas | Stars: Pegah Ferydoni, Christoph Maria Herbst, Vedat Erincin, Christoph Letkowski

Votes: 882

44. Serveuses demandées (2008)

Drama

This is a film about two women who struggle to endure lousy working conditions they face as strippers.

Director: Guylaine Dionne | Stars: Clara Furey, Janaina Suaudeau, Anne Dorval, Colm Feore

Votes: 145

45. Ellis Island (1936)

Approved | 67 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

It opens in 1926 when three bank robbers, Theodore Kedrich, Jan Imarski, and Petra Lonelli, stage a daring daylight bank robbery and get away with a million dollars in cash. They are soon ... See full summary »

Director: Phil Rosen | Stars: Donald Cook, Peggy Shannon, Jack La Rue, Joyce Compton

Votes: 82

46. Los Pollitos (2020)

33 min | Short, Drama

A desperate mother trusts a childhood friend to smuggle her and her family into the United States, but her friend has an agenda of his own. The perilous trek into the U.S. is through a ... See full summary »

Director: Ray Mitchell Jr. | Stars: Chris Burr, Cate Chapman, Luis Cherubini, Frederic Eng-Li

47. Les noces de papier (1990 TV Movie)

95 min | Drama

A woman agrees to a marriage of convenience with a refugee.

Director: Michel Brault | Stars: Geneviève Bujold, Manuel Aranguiz, Dorothée Berryman, Monique Lepage

Votes: 168 | Gross: $0.23M

48. Strange Wives (1934)

Passed | 75 min | Comedy, Romance

When a young man marries a Russian girl, he finds that he has "married" her entire family.

Director: Richard Thorpe | Stars: Roger Pryor, June Clayworth, Esther Ralston, Hugh O'Connell

Votes: 17

49. Nueba Yol 3: Bajo la nueva ley (1997)

Not Rated | 102 min | Comedy, Drama

Balbuena finds himself forced to find an American wife in order to get legal residence before the new immigration laws take effect.

Director: Ángel Muñiz | Stars: Luisito Martí, Adalgisa Pantaleon, Raúl Carbonell, Carlota Carretero

Votes: 168 | Gross: $0.72M

50. Cape of Good Hope (2004)

PG-13 | 107 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A Drama revolving around 3 women's lives and how they are intertwined.

Director: Mark Bamford | Stars: Debbie Brown, Farouk Valley-Omar, Parinita Jeaven, David Isaacs

Votes: 291