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

51. Desert Dancer (2014)

PG-13 | 104 min | Biography, Drama, Music

Afshin Ghaffarian risks everything to start a dance company amid his home country of Iran's politically volatile climate and the nation's ban on dancing.

Director: Richard Raymond | Stars: Freida Pinto, Nazanin Boniadi, Tom Cullen, Marama Corlett

Votes: 2,033 | Gross: $0.14M

52. Die Wannseekonferenz (1984 TV Movie)

87 min | Drama, History

At the Wannsee Conference on January 20, 1942, senior Nazi officials meet to determine the manner in which the so-called "Final Solution to the Jewish Question" can be best implemented.

Director: Heinz Schirk | Stars: Dietrich Mattausch, Gerd Böckmann, Friedrich G. Beckhaus, Robert Atzorn

Votes: 1,273

53. 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

54. 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: 6,108

55. 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: 1,103

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: 597

57. The Manions of America (1981)

290 min | Drama

Epic miniseries about a proud Irish farmer who migrates to America, tired of English repression and the Great Famine. He works hard and even meets the Englishwoman he once loved. The couple reunites. Then the American Civil War breaks out.

Stars: Kathleen Beller, Pierce Brosnan, Steve Forrest, Peter Gilmore

Votes: 268

58. Blue State (2007)

R | 88 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

BLUE STATE is a romantic comedy about a disgruntled Democrat who actually follows through on a drunken campaign promise to move to Canada if George "Dubya" Bush gets re-elected.

Director: Marshall Lewy | Stars: Breckin Meyer, Anna Paquin, Joyce Krenz, Richard Blackburn

Votes: 2,453

59. 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: 2,037 | Gross: $0.01M

60. 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

61. 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

62. 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, Kaelyn Yoon-MacRae, Jamila Pomeroy, Abdul Ali

Votes: 21

63. 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: 1,544

64. 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

65. 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

66. 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

67. 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

68. 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

69. 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: 801

70. 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

71. 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: 2,895

72. 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: 3,711 | Gross: $0.00M

73. 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

74. 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

75. 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: 688

76. 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

77. 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: 2,380 | Gross: $0.44M

78. The Man from London (1974)

91 min | Comedy, Crime

A British citizen by the name of George Reiner (Jirí Sovák) arrives at Prague airport. He was once a Czech safe-breaker, and has now returned home after thirty years to steal twenty-dollar ... See full summary »

Director: Hynek Bocan | Stars: Jirí Sovák, Kveta Fialová, Lubomír Lipský, Václav Babka

Votes: 28

79. 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, Stephen Baldwin, Adam Rose, Geraldine Chaplin

80. 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: 119

81. 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

82. 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

83. 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

84. 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

85. 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

86. Wanted Down Under (2007– )

45 min | Reality-TV

If the job that you do is on the list of those in short supply in Australia, you are under 45 and you are thinking of emigrating then the Australian government will help to fast track you ... See full summary »

Stars: Nicki Chapman, Nadia Sawalha, Simon Guile, Claire Guile

Votes: 53

87. 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

88. 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

89. 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

90. 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

91. Black Harvest (1992)

Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary

Joe Leahy is the half-caste son of one of the first explorers of the Papua New Guinean interior. His relations with the local Ganiga tribe who work his coffee plantation on their land are ... See full summary »

Directors: Robin Anderson, Bob Connolly | Star: Joe Leahy

Votes: 369

92. 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: 207

93. ...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

94. Die Trapp-Familie in Amerika (1958)

87 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

The von Trapp family are struggling to survive in America, where their performances of European church music are not popular with the audiences. Only when they start performing more upbeat ... See full summary »

Director: Wolfgang Liebeneiner | Stars: Ruth Leuwerik, Hans Holt, Josef Meinrad, Adrienne Gessner

Votes: 173

95. 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

96. 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

97. 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: 1,007

98. Sugar Sand (2017 TV Movie)

89 min | Comedy, Drama

End of the 1970s in East Germany: Fred and Jonas are close friends. The 10-year-olds live near at the German-German frontier. After the mother from Jonas has made an exit application, the ... See full summary »

Director: Dirk Kummer | Stars: Tilman Döbler, Valentin Wessely, Katharina Marie Schubert, Christian Friedel

Votes: 187

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. Four Sons (1940)

Approved | 89 min | Drama, History, War

After the Germans invade Czechoslovakia the four sons of a Czecho-German family follow different paths: Czech patriot, Nazi supporter, artist in America, and heroic German soldier.

Director: Archie Mayo | Stars: Don Ameche, Eugenie Leontovich, Mary Beth Hughes, Alan Curtis

Votes: 147