Films about immigration to the United States

Scarface

Film Age rating: 17 Year: 1983 IMDB Rating: 8.3

After getting a green card in exchange for assassinating a Cuban government official, Tony Montana stakes a claim on the drug trade in Miami. Viciously murdering anyone who stands in his way, Tony eve...

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The Emigrants

Film Age rating: 8 Year: 1971 IMDB Rating: 8

A Swedish peasant family, ravaged by poverty, privation and misery in mid-19th century Sweden, set out on a perilous journey to America in hope of a better life.

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I Remember Mama

Film Age rating: n/a Year: 1948 IMDB Rating: 7.9

Norwegian immigrant Marta Hanson keeps a firm but loving hand on her household of four children, a devoted husband and a highly-educated lodger who reads great literature to the family every evening....

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Everything Everywhere All at Once

Film Age rating: 14 Year: 2022 IMDB Rating: 7.8

An aging Chinese immigrant is swept up in an insane adventure, where she alone can save what's important to her by connecting with the lives she could have led in other universes.

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In America

Film Age rating: 11 Year: 2003 IMDB Rating: 7.7

A family of Irish immigrants adjusts to life on the mean streets of Hell's Kitchen while also grieving the death of a child.

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The Immigrant

Film Age rating: n/a Year: 1917 IMDB Rating: 7.6

An European immigrant endures a challenging voyage only to get into trouble as soon as he arrives in New York.

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Italianamerican

Film Age rating: n/a Year: 1974 IMDB Rating: 7.6

Filmmaker Martin Scorsese interviews his mother and father about their life in New York and family history back in Sicily.

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The Namesake

Film Age rating: 10 Year: 2006 IMDB Rating: 7.5

After moving from Calcutta to New York, members of the Ganguli family maintain a delicate balancing act between honoring the traditions of their native India and blending into American culture. Althou...

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House of Sand and Fog

Film Age rating: 15 Year: 2003 IMDB Rating: 7.5

Behrani, an Iranian immigrant buys a California bungalow, thinking he can fix it up, sell it again, and make enough money to send his son to college. However, the house is the legal property of former...

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