Category
page 1Films about immigration

District 9
2009 film directed by Neill Blomkamp

Children of Men
2006 film directed by Alfonso Cuarón

Elysium
2013 film directed by Neill Blomkamp
Elemental
2023 American animated film directed by Peter Sohn

Nymphomaniac
2013 film by Lars von Trier

Lethal Weapon 4
1998 film directed by Richard Donner

Head-On
2004 film directed by Fatih Akın

The Kite Runner
2007 film directed by Marc Forster

Pelle the Conqueror
1987 film directed by Bille August

Biutiful
Biutiful is a 2010 psychological tragedy film directed, produced and co-written by Alejandro González Iñárritu, and starring Javier Bardem. The project marks Iñárritu's first film in his native Spanish language since his debut feature Amores perros (2000). Alfonso Cuarón and Guillermo del Toro (who make up the "Three Amigos" with Iñárritu in the film industry) serve as associate producers. The film follows Uxbal, a criminal and father who is diagnosed with prostate cancer and seeks to settle his affairs and responsibilities before he dies. The title is in reference to the phonetic spelling in

Qu'est-ce qu'on a fait au Bon Dieu?
2014 film by Philippe de Chauveron

God's Own Country
2017 film directed by Francis Lee

My Beautiful Laundrette
1985 film by Stephen Frears
Flee
2021 animated film directed by Jonas Poher Rasmussen

Coneheads
1993 film by Steve Barron

Dirty Pretty Things
2002 film by Stephen Frears

Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom
2019 film directed by Pawo Choyning Dorji

Journey of Hope
1990 film by Xavier Koller

Monsieur Lazhar
2011 film by Philippe Falardeau

Bread and Chocolate
1974 film by Franco Brusati

Baran
2001 film by Majid Majidi

A Ship Comes In
1928 film by William K. Howard

Live and Become
2005 film by Radu Mihăileanu

Katzelmacher
Katzelmacher is a 1969 West German film written and directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder, based on his own play. The film centers on an aimless group of friends whose lives are shaken up by the arrival of an immigrant Greek worker, Jorgos (played by Fassbinder himself).

Jupiter's Moon
2017 film by Kornél Mundruczó

Lamerica
Lamerica is a 1994 Italian drama film directed by Gianni Amelio. It entered the competition at the 51st Venice International Film Festival, in which Amelio won the Golden Osella for Best Director. The film was selected as the Italian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 67th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.

The Girl with the Pistol
1968 film by Mario Monicelli

Sallah Shabati
1964 film by Ephraim Kishon

Mayrig
Mayrig (Mother) is a 1991 semi-autobiographical film written and directed by French-Armenian filmmaker Henri Verneuil. The film's principal cast includes Claudia Cardinale and Omar Sharif as parents of Azad (Henri Verneuil depicted as child). Mayrig means mother in Armenian. The film is about the struggles of an Armenian family that emigrates to France from Turkey after the Armenian genocide of 1915.

What Will People Say
2017 film by Iram Haq

Toni
1935 film by Jean Renoir

It's a Free World...
2007 British film

Zozo
2005 film directed by Josef Fares

Aadujeevitham: The Goat Life
2024 film directed by Blessy

Ae Fond Kiss...
2004 film by Ken Loach

Late Marriage
2001 film directed by Dover Kosashvili

Passport
1990 film by Georgiy Daneliya

Bharat
2019 film directed by Ali Abbas Zafar

Asia
2020 film directed by Ruthy Pribar

The House on Chelouche Street
1973 film directed by Moshé Mizrahi

Moonlighting
1982 film by Jerzy Skolimowski

A Girl in Australia
1971 film directed by Luigi Zampa

Eden Is West
2009 film by Costa-Gavras

Feathered Dreams
2012 film

Welcome
2009 film by Philippe Lioret

7 Prisoners
2021 film directed by Alexandre Moratto

The Boat Is Full
1981 Swiss film directed by Markus Imhoof

Souleymane's Story
2024 French film

Illegal
2010 film by Olivier Masset-Depasse

Shun Li and the Poet
2011 film by Andrea Segre

Gunday
Gunday () is a 2014 Indian Hindi-language period action drama film written and directed by Ali Abbas Zafar and produced by Aditya Chopra under Yash Raj Films. The film stars Ranveer Singh, Arjun Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra, and Irrfan Khan in the lead roles. Set in 1971–1988 Calcutta, the film follows two best friends who are also outlaws that both fall in love with a cabaret dancer, which causes rivalry and misunderstandings between them while a police officer tries to take advantage of this situation to eliminate them.

Window to Paris
1994 film by Yuri Mamin

Solino
Solino is a 2002 Italian-German movie directed by Fatih Akın and starring Moritz Bleibtreu, Barnaby Metschurat, Gigi Savoia and Antonella Attili.

For a Moment Freedom
2008 film by Arash T. Riahi

Yasemin
Yasemin is a 1988 German-language film directed by Hark Bohm. The international co-production of Turkey and West Germany was chosen as West Germany's official submission to the 61st Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film, but didn't obtain a nomination. It was also entered into the 38th Berlin International Film Festival.

It Must Be Heaven
2019 film directed by Elia Suleiman

Africa Paradis
2006 film by Sylvestre Amoussou

30 Days in Atlanta
2014 Nigerian film directed by Robert Peters

Il Gaucho
1964 film by Dino Risi

Provoked
2006 film by Jag Mundhra