Category
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Scarface
1983 film directed by Brian De Palma

Everything Everywhere All at Once
2022 film by Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert

The Proposal
2009 film by Anne Fletcher

Dancer in the Dark
2000 film by Lars von Trier

Brooklyn
2015 film directed by John Crowley

The Brutalist
2024 film directed by Brady Corbet

A Countess from Hong Kong
1967 film by Charlie Chaplin

Past Lives
2023 film by Celine Song

Green Card
1990 film by Peter Weir

Minari
Minari (; ) is a 2020 American drama film written and directed by Lee Isaac Chung. It stars Steven Yeun, Han Ye-ri, Alan Kim, Noel Kate Cho, Youn Yuh-jung, and Will Patton. A semi-autobiographical take on Chung's upbringing, its plot follows a family of South Korean immigrants who move to rural Arkansas during the 1980s.

Heaven's Gate
1980 American Western film directed by Michael Cimino

An American Tail
1986 animated film directed by Don Bluth

The Immigrant
1917 film by Charlie Chaplin

Karate Kid: Legends
2025 film by Jonathan Entwistle

America America
1963 film directed by Elia Kazan

House of Sand and Fog
2003 film by Vadim Perelman

The Emigrants
1971 film directed by Jan Troell

The Namesake
2006 film directed by Mira Nair

The Immigrant
2013 film directed by James Gray

Moscow on the Hudson
1984 film by Paul Mazursky

An American Tail: Fievel Goes West
1991 animated film

Avalon
1990 film directed by Barry Levinson

Dostana
2008 film by Tarun Mansukhani

In America
2002 film by Jim Sheridan

Maria Full of Grace
2004 film by Joshua Marston

Heaven & Earth
1993 film directed by Oliver Stone

Chinese Puzzle
2013 film by Cédric Klapisch

Wasp Network
2019 film directed by Olivier Assayas

The Big Brawl
1980 film by Robert Clouse

Hold Back the Dawn
1941 film by Mitchell Leisen

First Cow
2019 film directed by Kelly Reichardt

Courageous
2011 film directed by Alex Kendrick

The New Land
1972 film directed by Jan Troell

Lone Star
1996 film by John Sayles

The Good Lie
2014 film by directed Philippe Falardeau

The Weight of Water
2000 film directed by Kathryn Bigelow

An American Pickle
2020 film directed by Brandon Trost

The Sun Is Also a Star
2019 film directed by Ry Russo-Young

My Family
1995 film directed by Gregory Nava

An American Rhapsody
2001 film by Éva Gárdos

I Remember Mama
1948 drama film directed by George Stevens

Pushing Hands
1991 film by Ang Lee

Alambrista!
Alambrista! is a 1977 film directed by Robert M. Young and starring Domingo Ambriz and Trinidad Silva. It won four awards in 1977. In 2023, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".

Beatriz at Dinner
2017 film by Miguel Arteta

Come Live with Me
1941 film directed by Clarence Brown

Four Sons
1928 film by John Ford

Anna
1987 film by Yurek Bogayevicz

Lady Liberty
1971 film by Mario Monicelli

Picture Bride
1994 film by Kayo Hatta

Alamo Bay
1985 film directed by Louis Malle

My Name Is Rocco Papaleo
1971 film by Ettore Scola

Ghilli
Ghilli ( ) is a 2004 Indian Tamil-language sports action film directed by Dharani and produced by A. M. Rathnam. It is a remake of the Telugu film Okkadu (2003), written and directed by Gunasekhar, with few changes made to the story. The film stars Vijay in the lead role, alongside Trisha and Prakash Raj (reprising his role from the original version). Ashish Vidyarthi, Dhamu, Mayilsamy, Janaki Sabesh, Nancy Jennifer, Nagendra Prasad, Ponnambalam and Pandu play supporting roles. The film is about a Kabaddi player, who goes to Madurai to participate in an exhibition match, but instead rescues a

Amreeka
Amreeka is a 2009 independent film written and directed by first-time director Cherien Dabis. It stars Nisreen Faour, Melkar Muallem, Hiam Abbass, Alia Shawkat, Yussuf Abu-Warda, Joseph Ziegler, and Miriam Smith.

Tigertail
2020 film directed by Alan Yang

Italianamerican
Italianamerican is a 1974 American documentary film directed by Martin Scorsese and featuring his parents Catherine and Charles, who reflect on their experiences as the children of Italian immigrants to New York City.

The Face Behind the Mask
1941 film by Robert Florey

Black Hand
1950 film by Richard Thorpe

You Are My Only Love
1993 film by Dmitrij Astrachan

The Perez Family
1995 film by Mira Nair

Fremont
2023 film by Babak Jalali