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A History of Violence
A History of Violence (2005)
, 1h36
Directed by David Cronenberg
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Films about immigration, Mafia films, Superhero films, Super-héros inspiré de comics, Gangster films
Actors Viggo Mortensen, Maria Bello, Ed Harris, William Hurt, Ashton Holmes, Peter MacNeill

Tom Stall (Viggo Mortensen) is a restaurant owner in the small town of Millbrook, Indiana, with a loving wife Edie (Maria Bello), teenage son Jack (Ashton Holmes), and young daughter Sarah (Heidi Hayes). One night two men (Stephen McHattie and Greg Bryk) attempt to rob the restaurant. When a waitress is threatened, Tom deftly kills both robbers with surprising skill and precision. He is hailed as a hero by his family and the townspeople, and the incident makes him a local celebrity.
And the Pursuit of Happiness
And the Pursuit of Happiness (1986)
, 1h20
Directed by Louis Malle
Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Themes Films about immigration
Actors Louis Malle

Louis Malle, au gré d'un voyage à travers les États-Unis, rencontre des immigrants de différentes cultures et conditions sociales, légaux ou illégaux, qui ont réussi à réaliser leur rêve américain ou pas.
A Mother's Story
A Mother's Story (2011)

Origin Philippines
Genres Drama
Themes Films about immigration
Actors Pokwang, Xyriel Manabat, Rayver Cruz, Ana Capri, K Brosas, Daria Ramirez

Medy (Pokwang) is a makeup artist living in the Philippines with her family, composed of her jobless husband (Nonie Buencamino), a son (Aaron Junatas, and later, Rayver Cruz), and an infant daughter. She regularly does the make-up of a popular concert star, who late on chose her as a personal make-up artist in a concert tour in the United States. While in America, she met her former classmate Helen (Beth Tamayo) who convinced Medy to stay in the country to be an illegal migrant worker. She decides to take Helen's offer, in hopes that working abroad will bring the prosperity her family seeks.
Our Children
Our Children (2012)
, 1h51
Directed by Joachim Lafosse
Origin France
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about alcoholism, Films about families, Films about immigration, Psychologie, La précarité
Actors Niels Arestrup, Tahar Rahim, Émilie Dequenne, Stéphane Bissot, Nathalie Boutefeu, Baya Belal

Murielle et Mounir, un couple heureux, va se marier et avoir des enfants sous le toit du bienveillant Docteur Pinget. Petit à petit, les relations deviennent complexes, étouffent le couple et la famille, qui ne se doutent pas de la fin tragique vers laquelle ils tendent.
The Last Stop
The Last Stop (2012)
, 1h54
Origin Bresil
Genres Drama
Themes Films about immigration
Actors Mounir Maasri, Elisa Lucinda

The Lebanese teenager Tarik leaves his hometown in search of a better life in Brazil. On the journey by ship, he befriended other young Arabs and Syrians, but when they reached the country, each went to a different way. After 50 years, Tarik, with the help of his daughter, resolves to find the friends of the trip.
Al Capone
Al Capone (1959)
, 1h44
Directed by Richard Wilson
Genres Drama, Biography, Action, Adventure, Crime
Themes Films about immigration, Mafia films, Seafaring films, Transport films, Gangster films
Actors Rod Steiger, Nehemiah Persoff, Fay Spain, Martin Balsam, Murvyn Vye, Robert Gist

Chicago, 1919: A young Al Capone arrives to work for mob boss Johnny Torrio. He meets Torrio's top man, "Big Jim" Colosimo, who runs business and politics in the First Ward while secretly on Torrio's payroll.
Al-Madina
Al-Madina (2010)
, 14minutes
Origin Espagne
Genres Documentary
Themes Films about immigration

He traveled to another land, another sea, certain that he would find a better city, he was not aware that his city traveled with him. He sought other beings in this new city, but he found the same outskirt neighborhoods in which he was born. The poem by Constantine Kavafis, "The City", serves as the backdrop to the downhearted return of a Moroccan immigrant who lived in Spain from 2001 to 2010.
Ali Blue Eyes
Ali Blue Eyes (2012)
, 1h37
Directed by Claudio Giovannesi
Origin Italie
Genres Drama
Themes Films about immigration, La précarité

La scène se déroule sur le littoral d'Ostie en hiver. Il est huit heures du matin, deux adolescents de seize ans volent un cyclomoteur, et à neuf heures entrent à l'école. Nader est un Égyptien né à Rome, Stefano son meilleur ami est italien. Brigitte, la petite amie de Nader est italienne et les parents de Nader ne voient pas cette liaison d'un bon œil et l'adolescent s'enfuit de la maison.
America America
America America (1963)
, 2h48
Directed by Elia Kazan
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Historical
Themes Films about immigration, La précarité, L'émigration
Actors Stathis Giallelis, Frank Wolff, John Marley, Robert H. Harris, Lou Antonio, Estelle Hemsley

In this tall, loosely based upon the life of Kazan's uncle, the director uses little-known cast members, with the entire storyline revolving around the central performance of Greek actor Stathis Giallelis (born 1941), twenty-two years old at the time of production, who is in virtually every scene of the nearly three-hour movie.
Amreeka
Amreeka (2009)
, 1h36
Directed by Cherien Dabis
Genres Drama
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about immigration, Political films
Actors Nisreen Faour, Hiam Abbass, Alia Shawkat

Muna Farah (Nisreen Faour) is a divorced Palestinian Christian mother raising her teenage son Fadi (Melkar Muallem). She works for a bank in Ramallah, part of the West Bank, Palestinian territories. Each day after work, Muna picks up Fadi from school and crosses through an Israeli checkpoint in order to get to their home in Bethlehem. She lives with her aging mother and has occasional visits from her brother Samer. One day after arriving home, Muna discovers that she has been awarded an American green card through the lottery. Although she initially considered declining the offer, Muna reconsiders after she and Fadi are harassed at the checkpoint by Israeli soldiers.
An American Rhapsody
An American Rhapsody (2001)
, 1h46
Origin Hongrie
Genres Drama, Biography
Themes Films about immigration
Actors Nastassja Kinski, Scarlett Johansson, Tony Goldwyn, Mae Whitman, Emmy Rossum, Larisa Oleynik

In 1950, a Hungarian couple, Peter and Margit, are forced to flee from their oppressive Communist country for the USA with their eldest daughter Maria. Unfortunately, they are forced to leave behind their infant daughter, Suzanne, who is raised by a kind foster couple. Five years later, Peter and Margit arrange for the American Red Cross to bring Suzanne to their new home in Los Angeles. There, the perplexed young girl is forced to accept her sudden change in home and country, which leads to a troubled upbringing. At age 15, Suzanne, rebellious and unsure of herself, tries to come to terms with her roots and decides to travel back to Budapest, Hungary, to unravel her past and to find her true identity.