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

1. A Bigger Splash (2015)

R | 125 min | Drama, Music, Thriller

A famous rock star's vacation in Italy with her boyfriend is disrupted by the unexpected visit of an old friend and his daughter.

Director: Luca Guadagnino | Stars: Tilda Swinton, Matthias Schoenaerts, Ralph Fiennes, Dakota Johnson

Votes: 32,948 | Gross: $1.98M

2. The Forever Purge (2021)

R | 103 min | Action, Crime, Horror

All the rules are broken as a sect of lawless marauders decides that the annual Purge does not stop at daybreak and instead should never end.

Director: Everardo Gout | Stars: Ana de la Reguera, Tenoch Huerta, Josh Lucas, Leven Rambin

Votes: 43,532 | Gross: $44.54M

3. Lone Star (1996)

R | 135 min | Drama, Mystery, Western

When the skeleton of his murdered predecessor is found, Sheriff Sam Deeds unearths many other long-buried secrets in his Texas border town.

Director: John Sayles | Stars: Chris Cooper, Elizabeth Peña, Stephen Mendillo, Stephen J. Lang

Votes: 32,387 | Gross: $13.27M

4. Lethal Weapon 4 (1998)

R | 127 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

With personal crises and age weighing in on them, LAPD officers Riggs and Murtaugh must contend with deadly Chinese triads that are trying to free their former leaders out of prison and onto American soil.

Director: Richard Donner | Stars: Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Joe Pesci, Rene Russo

Votes: 172,361 | Gross: $130.44M

5. Irresistible (I) (2020)

R | 101 min | Comedy, Drama

A Democratic strategist helps a retired veteran run for mayor in a small, conservative Midwest town.

Director: Jon Stewart | Stars: Steve Carell, Rose Byrne, Chris Cooper, Brent Sexton

Votes: 23,510

6. Crossing Over (2009)

R | 113 min | Crime, Drama

Crossing Over is about illegal aliens of many nationalities in the Los Angeles area and the authorities and individuals dealing with them.

Director: Wayne Kramer | Stars: Harrison Ford, Ashley Judd, Ray Liotta, Jim Sturgess

Votes: 24,540 | Gross: $0.45M

7. Biutiful (2010)

R | 148 min | Drama, Romance

A man dying of cancer tries his best to leave the world on his own terms.

Director: Alejandro G. Iñárritu | Stars: Javier Bardem, Maricel Álvarez, Hanaa Bouchaib, Guillermo Estrella

Votes: 94,668 | Gross: $5.10M

8. Green Border (2023)

147 min | Drama

A family of refugees from Syria, an English teacher from Afghanistan and a border guard all meet on the Polish-Belarusian border during the most recent humanitarian crisis in Belarus.

Director: Agnieszka Holland | Stars: Jalal Altawil, Maja Ostaszewska, Behi Djanati Atai, Tomasz Wlosok

Votes: 5,434

9. Goal! The Dream Begins (2005)

PG | 118 min | Drama, Romance, Sport

The extremely talented Santiago Muñez is spotted by a Newcastle United scout and given a chance at professional football.

Director: Danny Cannon | Stars: Kuno Becker, Alessandro Nivola, Anna Friel, Leonardo Guerra

Votes: 66,031 | Gross: $4.28M

10. Dirty Pretty Things (2002)

R | 97 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Irregular migrants Okwe and Senay work at a posh London hotel and live in constant fear of deportation. One night Okwe stumbles across evidence of a bizarre murder, setting off a series of events that could lead to disaster or freedom.

Director: Stephen Frears | Stars: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Audrey Tautou, Sophie Okonedo, Kriss Dosanjh

Votes: 44,108 | Gross: $8.11M

11. Sin Nombre (2009)

R | 96 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama

A young Honduran girl and a Mexican gangster are united in a journey across the U.S. border.

Director: Cary Joji Fukunaga | Stars: Paulina Gaitan, Marco Antonio Aguirre, Leonardo Alonso, Karla Cecilia Alvarado

Votes: 34,062 | Gross: $2.53M

12. Maria Full of Grace (2004)

R | 101 min | Crime, Drama

A pregnant Colombian teenager becomes a drug mule to make some desperately-needed money for her family.

Director: Joshua Marston | Stars: Catalina Sandino Moreno, Guilied Lopez, Orlando Tobón, Virginia Cristina Ariza

Votes: 36,202 | Gross: $6.52M

13. Fast Food Nation (2006)

R | 116 min | Comedy, Drama

An examination of the health risks involved in the fast food industry as well as its environmental and social consequences.

Director: Richard Linklater | Stars: Greg Kinnear, Bruce Willis, Catalina Sandino Moreno, Wilmer Valderrama

Votes: 25,165 | Gross: $1.00M

14. In America (2002)

PG-13 | 105 min | Drama

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

Director: Jim Sheridan | Stars: Paddy Considine, Samantha Morton, Djimon Hounsou, Sarah Bolger

Votes: 44,293 | Gross: $15.54M

15. Le Havre (2011)

Not Rated | 93 min | Comedy, Drama

When an African boy arrives by cargo ship in the port city of Le Havre, an aging shoe shiner takes pity on the child and welcomes him into his home.

Director: Aki Kaurismäki | Stars: André Wilms, Blondin Miguel, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Kati Outinen

Votes: 23,607 | Gross: $0.61M

16. Frozen River (2008)

R | 97 min | Crime, Drama

A mom looks for another source of income, when her husband leaves with the money meant for the new mobile home. A nearby Indian territory stretches across the border to Canada with a drivable frozen river between. Smuggling?

Director: Courtney Hunt | Stars: Melissa Leo, Misty Upham, Charlie McDermott, Michael O'Keefe

Votes: 26,470 | Gross: $2.51M

17. The Second Civil War (1997 TV Movie)

R | 97 min | Comedy, Drama

A simple immigration issue spins wildly out of control for those involved, ranging from the President of the United States, to a news producer.

Director: Joe Dante | Stars: Beau Bridges, Joanna Cassidy, Phil Hartman, James Earl Jones

Votes: 2,280

18. The Shepherd (I) (2008 Video)

R | 95 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

A former New Orleans cop battles drug cartels and ex-Army Special Forces who are smuggling drugs from Mexico into U.S. through a Texas border town.

Director: Isaac Florentine | Stars: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Stephen Lord, Natalie J. Robb, Gary McDonald

Votes: 7,402

19. El Norte (1983)

R | 141 min | Adventure, Drama

After their family is killed in a government massacre, siblings Enrique and Rosa flee Guatemala and embark on a perilous journey to "El Norte": the United States.

Director: Gregory Nava | Stars: Zaide Silvia Gutiérrez, David Villalpando, Ernesto Gómez Cruz, Alicia del Lago

Votes: 5,598

20. Paris (I) (2008)

R | 130 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A ex-dancer has a heart problem and even with a transplant, he may still only have a few months to live. Time's spent looking at people/life in Paris from his balcony. His single mom sister moves in with her 3 kids to look after him.

Director: Cédric Klapisch | Stars: Fabrice Luchini, Romain Duris, Joffrey Platel, Mélanie Laurent

Votes: 12,878 | Gross: $1.01M

21. The Border (1982)

R | 108 min | Crime, Drama

A corrupt border Agent decides to clean up his act when an impoverished woman's baby is put up for sale on the black market.

Director: Tony Richardson | Stars: Jack Nicholson, Harvey Keitel, Valerie Perrine, Warren Oates

Votes: 7,093 | Gross: $6.12M

22. Under the Same Moon (2007)

PG-13 | 106 min | Adventure, Drama

After his grandmother passes away, a young Mexican boy illegally travels across the border to search for his undocumented mother living and working in the U.S.

Director: Patricia Riggen | Stars: Eugenio Derbez, Kate del Castillo, Adrian Alonso, Maya Zapata

Votes: 7,462 | Gross: $12.59M

23. Quinceañera (2006)

R | 90 min | Drama

As Magdalena's 15th birthday approaches, her simple, blissful life is complicated by the discovery that she's pregnant. Kicked out of her house, she finds a new family with her great-granduncle and gay cousin.

Directors: Richard Glatzer, Wash Westmoreland | Stars: Emily Rios, Jesse Garcia, Chalo González, Jesus Castanos

Votes: 4,300 | Gross: $1.69M

24. Dheepan (2015)

R | 115 min | Crime, Drama

Dheepan is a Sri Lankan Tamil warrior who flees to France and ends up working as a caretaker outside Paris.

Director: Jacques Audiard | Stars: Jesuthasan Antonythasan, Kalieaswari Srinivasan, Claudine Vinasithamby, Vincent Rottiers

Votes: 16,832 | Gross: $0.25M

25. Failan (2001)

Not Rated | 115 min | Drama, Romance

A marriage of convenience between a petty gangster and an illegal immigrant he has never met has unforeseen consequences for them both.

Director: Hae-sung Song | Stars: Choi Min-sik, Cecilia Cheung, Son Byung-ho, Kong Hyeong-jin

Votes: 6,228

26. Cartel Land (2015)

R | 100 min | Documentary

Filmmaker Matthew Heineman examines the state of the ongoing drug problem along the U.S.-Mexican border.

Director: Matthew Heineman | Stars: Tim Foley, José Manuel 'El Doctor' Mireles, Paco Valencia, Chaneque

Votes: 18,832 | Gross: $0.70M

27. The War Boys (2009)

Unrated | 93 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

Three young vigilantes huddle on la linea ready to chase illegals back across the border into Mexico... but they soon learn that there are borderlines deep within each one of them that each of them has to cross.

Director: Ron Daniels | Stars: Victor Rasuk, Brian J. Smith, Benjamin Walker, Peter Gallagher

Votes: 1,906

28. Tiresia (2003)

Unrated | 115 min | Drama

Tiresia is at the same time woman and man, according to Greek Mythology. Here, Tiresia is a Brazilian transexual living with her brother in the outskirts of Paris. Terranova, an admirer of ... See full summary »

Director: Bertrand Bonello | Stars: Laurent Lucas, Clara Choveaux, Thiago Telès, Célia Catalifo

Votes: 1,202

29. Borderline (1980)

PG | 97 min | Action, Drama

On the U.S.-Mexican border, border cop Jeb Maynard is hunting for a human smuggler responsible for Jeb's partner's murder.

Director: Jerrold Freedman | Stars: Charles Bronson, Bruno Kirby, Bert Remsen, Michael Lerner

Votes: 2,397

30. Conspiracy (2008)

R | 90 min | Mystery, Thriller

A wounded United States Marine discovers a corporate conspiracy designed to run illegal aliens out of an Arizona border town by any means necessary.

Director: Adam Marcus | Stars: Val Kilmer, Gary Cole, Jennifer Esposito, Jay Jablonski

Votes: 4,173

31. The Golden Dream (2013)

Not Rated | 108 min | Drama

A road movie about teenage immigrants and their journey to the U.S.

Director: Diego Quemada-Diez | Stars: Brandon López, Rodolfo Domínguez, Karen Martínez, Carlos Chajon

Votes: 5,134

32. The Promise (1996)

Not Rated | 90 min | Drama

Roger uses his son Igor to ruthlessly traffic and exploit undocumented immigrants. When one of the immigrants is killed, Igor is guilt-ridden and wants to care for the dead man's family against his father's orders.

Directors: Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne | Stars: Jérémie Renier, Olivier Gourmet, Assita Ouedraogo, Jean-Michel Balthazar

Votes: 8,544 | Gross: $0.45M

33. The House on Carroll Street (1988)

PG | 101 min | Thriller

In 1950s America, an FBI agent and a blacklist victim uncover a plot to smuggle Nazi war criminals into the country.

Director: Peter Yates | Stars: Kelly McGillis, Jeff Daniels, Mandy Patinkin, Jessica Tandy

Votes: 2,805 | Gross: $0.46M

34. The Tunnel (2001)

150 min | Drama, History, Thriller

During the Cold War, Germany was divided into two states - East and West. This epic story tells about their dramatic connections.

Director: Roland Suso Richter | Stars: Heino Ferch, Nicolette Krebitz, Sebastian Koch, Alexandra Maria Lara

Votes: 6,409 | Gross: $0.01M

35. America (2005)

60 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance

Sol, a dreamy young woman from the carioca suburbs, attempts to emigrate to the United States, believing in a better life with better opportunities.

Stars: Deborah Secco, Murilo Benício, Camila Morgado, Caco Ciocler

Votes: 420

36. Border Run (2012)

R | 96 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

An American female reporter searches for her missing brother against the backdrop of violence and human smuggling across the US/Mexican border.

Director: Gabriela Tagliavini | Stars: Sharon Stone, Promise LaMarco, Billy Zane, Rosemberg Salgado

Votes: 1,958

37. Tere Bin Laden (2010)

Not Rated | 95 min | Comedy, Drama

A reporter casts a fake Bin Laden to act in his video message to America, so he can immigrate there.

Director: Abhishek Sharma | Stars: Ali Zafar, Pradhuman Singh, Piyush Mishra, Nikhil Ratnaparkhi

Votes: 10,795

38. That Girl in Yellow Boots (2010)

Not Rated | 103 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A British woman faces challenges while attempting to locate her father in India.

Director: Anurag Kashyap | Stars: Kalki Koechlin, Prashant Prakash, Naseeruddin Shah, Gulshan Devaiah

Votes: 4,091

39. The Beautiful Country (2004)

R | 125 min | Drama

After reuniting with his mother in Ho Chi Minh City, a family tragedy causes Binh to flee from Viet Nam to America. Landing in New York, Binh begins a road trip to Texas, where his American father is said to live.

Director: Hans Petter Moland | Stars: Damien Nguyen, Bai Ling, Dang Quoc Thinh Tran, Thi Hoa Mai

Votes: 3,976 | Gross: $0.44M

40. Lorna's Silence (2008)

R | 105 min | Drama

Lorna, a young Albanian woman living in Belgium, has her sights set on opening a snack bar with her lover Sokol. In order to do so, she has become involved in a scam conducted by Fabio, a gangster.

Directors: Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne | Stars: Arta Dobroshi, Jérémie Renier, Fabrizio Rongione, Alban Ukaj

Votes: 9,175 | Gross: $0.34M

41. Border Incident (1949)

Passed | 94 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

Mexican and American federal agents tackle a vicious gang exploiting illegal farm workers in southern California.

Director: Anthony Mann | Stars: Ricardo Montalban, George Murphy, Howard Da Silva, James Mitchell

Votes: 2,739

42. Good Day, Ramon (2013)

PG-13 | 120 min | Drama

Ramon, a young Mexican boy, tries to cross the border for the fifth time but fails. His friend tells him about his aunt living in Germany and that she has a better life over there. Ramon then goes to Germany to find his friend's aunt.

Director: Jorge Ramírez Suárez | Stars: Kristyan Ferrer, Ingeborg Schöner, Adriana Barraza, Arcelia Ramírez

Votes: 2,999 | Gross: $0.10M

43. Welcome (I) (2009)

Not Rated | 110 min | Drama

Bilal sets off on an adventure-filled journey across Europe and wants to get to England to see his love who lives there.

Director: Philippe Lioret | Stars: Vincent Lindon, Firat Ayverdi, Audrey Dana, Derya Ayverdi

Votes: 7,622 | Gross: $0.01M

44. Fire at Sea (2016)

114 min | Documentary

Capturing life on the Italian island of Lampedusa, a frontline in the European migrant crisis.

Director: Gianfranco Rosi | Stars: Samuele Pucillo, Mattias Cucina, Samuele Caruana, Pietro Bartolo

Votes: 6,060 | Gross: $0.12M

45. Scary or Die (2012)

R | 94 min | Horror

Five complete strangers attempt to escape a gruesome demise by a clown that feeds upon human flesh.

Directors: Bob Badway, Michael Emanuel, Igor Meglic | Stars: Bill Oberst Jr., Hali Lula Hudson, Shawn-Caulin Young, Charles Rahi Chun

Votes: 3,815

46. Sweet 15 (1990 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 120 min | Drama, Family

Marta is a 14-year-old girl whose dreams of having a perfect quinceañera are halted when she discovers that her family has a secret that will impact their ability to stay in the United States. A resourceful Marta, however, has a plan.

Director: Victoria Hochberg | Stars: Giselle Anthony, Lennard Camarillo, Robert Covarrubias, Ernie Fuentes

Votes: 342

47. Plantation 2: Rise of the Celts (2023)

61 min | Documentary

A boots-on-the-ground nationwide investigation into the migrant crisis showing what's actually happening in local Irish communities, as Ireland's MSM label everyone who dares to question the country's refugee policies as 'far-right'.

Stars: Tommy Robinson, Noreen O'Shea, Dee Wall

48. In This World (2002)

R | 88 min | Drama

A refugee family is trying to reach more peaceful lands illegally inside trucks.

Director: Michael Winterbottom | Stars: Jamal Udin Torabi, Enayatullah, Imran Paracha, Hiddayatullah

Votes: 4,413

49. The Girl (I) (2012)

PG-13 | 95 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A young Texan mother who loses her child to foster care begins smuggling Mexicans across the border.

Director: David Riker | Stars: Abbie Cornish, Geoffrey Rivas, Austin West, Annalee Jefferies

Votes: 1,385

50. Inocente de ti (2004–2005)

60 min | Romance

From the city of Zacatecas, Florecita takes off on a large trip to the United States with the company of her sister Isela and her grandmother Cleotilde. The girls are going to reunite with ... See full summary »

Stars: Camila Sodi, Valentino Lanus, Helena Rojo, Karla Álvarez

Votes: 215