Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "threat-of-deportation"

1. The Proposal (I) (2009)

PG-13 | 108 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A pushy boss forces her young assistant to marry her in order to keep her visa status in the U.S. and avoid deportation to Canada.

Director: Anne Fletcher | Stars: Sandra Bullock, Ryan Reynolds, Mary Steenburgen, Craig T. Nelson

Votes: 360,369 | Gross: $163.96M

2. Capernaum (2018)

R | 126 min | Drama

While serving a five-year sentence for a violent crime, a 12-year-old boy sues his parents for neglect.

Director: Nadine Labaki | Stars: Zain Al Rafeea, Yordanos Shiferaw, Boluwatife Treasure Bankole, Kawsar Al Haddad

Votes: 105,413 | Gross: $1.66M

3. The Best of Enemies (2019)

PG-13 | 133 min | Biography, Drama, History

Civil rights activist Ann Atwater faces off against C.P. Ellis, Exalted Cyclops of the Ku Klux Klan, in 1971 Durham, North Carolina over the issue of school integration.

Director: Robin Bissell | Stars: Taraji P. Henson, Sam Rockwell, Babou Ceesay, Anne Heche

Votes: 19,580 | Gross: $10.21M

4. Married to the Mob (1988)

R | 104 min | Comedy, Crime, Romance

A mobster's wife hates her lifestyle, but gets a chance to change it when her husband is killed - if the Long Island mob and the FBI let her.

Director: Jonathan Demme | Stars: Michelle Pfeiffer, Alec Baldwin, Paul Lazar, Captain Haggerty

Votes: 19,723 | Gross: $21.49M

5. You May Not Kiss the Bride (2011)

PG-13 | 99 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

An unassuming pet photographer is thrown into serious action, adventure and romance when he's forced to marry a Croatian bride and spend his honeymoon at a remote tropical resort where she is kidnapped.

Director: Rob Hedden | Stars: Dave Annable, Katharine McPhee, Rob Schneider, Mena Suvari

Votes: 7,593

6. Beloved Infidel (1959)

Not Rated | 123 min | Biography, Drama, Romance

Toward the end of his life, F. Scott Fitzgerald is writing for Hollywood studios to be able to afford the cost of an asylum for his wife. He is also struggling against alcoholism. Into his life comes the famous gossip columnist.

Director: Henry King | Stars: Gregory Peck, Deborah Kerr, Eddie Albert, Philip Ober

Votes: 1,184

7. Amira & Sam (2014)

Not Rated | 90 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

An army veteran's unlikely romance with an Iraqi immigrant is put to the test when she is faced with the prospect of deportation.

Director: Sean Mullin | Stars: Martin Starr, Dina Shihabi, Paul Wesley, Laith Nakli

Votes: 2,709 | Gross: $0.03M

8. Glasgow Girls (2014 TV Movie)

Drama

In 2005 15-year old Agnesa Murselaj and her mother, both Kosovan Roma refugees, are seized in a dawn raid and remanded whilst waiting deportation. Six of Agnesa's fellow pupils - both ... See full summary »

Director: Brian Welsh | Stars: Letitia Wright, Olivia Popica, Kirstie Steele, Aruhan Galieva

Votes: 99

9. The Jammed (2007)

89 min | Drama, Thriller

A thriller about trafficking, governmental deportation and the sex slave trade in Melbourne.

Director: Dee McLachlan | Stars: Emma Lung, Veronica Sywak, Saskia Burmeister, Sun Park

Votes: 871

10. A Season in France (2017)

100 min | Drama

An African high school teacher flees his war-torn country for France, where he falls in love with a Frenchwoman who offers a roof for him and his family.

Director: Mahamat-Saleh Haroun | Stars: Eriq Ebouaney, Sandrine Bonnaire, Aalayna Lys, Ibrahim Burama Darboe

Votes: 599

11. Happy Ever Afters (2009)

Not Rated | 101 min | Comedy

Two weddings collide when both receptions are held at one hotel.

Director: Stephen Burke | Stars: Sally Hawkins, Tom Riley, Sinead Maguire, Tina Kellegher

Votes: 1,044

12. Gambling House (1950)

Approved | 80 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

In New York, a small-time hood, who took the rap for a murder committed by his crime-boss in exchange for 50 G's, faces deportation because he doesn't hold American citizenship.

Director: Ted Tetzlaff | Stars: Victor Mature, Terry Moore, William Bendix, Zachary Charles

Votes: 501

13. Nueba Yol 3: Bajo la nueva ley (1997)

Not Rated | 102 min | Comedy, Drama

Balbuena finds himself forced to find an American wife in order to get legal residence before the new immigration laws take effect.

Director: Ángel Muñiz | Stars: Luisito Martí, Adalgisa Pantaleon, Raúl Carbonell, Carlota Carretero

Votes: 168 | Gross: $0.72M

14. 300 millas en busca de mamá (2007)

90 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama

Ariel and Rocío, two kids mistreated by their grandmother, flee from home in order to meet their mother, who is working in another country. The kids face menacing challenges and drift through several countries to find her.

Director: Leonidas Zegarra | Stars: Mariana Liquitaya, Lida Aquise, Rimber Caballero, Obdulia Pezo Ochoa

15. The Glasgow Girls' Stories (2015 TV Movie)

29 min | Documentary

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Director: Emma Bond | Stars: Dougie Vipond, Amal Azzudin, Colin Barr, Cora Bissett

16. The Trials of Kenneth (2010)

23 min | Short, Drama

All his life, Kenneth Hsu has wanted to give back to China, his native country. And now he has the chance: translating the negotiations to rebuild Sichuan after a massive earthquake. ... See full summary »

Director: Will Brown Hernández | Stars: Alexandre Chen, David Alan Graf, Jolene Kay, Jim Lau

17. Mork & Mindy (1978–1982)
Episode: Little Orphan Morkie (1980)

TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi

When Mork is threatened with deportation, Exidor adopts him.

Director: Howard Storm | Stars: Robin Williams, Pam Dawber, Jay Thomas, Gina Hecht

Votes: 98

18. Dexter (2006–2013)
Episode: Left Turn Ahead (2007)

TV-MA | 51 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Dexter dodges bullets both figurative and real as he is forced to decide the fates of those he cares about most; Lila attempts to blackmail Dexter and makes a startling discovery.

Director: Marcos Siega | Stars: Michael C. Hall, Julie Benz, Jennifer Carpenter, Erik King

Votes: 5,657

19. Granada Reports (1992– )
Episode: 2 October 2019: Evening Bulletin (2019)

27 min | News

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Stars: Tony Morris, Lucy Meacock, Joshua Stokes, Richard Kneen

20. The Beachcombers (1972–2004)
Episode: Alekos (1986)

Adventure, Comedy

A young penniless Greek man with an easy-going charm named Alekos Mykonos has come to Gibsons looking for his grandfather, and asks Nick, as the resident Greek, about his grandfather's ... See full summary »

Director: John Juliani | Stars: Bruno Gerussi, Robert Clothier, Jackson Davies, Pat John

21. The City and the City (2018)
Episode: Breach (2018)

TV-14 | 59 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy

After breaking the terms of his agreement with Dhatt, Borlú is interrogated and put under surveillance. Back in Beszel, Corwi discovers a secret about Mayor Syedr. Borlú and Dhatt come face to face with Bowden.

Director: Tom Shankland | Stars: Lara Pulver, David Morrissey, Paul Dallison, Christina Tam

Votes: 97