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The 41 Best Films About the Immigrant Experience (The Hollywood Reporter)

From Ellis Island to Lampedusa, from Seoul to Senegal, filmmakers have used cinema to chart the hopes, heartbreak and quiet heroism of those who cross borders in search of something better. The Hollywood Reporter drew on cinema from every continent and spanning genres from noir to animation, satire to melodrama, for its list of the 41 best films about the immigrant experience.
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Ae Fond Kiss (2004)
Ae Fond Kiss (2004)
1
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1974)
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1974)
2
100%8.0
An American Pickle (2020)
An American Pickle (2020)
3
72%5.7
An American Tail (1986)
An American Tail (1986)
4
72%6.9
Bend It Like Beckham (2002)
Bend It Like Beckham (2002)
5
85%6.6
A Better Life (2011)
A Better Life (2011)
6
85%7.2
Big Night (1996)
Big Night (1996)
7
96%7.3
Black Girl (1966)
Black Girl (1966)
8
97%7.4
Brooklyn (2015)
Brooklyn (2015)
9
97%7.5
The Brutalist (2024)
The Brutalist (2024)
10
Chan Is Missing (1982)
Chan Is Missing (1982)
11
96%7.0
Death by Hanging (1968)
Death by Hanging (1968)
12
83%7.5
Dirty Pretty Things (2002)
Dirty Pretty Things (2002)
13
94%7.3
El Norte (1983)
El Norte (1983)
14
Fiddler on the Roof (1971)
Fiddler on the Roof (1971)
15
Fire at Sea (2016)
Fire at Sea (2016)
16
95%6.8
Flee (2021)
Flee (2021)
17
98%8.1
Gangs of New York (2002)
Gangs of New York (2002)
18
72%7.5
The Godfather: Part II (1974)
The Godfather: Part II (1974)
19
96%9.0
Green Border (2023)
Green Border (2023)
20
Head-On (2004)
Head-On (2004)
21
90%7.9
Heaven's Gate (1980)
Heaven's Gate (1980)
22
Hester Street (1975)
Hester Street (1975)
23
82%7.0
The Immigrant (2013)
The Immigrant (2013)
24
85%6.6
In America (2002)
In America (2002)
25
In Jackson Heights (2015)
In Jackson Heights (2015)
26
The Joy Luck Club (1993)
The Joy Luck Club (1993)
27
86%7.7
Le Havre (2011)
Le Havre (2011)
28
99%7.2
Maria Full of Grace (2004)
Maria Full of Grace (2004)
29
Minari (2020)
Minari (2020)
30
98%7.5
Mississippi Masala (1991)
Mississippi Masala (1991)
31
92%6.7
My Beautiful Laundrette (1985)
My Beautiful Laundrette (1985)
32
98%6.9
Scarface (1983)
Scarface (1983)
33
81%8.3
The Secret of the Grain (2007)
The Secret of the Grain (2007)
34
Sin Nombre (2009)
Sin Nombre (2009)
35
88%7.6
Souleymane's Story (2024)
Souleymane's Story (2024)
36
100%7.8
Tori and Lokita (2022)
Tori and Lokita (2022)
37
89%7.0
Turning Red (2022)
Turning Red (2022)
38
94%7.0
The Visitor (2007)
The Visitor (2007)
39
90%7.6
West Side Story (1961)
West Side Story (1961)
40
93%7.5
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