Immigrant Movies

  • 2002
    Spellbound

    Spellbound

    Spellbound

    7.32002HD

    This documentary follows 8 teens and pre-teens as they work their way toward the finals of the Scripps Howard national spelling bee championship in...

    Spellbound
  • 1953
    Paul Tomkowicz: Street Railway Switchman

    Paul Tomkowicz: Street Railway Switchman

    Paul Tomkowicz: Street Railway Switchman

    5.91953HD

    A self-narrated portrait of a Polish immigrant in Winnipeg whose unglamorous job keeping streetcar switches working reveals dignity, resilience, and...

    Paul Tomkowicz: Street Railway Switchman
  • 2020
    The Garden Left Behind

    The Garden Left Behind

    The Garden Left Behind

    5.5712020HD

    Traces the relationship between Tina, a young Mexican trans woman, and Eliana, her grandmother, as they navigate Tina's transition and struggle to...

    The Garden Left Behind
  • 2019
    Home

    Home

    Home

    62019HD

    An exploration into the shared experiences of community, immigration, and diversity that is based on the true story of one building.

    Home
  • 1950
    Black Hand

    Black Hand

    Black Hand

    6.21950HD

    In turn-of-the-century New York, an Italian seeks vengeance on the mobsters who killed his father.

    Black Hand
  • 2004
    Italia, Canada

    Italia, Canada

    Italia, Canada

    8.52004HD

    The documentary tells the story of the immigrants who came to Canada with dreams of a better life. Featuring incredible archival footage, photographs...

    Italia, Canada
  • 1970
    Birdsong

    Birdsong

    Birdsong

    101970HD

    Amidst moving homes, a superstitious Indian American girl struggles to bury her pet bird in fear of it haunting her.

    Birdsong
  • 1939
    Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence

    Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence

    Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence

    6.61939HD

    New York store clerk joins a hobo and an illegal immigrant heading for his newly bought land in Arizona.

    Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence
  • 2025
    Saffron Kingdom

    Saffron Kingdom

    Saffron Kingdom

    02025HD

    After her husband is abducted in Kashmir, a traumatised woman flees to the United States with her young son to rebuild their lives.

    Saffron Kingdom
  • 1983
    Home Feeling: Struggle for a Community

    Home Feeling: Struggle for a Community

    Home Feeling: Struggle for a Community

    71983HD

    This feature documentary takes us to the heart of the Jane-Finch "Corridor" in the early 1980s. Covering six square blocks in Toronto's North York,...

    Home Feeling: Struggle for a Community
  • 2026
    A Life Reimagined: The George Masa Story

    A Life Reimagined: The George Masa Story

    A Life Reimagined: The George Masa Story

    02026HD

    In 1915 a young, charismatic Japanese man with a mysterious past entered into the Appalachian culture of Asheville, North Carolina, is suspicioned a...

    A Life Reimagined: The George Masa Story
  • 2007
    Sister's Keeper

    Sister's Keeper

    Sister's Keeper

    72007HD

    Sister's Keeper
  • 2007
    Unfinished Sky

    Unfinished Sky

    Unfinished Sky

    6.22007HD

    An Outback farmer takes in an Afghani woman who has fled from a brothel.

    Unfinished Sky
  • 2024
    Volador

    Volador

    Volador

    02024HD

    'Volador' explores the power of acceptance. Mateo, an 18 year old from Mexico, fights his way through challenges that arise in a place (Grand Rapids)...

    Volador
  • 2022
    Smiling Jockey

    Smiling Jockey

    Smiling Jockey

    02022HD

    The challenging daily routine of Ceará-born jockey Antonio Davielson and his family living in a foreign country on the other side of the...

    Smiling Jockey
  • 2026
    God Bless You, Mr. Kopu

    God Bless You, Mr. Kopu

    God Bless You, Mr. Kopu

    02026HD

    A struggling Tongan immigrant is taken under the wing of a charismatic American salesman. What begins as a dream job quickly unravels into a...

    God Bless You, Mr. Kopu
  • 1949
    Annie Was a Wonder

    Annie Was a Wonder

    Annie Was a Wonder

    4.91949HD

    In this John Nesbitt's Passing Parade series short, narrator John Nesbitt tells the story of Scandinavian immigrant Annie Swenson, who worked as cook...

    Annie Was a Wonder
  • 1970
    Untitled Bela Lugosi Biopic

    Untitled Bela Lugosi Biopic

    Untitled Bela Lugosi Biopic

    01970HD

    A biopic of Bela Lugosi, the Hungarian star of stage and screen who originated the iconic role of Dracula both on Broadway and in the classic 1931...

    Untitled Bela Lugosi Biopic
  • 2016
    Doomsday

    Doomsday

    Doomsday

    3.92016HD

    An apocalyptical storm threatens to wipe out an entire country. A state of emergency is raised while mayhem breaks out.

    Doomsday
  • 1992
    O Pioneers!

    O Pioneers!

    O Pioneers!

    6.21992HD

    A young woman inherits her father's farm after he dies. Over the years, she overcomes challenges and turns it into a success, all the while yearning...

    O Pioneers!