# The best films about immigration

From Chaplin's The Immigrant to Lamerica, La Haine, Head-On, Terraferma, Le Havre and Fire at Sea: the films about migrants picked by Sky TG24.

- 10 votes · 17 items
- May 31, 2024 · amatriciana
- https://even.best/en/l/4801/the-best-films-about-immigration

## Top 17

1. **The Immigrant (1917)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Charlie Chaplin.
2. **Lamerica (1994)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Gianni Amelio.
3. **Moscow on the Hudson (1984)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Paul Mazursky.
4. **Once You're Born You Can No Longer Hide (2005)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Marco Tullio Giordana.
5. **Gran Torino (2008)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Clint Eastwood.
6. **Le Havre (2011)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Aki Kaurismäki.
7. **Fire at Sea (2016)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Gianfranco Rosi.
8. **La Haine (1995)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Mathieu Kassovitz.
9. **Head-On (2004)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Fatih Akin.
10. **District 9 (2009)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Neill Blomkamp.
11. **Terraferma (2011)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Emanuele Crialese.
12. **Almanya: Welcome to Germany (2011)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Yasemin Şamdereli.
13. **First Snowfall (2013)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Andrea Segre.
14. **On the Bride's Side (2014)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Antonio Augugliaro, Gabriele Del Grande and Khaled Soliman Al Nassiry.
15. **Dheepan (2015)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Jacques Audiard.
16. **Brooklyn (2015)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — John Crowley.
17. **Samba (2014)** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — Éric Toledano and Olivier Nakache.

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