THEME EXPLORATION

immigrant success

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Rise
Rise
2022 · Cédric Klapisch
The A List: 15 Stories from Asian and Pacific Diasporas
The A List: 15 Stories from Asian and Pacific Diasporas
2026 · Eugene Yi
Rocco and His Brothers
Rocco and His Brothers
1960 · Luchino Visconti
Black Girl
Black Girl
1966 · Ousmane Sembène
Eastern Promises
Eastern Promises
2007 · David Cronenberg
La La Land
La La Land
2016 · Damien Chazelle
Year of the Devil
Year of the Devil
2002 · Petr Zelenka
J’ai pas sommeil
J’ai pas sommeil
1994 · Claire Denis
Gangs of New York
Gangs of New York
2003 · Martin Scorsese
Jerichow
Jerichow
2009 · Christian Petzold
That Day, on the Beach
That Day, on the Beach
1983 · Edward Yang
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Everything Everywhere All at Once
2022 · Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Chloé Zhao China

Her films explore marginalized individuals navigating economic hardship and displacement, with *Nomadland* centering on American precarity and resilience.

 Yorgos Lanthimos Greece

His work examines outsiders and social adaptation through surreal lenses, exploring how individuals conform or resist within foreign systems.

 Ken Loach United Kingdom

His socially conscious realist films consistently depict working-class struggle and immigrant experiences fighting systemic barriers to survival and dignity.