Movies and TvShows featuring "deportation" theme.
When a Canadian editor, Margaret, faces deportation for an expired visa, she convinces her assistant Andrew to marry her to prevent it. In return, Andrew asks for a promotion. However, a skeptical INS agent decides to test their relationship. To complicate matters, they travel to Sitka, Alaska to attend Andrew's grandmother's 90th birthday, where tensions between family members and past secrets threaten to expose their fake marriage.
During the WWII, acclaimed Polish musician Wladyslaw faces various struggles as he loses contact with his family. As the situation worsens, he hides in the ruins of Warsaw in order to survive. The movie tells the story of Wladyslaw Szpilman, a pianist living in Warsaw during World War II. As the war breaks out, the situation for the Jewish population in Warsaw becomes increasingly bleak. Wladyslaw, along with his family, is forced to move to the Jewish ghetto and endure harsh living conditions. Despite the hardships, Wladyslaw manages to find work as a pianist in the ghetto, which allows him to continue playing music and bring some solace to those around him. However, as the war progresses, the situation becomes more dangerous and Wladyslaw must go into hiding to avoid capture. He spends months living in various hiding places, relying on the help of others to survive. Ultimately, he is discovered by a Nazi officer who recognizes his talent as a pianist and helps him evade capture. Wladyslaw survives the war, but many of his family members do not. The movie ends with Wladyslaw triumphantly playing the piano in a concert, a symbol of his resilience and survival.
A police officer joins the Men in Black (MIB), a secret agency that maintains Earth as a "neutral zone" for extraterrestrial aliens disguised as humans around New York City. A Bug, a member of a giant cockroach-like species at war, comes to Earth searching for an object called the Galaxy. MIB must secure the Galaxy to prevent the Bug from destroying Earth. Along the way, they encounter the Bug disguised as a farmer and must retrieve the Galaxy before the Bug uses its infinite power.
During the Holocaust, a Jewish waiter and his son are taken to a concentration camp. The father uses his wit and imagination to shield his son from the horrors around them, creating a game to win a tank and escape. Despite the harsh reality, the father sacrifices himself to ensure his son's survival and reunites with his mother after the camp is liberated.
Five years after the events of Men in Black, Agent J (Will Smith) is now the top operative for the MIB, the self-funded New York City-based agency that secretly monitors and regulates extraterrestrials' activity on Earth. J is largely without a partner, after Agent L (from the first film) decided to return to her former life and subsequent partners have not lived up to J's professional standards. While investigating a seemingly routine crime at a SoHo pizzeria, J uncovers a diabolical plot by Serleena, a shape-shifting Kylothian queen who disguises herself as a lingerie model (Lara Flynn Boyle), but resembles a plant-like hydra in her own form. The Neuralyzed Agent K (Tommy Lee Jones) has assumed civilian life as Kevin Brown, postmaster of a small town in Massachusetts, and to stop her, J must convince Kevin to rejoin MIB, because he is the only operative still alive who knows how to find what Serleena wants, the "Light of Zartha". While J tries to Deneuralyze Kevin, Serleena breaks into MIB resulting in a lock down; J and Kevin escape after being flushed from the building. J then takes Kevin to Jack Jeebs (Tony Shalhoub), who built an unofficial Deneuralyzer. Although K eventually regains some of his memory, he still has no recollection of the "Light of Zartha" (he Neuralyzed himself) but left himself a series of clues in case he needed to remember. The clues eventually lead to a video-store where they watch a tape that jars K's memory: 25 years ago, the Zarthan Queen Laurana arrived on Earth to try to hide the Light of Zartha, but the MIB refused to help due to their neutrality. Serleena arrived to steal the Light, but K activated the Zarthan ship and sent it away. Serleena, believing the Light is on board the ship, chased the ship, but not before fatally shooting Laurana. K then reveals that the ship was a decoy, and that the Light is still hidden on Earth. Meanwhile, Serleena frees all of the MIB's high-security prisoners and uses them as henchmen. Believing that the Light is in the bracelet worn by Laura Vasquez (Rosario Dawson), a waitress at the pizzeria, Serleena kidnaps Laura and prepares to send her back to her home-world. K and J assault MIB headquarters, defeat Serleena's henchmen, and rescue Laura. However, K warns them that if the Light is not taken off Earth and returned to Zartha, it will explode and destroy the planet. As they make their way to the departure point, Serleena gives chase but is eaten by Jeff, a giant alien worm living in the New York subway system. When they reach the departure point, K reveals that Laura is Laurana's daughter and the actual Light of Zartha (it's also suggested that he is her father as well). To save Earth and Zartha, Laura reluctantly leaves Earth, much to J's dismay, as he had developed feelings for her. Serleena returns to try to capture Laura again, but K and J manage to destroy her for good. To cover up the chaos caused by Serleena's rampage, K activates a giant Neuralyzer hidden in the Statue of Liberty's torch. Now that Laura is gone, K and Agent Zed (Rip Torn the head of MIB) try to console J for his loss, but he answers that he needs no consolation and had accepted her departure without much sorrow. To provide a measure of comfort, K puts the aliens found in a Grand Central Terminal locker, as one of the clues, in J's locker.
Sir Nicholas 'Nicky' Winton, a young London broker, risks his life to rescue Jewish children from the Nazis during World War II. He embarks on a race against time to save as many children as possible before the borders close. Years later, haunted by the children he couldn't save, Nicky finds redemption when he meets the surviving adults on a live TV show.
Ida, a single mother of two sons, hides her Jewish heritage and fights against poverty and persecution during the end of World War II and post-war Rome.
Set in a dystopian near-future Japan, a dog-flu virus spreads, leading to all dogs being banished to Trash Island. The orphaned nephew of the authoritarian mayor sets off on a quest to find his lost dog, with the help of a pack of dogs led by Chief. Along the way, they encounter cannibal dogs, a conspiracy, and the fight to save the canine population. Ultimately, they succeed in exposing the corruption, finding a cure, and reintegrating dogs into society.
In the 1930s, a French convict named Papillon befriends a fellow criminal, Dega, as they begin their sentence on Devil's Island, a penal colony in South America. Papillon, determined to escape, convinces Dega to join him in his plan. They endure harsh conditions, crocodile attacks, and betrayal as they make their way to freedom. Despite setbacks and the passage of time, Papillon's determination leads him to eventually succeed and outlive the prison.
During the Russian Revolution, a medical student turned doctor, Yuri Zhivago, finds himself torn between his love for two women and his ideals. As the world around him changes, Yuri must navigate the chaos of war and political upheaval while trying to hold onto his principles and find love in a time of turmoil.
Official Secrets is a gripping political thriller based on the true story of Katharine Gun, a British intelligence specialist who leaked an explosive memo suggesting illegal activities by the United States and Britain to push for the invasion of Iraq in 2003. As the government launches a criminal investigation, Katharine finds herself facing high-stakes courtroom drama and a battle for truth and justice.
Stateless is a TV show set in an Australian immigration detention center, where lives intersect as four strangers escape their pasts and seek asylum. The show revolves around the challenges faced by the detainees and the staff working in the center. It explores themes of identity, family, and the harsh reality of life in a remote location.
From his poor childhood to his rise to fame, from his triumphs to his failures, from Paris to New York, discover the exceptional journey of an artist. Intimate, intense, fragile and indestructible, devoted to his art until the very end, here is one of the most immortal singers of all time: MONSIEUR AZNAVOUR.
In the mountain village of Provence in 1851, a young woman named Violette returns home after her husband goes missing. As a political prisoner, she is forced into isolation and begins farming in order to survive. Inspired by a true story, 'The Sower' explores themes of literacy, motherhood, and political repression.
In 1921, Ewa Cybulski and her sister arrive in New York from their native Poland in search of a better life. However, when her sister is detained due to illness, Ewa is left to navigate the dark underbelly of the city alone. Desperate for money, she becomes involved with Bruno, a cunning illusionist, who also happens to be her cousin. As Ewa becomes entangled in a web of prostitution and deceit, she must find a way to survive and escape the clutches of a corrupt and dangerous world.
Set in a Catholic boarding school in Nazi-occupied France, the film follows the friendship between a young Catholic boy and a Jewish boy hiding his true identity. Their bond is tested when the Gestapo conducts a raid.
After being forced to flee from his home in Monterrey, a young immigrant teenager finds himself in Queens, New York. He navigates through the challenges of living in a new country, battling with his alienation and loneliness. Finding solace in the underground music scene, he becomes a part of a tight-knit community that helps him find his identity.
In this comedy, a man is forced to pretend to be someone's wife in order to navigate through various situations and challenges. Along the way, he experiences friendship, love, and self-discovery.
Follow the inspiring journey of three Nigerian-Greek brothers as they navigate the challenges of immigration, poverty, and the pursuit of their basketball dreams. When their parents move to Greece for a better life, the family works together to make ends meet, selling souvenirs and playing basketball in their free time. Despite their lack of experience, the brothers discover their natural talent and, with the help of a talent agent, decide to pursue careers in the NBA.
A Touch of Spice follows the story of a Greek boy named Fanis, who develops a love for cooking and spices under the guidance of his grandfather. The film explores themes of food, family relationships, and nostalgia, as Fanis later reunites with his childhood crush and reminisces about his past in Athens, Greece.