Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "deportation-threat"

1. Dirty Pretty Things (2002)

R | 97 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Irregular migrants Okwe and Senay work at a posh London hotel and live in constant fear of deportation. One night Okwe stumbles across evidence of a bizarre murder, setting off a series of events that could lead to disaster or freedom.

Director: Stephen Frears | Stars: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Audrey Tautou, Sophie Okonedo, Kriss Dosanjh

Votes: 44,128 | Gross: $8.11M

2. Our Man in Havana (1959)

Not Rated | 111 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Jim Wormold, who is a vacuum cleaner salesman, participates as an Agent in the British Secret Service. But he soon realizes that his plans by lying are going to get him into trouble.

Director: Carol Reed | Stars: Alec Guinness, Maureen O'Hara, Burl Ives, Ernie Kovacs

Votes: 6,121

3. Ladybird Ladybird (1994)

R | 101 min | Drama

Maggie, an unmarried mother of four children by four different men who abused her, leaves her kids home alone one night. A fire injures them and child services takes custody. Maggie fails to regain custody of her children.

Director: Ken Loach | Stars: Crissy Rock, Vladimir Vega, Sandie Lavelle, Mauricio Venegas

Votes: 3,835 | Gross: $0.15M

4. The Glass Wall (1953)

Approved | 82 min | Drama, Film-Noir

Peter is a refugee who wants to make a better life for himself in America, but he doesn't have the proper papers. Desperate for entry, he jumps ship and flees to New York to search for a World War II veteran whom he helped during the war.

Director: Maxwell Shane | Stars: Vittorio Gassman, Gloria Grahame, Ann Robinson, Douglas Spencer

Votes: 1,348

5. The Courtroom (2022)

Drama

It tells the story of a Filipina immigrant who faces deportation and permanent separation from her American husband and newborn child after mistakenly registering to vote.

Director: Lee Sunday Evans | Stars: Marsha Stephanie Blake, Michael Braun, Kathleen Chalfant, Victoria Hope Chan

Votes: 17

6. Gambling House (1950)

Approved | 80 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

In New York, a small-time hood, who took the rap for a murder committed by his crime-boss in exchange for 50 G's, faces deportation because he doesn't hold American citizenship.

Director: Ted Tetzlaff | Stars: Victor Mature, Terry Moore, William Bendix, Zachary Charles

Votes: 503

7. 300 millas en busca de mamá (2007)

90 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama

Ariel and Rocío, two kids mistreated by their grandmother, flee from home in order to meet their mother, who is working in another country. The kids face menacing challenges and drift through several countries to find her.

Director: Leonidas Zegarra | Stars: Mariana Liquitaya, Lida Aquise, Rimber Caballero, Obdulia Pezo Ochoa

8. The Tree That Remembers (2002)

Not Rated | 50 min | Documentary

In 1992, a young Iranian student hanged himself on the outskirts of a small Ontario town. Having escaped the Ayatollah's regime and found a new home in Canada, he could not escape his past.... See full summary »

Director: Masoud Raouf | Stars: Niousha Farahi, Reza Gahfari, Shirin Ghanbari, Shokoufeh Sakhi

Votes: 26

9. Fractured (2009)

11 min | Short, Drama, History

A husband can't face losing his property. A single parent runs out of options. A mother can't bring her family together. In a city that could be yours, three lives are connected by isolation.

Director: Kane Arcadia | Stars: Luciano Vecchio, Joanna Zukowski, Trushna Mahisuri, Gillian Shilling

Votes: 47

10. Harry Bridges: A Man and His Union (1992)

Documentary, Biography, History

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Director: Berry Minnott | Stars: Harry Bridges, Studs Terkel

11. Judging Amy (1999–2005)
Episode: A Pretty Good Day (2002)

TV-PG | Drama

Amy's ruling in the case of a teenager who called in a bomb scare to avoid a test is complicated by the arrival of an I.N.S. agent who's ready to deport the boy to Afghanistan, and almost ... See full summary »

Director: Joe Ann Fogle | Stars: Amy Brenneman, Richard T. Jones, Kevin Rahm, Jessica Tuck

Votes: 40

12. Mork & Mindy (1978–1982)
Episode: Little Orphan Morkie (1980)

TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi

When Mork is threatened with deportation, Exidor adopts him.

Director: Howard Storm | Stars: Robin Williams, Pam Dawber, Jay Thomas, Gina Hecht

Votes: 98

13. Alex Rider (2020–2024)
Episode: Lies (2020)

TV-14 | 43 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Following his uncle's mysterious death, Alex Rider begins a quest for answers that leads him into a dark world of secrets and espionage. He comes to realise that his uncle wasn't the man he... See full summary »

Director: Andreas Prochaska | Stars: Otto Farrant, Andrew Buchan, Ronke Adekoluejo, Brenock O'Connor

Votes: 793