Highest-Rated Movies about 'Ellis Island', Sort by Popularity
Golden Door (2006), An American Tail (1986), Hester Street (1975), An American Romance (1944), Hitch (2005) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Ellis Island movies.
#1. Golden Door (2006)
Storyline: An Italian (Vincenzo Amato) and his two sons leave their rural home in Sicily and begin an exciting journey toward a better life in the United States.
Plot Keywords: widower, son, mother, immigrant, englishwoman, dark, passionate ...
Movie Details Click Here!#2. An American Tail (1986)
Storyline: Fievel is a young Russian mouse separated from his parents on the way to America, a land they think is without cats. When he arrives alone in the New World, he keeps up hope, searching for his family, making new friends, and running and dodging the cats he thought he'd be rid off.
Plot Keywords: mouse, cat, immigrant, rat, bird, uplifting, heartwarming ...
Movie Details Click Here!#3. Hester Street (1975)
Storyline: It's 1896. Yankel Bogovnik, a Russian Jew, emigrated to the United States three years earlier and has settled where many of his background have, namely on Hester Street on the Lower East Side of New York City. He has assimilated to American life, having learned English, anglicized his name to Jake, and shaved off his beard. He is working at a $12/week job as a seamster, the money earned to be able to bring his wife Gitl and his son Yossele to America from Russia. Regardless, he has fallen in love with another woman, a dancer named Mamie Fein. Nonetheless, he is excited when he learns that Gitl and Yossele are indeed coming to America. His happiness at their arrival is dampened when he sees that Gitl is not "American" looking like Mamie and has troubles assimilating as quickly as he would like. Except to Mamie, he tries to show a public façade that everything is fine at home with Gitl. But can their marriage survive these differences, and if not, will Gitl be able to manage in this new land where she has few supports?—Huggo
Plot Keywords: immigrant, wife, son, boss, landlady, emotional, gritty ...
Movie Details Click Here!#4. An American Romance (1944)
Storyline: Stefan Dangos immigrates to America and works his way up from the iron mines and steel mills to become a great American success story as an industrialist.—Jim Beaver <jumblejim@prodigy.net>
Plot Keywords: immigrant, brother, wife, son, teacher, union organizer, confident ...
Movie Details Click Here!#5. Hitch (2005)
Storyline: Pivoting around the eternal game of love, the suave matchmaker and New York's greatest date doctor, Alex "Hitch" Hitchens, guarantees that any man can get the girl of his dreams if he overcomes his fears and follows his infallible advice. However, when the timid accountant, Albert Brennaman, wants to win the attention of the rich and beautiful heiress, Allegra Cole, Hitch will discover his perfect match: the inquisitive gossip columnist, Sara Melas. Now, the self-assured charmer is in need of his own services to save his relationship. Can the silver-tongued expert of romance survive the delicate complications of love?
Plot Keywords: matchmaker, accountant, celebrity, tabloid reporter, lighthearted, hilarious, new york city ...
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