Highest-Rated Movies about 'Homesickness', Sort by Popularity

Sesame Street Presents: Follow That Bird (1985), Nostalgia (1983), Salaam Bombay! (1988), Brooklyn (2015), Tangos: The Exile of Gardel (1985), Gay Purr-ee (1962), Conduct Unbecoming (1975), The Rugrats Movie (1998) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Homesickness movies.

#2. Nostalgia (1983)

Storyline: The Russian poet Andrei Gorchakov, accompanied by guide and translator Eugenia, is traveling through Italy researching the life of an 18th-century Russian composer. In an ancient spa town, he meets the lunatic Domenico, who years earlier had imprisoned his own family in his house for seven years to save them from the evils of the world. Seeing some deep truth in Domenico's act, Andrei becomes drawn to him. In a series of dreams, the poet's nostalgia for his homeland and his longing for his wife, his ambivalent feelings for Eugenia and Italy, and his sense of kinship with Domenico become intertwined.—Anonymous and Brian McInnis

Plot Keywords: poet, interpreter, russian, mystic, mentally ill person, pretty woman, bleak ...

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#3. Salaam Bombay! (1988)

Storyline: Young Krishna's mother abandons him at the Apollo Circus and informs him that he can only return home when he can afford 500 rupees to pay for his brother's bicycle that he destroyed. The circus then leaves Krishna behind and he takes a train to Bombay, where he works delivering tee for Chacha's street bar and being called "Chaipau" by the local street children. He befriends heroin addict and drug dealer Chillum, and young Manju Golub, the daughter of Baba Golub and prostitute Rekha Golub. Krishna dreams of saving 500 rupees to return home, but Bombay street life isn't easy.—Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Plot Keywords: young boy, mother, brother, drug dealer, prostitute, friend, dark ...

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#4. Brooklyn (2015)

Storyline: Ireland, early-1950s. Eilis Lacey is a young woman working in a grocery shop. She has greater ambitions and moves to Brooklyn, New York, leaving her mother and sister, Rose, behind. She is terribly homesick but eventually settles down, finding a job, studying to be a bookkeeper and meeting a nice young Italian man, Tony. Things are going well but then she learns that Rose has died, and decides to return to Ireland, temporarily. She and Tony hastily get married and then she sets off back to Ireland, alone. Life is about to get complicated...

Plot Keywords: irishwoman, mother, immigrant, italian, friend, family member, charming ...

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#5. Tangos: The Exile of Gardel (1985)

Storyline: In the sorrow of exile, a group of Argentinians in Paris seek solace and connection to their culture by staging a set of tangos. The film alternates between their vibrant rehearsals and their circumscribed lives in low-rent apartments, underemployed, fitfully communicating with families back home, trying to make do with what they hope are only temporary arrangements in a foreign land.—<jhailey@hotmail.com>

Plot Keywords: dancer, singer, clown, ghost, playful, passionate, creative ...

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#6. Gay Purr-ee (1962)

Storyline: Mouser Jaune Tom and house cat Mewsette are living in the French countryside, but Mewsette wants to experience the refinement and excitement of the Paris living. But upon arrival she falls into the clutches of Meowrice. Jaune Tom and his friend Robespierre set off to Paris to find her.—Brian W Martz <B.Martz@Genie.com>

Plot Keywords: cat, suitor, sidekick, con artist, assistant, playful, charming ...

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#7. Conduct Unbecoming (1975)

Storyline: A company of British soldiers in colonial India is shaken when the widow of their most honored hero is assaulted. A young officer must defend a fellow Lieutenant from the charges in an unusual court-martial, while investigating the deepening mystery behind the attack.—klantry

Plot Keywords: military officer, lieutenant, widow, soldier, military wife, cool, tense ...

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#8. The Rugrats Movie (1998)

Storyline: Tommy faces responsiblity when Dil, his new baby brother is born. As with all newborns, the child becomes a bane to Tommy and the rest of his gang. Even Phil and Lil don't like them. So they decide to return Dil to where he came from, the hospital. But they get lost along the way, REALLY lost, and get into even more trouble with a circus. Can they find their way home and can Tommy and Dil just get along?

Plot Keywords: child, baby, friend, monkey, mother, father, charming ...

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#9. Pépé le moko (1937)

Storyline: Pépé le Moko (Jean Gabin), one of France's most wanted criminals, hides out in the Casbah section of Algiers. He knows police will be waiting for him if he tries to leave the city. When Pépé meets Gaby Gould (Mireille Balin), a gorgeous woman from Paris who is lost in the Casbah, he falls for her. She also reminds him of all the things he loves about Paris. Even as Pépé knows he is being trailed by Inspector Slimane (Lucas Gridoux), he considers a future with Gaby.

Plot Keywords: gangster, love interest, police officer, tourist, dreamy, gripping, profound ...

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