Bread and Roses (2000), The Glass Wall (1953), The Border (1982), Fast Food Nation (2006), No Turning Back (2001), Poniente (2002), Romance in Manhattan (1935), Alambrista (1978) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Illegal Alien movies.
Storyline: Maya is a quick-witted young woman who comes over the Mexican border without papers and makes her way to the LA home of her older sister Rosa. Rosa gets Maya a job as a janitor: a non-union janitorial service has the contract, the foul-mouthed supervisor can fire workers on a whim, and the service-workers' union has assigned organizer Sam Shapiro to bring its "justice for janitors" campaign to the building. Sam finds Maya a willing listener, she's also attracted to him. Rosa resists, she has an ailing husband to consider. The workers try for public support; management intimidates workers to divide and conquer. Rosa and Maya as well as workers and management may be set to collide.—<jhailey@hotmail.com>
Plot Keywords: illegal alien, janitor, union organizer, sister, wife, manager, passionate ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Peter, a WW II 'displaced person' about to be deported jumps ship in New York harbor in an effort to find an ex-G.I named Tom whom he helped during the war and can prove Peter's right to legal entry in the United States. It is a race against time for if he can't Tom within 24 hours and prove his case, he will be branded a fugitive and will be permanently disqualified for U.S. citizenship. His quest leads him to befriending Maggie, a down-on-her-luck factory worker whom he rejuvenates through his good faith; a visit to a jazz club where Shorty Rogers and his band and trombonist Jack Teagarden are playing, and an interlude with a good- hearted burlesque dancer, Tanya Zakoyla, takes him to her mother's home for food and rest. The climax comes at dawn in the United Nations building (the "glass wall" of the title) where he goes to plead his case and that of all displaced persons.—Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net>
Plot Keywords: illegal alien, veteran, fugitive, factory worker, inspector, jazz musician, melodramatic ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: U.S. Border Patrol agent Charlie Smith just wants to do a good job and provide for his wife. But between her demands for a more affluent lifestyle and the importuning of Charlie's partner Cat to take part in illegal activities in exchange for bribes, Charlie gets caught up in helping smuggle illegal immigrants across the Texas border. When one of them, a young Mexican girl named Maria, loses her baby to abductors who plan to sell the child, Charlie decides to take a stand for her and against the corruption he's fallen into.—Jim Beaver <jumblejim@prodigy.net>
Plot Keywords: border patrol officer, wife, partner, illegal alien, baby, corrupt cop, dark ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Don Anderson's marketing director for Mickey's fast food chain. He's the inventor of their bestselling hamburger, the Big One. Independent research has showm the presence of cow's feces in the Big One. Don is sent to Cody, Colorado, to verify if the main supplier of Mickey's, beef is efficient as it appears, and the production process is up to code. During his investigation, he discovers the horrible truth behind a simple hamburger; the reality is not like It's portrayed. Don discovers what the mass production system involves, from the temp-workers like Amber, to the exploitation of irregular immigrants. It's not only the meat being is crushed in the machinery, but our society.
Plot Keywords: executive, illegal alien, farmer, employee, shocking, offbeat, restaurant ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: An illegal Honduran immigrant (Jesus Nebot) flees with his daughter (Chelsea Rendon) after accidentally killing a child while driving.
Plot Keywords: illegal alien, immigrant, daughter, filmmaker, father, professor, suspenseful ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: After living in Madrid for many years as a teacher, Lucia returns to her hometown after her father's death results in the inheritance of his tomato farm. While fighting the community's racism toward the new illegal workers, Lucia falls in love with the farm's accountant, Curro, a man who shares her cause. The couple is forced to confront the racism of the town and as tensions come to head, they will have to make some decisions that could cost them everything.—Anonymous
Plot Keywords: woman, farmer, accountant, illegal alien, schoolmaster, love interest, mushy ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Young Czech immigrant Karel Novak (Francis Lederer) loses the small amount of money he has when he attempts to enter the United States and ends up penniless on the streets of New York at the height of the Great Depression. Sympathetic chorus girl Sylvia Dennis (Ginger Rogers) and her teenage brother, Frank (Jimmy Butler), take pity on the young man, but their attempts to help him cause unwanted trouble for themselves that could get the orphaned Frank sent to a foster home.
Plot Keywords: illegal alien, chorus girl, brother, police officer, social worker, melodramatic, moving ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Struggling to support his family in Mexico, Roberto (Domingo Ambriz), a young Mexican man, illegally crosses the border to the United States in search of work. Exploited by his American employers, Roberto labors in harsh conditions for insufficient wages and fails to make enough money for his family. Continually on the lookout for immigration raids, Roberto has to maintain a constant vigilance as he travels from town to town, searching for employment.
Plot Keywords: illegal alien, laborer, farmer, waitress, stranger, daughter, disheartening ...
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