Capernaum (2018), Of Mice and Men (1939), Almanya - Welcome to Germany (2011), Border Incident (1950), Mr. Majestyk (1974), Tortilla Flat (1942), In Dubious Battle (2016) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Migrant Worker movies.
Storyline: After fleeing his negligent and abusive parents, a hardened, streetwise 12-year-old boy sues them to protest the life they've given him.
Plot Keywords: boy, parent, migrant worker, emotional, bleak, uplifting, lebanon ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: George Milton and Lennie Small are migrant workers in the 1930s Depression. Lennie is mentally disabled and George looks after him. While working as hands on a Western ranch, they dream of owning their own ranch and the opportunity may be available. Their current ranch is owned by a sadistic man who has a flirtatious wife.—dstern1
Plot Keywords: mentally challenged, migrant worker, rancher, wife, emotional, gutsy, tender ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: The story of three generations of a Turkish immigrant family.
Plot Keywords: man, turkish man, german, migrant worker, amusing, witty, touching ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: To penetrate a gang exploiting illegal Mexican farmworkers smuggled into California (and leaving no live witnesses), Mexican federal agent Pablo Rodriguez poses as an ignorant bracero, while his American counterpart Jack Bearnes works from outside. Soon, both are in deadly danger from the ringleader, sinister rancher Owen Parkson, and find night on the farm to be full of shadowy film-noir menace...—Rod Crawford <puffinus@u.washington.edu>
Plot Keywords: fbi agent, migrant worker, farmer, gang member, undercover agent, dark, suspenseful ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Vietnam veteran Vince Majestyk just wants to grow his watermelons and live in peace on his farm. But the local mob boss has different ideas. When his workers are threatened Mr. Majestyk decides to lend them a hand but then the wrath of the mob is turned onto Mr. Majestyk himself. The poor mobsters don't stand a chance.—Steve Crook <steve@brainstorm.co.uk>
Plot Keywords: vietnam vet, lawyer, mobster, migrant worker, police detective, criminal, gritty ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Danny inherits two houses so Pilon and his lazy, impoverished friends move in. One of them, Pirate, is saving money which Pilon hopes to steal till he learns it is being saved to buy a gold candlestick for St. Francis. When one of the houses burns down and Danny is hurt fighting, Pilon makes an effort to make life better for his friend.—Ed Stephan <stephan@cc.wwu.edu>
Plot Keywords: homeless person, poor person, migrant worker, drunk, beautiful woman, uplifting, witty ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: In the California apple country, 900 migratory workers rise up "in dubious battle" against the landowners. The group takes on a life of its own - stronger than its individual members and more frightening. Led by the doomed Jim Nolan (Nat Wolff), the strike is founded on his tragic idealism - on the "courage never to submit or yield." Published in 1936, the novel "In Dubious Battle" is considered the first major work of Pulitzer Prize-winning author John Steinbeck.
Plot Keywords: migrant worker, landowner, police officer, union boss, rousing, inspiring, melodramatic ...
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