Vetri Kodi Kattu

Dirty Pretty Things

2002 · ★ 6.9

An undocumented immigrant finds a human heart in one of the toilets of the west London hotel where he works with other undocumented immigrants.

Welcome

2015 · ★ 6.5

Anna, a young Czech doctor, gets held up at US immigration after a humanitarian trip to Uganda, the day her boyfriend wants to propose to her.

The Terminal

2004 · ★ 7.4

An Eastern European tourist unexpectedly finds himself stranded in JFK airport, and must take up temporary residence there.

The Valley

2018 · ★ 6

Devastated by his daughter's suicide, an immigrant entrepreneur working in high-tech seeks answers to his lingering questions.

Welcome Maria

1986 · ★ 5

Illegal immigrant Maria arrives in Los Angeles from Mexico with her young son, Miguelito. She is searching for the boy's father, who came years before to find work and never returned. Confused and disoriented, she is fortunate to meet Meche, a young, beautiful, fun-loving, and street-smart Latina. Meche helps her find a place to stay, introduces her to life in L.A., including some of its eccentricities, and assists in her search. Good-hearted Maria finds her husband, but he has made a new life with a blond "gringa" wife and new child. She quietly slips away without confronting him. She and Miguelito begin a new life without him.

Amaraica

2020 · ★ 5.5

An undocumented immigrant, Roberto, seeks a way to become lawful, but all efforts are put on hold when he becomes a new father at the onset of the US government's 'Zero Tolerance' child separation policy at the US / Mexico border.

Paris Belongs to Us

1961 · ★ 6.6

A young woman joins a theatrical troupe where she slowly believes that the director is involved with a secret group and that he is in grave danger.

Aïssa

2014 · ★ 3.9

Aïssa is a Congolese immigrant in France. She says that she is under eighteen but the authorities consider her an adult. To determine if she can be deported, a doctor must give her a physical examination.

The Impossible Fight

Four African immigrants face the harsh reality of living undocumented in Spain, amid rejection, precariousness, and the search for dignity.

The Order of Things

2017 · ★ 6.5

An immigration agent is torn between the job and his humanity.

The Proposal

2009 · ★ 7.2

When she learns she's in danger of losing her visa status and being deported, overbearing book editor Margaret Tate forces her put-upon assistant, Andrew Paxton, to marry her.

Tanabata's Wife

2019

An adaptation of Sinai Hamada's short story. A Japanese farmer living in the Cordilleras hires a Bontoc woman to work at his farm, and eventually marries her.