Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "polish-immigrant"

1. The Tenant (1976)

R | 126 min | Drama, Thriller

A bureaucrat rents a Paris apartment where he finds himself drawn into a rabbit hole of dangerous paranoia.

Director: Roman Polanski | Stars: Roman Polanski, Isabelle Adjani, Melvyn Douglas, Jo Van Fleet

Votes: 47,644 | Gross: $1.92M

2. Three Colors: White (1994)

R | 92 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

After his wife divorces him, a Polish immigrant plots to get even with her.

Director: Krzysztof Kieslowski | Stars: Zbigniew Zamachowski, Julie Delpy, Janusz Gajos, Jerzy Stuhr

Votes: 79,680 | Gross: $1.46M

3. The Goldman Case (2023)

115 min | Crime, Drama, History

Chronicles the trial of Goldman, a French left-wing revolutionary who was convicted of several robberies and was mysteriously murdered.

Director: Cédric Kahn | Stars: Arieh Worthalter, Arthur Harari, Stéphan Guérin-Tillié, Nicolas Briançon

Votes: 1,684

4. The Immigrant (2013)

R | 120 min | Drama, Romance

In 1921, an innocent immigrant woman is tricked into a life of burlesque and vaudeville until a dazzling magician tries to save her and reunite her with her sister who is being held in the confines of Ellis Island.

Director: James Gray | Stars: Marion Cotillard, Joaquin Phoenix, Jeremy Renner, Dagmara Dominczyk

Votes: 33,810 | Gross: $2.01M

5. You & I (2014)

Unrated | 79 min | Drama, Romance

Three immature guys drive around a remote region of Germany, fooling around and taking photographs.

Director: Nils Bökamp | Stars: George Taylor, Eric Klotzsch, Michal Grabowski

Votes: 1,211

6. The Beast Must Die (1974)

PG | 93 min | Horror, Mystery

Eight people are invited to an island estate for the weekend. One of them is a werewolf. Can you guess which one?

Director: Paul Annett | Stars: Calvin Lockhart, Peter Cushing, Marlene Clark, Charles Gray

Votes: 4,176

7. Tiger Bay (1959)

Not Rated | 105 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A twelve-year-old tomboy witnesses the murder of a woman by her Polish merchant marine boyfriend, but bonds with him and thwarts the police in their investigation.

Director: J. Lee Thompson | Stars: Hayley Mills, Horst Buchholz, John Mills, Yvonne Mitchell

Votes: 3,165

8. Flic Story (1975)

112 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

The hunt for a seasoned killer becomes a matter of life for a policeman. Action-packed drama based on real events.

Director: Jacques Deray | Stars: Alain Delon, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Renato Salvatori, Claudine Auger

Votes: 2,938

9. Dr. Jekyll vs. The Werewolf (1972)

Not Rated | 96 min | Horror

Paul Naschy returns as El Hombre Lobo for the sixth time as he searches for a cure to his full moon madness by visiting the grandson of the infamous Dr. Jekyll.

Director: León Klimovsky | Stars: Paul Naschy, Shirley Corrigan, Jack Taylor, Mirta Miller

Votes: 682

10. Somers Town (2008)

Not Rated | 71 min | Comedy, Drama

A black-and-white study of a social environment in London, concentrating on a pair of unlikely new friends and the girl they both fancy.

Director: Shane Meadows | Stars: Piotr Jagiello, Ireneusz Czop, Perry Benson, Thomas Turgoose

Votes: 6,724 | Gross: $0.05M

11. Two Heads Creek (2019)

TV-MA | 85 min | Comedy, Horror, Thriller

A timid butcher and his drama queen twin sister quit the hostile confines of post- Brexit Britain and adventure to Australia in search of their birth mother, but the seemingly tolerant townsfolk are hiding a dark, meaty secret.

Director: Jesse O'Brien | Stars: Gary Sweet, Kerry Armstrong, Kathryn Wilder, Stephen Hunter

Votes: 1,367

12. Set Me Free (1999)

94 min | Drama, Romance

In the year 1963, an awkward thirteen-year-old girl comes of age during her escapism into the world of cinema, with potentially dangerous results.

Director: Léa Pool | Stars: Karine Vanasse, Pascale Bussières, Predrag 'Miki' Manojlovic, Alexandre Mérineau

Votes: 1,074 | Gross: $0.07M

13. A House Is Not a Home (1964)

Not Rated | 98 min | Crime, Drama, History

Biopic of notorious New York City Madam Polly Adler, set during the Roaring Twenties.

Director: Russell Rouse | Stars: Shelley Winters, Robert Taylor, Cesar Romero, Ralph Taeger

Votes: 261

14. Murder: By Reason of Insanity (1985 TV Movie)

100 min | Crime, Drama

A married couple from Poland emigrates to the U.S.,. but things don't turn out as well as they had imaged. The husband's business fails, while his wife's career really takes off. The ... See full summary »

Director: Anthony Page | Stars: Candice Bergen, Jürgen Prochnow, Hector Elizondo, Eli Wallach

Votes: 156

15. The Man Who Would Be Polka King (2009)

69 min | Documentary, Crime, Music

A look at the rise and fall of band leader Jan Lewan, whose international Polka empire led to the greatest polka-related financial crime in history.

Directors: Joshua Brown, John Mikulak | Stars: Michael Byrne, Pete Chacho, Catherine Damavandi, Kent Jackson

Votes: 679

16. Sole (2019)

102 min | Drama

Lena is seven months pregnant and she's ready to sell the baby in her belly. Ermanno agrees to pretend to be the father. Fabio, the uncle of Ermanno, will pay them to buy the child that he ... See full summary »

Director: Carlo Sironi | Stars: Claudio Segaluscio, Sandra Drzymalska, Bruno Buzzi, Marco Felli

Votes: 861

17. Santo in the Wax Museum (1963)

92 min | Action, Horror, Mystery

El Santo, the masked Mexican wrestler, investigates a series of kidnappings. He discovers that the mysterious Doctor Caroll is using the victims as part of his experiments to develop an ... See full summary »

Directors: Alfonso Corona Blake, Manuel San Fernando | Stars: Santo, Claudio Brook, Norma Mora, Rubén Rojo

Votes: 351

18. Red Kiss (1985)

110 min | Drama, Romance

1952, Paris. Nadia, a Red Diaper baby, has a sister, Polish parents, and at 15 is an active Communist. When cops beat her during an anti-American demonstration, she's rescued by a "Match" ... See full summary »

Director: Véra Belmont | Stars: Charlotte Valandrey, Lambert Wilson, Marthe Keller, Laurent Terzieff

Votes: 335

19. Coursier (2010)

98 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

From multicultural Paris to designer Paris, Montmartre to the Champs-Elysées, sleazy sidewalks to high-end galleries... Watch out! Sam the courier is a man on a mission! On his scooter, Sam... See full summary »

Director: Hervé Renoh | Stars: Michaël Youn, Géraldine Nakache, Jimmy Jean-Louis, Didier Flamand

Votes: 1,794

20. Misplaced (1989)

98 min | Drama

The story of a strong-minded Polish mother, Halina Nowak who desperately wants her talented son, Jacek to have a life in the free world. On the eve of the Polish uprising, Halina, taking ... See full summary »

Director: Louis Yansen | Stars: Viveca Lindfors, John Cameron Mitchell, Elzbieta Czyzewska, Kellie Overbey

Votes: 56

21. Rickover: The Birth of Nuclear Power (2014)

TV-PG | 116 min | Biography

Combative, provocative, and searingly blunt, Admiral Hyman G. Rickover was a flamboyant maverick and a unique American hero. When few thought it possible, then-Captain Rickover harnessed ... See full summary »

Director: Michael Pack | Stars: Joan Allen, Michael Stewart Allen, Joel Briel, Bryan Clark

Votes: 139

22. René Goscinny, notre oncle d'Armorique (2017 TV Movie)

52 min | Documentary, Biography

René Goscinny is the father of Asterix, Lucky Luke, Iznogood and Petit Nicolas. A genius comedian with memorable gags, Goscinny has left his mark on several generations of comic book lovers... See full summary »

Director: Guillaume Podrovnik | Stars: Olivier Charasson, José-Louis Bocquet, Frédéric Bonnaud, Pierre Christin

Votes: 26

23. Weekend of Shadows (1978)

Not Rated | 95 min | Crime, Drama

In the 1930s, a farmer's wife in a small town is murdered. Suspicion falls on a Polish labourer and a posse is formed to catch him.

Director: Tom Jeffrey | Stars: John Waters, Wyn Roberts, Graham Rouse, Melissa Jaffer

Votes: 70

24. Le cinéma de papa (1971)

GP | 90 min | Comedy, Drama

Young Jewish man tries to find his way in 1960's Paris while pondering whether to follow his father into the fur business or go into films.

Director: Claude Berri | Stars: Yves Robert, Hénia Suchar, Claude Berri, Alain Cohen

Votes: 247

25. Black White + Gray: A Portrait of Sam Wagstaff and Robert Mapplethorpe (2007)

Not Rated | 77 min | Documentary, Biography, Romance

A documentary on the relationship between curator Sam Wagstaff, photographer Robert Mapplethorpe, and musician/poet Patti Smith.

Director: James Crump | Stars: Pierre Apraxine, Dick Cavett, Dominick Dunne, Raymond Foye

Votes: 296

26. Il lupo e l'agnello (1980)

95 min | Comedy, Crime

Leon de Paris used to be a modest dog-barber in Paris. In search of more satisfaction. Thanks to the economic helps of Fanny (his terrible mother in law), he succeeds to set up in Roma a ... See full summary »

Director: Francesco Massaro | Stars: Michel Serrault, Tomas Milian, Ombretta Colli, Laura Adani

Votes: 150

27. Silver City (1984)

PG | 101 min | Drama, History, Romance

After World War II, 4,000 Polish families came to Australia. They were Jews, Fascists, anti-Communists, and others dispossessed. In a large hostel, where even married men and women were ... See full summary »

Director: Sophia Turkiewicz | Stars: Gosia Dobrowolska, Ivar Kants, Anna Maria Monticelli, Steve Bisley

Votes: 102

28. As the Earth Turns (1934)

Passed | 73 min | Drama, Romance

Drama following the lives of an immigrant farm family in Maine.

Director: Alfred E. Green | Stars: Jean Muir, Donald Woods, Russell Hardie, Emily Lowry

Votes: 271

29. La Course Navette (2017)

17 min | Short, Drama, Sport

Wojtek is a mysterious new student at school. This is why he is a prey designated for Thomas and Philippe, two students in search of entertainment. Not finding the words in front of his ... See full summary »

Director: Maxime Aubert | Stars: Théodore Pellerin, Antoine L'Écuyer, Antoine DesRochers, Simon Dépôt

Votes: 47

30. Anya (in and Out of Focus) (2004)

92 min | Documentary

Polish-born, American-based filmmaker Marian Marzynski's full length documentary of his daughter's first 30 years (beginning at age 5 when the family moved to the United States).

Director: Marian Marzynski | Star: Anna Marzynski

Votes: 13

31. Nostos (2003)

8 min | Short, Drama

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Director: Manos Giamalakis | Stars: Mariusz Smuc, Giorgos Vournas, Myrto Bouriti, Natassa Daliaka

Votes: 5

32. Ruth Rendell Mysteries (1987–2000)
Episode: Vanity Dies Hard: Part 1 (1994)

TV-14 | 180 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

When wealthy middle-aged divorcée Alice Fielding, marries a handsome younger man, her best friend Nesta, who has fallen on hard times, begins to resent her.

Director: Alan Grint | Stars: Jane Gurnett, Leslie Phillips, Leonard Preston, Arthur White

Votes: 119

33. Barney Miller (1975–1982)
Episode: Hash (1976)

TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy, Drama

Everyone on the squad except Barney is stoned by hashish-laced brownies made by Wojo's new girlfriend. An actor and a critic duel with swords.

Director: Noam Pitlik | Stars: Hal Linden, Abe Vigoda, Max Gail, Ron Glass

Votes: 357

34. The Equalizer (1985–1989)
Episode: The Cup (1986)

TV-PG | 46 min | Action, Crime, Drama

With McCall at his side, Kostmayer tries to help his brother, a priest, who refuses all assistance after being wounded in a drive-by shooting that kills a parishioner. They soon determine ... See full summary »

Director: Mario DiLeo | Stars: Edward Woodward, Dennis Christopher, Caris Corfman, Jaroslav Stremien

Votes: 80

35. The Untouchables (1959–1963)
Episode: Arsenal (1962)

52 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Frank Nitti and Bugs Moran are about to go to war, and to forestall that possibility, Elliot Ness and the Untouchables begin rounding up every machine gun owned by the gangsters' hitmen. To... See full summary »

Director: Paul Wendkos | Stars: Robert Stack, Salome Jens, George Mathews, Bruce Gordon

Votes: 63

36. The Last Detective (2003–2007)
Episode: Dangerous Liaisons (2007)

68 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

The key to the murder of a reclusive pornographer is an old 8mm snuff film.

Director: David Tucker | Stars: Peter Davison, Syan Blake, John Harding, Rob Spendlove

Votes: 114

37. A Haunting (2005– )
Episode: Legend Trippers (2007)

TV-PG | 44 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

Three teenage boys, with little else to do in the small town of Green Lake, Wisconsin, decide to spend Halloween night in the reputedly haunted Dartford Cemetery.

Directors: Christian Faber, Stuart Taylor | Stars: Anthony D. Call, Kyle Windley, Michael Sears Ryan, John Harrell

Votes: 70

38. The Mark of a Killer (2019– )
Episode: Classified to Kill (2021)

Documentary, Crime

Chicago detectives believe a serial killer is using the classified ads to lure and murder his victims. The investigation is set ablaze when flames obliterate evidence, until police make a shocking discovery.

Directors: Chad Cunningham, Wendy Greene | Stars: Bob Milan, James Jenkins, Dale Smith, Dennis Cascio

Votes: 13

39. A Touch of Frost (1992–2010)
Episode: If Dogs Run Free: Part 2 (2010)

TV-14 | 88 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Frost becomes engaged to Christine Moorehead while trying to put crime kingpin Gerry Berland behind bars and trying to unmask a copycat killer.

Director: Paul Harrison | Stars: David Jason, Bruce Alexander, John Lyons, Arthur White

Votes: 359

40. The Years That Changed Modern Scotland (2021)
Episode: From Beats to Bust (1992-2008) (2021)

History

Kirsty Wark explores the 1990s and 2000s, from the highs of the rave scene, Trainspotting and a new Scottish parliament, to the lows of the financial crash.

Stars: Kirsty Wark, Ewan McGregor, Robert Carlyle, Ewen Bremner

41. A Brief History of the Future (2024– )
Episode: Beyond the Now (2024)

Documentary

Join Ari Wallach on his journey to seek the individuals and ideas that can shape a better, more sustainable future for each generation to build upon.

Stars: Dean Buonomano, Loretta Afraid of Bear Cook, Hal Hershfield, Sophie Howe

Votes: 31

42. 2 Broke Girls (2011–2017)
Episode: And the Cronuts (2013)

Not Rated | 21 min | Comedy

When Max and Caroline start losing business to the new "cronut" craze (half-croissant, half-donut), they come up with their own trend: cake fries.

Director: Don Scardino | Stars: Kat Dennings, Beth Behrs, Garrett Morris, Jonathan Kite

Votes: 796

43. Mafia's Greatest Hits (2012– )
Episode: Charles 'Lucky' Luciano (2012)

TV-PG | 49 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime

Charles "Lucky" Luciano was the number one gangster of all time. He put the "Organised" into organised crime and invented the modern Mafia.

Director: Gerry Pomeroy | Stars: Selwyn Raab, Joseph Coffey, Douglas Valentine, Thomas Reppetto

Votes: 20