Top 20 movies like Crossing Over

Crossing Over

Immigrants from around the world enter Los Angeles every day, with hopeful visions of a better life, but little notion of what that life may cost. Their desperate scenarios test the humanity of immigration enforcement officers. In Crossing Over, writer-director Wayne Kramer explores the allure of the American dream, and the reality that immigrants find – and create -- in 21st century L.A.

Crossing Over is of 1 hour(s) and 53 minute(s). It is Produced By:  Movie Prose, C.O. Films, The Kennedy/Marshall Company, The Weinstein Company. It was released on 2009-02-10. It has the tagline: Every day thousands of people illegally cross our borders... only one thing stands in their way. America. It has an average vote of 6.2 on TMDB.

Genres: CrimeDrama

1. Dancing at the Blue Iguana

Dancing at the Blue Iguana

A non-glamorous portrayal of the lives of people who make their living at a strip club.

It has an average vote of 5.426 on TMDB.

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2. Thrive

Thrive

A hook-up between two young men - they make a connection, but it quickly becomes apparent they're looking for different things.

It has an average vote of 5.8 on TMDB.

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3. The Rachel Papers

The Rachel Papers

Poised to attend Oxford University, 19-year-old Charles Highway decides it's high time to have a romantic encounter with an older woman. With the help of a computer program and several eccentric relatives, Highway sets his sights on seducing Rachel Noyce, a stunning American in her 20s. However, Highway has his work cut out for him. Noyce has a boyfriend, DeForest, and is not exactly receptive to Highway's advances — at first, anyway.

It has an average vote of 5.2 on TMDB.

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4. Muay Thai Chaiya (ไชยา)

Muay Thai Chaiya

After learning the art of muay thai fighting from skilled masters, small town friends Piak and Phao move their passion to Bangkok, where they become active in underground activities that put what they've learned to the test. But in the process of fighting for their lives, they also resurrect the sport and cement the bonds of their lifelong friendship.

It has an average vote of 6.1 on TMDB.

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5. Lucky Numbers

Lucky Numbers

Russ Richards is a TV weatherman and local celebrity on the verge of losing his shirt. Desperate to escape financial ruin, he schemes with Crystal the TV station's lotto ball girl to rig the state lottery drawing. The numbers come up right, but everything else goes wrong as the plan starts to unravel and the game turns rough.

It has an average vote of 5.1 on TMDB.

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6. The Best of All Worlds (Die beste aller Welten)

The Best of All Worlds

Seven-year-old Adrian is growing up in the underground drug scene of Salzburg, usually famous for culture and classical music. His mother Helga is torn between her drug addiction and her love for her son. Despite this, Adrian has a happy childhood, the best of all worlds. But it is tested to the limit when the authorities and child welfare services find out about Helga's addiction.

It has an average vote of 7.6 on TMDB.

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7. Swedes at Sea (SOS - en segelsällskapsresa)

Swedes at Sea

The landlubber Stig-Helmer and his Norwegian friend Ole get on a barge by mistake. They arrive at an archipelago and have to spend Midsummer among the fancy rich boat people, their yachts and summer houses.

It has an average vote of 5.8 on TMDB.

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8. Death of a Fisherman (A praia dos afogados)

Death of a Fisherman

One morning, the body of a sailor is found lying on the beach, washed in by the tide.. With no witnesses or any sign of the dead man’s boat, Inspector Leo Caldas begins immersing himself in the town’s seafaring atmosphere as he endeavours to shed light on the crime. He finds himself among men and women who prefer not to reveal their suspicions to him. But a sudden discovery sets him off in an unexpected direction.

It has an average vote of 5.9 on TMDB.

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9. Black Bread (Pa Negre)

Black Bread

In the harsh post-war years' Catalan countryside, Andreu, a child that belongs to the losing side, finds the corpses of a man and his son in the forest. The authorities want his father to be made responsible of the deaths, but Andreu tries to help his father by finding out who truly killed them. In this search, Andreu develops a moral consciousness against a world of adults fed by lies. In order to survive, he betrays his own roots and ends up finding out the monster that lives within him.

It has an average vote of 6.7 on TMDB.

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10. The Kid Detective

The Kid Detective

A once-celebrated kid detective, now 31, continues to solve the same trivial mysteries between hangovers and bouts of self-pity. Until a naive client brings him his first 'adult' case, to find out who brutally murdered her boyfriend.

It has an average vote of 6.584 on TMDB.

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11. House of Hummingbird (벌새)

House of Hummingbird

14-year-old Eun-hee moves through life like a hummingbird searching for a taste of sweetness wherever she may find it. Ignored by her parents and abused by her brother, she finds her escape by roaming the neighborhood with her best friend, going on adventures, and exploring young love.

It has an average vote of 7.683 on TMDB.

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12. Cherry 2000

Cherry 2000

When successful businessman Sam Treadwell finds that his android wife, Cherry model 2000 has blown a fuse, he hires sexy renegade tracker E. Johnson to find her exact duplicate. But as their journey to replace his perfect mate leads them into the treacherous and lawless region of 'The Zone', Treadwell learns the hard way that the perfect woman is made not of computer chips and diodes.

It has an average vote of 5.996 on TMDB.

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13. Green Zone

Green Zone

During the U.S.-led occupation of Baghdad in 2003, Chief Warrant Officer Roy Miller and his team of Army inspectors are dispatched to find weapons of mass destruction believed to be stockpiled in the Iraqi desert. Rocketing from one booby-trapped and treacherous site to the next, the men search for deadly chemical agents but stumble instead upon an elaborate cover-up that threatens to invert the purpose of their mission.

It has an average vote of 6.5 on TMDB.

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14. Death Note: L Change the World (Lの本当の秘密)

Death Note: L Change the World

"The human whose name is written in the Death Note shall die." After making the hardest decision ever, another serious case confronts L. There are only 23 days left and without his best partner Watari, L has to solve the case all by himself for the very first time.

It has an average vote of 6.013 on TMDB.

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15. My Life in Ruins

My Life in Ruins

A Greek tour guide named Georgia attempts to recapture her kefi by guiding a ragtag group of tourists around Greece and showing them the beauty of her native land. Along the way, she manages to open their eyes to the wonders of an exotic foreign land while beginning to see the world through a new set of eyes in the process.

It has an average vote of 6.124 on TMDB.

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16. Curly Sue

Curly Sue

Bill Dancer and his young companion Curly Sue are the classic homeless folks with hearts of gold. Their scams are aimed not at turning a profit, but at getting enough to eat. When they scam the rich and beautiful Grey Ellison into believing she backed her Mercedes into Bill, they're only hoping for a free meal. But Grey is touched, and over the objections of her snotty fiancé.

It has an average vote of 6.4 on TMDB.

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17. About Last Night

About Last Night

Bernie and Joan are two fiery flirters who are passionate about everything from hookups to breakups and each other. When he sets up his best friend, Danny, with her roommate, Debbie, the sparks soon fly as they try to navigate the relationship minefields from the bar to the bedroom and are eventually put to the test in the real world.

It has an average vote of 6.027 on TMDB.

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18. Jane Got a Gun

Jane Got a Gun

After her outlaw husband returns home shot with eight bullets and barely alive, Jane reluctantly reaches out to an ex-lover who she hasn't seen in over ten years to help her defend her farm when the time comes that her husband's gang eventually tracks him down to finish the job.

It has an average vote of 5.83 on TMDB.

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19. Wanderlust

Wanderlust

Rattled by sudden unemployment, a Manhattan couple surveys alternative living options, ultimately deciding to experiment with living on a rural commune where free love rules.

It has an average vote of 5.5 on TMDB.

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20. The International

The International

An interpol agent and an attorney are determined to bring one of the world's most powerful banks to justice. Uncovering money laundering, arms trading, and conspiracy to destabilize world governments, their investigation takes them from Berlin, Milan, New York and Istanbul. Finding themselves in a chase across the globe, their relentless tenacity puts their own lives at risk.

It has an average vote of 6.235 on TMDB.

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