American Dream Movies

Examines how a US value system built on the extreme masculine ideals of money, power and control has glorified individualism, institutionalized...

Disputed with his father, Jay does everything he can to adapt himself to the city life as an immigrant.

When a young village boy discovers that his brother, long believed to be in America, has actually gone missing, he begins to invent letters on his...

In Texas, construction workers face the deadliest conditions in the country. This documentary follows three immigrant families who are rising up to...

High up in the Northern California mountains there is a place, where not too many get to visit. Its called - The Emerald Triangle, real mecca of...

Two countries, two restaurants, one vision. At Gabriela Cámara's acclaimed Contramar in Mexico City, the welcoming, uniformed waiters are as...

Kasie, stuck in LA’s Koreatown, works as a karaoke hostess getting paid for her companionship by drunken men. When her dad’s hospice...

We accompanied an 8 months pregnant Yuri, who migrates with her partner Mike and her son Santi with one objective, to give birth in USA

The history of Europeans in North America, from the arrival of Columbus in 1492 to the business success of German immigrants such as Heinz, Strauss...

The internationally acclaimed director and recipient of the Erasmus Award in 2007, Péter Forgács created a documentary exploring the...

After being captured by a self-proclaimed border guard, a Mexican boy tries to cook his way to freedom.

After preventing a middle school student from carrying out a shooting, Principal McMack meets with the student's parents to discuss what to do next.

In this canceled 1970s film, Nathalie Grantstein is forced to immigrate to the United States to escape the attacks on her village. In doing so, she...

When Paul and Sandy Darden (Judge Reinhold and Demi Moore) move into a seemingly quiet upper-middle-class community, their American Dream is all but...

Two friends in New York City try to discover the events of the night before in time for one of them to catch a flight back to her home country.

Struggling to make ends meet, John (Dolphy) decides to seek his fortune in the United States, with son Rolly (Rolly Quizon) in tow. After narrowly...

This tale takes place in a bar. The Spanish Alonso and his blind mother run this place. Bay, who is Alonso's friend live here too. This story tells...

The history of a Polish family and its contributions to the war effort throughout American history.

An eight-year journey through a divided America examines the roots of political polarization and distrust, exploring how communities can rebuild...