Movies like Nomads
If Nomads's mix of suicide and undocumented immigrant stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Nomads's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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Uncle Frank
2020 · Directed by Alan Ball · 95 min7.3
Why you'll like itShares: suicide
In 1973, when Frank Bledsoe and his 18-year-old niece Beth take a road trip from Manhattan to Creekville, South Carolina for the family patriarch's funeral, they're unexpectedly joined by Frank's lover Walid.
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A Better Life
2011 · Directed by Chris Weitz · 98 min7.2
Why you'll like itShares: undocumented immigrant · From the same decade (2010s)
An Indigenous Latino American gardener in East L.A. struggles to keep his son away from gangs and immigration agents while traveling across town to perform landscaping work for the city's wealthy landowners.
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Light Sleeper
1992 · Directed by Paul Schrader · 103 min6.7
Why you'll like itShares: suicide
John LeTour is a recovering drug user who suffers insomnia and still deals to a high-end New York clientele, even though he’s trying to move on from the business.
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Before Night Falls
2000 · Directed by Julian Schnabel · 134 min6.7
Why you'll like itShares: suicide
Spanning several decades, this powerful biopic offers a glimpse into the life of famed Cuban poet and novelist Reinaldo Arenas, an artist who was vilified for his homosexuality in Fidel Castro's Cuba.
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Frozen River
2008 · Directed by Courtney Hunt · 97 min6.6
Why you'll like itShares: undocumented immigrant
A financially strapped mother joins a Mohawk woman to smuggle illegal immigrants into the United States.
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Heaven Knows What
2015 · Directed by Benny Safdie · 97 min6.5
Why you'll like itShares: suicide · From the same decade (2010s)
A young heroin addict roams the streets of New York to panhandle and get her next fix, while her unstable boyfriend drifts in and out of her life at random.