Movies Similar to Ellis Island

M(1931)

In this classic German thriller, Hans Beckert, a serial killer who preys on children, becomes the focus of a massive Berlin police manhunt. Beckert's heinous crimes are so repellant and disruptive to city life that he is even targeted by others in the seedy underworld network. With both cops and criminals in pursuit, the murderer soon realizes that people are on his trail, sending him into a tense, panicked attempt to escape justice.

There's Always a Price Tag(1957)

A wealthy businessman's wife tries to cover up his suicide to cash in his life insurance policy.

Thankam(2023)

Thankam follows the story of Muthu and Kannan, two gold agents from Thrissur, known as the gold capital of India. As they travel across Kerala and Tamil Nadu, delivering consignments of gold, their lives take a dark turn when a routine trip leads to unexpected complications.

American History X(1998)

Derek Vineyard is paroled after serving 3 years in prison for killing two African-American men. Through his brother, Danny Vineyard's narration, we learn that before going to prison, Derek was a skinhead and the leader of a violent white supremacist gang that committed acts of racial crime throughout L.A. and his actions greatly influenced Danny. Reformed and fresh out of prison, Derek severs contact with the gang and becomes determined to keep Danny from going down the same violent path as he did.

The Edukators(2004)

Three activists cobble together a kidnapping plot after they encounter a businessman in his home.

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Trance(2002)

Catherine Leoni is a connoisseur of the illusionary arts. She learned her craft from her grandfather, Henry Santorini, a master magician with a disgraced past. Now in search of the fine line between reality and magic, she travels to Death Valley with her gangster husband Robert to meet Taylor Black, a mysterious magician who is about to replicate Santorini’s ruinous past. Adding to the mystery is Wally, who claims he can smell ectoplasm, and Robert’s hit man Bongo. Under Black’s power, Catherine is forced to make a choice…find her own power or succumb to the TRANCE and the seduction of magic. This was the Best Fantasy Feature winner at the New York International Independent Film Festival yet remains obscure.

Gourmet Detective: Eat, Drink and Be Buried(2017)

Henry and Maggie attend the birthday party of a local publisher, where his son and stepson reenact a historical 18th century dual. Someone, however, has loaded the antique pistol with a real musket ball, so when son pulls the trigger, he kills his stepbrother in front of a roomful of witnesses. Henry and Maggie have to figure out who wanted the stepson dead and why.

Beef Cattle(1979)

Thomas, in his forties, holds an important post in a slaughterhouse. He is engaged to Marie-Rose, the daughter of the director, whom he hopes to follow later. In a routine examination in the hospital, however, he finds out that he has cancer and his days are counted. The upheaval that he suffers as a result, however, does not take long, his decision is certain: he will use the short time to clean up some bad guys. What else can he do now?

Silent as the Grave(2023)

A relentless documentary filmmaker struggles to unravel the mystery of his uncle's death as an unknown adversary threatens to destroy the project and his family.

Gourmet Detective: Roux the Day(2020)

Henry is hired to authenticate and purchase a long lost and very valuable recipe book. Soon Henry and Maggie find themselves in a murder mystery where secrets hidden within a treasured book have dire consequences for all who own it.

Special Unit - The First Murder(2025)

Raw Materials(2024)

A drama centered around a German construction manager who works with undocumented workers and an Albanian girl searching for her missing father.

Croupier(1998)

Jack Manfred is an aspiring writer who to make ends meet, takes a job as a croupier. Jack remains an observer, knowing that everything in life is a gamble and that gamblers are born to lose. Inevitably, he gets sucked into the world of the casino which takes its toll on his relationships and the novel he is writing.

Marlina the Murderer in Four Acts(2017)

After encountering a group of bandits with plans to rape and steal from her, a young widow ventures into the wilderness in search of justice.

The Price of Frenzy(1989)

A young woman is increasingly out of control with her determination to nail the man who raped her teenage sister.

The Tiger Murder Case(1930)

Mysterious murders committed by a criminal have kept the public on their toes and the police have mistakenly accused an imposter of the crimes.

Deep Blue(2024)

After witnessing a horrific event, one man risks everything in an effort to help a stranger.

Do You Want to Die in Indio?(2024)

When a budding romance falls apart, and a scholarship to USC gets yanked out from under him, 17-year-old Salvi hits the mean streets of Palm Springs and gets swept up into an incendiary weekend of partying, gun violence and sexual ambiguity.

Abeja Voladora(2025)

Ramona has just entered working as a news reporter in a famous newspaper, however, after her boss sexually assaults her she begins a vengeance that catches detective Benjamin Flores' eyes. He will now investigate Ramona as he begins to fall in love with her without knowing she is the responsible of the nasty crimes.