Movies like Buseto - die Emigration am Beispiel eines sizilianischen Dorfes
The best movies like Buseto - die Emigration am Beispiel eines sizilianischen Dorfes are The Girl with a Pistol (1968), Terraferma (2011) and Golden Door (2006). If Buseto - die Emigration am Beispiel eines sizilianischen Dorfes hooked you, these 20 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Buseto - die Emigration am Beispiel eines sizilianischen Dorfes
Quick picks
- Highest ratedCinema Paradiso (1988)8.4/10 from 5,054 votes
- NewestSolo Mio (2026)Released 2026
- In ItalianThe Girl with a Pistol (1968)Also in Italian
The Girl with a Pistol (1968)
A Sicilian woman is dishonored by her lover, then goes to London with a pistol intending to murder him.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisTerraferma (2011)
A Sicilian family deals with the arrival of a group of immigrants on their island.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisGolden Door (2006)
The story is set at the beginning of the 20th century in Sicily. Salvatore, a very poor farmer, and a widower, decides to emigrate to the US with all his family, including his old mother. Before they embark, they meet Lucy. She is supposed to be a British lady and wants to come back to the States. Lucy, or Luce as Salvatore calls her, for unknown reasons wants to marry someone before to arrive to Ellis Island in New York. Salvatore accepts the proposal. Once they arrive in Ellis Island they spend the quarantine period trying to pass the examinations to be admitted to the States. Tests are not so simple for poor farmers coming from Sicily. Their destiny is in the hands of the custom officers.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisCinema Paradiso (1988)
A filmmaker recalls his childhood, when he fell in love with the movies at his village's theater and formed a deep friendship with the theater's projectionist.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisLa Terra Trema (1949)
In rural Sicily, the fishermen live at the mercy of the greedy wholesalers. One family risks everything to buy their own boat and operate independently.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisIl Sorpasso (1962)
Roberto, a shy law student in Rome, meets Bruno, a forty-year-old exuberant, capricious man, who takes him for a drive through the Roman and Tuscany countries in the summer. When their journey starts to blend into their daily lives though, the pair’s newfound friendship is tested.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisLa Dolce Villa (2025)
When his daughter decides to buy a crumbling Tuscan villa, Eric rushes to Italy to talk her out of it — and instead finds beauty, romance and new purpose.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisCaught by a Wave (2021)
A summer fling born under the Sicilian sun quickly develops into a heartbreaking love story that forces a boy and girl to grow up too quickly.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMy Voyage to Italy (1999)
World-renowned director Martin Scorsese narrates this journey through his favorites in Italian cinema.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Roof (1956)
Under provincial Italian law at the time, once a roof is erected, the occupants cannot be evicted from a building. This film follows the efforts of a family to erect the roof on a house overnight so that a newlywed couple can have their own home.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Children's Train (2024)
In late 1940s Italy, a mother makes the difficult decision to send her son to the north, where he catches glimpses of a new life away from poverty.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisSolo Mio (2026)
After Matt's dreams of a picturesque Italian wedding are shattered when his fiancée leaves him at the altar, he embarks on his planned honeymoon across Italy alone, immersing himself in the country's vibrant culture, food, and beauty, meeting Gia along the way.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisCall Me by Your Name (2017)
In the summer of 1983, a 17-year-old Elio spends his days in his family's villa in Italy. One day Oliver, a graduate student, arrives to assist Elio's father, a professor of Greco-Roman culture. Soon, Elio and Oliver discover a summer that will alter their lives forever.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisGod Grew Tired of Us (2006)
Filmmaker Christopher Quinn observes the ordeal of three Sudanese refugees -- Jon Bul Dau, Daniel Abul Pach and Panther Bior -- as they try to come to terms with the horrors they experienced in their homeland, while adjusting to their new lives in the United States.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Way We Laughed (1998)
Studying to become a teacher in 1950s Northern Italy, Sicilian immigrant Pietro is joined by his big brother Giovanni. Pietro shows considerable promise in his field, prompting illiterate Giovanni to take on even the toughest jobs in order to support his sibling's academic pursuits.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisFire at Sea (2016)
Capturing life on the Italian island of Lampedusa, a frontline in the European migrant crisis.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Man Who Will Come (2009)
A group of Italian villagers struggle to survive during a tumultuous time in 1943, debating how much assistance to give the partisans with the impending arrival of the Germans. Based on True Events.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisTotòtruffa '62 (1961)
Antonio, a former variety actor, keeps his daughter in an excellent boarding school by organizing small scams with his friend and colleague Felice. Commissioner Malvasia good-naturedly persecuted him. When their respective unsuspecting children fall in love, the two fathers make peace.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisBaaria (2009)
In 1920s Bagheria, Giuseppe 'Peppino' Torrenuova works as a shepherd to financially help his poor family. Over the next fifty years, Giuseppe's life, as well as the life of the village, is observed. Giuseppe grows up, joins the Communist Party, marries a local girl, has children, and forges a political career for himself.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisMafia Is Not What It Used to Be (2019)
Palermo, Sicily, Italy, 2017. Twenty-five years after the murders of anti-mafia judges Giovanni Falcone, on May 23, 1992, and Paolo Borsellino, on July 19, 1992; and on the occasion of the tributes held in memory of both heroes, skeptical photographer Letizia Battaglia, chronicler of their titanic combat, criticizes the opportunism of shady characters who, like businessman Ciccio Mira, profit from the commemoration of both tragedies.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
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What are the best movies like Buseto - die Emigration am Beispiel eines sizilianischen Dorfes?
The closest matches to Buseto - die Emigration am Beispiel eines sizilianischen Dorfes are The Girl with a Pistol (1968), Terraferma (2011) and Golden Door (2006). Below are 17 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Buseto - die Emigration am Beispiel eines sizilianischen Dorfes?
Start with The Girl with a Pistol (1968), the closest match to Buseto - die Emigration am Beispiel eines sizilianischen Dorfes.
What is the highest-rated movie like Buseto - die Emigration am Beispiel eines sizilianischen Dorfes?
Cinema Paradiso (1988), rated 8.4/10 by 5,054 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Buseto - die Emigration am Beispiel eines sizilianischen Dorfes?
Solo Mio (2026) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there Italian movies like Buseto - die Emigration am Beispiel eines sizilianischen Dorfes?
Yes: The Girl with a Pistol (1968), Terraferma (2011) and Golden Door (2006).
How are movies similar to Buseto - die Emigration am Beispiel eines sizilianischen Dorfes chosen?
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