Amreeka
“Life's best adventures are journeys of the heart.”
2009 · 1 h 36 min
Directed by 
Cherien Dabis
Cherien DabisCast
Nisreen Faour Melkar Muallem 
Hiam Abbass 
Alia Shawkat 
Yussuf Abu-Warda Joseph Ziegler
Credits
Written by: Cherien Dabis
Plot
A Palestinian single mother and her teenage son immigrate to a small town in Illinois, after the invasion of Iraq, and face a mixture of hostility, hope and humour.
Sinekatalog’s take
A warm, funny and humane immigrant story.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 7.0 / 10 (3,790 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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