Documentary, Thriller, Drama, Crime
Jerry, an ordinary immigrant dad, retired in Orlando, is recruited to be an undercover agent for the Chinese police. Jerry’s family recreates the events on film and his three sons discover a darker truth. True crime meets spy thriller in this genre-bending docufiction hybrid about an immigrant’s search for the American dream. A Slamdance Film Festival Grand Jury and Audience Award winner.
MOVIE COMMENTS
SIMILAR MOVIES
The Tea Explorer
Rebellion
The Brain-Stealers
Billie Eilish: The World's a Little Blurry
Sight
Christmas at Maxwell's
Liyoki
Big Smiles
Mirror 4: Quantum Protocol
Flush Memoria
Another World
The Last Chance
Requiem for a Secret Agent
The Beksińskis. A Sound and Picture Album
Plasticine Family
Gone Baby Gone
Revolver
Billion Dollar Brain
A Thousand Years of Good Prayers
Dark Blue
SIMILAR MOVIES
The Tea Explorer
IMDB 8 | Feb , 2026
The Tea Explorer documentary follows the journey of tea enthusiast Jeff Fuchs along the Tea Horse Road, a 1300-year-old trade route in the Himalayas. It combines the author's passion for both tea and mountains, tracing the route's history, meeting the people who live along it, and exploring the significance of tea in the region.Rebellion
IMDB 7 | Sep , 2019
As the 'one country two systems' policy in Hong Kong has slowly eroded, resentment among the territory's citizens has steadily grown. What began as a series of spontaneous protests against an extradition law in March 2019 has now escalated in to a full-blown popular uprising that shows no signs of abating. ABC Four Corners reports from the frontline of the action, capturing extraordinary footage of the growing tension and violence.The Brain-Stealers
IMDB 0 | Dec , 1968
A mad scientist wants to get his hands on a certain growth-accelerating serum developed by Hong Kong scientist Dr. Li Zong-Hua so that he can create an army of supermen and conquer the world.Billie Eilish: The World's a Little Blurry
IMDB 8.2 | Feb , 2021
This documentary offers a deeply intimate look at extraordinary teenager Billie Eilish. Award-winning filmmaker R.J. Cutler follows her journey on the road, onstage, and at home with her family as the writing and recording of her debut album changes her life.Sight
IMDB 6.1 | May , 2024
Ming Wang is an impoverished Chinese prodigy who flees Communist China to become a pioneering eye surgeon in America. When tasked with restoring the sight of an orphan in India, who was blinded by her stepmother, Wang must confront the trauma of living through the violent uprising in his youth, the Cultural Revolution.Christmas at Maxwell's
IMDB 4.3 | Dec , 2006
A successful American family retreat to their summer home on the banks of Lake Erie to find meaning in life, illness, loss, and change this Christmas. With a successful career in the wine business, and two amazing children, what more can a family ask for. But this Christmas will change the Austin family forever with Suzie falling ill. With Andrew struggling over his wife's ill health and the children trying to find peace and solace on their own, only a miracle can help them through this Christmas.Liyoki
IMDB 0 | Sep , 2020
Liyoki, a silverback gorilla, lives peacefully with his family, when they are attacked by poachers.Big Smiles
IMDB 0 | Jun , 2022
A family reunion where everything is not as it seems. Short film made in 48 hours as part of Manchester Actors Platform 48 hour film competition.Mirror 4: Quantum Protocol
IMDB 10 | Mar , 2025
Max Storm, international spy from M.I.R.R.O.R, is tied up in the secret lair of the evil villain Dmitri Vladimir. He needs to find a way to escape captivity and save the world from killer drones, before time runs out.Flush Memoria
IMDB 0 | Jan , 2015
A film exploring a Kafkaesque setting where spy is played against spy.Another World
IMDB 6 | Jul , 1948
St. Ives and the painters based in the town, and the surrounding areas, are showcased in this fascinating documentary.The Last Chance
IMDB 0 | Jul , 1968
Giuseppe Rosati's first production as director and only espionage film Scacco internazionale aka The Last Chance concerns an international crime syndicate threatened by certain information given to American journalist Patrick Harris (Tab Hunter) and it sets out to kill him...Requiem for a Secret Agent
IMDB 6.8 | Oct , 1966
A veteran US Secret Service agent must thwart the covert conspiracy of an enemy spy network that threatens the world's safety.The Beksińskis. A Sound and Picture Album
IMDB 7.1 | Nov , 2017
Painter Zdzisław Beksiński, his wife Zofia and their son Tomasz, a well-known radio journalist and translator, were a typical and unconventional family, both at the same time. One of the father’s obsessions was filming himself and his family members. Using archival footage only, shot primarily by Zdzisław, as well many other materials, which have not been presented anywhere so far, the film tells a tragic story of the Beksińskis that has never ceased to fascinate Polish filmmakers.Plasticine Family
IMDB 0 | Dec , 2016
It is hard to find a family home where all the members have gone to live their separate lives in different parts of the world. Travelling between different continents, the director visits divorced parents and their new partners and also meets her sister who decided to join an alternative community. Their family exists on archival films and photographs only. Is it still possible to put it all together against all odds?Gone Baby Gone
IMDB 7.3 | Sep , 2007
When 4 year old Amanda McCready disappears from her home and the police make little headway in solving the case, the girl's aunt, Beatrice McCready hires two private detectives, Patrick Kenzie and Angie Gennaro. The detectives freely admit that they have little experience with this type of case, but the family wants them for two reasons—they're not cops and they know the tough neighborhood in which they all live.Revolver
IMDB 6.9 | Sep , 1973
An Italian prison official's wife is kidnapped, and the kidnappers demand that a notorious prisoner be released in order for the man to get his wife back. He gets the man released - but then kidnaps him himself, in order to ensure that the man's colleagues don't kill his wife. Enraged, the gang sets out to free their compatriot and kill the man who took him.Billion Dollar Brain
IMDB 5.6 | Nov , 1967
A former British spy stumbles into in a plot to overthrow Communism with the help of a supercomputer. But who is working for whom?A Thousand Years of Good Prayers
IMDB 6 | Sep , 2007
The film follows Mr. Shi, a retired widower from Beijing. When his only daughter, Yilan, who lives in Spokane, Washington and works as a librarian, gets divorced, he decides to visit her to help her heal. However, Yilan is not interested. She tries keeping an emotional distance but when this finally fails she begins physically avoiding her father. He confronts her about an affair with a married Russian man and she, in turn, lets loose about all the gossip she'd heard as a young girl about his alleged affair with a female colleague back in China.Dark Blue
IMDB 6.2 | Dec , 2002
Set during the Rodney King riots, a robbery homicide investigation triggers a series of events that will cause a corrupt LAPD officer to question his tactics.