Trying to find two movies
First movie:
I remember watching it mid 90s. It was a horror/thriller movie. Character falls into a pool and the pool cover closes above him/her trapping them in. There is a tentacle-like creature in the pool, and its appearance has a black and white alternating pattern. The pattern is similar to the cartoon character, Oblina, from the Nickelodeon show, Aaahh Real Monsters.
Second Movie:
Watched on Netflix stream around the 2015s; give or take a few years. I don’t recall if it was a foreign film or not. Premise is a lonely, middle-aged white male. Chubby and unattractive looking. Possibly racist in the beginning. The character eats at an Asian restaurant and befriends the owner/cook. One thing leads to another and character marries the owner/cook’s sister or daughter in exchange for immigration status. I can’t remember how the rest of the story goes, but I believe there are some troubles between the newlyweds at first, but they end up falling in love. The main character reminds me of the actor, Brendan Gleeson, but I checked his IMDb history and could not find a match.