Tradition versus modernity movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant tradition versus modernity movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out captivating, entertaining, humorous, feel good, light and touching films and TV shows about / with tradition versus modernity, traditional versus modern, tradition, family relations, culture clash, husband wife relationship, family, relationships, father daughter relationship and coming of age plots mostly in Drama, Comedy and Romance genres shot in France, USA, India and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as tradition versus modernity: Fiddler on the Roof (1971), Wolf Totem (2015), Toilet: A Love Story (2017), Nomadic Childhoods (2014), The Croods (2013), Haute Cuisine (2012), Big Man Japan (2007), A Polar Year (2018), Stormland (2011), The Nameless Alley (2015).
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List of tradition versus modernity movies
Genre: Drama, Family, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 181 min.
Story:
This lavishly produced and critically acclaimed screen adaptation of the international stage sensation tells the life-affirming story of Tevye (Topol), a poor milkman whose love, pride and faith help him face the oppression of turn-of-the-century ...
Style:
period piece, freeze frame, thought provoking, touching, sentimental ...
Audience:
family friendly, family outing, teens, date night, kids
Plot:
judaism, dance, wedding, tradition, jewish culture, broadway, milkman, anti semitism, dancing, forbidden love, tradition versus modernity, butcher ...
Time:
19th century, year 1971, 1900s, 20th century, 90s ...
Place:
ukraine, israel, russia, ussr, europe ...
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Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: China, France
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
In 1969, a young Beijing student, Chen Zhen, is sent to live among the nomadic herdsmen of Inner Mongolia. Caught between the advance of civilization from the south and the nomads' traditional enemies - the marauding wolves - to the north; ...
Style:
captivating, exciting, touching, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
forces of nature, wolf, medieval, survival, nature, tradition versus modernity, dog, wilderness, society, danger, wolf pack, disaster ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, year 1969, year 1967
Place:
china, mongolia
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 155 min.
Story:
Keshav and Jaya are from two villages near Mathura, where at least 80% of households are without any access to a lavatories. Conflict comes knocking on the first day of their marriage, when Jaya leaves Keshav's house for good, after discovering ...
Style:
feel good, humorous, sentimental, sincere, captivating ...
Plot:
taboo, village, traditional versus modern, tradition versus modernity, propaganda, marriage, media, family problems, marital problem, social problems, dancing, indian woman ...
Place:
india
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: France, Russia, Mongolia, India
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
3 stories, 3 countries. Tibet, Mongolia, Siberia. Nomad children fill a hostile world with their wishes and their dreams. At major cross-roads in their lives, they are confronted by love, danger and death.
Style:
sincere, serious, atmospheric, realistic, meditative ...
Plot:
youth, coming of age, danger, love and romance, society, wilderness, tradition versus modernity, children, culture, real life, tradition, resilience ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
tibet, mongolia, siberia, russia, asia
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
The Croods is a prehistoric comedy adventure that follows the world's first family as they embark on a journey of a lifetime when the cave that has always shielded them from danger is destroyed. Traveling across a spectacular landscape, the ...
Style:
humorous, feel good, 3d animation, computer animated, inspirational ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, teens, family friendly, pre-teens ...
Plot:
father daughter relationship, youth, caveman, family life, parents and children, survival, family relations, parenthood, happy ending, journey, road trip, animal ...
Time:
stone age, prehistory, year 2013, prehistoric times, 20th century ...
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Genre: Biography, Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
The story of Danièle Delpeuch and how she was appointed as the private chef for François Mitterrand.
Style:
semi serious, realistic, humorous, feel good, culinary ...
Plot:
cooking and food, chef, workplace, food, workplace situations, cooking, head of state, state affairs, unsupportive coworkers, power struggle, tradition versus modernity, tradition ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, 2010s
Place:
france, paris france, antarctic
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
In this hilarious mockumentary, middle-aged Daisato (Hitoshi Matsumoto) -- a second-rate, third-generation superhero -- annoys his neighbors with the noise and destruction he causes on the job. But a heroic public image is the least of his concerns. ...
Style:
parody, humorous, not serious, surreal, mockumentary ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
giant snake, giant bird, kaiju, found footage, giant monster, supernatural, good versus evil, against humanity, superhuman powers, supernatural ability, chaos, heroes ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
japan, tokyo, asia
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Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A Danish teacher takes a job in Greenland and tries to overcome the animosity of the tight-knit locals through a series of errors that help him embrace the snow-covered life.
Style:
semi documentary, light, sincere, visually appealing, entertaining ...
Plot:
blizzard, polar bear, grandmother grandson relationship, isolation, language barrier, elementary school, language learning, fishing, seal the animal, remote village, death of grandfather, hunting ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
denmark, greenland
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Iceland
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
The tragicomic story of lone rebel Boddi Steingrimsson who lives in a small town in Northern Iceland. Boddi hates materialistic modern society in its entirety and on his blog-page he comically criticizes everything and everyone. Before long he has ...
Style:
sincere, captivating, touching, weird, 2d animation
Plot:
love, heroes, tragic hero, alienation, romanticism, rebel, tradition versus modernity, criminal, mental disorder, outlaw, lone wolves, sex scene ...
Place:
iceland
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Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Two families who live in neighborhood in south of Tehran have different looks to life. These differences make some troubles for both.
Style:
captivating
Plot:
traditional versus modern, tradition versus modernity, kids and family, family relations, family life, lifestyle, parents and children, family tradition, generation gap, relationship problems, mother son relationship, family problems ...
Place:
iran, persia
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Two newlyweds decide to build their dream home, and hire an old friend named Yanagisawa to design it. Unfortunately, Yanagisawa isn’t licensed to build homes, so they call in the wife’s father, a retired carpenter, to help out. When ...
Style:
feel good, entertaining, captivating, satirical
Plot:
new house, newlywed, father in law son in law relationship, architect, construction, contractor, tradition, traditional versus modern, tradition versus modernity, relationships, problem, male female relationship ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
The story of two wedding planners in Delhi, where tradition jostles with modern aspirations against the backdrop of big fat Indian weddings revealing many secrets and lies.
Style:
romantic drama, erotic, saga, sincere, captivating ...
Plot:
wedding planner, high society, wedding, wedding planning, gay, lgbtq, marriage, society, traditional versus modern, social relations, tradition versus modernity, lgbtqi ...
Time:
2010s
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, India
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Set during the 1950s, the six-part series tells the story of a young woman’s search for love and identity in a newly independent, post-Partition India defining its own future.
Plot:
economic crisis, married woman, traditional versus modern, research, destiny, character study, hindu, family relations, tradition, family tradition, tradition versus modernity, indigenous people ...
Time:
1950s, 20th century, 50s
Place:
india
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Philippines
Story:
An Indian raised in the Philippines falls in love with a Filipina on business in Mumbai. She leaves unexpectedly, and he travels back to the Philippines to find her.
Style:
captivating, romantic, light, entertaining, independent film
Plot:
parents and children, love story, male female relationship, family relations, love and romance, relationships, traditional versus modern, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, parent child relationship, destiny, tradition, couple relations ...
Place:
the philippines
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
A story about the life of a mother and her two daughters; a real daughter and an adopted daughter whose fates are twisted and lives change due to the real daughter and the adopted daughter have been swapped, cause intense conflicts within the family.
Style:
soap opera, emotional, tense, captivating, tear jerker
Audience:
adult
Plot:
adoption, family secret, lost child, mother daughter relationship, family drama, body swapping, traditional versus modern, heir, rivalry, contests and competitions, family business, tradition versus modernity ...
Place:
jeju island
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Genre: History, Sci-Fi
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Can Ming Dynasty imperial guards who are accidentally transported to the future adjust to life in the modern era? Hong Xi Dong is the leader of Emperor Zhu Yun Wen’s personal bodyguard detail during the Ming Dynasty. When a precious pearl treasure ...
Style:
captivating, heroic, light hearted, action comedy, buddy comedy ...
Plot:
investigation, private detective, supernatural, ming dynasty, time travel, fish out of water, sent to the future, tradition versus modernity, detective inspector, samurai, time traveler, magical object ...
Time:
future, ancient times
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Russia, USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Now that Ivan is about to turn 21, he is now grown up and finally old enough to marry the beautiful Vasilisa. But when Vasilisa is kidnapped and trapped in modern Moscow, Ivan and his friends must travel to the present day to rescue her.
Style:
fairy tale, modern fairy tale, exciting, heroic, captivating ...
Plot:
wedding, magic, wizards and magicians, abduction, evil, villain, rescue mission, modern life, tradition versus modernity, medieval, fish out of water, friendship ...
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Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 65 min.
TV show
Story:
Rooftop Prince is a 2012 South Korean fantasy romantic comedy television drama, starring Park Yuchun, Han Ji-min, Jeong Yu-mi, Lee Tae-sung, Lee Min-ho, Jung Suk-won and Choi Woo-shik. It is about a Joseon crown prince who, after his wife dies ...
Style:
touching, sincere, semi serious, captivating, entertaining ...
Plot:
time travel, tragic love, friendship, time warp, sister sister relationship, heir, memory loss, self sacrifice, korean history, changing lives, murder mystery, uncover truth ...
Place:
korea
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Heo Im is an oriental doctor, acknowledged as the best in acupuncture and moxibustion in Joseon. His success is blocked due to his low status.
One day, Heo Im travels though time and finds himself in present day Seoul. He meets Choi Yeon-Kyung. She ...
Style:
dorama, romantic, captivating, light, entertaining
Plot:
time travel, acupuncture, medicine, alternative medicine, doctor, traditional versus modern, sent to the future, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, male female relationship, love and romance, changing the past or future, love story ...
Time:
future
Place:
korea
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: Taiwan
TV show
Story:
A Taiwanese family comedy that reflect the daily culture of the people and also the problem of the transformation of a traditional cake shop. It discusses parent-child relationship, problems between mother in law and wife, the gap between ...
Style:
feel good, captivating, funny, light, entertaining ...
Plot:
everyday life, family relations, family life, generation gap, family business, culture, parents and children, traditional versus modern, family tradition, husband wife relationship, tradition, problem solving ...
Place:
taiwan
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
In 1979, an Indian family moves to America with hopes of living the American Dream. While their 10-year-old boy Smith falls head-over-heels for the girl next door, his desire to become a "good old boy" propels him further away from his ...
Style:
intercultural, sentimental, entertaining, multicultural, feel good ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, teen drama
Plot:
first love, adolescence, father son relationship, vegetarian, bullying, halloween, nostalgia, culture clash, small town, deer hunting, brother sister relationship, killing an animal ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
usa, india
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Destinies intertwined for Ing. DeTassis and On. Paci, two antithetical people who decide to make a trip to India, where lots of misunderstandings and funny situations will take place.
Style:
feel good, semi serious, sweet, absurd, light ...
Plot:
holiday, christmas, italian abroad, tradition, unlikely friendships, traditional versus modern, road trip, ethnic humor, journey, christmas spirit, male protagonist, tradition versus modernity ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
india
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Colombia, Denmark, Mexico, Germany, Switzerland, France
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
During the marijuana bonanza, a violent decade that saw the origins of drug trafficking in Colombia, Rapayet and his indigenous Wayuu family get involved in a booming business of selling marijuana to American youth in the 1970s. When greed, passion ...
Style:
thought provoking, political, captivating, factual, psychological ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
revenge, marijuana, murder, drug trade, wealth, marriage, corruption, money, baby, humiliation, rivalry, danger ...
Time:
60s, year 1979, 80s, 70s, 2010s ...
Place:
south america, colombia
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Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey, Greece
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
A young woman of about 17 years old, named Meryem (Ozgu Namal), has been raped, and her village's customs call for her to be killed to restore honor and dignity to her family and village. The eldest son of the village leader, Cemal (Murat Han), ...
Style:
psychological, realistic, contemplative, serious, touching ...
Plot:
rape, cultural difference, injustice, social differences, traditional versus modern, unlikely partners, love affair, innocence lost, husband wife relationship, turk, women's rights, misogyny ...
Place:
middle east, istanbul turkey, turkey
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
In France, before WWI. As every Sunday, an old painter living in the country is visited by his son Gonzague, coming with his wife and his three children. Then his daugther Irene arrives. She is always in a hurry, she lives alone and does not come so ...
Style:
realistic, sentimental, serious, touching, intellectual ...
Plot:
countryside, art, painter, artist, father daughter relationship, aging, telephone call, country estate, dance, elderly man, painting, family relations ...
Time:
1910s, year 1984
Place:
france, europe, paris france, tokyo
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Genre: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: France
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
2 buddy farmers are visited by aliens who like their domestic cabbage soup.
Style:
spoof, semi serious, humorous, parody, eighties
Plot:
unfaithful wife, failed suicide, drunkenness, outer space, infidelity, food, remote village, ufo, flying saucer, back from the dead, old man, mayor ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
france, europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Walt Kowalski is a widower who holds onto his prejudices despite the changes in his Michigan neighborhood and the world around him. Kowalski is a grumpy, tough-minded, unhappy old man who can't get along with either his kids or his neighbors. ...
Style:
serious, touching, emotional, suspense, harsh ...
Audience:
chick flick, manly, teen drama, adult
Plot:
gang, friendship, veteran, revenge, racism, old man, elderly, prejudice, car, war veteran, gangster, gunfight ...
Time:
2000s, year 2008, 21st century
Place:
detroit, usa, michigan, italy, north america
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A group of women of Indian descent take a trip together from their home in Birmingham, England to the beach resort of Blackpool.
Style:
melancholic, talky, satirical, independent film, light ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens
Plot:
culture clash, character study, stereotypes, life philosophy, prejudice, teenager, self discovery, social differences, family in crisis, seaside, pregnancy, coming of age ...
Time:
90s
Place:
england, birmingham alabama, europe, new jersey, london ...
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: France, Italy, China, Belgium
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Based on the novel 'Evolution Man' by Roy Lewis, this tells the story about the first man - young Edward - to descend from apes. Edward is ejected by his tribe, but is very resourceful. He learns to walk, discovers fire, manages to hunt - ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, captivating, entertaining, anime ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
evolution, self discovery, disorder, danger, escapades, wilderness, monkey, humanity, misfit, siblings relations, ape, brother ...
Time:
prehistory, stone age
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Spain
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A young man who wants to become a professional dancer falls in love with a gypsy girl and gets in conflict with her totally different cultural background. But love can overcome these differences..
Style:
romantic drama, emotional, intercultural, multicultural
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
dance, flamenco, passion, forbidden love, longing, young lovers, cultural conflict, coming of age, family honor, identity, celebration, class differences ...
Time:
year 1996
Place:
spain
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