Ethnicity movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant ethnicity movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, captivating, emotional, serious, sincere and melancholic films and TV shows about / with ethnicity, friendship, society, husband wife relationship, culture clash, family relations, prejudice, racism, redemption and death plots mostly in Drama, Comedy and Biography genres shot in USA, Germany, France and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as ethnicity: Head-On (2004), Braceface (2001), Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat (2001), Mike, Lu & Og (1999), The Intruder (1962), The Club (2021), The African Doctor (2016), We Were Children (2012), Hey Arnold! (1996), Plato's Academy (2009).
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60K
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Germany, Turkey
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Head On is German director Fatih Akin’s story of the alcoholic Cahit and Turkish Sibel. Akin tells the story of a love that can never be between two people who are too alike to not be together.
Style:
depressing, sexy, breathtaking, harsh, bleak ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
suicide attempt, ethnicity, marriage, sex, immigrant, love story, relationships, culture clash, passion, extramarital affair, marriage of convenience, loneliness ...
Time:
year 2004, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
turkey, germany, hamburg germany, europe, frankfurt germany ...
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Genre: Animation, Comedy, Family, Romance
Country: Canada, USA, Hong Kong
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Braceface is a Canadian animated series that aired on Teletoon in Canada, and on Disney Channel and ABC Family in the United States, as well as Pop Girl in Australia. It is produced by American actress Alicia Silverstone, and made by the Canadian ...
Style:
not serious, humorous, light, entertaining, feel good ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens
Plot:
adolescence, best friend, youth, family life, parents and children, teenage life, high school life, single parent, friends, teenage girl, child protagonist, teenager ...
Time:
21st century
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: Canada, USA, China
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Sagwa (a kitten), her siblings, and her parents are owned by a Chinese official called "The Foolish Magistrate" (since he tends to make laws and proclamations rather grandiosely and illogically) in 19th Century China. She and her parents ...
Style:
semi serious, stylized, humorous, educational, 2d animation
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
mischievous children, friendship, pets, youth, teaching the ways of the world, siblings relations, cat, siamese cat, ethnicity, village, village life, nosy ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
china, asia, ancient china
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA, Turkey, Russia
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Mike, Lu & Og is an American animated television series produced by KINOFILM Animation that ran on Cartoon Network. The show was the seventh Cartoon Cartoon, based on a short for The What a Cartoon! Show. Created by Mikhail Shindel, Mikhail ...
Style:
lighthearted, tropical, slapstick, surreal, absurd ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
island, fish out of water, children, inventor, friendship, desert island, culture clash, foreign exchange student, teamwork, isolated community, coming of age, ethnicity ...
Time:
90s
Place:
fictional island
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A man in a gleaming white suit comes to a small Southern town on the eve of integration. He calls himself a social reformer. But what he does is stir up trouble--trouble he soon finds he can't control.
Style:
grindhouse, independent film, psychotronic, political, controversial ...
Plot:
racism, ku klux klan, ethnicity, lynch mob, deep south, civil rights, racial discrimination, racial issues, blaxploitation, ethnic, exploitation, african ...
Time:
year 1962, 20th century, 60s
Place:
southern usa, america, usa, africa
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13K
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Turkey
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
In cosmopolitan 1950s Istanbul, a mother with a troubled past works at a nightclub to reconnect with and help the rebellious daughter she couldn’t raise.
Style:
captivating, thrilling, psychological
Plot:
mother daughter relationship, mother daughter conflict, ethnicity, nightclub, social history, female protagonist, jewess, family problems, ex convict, jewish woman, troubled past, social problems ...
Time:
1950s, 60s, 20th century, 50s
Place:
turkey, istanbul turkey
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Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Seyolo Zantoko is a doctor from Congo who wants to get away from dictatorship and he is hired by the mayor of a small village in the north of France. The locals fear Seyolo and his family as they have never seen African people before, and Seyolo and ...
Style:
period piece, entertaining, sweet, sincere, humorous ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, chick flick, girls' night, kids ...
Plot:
doctor, african, integration, racial discrimination, perseverance, fish out of water, ethnicity, love, destiny, society, ambition, parents and children ...
Time:
70s, future
Place:
france, africa
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: Japan, South Korea
Duration: 149 min.
Story:
Story of Rikidozan, a sumo wrestler who can only achieve limited success in Japan because he's half Korean. But when Rikidozan goes to the United States and discovers professional wrestling, he becomes a hero back home.
Style:
captivating, historical drama, multicultural, emotional, inspirational ...
Plot:
wrestling, professional wrestling, ethnicity, biopic, wrestler, discrimination, ethnic slur, social issues, fight, social relations, ethnic stereotype, fighting the system ...
Time:
1950s, 60s, 50s
Place:
tokyo, usa, seoul
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
For over 130 years till 1996, more than 100,000 of Canada's First Nations children were legally required to attend government-funded schools run by various Christian faiths. There were 80 of these 'residential schools' across the ...
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, thrilling, captivating, thought provoking ...
Plot:
indigenous people, boarding school, native american, ethnicity, childhood trauma, re-education, problem, child, life is a bitch, family problems, children, memory ...
Place:
canada, montana
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Genre: Animation, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 15 min.
TV show
Story:
The daily life of Arnold--a fourth-grader with a wild imagination, street smarts and a head shaped like a football.
Style:
humorous, feel good, funny, witty, retro ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens, family friendly, boys' night
Plot:
friendship, grandparent and grandchild, child's point of view, everyday life, youth, mischievous children, friends, elementary school, unrequited love, first love, crossover, working class ...
Time:
90s, 21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Greece, Germany
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A Greek shopkeeper discovers something about his family's past when his mother embraces an Albanian worker.
Style:
satirical, captivating, psychological, thrilling, melancholic ...
Plot:
prejudice, xenophobia, ethnicity, identity crisis, social issues, satire, dysfunctional family, social problems, language barrier, immigration, working class, intimate ...
Place:
greece
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
An ad agency copywriter, ordered to push a new brand of beer to black ghetto kids, resigns from her job and goes searching for her racial identity.
Style:
independent film
Plot:
advertising, women of color, female protagonist, identity, race, social commentary, self discovery, mixed race, culture clash, identity crisis, ethnicity, interracial relations ...
Time:
90s
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Kemal Kayankaya, a private detective, was hired by a Turkish women, Ilter, to search for his husband, Amend, who has been missing since the death of her father, Vassif. Unknownst to him, he was about to unravel the secrets of his client's ...
Style:
neo noir, crime drama, dark, noir, suspenseful ...
Plot:
private detective, underworld, missing person, investigation, family secret, identity, secrets, social commentary, moral ambiguity, identity crisis, ethnicity, dual identity ...
Time:
90s
Place:
berlin germany, germany, europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey, Germany, France, Georgia
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
At the times of World War II, accomplished painter and translator Aram flees Istanbul due to political offenses. When he is trapped at the USSR-Georgia borders, his flight turns into a remembrance of things past...
Style:
melancholic, reflective, historical drama, bleak, period piece ...
Plot:
memory, diaspora, identity, exile, nostalgia, ethnicity, reminiscence, border crossing, migration, world war two, political persecution, refugee ...
Place:
istanbul turkey, soviet union, turkey
Is relevant?
159
Genre: Comedy
Country: Israel
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
An Israeli sitcom focusing on a Jewish-Ethiopian-Israeli family whose son (Yossi Vasa) is married to a Jewish-Ashkenazi-Israeli woman (Meyrav Feldman). The mixed family navigates the prejudices and tensions involved in raising their five-year old ...
Style:
satirical, sitcom, intercultural, entertaining, captivating ...
Plot:
culture clash, jewish culture, parents and children, lifestyle, eccentric family, cultural difference, satire, identity, daughter, marriage, social commentary, prejudice ...
Place:
israel, tel aviv israel
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Hungary
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A hardcore soccer ultra, Gyula, and his wife, Mariann, long for a baby. But it turns out that Gyula is sterile and when their plans to adopt also go up in smoke, Mariann does a deal behind her husband's back: they will take in the soon to be ...
Style:
comedy drama, emotional, heartfelt, dark comedy, romantic comedy
Audience:
adult
Plot:
racism, adoption, parenthood, infertility, moral dilemma, family drama, roma, pregnancy, machismo, identity, secrets, ethnicity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
hungary, eastern europe
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Riyo, an orphaned 17-year old, sails from Yokohama to Hawaii in 1918 to marry Matsuji, a man she has never met. Hoping to escape a troubled past and start anew, Riyo is bitterly disappointed upon her arrival: her husband is twice her age. The ...
Style:
touching, emotional, melancholic, serious, independent film ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
self discovery, immigrant, orphan, loveless marriage, existentialism, older man younger woman relationship, fish out of water, social differences, wedding planning, love and romance, culture clash, friendship ...
Time:
year 1918, year 1994, 1920s, 19th century
Place:
hawaii, japan, asia, usa, tokyo
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 63 min.
Story:
Phil Wang explores race, romance, politics and his mixed British-Malaysian heritage in this special filmed at the London Palladium.
Style:
funny, semi serious, feel good, humorous, entertaining ...
Plot:
stand up comedy, satire, relationships, live performance, comedian, race issues, humour, lifestyle, love affair, social satire, racial issues, race ...
Time:
21st century
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Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Based on a provocative autobiography, this story — set in a largely Muslim neighborhood in Berlin — follows a teenage gang member who is caught between hiding his Jewish identity and saving his life.
Style:
captivating, psychological, disturbing, multicultural, tension ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
friendship, religion, teenager, gang, coming of age, youth, identity, social problems, gang member, arab culture, relationship problems, drug dealer ...
Place:
berlin germany
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Musical
Country: India
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
Rohit, a Gujarati, studies the life of Anthony Firengee, and in the process meets with a mysterious man Kushawl Hajra.
Style:
captivating, emotional, art house, melancholic, period drama
Plot:
poet, biopic, reincarnation, life, musician's life, love and romance, historical character, music, relationships, lifestyle, historical figure, musician ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
kolkata
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, France
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Adapted from the 1951 non-fiction account by psychoanalyst Georges Devereux, “Psychotherapy Of A Plains Indian,” the film follows the true story of Picard (Del Toro), a Plains Indian of the Blackfeet nation, as he returns from WWII and begins ...
Style:
realistic, psychological, suspenseful, touching, intellectual ...
Plot:
psychoanalysis, friendship, headache, hospital, doctors and patients, psychologist, soldier, psychiatrist, memory, haunted by the past, anthropologist, ethnicity ...
Time:
year 1948, 20th century, 50s, year 1945
Place:
kansas, usa, france, seattle, new york ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
An acclaimed stage performer, Dorothy still struggled with the challenge of her color, in a time that wouldn't let some stars in by the front door. Yet against the odds she beat out many more famous rivals for the role of "Carmen ...
Style:
crying, cult classic, contemplative, captivating, thought provoking ...
Plot:
racial discrimination, abuse, racism, swimming pool, desire, white male black female relationship, interracial love, racial prejudice, movie star, rape, filmmaking, biopic ...
Time:
1940s, 1950s, 20th century, 60s, 50s
Place:
usa, miami beach, los angeles, las vegas, miami ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: France, USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Harrison Lloyd is a Pulitzer-winning photojournalist. His wife and family are making it hard for him to keep his mind on his work when he's in a war zone, and he wants to change jobs to something less stressful. But he's got one last ...
Style:
brutal, disturbing, suspense, bleak, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
genocide, journalism, missing person, violence, murder, photograph, photojournalist, photographer, civil war, blood, battles, vengeance ...
Time:
year 1991, 90s, 80s, 70s
Place:
new jersey, balkan, eastern europe, europe, serbia ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Jaime Escalante is a mathematics teacher in a school in a hispanic neighbourhood. Convinced that his students have potential, he adopts unconventional teaching methods to try and turn gang members and no-hopers into some of the country's top ...
Style:
inspirational, touching, sentimental, realistic, independent film ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, girls' night, kids, teen drama
Plot:
mathematics, teacher, high school, dedicated educator, bullying, school, biopic, mentor, chicano, civil rights, school teacher, coming of age ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, 1930s
Place:
los angeles, america, usa, california
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Young Indian man Thomas is a nerd in his reservation, wearing oversize glasses and telling everyone stories no-one wants to hear. His parents died in a fire in 1976, and Thomas was saved by Arnold. Arnold soon left his family, and Victor hasn't ...
Style:
road movie, touching, feel good, sincere, independent film ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
native american, native american reservation, on the road, friendship, father son relationship, self discovery, road trip, native, adolescence, orphan, life, escapades ...
Time:
20th century, year 1998, 90s, 70s
Place:
idaho, arizona, america, indiana, phoenix arizona ...
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Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Mexico, USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
The opening titles explain that American corporations are using the North American Free Trade Agreement by opening large maquiladoras right across the United States–Mexico border. The maquiladoras hire mostly Mexican women to work long hours for ...
Style:
rough, suspenseful, realistic, disturbing, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
rape, protagonist as suspect, murder, journalist, corruption, investigation, uncover truth, police corruption, serial killer, survival, sex slave, rape victim ...
Time:
90s, year 2006
Place:
mexico, latin america, chicago, usa
Is relevant?
328K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Mexico, France, Japan
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
Tragedy strikes a married couple on vacation in the Moroccan desert, touching off an interlocking story involving four different families.
Style:
emotional, breathtaking, inspirational, sincere, cerebral ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
multiple storylines, redemption, woman urinating, cultural difference, deaf girl, desert, mexican border, sex, death, destiny, language barrier, multiple perspectives ...
Time:
year 2006, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
morocco, japan, tokyo, africa, mexico ...
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
A young teacher inspires her class of at-risk students to learn tolerance, apply themselves, and pursue education beyond high school.
Style:
inspirational, touching, feel good, sentimental, rough ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, kids, teen drama ...
Plot:
high school, teacher, dedicated educator, teachers and students, lifestyle change, racism, teenage life, strong female lead, mentor, school teacher, bonding, idealism ...
Time:
year 2007, 20th century, year 1961, year 1999, year 2006 ...
Place:
california, los angeles, long beach california, usa
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Genre: Drama, History, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
Beginning just after the bloody Sioux victory over General Custer at Little Big Horn, the story is told through two unique perspectives: Charles Eastman, a young, white-educated Sioux doctor held up as living proof of the alleged success of ...
Style:
serious, rough, emotional, exciting, realistic ...
Plot:
native american, native american reservation, native american attack, indian reservation, buffalo, massacre, murder, native, injustice, genocide, against humanity, racism ...
Time:
19th century, 1870s
Place:
north america, usa, washington d.c., south dakota, canada
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Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, Turkey, Italy
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Nejat seems disapproving about his widower father Ali's choice of prostitute Yeter for a live-in girlfriend. But he grows fond of her when he discovers she sends money home to Turkey for her daughter's university studies. Yeter's ...
Style:
emotional, touching, breathtaking, lyrical, psychological ...
Plot:
immigrant, tragic event, lgbtq, prostitute, student, loss of daughter, multiple storylines, rebelliousness, lgbt, coincidence, prison, migration ...
Time:
year 2007, 2000s
Place:
germany, turkey, hamburg germany, middle east, istanbul turkey ...
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