Culture clash movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant culture clash movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, serious, romantic, humorous, touching and emotional films and TV shows about / with culture clash, society, father son relationship, couples, love and romance, family relations, misfit, fish out of water, husband wife relationship and friendship plots mostly in Drama, Romance and Comedy genres shot in USA, UK, France and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as culture clash: Mississippi Masala (1991), Jodhaa Akbar (2008), The Good Lie (2014), Silence (2016), The Hundred-Foot Journey (2014), The Gods Must Be Crazy (1980), Marco Polo (2014), The Infidel (2010), The Dictator (2012), The Empress Ki (2013).

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Mississippi Masala (1991)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 118 min.
Story: An Indian family is expelled from Uganda when Idi Amin takes power. They move to Mississippi and time passes. The Indian daughter falls in love with a black man, and the respective families have to come to terms with it.
Style: romantic, light, talky, realistic, serious ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: racism, immigrant, culture clash, interracial relations, racial prejudice, indians, stereotypes, family drama, honest, love affair, opposites attract, fall in love ...
Time: year 1991, 70s, 20th century, year 1990, year 1972
Place: mississippi, uganda, africa, india, southern usa ...
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 7.5
 34K
Jodhaa Akbar (2008)
Genre: Action, Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: India
Duration: 213 min.
Story: Jodhaa Akbar is a sixteenth century love story about a marriage of alliance that gave birth to true love between a great Mughal Emperor, Akbar and a Rajput princess, Jodhaa.
Style: epic, realistic, romantic, entertaining, romantic drama ...
Plot: emperor, true love, royal family, culture clash, dishonesty, love and romance, ruler, royal court, arranged marriage, politics, historical character, sword fight ...
Time: 16th century, year 2008, 50s, future
Place: india, asia
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 7.4
 30K
The Good Lie (2014)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Kenya, India, USA, Canada, South Africa
Duration: 110 min.
Story: A young refugee of the Sudanese Civil War who wins a lottery for relocation to the United States with three other lost boys. Encountering the modern world for the first time, they develop an unlikely friendship with a brash American woman assigned ...
Style: inspirational, touching, sentimental, captivating, rough ...
Audience: chick flick, adult
Plot: refugee, survival, culture clash, friendship, childhood, children, courage, civil war, self sacrifice, life is a bitch, fish out of water, society ...
Time: 21st century
Place: africa, sudan, south africa, kenya, kansas ...
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 7.2
 122K
Silence (2016)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA, UK, Taiwan, Japan, Mexico
Duration: 161 min.
Story: Two Jesuit priests travel to seventeenth century Japan which has, under the Tokugawa shogunate, banned Catholicism and almost all foreign contact.
Style: philosophical, stylized, cerebral, melancholic, intellectual ...
Audience: teens
Plot: missionary, religion, christianity, religious persecution, culture clash, crisis of faith, faith, torture, doubt, betrayal, christian, clergy ...
Time: 17th century, 2010s, year 2016, year 2015
Place: japan, portugal, asia
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The Hundred-Foot Journey (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: India, United Arab Emirates, USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story: A story centered around an Indian family who moves to France and opens a restaurant across the street from a Michelin-starred French restaurant.
Style: feel good, inspirational, touching, sentimental, sweet ...
Audience: teens, family outing, date night, family friendly, girls' night ...
Plot: restaurant, cooking, cooking and food, food, chef, culture clash, interracial relations, prejudice, beautiful scenery, interracial romance, small town, immigrant ...
Time: year 2014, 21st century
Place: france, india, mumbai india, south of france, london ...
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The Gods Must Be Crazy (1980)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy
Country: South Africa, Botswana
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Misery is brought to a small group of Sho in the Kalahari desert in the form of a cola bottle. In his quest to throw the evil object over the edge of the earth, Xixo encounters Western "civilization," a haphazard doctor and a tyranical ...
Style: funny, light, humorous, feel good, cult classic ...
Audience: teens, kids, family outing
Plot: desert, culture clash, tribe, wilderness, philosophy, on the road, rivalry, danger, heartwarming, african, road trip, animal ...
Time: year 1980, 80s, 20th century, 70s
Place: africa, south africa, cape town south africa
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 8.0
 78K
Marco Polo (2014)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: An epic adventure that follows the early years of the famous explorer as he travels the exotic Silk Road to the great Kublai Khan’s court. But Marco soon finds that navigating the Khan’s world of greed, betrayal, sexual intrigue and rivalry will ...
Style: exciting, captivating, epic, atmospheric, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: medieval, intrigue, culture clash, danger, kung fu master, adventure hero, palace, strong violent content, rivalry, barbarian, conqueror, martial arts ...
Time: middle ages, 13th century, medieval times
Place: mongolia, asia, china, venice, beijing china
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 6.3
 7K
The Infidel (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Based in a London suburb Mahmud Nasir lives with his wife, Saamiya, and two children, Rashid and Nabi. His son plans to marry Uzma, the step-daughter of Egyptian-born Arshad Al-Masri, a so-called 'Hate Cleric' from Waziristan, Pakistan. ...
Style: humorous, semi serious, light, captivating, surreal ...
Plot: satire, culture clash, muslim, hijab, taxi driver, self discovery, social differences, adoption, society, dark humor, rabbi, religions or cults ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england, middle east, europe, london
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Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Kazakh journalist Borat Sagdiyev travels to America to make a documentary. As he zigzags across the nation, Borat meets real people in real situations with hysterical consequences. His backwards behavior generates strong reactions around him ...
Style: mockumentary, humorous, absurd, controversial, funny ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: satire, racism, travel, culture clash, dark humor, road trip, stereotypes, stupidity, toilet humor, fish out of water, male pubic hair, irreverent ...
Time: year 2006, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place: california, kazakhstan, usa, alabama, dallas texas ...
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 6.4
 332K
The Dictator (2012)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: The heroic story of a dictator who risks his life to ensure that democracy would never come to the country he so lovingly oppressed.
Style: funny, absurd, hilarious, humorous, entertaining ...
Audience: girls' night, chick flick, adult
Plot: satire, dictator, farce, culture clash, dark humor, un, fictional country, prejudice, society, megalomaniac, head of state, dissident ...
Time: year 2012, 2010s, year 1973, 20th century, 70s ...
Place: new york, usa, middle east, asia, israel ...
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The Empress Ki (2013)
Genre: Action, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
TV show
Story: The story of the woman that would become Empress Ki, and her struggles as she worked her way through war, political conspiracies, and the imperial palace to become Empress of China. This Korean Drama re-imagines the historical figure as a fierce, ...
Style: suspenseful, romantic, harsh, multicultural, semi serious ...
Plot: love triangle, empress, chinese emperor, historical figure, love, female protagonist, crown prince, female warrior, battles, palace intrigue, sword fight, culture clash ...
Time: 14th century
Place: korea, china
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 7.4
 492K
The Terminal (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story: Viktor Navorski is a man without a country; his plane took off just as a coup d'etat exploded in his homeland, leaving it in shambles, and now he's stranded at Kennedy Airport, where he's holding a passport that nobody recognizes. ...
Style: touching, sweet, sincere, feel good, motivational ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, date night, family friendly
Plot: airport, culture clash, stranded, loneliness, happy ending, fish out of water, fictional country, passenger, immigrant, nothing goes right, jazz, destiny ...
Time: year 2004, 1900s, 2000s, 21st century
Place: new york, usa, america, eastern europe, romania ...
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 7.2
 42K
The Physician (2013)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, History
Country: Germany
Duration: 155 min.
Story: The story of Rob Cole, a boy who is left a penniless orphan in an 11th-century English mining town when his mother dies of a mysterious illness. Vowing to become a physician and vanquish Death itself, he travels to Isfahan in Persia to study ...
Style: breathtaking, captivating, epic, costume drama, serious ...
Plot: medicine, follow your dream, surgery, apprentice, medieval, culture clash, medical school, orphan, ambition, doctors and patients, mentor, healer ...
Time: middle ages, 11th century, medieval times, year 2014
Place: persia, iran, germany, israel, england ...
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Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Matt and Christina Drayton are a couple whose attitudes are challenged when their daughter brings home a fiancé who is black.
Style: sentimental, touching, compassionate, intense, semi serious ...
Audience: family outing, adult
Plot: interracial relations, racism, culture clash, miscegenation, african american, social commentary, interracial marriage, doctor, liberal, prejudice, widower, interracial love ...
Time: 20th century, 60s
Place: san francisco, california, america, usa, hawaii
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The White Massai (2005)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 131 min.
Story: A girl, Carola, whose vacation in Kenya takes an interesting turn when she becomes infatuated with a Masai. Carola decides to leave her boyfriend to stay with her lover. There, she has to adapt to the Masai's way of life and get used to their ...
Style: captivating, emotional, realistic, serious, sad ...
Plot: interracial relations, couples, interracial sex, interracial marriage, culture clash, fall in love, love and romance, village life, black man white woman relationship, relationships, love story, cultural difference ...
Time: 21st century
Place: africa, kenya, switzerland
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White Sun of the Desert (1970)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Romance, War, Western
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 84 min.
Story: The setting is the east shore of the Caspian Sea (today's Turkmenistan) where the Red Army soldier Fyodor Sukhov has been fighting the Civil War in Russian Asia for a number of years. After being hospitalised and then demobbed, he sets off home ...
Style: serious, exciting, sincere, entertaining, smart ...
Plot: desert, culture clash, civil war, leadership, russian revolution, russian civil war, red army, heroes, cultural difference, society, smuggling, husband wife relationship ...
Time: 1910s, 20th century, 60s
Place: soviet union, asia, ussr, russia
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The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (2015)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story: At the height of the Cold War, a mysterious criminal organization plans to use nuclear weapons and technology to upset the fragile balance of power between the United States and Soviet Union. CIA agent Napoleon Solo and KGB agent Illya Kuryakin are ...
Style: stylized, witty, humorous, action comedy, light ...
Audience: teens, chick flick
Plot: spy, cold war, secret service, reluctant partners, cia, culture clash, espionage, chase, secret agent, cia agent, mission, race against time ...
Time: 60s, year 1963, year 2015, 2010s, 1900s ...
Place: italy, germany, london, east germany, usa ...
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 6.6
 222K
EuroTrip (2004)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: When Scott learns that his longtime cyber-buddy from Berlin is a gorgeous young woman, he and his friends embark on a trip across Europe.
Style: teen sex comedy, road movie, sex comedy, funny, teen ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night, date night, boys' night ...
Plot: travel, youth, vacation, sexual humor, obsessive quest, marijuana, nothing goes right, culture clash, nudity, comedy of errors, road trip, stereotypes ...
Time: year 2004, 2000s, 21st century
Place: europe, paris france, italy, germany, ohio ...
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Dances with Wolves (1990)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 181 min.
Story: Wounded Civil War soldier, John Dunbar tries to commit suicide – and becomes a hero instead. As a reward, he's assigned to his dream post, a remote junction on the Western frontier, and soon makes unlikely friends with the local Sioux tribe.
Style: scenic, touching, sentimental, epic, breathtaking ...
Plot: native american, american civil war, self discovery, culture clash, friendship, native, tribe, courage, pride and honor, native american white relationships, wolf, indians ...
Time: 19th century, 90s, victorian era, 20th century, 1800s ...
Place: kansas, south dakota, tennessee, america, usa ...
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The Band's Visit (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Israel, USA, France
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Once-not long ago-a small Egyptian police band arrived in Israel. Not many remember this... It wasn't that important. A band comprised of members of the Egyptian police force head to Israel to play at the inaugural ceremony of an Arab arts ...
Style: emotional, atmospheric, humorous, sincere, feel good ...
Plot: culture clash, musician, israeli, small town, orchestra, ethnic conflict, fish out of water, society, disorder, music, melancholy, loneliness ...
Time: year 2007, 21st century
Place: israel, middle east, egypt, palestine, maghreb ...
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 7.8
 61K
Pride (2014)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, History, Romance
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story: Based on a true story, the film is set in the summer of 1984 – when Margaret Thatcher is in power and the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) is on strike. At the Gay Pride March in London, a group of gay and lesbian activists decides to raise ...
Style: touching, political, witty, feel good, sincere ...
Audience: teens, chick flick
Plot: gay, lgbt, working class, protest, culture clash, homosexuality, friendship, prejudice, gay relationship, mining town, lesbian, lgbtq ...
Time: year 1985, 20th century, year 1984, year 2014, 80s ...
Place: england, wales, united kingdom, britain, europe ...
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 7.3
 33K
Belle (2013)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story: BELLE is inspired by the true story of Dido Elizabeth Belle, the illegitimate mixed race daughter of a Royal Navy Admiral. Raised by her aristocratic great-uncle Lord Mansfield and his wife, Belle's lineage affords her certain privileges, yet ...
Style: period piece, inspirational, sentimental, captivating, emotional ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: slavery, racism, interracial relations, society, interracial romance, high society, social differences, aristocracy, white male black female relationship, love and romance, interracial couple, biracial ...
Time: 18th century, georgian era, ancient times, regency period, victorian era ...
Place: england, indiana, europe
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Ae Fond Kiss... (2004)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, Italy, Germany, Spain, Belgium
Duration: 104 min.
Story: A young man upsets his Punjabi family when he falls in love with an Irish schoolteacher.
Style: realistic, emotional, touching, sentimental, romantic ...
Audience: date night
Plot: racism, culture clash, forbidden love, immigrant, prejudice, marriage, immigration, family relations, love, society, tragic love, social commentary ...
Time: year 2004
Place: scotland, glasgow scotland, britain, manchester, pakistan ...
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Bend It Like Beckham (2002)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: UK, Germany, USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Jess Bhamra, the daughter of a strict Indian couple in London, is not permitted to play organized soccer, even though she is 18. When Jess is playing for fun one day, her impressive skills are seen by Jules Paxton, who then convinces Jess to play ...
Style: feel good, touching, light, sweet, romantic ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, family outing, kids, family friendly ...
Plot: soccer, football, culture clash, friendship, hinduism, wedding, feminism, immigrant, tradition, stereotypes, coach, teenage girl ...
Time: year 2002, 2000s, 21st century
Place: england, london, europe, hamburg germany, germany
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Japanese Story (2003)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Against the background of an Australian desert landscape, so much space and so few people, Sandy, a geologist, and Hiromitsu, a Japanese businessman, play out a story of human inconsequence in the face of the blistering universe. The end of the ...
Style: emotional, stylized, captivating, atmospheric, sincere ...
Plot: culture clash, love story, desert, journey, interracial relations, interracial romance, road trip, love affair, opposites attract, unlikely couple, couples, wilderness ...
Time: year 2003, 21st century
Place: australia, sydney australia
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 5.4
 17K
King Ralph (1991)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: As the only relative to take over the Royal throne, a down on his luck American slob must learn the ways of the English.
Style: feel good, funny, light, satirical, humorous ...
Audience: kids, date night
Plot: fish out of water, culture clash, heir, princess, american abroad, king, goofy hero, rise to the top, head of state, love at first sight, love and romance, misfit ...
Time: year 1991, 90s
Place: england, europe, usa, buckingham palace, las vegas
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 7.1
 24K
Brother (2000)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, France, Japan
Duration: 114 min.
Story: A Japanese Yakuza gangster’s deadly existence in his homeland gets him exiled to Los Angeles, California, where he is taken in by his little brother and his brother’s gang. This is the first English film by Takeshi Kitano.
Style: harsh, intense, serious, rough, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: yakuza, gangster, mafia, culture clash, organized crime, gang, samurai, suicide, sibling relationship, family relations, gang war, siblings relations ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: japan, los angeles, usa, california
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Anna and the King (1999)
Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 148 min.
Story: The story of the romance between the King of Siam (now Thailand) and the widowed British school teacher Anna Leonowens during the 1860s. Anna teaches the children and becomes romanced by the King. She convinces him that a man can be loved by just ...
Style: romantic, epic, serious, emotional, captivating ...
Audience: adult
Plot: love story, royal family, culture clash, social differences, interracial relations, unlikely friendships, forbidden love, teacher, opposites attract, love and romance, palace, fall in love ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, 1860s, ancient times, year 1999 ...
Place: southeast asia, asia, thailand, madagascar, burma
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 7.6
 27K
Walkabout (1971)
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: UK, Australia
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Under the pretense of having a picnic, a geologist takes his teenage daughter and 6-year-old son into the Australian outback and attempts to shoot them. When he fails, he turns the gun on himself, and the two city-bred children must contend with ...
Style: road movie, atmospheric, visual, visually stunning, scenic ...
Audience: kids, teen drama
Plot: coming of age, suicide, desert, wilderness, survival, teenage girl, australian outback, rite of passage, culture clash, children, brother sister relationship, language barrier ...
Time: year 1971, 70s, 20th century
Place: australia, oceania, britain, adelaide south australia, sydney australia
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Little Indian, Big City (1994)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Stephen, an international trader, tracks down his ex-wife Patricia in some Amazonian backwater. He needs her consent to a divorce so that he can marry Charlotte. Unfortunately, he discovers a son he didn’t know he had – Mimi-Siku. The young ...
Style: funny, humorous, entertaining, semi serious
Audience: family outing
Plot: jungle, mischievous children, culture clash, dysfunctional family, city life, amazon, parents and children, divorce, fish out of water, nothing goes right, estrangement, disorder ...
Time: year 1994, 90s
Place: paris france, france, venezuela, latin america, europe
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