| Metro Park (2019) | 8.3 | |
| Ip Man (2008) | 8.0 | |
| Just Friends (2018) | 7.2 | |
| Big Man, Little Love (2001) | 7.6 | |
| Outsourced (2010) | 7.6 |
Cultural difference movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant cultural difference movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out captivating, humorous, realistic, feel good, entertaining and sincere films and TV shows about / with cultural difference, culture clash, society, friendship, male female relationship, love, relationships, family relations, love and romance and fall in love plots mostly in Drama, Comedy and Romance genres shot in USA, Germany, France and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as cultural difference: Lost in Translation (2003), Babel (2006), The Big Sick (2017), White Sun of the Desert (1969), Fear and Trembling (2003), 300 Worte Deutsch (2013), The White Massai (2005), My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002), Turkish for Beginners (2006), Easy (2017).
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List of cultural difference movies
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Two lost souls visiting Tokyo -- the young, neglected wife of a photographer and a washed-up movie star shooting a TV commercial -- find an odd solace and pensive freedom to be real in each other's company, away from their lives in America.
Style:
melancholic, atmospheric, cerebral, intellectual, sexy ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night, family friendly, chick flick
Plot:
loneliness, midlife crisis, older man younger woman relationship, age difference, friendship, character study, alienation, fish out of water, melancholy, unlikely couple, actor, hotel room ...
Time:
2000s, year 2003, 21st century
Place:
japan, tokyo, asia, yale university, america ...
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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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150K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Pakistan-born comedian Kumail Nanjiani and grad student Emily Gardner fall in love but struggle as their cultures clash. When Emily contracts a mysterious illness, Kumail finds himself forced to face her feisty parents, his family's ...
Style:
romantic, romantic comedy, sweet, sentimental, touching ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, teens, family friendly, girls' night
Plot:
comedian, hospital, stand up comedy, illness, arranged marriage, interracial love, love, relationships, interracial romance, cultural difference, character study, infection ...
Time:
2010s, year 2017, 70s
Place:
chicago, pakistan, new york, japan
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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 civil war, russian revolution, cultural difference, heroes, red army, society, smuggling, drunkenness ...
Time:
1910s, 20th century, 60s, 1920s
Place:
soviet union, asia, ussr, russia
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France, Japan
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Amélie, a young Belgian woman, having spent her childhood in Japan, decides to return to live there and tries to integrate in the Japanese society. She is determined to be a "real Japanese" before her year contract runs out, though it ...
Style:
witty, semi serious, realistic, humorous, funny ...
Plot:
employer employee relationship, culture clash, workplace, translator, fish out of water, power relations, workplace intrigue, boss and employee, demotion, friendship, japanese culture, cultural difference ...
Time:
year 1993, year 1991, year 2003, 90s, year 1990
Place:
japan, tokyo, asia, belgium
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Culture-Clash-Comedy about Turkish brides importet into Germany...
Style:
humorous, unusual plot structure, feel good, contemplative, light
Plot:
migration, wedding, strong female lead, wedding planning, tradition, strong female character, father son relationship, cultural difference, domineering mother, father daughter relationship, integration, prostitute ...
Place:
germany, turkey
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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:
emotional, realistic, serious, erotic, sad ...
Plot:
interracial relations, interracial marriage, fall in love, couples, interracial sex, culture clash, black man white woman relationship, relationships, love story, love and romance, village life, cultural difference ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
africa, kenya, switzerland
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Canada, USA, Germany
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A young Greek woman falls in love with a non-Greek and struggles to get her family to accept him while she comes to terms with her heritage and cultural identity.
Style:
feel good, romantic, humorous, funny, sweet ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, date night, family outing, teens ...
Plot:
wedding, culture clash, mother daughter relationship, bride and groom, wedding preparations and rituals, love and romance, prejudice, dysfunctional family, love story, relationships, family bonds, stereotypes ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
greece, chicago, usa, seattle, san francisco
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy
Country: Germany
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story:
Türkisch für Anfänger is a critically acclaimed German television comedy-drama series, which premiered on March 14, 2006 on Das Erste. It was created by Bora Dağtekin and produced by Hoffmann & Voges Ent.
The show focuses on the ...
Style:
feel good, sincere, captivating, sweet, situational comedy ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens, family outing, kids
Plot:
cultural difference, teenage love, culture clash, cliche, family relations, half brother half sister relationship, relationships, religion, black, multiculturalism, bare chested male, female nudity ...
Place:
germany, turkey
Is relevant?
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy, Ukraine
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A 40-year-old loser named Isidoro at the request of his brother drives from Italy to mountainous Carpathian village in Ukraine with a coffin of a diseased Ukrainian worker, who died at a construction site in Italy.
Style:
sincere, road movie, ironic, captivating, compassionate ...
Plot:
cross cultural relations, cultural difference, goofy hero, wisdom of life, changing lives, brother brother relationship, car trip, misfit, naivete, society, mission, kindness ...
Place:
italy, ukraine
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Norway
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
To celebrate their engagement, Thea takes Jashan home — but his Indian roots and her family's Norwegian traditions clash in a chaotic Christmas.
Style:
satirical, romantic comedy, semi serious, thrilling, captivating ...
Plot:
cultural difference, christmas, male female relationship, xmas, relationships, satire, countryside, racial prejudice, love affair, christmas season, village life, interracial love ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Nigeria
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A Nigerian woman and an Indian man won't let cultural differences get in the way of their romance.
Style:
romantic drama, multicultural, romantic comedy, intercultural, light ...
Plot:
interracial romance, cultural difference, interracial relations, love and romance, traditional versus modern, culture clash, true love, racial stereotype, racial prejudice, cultural conflict, forbidden love, family tradition ...
Time:
2020s
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Romantic comedy about two young men, their relationship and their relationship with their mothers.
Style:
homoerotic, erotic, captivating, humorous, sincere ...
Plot:
gay, gay love, gay relationship, gay romance, male homosexuality, gay affair, gay lead character, gay couple, gay youth, gay son, father son relationship, gay sex ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
amsterdam, netherlands
Is relevant?
8K
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: Comedy
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Claude and Marie Verneuil will soon be celebrating their 40th wedding anniversary. For the occasion, their four daughters - Isabelle, Odile, Ségolène and Laure - decide to organize a big surprise party in their family home in Chinon. They also ...
Style:
feel good, family comedy, satirical, entertaining, funny ...
Plot:
cultural difference, satire, family relations, catholic, relationship problems, mother daughter relationship, family problems, religious differences, father daughter relationship, kids and family, parents and children, relationships ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Turkey, France, Germany, Netherlands, Greece, Croatia
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
With the mayoral election approaching, Emre, the newly-appointed state prosecutor of the small Turkish town of Yaniklar, which is suffering from a water supply crisis, gradually descends into trouble after a young local woman is raped.
Style:
tense, disturbing, captivating, suspense, tension ...
Plot:
investigation, prosecutor, gay, water shortage, drugged, corruption, politics, cultural difference, violence, gay interest, small town, crime investigation ...
Place:
turkey, asia
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK, Canada, USA, Morocco
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Over a weekend in the High Atlas Mountains of Morocco, a random accident reverberates through the lives of both the local Muslims and Western visitors to a house party in a grand villa.
Style:
atmospheric, captivating, psychological, disturbing, f word
Plot:
dead body, funeral, burial, swimming pool, cheating wife, hedonism, cultural difference, muslim, misadventure, problem, unhappiness, changing lives ...
Place:
morocco, north africa, africa, tangier morocco, sahara
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Thailand, USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
American businessman Brian Chandler has a perfect life with a great job and beautiful fiancée. When his boss, renegade coffee mogul Calvert Jenkins sends him to Thailand to inspect a crop for purchase, Brian meets Ticha, a beautiful Bangkok ...
Style:
feel good, humorous, light, captivating, independent film ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
love, business trip, cultural difference, coffee shop, self discovery, fall in love, lifestyle, disorder, fish out of water, village, food, inspiration ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
thailand, asia
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Hong Kong, Iceland
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A postal worker has some lunch in a chinese restaurant and falls in love with the waitress, who happens to be chinese. They start dating and quickly fall in and out of love, the waitress returning to China. The young man looks for comfort in his ...
Style:
multicultural, sincere, humorous, touching, captivating ...
Plot:
interracial romance, cultural difference, dysfunctional family, social satire, male female relationship, lost love, follow your dream, fall in love, longing, male protagonist, chinese woman, long distance relationship ...
Place:
iceland, scandinavia, hong kong, china, reykjavik iceland
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Musical
Country: Serbia, Bulgaria, Austria, Germany
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Juliet, a white girl, falls in love with a dark-skinned romeo, a divine trumpet player from the Roma orchestra. But her father Satchmo doesn't accept Romeo. Romeo needs to fight for Juliet at the legendary Festival of the trumpeters in Gucha.
Style:
disturbing, satirical, captivating, entertaining
Plot:
forbidden love, music festival, cultural difference, orchestra, festival, trumpet player, cross cultural relations, culture clash, love story, male female relationship, love affair, couple relations ...
Place:
serbia
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy
Country: Russia
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story:
Contemporary Moscow. An American journalist, Alex Wilson (Mateusz Damiecki), is sent by his employer, The American Post, one of the largest newspapers in the world, on a long-term assignment in their Moscow office. In addition to his job there as an ...
Style:
sincere, entertaining, light, funny, humorous ...
Plot:
cross cultural relations, american abroad, cultural difference, rivalry, journalist, humour, blog, love, newspaper editor, newspaper, blogger, society ...
Place:
russia, moscow russia
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
After five years enduring horrible work conditions, Sophia finally gets chosen for a long-awaited transfer from her thankless teaching job at a rough middle school. Ecstatic to start a new life teaching at the French Lycée in Barcelona, her hopes ...
Style:
feel good, humorous, captivating, funny, entertaining ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
education, female protagonist, cultural difference, school, teacher, woman, coworker, women, workplace intrigue, job, workplace situations, new job ...
Place:
barcelona, paris france
Is relevant?
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: France, UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Based on a controversial French novel, Lila Says tells the story of a quiet young poet named Chimo who develops a crush on the pretty, blond Lila, a girl who recently moved into his Arab ghetto with her aunt. When the leader of a rival gang also ...
Style:
sexy, sexual, non-linear, emotional, art house ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot:
dream girl, young girl, sex, horniness, making love, voyeur, blonde, coming of age, erotic fantasy, lesbian, flirting, love triangle ...
Time:
year 2004, near future
Place:
texas, paris france, middle east, maghreb, lebanon ...
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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, visually stunning, inspirational ...
Plot:
american civil war, native american, self discovery, culture clash, friendship, native, courage, tribe, native american white relationships, pride and honor, wolf, prairie ...
Time:
19th century, 90s, ancient times, 1860s, year 1990 ...
Place:
south dakota, nebraska, america, usa, kansas ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Outsourced is an American television sitcom set in an Indian workplace. It is based on the John Jeffcoat film of the same name and adapted by Robert Borden of George Lopez and Universal Media Studios for NBC. The series originally ran from September ...
Style:
sitcom, humorous, light, realistic, not serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
office, workplace, workplace problem, workplace situations, corporate world, staff, culture clash, love and romance, boss and employee, call center, social differences, boss ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
india, asia, mumbai india
Is relevant?
695K
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Music, Mystery
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Despite his family’s baffling generations-old ban on music, Miguel dreams of becoming an accomplished musician like his idol, Ernesto de la Cruz. Desperate to prove his talent, Miguel finds himself in the stunning and colorful Land of the Dead ...
Style:
touching, feel good, sincere, sweet, atmospheric ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family outing, family friendly, chick flick ...
Plot:
day of the dead, music, afterlife, musician, death, childhood, memory, boy, life after death, betrayal, life & death, dog ...
Time:
2010s, year 2017
Place:
mexico, tibet, north america
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Seventeen-year-old Lena meets 19-year-old Farid, a young Muslim. She has a clear-cut attitude towards his culture and religion: utter rejection. Despite their differences – or perhaps because of them – they fall in love.
Style:
psychological, contemplative, captivating, unusual plot structure, thought provoking ...
Plot:
teenage girl, pregnancy and birth, tragic love, religion, teenage protagonist, cultural difference, 17 year old, teenage boy, teenager, female protagonist, couple relations, boyfriend girlfriend relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
germany
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Musical
Country: India, Canada
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
After the tragic passing away of his mother, Joseph Ignace alias Jassiya (Rushabh Patni) is sent to a Catholic Hostel where he can continue his studies as well as live in the hostel. The sudden separation from his mother, diet, and familiar ...
Style:
serious, realistic, sentimental, emotional, gujarati
Plot:
friendship, human spirit, redemption, social misfits, hopes, society, youth, social differences, boarding school life, bittersweet, boarding school, cross cultural relations ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
india
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Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey, Greece, Hungary
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Hejar, meaning "Dispossessed", a little Kurdish orphan war victim, educates a Turkish judge!
Style:
sincere, sentimental, suspense, political, islamic ...
Plot:
kurd, racism, nationalism, political oppression, children, orphan, neighbor, cultural difference, injustice, old man, police, murder ...
Place:
kurdistan, turkey
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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, sweet, teen, light, touching ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, family outing, kids, family friendly ...
Plot:
soccer, friendship, wedding, football, hinduism, tradition, stereotypes, feminism, immigrant, coming of age, against the rules, culture clash ...
Time:
year 2002, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
england, london, europe, hamburg germany, germany ...
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