Tradition movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant tradition movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, touching, captivating, light, melancholic and sentimental films and TV shows about / with tradition, family relations, culture clash, love, runaway, childhood, society, friendship, women and storytelling plots mostly in Drama, Romance and Comedy genres shot in USA, India, UK and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as tradition: Raise the Red Lantern (1991), Bend It Like Beckham (2002), Straight from the Heart (1999), Tanna (2015), The Clay Bird (2002), Mustang (2015), Fiddler on the Roof (1971), Moolaadé (2003), Every Day a Good Day (2018), Whale Rider (2002).
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List of tradition movies
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
China in the 1920s. After her father's death, 19 year old Songlian is forced to marry the much older lord of a powerful family. With three wives already, each living in a separate house within the great castle, there is fierce competition for ...
Style:
visually stunning, cerebral, stylized, depressing, intense ...
Plot:
intrigue, teenage girl, feminism, passion, power struggle, tradition, jealousy, wealth, mistress, massage, polygamy, unrequited love ...
Time:
1920s, 20th century, year 1991
Place:
china, east asia, tibet, asia, india
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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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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 188 min.
Story:
Indian-based traditional family of Pundit Darbar (Vikram Gokhale) gets a visit from Sameer Rafilini (Salman Khan), from Italy, who has come as a pupil to learn music and singing. Darbar and his family accept him. Sameer meets Nandini (Aishwarya ...
Style:
realistic, sentimental, romantic, semi serious, humorous ...
Plot:
forbidden love, dancing, tradition, unrequited love, loveless marriage, unfulfilled love, forced marriage, love of one's life, couples, dishonesty, couple relations, hindu ...
Time:
90s
Place:
india, asia, italy
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5K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance
Country: Australia, Vanuatu
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
In a traditional tribal society in the South Pacific, a young girl, Wawa, falls in love with her chief’s grandson, Dain. When an inter-tribal war escalates, Wawa is unknowingly betrothed as part of a peace deal. The young lovers run away, refusing ...
Style:
captivating, sentimental, realistic, psychological, anthropological ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
pacific island, tradition, tribe, native tribe, volcano, arranged marriage, forbidden love, lovers, forced marriage, warrior, conflict, love ...
Time:
year 2016, 2010s
Place:
africa, oceania, pacific ocean
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Bangladesh
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A family must come to grips with its culture, its faith, and the brutal political changes entering its small-town world.
Style:
touching, sentimental, emotional, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
muslim, hopes, politics, bangladesh liberation war, tradition, family relations, village, estrangement, coming of age, state affairs, social relations, revolution ...
Time:
60s
Place:
middle east, bangladesh, pakistan, india
Is relevant?
43K
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey, France, Germany, Qatar
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
In a Turkish village, five orphaned sisters live under strict rule while members of their family prepare their arranged marriages.
Style:
sad, realistic, heartbreaking, art house, social ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
sisters, teenage girl, coming of age, sexism, running away from home, sister sister relationship, virginity, teen suicide, islam, women's rights, women, arranged marriage ...
Time:
year 2015, 2010s, near future, 80s
Place:
turkey, istanbul turkey, middle east, maghreb, israel ...
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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: Drama
Country: Senegal, Burkina Faso, Morocco, Tunisia, Cameroon, France
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
When a woman shelters a group of girls from suffering female genital mutilation, she starts a conflict that tears her village apart.
Style:
disturbing, sincere, political, touching, thought provoking ...
Plot:
rebellion, sexism, childhood, torture, mutilation, child abuse, culture clash, tradition, fighting the system, african, hopes, injustice ...
Time:
year 2004, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
africa, tokyo, japan, france
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A university student attends a Japanese tea ceremony near her house with her cousin. There she has the Japanese tea ceremony in her life and it's there for her during moments when she is sad or happy.
Style:
thought provoking, captivating, sincere
Plot:
hobby, tradition, east asian woman, instructor, teacher, skill, japanese culture, slice of life, food, mother and daughter, tea, lifestyle ...
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Genre: Drama, Family
Country: New Zealand, Germany
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
On the east coast of New Zealand, the Whangara people believe their presence there dates back a thousand years or more to a single ancestor, Paikea, who escaped death when his canoe capsized by riding to shore on the back of a whale. From then on, ...
Style:
touching, emotional, thought provoking, inspirational, atmospheric ...
Audience:
girls' night, kids, teens, family friendly, date night ...
Plot:
whale, tradition, coming of age, sexism, childhood, female protagonist, culture clash, girl, legend, empowerment, youth, loss of son ...
Time:
year 2002, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
new zealand, oceania, australia
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Genre: Drama
Country: Yemen, France, United Arab Emirates, USA, Sweden, Jordan
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Ten-year-old Nojoom was forced to marry a 30-year-old man. The dowry offered the family a small income and 'one less mouth to feed'. Nojoom discovers that her life will take a turn for the worse. Her husband is indifferent to her age. ...
Style:
disturbing, captivating, touching, thought provoking
Plot:
child bride, marital abuse, rape, forced marriage, sexualized violence, tradition, sheik, divorce, courtroom, judge, family honor, marital separation ...
Is relevant?
116K
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Ireland, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
When yet another anniversary passes without a marriage proposal from her boyfriend, Anna decides to take action. Aware of a Celtic tradition that allows women to pop the question on Feb. 29, she plans to follow her lover to Dublin and ask him to ...
Style:
romantic, sweet, funny, rom com, touching ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night, chick flick, teens, teen drama ...
Plot:
fall in love, couples, love and romance, road trip, opposites attract, marriage proposal, beautiful scenery, initially antagonists, relationships, wedding, love affair, love story ...
Time:
2010s, year 2010, 21st century
Place:
ireland, dublin ireland, europe, wales, usa ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Iran, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Well-known actress Behnaz Jafari is distraught by a provincial girl’s video plea for help—oppressed by her family to not pursue her studies at the Tehran drama conservatory. Behnaz abandons her shoot and turns to filmmaker Jafar Panahi to help ...
Style:
psychological, sentimental, captivating, thought provoking, independent film
Plot:
passion, actress, missing person, empowerment, social justice, tradition, missing girl, young girl, family relations, society, friendship, dialogue ...
Time:
2010s, year 1979
Place:
iran, middle east
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Genre: Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
This is a collection of portraits: 23 short stories about the Mari women, a sort of Decameron suspended between magic and realism, in which the Autonomous Republic of the Marij El serves as a backdrop for the collective history of a people of ...
Style:
philosophical, absurd, atmospheric, enigmatic, ironic ...
Plot:
folklore, pedophile, multiple storylines, eroticism, family relations, women, male female relationship, religion, culture, erotica, female protagonist, cat ...
Place:
russia
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, History
Country: Turkey
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
1960s Turkey countryside. A newly assigned teacher finds out that the solitary village is missing a school. He gets fond of the village people and especially a disabled man. The teacher helps the village to build a new school and educate the ...
Style:
captivating, melancholic, touching, light, suspenseful ...
Plot:
teacher, school teacher, rural setting, tradition, children, village, saving a life, husband wife relationship, education, countryside, male nudity, life changing ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
turkey
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Serbia
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
The story takes place in Nis, towards the end of the nineteenth century, during the calm down of the stormy historic events which led to final liberation of southern Serbian parts from Turkish occupation. The comedy is about celebrating traditional ...
Style:
humorous, entertaining, light, funny, feel good ...
Plot:
tradition, celebration, satire, social satire, banquet, hospitality, humour, society, provincial life, community, small town, everyday life ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
serbia, former yugoslavia
Is relevant?
1K
Genre: Drama
Country: Georgia, Croatia, UK, Ireland, Netherlands, Qatar
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
It's 1992. Young Dina lives in a remote mountain village where life is strictly governed by centuries of tradition. Dina's grandfather has promised her to David, who is returning from the war. But with him comes a comrade-in-arms, the ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, disturbing, emotional, dramatic ...
Plot:
female protagonist, tradition, mountain village, arranged marriage, culture clash, relationships, in love, love affair, family tradition, love story, family relations, family problems ...
Time:
90s
Place:
caucasus
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Genre: Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Dr. Sharon Hayes searches for a beloved family heirloom in a small Christmas town. When she unexpectedly discovers an adorable little girl and her disheartened father, she realizes that Christmas miracles really do happen.
Style:
sincere, light, romantic, captivating, sentimental ...
Plot:
christmas, holiday, christmas eve, tradition, father daughter relationship, legacy, small town, widower, christmas romance, love, male female friendship, family relations ...
Place:
new york
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Taiwan, USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A Taiwanese-American man is happily settled in New York with his American boyfriend. He plans a marriage of convenience to a Chinese woman in order to keep his parents off his back and to get the woman a green card. Chaos follows when his parents ...
Style:
emotional, humorous, touching, melancholic, talky ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick
Plot:
gay, wedding, lgbtq, glbt, marriage of convenience, marriage, immigrant, gay couple, love triangle, sexuality, food, closeted homosexual ...
Time:
90s, year 1993
Place:
new york, taiwan, manhattan new york city, asia, usa ...
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26K
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
The film is a caustic portrait of a traditional English boys’ boarding school, where social hierarchy reigns supreme and power remains in the hands of distanced and ineffectual teachers and callously vicious prefects in the Upper Sixth. But three ...
Style:
controversial, surreal, disturbing, dark comedy, cult classic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
revolution, boarding school life, boarding school, sex, private school, social satire, homosexuality, school shooting, boys' school, violence, coming of age, corporal punishment ...
Time:
60s, year 1968, 20th century
Place:
england, california, britain, europe
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: New Zealand, Netherlands, Singapore
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
American tattoo artist Jake Sawyer wanders the world, exploring and exploiting ethnic themes in his tattoo designs. At a tattoo expo in Singapore, he gets his first glimpse at the exotic world of traditional Samoan tattoo (tatau), and, in a ...
Style:
scary, serious, suspenseful, tense, erotic ...
Plot:
tattoo, tattoo artist, mysticism, ghost, tradition, shame, supernatural, danger, curses spells and rituals, supernatural power, curse, blood ...
Place:
new zealand, singapore
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Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
Kirk is enjoying the annual Christmas party extravaganza thrown by his sister until he realizes he needs to help out Christian, his brother-in-law who has a bad case of the bah-humbugs.
Style:
feel good, humorous, semi serious, captivating, entertaining ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
christmas, tradition, christmas party, brother in law, family relations, siblings relations, christian, xmas, faith, holiday, santa claus, christmas dinner ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 181 min.
Story:
Raj is a rich, carefree, happy-go-lucky second generation NRI. Simran is the daughter of Chaudhary Baldev Singh, who in spite of being an NRI is very strict about adherence to Indian values. Simran has left for India to be married to her childhood ...
Style:
touching, romantic, entertaining, feel good, sentimental ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night, chick flick
Plot:
wedding, fall in love, love and romance, love, patriarchy, trip, forbidden love, love story, wedding preparations and rituals, opposites attract, domineering father, tradition ...
Time:
future, 20th century, 90s
Place:
india, switzerland, england, london, middle east ...
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Genre: Documentary, Drama, Family
Country: Germany, Mongolia
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
When a Mongolian nomadic family's newest camel colt is rejected by its mother, a musician is needed for a ritual to change her mind.
Style:
touching, scenic, sincere, serious, independent film ...
Audience:
kids, toddlers
Plot:
desert, family life, tradition, nature, rejection, estrangement, hopes, children, buddhism, wildlife, journey, consciousness ...
Time:
year 2003, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
mongolia, tibet, east asia
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Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Neil Diamond stars as Yussel in this tale of a young Jewish cantor who strives to make a career in music.
Style:
touching, intense, serious, sentimental, realistic ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
father son relationship, music, tradition, generation gap, family relations, showbiz, parents and children, dancing, religions or cults, desire for fame, follow your dream, estrangement ...
Time:
70s, year 1980, 80s
Place:
california, new york, usa, los angeles, venice california
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Genre: Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 216 min.
Story:
In India, open romance is forbidden, as is showing affection in public. A college principal named Narayan is a strong believer in this, aware that a male student named Vicky is in love with Ishika; while another male student is hopelessly in love ...
Style:
romantic, touching, realistic, serious, entertaining
Audience:
girls' night, date night
Plot:
true love, forbidden love, elite, father daughter relationship, friendship, tradition, against the rules, youth, love and romance, love affair, fall in love, teenage life ...
Time:
90s
Place:
india, england, europe, asia
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Belgium
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Ibrahim chooses to fall for young and handsome Kevin over marrying his cute but expensive cousin Elif while kid brother Furkan converts to Islamic fundamentalism.
Style:
homoerotic, realistic, serious, sincere, touching ...
Plot:
gay relationship, closeted homosexual, lgbtq, gay couple, gay, gay muslim, gay interest, male homosexuality, muslim, tradition, family relations, self discovery ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
antwerp, europe, turkey, belgium
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Genre: Action, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 65 min.
TV show
Story:
The King 2 Hearts is a 2012 South Korean television series, starring Ha Ji-won and Lee Seung-gi in the leading roles. It is about a South Korean crown prince who falls in love with a North Korean special agent. It aired on MBC from March 21 to May ...
Style:
emotional, touching, captivating, romantic, dorama ...
Plot:
wedding, throne, love, terrorist group, king, tradition, love and romance, queen, prince, hostage, bride and groom, alternate reality ...
Place:
north korea, korea, south korea
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Genre: Drama
Country: India, USA, UK
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
In a rural Indian village, four ordinary women begin to throw off the traditions that hold them in servitude in this inspirational drama.
Style:
erotic, psychological, sincere, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot:
female protagonist, tradition, feminist, countryside, coping, cultural difference, relationship problems, social problems, lifestyle, social relations, culture clash, villager ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, India
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
This is a fun-loving romantic comedy reminiscent of the great teen films of the 80's.From Kris, an All-American boy from India, to Ajay, an Afro-Centric Hindu homeboy, to Farah, a devoutly religious but modern Muslim girl, 'American ...
Style:
humorous, semi serious, realistic, sex comedy, independent film
Audience:
date night
Plot:
culture clash, friendship, tradition, love and romance, society, youth, buddies, college life, culture, college, roommate, performer's life ...
Place:
new jersey, india
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