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84
7.6
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75
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72
/74/
4.0
/5639/
99
/74/
84
/153/
91
/26/

Moolaadé (2004)
When a woman shelters a group of girls from suffering female genital mutilation, she starts a conflict that tears her village apart.
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Kanopy
84
8.0
/20361/
78
/801/
78
/294/
4.0
/35258/
100
/128/
86
/104/
85
/27/

Honeyland (2019)
When nomadic beekeepers break Honeyland’s basic rule (take half of the honey, but leave half to the bees), the last female beehunter in Europe must save the bees and restore natural balance.
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MUBI
83
7.8
/75418/
75
/1099/
75
/1086/
4.1
/77762/
84
/64/
91
/1411/
82
/29/
cc age 18+

Breaking the Waves (1996)
In a small, conservative Scottish village, an oilman is paralyzed in an accident. His wife, who prayed for his return, feels guilty; even more, when he urges her to have sex with another.
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Kanopy
82
7.9
/39035/
76
/802/
74
/471/
4.0
/22693/
93
/45/
95
/1703/
77
/20/
cc age 17+

Once Were Warriors (1994)
A drama about a Maori family living in Auckland, New Zealand. Lee Tamahori tells the story of Beth Heke’s strong will to keep her family together during times of unemployment and abuse from her violent and alcoholic husband.
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Kanopy
81
7.5
/45415/
73
/841/
70
/433/
3.7
/27720/
91
/156/
88
/2447/
80
/31/
cc age 10+

Whale Rider (2003)
A contemporary story of love, rejection, and triumph as a young Maori girl fights to fulfill a destiny her grandfather refuses to recognize.
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Disney Plus
79
7.8
/17885/
78
/1422/
78
/828/
3.8
/38127/
88

La luna (2012)
A young boy comes of age in the most peculiar of circumstances. Tonight is the very first time his Papa and Grandpa are taking him to work. In an old wooden boat they row far out to sea, and with no land in sight, they stop and wait. A big surprise awaits the boy as he discovers his family's most unusual line of work. Should he follow the example of his Papa, or his Grandpa? Will he be able to find his own way in the midst of their conflicting opinions and timeworn traditions?
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78
7.5
/4335/
73
/70/
68
/71/
3.7
/1732/
87
/30/
91
/202/

Shower (1999)
An aged father and his younger, mentally challenged son have been working hard every day to keep the bathhouse running for a motley group of regular customers. When his elder son, who left years ago to seek his fortune in the southern city of Shenzhen, abruptly returns one day, it once again puts under stress the long-broken father-son ties. Presented as a light-hearted comedy, Shower explores the value of family, friendship, and tradition.
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78
7.4
/6549/
69
/98/
70
/108/
3.8
/2437/
94
/101/
87
/386/
81
/30/

The Story of the Weeping Camel (2004)
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.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
78
8.0
/51658/
77
/1187/
77
/616/
4.1
/55829/
81
/78/
92
/2338/
67
/13/
cc age 10+

Fiddler on the Roof (1971)
In a pre-revolutionary Russia, a poor Jewish milkman struggles with the challenges of a changing world as his daughters fall in love and antisemitism grows.
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MUBI
77
7.2
/1389/
71
/38/
66
/33/
3.7
/3325/
88
/25/
80
/1/
81
/10/

State Funeral (2019)
The enigma of the personality cult is revealed in the grand spectacle of Stalin’s funeral. The film is based on unique archive footage, shot in the USSR on March 5 - 9, 1953, when the country mourned and buried Joseph Stalin.
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Kanopy
74
7.5
/6490/
76
/169/
73
/94/
3.8
/3148/
87
/23/
69
/15/
67
/7/

Parched (2015)
In the arid landscape of Rajasthan, four women navigate their way through personal and cultural difficulties.
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Plex
73
7.1
/3668/
62
/59/
60
/35/
3.7
/1648/
88
/64/
79
/58/
82
/26/

Late Marriage (2001)
Zaza is a 31-year old Israeli bachelor, handsome and intelligent, and his family wants to see him married. But tradition dictates that Zaza has to choose a young virgin. She must be beautiful and from a good family, preferably rich. Zaza's parents, Yasha and Lily drag Zaza to meet potential brides and their families. Zaza has no choice. He plays along with his family, advocates of the suffocating traditions of their Georgian Jewish heritage. But Zaza always manages to somehow get out of being engaged. What his parents don't know is that Zaza is already in love. Judith is sensuous, strong and intriguing. She's also a divorcée with a 6-year-old daughter. So Zaza has kept Judith a secret from his family. He will have to choose between respect of the strict confines of family and tradition, or the love of his life.
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72
6.9
/20814/
70
/389/
65
/221/
3.4
/11676/
78
/32/
78
/560/
74
/26/
cc age 15+

East Is East (1999)
In 1971 Salford fish-and-chip shop owner George Khan expects his family to follow his strict Pakistani Muslim ways. But his children, with an English mother and having been born and brought up in Britain, increasingly see themselves as British and start to reject their father's rules on dress, food, religion, and living in general.
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Netflix
72
7.1
/36970/
70
/556/
70
/279/
3.4
/19534/
81
/329/

Mohabbatein (2000)
At a prestigious all-male university, three friends seek love outside of the school grounds; at the same time, a newly-hired music teacher seeks to befriend and loosen up the militantly strict headmaster.
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Criterion Channel
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72
7.8
/5339/
76
/92/
74
/161/
4.0
/11313/
89
/9/
87
/49/
83
/6/

Equinox Flower (1958)
Wataru Hirayama's outwardly liberal views on marriage are severely tested when his daughter declares that she is in love with a coworker and is adamant to live life her own way, instead of agreeing to an arranged marriage. Outwitted by his female relatives, Hirayama stubbornly refuses to admit defeat.
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72
6.7
/4090/
63
/94/
64
/68/
3.5
/1971/
89
/73/
69
/94/
79
/23/

Fill the Void (2012)
Eighteen-year-old Shira is the youngest daughter of the Mendelman family. She is about to be married off to a promising young man of the same age and background. It is a dream come true, and Shira feels prepared and excited. On Purim, her twenty-eight-year-old sister, Esther, dies while giving birth to her first child, Mordechay. The pain and grief that overwhelm the family postpone Shira's promised match. Everything changes when a match is proposed to Yochay-Esther's late husband-to a widow from Belgium. Yochay feels it's too early, although he realizes that sooner or later he must seriously consider getting married again. When the girls' mother finds out that Yochay may marry the widow and move to Belgium with her only grandchild, she proposes a match between Shira and the widower. Shira will have to choose between her heart's wish and her family duty. She will find out that the void which she must choose exists only within her heart.
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Disney Plus
72
6.7
/122247/
66
/2669/
63
/1987/
3.5
/222773/
85
/156/
73
/12590/
66
/36/
cc age 13+

Bend It Like Beckham (2002)
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 for her semi-pro team. Jess uses elaborate excuses to hide her matches from her family while also dealing with her romantic feelings for her coach, Joe.
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Kanopy
70
7.2
/209456/
72
/4283/
69
/3446/
3.4
/105631/
63
/119/
83
/12986/
64
/31/
cc age 14+

Chocolat (2000)
In the winter of 1959, a single mother and her young daughter arrive in a rural French town, where they open an unusual chocolate shop that disrupts the moral fiber of the strictly Catholic townsfolk and mayor.
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Hulu
68
6.1
/1282/
57
/68/
54
/11/
3.3
/10016/
79
/52/
85
/21/
cc age 16+

The Line (2024)
Tom, a passionate ‘brother’ of his fraternity, is charmed by the promises of high social status and alumni connections that open doors. But as Annabelle, a classmate outside his social circle, enters his life, his devotion begins to falter. Once the scheduled hazing of new fraternity members comes to a disturbing head, Tom faces the decision of a lifetime.
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Kanopy
74
68
6.9
/4848/
71
/202/
65
/108/
3.6
/4100/
93
/40/
77
/31/
75
/11/

Tanna (2015)
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 her arranged fate. They must choose between their hearts and the future of the tribe, while the villagers must wrestle with preserving their traditional culture and adapting it to the increasing outside demands for individual freedom.
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71
66
7.4
/20905/
68
/217/
63
/117/
3.3
/6368/
86
/300/

Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam (1999)
A newly-wed man discovers that his wife is in love with another man and decides to unite them. Ignoring the ridicule he might have to face for this, he takes his wife to Italy in search of her love.
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71
64
7.1
/7612/
68
/97/
64
/137/
3.5
/2686/
88
/24/
76
/189/
65
/7/

Ae Fond Kiss... (2004)
A young man upsets his Punjabi family when he falls in love with an Irish schoolteacher.
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77
63
7.4
/3037/
76
/147/
72
/283/
3.8
/7917/
87
/34/

War of the Buttons (1962)
For generations, two rival French villages, Longueverne and Velrans, have been at war. But this is no ordinary conflict, for the on-going hostilities are between two armies of young schoolboys. When he is beaten by his father for having lost his buttons, the leader of the Longueverne army, Lebrac, has an idea which will give his side the advantage: next time, he and his brave soldiers will go in battle without their clothes...
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Kanopy
69
61
6.8
/5305/
68
/80/
64
/143/
3.4
/2202/
73
/84/
69
/397/
74
/22/
cc age 13+

Golden Door (2006)
The story is set at the beginning of the 20th century in Sicily. Salvatore, a very poor farmer, and a widower, decides to emigrate to the US with all his family, including his old mother. Before they embark, they meet Lucy. She is supposed to be a British lady and wants to come back to the States. Lucy, or Luce as Salvatore calls her, for unknown reasons wants to marry someone before to arrive to Ellis Island in New York. Salvatore accepts the proposal. Once they arrive in Ellis Island they spend the quarantine period trying to pass the examinations to be admitted to the States. Tests are not so simple for poor farmers coming from Sicily. Their destiny is in the hands of the custom officers.
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Kanopy
78
60
8.4
/4386/
73
/24/
72
/31/
3.7
/952/
89
/27/
83
/31/
75
/14/

The Clay Bird (2002)
A family must come to grips with its culture, its faith, and the brutal political changes entering its small-town world.
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76
60
7.1
/2733/
68
/34/
72
/58/
3.7
/3215/
100
/8/
76
/27/

Yellow Earth (1984)
A communist soldier is sent to a remote region of China in order to collect folk songs. Staying with a peasant family (a widower with two small children), he discovers a community whose way of life is completely alien to him, but he gradually wins their trust.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
64
56
6.3
/4872/
67
/123/
68
/103/
2.8
/3409/
68
/194/

The Devil's Arithmetic (1999)
An American-born Jewish adolescent, Hannah Stern, is uninterested in the culture, faith and customs of her relatives. However, she begins to revaluate her heritage when she has a supernatural experience that transports her back to a Nazi death camp in 1941. There she meets a young girl named Rivkah, a fellow captive in the camp. As Rivkah and Hannah struggle to survive in the face of daily atrocities, they form an unbreakable bond.
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Kanopy
76
52
7.5
/3773/
73
/74/
74
/75/
3.9
/3628/
87
/1/
73
/16/
cc age 7+

The Cave of the Yellow Dog (2005)
The little nomad girl, Nansal, finds a baby dog in the Mongolian veld, who becomes her best friend - against all rejections of her parents. A story about a Mongolian family of nomads - their traditional way of life and the rising call of the City.
poster
73
52
7.1
/1385/
76
/56/
73
/64/
3.7
/2494/
71

Every Day a Good Day (2018)
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.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
49
6.0
/5531/
69
/167/
58
/70/
2.7
/2796/
26
/23/
69
/214/
37
/8/

The Jazz Singer (1980)
A young Jewish man is torn between tradition and individuality when his old-fashioned family objects to his career as a jazz singer.
poster
81
47
7.7
/499/
82
/18/
80
/11/
3.9
/1912/
100
/11/
71

In My Blood It Runs (2019)
The story of Dujuan, a 10-year-old Aboriginal boy living in Alice Springs, Australia, who is struggling to balance his traditional Arrernte/Garrwa upbringing with a state education.
poster
74
43
8.0
/2767/
72
/28/
66
/29/
3.9
/1302/

The Beauty of Vice (1986)
In the mountains of Montenegro people have lived by strict and Draconian laws for centuries, almost untouched by modern civilization. However, a young couple are going to seek their fortune on the more liberal coast and there they find jobs in the nudist colony. Hundreds of naked bodies and atmosphere of joie d'vivre make the husband and wife question their rigid way of life.
poster
76
42
7.7
/1617/
75
/54/
86
/41/
3.5
/945/

A Song of Lisbon (1933)
Vasco is a medical student in Lisbon, supported by his rich aunts, whom he had falsely told he had already graduated. In fact, he devotes himself to a bohemian life, preferring the popular fairs and pretty women, especially Alice, a seamstress from the Castelinhos quarter, which rather upsets her ambitious father, tailor Caetano, who is familiar with Vasco's debts. After failing yet another final exam, he is surprised by his aunts' announcement that they will visit him in Lisbon to see his practice.
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Hoopla
69
39
6.5
/860/
71
/18/
60
/10/
3.5
/362/
83
/24/
71
/63/
64
/10/

Mongolian Ping Pong (2005)
Bilike has never seen a ping-pong ball before. He and his family live without electricity and running water in a solitary tent home among the vast steppe grasslands. The magnificent landscape here has changed little since the days of Genghis Kahn. But life in the middle of nowhere can be exciting for a young boy. The smallest of details become big events for curious Bilike and his best friends Erguotou and Dawa. The mystery of the small white ball floating in the creek leads to questions about the world around them, as well as innocent mischief.
poster
70
37
6.3
/457/
58
/13/
59
/12/
3.5
/556/
100
/17/
74
/35/

Requiem from Java (2006)
This is the story about Setyo, Siti and Ludiro, who were the performer of Javanese Ramayana's Wayang Wong. Setyo and Siti are spouse who live in a village by selling earthenware products. In the village, live as well Ludiro, the head of the stockyard, who is very wealthy and secretly in love with Siti. Conflicts arrived as Setyo's earthenware company is going bankrupt and Siti started to took notice in Ludiro's desire to win her love. These triangle love transform into a civil war in the village that brings not only extremity and injustice, but also the death of the loved ones.
poster
53
35
6.0
/2615/
59
/31/
56
/31/
3.2
/441/
42
/45/
58
/187/
35
/15/

Bollywood/Hollywood (2002)
Rahul Seth is a dashing young millionaire who believes he is "western" enough to rebel against his mother and grandmother. They are not too keen about his Caucasian girlfriend Kimberly who, to make matters worse, is a pop star. Before you can say "karmic intervention," Kimberly dies in a freak accident and Rahul is devastated. Instead of allowing him to mourn in peace, Rahul's mother sees the opportunity she's been waiting for. She threatens to call off his sister's wedding unless he finds himself a "nice Indian girl." Rahul enlists the services of Sue, a fiercely independent escort whom he believes to be Hispanic, and therefore not "married" to the conventions taught to young Indian women. With a wink in her eye, Sue accepts the deal to pose as his Indian bride-to-be. She needs the money and having never been a fan of the typical Indian male, she feels her heart is safe. The charade begins....
poster
58
31
6.6
/1693/
59
/17/
56
/9/
3.3
/221/
38
/13/
73
/93/
50
/7/

American Desi (2001)
College freshman Krishna Reddy, who has never cared for his Indian-American cultural heritage, looks forward to a new life on campus but is surprised to find that he has been assigned Indian roommates.
poster
70
30
7.1
/911/
56
/13/
74
/31/
3.7
/852/
76
/13/

Rikyu (1989)
Late in the 1500s, an aging tea master teaches the way of tea to a headstrong Shogun. Through force of will and courageous fighting, Hideyoshi becomes Japan’s most powerful warlord, unifying the country.
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True Story
77
29
6.9
/222/
78
/6/
67
/9/
3.6
/514/
100
/5/

Ama-San (2016)
A dive, the midday sunlight filtering down through the water. The air in her lungs has to last until she can dislodge the abalone. Dives like these have been carried out in Japan for over 2000 years by the Ama-San.
poster
Public Domain Movies
65
29
7.1
/1265/
57
/18/
62
/31/
3.7
/1603/
60
/2/

Zvenyhora (1928)
The momentous film stars Mykola Nademskyi as the grandfather of Tymish, whom he alerts to the secret treasure buried in the mountains of Zvenygora – a treasure that rightfully belongs to his homeland. The film wonderfully blends both lyricism and politics and uses its central construct to build a montage praising Ukrainian industrialization, attacking the bourgeoisie, celebrating the beauty of the Ukrainian steppe and retelling ancient folklore. Sergei Eisenstein said of the film, "As the lights went on, we felt that we had just witnessed a memorable event in the development of the cinema".
poster
Criterion Channel
68
29
6.9
/557/
54
/7/
69
/16/
3.5
/584/
78

Her Brother (1960)
Set in 1926 when Japanese tradition was much stronger, this drama looks at the inner workings of a small family, especially the relationship between a sister and brother.
poster
57
23
5.6
/913/
62
/73/
55
/40/
2.9
/333/

300 Worte Deutsch (2015)
For years, the immigration officer Dr. Ludwig Sarheimer and the chairman of the Turkish community Cengiz Demirkan in Cologne have been fighting a small war. While the one, as a hodja, upholds the traditions of his homeland and brings Anatolian brides to Germany for Turks who are willing to marry, the other wants to prevent exactly that. Cengiz's daughter Lale Demirkan is at the center of these ongoing disputes. At home, the young woman plays the well-behaved Turkish daughter, but as soon as the German studies student leaves the house, she takes off her headscarf and sense of tradition and has fully arrived in German life. In her free time, she practises martial arts fighting techniques. So far, she has successfully fended off potential grooms.
poster
60
20
6.4
/716/
66
/20/
64
/52/
3.3
/340/
43
/4/

Kryptonite! (2011)
Set in 1970s Naples, bullied nine year-old Peppino is watching the world around him as his extended dysfunctional family change. Psychedelic flower power and hippie love is threatening the old traditional southern Italian family. Dad is having an affair and Mom has taken to her bed with depression. Super-mod brother and sister Titina and Salvatore take the boy under their wings, introducing him to demonstrations and love-ins, whilst caped superhero Gennaro visits Peppino even after being knocked down and killed by the number 12 bus. It is the imaginary appearances of this older superman cousin that help the nine-year-old navigate the complicated adult world.
poster
65
19
6.5
/1295/
63
/22/
67
/8/
3.4
/771/

Buladó (2020)
Headstrong girl Kenza lives with her father Ouira and grandfather Weljo on a car wrecking yard in the countryside of Curaçao. The two men are opposites that don't particularly attract: Ouira is a determined and rational police officer, while Weljo identifies with the original inhabitants and spirituality of the island. As Weljo wishes to prepare his passing to the world of spirits, the relationship between Ouira en Weljo starts to escalate and the eleven-year-old Kenza searches for her own path in-between the two extremes. The down-to-earth and avoidant mentality of Ouira no longer offers her all that she needs and slowly she opens up to the more mystical and comforting traditions of her grandfather.
poster
56
19
6.3
/1346/
63
/45/
57
/31/
3.2
/246/
34
/7/

Mixed Kebab (2012)
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.
poster
Netflix
63
17
7.1
/206/
43
/8/
70
/4/
3.4
/1518/

The Portrait (2017)
A musical tale about two impoverished sisters' anguish over whether or not to sell the final masterpiece of their recluse father days before the second world war, in Manila.
poster
Disney Plus
66
17
7.0
/171/
64
/26/
69
/11/
3.2
/1013/

From Our Family to Yours (2020)
A granddaughter brings joy on Christmas morning by mending her Filipina grandmother’s beloved Mickey plush and decorating her house with Filipino Christmas lanterns ‘parols’; reviving a family tradition and evoking memories of Christmas past. In partnership with Make-A-Wish. Featuring "Love Is A Compass" by Griff.
poster
50
14
4.4
/221/
37
/10/
64
/8/
2.8
/1148/

The Butterfly House (2025)
An engaged couple returns to the groom's ancestral home after his aunt's death. But a ghostly bride who hides a dark family secret threatens their peace.


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