Here we've displayed a list of the best Culture Clash films : Hara-Kiri(1963), Lawrence of Arabia(1962), Comrades, Almost a Love Story(1997), Young Frankenstein(1974), Captain Fantastic(2016), That Obscure Object of Desire(1977), Punishment Park(1971), Guess Who's Coming to Dinner(1967), The Man Who Would Be King(1975), Night on Earth(1992), The Best Intentions(1992), Pygmalion(1938) ... ...
Drama
Japan
1963
135 Minutes
Tatsuya Nakadai Shima Iwashita Akira Ishihama Yoshio Inaba Rentarô Mikuni Masao Mishima
samurai guard landowner daughter solemn brooding intricate striking japan feudal home revenge honor culture clash family death sacrifice fall revenge 17th century
When a ronin requesting seppuku at a feudal lord's palace is told of the brutal suicide of another ronin who previously visited, he reveals how their pasts are intertwined - and in doing so challenges the clan's integrity.
Adventure, Biography, Drama, History
UK
1962
216 Minutes
Peter O'Toole Alec Guinness Anthony Quinn Omar Sharif Jack Hawkins Jose Ferrer Claude Rains Anthony Quayle Arthur Kennedy Donald Wolfit I.S. Johar
journalist prince soldier military officer spectacular profound army base desert arabia world war i armed conflict culture clash redemption man vs. nature t.e. lawrence quest rise 1910s
The story of T.E. Lawrence, the English officer who successfully united and led the diverse, often warring, Arab tribes during World War I in order to fight the Turks.
Drama
Hong Kong
1997
116 Minutes
Leon Lai Maggie Cheung Eric Tsang Len Berdick Joseph Cheung Christopher Doyle Michelle Gabriel Irene Tsu Kristy Yeung Ting Yu
city girl country boy aunt sweetheart teacher gangster endearing witty tender charming hong kong hotel flower shop mcdonald's apartment street opposites attract city vs. country culture clash friendship
Two Chinese-mainlanders living in Hong Kong form a close friendship. Over the years this grows into love, but there are obstacles.
Comedy
USA
1974
105 Minutes
Gene Wilder Peter Boyle Cloris Leachman Marty Feldman Madeline Kahn Teri Garr Kenneth Mars Gene Hackman Richard Haydn Liam Dunn Danny Goldman
doctor servant housekeeper fiancée frankenstein's monster villager cheeky hilarious unrestrained offbeat witty hysterical castle transylvania small town village medical school laboratory experiments culture clash
An American grandson of the infamous scientist, struggling to prove that his grandfather was not as insane as people believe, is invited to Transylvania, where he discovers the process that reanimates a dead body.
Comedy, Drama
USA
2016
119 Minutes
Viggo Mortensen Frank Langella George MacKay Samantha Isler Annalise Basso Nicholas Hamilton Shree Crooks Charlie Shotwell Ann Dowd Erin Moriarty Missi Pyle
widower son daughter father-in-law family member priest brooding cheeky emotional forest cabin bar bus washington state house loss culture clash reality travel self-determination
In the forests of the Pacific Northwest, a father devoted to raising his six kids with a rigorous physical and intellectual education is forced to leave his paradise and enter the world, challenging his idea of what it means to be a parent.
Drama
France|Spain
1977
103 Minutes
Fernando Rey Carole Bouquet Ángela Molina Julien Bertheau Milena Vukotic Andre Weber
dancer wealthy man mother daughter dwarf brutal charming outlandish spain france train abuse breakup culture clash infatuation sexual repression temptation rivalry wretched excess love
Recounted in flashback are the romantic perils of Mathieu, a middle-aged French sophisticate as he falls for his nineteen-year-old former chambermaid Conchita.
Drama
USA
1971
88 Minutes
Paul Alelyanes Carmen Argenziano Stan Armsted Harold Beaulieu Jim Bohan Kerry Cannon
prisoner judge federal agent police chief activist frightful bleak gory california desert tent dystopia vietnam war richard nixon activism culture clash prison wretched excess underdog escape
"Punishment Park" is a pseudo-documentary purporting to be a film crews's news coverage of the team of soldiers escorting a group of hippies, draft dodgers, and anti-establishment types ... See full summary »
Comedy, Drama
USA
1967
108 Minutes
Spencer Tracy Katharine Hepburn Sidney Poitier Katharine Houghton Cecil Kellaway Beah Richards Roy E. Glenn Sr. Virginia Christine Isabel Sanford
fiancée doctor father mother priest maid powerful amusing emotional san francisco family home hawaii racism culture clash parenthood marriage forbidden love 1960s
A couple's attitudes are challenged when their daughter introduces them to her African-American fiancé.
Action, Adventure
UK|USA
1975
129 Minutes
Sean Connery Michael Caine Christopher Plummer Saeed Jaffrey Karroum Ben Bouih Jack May Doghmi Larbi Shakira Caine Mohammad Shamsi Paul Antrim Albert Moses
military officer soldier native writer confident engaging gutsy india kafiristan deception ambition aspirations culture clash expedition adventure discovery rise fall wretched excess 1880s
Two British former soldiers decide to set themselves up as Kings in Kafiristan, a land where no white man has set foot since Alexander the Great.
Comedy, Drama
France|UK|Germany|USA|Japan
1992
128 Minutes
Winona Ryder Gena Rowlands Giancarlo Esposito Armin Mueller-Stahl Rosie Perez Isaach De Bankolé Béatrice Dalle Roberto Benigni Paolo Bonacelli Matti Pellonpää
cab driver passenger agent priest diplomat quirky brooding amusing los angeles new york city rome helsinki paris taxicab business confession class distinctions culture clash underdog discovery 1990s
An anthology of 5 different cab drivers in 5 American and European cities and their remarkable fares on the same eventful night.
Romance, Biography, Drama
Sweden|Denmark|Finland|France|Germany|UK|Italy|Norway|Iceland
1992
182 Minutes
Samuel Fröler Pernilla August Max von Sydow Ghita Nørby Lennart Hjulström Mona Malm Lena Endre Keve Hjelm Björn Kjellman Börje Ahlstedt Hans Alfredson
priest wife mother father townsperson brooding emotional sweden rural community family home church failing marriage class distinctions culture clash domestic life illness infidelity forbidden love temptation transformation
In 1909, poor theology student Henrik falls in love with Anna, the intelligent daughter of a rich family in Uppsala. After marrying Henrik becomes a priest in northern Sweden. Urbane Anna hates living in the county, growing restless.
Romance
UK
1938
96 Minutes
Leslie Howard Wendy Hiller Wilfrid Lawson Marie Lohr David Tree Scott Sunderland Jean Cadell Everley Gregg Leueen MacGrath Esme Percy
flower girl professor socialite father charming endearing witty london party household class distinctions love culture clash transformation love 1910s
A phonetics and diction expert makes a bet that he can teach a cockney flower girl to speak proper English and pass as a lady in high society.
Romance
Austria
1959
96 Minutes
Debbie Reynolds Tony Randall Paul Douglas Fred Clark Una Merkel Philip Ober Philip Coolidge Charles Lane Trevor Bardette William Smith Addison Powell
irs officer farmer daughter wife government official reverend madcap lighthearted maryland countryside farm hotel tax evasion culture clash outsider bartering opposites attract family discovery transformation
Crime, Biography, Drama
Italy|USA
1973
129 Minutes
Al Pacino John Randolph Jack Kehoe Biff McGuire Barbara Eda-Young Cornelia Sharpe Tony Roberts Allan Rich Norman Ornellas Edward Grover Gene Gross
police officer police chief criminal investigator gritty fiery dark raw suspenseful new york city police station street corruption crime culture clash honor police work pursuit sacrifice underdog
An honest New York cop named Frank Serpico blows the whistle on rampant corruption in the force only to have his comrades turn against him.
Drama
USA|China
1993
138 Minutes
Rosalind Chao Tamlyn Tomita France Nuyen Vivian Wu Andrew McCarthy Kieu Chinh Tsai Chin Lisa Lu Ming-Na Lauren Tom Chao-Li-Chi
mother grandmother daughter immigrant heartwarming touching emotional china san francisco house family history mother/daughter relationship immigration generational divide cross-cultural romance culture clash growing up sacrifice forbidden love transformation
The life histories of four Asian women and their daughters reflect and guide each other.
Drama
USA|India
2006
122 Minutes
Kal Penn Tabu Irrfan Khan Zuleikha Robinson Jacinda Barrett Glenne Headly Brooke Smith Sahira Nair Jessica Blank
mother son husband girlfriend in-law singer emotional calcutta, india new york city airplane cemetery culture clash childhood wedding interracial relationship literature discovery transformation 2000s
American-born Gogol, the son of Indian immigrants, wants to fit in among his fellow New Yorkers, despite his family's unwillingness to let go of their traditional ways.
Drama
USA
1970
96 Minutes
Jack Nicholson Karen Black Susan Anspach Billy Green Bush Fannie Flagg Sally Struthers Ralph Waite Helena Kallianiotes Richard Stahl Marlena Macguire Lois Smith
blue-collar worker girlfriend sister father mother rebel quirky gutsy california washington state diner culture clash family class distinctions discovery 1970s
A dropout from upper-class America picks up work along the way on oil rigs when his life isn't spent in a squalid succession of bars, motels, and other points of interest.
Romance, Drama, History
UK|Canada|Ireland
2015
112 Minutes
Saoirse Ronan Domhnall Gleeson Emory Cohen Jim Broadbent Julie Walters Jessica Paré Eve Macklin Bríd Brennan Fiona Glascott Jane Brennan Nora-Jane Noone
irishwoman mother immigrant italian friend family member charming emotional engaging ireland brooklyn boat store boardinghouse apartment immigrants homesickness love family culture clash
An Irish immigrant lands in 1950s Brooklyn, where she quickly falls into a romance with a local. When her past catches up with her, however, she must choose between two countries and the lives that exist within.
Comedy, Drama
USA|West Germany
1984
90 Minutes
John Lurie Eszter Balint Richard Edson Cecillia Stark Danny Rosen Rammellzee Tom DiCillo Richard Boes Rockets Redglare Harvey Perr Brian J. Burchill
slacker best friend cousin gambler aunt drug dealer offbeat calm witty quirky new york city cleveland florida movie theater car hotel boredom luck road trip culture clash
A New Yorker's life is thrown into a tailspin when his younger cousin surprise-visits him, starting a strange, unpredictable adventure.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
UK|USA
1971
116 Minutes
Dustin Hoffman Susan George T.P. McKenna Peter Vaughan Del Henney Ken Hutchison Colin Welland Jim Norton Sally Thomsett Donald Webster Len Jones
mathematician wife ex-lover townsperson magistrate husband raw disturbing cornwall, england small town farmhouse rape culture clash marital problems self-defense violence harassment revenge transformation underdog
A young American and his English wife come to rural England and face increasingly vicious local harassment.
Comedy
Italy
1991
105 Minutes
Diego Abatantuono Claudio Bigagli Giuseppe Cederna Claudio Bisio Gigio Alberti Ugo Conti Vanna Barba Memo Dini Vasco Mirandola Luigi Montini Irene Grazioli
soldier islander young man beautiful woman love interest airy charming greece island world war ii isolation island life romance culture clash love discovery 1940s
In WW2, an Italian Army unit of misfits occupies an isolated non-strategic Greek island for the duration of the war.
Comedy
Greece
1960
91 Minutes
Melina Mercouri Jules Dassin George Foundas Titos Vandis Mitsos Ligizos Despo Diamantidou Dimos Starenios Dimitris Papamichael
prostitute tourist pimp sailor lighthearted witty greece port city philosophy culture clash morality salvation adventure rivalry transformation love 1960s
An American scholar in Greece sets about improving the prostitute with whom he is infatuated.
Drama
USA
1987
125 Minutes
Michael Douglas Charlie Sheen Martin Sheen Terence Stamp Sean Young Daryl Hannah Sylvia Miles James Spader Hal Holbrook John C. McGinley Saul Rubinek
stockbroker corporate raider interior decorator father yuppie sexy woman tense intense new york city wall street office apartment penthouse central park insider trading greed culture clash espionage quest rise
A young and impatient stockbroker is willing to do anything to get to the top, including trading on illegal inside information taken through a ruthless and greedy corporate raider who takes the youth under his wing.
Documentary
USA|Georgia
2003
85 Minutes
documentarian manager government official citizen customer gripping thrilling amusing republic of georgia energy crisis electricity globalization culture clash capitalism communism fall transformation 2000s
Corruption, assassination and street rioting surround the story of the award-winning film, Power Trip, which follows an American multi-national trying to solve the electricity crisis in ... See full summary »
Comedy, Drama
USA
2005
106 Minutes
Elijah Wood Eugene Hutz Boris Leskin Laryssa Lauret Jonathan Safran Foer Jana Hrabetova Stephen Samudovsky Oleksandr Choroshko
writer guide grandfather dog grandmother quirky emotional ukraine odessa countryside road trip family history world war ii anti-semitism search culture clash discovery adventure quest 2000s
A young Jewish American man endeavors to find the woman who saved his grandfather during World War II in a Ukrainian village, that was ultimately razed by the Nazis, with the help of an eccentric local.
Documentary
USA
2003
90 Minutes
Megan Mylan
orphan immigrant refugee adoptive father peter nyarol dut santino majok chuor moving emotional inspiring sudan village nebraska north dakota airplane houston culture clash refugees immigration new life war
Lost Boys of Sudan is a feature-length documentary that follows two Sudanese refugees on an extraordinary journey from Africa to America. Orphaned as young boys in one of Africa's cruelest ... See full summary »
Biography, Drama
UK
2005
120 Minutes
Roy Dupuis Patrice Robitaille Michel Barrette Pascal Dupuis Benoît Girard Rémy Girard Tedd Dillon
hockey player teammate coach commissioner wife president brooding gutsy uplifting moving arena montreal boston hockey discrimination violence culture clash maurice richard riots underdog
Part drama, part documentary, The Road to Guantánamo focuses on the Tipton Three, a trio of British Muslims who were held in Guantanamo Bay for two years until they were released without charge.
Musical, Comedy
UK|USA
1975
95 Minutes
Tim Curry Susan Sarandon Barry Bostwick Richard O'Brien Jonathan Adams Nell Campbell Peter Hinwood Patricia Quinn Meat Loaf Aday Charles Gray Jeremy Newson
transvestite naïve person creature alien biker young woman cheeky wild mansion country road stranded corruption experiments sexual taboo culture clash discovery temptation 1970s
A newly-engaged couple have a breakdown in an isolated area and must seek shelter at the bizarre residence of Dr. Frank-n-Furter.
Musical
USA
1956
133 Minutes
Deborah Kerr Yul Brynner Rita Moreno Martin Benson Terry Saunders Rex Thompson Carlos Rivas Patrick Adiarte
governess king child slave wife son moving uplifting charming spectacular thailand royal court palace siam king mongkut anna leonowens slavery royal life culture clash sacrifice
A widow accepts a job as a live-in governess to the King of Siam's children.
Drama
Italy|Spain
1975
106 Minutes
Florinda Bolkan Renato Salvatori Daniel Quenaud
factory worker husband child patient doctor love interest sad powerful uplifting milan factory slum alps sanatorium poverty health care culture clash vacation underdog transformation
Clara, diagnosed with tubercolosis, is treated in a sanatorium in the Alps, where she can finally take a break from her miserable life.