Here we've displayed a list of the best Culture films : Spirit Game: Pride of a Nation(2017), Bob Marley: The Making of a Legend(2011), Los Angeles Plays Itself(2003), Crossing the Bridge: The Sound of Istanbul(2005), Riding Giants(2004), The Gleaners and I(2000), Birds of Passage(2018), Benjamin Smoke(2000), Canal Zone(1977), What Will People Say(2017), The Giant Buddhas(2005), Almanya - Welcome to Germany(2011) ... ...
Documentary
USA
2017
102 Minutes
Peter Baxter
athlete teammate underdog native american inspiring emotional spirited denver stadium colorado culture athletic competition native americans pride spirituality adventure rivalry underdog love quest
The documentary follows The Iroquois Nationals Lacrosse Team on the road as they compete in the 2015 World Box Lacrosse Championships. For the first time ever, the Championship Games were ... See full summary »
Musical, Romance, Documentary, Biography
UK|Jamaica
2011
90 Minutes
Gian Godoy
bob marley musician jamaican rastafarian engaging fascinating kingston, jamaica music reggae culture revolution musicians rise 1970s
Based on footage shot in the early seventies and lost for more than thirty years, NAACP IMAGE AWARD winner Esther Anderson takes us on a journey to Jamaica and into 56 HOPE ROAD, Kingston, ... See full summary »
Documentary
USA
2003
169 Minutes
film critic narrator filmmaker fascinating mellow creative southern california los angeles filmmaking los angeles history film industry city life culture discovery 2000s
A documentary on how Los Angeles has been used and depicted in the movies.
Documentary
Germany|Turkey
2005
90 Minutes
musician singer music lover musicologist powerful inspiring istanbul street stage family home music art culture entertainment show business quest 2000s
Award-winning director Fatih Akin takes us on a journey through Istanbul, the city that bridges Europe and Asia, and challenges familiar notions of east and west. He looks at the vibrant ... See full summary »
Documentary
USA|France
2004
102 Minutes
surfer skateboarder thrilling wild intense fascinating hawaii waimea bay beach san francisco ocean surfing passion thrill seeking sports culture pursuit temptation adventure 2000s
Documentary detailing the origins and history of surf culture.
Documentary
France
2000
82 Minutes
Agnès Varda Francois Wertheimer
filmmaker chef professor artist truck driver amusing somber bleak creative engaging fascinating france beach countryside city refuse community art homelessness food
Varda films and interviews gleaners in France in all forms, from those picking fields after the harvest to those scouring the dumpsters of Paris.
Crime, Drama
Colombia|Denmark|Mexico|Germany|Switzerland|France
2018
125 Minutes
Cristina Gallego Carmina Martinez Natalia Reyes José Acosta Jhon Narváez Jose Vicente Greider Meza Juan Bautista Martínez Miguel Viera Sergio Coen Aslenis Márquez
grandmother drug dealer trader family member tribesman tribeswoman bleak brash brutal disheartening tense suspenseful colombia village house airplane air field drug trade drug smuggling greed
During the marijuana bonanza, a violent decade that saw the origins of drug trafficking in Colombia, Rapayet and his indigenous family get involved in a war to control the business that ends up destroying their lives and their culture.
Documentary
USA
2000
73 Minutes
Peter Sillen Tim Campion Brian Halloran Coleman Lewis Bill Taft
gay man drag queen bluesman singer-songwriter drug addict fascinating engaging striking atlanta concert stage neighborhood georgia apartment music culture blues homosexuality benjamin smoke drug addiction adventure
This highly unorthodox documentary follows the crooked path of Benjamin (no last name). He lives in a hidden neighborhood of Atlanta, Georgia called "Cabbagetown." Drag-queen, speed-freak, ... See full summary »
Documentary
USA
1977
175 Minutes
officer government official military officer young man pilot engaging fascinating striking panama house office ship panama canal society community culture politics quest discovery 1970s
On the one hand, you have the Panamians, but Frederick Wiseman shows them as the Americans see them: from a distance. They are poor and of no particular interest to them even if Panama is ... See full summary »
Drama
Norway|Germany|Sweden|France|Denmark
2017
106 Minutes
Maria Mozhdah Adil Hussain Ekavali Khanna Rohit Saraf Ali Arfan Sheeba Chaddha Lalit Parimoo Nokokure Dahl Isak Lie Harr Jannat Zubair Rahmani Freddy Singh
teen girl friend boyfriend father mother family member tense emotional uneasy raw norway house school pakistan party bedroom family relationships culture culture shock
The story of Nisha, daughter of a Pakistani-Norwegian family, who is kidnapped to Pakistan by her parents when her father finds her in bed with a man.
Documentary
Switzerland
2005
95 Minutes
reporter actress archaeologist narrator father monk fascinating intricate afghanistan china valley cave taliban demolition religion journey culture art wretched excess quest
A filmmaker's investigation into the destruction of giant Buddha statues in Afghanistan.
Comedy, Drama
Germany
2011
101 Minutes
Vedat Erincin Fahri Ögün Yardim Lilay Huser Demet Gül Aykut Kayacik Aycan Vardar Siir Eloglu Aliya Artuc
man turkish man german migrant worker amusing witty touching germany turkey identity self-discovery journey culture cliché adventure discovery pursuit 1960s
The story of three generations of a Turkish immigrant family.
Biography, Drama, History
Cambodia|USA
2017
136 Minutes
Sareum Srey Moch Phoeung Kompheak Sveng Socheata Tharoth Sam
young girl soldier author village elder cambodian boy gripping inspiring incredible uplifting cambodia village jungle cultural revolution culture war discovery escape love sacrifice 1970s
Cambodian author and human rights activist Loung Ung recounts the horrors she suffered as a child under the rule of the deadly Khmer Rouge.
Documentary
USA
2001
98 Minutes
Chris Hegedus The Cox Family Nashville Bluegrass Band The Peasall Sisters Fairfield Four
record producer musician singer emmylou harris allison krause holly hunter spirited engaging positive emotional stage backstage recording studio nashville, tenn. house country music collaboration rehearsal performance culture
This is a documentary about the musical artists who performed the songs in the Coen Brothers' film O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Documentary
France
2010
79 Minutes
baby mother father filmmaker sister brother lighthearted positive endearing mongolia tokyo namibia san francisco household babies culture parenthood family cultural differences childhood
A look at one year in the life of four babies from around the world, from Mongolia to Namibia to San Francisco to Tokyo.
Documentary, Adventure, Action
USA|Austria|Canada|South Africa|Spain
2014
94 Minutes
Bo Derek Travis Pastrana Jimmy N. Roberts Ashley Fiolek Dani Pedrosa Kenny Roberts
filmmaker steve mcqueen family engaging culture search records temptation
Inspired by Bruce Brown's 1971 documentary, "On Any Sunday," chronicles the international sport of motorcycle racing.
Romance
USA
2018
120 Minutes
Constance Wu Henry Golding Michelle Yeoh Gemma Chan Lisa Lu Awkwafina Harry Shum Jr. Ken Jeong Sonoya Mizuno Chris Pang Jimmy O. Yang
boyfriend wealthy man girlfriend mother bachelor family member amusing tense emotional quirky singapore shop wedding secret identity secret life love relationships wealth culture discovery
This contemporary romantic comedy, based on a global bestseller, follows native New Yorker Rachel Chu to Singapore to meet her boyfriend's family.
Comedy, Documentary
USA
2000
115 Minutes
comedian audience hilarious fiery north carolina theater stage stand-up comedy culture race relations church relationships family rise 2000s
A concert film featuring four major African American stand up comedians.
Drama, Music, Comedy
UK|USA|France
2019
114 Minutes
Viveik Kalra Hayley Atwell Rob Brydon Kulvinder Ghir Nell Williams Aaron Phagura Meera Ganatra Dean-Charles Chapman Sally Phillips
teenager father mother friend love interest teacher powerful uplifting inspiring hilarious cheeky england high school house bedroom new york city bruce springsteen music growing up culture
In England in 1987, a teenager from an Asian family learns to live his life, understand his family and find his own voice through the music of American rock star Bruce Springsteen.
Romance
USA
1988
97 Minutes
Amy Irving Reizl Bozyk Peter Riegert Jeroen Krabbé Sylvia Miles Suzzy Roche George Martin John Bedford Lloyd Claudia Silver David Hyde Pierce Rosemary Harris
bookseller grandmother vendor author heartwarming amusing new york city delicatessen bookstore apartment romance family culture maturing literature love rivalry transformation 1980s
A Manhattan single meets a man through her Jewish grandmother's matchmaker.
Documentary
USA
2009
95 Minutes
daughter celebrity african-american woman chris rock al sharpton maya angelou engaging hilarious profound beauty salon competition hall temple factory house india racial issues african-americans hairdressing beauty father/daughter relationship
Chris Rock explores the wonders of African-American hairstyles.
Documentary
USA
2018
106 Minutes
Lauren Greenfield Bret Easton Ellis Paris Cronin Mijanou Bardot Sheldon Greenfield Patricia Greenfield
artist photographer filmmaker celebrity interviewee interviewer bleak intricate engaging positive profound powerful los angeles moscow dubai china interview materialism sex culture
A documentary that investigates the pathologies that have created the richest society the world has ever seen.
Drama
Norway|Canada|Germany
2018
90 Minutes
Andreas Lust Anni-Kristina Juuso Mikkel Gaup Essra Berge Thomas Tufte Halvor Sandnes Karin Mustvedt-Plüs Einar Andreas Søli
businessman translator widower tour guide pregnant woman girlfriend emotional endearing amusing touching moving china car train station restaurant hotel poetry culture love relationships
A German businessman travels to Norway to finish the impossible translation of some poems into Chinese, a project of his late wife.
Drama
Germany|France
1997
112 Minutes
Katja Riemann Jasmin Tabatabai Nicolette Krebitz Jutta Hoffmann Hannes Jaenicke Werner Schreyer Andrea Sawatzki Oliver Hasenfratz August Schmolzer Heio von Stetten Peter Sattmann
prisoners rock star police officer woman american amusing hedonistic thrilling germany prison bar roof highway car female inmates freedom music culture prison break adventure
Four female cons who have formed a band in prison get a chance to play at a police ball outside the walls. They take the chance to escape. Being on the run from the law they even make it to... See full summary »
Comedy, Romance, Drama
India
2010
138 Minutes
Vinay Pathak Neha Dhupia Rajat Kapoor Brijendra Kala Sai Gundewar Sanjay Mishra
young man young woman friend neighbor hilarious lighthearted hysterical madcap india city house apartment culture cultural differences culture shock unlikely allies unlikely friendship adventure love quest
One time bickering neighbors are forced to share the same apartment.
Documentary
USA
2011
100 Minutes
redneck engaging square miami culture 1970s 1980s transformation 1980s
A colorful portrait of Miami's pot smuggling scene of the 1970s, populated with redneck pirates, a ganja-smoking church, and the longest serving marijuana prisoner in American history.
Drama
UK|USA
1996
144 Minutes
Nicole Kidman John Malkovich Barbara Hershey Mary-Louise Parker Shelley Winters Shelley Duvall
feminist cousin suitor art expert cynic uncle intense sultry spirited manor london europe café apartment women's rights culture friendship wealth american tourists love
An American girl inherits a fortune and falls into a misguided relationship with a gentleman confidence artist whose true nature, including a barbed and covetous disposition, turns her life into a nightmare.
Comedy, Drama
USA
2004
102 Minutes
Aimee Garcia Eric Aviles Christina De Leon Víctor González Sofía Arroyo Ramses Jimenez
puerto rican beautiful girl drug dealer real estate agent sister beauty pageant contestant melodramatic uplifting endearing chicago humboldt park street corner neighborhood beauty pageant parade culture career education family relationships homophobia
Slice of life in a Chicago neighborhood of Puerto Ricans, or boricuas. Tata wants to win a beauty pageant, Germán wants to succeed in real estate: both have few scruples. Lola is a college ... See full summary »
Documentary
UK
2016
80 Minutes
Andy Gibbins Dylan Harvey Daniel Nettleton Giles Alderson Phil Dickson-Earle A.K. Forty-Seven
artist art thief commentator amusing confident creative hedonistic quirky spirited london united kingdom art theft rivalry culture rivalry 2010s
The Brighton Mob is a tense and twisting crime thriller in the style of The Usual Suspects and Reservoir Dogs, set in a world where no one is who they seem to be.
Comedy
Canada|USA
1989
89 Minutes
John Travolta Arye Gross Kelly Preston Deborah Foreman James Keach Charles Martin Smith Jan Rubes Brian Doyle Murray Mimi Maynard Eve Brent Rick Ducommun
american russian kgb agent hipster hero villain hilarious playful outlandish lighthearted united states town secret location russia nebraska midwest nightclub training culture america
Two NYC guys get jobs starting a nightclub in Smalltown, USA. They don't know it's a spy training model town in USSR .