Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "cultural-misunderstanding"

1. Borat (2006)

R | 84 min | Comedy

Kazakh TV talking head Borat is dispatched to the United States to report on the greatest country in the world.

Director: Larry Charles | Stars: Sacha Baron Cohen, Ken Davitian, Luenell, Chester

Votes: 443,226 | Gross: $128.51M

2. The Sand Pebbles (1966)

PG-13 | 182 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance

In 1926, a U.S. Naval engineer gets assigned to a gunboat on a rescue mission in war-torn China.

Director: Robert Wise | Stars: Steve McQueen, Richard Attenborough, Richard Crenna, Candice Bergen

Votes: 16,475

3. Brother Bear (2003)

G | 85 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

When a young Inuit hunter needlessly kills a bear, he is magically changed into a bear himself as punishment with a talkative cub being his only guide to changing back.

Directors: Aaron Blaise, Robert Walker | Stars: Joaquin Phoenix, Jeremy Suarez, Rick Moranis, Jason Raize

Votes: 124,218 | Gross: $85.34M

4. Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra (2002)

PG | 107 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family

Cleopatra, queen of Egypt, believes she can build a temple in record time and makes a bet with Julius Caesar. Her architect, however, needs the help of Asterix and Obelix to fight Romans who try to stop the construction.

Director: Alain Chabat | Stars: Gérard Depardieu, Christian Clavier, Jamel Debbouze, Monica Bellucci

Votes: 57,984 | Gross: $3.12M

5. Amistad (1997)

R | 155 min | Biography, Drama, History

In 1839, the revolt of Mende captives aboard a Spanish owned ship causes a major controversy in the United States when the ship is captured off the coast of Long Island. The courts must decide whether the Mende are slaves or legally free.

Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: Djimon Hounsou, Matthew McConaughey, Anthony Hopkins, Morgan Freeman

Votes: 82,950 | Gross: $44.18M

6. Mississippi Masala (1991)

R | 118 min | Drama, Romance

An ethnic Indian family is expelled from Idi Amin's Uganda in 1972 and lives in Mississippi 17 years later. The dad sues Uganda to get his property back. The grown daughter falls in love with a Black man.

Director: Mira Nair | Stars: Denzel Washington, Sarita Choudhury, Roshan Seth, Sharmila Tagore

Votes: 6,232 | Gross: $7.31M

7. Little Mosque on the Prairie (2007–2012)

22 min | Comedy

A satirical view at a Muslim community living in Mercy, Saskatchewan, Canada.

Stars: Zaib Shaikh, Sitara Hewitt, Debra McGrath, Manoj Sood

Votes: 2,648

8. Super Dimension Fortress Macross (1982–2002)

TV-PG | 25 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

An alien spaceship crash lands on Earth and her secrets lead to a desperate war against an alien enemy sent to retrieve the ship.

Stars: Arihiro Hase, Mari Iijima, Vic Mignogna, Monica Rial

Votes: 2,311

9. Outsourced (2006)

PG-13 | 103 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

After his entire department is outsourced, an American novelty products salesman (Hamilton) heads to India to train his replacement.

Director: John Jeffcoat | Stars: Josh Hamilton, Ayesha Dharker, Asif Basra, Matt Smith

Votes: 12,199 | Gross: $0.16M

10. Green Dragon (2001)

PG-13 | 115 min | Drama

The story of some Vietnamese refugees as they first arrive at Camp Pendleton in the United States as the Vietnam War ends in 1975.

Director: Timothy Linh Bui | Stars: Patrick Swayze, Forest Whitaker, Duong Don, Hiep Thi Le

Votes: 1,258 | Gross: $0.28M

11. Adela Has Not Had Supper Yet (1978)

102 min | Comedy, Crime, Fantasy

When the famous detective Nick Carter visits Prague, he becomes involved in strange case of a missing dog and even stranger carnivorous plant. He becomes convinced that he is standing ... See full summary »

Director: Oldrich Lipský | Stars: Michal Docolomanský, Rudolf Hrusínský, Milos Kopecký, Václav Lohniský

Votes: 1,996

12. The Mysterious Castle in the Carpathians (1981)

97 min | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy

In 1897, in a castle near the town of Werewolfville in the Carpathians, a slightly deranged Professor Orfanik experiments with his new inventions which include, even at this early date, television and a film camera.

Director: Oldrich Lipský | Stars: Michal Docolomanský, Evelyna Steimarová, Vlastimil Brodský, Milos Kopecký

Votes: 1,427

13. Whatever Lola Wants (2007)

Not Rated | 115 min | Drama

A New York postal worker travels to Egypt to take belly dancing lessons from a legendary instructor.

Director: Nabil Ayouch | Stars: Laura Ramsey, Assaad Bouab, Carmen Lebbos, Hichem Rostom

Votes: 1,314

14. The Château (2001)

R | 91 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Two brothers go to France to claim the chateau they have inherited.

Director: Jesse Peretz | Stars: Paul Rudd, Romany Malco, Sylvie Testud, Benjamin Tessier

Votes: 866 | Gross: $0.20M

15. The Third Wave (2007)

Not Rated | 94 min | Documentary, Adventure, Drama

Four volunteers travel to Peraliya, Sri Lanka after the devastating 2004 tsunami, and their planned two-week trip becomes a year of heartbreak and rebirth.

Director: Alison Thompson | Stars: A.P. Darmedesa, Bruce French, Oscar Gubernati, Donny Paterson

Votes: 271

16. Lions Among Men (2011)

22 min | Short, Action, Adventure

After masking her identity as a woman and joining the British Royal Navy in 1808, Victoria finds herself shipwrecked on an unknown island with the Lieutenant who betrayed her, the slave ... See full summary »

Director: Traci Hays | Stars: Johanna Watts, Dayo Okeniyi, Crispian Belfrage, Jonah Priour

Votes: 35

17. Now Chinatown (2000)

112 min | Drama, Romance

Lee's family sent her from China to Los Angeles three years ago to be a waitress in a Chinatown restaurant and send money home to support her ailing grandmother. She lives with her bitter ... See full summary »

Director: Steve Dunning | Stars: Lianne X. Hu, Steve Dunning, Denise Ames, Dana Byrne

Votes: 82

18. Prahala (2022)

60 min | Drama

A tale about a City, a Historian, a Hairdresser lost in Identity, Illusion, Inspiration.

Director: Beni Adam | Stars: Beni Adam, Vica Kerekes, Tatiana Pauhofová, Jeremi Durand

Votes: 14

19. Srdecný pozdrav ze zemekoule (1983)

98 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi

The Earth is approached by a flying saucer with two visitors from outer space. It turns into a beer keg and lands on the back of a truck. Second landing aliens, this time in a container for... See full summary »

Director: Oldrich Lipský | Stars: Milan Lasica, Július Satinský, Jirí Menzel, Nada Konvalinková

Votes: 250

20. Big Dreams Little Tokyo (2006)

Not Rated | 86 min | Comedy, Romance

An American with an uncanny ability to speak Japanese aspires to succeed in the world of Japanese business; his Japanese-American roommate aspires to sumo wrestling but is challenged by his health.

Director: Dave Boyle | Stars: Dave Boyle, Jayson Watabe, Rachel Morihiro, Drew Knight

Votes: 316

21. Lovestruck Pancho (2011)

75 min | Comedy

Pancho does not speak English and just discovered his true love Bonita will not cross the Mexican border with his Compadres and rendezvous with him in Charlotte, NC. Border crossing ... See full summary »

Director: Duncan St. Clair | Stars: Kelly McRorie, Luis Vargas, Catherine Trail, Angela Brown

Votes: 10

22. A Day's Work (I) (2008)

TV-G | 17 min | Short, Drama

What was a typical job escalates into a violent argument in this heart-stopping drama. Enrique is a young man far from home trying to make a living wage as a day laborer on the streets of ... See full summary »

Director: Rajeev Dassani | Stars: Jack Brand, Luis Chávez, Hugo Garcia, Leigh Higginbotham

Votes: 117

23. The Afghan Solution (2011 Video)

53 min | Documentary, War

THE AFGHAN SOLUTION: A gripping narrative filled with interviews from insiders that illustrates the value of revisiting the original US strategies to rout the Taliban in the days ... See full summary »

Director: Josie Maynard | Stars: Jason Amerine, George W. Bush, James Dobbins, Abdul Rashid Dostum

Votes: 12

24. Guns for Hire: The Making of 'The Magnificent Seven' (2000 TV Movie)

49 min | Documentary

The behind-the-scenes story of the making of the classic Western.

Director: Louis Heaton | Stars: Bob Benecke, Maria Palacios de Erickson, Chazz Palminteri, John Carpenter

Votes: 169

25. Snig (2012)

Approved | 27 min | Short, Drama

A father from the Dalmatian rural area goes to visit his daughter in Zagreb, but they have trouble connecting.

Director: Josip Zuvan | Stars: Trpimir Jurkic, Tihana Lazovic, Vedran Mlikota, Danijel Artenjak

Votes: 38

26. Dancing with the Pros (2005)

3 min | Short, Biography, Comedy

See what all the fuss is about! Just like 'Dancing With The Stars', you will learn how to dance like a professional in no time with the best there is - Yuri Ka!

Director: Kane Arcadia | Star: Corey Sheridan

Votes: 49

27. The Making of 'Green Dragon' (2002 Video)

Documentary

A documentary giving film fans a behind-the-scenes look at the making this 2001 film about the arrival of the first refugees from Vietnam after the end of the war. Includes interviews with ... See full summary »

Director: Robert Wheaton

28. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993–1999)
Episode: Destiny (1995)

TV-PG | 46 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Sisko faces a conflict between his Starfleet duties and his role as the Bajoran Emissary when an ancient Bajoran prophecy predicts a joint Federation-Cardassian project will lead to the destruction of the wormhole.

Director: Les Landau | Stars: Avery Brooks, Rene Auberjonois, Alexander Siddig, Terry Farrell

Votes: 2,069

29. Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (2022– )
Episode: Spock Amok (2022)

TV-PG | 52 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

A personal visit causes a comedy of errors during Spock & Pike's crucial negotiations with an unusual alien species.

Director: Rachel Leiterman | Stars: Anson Mount, Ethan Peck, Jess Bush, Christina Chong

Votes: 4,929

30. The Detour (2016–2019)
Episode: The Search (2019)

TV-MA | 21 min | Adventure, Comedy

The Parkers follow the trail of Delilah's globetrotting Youtube vlogs ending up in various harsh places including Tibet.

Director: Brennan Shroff | Stars: Jason Jones, Natalie Zea, Ashley Gerasimovich, Liam Carroll

Votes: 140