THEME EXPLORATION

cross-cultural relationships

43 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
La Habanera
La Habanera
1937 · Douglas Sirk
Prisoner of the Mountains
Prisoner of the Mountains
1996 · Sergei Bodrov
Gypsy
Gypsy
2011 · Rachel Leah Jones
Rat Mouse Thief
Rat Mouse Thief
1999 · Sebastián Cordero
Summer Hours
Summer Hours
2008 · Olivier Assayas
Sathi Leelavathi
Sathi Leelavathi
2026 · Tatineni Satya
Daughter of Nectar
Daughter of Nectar
2026 · Lin Chun-ni
A Pueblo Legend
A Pueblo Legend
1912 · D.W. Griffith
Autumn Moon
Autumn Moon
1992 · Clara Law
Les Statues meurent aussi
Les Statues meurent aussi
1953 · Chris Marker
One Way or Another
One Way or Another
1977 · Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
The Pillow Book
The Pillow Book
1995 · Peter Greenaway
Turning Red
Turning Red
2022 · Domee Shi
Heroes of the East
Heroes of the East
1978 · Kar-leung Lau
Kyoto, My Mother's Place
Kyoto, My Mother's Place
1991 · Nagisa Oshima
Blue Is the Warmest Color
Blue Is the Warmest Color
2013 · Abdellatif Kechiche
Cat People
Cat People
1942 · Jacques Tourneur
Scenes from a Marriage
Scenes from a Marriage
1973 · Ingmar Bergman
Querelle
Querelle
1982 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Summertime
Summertime
1955 · David Lean
The Holiday
The Holiday
2006 · Nancy Meyers
Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors
Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors
1965 · Sergei Parajanov
The Night of Counting the Years
The Night of Counting the Years
1969 · Shadi Abdel Salam
Cold War
Cold War
2018 · Paweł Pawlikowski
Days of Being Wild
Days of Being Wild
1991 · Wong Kar-wai
Late Spring
Late Spring
1949 · Yasujiro Ozu
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
2022 · Guillermo del Toro
Once Were Warriors
Once Were Warriors
1994 · Lee Tamahori
Wadjda
Wadjda
2012 · Haifaa al-Mansour
A Fantastic Woman
A Fantastic Woman
2017 · Sebastián Lelio
Four Daughters
Four Daughters
2023 · Kaouther Ben Hania
Ixcanul
Ixcanul
2015 · Jayro Bustamante
On Body and Soul
On Body and Soul
2017 · Ildikó Enyedi
Syndromes and a Century
Syndromes and a Century
2006 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Tabu
Tabu
2012 · Miguel Gomes
The Worst Person in the World
The Worst Person in the World
2021 · Joachim Trier
The Secret Nation
The Secret Nation
1989 · Jorge Sanjinés
Volver
Volver
2006 · Pedro Almodóvar
A Dangerous Method
A Dangerous Method
2011 · David Cronenberg
Caramel
Caramel
2007 · Nadine Labaki
From Afar
From Afar
2015 · Lorenzo Vigas
Tulpan
Tulpan
2008 · Sergei Dvortsevoy
8 ½
8 ½
1963 · Federico Fellini
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Aditya Chopra India

Romantic storyteller who blends passionate love narratives with multicultural settings and family-centric values.

 Luis Mandoki Mexico

Explores intimate human connections across cultural boundaries with emotional nuance and psychological depth.

 Wong Kar-wai Hong Kong

His films like 'In the Mood for Love' and 'Chungking Express' explore romantic and emotional connections across cultural boundaries with visual poetry and existential depth.