In this section you will find a list of movies (including fiction and non-fiction) that are related to Intercultural Learning and can be used as a good resource in intercultural activities. This list will be updated every week, so stay tuned. If you have suggestions of movies to be included here, please leave a comment.

• Almanya- Willkommen in Deutschland (2011)
  A Turkish family immigrates to Germany and encounters many intercultural misunderstandings and faux pas.
• Babies (2010)
  A look at one year in the life of four babies from around the world, from Mongolia to Namibia to San Francisco to Tokyo.
• A Better Life (2011)
  A group of Mexican and El Salvadorian immigrants try to integrate into American society, both culturally and legally, in East Los Angeles, California.
• Black Rain (1989)
  The Japanese Mob wars with New York City’s police forces, who are working towards their return to Japan.
• Brick Lane (2007)                                                                                                 A Bengali girl who grew up in a small, rural town in Bangladesh moves to London with her new husband of an arranged marriage.
• Carnage (2011)
  The film deals with group dynamics, but especially the Jodie Foster character is interesting as she is an advocate for world peace, understanding and responsibility … and pretty much fails.
• The Color of Friendship (2000)                                                                       An American girl from Washington D.C. studies abroad and lives with a family in South Africa, completely outside her comfort zone.
• The Color Purple (1985)
  The life and trials of a young African American woman.
• The Corruptor (1999)                                                                                              A Chinese-American New York City police officer battles his conscious as he has to eradicate Chinese immigrants for drug-trafficking.
• Crash (2004)
  Several stories interweave during two days in Los Angeles involving a collection of inter-related characters who come from different cultural background.
• Flowers From Another World (Flores de Otro Mundo) (1999)
  The stories of three women, two from  Latin America, that are bused into a small Spanish town to provide wives for their citizens, and receive papers for themselves.
• L’auberge espagnole (2002)
  A strait-laced French student moves into an apartment in Barcelona with a cast of six other characters from all over Europe. Together, they speak the international language of love and friendship.
• Paris Je T’aime (2006)
  A compilation of short films about the mysteries and beauties of Paris, with over 20 directors from around the world. Themes are as multicultural as the city itself, and well represent the diverse population and their interaction.
• My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002)
  A young Greek woman falls in love with a non-Greek and struggles to get her family to accept him while she comes to terms with her heritage and cultural identity.
• Spanglish (2004)
  A woman and her daughter emigrate from Mexico for a better life in America, where they start working for a family where the patriarch is a newly celebrated chef with an insecure wife.
• The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2011)
  British retirees travel to India to take up residence in what they believe is a newly restored hotel. Less luxurious than its advertisements, the Marigold Hotel nevertheless slowly begins to charm in unexpected ways.
• The Gods Must Be Crazy (1981)
  A comic allegory about a traveling Bushman who encounters modern civilization and its stranger aspects.
• The Language of the Body (1994)
  Documentary by Desmond Morris about how humans communicate non-verbally across cultures.
• Outsourced (2006)                                                                                               An American salesman finds himself suddenly relocated to India.
• The Wedding Banquet (1993)
  To satisfy his nagging parents, a gay landlord and a female tenant agree to a marriage of convenience, but his parents arrive to visit and things get out of hand.
• Un Franco, 14 Pesetas (2006)                                                                             Two men leave Madrid, Spain to flee oppression from dictator Francisco Franco and arrive in Switzerland to look for work.