Genghis Blues (1999), Happy Together (1997), Lost in Translation (2003), Chinese Take-Out (2011), Outsourced (2006), Road to Zanzibar (1941), Kabul Express (2006), Transsiberian (2008) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Foreign Land movies.
Storyline: "Moody" is an Iranian doctor living in America with his American wife Betty and their child Mahtob. Wanting to see his homeland again, he convinces his wife to take a short holiday there with him and Mahtob. Betty is reluctant, as Iran is not a pleasant place, especially if you are American and female. Upon arrival in Iran, it appears that her worst fears are realized: Moody declares that they will be living there from now on. Betty is determined to escape from Iran, but taking her daughter with her presents a larger problem.
Plot Keywords: drama, biography, thriller, family, adventure, based on true story, iran ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: In 140 AD, twenty years after the unexplained disappearance of the entire Ninth Legion in the mountains of Scotland, young centurion Marcus Aquila (Tatum) arrives from Rome to solve the mystery and restore the reputation of his father, the commander of the Ninth. Accompanied only by his British slave Esca (Bell), Marcus sets out across Hadrian's Wall into the uncharted highlands of Caledonia - to confront its savage tribes, make peace with his father's memory, and retrieve the lost legion's golden emblem, the Eagle of the Ninth.
Plot Keywords: history, action, adventure, war, ancient rome, military, epic ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Dr. Matt Younger and his daughter arrive for a month-long visit to London for dirt-bike racing and unexpectedly, a new romance for the widowed Dr. Younger. His new love interest is the beautiful and playful Catherine who seems to enjoy eluding Dr. Younger as much as she enjoys eluding the mysterious men who are following her. Their romance develops gradually as does the viewers' understanding of what is going on with this charming woman and the complications she brings with her.—Greg Bruno <burlynerd@usa.net>
Plot Keywords: romance, drama, family, race, cultural conflict, africa, america ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A failed American sales rep looks to recoup his losses by traveling to Saudi Arabia and selling his company's product to a wealthy monarch.
Plot Keywords: comedy, drama, business, cultural clash, midlife crisis, technology, failure ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Following his mother's death, Hector arrives in Manila to live with his grandmother. Unable to speak Tagalog, Hector falls in with a street gang before a photographer takes him under his wing. Haunted by memories of his mother, Hector photographs an anonymous woman when suddenly, these seemingly disconnected lives collide.—Anonymous
Plot Keywords: drama, family, coming of age, philippines, immigration, cultural conflict, independent film ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Although a one-time MVP for the New York Yankees, Jack Elliott is now on the down side of his baseball career. His batting average is low and one of his few claims to fame is that during the previous year, he led the team in 9th inning doubles in the month of August. With an up and coming slugger ready to replace him, he learns that he's been traded to the Chunichi Dragons of the Japanese Central baseball league. Elliott is set in his ways and quite inflexible, not only in accepting Japanese culture in general, but also with the way the baseball team is managed. When he meets his very pretty PR agent, Hiroko, he begins to gain a greater appreciation that he should accept his current situation. When he realizes her other connection to the team, his attitudes begin to change at an even greater pace—garykmcd
Plot Keywords: comedy, sports, america, japan, culture clash, romance, inspirational ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: In the harsh terrain of the Mexican desert, a mortally wounded man is left for dead in the heat of the desert sun. This is J. Once a street smart, carefree young guy. Now, a wanted man. As death looms, the only thing that keeps him alive is the quest to find the love of his life, Natasha. A woman betrothed to another man, but surely destined for J. A woman who comes into his life like a bolt of lightning and changes it forever.
Plot Keywords: action, romance, drama, adventure, crime, thriller, bollywood ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Paris, 1955. Philippe Leclerc is overjoyed: he has just been granted the fellowship he applied for and he will be able to study for a year at the prestigious Asheland-Stuart University of Virginia. Once on the spot, he discovers how different the South of the USA is from his native France and the period of adjustment is no bed of roses, notably when he mistakes American football for soccer while playing a game and becomes the laughing stock of the college. Philip nonetheless gains the friendship of the captain of the team and gradually adapts to his new environment, discovering American literature through the lectures of a fascinating professor, rock and roll and jazz, among other things. A Southern belle, Sue Ann, falls for his French charm but, unfortunately for her, her love is unrequited and she breaks down nervously as a result. As for Philippe he falls madly in love with April, a beautiful Black domestic worker...—Guy Bellinger
Plot Keywords: drama, romance, america, france, 1950s, campus life, race relations ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: After five years in Morocco, Mario is eager to return to Spain. The day before he's to leave, a fax tells him to meet the boss's teenage daughter. She and a red Jaguar arrive by ferry. Mario postpones his trip to get her situated, but the next day, at the Kasbah, she and her car disappear. The girl's father denies sending a fax, suspects she left Spain to join Mario, and thinks Mario killed her. Dad hires a murderous butcher to track Mario, who wants to find her for reasons not initially apparent. While Mario's search takes him south toward Mauritania, his path crosses that of Alix, a Spanish actress on holiday. Relationships between fathers and children explain a lot.—<jhailey@hotmail.com>
Plot Keywords: adventure, comedy, morocco, cultural clash, travel, friendship, coming of age ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Marco Polo travels from Venice to Peking, where he quickly discovers spaghetti and gunpowder and falls in love with the Emperor's daughter. The Emperor Kublai Khan is a kindly fellow, but his evil aide Ahmed wants to get rid of Kublai Khan so he can be emperor, and to get rid of Marco Polo so he can marry the princess. Ahmed sends Marco Polo to the West to fight barbarians, but he returns just in time to save the day.—John Oswalt <jao@jao.com>
Plot Keywords: adventure, history, biography, travel, exploration, medieval, italy ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Richie Lanz (Bill Murray), a has-been rock manager takes his last remaining client on a USO tour of Afghanistan. When Richie finds himself in Kabul, abandoned, penniless and without his U.S. passport, he discovers a young Afghan girl named Salima with an extraordinary voice and manages her through Afghanistan's version of American Idol..
Plot Keywords: comedy, music, adventure, drama, war, musician, usa ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A world-renowned opera singer becomes trapped in a hostage situation when she's invited to perform for a wealthy industrialist in South America.
Plot Keywords: drama, music, romance, thriller, hostage, opera, adaptation ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A family by surprise! Five people who never met are convened by a notary for the reading of a will, and learn they are all brothers and sisters, children of the same father! They'll share a large inheritance if they can deliver the ashes to their father's favorite lake in Arizona! Accepting the challenge, these newfound family members ("mai stati uniti") set out on a journey full of hijinx and comic adventures in the Stati Uniti d'America. What a quintet! Antonio, the gambling addicted waiter; Angela, the panicky divorcee; Nino, an unemployed mechanic; Carmen, a shopaholic; and Michele, who grew up at a zoo.—r-potenza
Plot Keywords: comedy, italian, immigration, cultural clash, family, american dream, satire ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Two Puerto Rican NYPD detectives head to Paris to track down a stolen handbag.
Plot Keywords: comedy, romance, crime, new york, paris, detective, humor ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: The lives of three Turkish brothers are turned upside down when one of them suddenly has to take care of his ex-girlfriend's baby.
Plot Keywords: comedy, family, cultural clash, immigration, parenting, multicultural, humor ...
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