Most Similar Movies to East Is East (1999)
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Material (2012), Household Saints (1993), My Son the Fanatic (1998), Five on the Black Hand Side (1973), West Is West (2010), Anita & Me (2002), Red Doors (2005) ... Let's take a look at the following list...
Material (2012)
Cassim is a young Muslim man who works in his father's fabric shop in Johannesburg. However, Cassim wants to be a stand-up comedian, which his father disproves of. When he gets a gig at a local bar, he has to find a way of keeping it a secret.
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Household Saints (1993)
Unsettling drama about three generations of Italian-American women struggling to get by in post-World War II New York's Little Italy.
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My Son the Fanatic (1998)
Pakistani taxi-driver Parvez and prostitute Bettina find themselves trapped in the middle when Islamic fundamentalists decide to clean up their local town.
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Five on the Black Hand Side (1973)
In contrast to most of the violence-laden "blaxploitation" films of the period, this low-budget effort eschews exploitation for humanity and domestic drama. Leonard Jackson plays a barber who is also the domineering head of a middle-class African American family. Jackson is forced to rethink his values when his previously docile wife joins their three children in rebe...Read all
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West Is West (2010)
An immigrant father decides to take his truant son back to the old country.
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Anita & Me (2002)
Meena, a 12-year-old living in a mining village in the English Midlands in 1972, is the daughter of Indian parents who've come to England to give her a better life. This idyllic existence is upset by the arrival in the village of Anita Rutter and her dysfunctional family. Anita is 14, blonde and beautiful - exactly what Meena thinks she wants to be. She becomes part o...Read all
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Red Doors (2005)
The Wongs struggle to cope with life, love, and family dysfunction in the suburbs of New York.
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Halal Daddy (2017)
While managing a run down abattoir, young Muslim Raghdan Aziz stumbles through cultural chaos and generational conflicts, dealing with enraged fathers, stoned buddies and an alleged ex-lover of his girlfriend.
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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.
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Taking Off (1971)
While searching for their runaway teenage daughter, the parents rediscover life's joys as they get acquainted with a self-help group for parents of vanished children.
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Good Ol' Boy (2015)
Recently relocated from India, a 10-year-old boy must deal with his overbearing father pushing his Indian heritage on him every second of every day.
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Hester Street (1975)
It's 1896. Yankel Bogovnik, a Russian Jew, emigrated to the United States three years earlier and has settled where many of his background have, namely on Hester Street on the Lower East Side of New York City. He has assimilated to American life, having learned English, anglicized his name to Jake, and shaved off his beard. He is working at a $12/week job as a seamste...Read all
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Lovely & Amazing (2001)
Self-esteem and insecurity are at the heart of this comedy about the relationship between a mother and her three confused daughters.
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Dim Sum: A Little Bit of Heart (1985)
In San Francisco, an immigrant widow welcomes the new year with some unhappiness: she's sixty-two now, she wants to make a trip to China to pay last respects to her ancestors, a fortune teller has told her this is the year she'll die, and a daughter, Geraldine, remains unmarried. Geraldine does have a boyfriend, but she's not sure she's ready for marriage, and, anyway...Read all
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Dough (2015)
An old Jewish baker struggles to keep his business afloat until his young Muslim apprentice drops cannabis in the dough and sends sales sky high.
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Delhi-6 (2009)
In the ancient walled city of Delhi, an American-born Indian finds himself on an unexpected inner journey as he learns about himself and his roots.
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Boricua (2004)
In the Puerto Rican neighborhood of Chicago's Humboldt Park, lies interwoven tales of passion, violence and betrayal. From the overambitious beauty queen who will do whatever it takes to win to the drug dealers.
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Late Marriage (2001)
A pair from the republic of Georgia force their son (Lior Louie Ashkenazi) to meet Jewish women even though he is in love with a Moroccan divorcee (Ronit Elkabetz).
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