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#3,039 movie on Nov 9 Attention Score0.9
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  1. Bend It Like Beckham
    2002Drama

    Jess Bhamra, the daughter of a strict Indian couple in London, is not permitted to play organized soccer, even though she is 18. When Jess is playing...

    #2,891Attention Score1.0
  2. The Big Sick
    2017Drama

    Pakistan-born comedian Kumail Nanjiani and grad student Emily Gardner fall in love but struggle as their cultures clash. When Emily contracts a...

    #3,057Attention Score0.9
  3. The Farewell
    2019Drama

    A headstrong Chinese-American woman returns to China when her beloved grandmother is given a terminal diagnosis. Billi struggles with her family's...

    #3,241Attention Score0.9
  4. Monsoon Wedding
    2001Drama

    A stressed father, a bride-to-be with a secret, a smitten event planner, and relatives from around the world create much ado about the preparations...

    #3,676Attention Score0.7
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  1. Mississippi Masala
    1991Drama

    Years after her Indian family was forced to flee their Uganda home, twentysomething Mina finds herself co-operating a motel in the faraway land of...

    #4,794Attention Score0.5
  2. My Big Fat Greek Wedding
    2002Drama

    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...

    #2,259Attention Score1.3
  3. The Reluctant Fundamentalist
    2013

    In New York, a Pakistani native finds that his American Dream has collapsed in the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

    #3,158Attention Score0.9
  4. Saving Face
    2004Drama

    A Chinese-American lesbian and her traditionalist mother are reluctant to go public with secret loves that clash against cultural expectations.

    #4,047Attention Score0.6
  5. The Visitor
    2008Drama

    A college professor travels to New York City to attend a conference and finds a young couple living in his apartment.

    #4,237Attention Score0.6
  6. The Joy Luck Club
    1993Drama

    Through a series of flashbacks, four Chinese women born in America and their respective mothers born in feudal China explore their pasts.

    #4,388Attention Score0.6
  7. In America
    2003Drama

    A family of Irish immigrants adjusts to life on the mean streets of Hell's Kitchen while also grieving the death of a child.

    #5,811Attention Score0.3
  8. Under the Same Moon
    2007Drama

    Tells the parallel stories of nine-year-old Carlitos and his mother, Rosario. In the hopes of providing a better life for her son, Rosario works...

    #6,895Attention Score0.2
  9. A Better Life
    2011Drama

    An Indigenous Latino American gardener in East L.A. struggles to keep his son away from gangs and immigration agents while traveling across town to...

    #8,348Attention Score0.1
  10. Brick Lane
    2007Drama

    The grind of daily life as a Brick Lane Bangladessi as seen through the eyes of Nazneen (Chatterjee), who at 17 enters an arranged marriage with...

    #9,304Attention Score0.0

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