Southern matriarch Madea has a lot on her plate. Her nieces, Vanessa and Lisa, have relationship troubles - Vanessa moves into Madea's house with her 2 young children and Lisa is engaged to a controlling man that her mother set her up with. In addition, Madea has just been court-ordered to become the guardian of Nikki, a rebellious runaway teenager. Madea must keep the peace and her family together while simultaneously planning her clan's reunion.

My Little Bride

2004

Korean

7.0

♡ 5

70%

older man younger woman relationship

Romance

Ho-joon Kim Director

Won-ju Jeon as

Ki-yoon Song as Bo-eun's father

Se-Kyung Shin as Hye-won

Chang Yun as Yong-joo

A teenage girl tries to continue her normal social and school life, after her grandfather forces her into an arranged marriage with a man in his twenties.

Late Marriage

2001

Hebrew

7.1

♡ 4

88%

Dover Koshashvili Director

Ana Feinstein as

Zuri Botrashvilli as

Maria Ovanov as Lali

Lior Ashkenazi as Zaza

Zaza is a 31-year old Israeli bachelor, handsome and intelligent, and his family wants to see him married. But tradition dictates that Zaza has to choose a young virgin. She must be beautiful and from a good family, preferably rich. Zaza's parents, Yasha and Lily drag Zaza to meet potential brides and their families. Zaza has no choice. He plays along with his family, advocates of the suffocating traditions of their Georgian Jewish heritage. But Zaza always manages to somehow get out of being engaged. What his parents don't know is that Zaza is already in love. Judith is sensuous, strong and intriguing. She's also a divorcée with a 6-year-old daughter. So Zaza has kept Judith a secret from his family. He will have to choose between respect of the strict confines of family and tradition, or the love of his life.

Catherine Called Birdy

2022

English

6.6

♡ 18

89%

middle ages (476-1453)

teenage girl

Lena Dunham Director

Bella Ramsey as Birdy

Ralph Ineson as Golden Tiger

David Bradley as Lord Gideon Sidebottom

Moya Brady as Nan the Midwife

A teenage girl in Medieval England navigates life and tries to avoid the arranged marriages her father maps out for her.

A Damsel in Distress

1937

English

6.8

♡ 5

71%

George Stevens Director

Jack Carson as Bit Role

Monte Blue as Bit Role

Mary Stewart as Dancer / Singer

Joan Fontaine as Lady Alyce

Lady Alyce Marshmorton must marry soon, and the staff of Tottney Castle have laid bets on who she'll choose, with young Albert wagering on 'Mr. X'. After Alyce goes to London to meet a beau she is restricted to the castle to curb her scandalous behavior. Albert then summons Jerry to Alyce's aid in order to 'protect his investment'.

Sonna Puriyathu

2013

Tamil

5.3

♡ 2

43%

arranged marriage

Romance

Krishnan Jayaraj Director

Vasundhara Kashyap as Anjali Shiva

Shiva as Shiva

Blade Shankar as Siva's friend

Pradeep K Vijayan as Sound Engineer

Shiva, a dubbing artiste lending voice to English films, has an aversion towards the idea of marriage and hates being in a commitment. However, his life takes unexpected turns when his mother blackmails him to meet a girl of her choice, Anjali. But Shiva has plans of his own to rule out the idea of marriage with Anjali.

Munda Southall DA

2023

Punjabi

6.2

♡ 2

Sukh Sanghera Director

Iftikhar Thakur as Prito

Prito as

Tanu Grewal as

Nadeshi Hopkins as Nadeshi

An aspiring footballer falls for a student destined for an arranged marriage. An attempt to fake a marriage goes awry and threatens to tear the couple apart forever.

You May Not Kiss the Bride

2011

English

5.4

♡ 37

Rob Hedden Director

Rob Schneider as Ernesto

Tia Carrere as Lani

Katharine McPhee as Masha Nikitin

Alan Seabock as Wedding guest

Bryan, an unassuming pet photographer has action and adventure thrust upon him when he is forced to wed Masha, a Croatian crime lord's daughter, and she is subsequently kidnapped while on their honeymoon in a tropical paradise.

Yuni

2021

Indonesian

7.3

♡ 9

100%

Kamila Andini Director

Ayu Laksmi as Arini

Rukman Rosadi as Bagja

Dimas Aditya as Damar

Kevin Ardilova as Yoga

In her last year of secondary school, a bright Indonesian student is determined to pursue her education and resist getting married, despite the expectations of her community.

Jab We Met

2007

Hindi

7.9

♡ 12

Imtiaz Ali Director

Shahid Kapoor as Aditya D. Kashyap

Kareena Kapoor as Geet Kaur Dhillon

Wamiqa Gabbi as Geet's Relative

Kiran Juneja as Mrs. Dhillon

A depressed wealthy businessman and a spunky carefree young woman embark on an unexpected journey that changes their lives.

Jaggi

2022

Punjabi

7.5

♡ 3

Anmol Sidhu Director

Ramnish Chaundhary as Jaggi

Shivam Kamboj as Makhan

Aks Mehraj as Satnam Singh

Gaurav Kumar as Shinda

In rural Punjab, a schoolboy’s impotence leads to accusations of being gay, triggering relentless bullying. Amid this torment and dark family revelations, he battles inner demons that push him further on the edge. When pressured into an arranged marriage, he’s forced to make a heartbreaking choice.

The Rotterdam Bombing

2012

Dutch

4.1

♡ 2

Ate de Jong Director

Pieter Van der Sman as Dirk

Koos Postema as Dominee

Roos van Erkel as Eva

Steven Stavast as Usher

A thrilling love story between the young boxer Vincent and the German Eva, who soon has to marry with the middle-aged Dirk to save her family. While the war starts in the Netherlands their impossible love inflames. May 14, 1940, the day that the centre of Rotterdam is bombed and the young lovers lose sight of each other.

Marie Antoinette

2006

English

6.5

♡ 60

57%

Sofia Coppola Director

Asia Argento as Comtesse du Barry

Rose Byrne as Duchesse de Polignac

Kirsten Dunst as Marie Antoinette

Tom Hardy as Raumont

The retelling of France’s iconic but ill-fated queen, Marie Antoinette - from her betrothal and marriage to Louis XVI at fifteen to her reign as queen at nineteen and ultimately the fall of Versailles.

Timer

2009

English

6.5

♡ 13

69%

Jac Schaeffer Director

Desmond Harrington as Dan the Man

Mark Harelik as Dr. Serious

Eric Jungmann as Manager Larry

Michelle Borth as Steph Depaul

When implanted in a person's wrist, a TiMER counts down to the day the wearer finds true love. But Oona O'Leary faces the rare dilemma of a blank TiMER. Her soul mate - whoever and wherever he is - has yet to have a TiMER implanted. Staring down the barrel of thirty and tired of waiting for her would-be life partner to get off the dime, Oona breaks her own rules and falls for Mikey, a charming and inappropriately young supermarket clerk with a countdown of four months.

The Big Sick

2017

English

7.5

♡ 333

98%

88%

Action

arranged marriage

based on a true story

Michael Showalter Director

Vincent Price as Dr. Anton Phibes

Linda Emond as Dr. Cunningham

Zach Cherry as Party Goer 4

Jack O'Connell as Waiting Room Person 5

Pakistan-born comedian Kumail Nanjiani and grad student Emily Gardner fall in love but struggle as their cultures clash. When Emily contracts a mysterious illness, Kumail finds himself forced to face her feisty parents, his family's expectations, and his true feelings.

The Woman King

2022

English

6.9

♡ 167

94%

Gina Prince-Bythewood Director

Masali Baduza as Fumbe

Julius Tennon as Moru

Thuso Mbedu as Nawi

Adrienne Warren as Ode

The story of the Agojie, the all-female unit of warriors who protected the African Kingdom of Dahomey in the 1800s with skills and a fierceness unlike anything the world has ever seen, and General Nanisca as she trains the next generation of recruits and readies them for battle against an enemy determined to destroy their way of life.

Fire

1996

English

7.1

♡ 14

husband wife relationship

infidelity

lesbian relationship

Romance

Deepa Mehta Director

Alice Poon as Julie

Shabana Azmi as Radha

Nandita Das as Sita

Ram Gopal Bajaj as Swamiji

In a barren, arranged marriage to an amateur swami who seeks enlightenment through celibacy, Radha's life takes an irresistible turn when her beautiful young sister-in-law seeks to free herself from the confines of her own loveless marriage.

The Black Castle

1952

English

6.3

♡ 6

32%

Nathan Juran Director

Michael Pate as Count Ernst von Melcher

Henry Corden as Fender

John Roy as Guard

Tudor Owen as Romley

A man investigates the disappearance of two of his friends who were the guests of a sinister Austrian count.

A River Called Titas

1973

Bangla

7.2

♡ 11

Ritwik Ghatak Director

Farid Ali as

Rawshan Zamil as Basanti's mother

Golam Mustafa as Ramprasad / Kader Mian

Abul Hayat as Thakur

An in-depth look at the lives and struggles of a fishing community living by the River Titas in Bangladesh after the Partition of India in 1947.

Monsoon Wedding

2001

Hindi

7.3

♡ 20

95%

Mira Nair Director

Naseeruddin Shah as Lalit Verma

Randeep Hooda as Rahul Chadha

Ram Kapoor as Shelly

Rahul Vohra as Uday Verma

As the romantic monsoon rains loom, the extended Verma family reunites from around the globe for a last-minute arranged marriage in New Delhi. This film traces five intersecting stories, each navigating different aspects of love as they cross boundaries of class, continent and morality.

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Madea's Family Reunion

My Little Bride

Late Marriage

Catherine Called Birdy

A Damsel in Distress

Sonna Puriyathu

Munda Southall DA

You May Not Kiss the Bride

Yuni

Jab We Met

Jaggi

The Rotterdam Bombing

Marie Antoinette

Timer

The Big Sick

The Woman King

Fire

The Black Castle

A River Called Titas

Monsoon Wedding