A deliciously romantic coming together of Gulrez “Gullu” Qadir a Hyderabadi shoe-sales girl disillusioned with love because of her encounters with dowry-seeking men; and Tariq “Taru” Haidar a Lucknawi cook who can charm anybody with the aroma and flavours of his biryani and kebabs.

Kristin Lavransdatter

1995

Norwegian

4.5

♡ 2

48%

Liv Ullmann Director

Paul-Ottar Haga as Bentein

Erland Josephson as Broder Edvin

Lena Endre as Eline Ormsdatter

Jørgen Langhelle as Simon Darre

The daughter of a prominent medieval Norway landowner, Kristin grows up in total harmony with the ideals of the time: strong family ties, social pride and devout Christianity. As she accepts the fact that she has been arranged to marry the son of another landowner, Kristin's beauty, innocence and purity evokes violent emotions around her: envy, lust, murder, revenge. She seeks refuge in a convent, awaiting marriage. Here, the passion of her life strikes, the knight Erlend Nikulaussonn. However, their love cannot be private, and suddenly Kristin is the centre of a scandal.

The Spanish Main

1945

English

6.3

♡ 3

50%

Frank Borzage Director

Barton MacLane as Capt. Benjamin Black

Maureen O'Hara as Contessa Francesca

Walter Slezak as Don Juan Alvarado

Nancy Gates as Lupita

Laurent van Horn is the leader of a band of Dutch refugees on a ship seeking freedom in the Carolinas, when the ship is wrecked on the coast of Cartagene, governed by Don Juan Alvardo, a Spanish ruler. Alvarado has Laurent thrown in prison, but the latter escapes, and five-years later is a pirate leader. He poses as the navigator on a ship in which Contessa Francesca, daughter of a Mexican noble, is traveling on her way to marry Alvarado, whom she has never seen. Laurent's pirates capture the ship and Francesca, in order to save another ship, gives her hand-in-marriage to Laurent, who sails her to the pirate hideout. This irks his jealous pirate comrades Anne Bonney and Captain Benjamin Black. They overpower Laurent and send Francesca to Alvarado, and then Mario du Billar, a trusted right-hand man, makes a deal to deliver Laurent to Alvarado.

The Third Wife

2018

Vietnamese

6.6

♡ 3

88%

Ash Mayfair Director

Nu Yên-Khê Tran as Ha

Long Le Vu as Hung / landowner

Mai Cát Vi as Nhan / Hung's daughter Maya

Maya as Xuan

Though only 14 years old, May is selected to be the third wife of a wealthy landowner. Her new home seems idyllic, her husband favours her, and she quickly becomes pregnant with what she is certain will be the desired male progeny. But trouble is quietly brewing: she witnesses a forbidden tryst that will spark a chain reaction of misfortunes — and stir in May urges that until now had been dormant.

Ve'Lakhta Lehe Isha

2004

Hebrew

7.1

♡ 4

husband wife relationship

Ronit Elkabetz Director

Albert Cohen as

Gilbert Melki as Albert

Simon Abkarian as Eliahou

Valérie Zarrouk as Yvette

The story takes place in Haifa, Israel, in 1979, during three days before the Shabbat. A young woman trying to raise three children, work from home, and observe the strict Moroccan traditions of her family finds herself at constant odds with her husband and her brothers, who want her to stay married and leave behind the notions of being loved and free.

Household Saints

1993

English

6.9

♡ 3

72%

73%

arranged marriage

based on novel or book

Nancy Savoca Director

Vincent D'Onofrio as Joseph Santangelo

Victor Argo as Lino Falconetti

Lili Taylor as Teresa

Jessica DiCicco as Young Cindy Zagarella

A chronicle of three generations of Italian-American women struggling to get by in post-World War II New York’s Little Italy.

Journey to Bethlehem

2023

English

6.4

♡ 42

74%

Adam Anders Director

Rizwan Manji as Gaspar

Antonio Banderas as Herod

Milo Manheim as Joseph

Fiona Palomo as Mary

A young woman carrying an unimaginable responsibility. A young man torn between love and honor. A jealous king who will stop at nothing to keep his crown.

Maborosi

1995

Japanese

7.5

♡ 29

100%

83%

Action

arranged marriage

based on novel or book

Hirokazu Koreeda Director

Tadanobu Asano as Ikuo

Hidekazu Akai as Master

Midori Kiuchi as Michiko

Takashi Naitô as Tamio

A tragedy strikes a young woman's life without warning or reason. She continues living while searching for meaning in a lonely world.

Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan

2020

Hindi

5.8

♡ 39

94%

Hitesh Kewalya Director

Jitendra Kumar as Aman Tripathi

Bhumi Pednekar as Devika

Ayushmann Khurrana as Kartik Singh

Neena Gupta as Sunaina Tripathi

Partners Karthik and Aman don't have it easy in their road to achieving a happy ending, while Aman's family tries to get him married to someone else, Karthik doesn't step down unless he marries Aman. A sequel to the 2017 film, titled Shubh Mangal Saavdhan.

Alpha and Omega

2010

English

5.1

♡ 13

20%

Ben Gluck Director

Justin Long as Humphrey

Christina Ricci as Lilly

Marcelo Tubert as Max

Steve Vinovich as Park Ranger

Two young wolves at opposite ends of their pack's social order are thrown together into a foreign land and need each other to return home, but love complicates everything.

Half Way to Hell

1960

English

3.2

♡ 4

Victor Adamson Director

Monte Joe Oyler as Blackie

David Lloyd as Jeff Lawton

Caroll Montour as Maria San Carlos

Gene Sterling as Wesson

Maria San Carlos, the only daughter of a wealthy landowner, is betrothed to Escobar, a General in the Mexican Revolution, but she does not love him. Escobar sends a mixed gang of Americans and Mexicans to capture her and bring her to him. Complications ensue when an American cowboy, who had been hitching a ride with Maria's entourage and has his gold stolen by the gang, pursues them across the desert.

Mulan II

2004

English

5.6

♡ 61

Darrell Rooney Director

Bill Farmer as China Citizens

Frank Welker as Cri-Kee

Lucy Liu as Mei BD Wong

BD Wong as Shang

Fa Mulan gets the surprise of her young life when her love, Captain Li Shang asks for her hand in marriage. Before the two can have their happily ever after, the Emperor assigns them a secret mission, to escort three princesses to Chang'an, China. Mushu is determined to drive a wedge between the couple after he learns that he will lose his guardian job if Mulan marries into the Li family.

The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice

1952

Japanese

7.6

♡ 14

93%

husband wife relationship

Yasujirô Ozu Director

Kôji Shitara as Koji Yamauchi

Eijirô Yanagi as Naosuke Yamauchi

Keiko Tsushima as Setsuko Yamauchi

Mie Kitahara as Waitress

The arranged marriage between a capricious woman from Tokyo high society and a quiet and rustic man is tested by a marital crisis.

Sister Midnight

2024

English

5.8

♡ 10

98%

dysfunctional marriage

mumbai (bombay), india

Karan Kandhari Director

Uma Katju as Abbot

Chhaya Kadam as Sheetal

Subhash Chandra as Sher Singh

Radhika Apte as Uma

In Mumbai, an arranged marriage spirals into darkness as the spineless husband watches his wife morph into a ruthless, feral force within their marital confines.

The Leopard

1963

Italian

7.9

♡ 39

98%

Luchino Visconti Director

Terence Hill as Count Cavriaghi

Paolo Stoppa as Don Calogero Sedara

Burt Lancaster as Prince Don Fabrizio Salina

Alain Delon as Tancredi Falconeri

As Garibaldi's troops begin the unification of Italy in the 1860s, an aristocratic Sicilian family grudgingly adapts to the sweeping social changes undermining their way of life. Proud but pragmatic Prince Don Fabrizio Salina allows his war hero nephew, Tancredi, to marry Angelica, the beautiful daughter of gauche, bourgeois Don Calogero, in order to maintain the family's accustomed level of comfort and political clout.

The World of Apu

1959

Bangla

8.4

♡ 38

97%

Satyajit Ray Director

Asha Devi as

Biren Ghosh as

Soumitra Chatterjee as Apurba Roy

Sefalika Devi as Shashinarayan's wife

Apu, now a jobless ex-student dreaming vaguely of a future as a writer, is invited to join an old college friend on a trip up-country to a village wedding.

The Namesake

2006

English

7.5

♡ 15

85%

79%

Action

arranged marriage

based on novel or book

Mira Nair Director

Jacinda Barrett as Maxine

Kal Penn as Nikhil a.k.a. Gogol

Brooke Smith as Sally

Aaron Yoo as Student in Gogol's Class

After moving from Calcutta to New York, members of the Ganguli family maintain a delicate balancing act between honoring the traditions of their native India and blending into American culture. Although parents Ashoke and Ashima are proud of the sacrifices they make to give their children opportunities, their son Gogol strives to forge his own identity without forgetting his heritage.