Movies about customs

Movies about customs
List of the best films about customs, selected by visitors to our site: Valentine's Day, How to Train Your Dragon, Like Crazy, Klaus, Groundhog Day, Leap Year, One Man and his Cow, Welcome to Acapulco, Finnick, 3 Faces.

In the top there are new films of 2022, a plot description and trailers for films that have already been released.

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Markimdb: 5.7
Genrecomedy, melodrama
CountryUSA
Duration02:05

More than a dozen Angelenos navigate Valentine's Day from early morning until midnight. Three couples awake together, but each relationship will sputter; are any worth saving? A grade-school boy wants flowers for his first true love; two high school seniors plan first-time sex at noon; a TV sports reporter gets the assignment to find romance in LA; a star quarterback contemplates his future; two strangers meet on a plane; grandparents, together for years, face a crisis; and, an "I Hate Valentine's Day" dinner beckons the lonely and the lied to. Can Cupid finish his work by midnight?

Markimdb: 8.1
Genreaction, fantasy, comedy, adventure, family, cartoon
CountryUSA
Duration01:38

    As the son of a Viking leader on the cusp of manhood, shy Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III faces a rite of passage: he must kill a dragon to prove his warrior mettle. But after downing a feared dragon, he realizes that he no longer wants to destroy it, and instead befriends the beast – which he names Toothless – much to the chagrin of his warrior father

    Markimdb: 6.6
    Genremelodrama, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:30

    A British college student falls for an American student, only to be separated from him when she's banned from the U.S. after overstaying her visa.

    Markimdb: 8.1
    Genrecomedy, adventure, family, cartoon
    CountrySpain, United Kingdom, USA

    When Jesper distinguishes himself as the Postal Academy's worst student, he is sent to Smeerensburg, a small village located on an icy island above the Arctic Circle, where grumpy inhabitants barely exchange words, let alone letters. Jesper is about to give up and abandon his duty as a postman when he meets local teacher Alva and Klaus, a mysterious carpenter who lives alone in a cabin full of handmade toys.

    Markimdb: 8.1
    Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:41

    A narcissistic TV weatherman, along with his attractive-but-distant producer and mawkish cameraman, is sent to report on Groundhog Day in the small town of Punxsutawney, where he finds himself repeating the same day over and over.

    Markimdb: 6.5
    Genrecomedy, melodrama
    CountryUSA, Republic of Ireland
    Duration01:40

    When yet another anniversary passes without a marriage proposal from her boyfriend, Anna decides to take action. Aware of a Celtic tradition that allows women to pop the question on Feb. 29, she plans to follow her lover to Dublin and ask him to marry her. Fate has other plans, however, and Anna winds up on the other side of the Emerald Isle with handsome, but surly, Declan -- an Irishman who may just lead Anna down the road to true love.

    Markimdb: 6.8
    Genrecomedy, drama, adventure
    CountryFrance

    An Algerian man's life-long dream finally comes true when he receives an invitation to take his cow Jacqueline to the Paris International Agriculture Fair.

    Markimdb: 4.1
    Genreaction, thriller, comedy
    CountryMexico
    Duration01:28

    When Matt Booth sets off to meet his fiance for a foreign wedding he couldn't have imagined the dangerous world he was about to step into. Betrayed and set up, Matt finds himself on the run from the CIA and hired mercenaries, all looking for a package that he has supposedly smuggled through customs. Hunted on all sides, Matt is aided by Agent Adriana Vasquez, a femme fatale with orders of her own to follow.

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    Genreadventure, cartoon
    CountryRussia

    Not many people know that every house is inhabited by finns. They are furry creatures that appear in human world to take care of a house and keep the hearth. Finnick is a young Finn, who doesn't seem to care about his responsibility of making a home out of the house. He is just making pranks on «his people» and that is the reason why none of the families wanted to stay long in his house. Everything changes when a new family comes to his house, where Finnick's tricks do not work at all, and he meets 13-year old Christine and inexplicable events begin to happen in the city. Finnick and Christine, who are so different, will have to team up and work together to solve the mystery of the events and save the city.

    Markimdb: 7
    Genredrama, history
    CountryIran
    Duration01:40

    The famous actress Behnaz Jafari has no idea what to do when she receives a video in which a young girl is begging for help after her family did not allow her to study at Tehran Theatrical University. Behnaz abandons her shoot and turns to the director Jafar Panahi so that they can help the girl deal with her problems together. They drive to the northwest of the country, where they meet the charming and generous people of a mountain village. But Behnaz and Jafar also observe that in these places, it is the traditions of their ancestors that completely determine the way of life.

    Markimdb: 7.2
    Genremelodrama, drama
    CountryUSA, United Kingdom
    Duration01:44

    A witty, romantic, and very dangerous love story about chance meetings, instant attractions, and casual betrayals. Two couples disintegrate when they begin destructive adulterous affairs with each other.

    Markimdb: 7.1
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, musical
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:31

    Lorelei Lee is a beautiful showgirl engaged to be married to the wealthy Gus Esmond, much to the disapproval of Gus' rich father, Esmond Sr., who thinks that Lorelei is just after his money. When Lorelei goes on a cruise accompanied only by her best friend, Dorothy Shaw, Esmond Sr. hires Ernie Malone, a private detective, to follow her and report any questionable behavior that would disqualify her from the marriage.

    Markimdb: 7.4
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, musical
    CountryIndia, Hungary

    Nandini has to choose between Sameer, the man who taught her to fall in love; and Vanraj, the man from whom she learnt how to abide and fulfill promises of love.

    Markimdb: 6.9
    Genremelodrama, drama, adventure
    CountryAustralia

    In a traditional tribal society in the South Pacific, a young girl, Wawa, falls in love with her chief’s grandson, Dain. When an inter-tribal war escalates, Wawa is unknowingly betrothed as part of a peace deal. The young lovers run away, refusing her arranged fate. They must choose between their hearts and the future of the tribe, while the villagers must wrestle with preserving their traditional culture and adapting it to the increasing outside demands for individual freedom.

    Markimdb: 6.7
    Genremelodrama, drama
    CountryIsrael
    Duration01:30

    Eighteen-year-old Shira is the youngest daughter of the Mendelman family. She is about to be married off to a promising young man of the same age and background. It is a dream come true, and Shira feels prepared and excited. On Purim, her twenty-eight-year-old sister, Esther, dies while giving birth to her first child, Mordechay. The pain and grief that overwhelm the family postpone Shira's promised match. Everything changes when a match is proposed to Yochay-Esther's late husband-to a widow from Belgium. Yochay feels it's too early, although he realizes that sooner or later he must seriously consider getting married again. When the girls' mother finds out that Yochay may marry the widow and move to Belgium with her only grandchild, she proposes a match between Shira and the widower. Shira will have to choose between her heart's wish and her family duty. She will find out that the void which she must choose exists only within her heart.

    Markimdb: 7.4
    Genredrama
    CountryFrance, USA, Mexico, Morocco, Japan
    Duration02:23

    Tragedy strikes a married couple on vacation in the Moroccan desert, touching off an interlocking story involving four different families.

    Markimdb: 7.3
    Genreaction, thriller, melodrama, drama, crime
    CountryUSA, France
    Duration02:13

      A married couple's life is turned upside down when the wife is accused of a murder. Lara Brennan is arrested for murdering her boss with whom she had an argument. It seems she was seen leaving the scene of the crime and her fingerprints were on the murder weapon. Her husband, John would spend the next few years trying to get her released, but there's no evidence that negates the evidence against her. And when the strain of being separated from her family, especially her son, gets to her, John decides to break her out. So he does a lot of research to find a way.

      Markimdb: 5.9
      Genredrama, crime, biography
      CountryUSA

      Three young women were sentenced to death in the infamous Manson murder case, but when the death penalty was lifted, their sentence became life imprisonment. One young graduate student was sent in to teach them - and through her we witness their transformations as they face the reality of their horrific crimes.

      Markimdb: 7.2
      Genreaction, melodrama, drama, history
      CountryUSA, Malta, United Kingdom
      Duration02:43

      In year 1250 B.C. during the late Bronze age, two emerging nations begin to clash. Paris, the Trojan prince, convinces Helen, Queen of Sparta, to leave her husband Menelaus, and sail with him back to Troy. After Menelaus finds out that his wife was taken by the Trojans, he asks his brother Agamemnom to help him get her back. Agamemnon sees this as an opportunity for power. So they set off with 1,000 ships holding 50,000 Greeks to Troy. With the help of Achilles, the Greeks are able to fight the never before defeated Trojans.

      Markimdb: 5.6
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:30

        To the amusement of their adult children and friends, long divorced couple Don and Ellie Griffin are once again forced to play the happy couple for the sake of their adopted son's wedding after his ultra conservative biological mother unexpectedly decides to fly halfway across the world to attend. With all of the wedding guests looking on, the Griffins are hilariously forced to confront their past, present and future - and hopefully avoid killing each other in the process.

        Markimdb: 6.4
        Genredrama, adventure
        CountryGermany, Italy, Austria
        Duration01:56

        The Ötztal Alps, more than 5300 years ago. A Neolithic clan leader must avenge the massacre of his people and theft of his holy shrine.

        Markimdb: 7.6
        Genredrama
        CountrySoviet Union
        Duration01:23

        Story about teenage love in sanatorium. Leta, a girl with a heart disease, and Saulius, a new boy in sanatorium, fall in love with each other, but doctors try to forbid young people feelings.

        Markimdb: 8.5
        Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
        CountryUSA, Germany
        Duration01:46

        Held in an L.A. interrogation room, Verbal Kint attempts to convince the feds that a mythic crime lord, Keyser Soze, not only exists, but was also responsible for drawing him and his four partners into a multi-million dollar heist that ended with an explosion in San Pedro harbor – leaving few survivors. Verbal lures his interrogators with an incredible story of the crime lord's almost supernatural prowess.

        Markimdb: 5.5
        Genremelodrama, drama
        CountryUSA, United Kingdom, India
        Duration01:32

        Tilo, the titular "Mistresses of Spices" is a shopkeeper and an immigrant from India who helps customers satisfy their needs and desires with spices. Her life changes when she falls in love with an American man.

        Markimdb: 5.9
        Genremelodrama, drama, music
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:55

        Jess Robin dreams of a career in popular music, but his father, Cantor Rabinovitch, forbids it, insisting Jess live as a traditional Jew and inherit his position at the synagogue. With the help of friend and professional musician Bubba, Jess gets a chance to go to Los Angeles and have famous singer Keith Lennox record one of his songs. Defying both his father and his wife, Jess leaves New York to pursue his dreams.

        Markimdb: 7.6
        Genrefantasy, drama
        CountryUSA, Canada, Germany

        In South Dakota, in an Indian reservation, an old storyteller Indian asks his grandson Shane, who is in trouble owing money to some bad guys, to take his old pony and him to Albuquerque to the great powwow, an Indian meeting. While traveling, Grandpa tells mysterious Indian tales of love, friendship and magic.

        Markimdb: 7.1
        Genremelodrama, drama
        CountryUnited Kingdom, Italy, Germany, Spain, Belgium
        Duration01:44

        A young man upsets his Punjabi family when he falls in love with an Irish schoolteacher.

        Markimdb: 4.7
        Genrecomedy, melodrama
        CountryRussia
        Duration01:30

        Sonya, a popular super model, proposes to Sasha in order to irritate her boyfriend, a famous TV star Ruslan - and adventures begin...

        Markimdb: 6.3
        Genrehorror
        CountryUnited Kingdom, Canada
        Duration02:40

        A group of college friends reunite for a trip to the forest, but encounter a menacing presence in the woods that's stalking them.

        Markimdb: 7.5
        Genrehorror, fantasy, drama
        CountryUSA, Australia
        Duration02:03

        A vampire relates his epic life story of love, betrayal, loneliness, and dark hunger to an over-curious reporter.

        Markimdb: 7.5
        Genredrama
        CountryFrance
        Duration01:50

        Bilal is 17 years old, a Kurdish boy from Iraq. He sets off on an adventure-filled journey across Europe. He wants to get to England to see his love who lives there. Bilal finally reaches Calais, but how do you cover 32 kilometers of the English Channel when you can't swim? The boy soon discovers that his trip won't be as easy as he imagined... The community of struggling illegal aliens in Calais

        Markimdb: 8
        Genremelodrama, drama, musical, family
        CountryUSA
        Duration03:01

        This lavishly produced and critically acclaimed screen adaptation of the international stage sensation tells the life-affirming story of Tevye (Topol), a poor milkman whose love, pride and faith help him face the oppression of turn-of-the-century Czarist Russia. Nominated for eight Academy Awards.

        Markimdb: 6.7
        Genreaction, thriller, detective
        CountryUSA, Malta, France, United Kingdom, Italy
        Duration02:13

        Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon investigates a mysterious symbol seared into the chest of a murdered physicist. He discovers evidence of the unimaginable, the rebirth of an ancient secret brotherhood known as the Illuminati, the most powerful underground organization ever to walk the earth.

        Markimdb: 6.7
        Genremelodrama, drama, adventure, sport
        CountryUnited Kingdom, Spain, Germany, USA
        Duration01:58

        Like millions of kids around the world, Santiago harbors the dream of being a professional footballer...However, living in the Barrios section of Los Angeles, he thinks it is only that--a dream. Until one day an extraordinary turn of events has him trying out for Premiership club Newcastle United.

        Markimdb: 6.5
        Genrehorror, action, fantasy
        CountryUnited Kingdom, Belgium, France, USA
        Duration02:32

        The Shadow Mountains, 1983. Red and Mandy lead a loving and peaceful existence; but when their pine-scented haven is savagely destroyed, Red is catapulted into a phantasmagoric journey filled with bloody vengeance and laced with fire.

        Markimdb: 8
        Genredrama, cartoon, military, biography, history
        CountryFrance, USA
        Duration01:35

        In 1970s Iran, Marjane 'Marji' Statrapi watches events through her young eyes and her idealistic family of a long dream being fulfilled of the hated Shah's defeat in the Iranian Revolution of 1979. However as Marji grows up, she witnesses first hand how the new Iran, now ruled by Islamic fundamentalists, has become a repressive tyranny on its own.

        Markimdb: 7.5
        Genrecomedy, crime
        CountryUnited Kingdom
        Duration01:18

        A meek bank clerk who oversees the shipments of bullion joins with an eccentric neighbor to steal gold bars and smuggle them out of the country.

        Markimdb: 7.3
        Genreaction, fantasy, comedy, adventure
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:40

        When trucker Jack Burton agreed to take his friend, Wang Chi, to pick up his fiancee at the airport, he never expected to get involved in a supernatural battle between good and evil. Wang's fiancee has emerald green eyes, which make her a perfect target for immortal sorcerer Lo Pan and his three invincible cronies. Lo Pan must marry a girl with green eyes so he can regain his physical form.

        Markimdb: 6.9
        Genredrama

        Ten-year-old Nojoom was forced to marry a 30-year-old man. The dowry offered the family a small income and 'one less mouth to feed'. Nojoom discovers that her life will take a turn for the worse. Her husband is indifferent to her age. Every day after she is wedded, the child works under harsh conditions and every night, the child-bride is raped by a man 20 years older than her. A legitimate and acceptable arrangement for all, except for Nojoom.

        Markimdb: 5.7
        Genremelodrama, drama, biography
        CountryFrance, Italy
        Duration01:42

        The story of former Hollywood star Grace Kelly's crisis of marriage and identity, during a political dispute between Monaco's Prince Rainier III and France's Charles De Gaulle, and a looming French invasion of Monaco in the early 1960s.

        Markimdb: 7.7
        Genremelodrama, drama
        CountryIndia, France

        A young widow is hired as the domestic helper for a wealthy architect, but social divides come to the fore as an unlikely attraction grows between them.

        Markimdb: 6.6
        Genrecomedy, melodrama, short
        CountrySpain
        Duration01:38

        Three cousins travel to the village where they spent summer vacations as kids.

        Markimdb: 6.3
        Genreaction
        CountryNew Zealand, United Kingdom
        Duration01:47

        Hongi, a Maori chieftain’s teenage son, must avenge his father’s murder in order to bring peace and honour to the souls of his loved ones after his tribe is slaughtered through an act of treachery. Vastly outnumbered by a band of villains led by Wirepa, Hongi’s only hope is to pass through the feared and forbidden “Dead Lands” and forge an uneasy alliance with a mysterious warrior, a ruthless fighter who has ruled the area for years.

        Markimdb: 6.6
        Genreaction, thriller, adventure
        CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
        Duration01:46

        Quantum of Solace continues the adventures of James Bond after Casino Royale. Betrayed by Vesper, the woman he loved, 007 fights the urge to make his latest mission personal. Pursuing his determination to uncover the truth, Bond and M interrogate Mr. White, who reveals that the organization that blackmailed Vesper is far more complex and dangerous than anyone had imagined.

        Markimdb: 5.2
        Genreaction, fantasy, adventure
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:52

        A quest that begins as a personal vendetta for the fierce Cimmerian warrior soon turns into an epic battle against hulking rivals, horrific monsters, and impossible odds, as Conan (Jason Momoa) realizes he is the only hope of saving the great nations of Hyboria from an encroaching reign of supernatural evil.

        Markimdb: 6.7
        Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, sport
        CountryUnited Kingdom, Germany, USA
        Duration01:52

        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 for fun one day, her impressive skills are seen by Jules Paxton, who then convinces Jess to play for her semi-pro team. Jess uses elaborate excuses to hide her matches from her family while also dealing with her romantic feelings for her coach, Joe.

        Markimdb: 6.6
        Genrecomedy, drama
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:45

          Three sixty-something friends take a break from their day-to-day lives to throw a bachelor party in Las Vegas for their last remaining single pal.




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