Wedding Season
May marks the beginning of wedding season. Duty, true love, a union between families — few celebrations are imbued with layered cultural meaning as the wedding. In these films, melancholy brides, anxious fathers, old flames, and new friends alike reexamine their commitments against the momentous backdrop of the wedding ceremony.
New Order
(Nuevo orden)
An upper-class wedding goes awry in an unexpected uprising of class warfare that gives way to a violent coup d’état.
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- Mexico • 2020
- Director Michel Franco
- Cast Naian González Norvind, Diego Boneta, Dario Yazbek Bernal, Mónica del Carmen, Eligio Meléndez, Patricia Bernal
- Genre Drama, Thriller
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Tubi TV, Kanopy
Nafi's Father
(Baamum Nafi)
An imam and his powerful brother fight over the wedding of the brother's child and its effects on the town.
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- Senegal • 2019
- Director Mamadou Dia
- Cast Alassane Sy, Aïcha Talla, Saikou Lo, Penda Daly Sy, Alassane Ndoye, Abdou Yerim Ndiaye
- Genre Drama
- Available on MZ Choice Amazon Channel
The Marriage
(Martesa)
When Anita and Bekim get married, Bekim's romantic relationship with his male best friend Nol becomes a threat to their marriage.
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- Kosovo, Albania • 2017
- Director Blerta Zeqiri
- Cast Alban Ukaj, Adriana Matoshi, Genc Salihu, Vjosa Abazi, Ernest Malazogu
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, VUDU Free, Freevee
The Wedding Plan
(לעבור את הקיר)
30 days. 1 wedding. No Groom —yet.
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- Israel • 2016
- Director Rama Burshtein
- Cast Noa Kooler, Oz Zehavi, Amos Tamam, Irit Sheleg, Roni Merhavi, Dafi Alpern
- Genre Comedy, Romance
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy
Melancholia
Two sisters find their already strained relationship challenged as a mysterious new planet threatens to collide with Earth.
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- Denmark, Sweden, France • 2011
- Director Lars von Trier
- Cast Kirsten Dunst, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Kiefer Sutherland, Charlotte Rampling, John Hurt, Alexander Skarsgård
- Genre Drama, Science Fiction
- Available on fuboTV, Max Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, FlixFling, Kanopy, Plex Channel
After the Wedding
(Efter brylluppet)
A manager of an orphanage in India is sent to Copenhagen, Denmark, where he discovers a life-altering family secret.
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- Denmark, Sweden, United Kingdom • 2006
- Director Susanne Bier
- Cast Mads Mikkelsen, Stine Fischer Christensen, Sidse Babett Knudsen, Rolf Lassgård, Christian Tafdrup, Frederik Gullits Ernst
- Genre Drama
- Available on AMC+ Amazon Channel, IFC Films Unlimited Apple TV Channel, Amazon Video
Bride & Prejudice
Four unmarried daughters in India trying to find their Mr. Right.
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- United Kingdom, United States, India • 2004
- Director Gurinder Chadha
- Cast Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Martin Henderson, Naveen Andrews, Daniel Gillies, Indira Varma, Marsha Mason
- Genre Bollywood, Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Pluto TV, Hoopla
The Syrian Bride
(Ha-Kala Ha-Surit)
Tensions rise before the big day as politics and family come in the way.
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- France, Germany, Israel • 2004
- Director Eran Riklis
- Cast Hiam Abbass, Makram J. Khoury, Clara Khoury, Evelyn Kaplun, Uri Gavriel, Alon Dahan
- Genre Drama
- Available on Kanopy
Muriel's Wedding
A young social outcast steals her parents' money to finance a vacation to Sydney.
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- Australia, France • 1994
- Director P.J. Hogan
- Cast Toni Collette, Bill Hunter, Rachel Griffiths, Sophie Lee, Roz Hammond, Belinda Jarrett
- Genre Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Pluto TV, Hoopla
The Wedding Banquet
(喜宴)
A gay Taiwanese American man plans a marriage of convenience to a Chinese woman in order to appease his parents
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- Taiwan, United States • 1993
- Director Ang Lee
- Cast Winston Chao, May Chin, Gua Ah-leh, Sihung Lung, Mitchell Lichtenstein, Dion Birney
- Genre Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Available on Kanopy
Like Water for Chocolate
(Como agua para chocolate)
In Tita's kitchen, ordinary spices become a recipe for passion.
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- Mexico • 1992
- Director Alfonso Aráu
- Cast Marco Leonardi, Lumi Cavazos, Regina Torné, Ada Carrasco, Mario Iván Martínez, Claudette Maillé
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Paramount Plus Apple TV Channel , Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, Hoopla
Equinox Flower
(彼岸花)
A young woman disappoints her father by declining arranged marriage and choosing her spouse.
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- Japan • 1958
- Director Yasujirō Ozu
- Cast Shin Saburi, Kinuyo Tanaka, Ineko Arima, Yoshiko Kuga, Keiji Sada, Teiji Takahashi
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Tubi TV, Plex, Plex Channel