Inter-Cultural and Interracial dating, romance and marriage
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- DirectorElia KazanJohn FordStarsJeanne CrainEthel BarrymoreEthel WatersA light-skinned black woman falls in love with a white doctor, though he is unaware of her true race.
- DirectorJohn CassavetesStarsBen CarruthersLelia GoldoniHugh HurdCassavetes' jazz-scored improvisational film explores interracial friendships and relationships in Beat-Era (1950s) New York City.
- DirectorFred M. WilcoxStarsSonya WildeJames FranciscusPatricia MichonA young girl meets and marries the man of her dreams, never mentioning that she is half-Black.
- DirectorJerome RobbinsRobert WiseStarsNatalie WoodGeorge ChakirisRichard BeymerTwo youngsters from rival New York City gangs fall in love, but tensions between their respective friends build toward tragedy.
- DirectorTony RichardsonStarsRita TushinghamDora BryanRobert StephensA pregnant teenage girl must fend for herself when her mother remarries, leaving the girl with only a new male friend for support.
- DirectorStanley KramerStarsSpencer TracySidney PoitierKatharine HepburnA White couple's attitudes are challenged when their daughter introduces them to her Black fiancé.
- DirectorAbel FerraraStarsJames RussoRichard PanebiancoSari ChangAn Italian boy and Chinese girl fall in love in New York, igniting a conflict between their ethnic gangs.
- DirectorSpike LeeStarsWesley SnipesAnnabella SciorraSpike LeeFriends and family of a married Black architect react in different ways to his affair with an Italian secretary.
- DirectorMira NairStarsDenzel WashingtonSarita ChoudhuryRoshan SethAn ethnic Indian family is expelled from Idi Amin's Uganda in 1972 and lives in Mississippi 17 years later. The dad sues Uganda to get his property back. The grown daughter falls in love with a Black man.
- DirectorMelissa PearsonStarsBeatrice de BorgMarlene ForteMarc GrantInterracial love story told from the point of view of a white woman.
- DirectorAnthony DrazanStarsMichael RapaportDeShonn CastleKevin CorriganA white, hip-hop loving teen falls in love with a black girl.
- DirectorRichard BenjaminStarsWhoopi GoldbergTed DansonWill SmithA young black woman discovers that her father was a sperm donor, and if that weren't bad enough, he's white.
- DirectorJessie NelsonStarsRay LiottaWhoopi GoldbergTina MajorinoIn 1959, a widower hires a warm-hearted housekeeper/nanny to care for his seven-year-old daughter.
- DirectorFred GalloStarsCynda WilliamsNick CassavetesJoe ViterelliA tragic love story set against the turbulent backdrop of the 1920's Chicago jazz clubs. Georgia, a beautiful black singer catches the eye of mobster Johnny Varona. But Johnny is betrothed to the daughter of mob boss Costanza, a man you don't say no to... and live! Can Johnny and Georgia find a way to fulfill their love -and- stay alive? Or will the mob prove to be an insurmountable force.
- DirectorRichard FriedenbergStarsTimothy HuttonLela RochonRuby DeeA moving and uplifting drama about the effects of interracial marriage in the 1960s. Friends since childhood, and loved by both families, this couple are exiled after their wedding and have to wage a courageous battle to find their place in America as a loving family.
- DirectorAndy TennantStarsMatthew PerrySalma HayekJon TenneyAfter a one-night stand with Alex, Isabel realizes that she is pregnant and they decide to get married. However, along with the marriage comes compromise of one's own cultural traditions.
- DirectorRobert IscoveStarsBrandy NorwoodBernadette PetersVeanne CoxAlthough mistreated by her cruel stepmother and stepsisters, Cinderella is able to attend the royal ball through the help of a fairy godmother.
- DirectorCharles BurnettStarsHalle BerryEric ThalLynn WhitfieldIn 1950s Massachusetts, a wealthy black woman engaged to a poor white beatnik learns about her family history. The stories revolve around the racial and class complexities of interracial and class-based marriages.
- DirectorAlison SwanStarsKaryn ParsonsIsaiah WashingtonEric ThalNia is a successful copy writer at ad agency, and she leads white yuppie life (though her mother is black). She quits the agency when she is ordered to push a new brand of beer to black urban kids and goes searching for her racial identity.
- DirectorRanda HainesStarsVanessa WilliamsChayanneKris KristoffersonRafael Infante (Chayanne) comes to Houston from Cuba to work at John Burnett's (Kris Kristofferson's) dance studio. He meets Ruby Sinclair (Vanessa Williams), a cute dance instructor there. Chemistry? Will John know he's Rafael's dad?
- StarsJoe CaffreyDearbhla MolloyIan EmbletonIn industrial Tyneside during World War I, life for the McQueen family is turned upside down when daughter Bridget comes home with a black husband.
- DirectorBarry LevinsonStarsAdrien BrodyBebe NeuwirthJoe MantegnaBaltimore, Fall 1954: Schools implement the new integration law. Ben finds the "colored" girl in his class cute - upsetting his Jewish mom and granny. Ben talks to her while his brother looks for his WASP dream girl.
- DirectorKari SkoglandStarsVanessa WilliamsGil BellowsKaren WilliamsIn 19th century New Orleans creole Henriette must choose between love and devotion to the church. Neither choice is going to be easy, as there is great opposition to her ideas of breaking traditions.
- StarsDiahann CarrollMario Van PeeblesSam NeillThis epic television miniseries explores the complicated relationship of Thomas Jefferson and slave Sally Hemings, who conducted a 38-year, ocean-spanning love affair that produced children, grandchildren, and lots of controversy.
- DirectorEdward NortonStarsBen StillerEdward NortonJenna ElfmanTwo friends, a priest and a rabbi, fall in love with the same woman they knew in their youth, but the religious position of both men denies them romance.