East Is East (1999)

In 1971 Salford fish-and-chip shop owner George Khan expects his family to follow his strict Pakistani Muslim ways. But his children, with an English mother and having been born and brought up in Britain, increasingly see themselves as British and start to reject their father's rules on dress, food, religion, and living in general.

Genres: Drama, Comedy

What to watch after East Is East

• The Life and Death of Peter Sellers (2004)
• My Beautiful Laundrette (1985) — Same feel: dramatic, realistic
• Bend It Like Beckham (2002) — Same subject: tradition, culture clash
• Prick Up Your Ears (1987) — Same subject: england
• Viceroy's House (2017)
• The East (2013)