By Vlad Zakh · August 31, 2026
Marrying a stranger sight unseen is a gamble, and these films see where it leads. Sweet Land has a German woman meeting her farmer husband in 1920 Minnesota, Zandy’s Bride has a harsh rancher slowly learning to love his purchased wife, and Birthday Girl has a lonely banker’s internet romance spiraling out of control. Mail Order Wife, Mississippi Mermaid and Mail Order Bride round out the six.
01 A German woman travels to rural Minnesota in 1920 to meet the farmer destined to be her husband.
Directed by Ali Selim · 1h 50m
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02 A documentarian funds a lonely doorman's mail-order bride arrangement in exchange for filming the whole thing.
Directed by Huck Botko & Andrew Gurland · 1h 32m
03 A lonely banker's internet romance with a Russian mail-order bride spirals out of control when her cousins show up.
Directed by Jez Butterworth · 1h 33m · Rated R
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04 A harsh rancher who buys a mail-order bride slowly develops real love for her through their shared hardships.
Directed by Jan Troell · 1h 37m · Rated PG
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05 A tobacco planter becomes engaged through correspondence to a woman who doesn't match her photograph.
Directed by François Truffaut · 2h 03m · Rated R
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06 An ageing cowhand tries to help a young rancher settle down by buying him a wife.
Directed by Burt Kennedy · 1h 23m · Rated NR
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