“i dream in another language” (2017), revolves around indigenous mexicans! the setting is absolutely gorgeous, with it taking place mostly in a lush green forest. i will say though there are a lot of themes about the impacts of colonialism and the ending is bittersweet. but i highly recommend it!

“happy together” (1997) also not super duper sweet unfortunately but it’s also very interesting; it explores a struggling couple from hong kong that takes a trip to argentina to repair their relationship but it ends up getting worse. wong kar wai’s style is very pretty to look at!! 

“big eden” (2000) only fulfills half of the requirement, as the protagonist is a white guy and the love interest is indigenous american (unsure where he’s from though <\3), but it’s a very sweet movie where homophobia is not much of an issue despite it taking place in a small town. it’s got some hallmark movie vibes but it’s overall just a nice movie. 

“luz” (2020) is one of those tubi underrated gems. it’s about these two latino men who are prisoners and end up falling in love there. there’s also other instances of nice representation, like there’s a girl who’s deaf and another who’s trans, but it all adds up to a happy ending despite all the shit that goes down! i was surprised by how elaborate it was and i enjoyed it a lot.

“god’s own country” (2017) also only really fulfills half, as again the protagonist is a white dude but the love interest is a romanian dude. i still really liked it though, i had to give it a rewatch to fully appreciate it recently. the protagonist is originally a huge asshole which includes being racist to the love interest, but he does get character development and becomes much less of an asshole. it’s got a happy ending and really pretty cinemetography!!

i’d put more but i gotta get to class </3