1 st Nusantara Raya International Conference 2022 1 st Nura-ICon Culture in the Frame of Multicultural Religiosity 395 Cultural Conflict in “Alif Lam Mim” and “My Name is Khan” Movies Endang Sartika 1,* , Sukma Laelatul Hida 2 , Dewi Amalia Putri 3 , Rahma Alia Anzani 4 , Siti Maesaroh 5 Corresponding author. Email: endangsartika@gmail.com 1,2,3 State Islamic University Prof. K.H. Saifudin Zuhri Purwokerto, Jl. A. Yani No.40A, North Purwokerto, Banyumas, Indonesia Abstract This study aims to analyze the social conflict in a film. The objects of this research are "Alif Lam Mim" and "My Name Is Khan" movies. Data were collected by watching the movies, identifying cultural conflicts, and analyzing cultural conflicts in it This research is a qualitative descriptive study which is used to determine the cultural conflicts occurred in these two movies. In "Alif Lam Mim" movie, it shows that cultural conflicts occurred between Muslims and the government where Islam is considered weak, and is easy to be dropped by terrorist Islamic stereotypes for profit. Then, in "My Name Is Khan" movie, it shows that cultural conflict occurred between Rizwan (a Muslim) with American society, where all Muslims are considered as terrorists. The reason for choosing the research in these two movies is because these two movies raised the same topic, which is the negative stereotypes of society on Islam and have same title, which is using Islamic name of characters. Both of these movies have the view that Islam is a violent religion, treason and full of greed. The conclusion that can be drawn from this research is that intercultural understanding is needed to maintain peace between nations and countries. Keywords: Cultural Conflict, Islam, Film 1. Introduction Cultural conflict is a conflict that occurs because of differences in cultural values and beliefs about cultures are clashed. This clash of cultural values and beliefs produces various problems for the culture itself. Turner (2006) said that conflicts arise because of the differences in culture and beliefs, which require a person to follow the culture that exists in an area. Meanwhile according to Alexander Grewe in Nandakumar (2013) stated that the source of the conflict arises because people's expectations of a person's behavior are not the same as their culture, so they want someone to follow everything in the culture they accept (Nandakumar, 2013). In fact, everyone has different cultural values and beliefs. The main cause of cultural conflict is First, intercultural communication. Intercultural communication can be established if both parties are able to understand the same language under certain conditions (Makhmudov, 2020). For example, Indians and Japanese are met. Indians don't know Japanese, neither do Japanese people, they don't know Indian. However, these two people know English. So, English is the language used as a means of communication between Indians and Japanese. Moreover, the meeting between India and Japan was not limited to communication only. In a meeting or a restaurant, they will see from one’s behavior, table manner,and so on. This is where the cultural conflict can occur. between mutual acceptance of behavior, mutual acceptance of cultural differences, and so on. this shows how close the relationship between conflict and culture is. The second cause is misinterpretation. This often happens when people from different cultures are met (Setyoningsih, 2011). Usually someone can easily interpret the culture that exists in an area. This is natural as long as it does not have an impact on negative assumptions that can lead to intercultural conflicts. Third is ethnocentrism, which is the understanding that one's own culture is the truest culture. Ethnocentrism is related to the need to strengthen one's own ethnicity without being defeated by anyone (Bizumic, Monaghan, & Priest, 2021). In fact, people who have this understanding will feel that their actions are the most correct actions, and other people have to adapt to