The purpose of this project is to analyze intercultural relationships. I accomplish this goal by analyzing the film Avatar. I contend that a lack of understanding another person’s culture can lead to hostility. Gudykunst’s anxiety/uncertainty management theory served as my lens for studying the development of intercultural relationships and the role that uncertainty plays in the film. In Avatar, there is a great deal of uncertainty and anxiety. When the primary characters first meet, they do not understand each other’s cultures. There are two very different types of cultural identities displayed in the movie. First, the Avatar’s cultural identities are primarily family and religious-oriented. The other type is personal in that benefits to the individual are most important. Cultural context of the plot can be compared to the Native Americans struggle to keep the Americans from taking their homeland. In terms of language, the Avatars use a more nonverbal communication style, while the humans relied on verbal messages. Also, the difference in world views of the Avatar and human culture can be compared to the worldviews of the American and Native American cultures. The Avatars and Indians had a more philosophical worldview of nature. The humans are scientific in their worldviews and think that their way of viewing nature is the only credible one. After the uncertainty was reduced, the two cultures bonded.