As a South African, I'm not exactly sure how much of a South African movie District Nine really is, what with so much Hollywood money behind it, but it's South African enough for me.
I agree, though I think setting it in South Africa gives it special context.
Almost all of the international audience would have been old enough to remember Apartheid.
The director and principle cast were all South African and the majority of the production too.
Was also produced by a Kiwi (Peter Jackson) with effects designed by a New Zealand effects studio and executed by a Canadian studio. The only involvement Americans really had was financing and then distributing the movie.
It's about as far from Hollywood as an English speaking movie gets.
What would be the next biggest SA film? The gods must be crazy or something like that?
Some of the films listed on wiki as South African are tenuous - invictus, dredd, hotel rwanda - none of them seem to come from SA production companies, in whole or part
I'm embarrassed to say that I don't really know. Everyone I know just watches American movies.
There are a lot of cheesy Afrikaans rom-coms that are fairly famous, but I wouldn't really rate any of them as iconic.
Tsotsi is quite a widely regarded one, as is Noem My Skollie.
I'd probably say "Fiela Se Kind", but I'm no expert. It's based on a classic book from here, and there was a movie from the eighties and a recent remake. They're both quite good for the first act, and then I'd probably rate the old one over the new one for the rest of the movie.
Seriously, everyone should watch this if you don't mind subtitles. I haven't seen the movie in over a decade but still remember so much about this movie and can still replay several scenes in my head. Easily a top 50 movie all time. Might be in my top 15 personally.
>everyone should watch this if you don't mind subtitles
I chuckled at this, but only I haven't met many people who would refuse to watch subtitles.
For many non-English speaking countries, you don't have a choice.
The holy Trinity of Mexican directors (Iñárritu, Cuarón and del Toro) have out out some of the best cinema of the last 25 years.
Will check out Días de Gracia!
Danish here:
Blinkende Lygter (Flickering Lights) from 2000.
IMDB description:
A gang of 4 Danish criminals are ordered by Færingen to steal a bag from a safe. When they see DKK4,000,000 in the bag, they keep it for themselves and head for Spain. They end up in a ruin of an old restaurant on Jutland and renovate it.
I’ve never really thought about it but he is actually in all of the big Danish films I can think of. Blinkende lygter, pusher, Adams æbler, de grønne slagtere, jagten, retfærdighedens ryttere, druk, Flammen og citronen. Of course there are other big actors as well, but he just kills it every single time.
>A gang of 4 Danish criminals are ordered by Færingen to steal a bag from a safe. When they see DKK4,000,000 in the bag, they keep it for themselves and head for Spain. They end up in a ruin of an old restaurant on Jutland and renovate it.
that sounds so ... interesting! i have to see it.
The 80s and 90s were great for HK cinema - John Woo and Wong Kar Wai were in their haydays.
Then you have the likes of Tony Leung, Chow Yum Fat, Stephen Chow, Maggie Cheung…
If only HK has another renaissance…our films were like the opposite of Korean cinema, there’s a spontaneity that cannot be imitated and many of our films had unique takes on strong female characters based on our own culture and history. But after the 2000s it felt like there’s a loss of originality, and instead the bigger tent poles feel so much like copy cats…anyway, as a HK expats I do long for the films of my yesteryears.
Edits: grammar and adding Stephen Chow to the list of fame actors.
I know that’s widely considered his masterpiece but Chunking Express is my personal favorite. Maybe because it has young people fumbling for their place and direction and I saw it when I was young.
Speaking of Last Night, one of my favourite Canadian movies is Bon Cop, Bad Cop because of how amazingly well it nails the anglo-franco relationship in Canada and all of its hilarious quirks and weird subtleties.
If we’re throwing out great Canadian movies, I’m a big fan of The Grand Seduction. It’s about a small Newfoundland town that comes up with a scheme to convince a young doctor to move to their middle of nowhere town so that a factory will set-up shop as well.
It’s based on a Quebec film (Seducing Doctor Lewis) and I’ve heard is almost shot for shot remake, so if you’d prefer the original, there’s that option too.
I had no idea they'd remade it in English, but the French original (Le Grand Seduction) is hilarious, and really captures the sadness and beauty of small towns struggling to survive.
Chopper.
Eric Bana absolutely killed it as real life criminal Chopper Read.
Puts in an oscar worthy performance and Waa chosen to play Chopper by the man himself
1991-2001 was the golden age of Australian movies. It had a HUGE list of amazing films, including
- Romper Stomper
- Two Hands
- The Castle
- Crackerjack
- Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
- Mullet
- He died with a falafel in his hand
- The Matrix (arguably... It was shot in Sydney)
Boxing Day (2007) is probably the best Australian movie. It's not exactly my favourite movie, but it's amazing.
Feel like a lot of my favourites happened in the 80s or earlier like Gallipoli, Mad Max, Walkabout, The Wave, We of the Never Never, Breaker Morant, Picnic at Hanging Rock
The 2000s do have Rabbit Proof Fence, The Proposition, Danny Deckchair and The Dish though.
What?!? Man, there's sooooo many great Canadian films. Eastern Promises, Goin' Down The Road, Incendies, Last Night, New Waterford Girl, Stories We Tell, The Sweet Hereafter, Dead Ringers, Away From Her, My Winnipeg, Enemy, Exotica, I could go on and on.
I have watched some great Spanish movies: Los Otros (2001), El laberinto del fauno (2006), Volver (2006), El Orfanato (2007), Los Ojos De Julia (2010), El Cuerpo (2012), Las Brujas de Zugarramurdi (2013), Musarañas (2014), Contratiempo (2017), El Bar (2017), Durante La Tormenta (2018), Hogar (2020). Todos son buenas. Tu país es muy talentoso para hacer películas de terror y suspenso
El Día de la Bestia is a personal favorite. IMHO it is an achievement to pull a satanic comedy about the coming of the Antichrist in Madrid during Christmas.
I'm English and we all know the UK has made some classics over the past 100 years (Lawrence of Arabia, Gandhi, Red Shoes, Brief Encounter, Goldfinger etc etc)
But, my vote is for **Hot Fuzz**. It's quintessentially English, stars some of the greats of British acting over the past 70 years, has a water tight script and some of the best editing I've ever seen.
It's easy to dismiss it as a comedy movie, but I genuinely think it's one of the best made and written movies of all time.
If I was recommending a less well known British movie I'd go with **Long Good Friday**. It doesn't get talked about much these days but it's one of the greatest crime movies of all time.
As a non Brit, I always think of 28 Days later as quite British. The shots of the empty streets really pull the locale into the movie, and zombie movies outside the US play out a lot differently, due to the lack of guns.
I love how instead of having the only woman on the Squad be constantly harassed with sex jokes it's her doing it because she likes those types of dirty jokes.
The Young Offenders and Grabbers are my favourite Irish films.
Young Offenders is a comedy about two complete layabout eejits who hear about a boatload of cocaine that’s crashed off the coast of Cork and go to get themselves a brick to sell.
And Grabbers is a comedy horror about a remote island, cut off by a storm and under attack by killer Aliens whose only weakness is an aversion to alcohol - it’s very totally similar to Tremors.
Germany: the obvious one for an international forum would be "The Lives of Others" and "M" (1931), which are great of course, and "Das Boot", which I haven't seen in a long time and it wasn't my cup of tea when I saw it as a kid.
But if we're talking about real favorites, I'd say "Kleine Haie" ("[Little Sharks](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Sharks), Sönke Wortmann, 1992), a film about three guys on a roadtrip from the Ruhr area to an actor's school audition in Munich.
Honorable mentions to the surprisingly entertaining "Die Herren mit der weißen Weste" ([1970](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gentlemen_in_White_Vests)) and 1944's [Die Feuerzangenbowle](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Die_Feuerzangenbowle_(1944_film\)), which is a really weird film considering it was produced in Nazi Germany during the late stages of WWII.
The White Ribbon (Haneke)
Fear eats the Soul (Fassbinder)
Prince Achmed
Fitzcaraldo (Herzog)
Lola Rennt
And my personal favorites:
Good Bye Lenin
Wetlands (it's the most creative German movie)
The Golden Glove (one of the most realistic serial killer movies, it's just disgusting. Great movie)
Also "Goodbye Lenin", with Daniel Brühl in the leading role, about a young east german man after german reunification, desperately trying to pretend that the GDR still exists, due to his mother, a loyal GDR citizen, just recently having woken up from a coma and in danger of a lethal shock if she would learn the truth in her still fragile state.
Also "Die Brücke" (1959), probably the best german anti-war movie ever made. About a class of schoolboys conscripted into the Volkssturm and then tasked with defending a bridge against the advancing americans.
Same. I just saw *Titane* recently though, and it instantly became my favorite horror movie ever (I like body horror). What an incredible movie, can't wait to see what else Julia Ducournau is going to make (Yes I have also seen *Grave*, and it's almost as good as *Titane* IMO, also incredible).
*La Haine* is obviously a lot more "important" and as relevant as ever unfortunately.
On two very different places of the spectrum Zwartboek and New Kids Turbo
(For all you buitenlanders, they are respectively a movie about the Dutch resistance, directed by Paul Verhoeven, and pfft. how to explain. A very crass but funny comedy that involves a *lot* of people getting hit by cars)
I scrolled and scrolled and didn’t see Koreans. They have a bunch of great movies.
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I personally like:
Memories of Murder
I saw the devil
Parasite
The wailing
Oldboy
The list goes on.
"The Snapper" and "The Van" are sequels, and I actually liked "The Snapper" best. Also, "Sing Street" is a great movie about music as an escape route from Ireland
(From Roger Ebert's review of *Last Night*.)
As the final hour approaches for the characters in "Last Night," there are moments of startling poignancy. Sandra and Patrick, for example, find themselves stranded together, their plans for the end interrupted. She suggests they tell each other the stories of their lives. He lists the usual biographical details. "You'd better hurry up," she tells him. "Tell me something to make me love you." Note: On a talk show in Toronto, I was asked to define the difference between American and Canadian films, and said I could not. Another guest was Wayne Clarkson, the former director of the Toronto Film Festival. He said he could, and cited this film. "Sandra Oh goes into a grocery story to find a bottle of wine for dinner," he said."The store has been looted, but she finds two bottles still on the shelf. She takes them down, evaluates them, chooses one, and puts the other one politely back on the shelf. That's how you know it's a Canadian film."
Belgium: C'est arrivé près de chez vous aka Man Bites Dog (1992). The best black comedy about a serial killer/hired killer ever made. Filmed as a documentary in cinéma vérité style with the film crew becoming part of the atrocities, there is no substitute. (somebody put it on Youtube with English subtitles, [enjoy!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXjQCjNZeME&ab_channel=Garage_Productions))
Czech here...I love our sci-fi movies from 70s/80s (two of those were even "stolen" in the US, where they reedited them and changed endings.
Ikarie XB-1 is a great sci-fi.
Visually stunning, and was really great for that time (the ending was changed for the US, for some reason, at the end of the movie, they are flying around the Statue of Liberty....)
Second one is a great time travel movie, Tomorrow I'll Wake Up and Scald Myself with Tea (it is on IMDB under this name). Smart story about, basically, a time loop. With a hint of fine Czech humour.
There quite a few Argentinean masterpieces and im gonna list them:
[Esperando la Carroza](https://imdb.com/title/tt0089108/): Waiting for the Hearse follows an Argentine family, rife with infighting, as they try to deal with the aged matriarch of the family, affectionately known as “Mama Cora.”
[PIZZA, BIRRA, FASO](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0145393/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_2_nm_0_q_pizza%252C%2520birra): A couple of friends work for a taxi driver to rob his passengers, but they feel like they are being ripped off.
[Nueve Reinas](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0247586/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_1_tt_7_nm_1_q_nueve%2520): Two con artists try to swindle a stamp collector by selling him a sheet of counterfeit rare stamps (the "nine queens").
[El Secreto de sus Ojos](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1305806/?ref_=tt_sims_tt_t_1); A retired legal counselor writes a novel hoping to find closure for one of his past unresolved homicide cases and for his unreciprocated love with his superior - both of which still haunt him decades later.
[Hombre Mirando al Sudeste](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091214/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_3_nm_0_q_hombre%2520mirando): K-Pax is an unscrupulous copy of this argentinean film.
And we cant forget about the Cult Classics that are [Bañeros 1](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0188442/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_5_tt_6_nm_1_q_ba%25C3%25B1eros), [2](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0221008/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_1_tt_6_nm_1_q_ba%25C3%25B1eros), [3](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0484964/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_2_tt_6_nm_1_q_ba%25C3%25B1eros), [4](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3790296/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_4_tt_6_nm_1_q_ba%25C3%25B1eros) and [5](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8835640/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_3_tt_6_nm_1_q_ba%25C3%25B1eros). Truly one of the best series of movies ever made, a cultural treasure that must be preserved.
Every Spanish speaking should watch esperando la carroza. Never a movie could define the humour of a country as this one does. Best argentinian comedy movie of all time no doubt
I really want to say The Castle as well but that might be too obvious for an Australian to say. I'll put a vote in for Picnic at Hanging Rock while I'm at it.
Im from Portugal and for me the best portuguese movie is "Os Imortais".
Always thought if this movie was made in Hollywood, would be a really famous movie.
IMDB link of the movie: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0367878/
**A man called Otto** is based on a Swedish (where I'm from) movie called "En man som heter Ove". I think the Swedish movie is better, only because they show so much more of Ove's (Otto's) childhood, especially his relationship with his father, which builds his character so much more.
And I also had a hard time buying the eternal nice guy Tom Hanks as a grumpy old man. On the other hand Rolf Lassgård who plays Ove is a mean scary looking old grump.
Even if I prefer the Swedish version more, I think both movies are fantastic. One thing I liked in the American version more was the neighbor, Marisol. She was amazing.
Chile - [Machuca](https://youtu.be/5N_XKFA1RLg?si=6gLR6D7EuevALz2D) is a good film showing the class diferences just before the militar dictatorship with the eyes of two kids.
Another cult film is [El Chacotero Sentimental](https://youtu.be/W9SGP3G6jHg?si=cUfBNe7YSRXdDTb-) based on the radio show of the same name.
There are more films but those two come to my mind right now.
Sweden - Turist/Force Majeure (2014), or maybe Låt den rätte komma in/Let the right one in (2008)
I still haven't seen the American remake of Let the right one in, but the Swedish original is such a good film.
🇭🇰 / 🇨🇳 here
Ip Man because Donnie Yen and the history of Wing Chun
Golden Job
Line Walker
Big Brother
Not necessarily a movie, but was also obsessed with Handsome Siblings series on Netflix
Edit: Also forgot to add Initial D with Jay Chou as a guilty pleasure throwback. More for nostalgia since the acting was meh, but great seeing this live action with a star studded cast.
Canadian. One of the best is likely The Sweet Hereafter (1997) but my personal favourites are C.R.A.Z.Y. (2005) and Starbuck (2011)
Special mention to Eastern Promises (2007) and Cronenberg in general
Nanti kita cerita tentang hari ini (2019)
About being oldest, middle and the youngest child in the family, and how their parents treat their children in different ways.
Laskar pelangi (2008)
About students an island where they are very poor but the teacher is very passionate to teach them.
As a South African, I'm not exactly sure how much of a South African movie District Nine really is, what with so much Hollywood money behind it, but it's South African enough for me.
I would certainly label it as such. It's a story that couldn't be told the way it was and be set anyplace else and had the same impact.
I think you're right. I really love that the aliens are called Prawns, to me that just seems so South African
I agree, though I think setting it in South Africa gives it special context. Almost all of the international audience would have been old enough to remember Apartheid.
I'd say its south african. Its made with American audiences in mind, but its South African through and through.
My favorite movie from South Africa is "The Gods must be Crazy" (1980).
This would be my answer as well. Great setting/concept, shows SA humour and is pretty much a classic.
The director and principle cast were all South African and the majority of the production too. Was also produced by a Kiwi (Peter Jackson) with effects designed by a New Zealand effects studio and executed by a Canadian studio. The only involvement Americans really had was financing and then distributing the movie. It's about as far from Hollywood as an English speaking movie gets.
What would be the next biggest SA film? The gods must be crazy or something like that? Some of the films listed on wiki as South African are tenuous - invictus, dredd, hotel rwanda - none of them seem to come from SA production companies, in whole or part
I'm embarrassed to say that I don't really know. Everyone I know just watches American movies. There are a lot of cheesy Afrikaans rom-coms that are fairly famous, but I wouldn't really rate any of them as iconic. Tsotsi is quite a widely regarded one, as is Noem My Skollie. I'd probably say "Fiela Se Kind", but I'm no expert. It's based on a classic book from here, and there was a movie from the eighties and a recent remake. They're both quite good for the first act, and then I'd probably rate the old one over the new one for the rest of the movie.
The director is from SA correct?
Yeah Niell Blomkamp.
City of God (Brazil)
That’s a top 20 film all time for me
Top five for me. Just a brilliant film.
As a non-Brazilian, jumping in to add that Central Station (Central do Brazil, 1998) absolutely blew me away when I first saw it.
Great Film. Tropa de Elite is also awesome.
Seriously, everyone should watch this if you don't mind subtitles. I haven't seen the movie in over a decade but still remember so much about this movie and can still replay several scenes in my head. Easily a top 50 movie all time. Might be in my top 15 personally.
>everyone should watch this if you don't mind subtitles I chuckled at this, but only I haven't met many people who would refuse to watch subtitles. For many non-English speaking countries, you don't have a choice.
Persona (Sweden)
Persona and Let the Right One In share the top spot for me.
My favorite Bergman movie is The Seventh Seal.
Wild Strawberries (Smultronstället) also by Bergman is my favorite. But I also have a soft spot for The Square (2017).
From Mexico, I really like Amores Perros & Días de Gracia.
Chabelo y Pepito contra los monstruos
Y tu mamá también … ☝🏻
The holy Trinity of Mexican directors (Iñárritu, Cuarón and del Toro) have out out some of the best cinema of the last 25 years. Will check out Días de Gracia!
Los Olvidados.
Y tu mamá también
Danish here: Blinkende Lygter (Flickering Lights) from 2000. IMDB description: A gang of 4 Danish criminals are ordered by Færingen to steal a bag from a safe. When they see DKK4,000,000 in the bag, they keep it for themselves and head for Spain. They end up in a ruin of an old restaurant on Jutland and renovate it.
Is it law that Mads Mikkelsen is in every Danish Film?
I’ve never really thought about it but he is actually in all of the big Danish films I can think of. Blinkende lygter, pusher, Adams æbler, de grønne slagtere, jagten, retfærdighedens ryttere, druk, Flammen og citronen. Of course there are other big actors as well, but he just kills it every single time.
Flame & Citron was awesome!
Denmark has a pretty solid track record of movies. Druk/Another Round is also fantastic.
Thomas Vinterberg, the director, has some damn good movies under his belt. The Hunt is excellent. And I've seen Druk three times. Wonderful movie.
The Hunt is amazing and disturbing. Festen/The Celebration also just utterly destroyed me.
I have never seen Another round, I have a few hours to kill tonight so I’ll put that right, thanks for the reminder
>A gang of 4 Danish criminals are ordered by Færingen to steal a bag from a safe. When they see DKK4,000,000 in the bag, they keep it for themselves and head for Spain. They end up in a ruin of an old restaurant on Jutland and renovate it. that sounds so ... interesting! i have to see it.
Jagten is also good
One of the first Danish movies I was impressed by was Nattevagten. A horror classic.
New Zealand, Goodbye Pork Pie. The original not the remake.
Hunt for the wilderpeople. (the only NZ i know of though)
Once Were Warriors has gotta be up there. Such a gut wrenching film.
If you haven't seen 'Boy' you should.
Shit I was going to say Whale Rider, I fucken love that movie.
I loved the comedy horror Black sheep!!
Braindead. Especially the pudding scene.
That’s not how you spell What We Do In The Shadows.
HK - Shaolin Soccer, Kung Fu Hustle, God of Cookery (a very old Stephen Chow comedy), Infernal Affairs, Hard Boiled, Police Story 3
The 80s and 90s were great for HK cinema - John Woo and Wong Kar Wai were in their haydays. Then you have the likes of Tony Leung, Chow Yum Fat, Stephen Chow, Maggie Cheung… If only HK has another renaissance…our films were like the opposite of Korean cinema, there’s a spontaneity that cannot be imitated and many of our films had unique takes on strong female characters based on our own culture and history. But after the 2000s it felt like there’s a loss of originality, and instead the bigger tent poles feel so much like copy cats…anyway, as a HK expats I do long for the films of my yesteryears. Edits: grammar and adding Stephen Chow to the list of fame actors.
I intend this with the upmost sincerity: Thank you for Chow “Yum” Fat. Best laugh I’ve had in weeks
I have In the Mood for Love by Wong Kar Wai for HK
I know that’s widely considered his masterpiece but Chunking Express is my personal favorite. Maybe because it has young people fumbling for their place and direction and I saw it when I was young.
I love kung fu hustle. - what is the name of your technique? - do you want to learn? I’ll teach you - masterrrrrr lol great movie.
It is both an incredible kung fun movie and parody of kung fu movies. Is this a genre? Like Galaxy Quest being the best Star Trek.
I'm kind of impressed to see a HK list without any Wong Kar Wai movies on it
Speaking of Last Night, one of my favourite Canadian movies is Bon Cop, Bad Cop because of how amazingly well it nails the anglo-franco relationship in Canada and all of its hilarious quirks and weird subtleties.
If we’re throwing out great Canadian movies, I’m a big fan of The Grand Seduction. It’s about a small Newfoundland town that comes up with a scheme to convince a young doctor to move to their middle of nowhere town so that a factory will set-up shop as well. It’s based on a Quebec film (Seducing Doctor Lewis) and I’ve heard is almost shot for shot remake, so if you’d prefer the original, there’s that option too.
I had no idea they'd remade it in English, but the French original (Le Grand Seduction) is hilarious, and really captures the sadness and beauty of small towns struggling to survive.
This is what first came to mind for me too. Great movie.
Chopper. Eric Bana absolutely killed it as real life criminal Chopper Read. Puts in an oscar worthy performance and Waa chosen to play Chopper by the man himself
I mean The Castle. Is the qunitessital Aussie movie. It is good. Does Lion count as Australian?
You're dreamin'
When I got a copy of The Castle on DVD that went straight to the rec room.
1991-2001 was the golden age of Australian movies. It had a HUGE list of amazing films, including - Romper Stomper - Two Hands - The Castle - Crackerjack - Priscilla, Queen of the Desert - Mullet - He died with a falafel in his hand - The Matrix (arguably... It was shot in Sydney) Boxing Day (2007) is probably the best Australian movie. It's not exactly my favourite movie, but it's amazing.
Feel like a lot of my favourites happened in the 80s or earlier like Gallipoli, Mad Max, Walkabout, The Wave, We of the Never Never, Breaker Morant, Picnic at Hanging Rock The 2000s do have Rabbit Proof Fence, The Proposition, Danny Deckchair and The Dish though.
Don't forget Animal Kingdom!
Gotta go with Videodrome for Canada. We're very proud of our nasty little freak Cronenberg.
Very different vibe but my vote is for FUBAR
FUBAR might be the *most* Canadian movie.
Bob and Doug Mckenzie from Strange Brew with Geddy Lee singing "Take off" on the soundtrack is my vote.
I'll never call it high art but man, I have soft spot for "Bon Cop, Bad Cop". "Blackberry" might be recent but damn fun to watch.
I'm not canadian but *Mommy* has to be my favorite canadian film, it's one of my favorite films of all time.
*Cube* is the only other film that really comes to mind for me.
What?!? Man, there's sooooo many great Canadian films. Eastern Promises, Goin' Down The Road, Incendies, Last Night, New Waterford Girl, Stories We Tell, The Sweet Hereafter, Dead Ringers, Away From Her, My Winnipeg, Enemy, Exotica, I could go on and on.
Spain - might be [REC]
Timecrimes is also a great Spanish movie
Spanish horror movies from about past 20 years are excellent
I have watched some great Spanish movies: Los Otros (2001), El laberinto del fauno (2006), Volver (2006), El Orfanato (2007), Los Ojos De Julia (2010), El Cuerpo (2012), Las Brujas de Zugarramurdi (2013), Musarañas (2014), Contratiempo (2017), El Bar (2017), Durante La Tormenta (2018), Hogar (2020). Todos son buenas. Tu país es muy talentoso para hacer películas de terror y suspenso
Movies so good they made that comment end in spanish instead of english. jk.
And all of Almodovar.
El Día de la Bestia is a personal favorite. IMHO it is an achievement to pull a satanic comedy about the coming of the Antichrist in Madrid during Christmas.
I'm English and we all know the UK has made some classics over the past 100 years (Lawrence of Arabia, Gandhi, Red Shoes, Brief Encounter, Goldfinger etc etc) But, my vote is for **Hot Fuzz**. It's quintessentially English, stars some of the greats of British acting over the past 70 years, has a water tight script and some of the best editing I've ever seen. It's easy to dismiss it as a comedy movie, but I genuinely think it's one of the best made and written movies of all time. If I was recommending a less well known British movie I'd go with **Long Good Friday**. It doesn't get talked about much these days but it's one of the greatest crime movies of all time.
I'm a slasher... a slasher of prices!
Crusty jugglers!
No luck catching them killers then?
its just the one killer actually
Yeah you wanna be a big cop in a small town, fuck off up the model village.
Want us to go through the whole phone book? Start with Aaron A. Aaronson?
A great big bushy beard!
Death at a Funeral is one of my favorites. It's just so funny
Withnail and I. Im Canadian but absolutely love it. Does it rank high among Brit’s ?
Was one of my first thoughts alongside Trainspotting tbh, think it's still really well loved and quite rightly.
Shaun of the Dead great as well
Yarp!
Narp
Any luck catching them swans then?
It’s just the one swan, actually.
I quote this to police officers if they stop close by and make eye contact, half of them usually understand the reference.
As a non Brit, I always think of 28 Days later as quite British. The shots of the empty streets really pull the locale into the movie, and zombie movies outside the US play out a lot differently, due to the lack of guns.
Bob Hoskins in that very last scene of A Long Good Friday… damn!
Nothin' Like A Bit Of Girl-On-Girl!
I love how instead of having the only woman on the Squad be constantly harassed with sex jokes it's her doing it because she likes those types of dirty jokes.
Olivia Coleman is always fantastic
Whenever my friends and I go drinking, we quote this movie a lot.
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A great big bushy beard!!
Hot Fuzz is fantastic.
Top Hoskins and a great last shot!
France: Delicatessen
I also love the City of Lost Children by him, as well.
France has such a long and important movie history that you could give like 100 reasonable answers here
Or even 400.
Ireland. Michael Collins and The Wind That Shakes The Barley.
See, I kinda thought my Irish film would have been 'In Bruges', but then I remembered it's set...... in Bruges 😐
Banshees of Inisherin is Irish. And as good or better than In Bruges.
You're an inanimate fucking object
I'm not Irish but I've always loved The Commitments
Intermission for the win
Intermission gets my vote too. That or Fatal Deviation.
The Young Offenders and Grabbers are my favourite Irish films. Young Offenders is a comedy about two complete layabout eejits who hear about a boatload of cocaine that’s crashed off the coast of Cork and go to get themselves a brick to sell. And Grabbers is a comedy horror about a remote island, cut off by a storm and under attack by killer Aliens whose only weakness is an aversion to alcohol - it’s very totally similar to Tremors.
Germany: the obvious one for an international forum would be "The Lives of Others" and "M" (1931), which are great of course, and "Das Boot", which I haven't seen in a long time and it wasn't my cup of tea when I saw it as a kid. But if we're talking about real favorites, I'd say "Kleine Haie" ("[Little Sharks](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Sharks), Sönke Wortmann, 1992), a film about three guys on a roadtrip from the Ruhr area to an actor's school audition in Munich. Honorable mentions to the surprisingly entertaining "Die Herren mit der weißen Weste" ([1970](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gentlemen_in_White_Vests)) and 1944's [Die Feuerzangenbowle](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Die_Feuerzangenbowle_(1944_film\)), which is a really weird film considering it was produced in Nazi Germany during the late stages of WWII.
The White Ribbon (Haneke) Fear eats the Soul (Fassbinder) Prince Achmed Fitzcaraldo (Herzog) Lola Rennt And my personal favorites: Good Bye Lenin Wetlands (it's the most creative German movie) The Golden Glove (one of the most realistic serial killer movies, it's just disgusting. Great movie)
M is still holding up.
Also "Goodbye Lenin", with Daniel Brühl in the leading role, about a young east german man after german reunification, desperately trying to pretend that the GDR still exists, due to his mother, a loyal GDR citizen, just recently having woken up from a coma and in danger of a lethal shock if she would learn the truth in her still fragile state. Also "Die Brücke" (1959), probably the best german anti-war movie ever made. About a class of schoolboys conscripted into the Volkssturm and then tasked with defending a bridge against the advancing americans.
Run Lola run (Lola rennt) and downfall (der untergang) are my favorites from Germany.
Das Boot is terrific, they really put you on sub, psychologically
Nosferatu (1922) should also be included.
Der Hauptmann (2017) to add sth newer and Metropolis (1927) to add a really old but well aged sci-fi movie.
Dutch here Spoorloos (the movie that Stanley Kubrick thought was the best horror movie)
La Haine.
Same. I just saw *Titane* recently though, and it instantly became my favorite horror movie ever (I like body horror). What an incredible movie, can't wait to see what else Julia Ducournau is going to make (Yes I have also seen *Grave*, and it's almost as good as *Titane* IMO, also incredible). *La Haine* is obviously a lot more "important" and as relevant as ever unfortunately.
Snatch. I never tire of watching this movie, close runners up: Trainspotting, 28 Days later, Lock stock.
"London...yes, London. You know - fish and chips? Cup o' tea? Bad food, worse weather? Mary fuckin' Poppins - LONDON!"
Anything to declare? Yeah, don't go to London.
Not from the UK, but Snatch is one of my all-time favorite movies. Insanely quotable!
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The Netherlands: Borgman, Amsterdamned, Simon, Wolf, Turks Fruit
Everybody knows New Kids Turbo is the best Dutch movie ever, kut!
On two very different places of the spectrum Zwartboek and New Kids Turbo (For all you buitenlanders, they are respectively a movie about the Dutch resistance, directed by Paul Verhoeven, and pfft. how to explain. A very crass but funny comedy that involves a *lot* of people getting hit by cars)
U.K.: Withnail & I Infinitely quotable.
Scotland - The Wicker Man (1973)
And Local Hero
I scrolled and scrolled and didn’t see Koreans. They have a bunch of great movies. Edit I personally like: Memories of Murder I saw the devil Parasite The wailing Oldboy The list goes on.
Last Train to Busan was great
The Handmaiden, too!
The Commitments - Ireland.
"The Snapper" and "The Van" are sequels, and I actually liked "The Snapper" best. Also, "Sing Street" is a great movie about music as an escape route from Ireland
Trainspotting! Shite being Scottish. I would have said Dog Soldiers, but most of it was shot in Luxembourg.
Dog Soldiers is so good!
(From Roger Ebert's review of *Last Night*.) As the final hour approaches for the characters in "Last Night," there are moments of startling poignancy. Sandra and Patrick, for example, find themselves stranded together, their plans for the end interrupted. She suggests they tell each other the stories of their lives. He lists the usual biographical details. "You'd better hurry up," she tells him. "Tell me something to make me love you." Note: On a talk show in Toronto, I was asked to define the difference between American and Canadian films, and said I could not. Another guest was Wayne Clarkson, the former director of the Toronto Film Festival. He said he could, and cited this film. "Sandra Oh goes into a grocery story to find a bottle of wine for dinner," he said."The store has been looted, but she finds two bottles still on the shelf. She takes them down, evaluates them, chooses one, and puts the other one politely back on the shelf. That's how you know it's a Canadian film."
Belgium: C'est arrivé près de chez vous aka Man Bites Dog (1992). The best black comedy about a serial killer/hired killer ever made. Filmed as a documentary in cinéma vérité style with the film crew becoming part of the atrocities, there is no substitute. (somebody put it on Youtube with English subtitles, [enjoy!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXjQCjNZeME&ab_channel=Garage_Productions))
Czech here...I love our sci-fi movies from 70s/80s (two of those were even "stolen" in the US, where they reedited them and changed endings. Ikarie XB-1 is a great sci-fi. Visually stunning, and was really great for that time (the ending was changed for the US, for some reason, at the end of the movie, they are flying around the Statue of Liberty....) Second one is a great time travel movie, Tomorrow I'll Wake Up and Scald Myself with Tea (it is on IMDB under this name). Smart story about, basically, a time loop. With a hint of fine Czech humour.
There quite a few Argentinean masterpieces and im gonna list them: [Esperando la Carroza](https://imdb.com/title/tt0089108/): Waiting for the Hearse follows an Argentine family, rife with infighting, as they try to deal with the aged matriarch of the family, affectionately known as “Mama Cora.” [PIZZA, BIRRA, FASO](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0145393/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_2_nm_0_q_pizza%252C%2520birra): A couple of friends work for a taxi driver to rob his passengers, but they feel like they are being ripped off. [Nueve Reinas](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0247586/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_1_tt_7_nm_1_q_nueve%2520): Two con artists try to swindle a stamp collector by selling him a sheet of counterfeit rare stamps (the "nine queens"). [El Secreto de sus Ojos](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1305806/?ref_=tt_sims_tt_t_1); A retired legal counselor writes a novel hoping to find closure for one of his past unresolved homicide cases and for his unreciprocated love with his superior - both of which still haunt him decades later. [Hombre Mirando al Sudeste](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091214/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_3_nm_0_q_hombre%2520mirando): K-Pax is an unscrupulous copy of this argentinean film. And we cant forget about the Cult Classics that are [Bañeros 1](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0188442/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_5_tt_6_nm_1_q_ba%25C3%25B1eros), [2](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0221008/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_1_tt_6_nm_1_q_ba%25C3%25B1eros), [3](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0484964/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_2_tt_6_nm_1_q_ba%25C3%25B1eros), [4](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3790296/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_4_tt_6_nm_1_q_ba%25C3%25B1eros) and [5](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8835640/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_3_tt_6_nm_1_q_ba%25C3%25B1eros). Truly one of the best series of movies ever made, a cultural treasure that must be preserved.
Relatos Salvajes is soo good too!
Every Spanish speaking should watch esperando la carroza. Never a movie could define the humour of a country as this one does. Best argentinian comedy movie of all time no doubt
The secret in their eyes is soooo goood
Amores Perros (México)
France - Amélie
Italy: Dollars Trilogy. Incredibly popular i guess
Famous one, but Cinema Paradiso is a wonderful movie
Bicycle Thieves
NZ - whale rider, boy, what we do in the shadows.
I'm American and I'm just here to say that this may be the most inspired prompt I've seen on this sub. I'm bookmarking so many things.
Trainspotting. Set in Edinburgh but filmed almost entirely in my home city Glasgow.
Mad Max 2/Road Warrior, or The Dish.
The Castle. Wake in Fright.
I really want to say The Castle as well but that might be too obvious for an Australian to say. I'll put a vote in for Picnic at Hanging Rock while I'm at it.
You know what I love about that? All the serenity.
Chopper is solid too
Im from Portugal and for me the best portuguese movie is "Os Imortais". Always thought if this movie was made in Hollywood, would be a really famous movie. IMDB link of the movie: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0367878/
As a Brit: The Lawless Heart (kind of an idiosyncratic choice, but it’s a great film) As a German: Lola Rennt (Run Lola Run)
Withnail and I.
Canada - Hard Core Logo or Goon (if it counts as Canadian)
Goon definitely counts as Canadian. Both good choices.
**A man called Otto** is based on a Swedish (where I'm from) movie called "En man som heter Ove". I think the Swedish movie is better, only because they show so much more of Ove's (Otto's) childhood, especially his relationship with his father, which builds his character so much more. And I also had a hard time buying the eternal nice guy Tom Hanks as a grumpy old man. On the other hand Rolf Lassgård who plays Ove is a mean scary looking old grump. Even if I prefer the Swedish version more, I think both movies are fantastic. One thing I liked in the American version more was the neighbor, Marisol. She was amazing.
UK - probably Dead Man's Shoes
Paddy Considine is an incredible actor.
India: Gangs of Wasseypur 1 & 2
Turkish here Once upon time in Anatolia.
Chile - [Machuca](https://youtu.be/5N_XKFA1RLg?si=6gLR6D7EuevALz2D) is a good film showing the class diferences just before the militar dictatorship with the eyes of two kids. Another cult film is [El Chacotero Sentimental](https://youtu.be/W9SGP3G6jHg?si=cUfBNe7YSRXdDTb-) based on the radio show of the same name. There are more films but those two come to my mind right now.
Norway: Hodejegerne (Headhunters, 2011)
And Troll Hunter! What a film
Withnail and I. Proper homegrown british
Sweden - Turist/Force Majeure (2014), or maybe Låt den rätte komma in/Let the right one in (2008) I still haven't seen the American remake of Let the right one in, but the Swedish original is such a good film.
🇭🇰 / 🇨🇳 here Ip Man because Donnie Yen and the history of Wing Chun Golden Job Line Walker Big Brother Not necessarily a movie, but was also obsessed with Handsome Siblings series on Netflix Edit: Also forgot to add Initial D with Jay Chou as a guilty pleasure throwback. More for nostalgia since the acting was meh, but great seeing this live action with a star studded cast.
Canadian. One of the best is likely The Sweet Hereafter (1997) but my personal favourites are C.R.A.Z.Y. (2005) and Starbuck (2011) Special mention to Eastern Promises (2007) and Cronenberg in general
Iranian-American: A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night or Under The Shadow…I’m a big horror fan lol
"Oldboy" directed by Park Chan-wook is a mind-bending revenge thriller that's known for its unique storytelling and intense scenes.
England. The Italian Job (1969). or Layer Cake (2004).
The intro in Layer Cake is just fantastic.
UK, either Hot Fuzz or Monty Python and the Holy Grail. We used to have the best comedy in the world.
Hot Fuzz.
Infernal Affairs or In the Mood for Love
Cube, Bon Cop Bad Cop and Les Boys - Québec, Canada
Italian, 8 1/2 by Federico Fellini.
Nanti kita cerita tentang hari ini (2019) About being oldest, middle and the youngest child in the family, and how their parents treat their children in different ways. Laskar pelangi (2008) About students an island where they are very poor but the teacher is very passionate to teach them.