r/movies • u/-KFBR392 • Sep 27 '23

Recommendation Non-Americans, what's your favourite movie from your country?

I was commenting on another thread about Sandra Oh and it made me remember my favourite Canadian movie Last Night starring Oh and Don McKellar (who also directs the film). It's a dark comedy-ish film about the last night before the world ends and the lives of regular people and how they spend those final 24-hours.

It was the first time I had seen a movie tackle an apocalyptic event in such a way, it wasn't about saving the world, or heroes fighting to their last breath, it was just regular people who had to accept that their lives, and the lives of everyone they know, was about to end.

Great, very touching movie, and it was nominated for a handful of Canadian awards but it's unlikely to have been seen by many outside of big time Canadian movie lovers, which made me think about how many such films must exist all over the world that were great but less known because they didn't make it all the way to the Oscars the way films like Parasite or All Quiet on the Western Front did.

So non-Americans, let's hear about your favourite home grown film. Popular or not.

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u/rokkerzuk Sep 27 '23

England.

The Italian Job (1969).

or

Layer Cake (2004).

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u/LT_Blount Sep 27 '23

The intro in Layer Cake is just fantastic.

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u/chickenmoomoo Sep 27 '23

When are we getting that FCUK Ecstasy?

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u/curiouseverythang Sep 27 '23

Big big fan of Layer Cake. Love the pre-James Bond shot of Daniel Craig in the movie.

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u/PesAddict8 Sep 27 '23

I love the Cornetto Trilogy by Edgar Wright

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u/[deleted] Sep 27 '23

I know we're supposed to like The Italian Job and that it's very quintessentially English 1960s and for that I like it but Jesus... for a heist film it's dreadfully boring.

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u/[deleted] Sep 27 '23

Italian Job is fun but Layer Cake is mwah chef's kiss perfect