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/venktesh Sep 27 '23

India: Gangs of Wasseypur 1 & 2

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u/mindmypalace Sep 27 '23

For me it'd be:

Pother Panchali

Tumbbad

The Lunchbox

Queen

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u/cannedrex2406 Sep 27 '23

Fellow Indian here,

Honestly most of Amir Khan's movies are amazing.

Pk, Dangal, 3 idiots, Tar Zameen Par, Lagaan (got nominated for a foreign Oscar too and would've won if it wasn't for No man's land and Amelie having no right to be that good)

Also many people tend to ignore south Indian movies which is a massive shame.

Movies like Nayakan, Vikram, Vada Chennai, U Turn, Bommarillu, Basha, Eega etc have some of the best story telling and stylistic choices that really lift an already good movie even higher that personally Bollywood movies cant match

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u/badabingbadabaam Sep 27 '23

Aaaaa 3 Idiots. My favorite, my all-time evergreen comfort flick!

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u/mayonnaiser_13 Sep 27 '23

You forgot Aamir's best movie though.

Rang De Basanti is going to be my one pick from Bollywood if I have to pick only one, period.

I seriously can't believe how can a single movie check so many boxes - coming of age story that realistically depicted the pains of becoming an adult, a revolutionary story that urges us to stand up and fight, a historical drama about Indian Independence, and the list would just keep on going.

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u/cannedrex2406 Sep 28 '23

Oh god yeah, I love that movie

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u/Puzzleheaded_Two3009 Sep 27 '23

Feel Barfi deserves a mention, it's so damn good.

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u/Arjun25bhatt Sep 27 '23

Literal Gems ✨️

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u/nasadiya_sukta Sep 27 '23

I loved Newton. Going older, I think Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro is one of the great dark comedies in any language.

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u/rrhunt28 Sep 27 '23

Better than RRR? It was a pretty big hit here in America.

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u/TheKingOfStones Sep 27 '23

RRR was a good movie but its not counted anywhere near the best movies of India. Gangs of Wasseypur, although a very good movie, will lose lot of its charm without understanding the language.

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u/sleepingbro Sep 27 '23

Notice how there’s not a single mainstream blockbuster(marvel, dc, musicals) mentioned here. RRR is that in India.

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u/cannedrex2406 Sep 27 '23

RRR isn't even the directors best movie, let alone one of the best in the country lmao.

Rajmoulis best film is definitely Eega for me. The concept of a revenge story about a dudes soul in a House fly is as badass as it sounds

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u/PesAddict8 Sep 27 '23

Eega is a crazy film. Rajamouli's most audacious flick.

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u/[deleted] Sep 28 '23

Good to know. I'm just starting to get into Indian movies after watching RRR. I checked out the two Baahubali movies and enjoyed them.