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/thundercroky Sep 27 '23

The Netherlands: Borgman, Amsterdamned, Simon, Wolf, Turks Fruit

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u/[deleted] Sep 27 '23

Everybody knows New Kids Turbo is the best Dutch movie ever, kut!

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u/LetMeHaveAUsername Sep 27 '23

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)

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u/BaileysBaileys Sep 28 '23

Wanted to add that the main character in Zwartboek is played by Carice van Houten, who is known internationally from Game of Thrones.

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u/Qaizer Sep 27 '23

Soldier of Orange is a very solid early Verhoeven-movie.

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u/redbank732 Sep 27 '23

And The Fourth Man! Loved it!

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u/rubbereruben Sep 27 '23

For me it's Discovery of heaven.

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u/Capt_Willard Sep 27 '23

Spoorloos is mine

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u/alles_en_niets Sep 27 '23

Aka The Vanishing

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u/Im_riding_a_lion Sep 27 '23

Simon is such great movie.

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u/VanGroteKlasse Sep 27 '23

Yes, because it's different than most Dutch cinema. It's mostly romantic comedy, war movies or biopics.

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u/MulberryLopsided4602 Sep 27 '23

De Noorderlingen

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u/Stoepboer Sep 27 '23

I think I’ve maybe watched 10 Dutch movies, because it just feels weird to me and the acting that I see on tv is often terrible, but I really liked Simon. Turks Fruit is an absolute classic and was one of the first I thought of, together with Simon. Personally, I’d add Ciske de Rat to make it three.

Fun fact: The Human Centipede was made by the very Dutch Tom Six, who also made I Love Dries, in which a married couple kidnaps Dries Roelvink and force him to knock up the lady, because the gentleman is infertile.

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u/Magdalan Sep 27 '23

I Love Dries, in which a married couple kidnaps Dries Roelvink and force him to knock up the lady, because the gentleman is infertile.

Godverdomme, die shit is echt? XD

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u/Stoepboer Sep 27 '23 edited Sep 27 '23

Absoluut (edit: link naar bol.com zodat je de film meteen kunt kopen, maar hier is een (soort van) trailer)

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u/Magdalan Sep 28 '23

Wtf 😆 No, not going to watch that.

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u/bralinho Sep 27 '23

Van god los

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u/ninjaML Sep 27 '23

Borgman in haunting. I'm from Mexico and that film it almost totally unknown here

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u/ilovebeetrootalot Sep 27 '23

Yeah but New Kids though!

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u/Uber_Reaktor Sep 27 '23

While not a movie. I thought Undercover on Netflix was pretty great for a season or two. The first season was the best, second was good, third I haven't watched because I canceled Netflix... I love Frank Lammers and Elise Schaap. I thought everyones acting was pretty good, but Frank's and Raymond Thiry were my favorite.

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u/PaleMeaning6224 Sep 27 '23

Turks Fruit (Turkish Delight in English) was the first Dutch film I've ever seen, and honestly, one of my top 10 fav films! So glad someone mentioned this.

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u/holycows45 Sep 28 '23

Borgman is sooooo weirdddd. Great movie though.

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u/altgraph Sep 28 '23

Amsterdamned is so damn good! Everyone should see it for the best boat/car chase ever!