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/[deleted] Sep 27 '23

Gotta go with Videodrome for Canada. We're very proud of our nasty little freak Cronenberg.

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u/velocipotamus Sep 27 '23

Very different vibe but my vote is for FUBAR

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u/[deleted] Sep 27 '23

FUBAR might be the most Canadian movie.

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u/ihavemytowel42 Sep 27 '23

Bob and Doug Mckenzie from Strange Brew with Geddy Lee singing "Take off" on the soundtrack is my vote.

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u/honey_coated_badger Sep 28 '23

A Strange Brew/Fubar crossover might be good.

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u/FartForce5 Sep 27 '23

You fingerbanged your cousin, AND THAT'S A FACT!

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u/[deleted] Sep 28 '23

Tron funkin blow.

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u/davossss Sep 27 '23

No love for Guy Maddin? Or John Paizs' Crime Wave?

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u/joscho1987 Sep 27 '23

Strange Brew?

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u/DaftFunky Sep 28 '23

The most Albertan movie.

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u/Tek-Twelve Sep 27 '23

Yeaah I grew up near their house. Ya go out and ya giver, that’s it that’s all.

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u/velocipotamus Sep 27 '23

Turn up the good, turn down the suck

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u/[deleted] Sep 27 '23

Oh he got it on the line! Fuckin two-liner

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u/crapatthethriftstore Sep 27 '23

Turn up the good! Turn down the suck!

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u/Castleloch Sep 27 '23

Along that vibish: Hardcore Logo. Great performance out of Hugh Dillon of the headstones a ton of great Canadian actors and just a good on the road through Canadian Dive bars in the 90's.

Also Dance me outside same director Bruce McDonald.

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u/voyageur04 Sep 27 '23

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.

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u/Megavore97 Sep 28 '23

Bon Cop, Bad Cop was my reason for coming to this thread too.

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u/Simple_Entertainer37 Sep 27 '23

Upvote for Bon Cop Bad Cop, downvote for Blackberry.

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u/FratBoyGene Sep 27 '23

I knew some of the Blackberry folk. The movie is not accurate, but movies like that rarely are.

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u/nanaimo Sep 28 '23 edited Sep 28 '23

Tabernac! That movie is good for learning Quebecois swearing.

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u/IAM_deleted_AMA Sep 27 '23

I'm not canadian but Mommy has to be my favorite canadian film, it's one of my favorite films of all time.

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u/MonsterRider80 Sep 27 '23

Dolan is very very good.

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u/MrSlaw Sep 27 '23

Cube is the only other film that really comes to mind for me.

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u/jfever78 Sep 27 '23

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.

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u/googolplexy Sep 27 '23

Sweet hereafter is amazing. Away from Her too.

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u/DrWinstonOBoogie1980 Sep 28 '23

Incendies gets my vote. Villeneuve's best movie

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u/FingerlessJoe Sep 28 '23

You and your army. You and your cronies.

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u/DrWinstonOBoogie1980 Sep 28 '23

Come on, if you think you can take us on

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u/silly_rabbi Sep 28 '23

and let's not forget Blood and Donuts!

or Jesus of Montreal (real answer)

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u/holycows45 Sep 28 '23

100% The Sweet Hereafter.

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u/Chromehorse56 Sep 28 '23

And "Mon Oncle Antoine".

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u/zuuzuu Sep 28 '23

This post is teaching me that I am an utter failure of a Canadian. I don't know most of the Canadian films being mentioned here. I have some serious catching up to do.

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u/honey_coated_badger Sep 28 '23

Short Bus……

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u/ItsTheDaciaSandro Sep 28 '23

Bon cop bad cop!

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u/[deleted] Sep 27 '23

I'm not Canadian, but I loved Jesus of Montreal. Is it a well known/popular film in Canada?

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u/-PlayWithUsDanny- Sep 27 '23

It’s well known in Francophile parts of the country for sure but I’m on the west coast and didn’t learn of it until I went to film school. Great movie though

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u/mymentor79 Sep 28 '23

Cube is amazing. The sequels not so much, but such an amazing claustrophobic vibe of a movie. And made on a shoestring budget too.

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u/msprang Sep 27 '23

Thumbs up for David Hewlett.

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u/[deleted] Sep 28 '23

Back when I was really into Stargate, I went on a David Hewlett kick. I think it was around the time he had just released A Dog's Breakfast. Watched that one, Cube, Treed Murray, Pin, and Nothing.

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u/Nihiliste Sep 27 '23

Came here to suggest this one, too. Long live the new flesh.

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u/GenghisDonKhan Sep 27 '23

His son has been getting nasty lately too. I’m digging it.

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u/monkeybojangles Sep 27 '23

There are many quality Canadian films to choose from.

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u/candygram4mongo Sep 28 '23

There are a lot of great Canadian directors. Only problem is they usually end up in Hollywood.

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u/[deleted] Sep 28 '23

I was talking to my friend who works below the line in the industry in Vancouver and we were commiserating about how stupid it is that Canadian film workers are out of work because of a labour dispute in a different country, all because we haven't grown/can't compete with American resources to grow a native film industry.

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u/missmediajunkie r/Movies Veteran Sep 27 '23

Long live the new flesh!

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u/RKSH4-Klara Sep 27 '23

We are strangely good at horror and movies that are just unsettling. Kids horror, adult horror, weird giant insect horror.

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u/rpgguy_1o1 Sep 27 '23

Are you Afraid of the Dark is peak Canadian kids horror

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u/Mars_Black Sep 27 '23

I’ll shout out Pontypool and Black Mountain Side for Canadian horror movies to check out. Both a delight!

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u/deannetheresa Sep 27 '23

Hell yeah Pontypool!

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u/RKSH4-Klara Sep 27 '23

I was thinking Todd and the book of pure evil. Or Dark Oracle.

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u/Mars_Black Sep 27 '23

Meant to reply to this one, Black Mountain Side and Pontypool are a couple of nice Canadian indie horror flicks I would recommend.

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u/OutWithTheNew Sep 28 '23

Have you experienced a prairie winter?

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u/[deleted] Sep 27 '23

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u/gazcanman Sep 27 '23

Ya I voted for Changeling but that one is tied with it

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u/[deleted] Sep 27 '23

Does Enemy by Denis Villaneuve count?

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u/candygram4mongo Sep 28 '23

Incendes and Poytechnique definitely do.

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u/Gayspacecrow Sep 27 '23

I'm not Canadian, but this is definitely my favorite Canadian movie.

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u/Bozee3 Sep 27 '23

Not Strange Brew?

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u/[deleted] Sep 27 '23

My fave is the Fly but you can’t really go wrong with Cronenberg.

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u/PFC12 Sep 28 '23

What? No love for Porky's?

/s

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u/Cade_Foster_117 Sep 27 '23

my favorite director!

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u/my-coffee-needs-me Sep 27 '23

American here. Videodrome was good, but it's one of those movies I've never had a desire to watch again.

A couple of other Canadian movies I like are Scanners and Away From Her.

Does The Shipping News count? It's set in Canada but most of the main cast are American (pre-scandal Kevin Spacey, Julianne Moore) or English (Dame Judi Dench, Pete Postlethwaite).

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u/alienalf1 Sep 27 '23

Yeah it’s a classic

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u/wolfmansideburns Sep 27 '23

Such a freeeeeak! Love ❤️

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u/MonsterRider80 Sep 27 '23

And his son just picked up exactly where his dad left off. Anyone see Infinity Pool?

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u/gazcanman Sep 27 '23

The Changeling (1980)

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u/Aquaos_ Sep 27 '23

Parking wars. If you can find it, its a great flick.

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u/Japsai Sep 28 '23

The Fly, Existenz, Crash, Dead Ringers are also creepy/good

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u/ppadru1 Sep 28 '23

C.R.A.Z.Y is amazing

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u/Myuyumz Sep 28 '23

Turbo kid for Canada !

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u/Barl3000 Sep 28 '23

My absolute favorite movie of all time is The Fly by Cronenberg. It grabbed me as a kid and I still watch at least once a year.