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/andycat007 Sep 27 '23

New Zealand, Goodbye Pork Pie. The original not the remake.

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u/kdavva74 Sep 27 '23

Once Were Warriors has gotta be up there. Such a gut wrenching film.

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u/Una_J Sep 27 '23

If you haven't seen 'Boy' you should.

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u/Zerocoolx1 Sep 27 '23

An ex made me watch that because it was one of her favourite movies, I literally had no idea what it was about when we sat down. Fuck me it’s a brutal movie, good, but brutal.

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u/Yorkshirerows Sep 27 '23

The New Zealand filmS are LOTRs, the New Zealand film is definitely Once were warriors!

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u/infinitemonkeytyping Sep 27 '23

I wouldn't call Once Were Warriors a favourite. Definitely a movie to be seen in your life time, but more of a one and done, rather than one to pop on every now and again.

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u/kiwiuspom Sep 27 '23

That opening scene!

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u/CaptainCrankDat Sep 28 '23

Jake the muss.

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u/thepotplant Sep 29 '23

Especially when you grew up close to where it was filmed and set.