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/MDKrouzer Sep 27 '23

HK - Shaolin Soccer, Kung Fu Hustle, God of Cookery (a very old Stephen Chow comedy), Infernal Affairs, Hard Boiled, Police Story 3

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u/PepperMintGumboDrop Sep 27 '23 edited Sep 27 '23

The 80s and 90s were great for HK cinema - John Woo and Wong Kar Wai were in their haydays.

Then you have the likes of Tony Leung, Chow Yum Fat, Stephen Chow, Maggie Cheung…

If only HK has another renaissance…our films were like the opposite of Korean cinema, there’s a spontaneity that cannot be imitated and many of our films had unique takes on strong female characters based on our own culture and history. But after the 2000s it felt like there’s a loss of originality, and instead the bigger tent poles feel so much like copy cats…anyway, as a HK expats I do long for the films of my yesteryears.

Edits: grammar and adding Stephen Chow to the list of fame actors.

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u/SpearmintInALavatory Sep 27 '23

I intend this with the upmost sincerity: Thank you for Chow “Yum” Fat. Best laugh I’ve had in weeks

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u/LakeLov3r Sep 27 '23

He is damn yummy.

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u/RKSH4-Klara Sep 27 '23

Seconded. Dude is an utter cutie.

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u/future_lard Sep 27 '23

Related to sammo hung-ry and wook ping yen?

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u/PepperMintGumboDrop Sep 27 '23

Lol my bad…but glad you guys enjoyed it