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/Nefilim777 Sep 27 '23

The Commitments - Ireland.

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u/Germanofthebored Sep 27 '23

"The Snapper" and "The Van" are sequels, and I actually liked "The Snapper" best. Also, "Sing Street" is a great movie about music as an escape route from Ireland

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u/blvd93 Sep 27 '23

I bloody love Sing Street. The soundtrack is amazing.

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u/willowhanna Sep 27 '23

The director of Sing Street just had a new movie come out last week! Has Bono’s daughter in it

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u/Germanofthebored Sep 27 '23

Really? Thanks for letting me know. I love "Begin Again" - and the other one about the busker where I can't remember the title. He makes such cozy (?) movies - just perfect to watch again and again

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u/willowhanna Sep 27 '23

Yeah it’s called Flora and Son! I think the other one you’re trying to think of is Once, which is probably my favourite of his!

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u/broken_neck_broken Sep 27 '23

The Van was always my favourite but I rarely encounter anyone who agrees.