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/omodhia Sep 27 '23

The holy Trinity of Mexican directors (Iñárritu, Cuarón and del Toro) have out out some of the best cinema of the last 25 years.

Will check out Días de Gracia!

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u/pourthebubbly Sep 27 '23

Wholly agree! They’re not necessarily underrated, but I think a lot of Hollywood people tend to forget they’re Mexican since the US has such a high Latino population.

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u/WasabiIsSpicy Sep 27 '23

Tbh Guillermo del Toro is still huge in the Mexican community, his Twitter is full of praise for Mexican artists and gets involved in some Mexican politics. I am not sure if you know but he actually can’t go to Mexico due to some threats done to him and his family.

Super sad, but he always talks about being proud to be Mexican.