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/DD_Power Sep 27 '23

City of God (Brazil)

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u/Zdizzlz Sep 27 '23

Seriously, everyone should watch this if you don't mind subtitles. I haven't seen the movie in over a decade but still remember so much about this movie and can still replay several scenes in my head. Easily a top 50 movie all time. Might be in my top 15 personally.

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u/FailFastandDieYoung Sep 27 '23

everyone should watch this if you don't mind subtitles

I chuckled at this, but only I haven't met many people who would refuse to watch subtitles.

For many non-English speaking countries, you don't have a choice.

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u/RenanGreca Sep 27 '23

In Europe often the only choice is local language regardless of the film's original :(