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You can only pick one from each country, but you're allowed to designate near runner-ups, of course.

Spain: Bad Education
Italy: La Dolce Vita
Runnner Up: L'Avventura, The Nights of Cabiria
France: The Double Life of Veronique
Children of Paradise
Canada: The Sweet Hereafter
The Triplettes of Belleville
Brazil: Black Orpheus
Central Station
Argentina: The Official Story
China: Shanghai Triad
Farewell My Concubine
Japan: Shall We Dance?
Ran, Rendan: Quartet for Two
Senegal: Moolaade
Burkina Faso: Faces of Women
Cuba: Memories of Underdevelopment
Hungary:My Twentieth Century
Iran: The White Balloon

More to come when I check some backgrounds. Feel free to keep adding to your lists and comment on others


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China:
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Dolce why do you have Canada? are you refering to french Canada or any movie from there?

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Any, Sweethereafter is in English.


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dolcevita wrote:
Any, Sweethereafter is in English.

aww okay
There are quite a few British movies that I liked, I'm going to have to think a while for what the number one was.

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Here's a resource with films by country to aid in this composing your lists. It's hardly comprehensive, but it's a start to get you in the mood...

New Zealand: Whale Rider
Australia: The Piano
Netherlands: The Fourth Man
France: Girl on the Bridge (but, yow! - it's almost impossible to pick one here...)
Great Britain: Whisky Galore (ditto...)
Italy: Life is Beautiful (ditto...)
China: CTHD
Japan: My Neighbor Totoro
Canada: Jesus of Montreal
Thailand: Ong Bak (way under-rated!)
Denmark: Dogville
Belgium: Toto, The Hero
Sweden: My Life as a Dog
Spain: Belle Epoque

That's it for now - it's a pretty humbling task...


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Spain: Bad Education
Italy: La Dolce Vita
Runnner Up: L'Avventura, The Nights of Cabiria
France: The Double Life of Veronique
Children of Paradise
Canada: The Sweet Hereafter
The Triplettes of Belleville
Brazil: Black Orpheus
Central Station
Argentina: The Official Story
China: Shanghai Triad
Farewell My Concubine
Japan: Shall We Dance?
Ran, Rendan: Quartet for Two
Senegal: Moolaade
Burkina Faso: Faces of Women
Cuba: Memories of Underdevelopment
Hungary:My Twentieth Century
Iran: The White Balloon

Countries added:

New Zealand: Heavenly Creatures
Whale Rider
Australia: Strictly Ballroom
The Piano
Denmark: The Celebration
Holland: Antonia's Line
Germany: Maechen in Uniform
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, The Blue Angel


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I'm curently looking at my vote history on the imdb to find my favorite British movie. Problem is that there is also quite a few British-American productions.

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UK: Murder on the Orient Express
runner ups: Chicken Run, Sabatoge (1937), Death on the Nile

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Britain: Bridget Jones's Diary
China: Hero

Thats all for now.

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No doubt l'm forgetting some, as l mostly just went by the link posted earlier, but here l go:
(some of these are the only film l've seen by em...none are "bad" though.)
Argentina - Nine Queens
Australia - The Last Wave
Rabbit-Proof Fence
Brazil - City of God
Canada - The Sweet Hearafter
The Barbarian Invasions
China - Chungking Express
Yi Yi
Denmark - Dogville
France - The 400 Blows
Amelie
Germany - Nowhere in Africa
Italy - Life is Beautiful
Facing Windows
Japan - Tokyo Drifter
Seven Samurai
Mexico - Amores Perros
New Zealand - Whale Rider
Russia - Russian Ark
Spain - Abre Los Ojos
Habla Con Ella
South Korea - Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter...and Spring
Sweden - The Seventh Seal
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France: Amelie
Runner Up: The Triplets of Belleville
Netherlands: The Vanishing
Spain: Bad Education
Runner Up: Open Your Eyes
Korea: Oldboy
Runner Up: A Tale oF Two Sisters
Japanes: Ringu
Runner Up: Uzumaki

More later...


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Mexico: Amores Perros
Y Tu Mama Tambien
Germany: Run Lola Run
China: Hero
Japan: Ringu
France: Life is Beautiful
Amelie
Spain: The Devil's Backbone

Crappy ones, but there the only ones ive seen, if i remember more ill post them!


( i think this is my first post on the Indie Forum =D> )


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Mexico - Amores Perros
Germany - Der Untergang (Downfall)
France - A Very Long Engagement
Italy - The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
China - Hero
Hong Kong (don't count it as China, hehe) - Infernal Affairs
Korea - Oldboy
Japan - Spirited Away

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Britain: Bridget Jones's Diary
China: Hero
Japan: Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi (Spirited Away)
New Zealand: Heavenly Creatures

Added a few more.

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Mat, these are my first post in these forums to!

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Kypade wrote:
Germany - Nowhere in Africa
Russia - Russian Ark
Sweden - The Seventh Seal


Good pick for Germany. I might have to change mine, I forgot about it. One of the best.
Russian Ark had to be one of the biggest let-downs for me in recent years. I was so excited for it, and except for a few vignettes, I found it very trying on my patience, and not all that well crafted. I'm having trouble procurring a best Russian film actually, but I'm half way through War and Peace right now, so maybe soon. I also have yet to see an Ingmar Bergman movie...I know...shame of my life.

@Matatonio: What did you think of Devil's Backbone? I am unsure, because it started off so well and then ended up just being about some disgruntled guy. I was sure the missile and the ghost boy had a little bit more to do with it. That was really one of the most recent movies to have massive potential that fell through for me.


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Post Re: Favourite Movie by Country
Argentina: The Official Story
Australia: Strictly Ballroom
The Piano
Brazil: Black Orpheus
Central Station
Burkina Faso: Faces of Women
Canada: The Sweet Hereafter
The Triplettes of Belleville
China: Shanghai Triad
Farewell My Concubine
Cuba: Memories of Underdevelopment
Denmark: The Celebration
France: The Double Life of Veronique
Children of Paradise
Germany: Maechen in Uniform
Nowhere in Africa, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
Holland: Antonia's Line
Hungary:My Twentieth Century
Iran: The White Balloon
Italy: La Dolce Vita
Runnner Up: L'Avventura, The Nights of Cabiria
Japan: Shall We Dance?
Ran, Rendan: Quartet for Two
New Zealand: Heavenly Creatures
Whale Rider
Senegal: Moolaade
Spain: Bad Education

New Additions:

Ireland: The Full Monty
England: Blow-Up
Murder on the Orient Express
Greece: Lyssistrata
Serbia (Belgium?): No Man's Land


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Scandinavia- Kitchen Stories
Canada- Seducing Dr. Lewis
Japan- Tampoco(sp)
Britiian- The Wrong Box

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Just a few... not a complete list...

Brazil: City of God
Canada: The Sweet Hereafter
China: In the Mood for Love
Colombia: Maria Full of Grace
Finland: The Man Without A Past
France: Alphaville
Denmark: Dancer in the Dark
Germany: Wings of Desire
Japan: The Hidden Fortress
Norway/Sweden: Insomnia
Russia: Solaris
Spain: Talk to Her


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dolcevita wrote:
Kypade wrote:
Germany - Nowhere in Africa
Russia - Russian Ark
Sweden - The Seventh Seal


Good pick for Germany. I might have to change mine, I forgot about it. One of the best.
Russian Ark had to be one of the biggest let-downs for me in recent years. I was so excited for it, and except for a few vignettes, I found it very trying on my patience, and not all that well crafted. I'm having trouble procurring a best Russian film actually, but I'm half way through War and Peace right now, so maybe soon. I also have yet to see an Ingmar Bergman movie...I know...shame of my life.

@Matatonio: What did you think of Devil's Backbone? I am unsure, because it started off so well and then ended up just being about some disgruntled guy. I was sure the missile and the ghost boy had a little bit more to do with it. That was really one of the most recent movies to have massive potential that fell through for me.


i dont know, i really enjoyde the movie! it was a little creepy :smile: .......its actually the only spanish movie i ever seen, thats why i put it there... :oops:


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gardenia.11/14.... wrote:
Canada- Seducing Dr. Lewis


That is a super charming film that didn't get much attention - thanx for the reminder...


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best French movie:
http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0000417/
Voyage to the Moon :)
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acoriding to the imdb theres quite a few german movies I've seen, although there American (german co produced obviosuly) like I have films like Traffic, Air Force One, The Patriot, K-PAX, LOTR

okay for German movie in genrel:
Neverending Story

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Australia:
Babe
Runner Up:
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