Best Movie From Each Country
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1. Children of God (2010)
Not Rated | 104 min | Drama
The story of two young Bahamian men who fall in love with each other and portrays the homophobia of the Bahamian society.
Director: Kareem Mortimer | Stars: Johnny Ferro, Stephen Tyrone Williams, Margaret Laurena Kemp, Mark Ford
Votes: 1,403
Bahamas
2. The Kite Flyer (2007)
R | 87 min
Jamal loves to fly kites. One day his "stepfather' does something that changes Jamal. Jamal joins a gang he moves quickly through the ranks-The "General" likes him. Then he meets Angelique,... See full summary »
Director: Sean Russell | Stars: Samud Ali, Levi King, Andrew Pilgrim
Votes: 10
Barbados
3. S.I.T.E (2008)
5 min | Documentary, Animation, Short
Search for International Terrorist Entities.
Director: Pablo Orlowsky
Votes: 15
Belize
4. Mi socio (1983)
78 min | Drama
A truck driver and a young shoe cleaner travel through Bolivia for five days.
Director: Paolo Agazzi | Stars: Guillermo Aguirre, Guido Alvarez, Guillermo Barrios, Juana Fernández
Votes: 199
Bolivia
5. Limit (1931)
Not Rated | 114 min | Drama, Romance
Three people (Raul Schnoor, Olga Breno and Tatiana Rey) sail aimlessly while remembering their past.
Director: Mario Peixoto | Stars: Olga Breno, Tatiana Rey, Raul Schnoor, Brutus Pedreira
Votes: 2,878
Brazil
6. Videodrome (1983)
R | 87 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A programmer at a Toronto TV station that specializes in adult entertainment searches for the producers of a dangerous and bizarre broadcast.
Director: David Cronenberg | Stars: James Woods, Debbie Harry, Sonja Smits, Peter Dvorsky
Votes: 102,994 | Gross: $2.12M
Canada
7. Jackal of Nahueltoro (1969)
95 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
The real story about an illiterate murderer, educated in prison, where he reflects on his actions days before he died.
Director: Miguel Littin | Stars: Nelson Villagra, Shenda Román, Marcelo Romo, Héctor Noguera
Votes: 1,151
Chile
8. Bajo el cielo antioqueño (1925)
131 min | Drama, Romance
Romantic drama of manners. Lina, graceful schoolgirl, argues against the will of his father, Don Bernardo, a romance with Alvaro, a young bohemian who squanders his fortune. They decide to ... See full summary »
Director: Arturo Acevedo Vallarino | Stars: Alicia Arango de Mejía, Gonzalo Mejía Trujillo, Juan B. Naranjo, Harold Maynham
Votes: 61
Colombia
9. Alsino and the Condor (1982)
R | 89 min | Drama, War
Alsino, a boy of 10 or 12, lives with his grandmother in a remote area of Nicaragua. He's engulfed in the war between rebels and government troops when a US advisor orders the army to open ... See full summary »
Director: Miguel Littin | Stars: Dean Stockwell, Alan Esquivel, Carmen Bunster, Alejandro Parodi
Votes: 359
Costa Rica
10. I Am Cuba (1964)
Not Rated | 141 min | Drama
Four vignettes about the lives of the Cuban people set during the pre-revolutionary era.
Director: Mikhail Kalatozov | Stars: Sergio Corrieri, Salvador Wood, José Gallardo, Raúl García
Votes: 10,662
Cuba
11. Nom Tèw (2009)
7 min | Short, Biography
Juxtaposed to the hustle and bustle of city life on the diminutive Caribbean island of Dominica, Jerry Maka West works his garden in the island's lush interior, his Zion, growing and ... See full summary »
Director: Pierre Deschamps | Star: Jerry 'Maka West'
Votes: 38
Dominica
12. Guaguasi (1983)
Not Rated | 107 min | Comedy, Drama, War
A story about a simple man from the mountains, Guaguasi, who falls in love with a beautiful chorus girl, Marina, during the Cuban Revolution. Guaguasi joins the rebels and arrives in Havana... See full summary »
Director: Jorge Ulla | Stars: Orestes Matacena, Marilyn Pupo, Raimundo Hidalgo-Gato, Marco Santiago
Votes: 76
Dominica Republic
13. Sensaciones (1991)
80 min | Drama, Music
A group of musicians move to a ranch in order to capture the sound of the Andes in their first disc.
Directors: Juan Esteban Cordero, Viviana Cordero | Stars: Juan Esteban Cordero, Viviana Cordero
Votes: 27
Ecuador
14. The Black Pirates (1954)
74 min | Adventure
Pirates searching for treasure take over a small town in Central America where they believe the loot is buried, but discover that a church has been built over the spot. They force the ... See full summary »
Director: Allen H. Miner | Stars: Anthony Dexter, Martha Roth, Lon Chaney Jr., Robert Clarke
Votes: 77
El Salvador
15. Tell Me and I Will Forget (2010)
Not Rated | 79 min | Documentary, Action, Drama
South Africa's paramedics face a surge of violent crime and historic social change 15 years since the end of its oppressive Apartheid era.
Director: Justin Salerian
Votes: 111
Grenada
16. El silencio de Neto (1994)
106 min | Drama
A boy struggles against his stifling family life during the 1954 Guatemala coup.
Director: Luis Argueta | Stars: Oscar Almengor, Pablo Arenales, Hector Argueta, Cristina Arqueta
Votes: 167
Guatemala
17. The Man on the Shore (1993)
106 min | Drama, History, War
Haiti during papa Doc's reign: not a fun place!
Director: Raoul Peck | Stars: Jennifer Zubar, Toto Bissainthe, Patrick Rameau, Jean-Michel Martial
Votes: 132
Haiti
18. The Spirit of my Mother (1999)
59 min | Drama
A Garifuna woman returns to Honduras to forget her past and rediscover herself.
Director: Ali Allie | Stars: Francisca Crisanto, Johana Martinez, Rosibel Reyes, Tomasa Martínez
Votes: 16
Honduras
19. Rockers (1978)
100 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
Horsemouth sets himself up in business selling records but when gangsters steal his bike things start to turn nasty. As tensions build, Horsemouth and friends plot to end the gangsters ... See full summary »
Director: Ted Bafaloukos | Stars: Leroy 'Horsemouth' Wallace, Richard 'Dirty Harry' Hall, Monica Craig, Marjorie Norman
Votes: 2,175
Jamaica
20. Flor marchita (1969)
105 min | Drama
Director: Rogelio A. González | Stars: María Rivas, Guillermo Murray, Sara García, Ofelia Guilmáin
Votes: 20
Mexico
21. Sandino (1990)
135 min | Biography, Drama
The US tried to occupy Nicaragua in 1927. General Cesar Augusto Sandino and his guerrillas begin armed resistance.
Director: Miguel Littin | Stars: Kris Kristofferson, Joaquim de Almeida, Dean Stockwell, Ángela Molina
Votes: 129
Nicaragua
22. Strange Shadows in an Empty Room (1976)
R | 99 min | Action, Crime, Drama
In Canada, a rough Ottawa cop seeks the killer who poisoned his sister.
Director: Alberto De Martino | Stars: Stuart Whitman, John Saxon, Martin Landau, Tisa Farrow
Votes: 1,048
Panama
23. Cerro Cora (1978)
113 min | Drama
Director: Guillermo Vera | Stars: Roberto De Felice, Rosa Ros, Pedro Ignacio Aceval, Alba Aguayo
Votes: 28
Paraguay
24. Fitzcarraldo (1982)
PG | 158 min | Adventure, Drama
The story of Brian Sweeney Fitzgerald, an extremely determined man who intends to build an opera house in the middle of a jungle.
Director: Werner Herzog | Stars: Klaus Kinski, Claudia Cardinale, José Lewgoy, Miguel Ángel Fuentes
Votes: 38,594
Peru
25. Separated (2012 Video)
60 min | Documentary, Drama
In Slovakia babies are born in precarious conditions. In Palestine, a civilian populations life passes in the shadow of a concrete wall eleven meters high. Beyond that wall, family, land, ... See full summary »
Director: Natalie Halla
Saint Kitts and Nevis
26. Porno Star (2011)
19 min | Short, Drama
Luca is a jobless guy forced to earn money fast when is threatened of being kicked out his house.
Directors: Yashim Bahamonde, Nelson Mendoza | Stars: Lucho Cáceres, Manuel Gold, Angela Gutierrez
Votes: 7
Saint Lucia
27. Rem (2012)
19 min | Short, Drama, Family
Alicia and Eva are two sisters who suffer from narcolepsy. When dreaming, they both receive instructions to achieve a goal, only known by them. Against the will of their older sister Ana, ... See full summary »
Directors: Javier Ferreiro, María Sosa Betancor | Stars: Joana Vilapuig, Marina Comas, Mireia Vilapuig
Votes: 7
Saint Vincent and the grenadines
28. Wan Pipel (1976)
111 min | Drama
Roy is a handsome Surinam man, who studies in Amsterdam. He hurriedly left his Dutch girlfriend Karina to visit his dying mom in Paramaribo. Back in his homeland, Roy soon becomes obsessed ... See full summary »
Director: Pim de la Parra | Stars: Borger Breeveld, Diana Gangaram Panday, Willeke van Ammelrooy, Emanuel van Gonter
Votes: 288
Suriname
29. Girl from India (1982)
95 min | Drama
A father (Ralph Maraj) who has settled in Trinidad has just come back from India with Rina (Sanam Suri), a bride for his son Sham (Bhalinder). The only problem is, Sham is so hopelessly shy... See full synopsis »
Director: Harbance Kumar | Stars: Sanam Suri, Bhalinder, Michael Walker, Kabir Bedi
Votes: 31
Trinidad and Tobago
30. The Godfather (1972)
R | 175 min | Crime, Drama
The aging patriarch of an organized crime dynasty transfers control of his clandestine empire to his reluctant son.
Director: Francis Ford Coppola | Stars: Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan, Diane Keaton
Votes: 2,012,679 | Gross: $134.97M
United States
31. A Place in the World (1992)
PG | 120 min | Drama
Mario and Ana, in voluntary exile from Buenos Aires, live in a remote Argentine valley with their 12-year-old son Ernesto. Mario runs a school and a wool cooperative; Ana, a doctor, heads a... See full summary »
Director: Adolfo Aristarain | Stars: José Sacristán, Federico Luppi, Leonor Benedetto, Cecilia Roth
Votes: 2,794 | Gross: $0.10M
Uruguay
32. Il dio serpente (1970)
Unrated | 94 min | Adventure, Drama, Horror
A beautiful Italian woman, Paola (Nadia Cassini) is told by her black friend (Evaristo Márquez) about the Caribbean love god Jambaya who appears in the form of the snake. By the end of the ... See full summary »
Director: Piero Vivarelli | Stars: Nadia Cassini, Beryl Cunningham, Sergio Tramonti, Galeazzo Benti
Votes: 240
Venezuela
33. Jit (1990)
98 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
A young African man must try every trick in the book in this attempts to win the heart of the most beautiful girl in his village.
Director: Michael Raeburn | Stars: Dominic Makuwachuma, Sibongile Nene, Farai Sevenzo, Winnie Ndemera
Votes: 94
Zimbabwe
34. The Grass Is Singing (1981)
Not Rated | 105 min | Drama
In the 1940s, a city girl moves from America to her husband's failing farm in Southern Rhodesia in colonial Africa. Unhappy and unhinged, she starts an affair with their black servant which leads to tragedy.
Director: Michael Raeburn | Stars: Karen Black, John Thaw, John Kani, Patrick Mynhardt
Votes: 193
Zambia
35. Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (2010)
Not Rated | 114 min | Drama, Fantasy
Dying of kidney disease, a man spends his last, somber days with family, including the ghost of his wife and a forest spirit who used to be his son, on a rural northern Thailand farm.
Director: Apichatpong Weerasethakul | Stars: Thanapat Saisaymar, Jenjira Pongpas, Sakda Kaewbuadee, Natthakarn Aphaiwonk
Votes: 17,396 | Gross: $0.18M
Thailand
36. Silent Snow (2011)
71 min | Documentary, Adventure, Biography
The Arctic plains are an eminent example of nature's untouched beauty, an endless nothing in which only few know how to survive. But dangerous pesticides are silently accumulating here, ... See full summary »
Director: Jan van den Berg | Star: Pipaluk Knudsen-Ostermann
Votes: 46
Uganda
37. Halfaouine: Boy of the Terraces (1990)
Unrated | 98 min | Drama, Comedy
Noura struggles to reconcile two worlds, Muslim women and men, while also dealing with his own sexuality.
Director: Férid Boughedir | Stars: Selim Boughedir, Mustapha Adouani, Rabiah Ben-Abdullah, Mohamed Driss
Votes: 2,069
Tunisia
38. Women with Open Eyes (1994)
52 min | Documentary
Portraits of contemporary African women from four West African nations: Burkina Faso, Mali, Senegal and Benin.
Director: Anne-Laure Folly | Stars: Djelika Diallo, Alimata Konate
Votes: 72
Togo
39. People of the Forest: The Chimps of Gombe (1988)
103 min | Documentary
Director: Hugo Van Lawick | Stars: Faben, Fifi, Flint, Flo
Votes: 118
Tanzania
41. The Art of Flight (2005)
Not Rated | 68 min | Documentary
The Art Of Flight is a guerrilla documentary that was shot illegally in Egypt on camcorders and a laptop. This feature-length film tells the story of three people - a refugee from southern ... See full summary »
Director: Davin Anders Hutchins | Stars: Mr. Cool, The Cowboy, Davin Anders Hutchins, Jere Maluk
Votes: 23
Sudan
42. Come Back, Africa (1959)
95 min | Documentary, Drama
Come Back, Africa chronicles the life of Zachariah, a black South African living under the rule of the harsh apartheid government in 1959.
Director: Lionel Rogosin | Stars: Zacharia Mgabi, Vinah Bendile, Miriam Makeba, Lewis Nkosi
Votes: 358
South Africa
43. Geedka nolosha (1988)
23 min | Short
In a small town, a nomad cuts down a tree he needs to use. However, he accidentally chops down the wrong tree, felling the tree that sustains life itself. When the latter tree falls, all ... See full summary »
Director: Abdulkadir Ahmed Said | Stars: Faadumo Maxamed Cabdi, Xuseen Mayow Maame, Maxamud Xasan Muqtaar, Hasan Elmi Kori Sabrie
Votes: 28
Somalia
44. The Language You Cry In (1998)
Not Rated | 53 min | Documentary, History
THE LANGUAGE YOU CRY IN tells an amazing scholarly detective story that searches for, and finds meaningful links between African Americans and their ancestral past. It bridges hundreds of ... See full summary »
Directors: Angel Serrano, Alvaro Toepke | Star: Vertamae Grosvenor
Votes: 33
Sierra leone
45. Miss World 1998 (1998 TV Special)
103 min | Reality-TV
Stars: Linor Abargil, Jessica Almenäs, Daniella Campos, Sophie Dahl
Seychelles
46. Black Girl (1966)
Not Rated | 65 min | Drama
A black girl from Senegal becomes a servant in France.
Director: Ousmane Sembene | Stars: Mbissine Thérèse Diop, Anne-Marie Jelinek, Robert Fontaine, Momar Nar Sene
Votes: 6,020
Senegal
47. 100 Days (2001)
100 min | Drama
A local Hutu official is persuaded to implement the government's policy against the Tutsi: To completely wipe them out. Josette, a beautiful young Tutsi girl struggles to survive the ... See full summary »
Director: Nick Hughes | Stars: Eric Bridges Twahirwa, Cleophas Kabasita, Davis Kagenza, Mazimpaka Kennedy
Votes: 84
Rwanda
48. Cool Red (1976)
PG | 101 min | Action, Drama
Story of the transition of an African country from colonialism to independence.
Director: Ossie Davis | Stars: Ruby Dee, Ossie Davis, Greg Morris, Tom Aldredge
Votes: 32
Nigeria
49. Cocorico Monsieur Poulet (1974)
93 min | Comedy
The story follows three poultry sellers on a trip across the bush, attempting to deliver a load of chickens to a market in Niamey. When a third person joins the group, the organization of the trip begins to look even more precarious.
Director: Jean Rouch | Stars: Damouré Zika, Lam Ibrahim Dia, Tallou Mouzourane, Claudine
Votes: 183
Niger
50. Comédia Infantil (1998)
93 min | Drama
Based on the book by Henning Mankell (Sweden), this story takes place in Mozambique and is about a young boy, Nelio, who loses his entire family during a time of civil war. A wounded Nelio ... See full summary »
Director: Solveig Nordlund | Stars: Sérgio Titos, Jaime Julio, Francisco Chilengue, Avelino Manhiça
Votes: 86
Mozambique
51. El Chergui or The Violent Silence (1976)
90 min | Drama
In the mid-1950s, Tangier was still an international concession. But the time of independence and reunification of the country is approaching. On the advice of her entourage, Aïcha uses ... See full summary »
Director: Moumen Smihi | Stars: Leila Shenna, Abdelkader Moutaa, Chawki Saïl, Aïcha Chaïri
Votes: 24
Morocco
52. Benares (2005)
75 min
Two young men went on a ride with their old friend in his truck across the whole Mauritius, the sole purpose of it being finding and getting two girls to entertain them that very night back home.
Director: Barlen Pyamootoo | Stars: Jérôme Boulle, Danielle Dalbert, Sandra Faro, Davidsen Kamanah
Votes: 23
Mauritius
53. West Indies (1979)
110 min | Drama, Musical
This vast musical fresco covers hundreds of years of history from enslavement to 20th-century immigration. Set on an enormous slave ship and boasts a dazzling array of brilliant choreography, wide-ranging musical styles and sharp satire.
Director: Med Hondo | Stars: Cyril Aventurin, Fernand Berset, Roland Bertin, Gérald Bloncourt
Votes: 198
Mauritania
54. Yeelen (1987)
Not Rated | 105 min | Drama, Fantasy
A young man with magical powers journeys to his uncle to request help in fighting his sorcerer father.
Director: Souleymane Cissé | Stars: Issiaka Kane, Aoua Sangare, Niamanto Sanogo, Balla Moussa Keita
Votes: 2,753
Mali
55. Thokozani (2010)
86 min | Drama
A love story from Malawi.
Director: Gregory Collins | Stars: Rhoda Chiwonda, Alick Gaisi, Moureen Kabambe, Hestings Magwede
Malawi
56. Tabataba (1988)
76 min | Drama
Tabataba tells the story of a small Malagasy village during the independence uprising which took place in 1947 in the south of the country. For several months, part of the Malagasy ... See full summary »
Director: Raymond Rajaonarivelo | Stars: Philippe Nahoun, François Botozandry, Lucien Dadakisy, Soatody
Votes: 57
Madagascar
57. The Message (1976)
PG | 207 min | Action, Adventure, Biography
The story of prophet "Muhammad" and the delivery of the message of God "Allah."
Director: Moustapha Akkad | Stars: Abdallah Gheith, Mona Wassef, Hamdy Gheith, Ali Achmed Taram
Votes: 10,573
Libya
58. Johnny Mad Dog (2008)
98 min | Drama, War
A cast of unknown performers are used in this drama about child soldiers fighting a war in the West African Country Liberia.
Director: Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire | Stars: Christophe Minie, Daisy Victoria Vandy, Joseph Duo, Dagbeth Tweh
Votes: 3,534
Liberia
59. Start with Us (2011)
44 min | Documentary, Short, Adventure
Introducing a generation of young Africans determined to be the first free of AIDS.
Directors: Abid Virani, Jake Chirico
Lesotho
60. To Walk with Lions (1999)
PG-13 | 108 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
George Adamson fights to save Kenya's wildlife. Together with his young assistant Tony Fitzjohn, he battles to keep the animals on his game reserve, and "Kora", from dangerous poachers.
Director: Carl Schultz | Stars: Richard Harris, John Michie, Kerry Fox, Ian Bannen
Votes: 929
Kenya
61. Mortu Nega (1988)
85 min | Drama, War
The story of a woman who searches through the country for her husband, a resistant, while the war for independence is raging. She finds him at last and saves his life. When peace finally ... See full summary »
Director: Flora Gomes | Stars: Bia Gomes, Tunu Eugenio Almada, Mamadu Uri Balde, Pedro da Silva
Votes: 100
Guinea Bissau
62. The Golden Ball (1994)
93 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
The story of Salif Keïta, first "Ballon d'or d'Afrique" (African Golden Ball).
Director: Cheik Doukouré | Stars: Aboubacar Sidiki Sumah, Agnès Soral, Habib Hammoud, Mody Sory Barry
Votes: 413
Guinea
63. Cobra Verde (1987)
Not Rated | 111 min | Adventure, Drama
During the 1800s, paroled Brazilian bandit Cobra Verde is sent to West Africa with a few troops to man an old Portuguese fort and to convince the local African ruler to resume the slave trade with Brazil.
Director: Werner Herzog | Stars: Klaus Kinski, King Ampaw, José Lewgoy, Salvatore Basile
Votes: 8,425
Ghana
64. End of the Road (2010)
R | 73 min | Documentary, Adventure
Desperate to dispel the ridicule of their peers, two life-long friends attempt to travel 4000 miles across seven countries and the Sahara desert in a car bought for 100 pounds.
Director: Richard Nicholls | Stars: Alexis Dubus, Sy Thomas
Votes: 31
Gambia
65. Equator (1983)
85 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Novel-based crime drama about naive Timar, who goes to Gabon, French Equatorial Africa in the 1950s with dreams of making fortune. He's seduced by Adele, a shady owner of a local hotel, Libreville, who uses him to commit murder.
Director: Serge Gainsbourg | Stars: Francis Huster, Barbara Sukowa, Reinhard Kolldehoff, François Dyrek
Votes: 138
Gabon
66. Atletu (2009)
Not Rated | 92 min | Biography, Drama
Running the streets of Rome in 1960, an unknown, barefooted Ethiopian man stunned the world by winning Olympic gold in the marathon. Overnight, Abebe Bikila became a sports legend. A hero ... See full summary »
Directors: Davey Frankel, Rasselas Lakew | Stars: Rasselas Lakew, Dag Malmberg, Ruta Gedmintas, Abba Waka Dessalegn
Votes: 261
Ethiopia
67. Shigara (2005)
5 min | Short, Comedy, Family
A young man learns a valuable lesson when he succumbs to peer pressure and attempts to smoke his first and last cigarette.
Director: Ambessa Jir Berhe | Stars: Ambessa Jir Berhe, Filmon Mebrahtom, Senait Meketa
Votes: 29
Eritrea
68. Janapar (2012)
Not Rated | 79 min | Documentary, Adventure, Romance
It was the start of a brand new life, but Tom Allen's dream journey takes an unlikely detour when he falls in love with an Iranian-Armenian girl.
Directors: James W. Newton, Tom Allen | Stars: Tom Allen, Andrew Welch
Votes: 200
Djibouti
69. Black and White in Color (1976)
PG | 90 min | Comedy, Drama, War
During World War I, French colonists lost in African desert decide to attack their German neighbors.
Director: Jean-Jacques Annaud | Stars: Jean Carmet, Jacques Dufilho, Catherine Rouvel, Jacques Spiesser
Votes: 1,786
Cote d'Ivoire
70. Kinshasa Palace (2006)
70 min | Drama
The filmmaker searches for his brother Max, who left his children without explanation. The brothers grew up in the Congo with their white father and Congolese mother. He visits their mother... See full summary »
Director: Zeka Laplaine | Stars: Ambre Laplaine, Anna Maria Laplaine, Beto Laplaine, Fifi Laplaine
Votes: 23
Democratic Republic of the congo
71. La résidence ylang ylang (2008)
20 min | Short, Drama
A Comorian village. Djibril spends his free time taking care of an abandoned villa. While living there, his small straw hut is ravaged by a fire. Homeless, he now must find a place to live.
Director: Hachimiya Ahamada | Stars: Mama Hayiriya, Fahamwe Ibouro, Abidine Said Mohamed, Asthadina Msa Soilihi
Votes: 11
Comoros
72. A Screaming Man (2010)
Not Rated | 92 min | Drama
Present-day Chad. Adam, fifty-five, a former swimming champion, is pool attendant at a smart N'Djamena hotel. When the hotel gets taken over by new Chinese owners, he is forced to give up ... See full summary »
Director: Mahamat-Saleh Haroun | Stars: Youssouf Djaoro, Diouc Koma, Emile Abossolo M'bo, Hadje Fatime N'Goua
Votes: 1,844 | Gross: $0.01M
Chad
73. Le silence de la forêt (2003)
93 min | Drama
A film about the difficulty for even the most well-intentioned person to know and respect another culture. In this case, the problem is so acute that there is even heated debate over what ... See full summary »
Directors: Bassek Ba Kobhio, Didier Ouenangare | Stars: Eriq Ebouaney, Nadège Beausson-Diagne, Sonia Zembourou, Philippe Mory
Votes: 91
Central African Republic
74. Napomuceno's Will (1997)
117 min | Drama
Nopumoceno, the most successful businessman in the Cabo Verde archipelogo, is an ambitious, clever opportunist, known during his lifetime as "eternity single". However, he is then ... See full summary »
Director: Francisco Manso | Stars: Nelson Xavier, Maria Ceiça, Chico Díaz, Zezé Motta
Votes: 196
Cape Verde
75. The Child of Another (1975)
Not Rated | 100 min | Drama, Romance
Ngando and Ndomé; are in love. Ngando wishes to marry Ndomé; but her family reminds him that the traditional dowry must be settled. Unfortunately, Ngando is poor and unable to fulfill the ... See full summary »
Director: Jean-Pierre Dikongue-Pipa | Stars: Philippe Abia, Arlette Din Beli, Gisèle Dikongue-Pipa, David Endene
Votes: 379
Cameroon.
76. Gito, l'ingrat (1992)
90 min | Comedy
Gito is a young African intellectual returning home from France with numerous academic degrees and ministerial ambitions. Gradually his ambitions are crushed by the daily realities of his ... See full summary »
Director: Léonce Ngabo | Stars: Joseph Kumbela, Marie Bunel, Aoua Sangare, Eric Depreter
Votes: 61
Burundi
77. Yaaba (1989)
90 min | Drama, Romance
A small village in Burkina Faso. The story focuses on Bila, a ten year old boy who befriends an old woman, Sana. Everybody calls her 'Witch' but Bila himself calls her 'Yaaba' (grandmother)... See full summary »
Director: Idrissa Ouedraogo | Stars: Fatimata Sanga, Noufou Ouédraogo, Roukietou Barry, Adama Ouédraogo
Votes: 756
Burkina Faso
78. The Gods Must Be Crazy (1980)
PG | 109 min | Adventure, Comedy
A comic allegory about a traveling Bushman who encounters modern civilization and its stranger aspects, including a clumsy scientist and a band of revolutionaries.
Director: Jamie Uys | Stars: N!xau, Marius Weyers, Sandra Prinsloo, Louw Verwey
Votes: 59,464 | Gross: $30.03M
Botswana
79. Divine carcasse (1998)
60 min | Drama
Director: Dominique Loreau | Stars: Alphonse Atacolodjou, Simonet Biokou, Fidèle Gbegnon, Szymon Zaleski
Votes: 42
Benin
80. Sambizanga (1972)
Not Rated | 97 min | Drama
A man is wrongfully arrested and tortured to death after he is suspected of being part of a revolutionary group.
Director: Sarah Maldoror | Stars: Elisa Andrade, Domingos de Oliveira, Jean M'Vondo, Dino Abelino
Votes: 775
Angola
81. The Battle of Algiers (1966)
Not Rated | 121 min | Drama, War
In the 1950s, fear and violence escalate as the people of Algiers fight for independence from the French government.
Director: Gillo Pontecorvo | Stars: Brahim Hadjadj, Jean Martin, Yacef Saadi, Samia Kerbash
Votes: 65,664 | Gross: $0.06M
Algeria
82. The Dawn (2006)
105 min | Drama
The film takes place in a coastal town where the locals are known for fishing and boat building. As it turns out, work in these two professions has started to decrease. Most young local men... See full summary »
Director: Khalid Abdulrahim Al-Zadjali | Stars: Saleh Za'al, Zoha Qader, Saud Al-Darmaki, Amina Abdul Rasoul
Votes: 34
Oman
83. Ada Apa Dengan Rina (2013)
90 min | Comedy
A story about a 30 year old man named Hakim and Rina.
Directors: Farid Azlan Ghani, Harlif Hj Mohamad | Stars: Syukri Mahari, Tauffek Ilyas, Dayangku Moniri Pengiran Mohiddin, Haji Mohamad Firdaus Haji Salleh
Votes: 18
Brunei
84. Not Naked (2007)
14 min | Short, Comedy
Not Naked explores cultural differences and their power to draw people together. This short celebrates the diversity of the rich global cultural canvas.
Director: Juan Pablo Ebang Esono | Stars: Olga Alamán, Sabina Avomo, Sonia Mbegono Ncogo, Ivan L. Owen Wilims
Equatorial Guinea
85. Congo: The Grand Inga Project (2013)
Not Rated | 60 min | Documentary, Action, Adventure
CONGO: The Grand Inga Project chronicles kayak icon Steve Fisher as he and a team of the bravest and most talented paddlers on earth tackle a first descent of the Inga Rapids, a deadly ... See full summary »
Director: Steve Fisher | Stars: Kara Blackmore, Tyler Bradt, Steve Fisher, Evan Garcia
Votes: 142
Republic of the Congo
86. Red Scorpion (1988)
R | 105 min | Action, Adventure
A Spetsnaz commando is sent on a covert mission by his Soviet superiors to infiltrate a rebel army and assassinate its leader.
Director: Joseph Zito | Stars: Dolph Lundgren, M. Emmet Walsh, Al White, T.P. McKenna
Votes: 9,778 | Gross: $4.19M
Nambia
87. Chau u Polo (2012)
15 min | Short, Drama, Mystery
A poor Timorese boy is teased and ridiculed at his local school in remote Los Palos. In desperation he runs away to catch up with his only friend; a fisherman. While fishing he is he is ... See full summary »
Directors: Wayne Tindall, Charles Meluk | Stars: Edy May Chailor-Peskador, Nivio Meleve Guerra de Olivera, Romendio Hornay, Zelindo Joao Lay
Votes: 16
Timor-Leste
88. Russian Ark (2002)
Not Rated | 99 min | Drama, Fantasy, History
A 19th century French aristocrat, notorious for his scathing memoirs about life in Russia, travels through the Russian State Hermitage Museum and encounters historical figures from the last 200+ years.
Director: Aleksandr Sokurov | Stars: Sergey Dreyden, Mariya Kuznetsova, Leonid Mozgovoy, Mikhail Piotrovsky
Votes: 21,822 | Gross: $0.04M
Russia
89. Gol Krali (1981)
81 min | Action, Comedy, Romance
Said funny events that have to be engaged to endear himself to the beloved players.
Director: Kartal Tibet | Stars: Kemal Sunal, Yavuz Simsek, Suna Yildizoglu, Gölge Basar
Votes: 3,996
Turkey
90. Tulpan (2008)
Not Rated | 100 min | Comedy, Drama
On the steppes of Kazakhstan, Asa lives in a yurt with his sister Samal, her husband Ondas, and their three children. Ondas is a herdsman, tough and strong. It's dry, dusty, and windy; too ... See full summary »
Director: Sergei Dvortsevoy | Stars: Askhat Kuchinchirekov, Tolepbergen Baisakalov, Samal Yeslyamova, Ondassyn Bessikbassov
Votes: 3,373 | Gross: $0.16M
Kazakhstan
91. Aprilis Suskhi (2010)
15 min | Short, Drama, War
The story of a Soviet military serviceman and a male Georgian dancer. An anti-violence film about the awakening of human instinct in an invader.
Director: Tornike Bziava | Stars: Malkhaz Jorbenadze, Mirian Garuchava, Rezo Chanishvili, Levan Nutsubidze
Votes: 85
Georgia
92. The Land (1970)
130 min | Drama
A small peasant village's struggles against the careless inroads of the large local landowner. The Land shows why political oppression does not necessarily lead to a sense of solidarity among the disinherited.
Director: Youssef Chahine | Stars: Mahmoud Al Meleji, Nagwa Ibrahim, Ezzat El Alaili, Hamdy Ahmed
Votes: 2,452
Egypt
93. Buta (2011)
98 min | Drama
"Buta" is the story of a lonely 7-year old boy (named Buta), who lives in a mountain village with his grandmother. He is befriended by an old man, a liquid soap merchant who once loved (and... See full summary »
Director: Ilgar Najaf | Stars: Rafig Guliyev, Tofig Aliyev, Elnur Karimov, Laman Nabiyeva
Votes: 120
Azerbaijan
94. Parajanov: The Last Spring (1992)
60 min | Documentary
Filmed in wartime and edited under candlelight, Mikhail Vartanov's rarely-seen masterwork tells of his friendship with the genius Sergei Parajanov who was arrested by KGB, at the height of ... See full summary »
Directors: Mikhail Vartanov, Sergei Parajanov | Stars: Sergei Parajanov, Mikhail Vartanov, Sofiko Chiaureli, Aleksandr Kaydanovskiy
Votes: 227
Armenia
95. Warrior Cock (2011)
3 min | Animation, Short, Action
A duty-bound rooster fights ancient stone monsters to defend his witless hens.
Director: Billie Liao | Stars: Evan M. Flory, Billie Liao
Votes: 18
Tuvalu
96. Tongan Ark (2012)
93 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Ancient philosophy, opera and Tongan culture come together in this intimate portrait of a teacher, his school and his people as they navigate a sea of repression and doubt in a small but troubled Pacific island kingdom.
Director: Paul Janman | Stars: Futa Helu, 'Atolomake Helu, Sisi'uno Helu, Kik Velt
Votes: 11
Tonga
97. The Orator (2011)
110 min | Drama
Saili, a little person and taro farmer, has his life turned upside-down when he is denied his father's chiefly status and his family plantation is threatened.
Director: Tusi Tamasese | Stars: Fa'afiaula Sanote, Tausili Pushparaj, Salamasina Mataia, Ioata Tanielu
Votes: 448
Samoa
98. Tinpis Run (1991)
94 min | Comedy, Drama
"Papa", one of the chiefs of a tribe in the highlands, is taxi driver of a "Tinpis", a collective bush-taxi. Saved from an accident by Naaki, a young man from the city, he offers him his ... See full summary »
Director: Pengau Nengo | Stars: Suzi Buri, Gerard Gabud, Leo Konga, Rhoda Selan
Votes: 71
Papua new guinea
99. The Last Reef (2012)
Not Rated | 40 min | Documentary, Short, Family
From the Academy-Award nominated creators of the Broadway show STOMP and the award-winning film Wild Ocean, The Last Reef is an uplifting, inspirational large-format and 3D cinema ... See full summary »
Directors: Luke Cresswell, Steve McNicholas
Votes: 349
Palau
100. Vigil (1984)
Not Rated | 90 min | Drama, Mystery
A lonely girl living on an isolated, mist-cloaked farm is confronted with the changes wrought by a stranger that arrives.
Director: Vincent Ward | Stars: Penelope Stewart, Frank Whitten, Bill Kerr, Fiona Kay
Votes: 887
New zealand
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