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#34. Brazil, 2020 "Shine Your Eyes"
Director: Matias Mariani. Starring: Okechukwu Ukeje.
This film is a drama about a Nigerian man travelling to Brazil in search of his brother, and unravelling a set of secrets along his journey.
So, this movie is sort of the epitome of...
#34. Brazil, 2020 "Shine Your Eyes"
Director: Matias Mariani. Starring: Okechukwu Ukeje.
This film is a drama about a Nigerian man travelling to Brazil in search of his brother, and unravelling a set of secrets along his journey.
So, this movie is sort of the epitome of...
#33. Finland, 2023 "Nun or Never!"
Director: Heta Jäälinoja. Starring: n/a.
An abstract animated short about a nun who finds a man in the garden.
For being only 10 minutes long, it still contains some filler material. And the art style is incredibly amateurish - but not...
#33. Finland, 2023 "Nun or Never!"
Director: Heta Jäälinoja. Starring: n/a.
An abstract animated short about a nun who finds a man in the garden.
For being only 10 minutes long, it still contains some filler material. And the art style is incredibly amateurish - but not...
#32. China, 2023 "100 Yards"
Director: Xu Haofeng. Starring: Jacky Heung.
Early 1900s, a martial arts master dies and leaves his apprentice in charge instead of his own son. This causes a power struggle in the city, where a makeshift fighting code is used to keep order.
A...
#32. China, 2023 "100 Yards"
Director: Xu Haofeng. Starring: Jacky Heung.
Early 1900s, a martial arts master dies and leaves his apprentice in charge instead of his own son. This causes a power struggle in the city, where a makeshift fighting code is used to keep order.
A...
31. Australia, 2020 "Relic"
Director: Natalie Erika James. Starring: Emily Mortimer.
Relic is a horror film. A grandmother goes missing and, while her daughter and granddaughter are looking for her, she abruptly reappears. But there's something different about...
31. Australia, 2020 "Relic"
Director: Natalie Erika James. Starring: Emily Mortimer.
Relic is a horror film. A grandmother goes missing and, while her daughter and granddaughter are looking for her, she abruptly reappears. But there's something different about...
30. Türkiye, 1965 "Time to Love"
Director: Metin Erksan. Starring: Müşfik Kenter.
Time to Love is a once-lost Turkish drama that has been recently restored. It tells the story of a painter/decorator who falls in love with a picture of a woman.
A peculiar love story...
30. Türkiye, 1965 "Time to Love"
Director: Metin Erksan. Starring: Müşfik Kenter.
Time to Love is a once-lost Turkish drama that has been recently restored. It tells the story of a painter/decorator who falls in love with a picture of a woman.
A peculiar love story...
29. Ghana, 1970 "You Hide Me"
Director: Nii Kwate Owoo. Starring: Nii Kwate Owoo.
This is a short documentary, coming in just shy of 20 minutes, exploring and pontificating the troves of African art kept in British museums.
It's a simple film; black and white, short...
29. Ghana, 1970 "You Hide Me"
Director: Nii Kwate Owoo. Starring: Nii Kwate Owoo.
This is a short documentary, coming in just shy of 20 minutes, exploring and pontificating the troves of African art kept in British museums.
It's a simple film; black and white, short...
28. Spain, 2022 "The Beasts"
Director: Rodrigo Sorogoyen. Starring: Denis Ménochet.
A slowburn of a tense drama - a French couple move to Spain and get into a dispute over a land dispute with the locals.
This film has a very slow pace. It takes its time setting up...
28. Spain, 2022 "The Beasts"
Director: Rodrigo Sorogoyen. Starring: Denis Ménochet.
A slowburn of a tense drama - a French couple move to Spain and get into a dispute over a land dispute with the locals.
This film has a very slow pace. It takes its time setting up...
27. North Macedonia, 2025 "The Long Coming of the Fire"
Director: Zharko Ivanov. Starring: n/a.
This is a short animated film based on a poem and is a reflection on the diagnosis of cancer and subsequent death of the director's father.
A stark...
27. North Macedonia, 2025 "The Long Coming of the Fire"
Director: Zharko Ivanov. Starring: n/a.
This is a short animated film based on a poem and is a reflection on the diagnosis of cancer and subsequent death of the director's father.
A stark...
26. Iran, 2021 "Hit the Road"
Director: Panah Panahi. Starring: Hassan Madjooni.
Hit the Road is a family comedy-drama road trip movie.
The family depicted has a very weird dynamic. Not off-putting, just odd. And yet, kinda believable. The story does weave from...
26. Iran, 2021 "Hit the Road"
Director: Panah Panahi. Starring: Hassan Madjooni.
Hit the Road is a family comedy-drama road trip movie.
The family depicted has a very weird dynamic. Not off-putting, just odd. And yet, kinda believable. The story does weave from...
25. Czechia, 1976 "The Crabs"
Director: Václav Mergl. Starring: n/a.
The Crabs is an animated short film with no dialogue from what was then called Czechoslovakia. A scientist runs an experiment using robotic crabs and it quickly gets out of hand.
I have an odd...
25. Czechia, 1976 "The Crabs"
Director: Václav Mergl. Starring: n/a.
The Crabs is an animated short film with no dialogue from what was then called Czechoslovakia. A scientist runs an experiment using robotic crabs and it quickly gets out of hand.
I have an odd...
24. Belgium, 2019 "#21XOXO"
Director: Sine Özbilge. Starring: Indra De Bruyn.
This is an animated short and serves as a postmodern avant-garde look at online dating.
Kinda bonkers, kinda hard to describe. The animation is neat with some cool use of rotoscope.
24. Belgium, 2019 "#21XOXO"
Director: Sine Özbilge. Starring: Indra De Bruyn.
This is an animated short and serves as a postmodern avant-garde look at online dating.
Kinda bonkers, kinda hard to describe. The animation is neat with some cool use of rotoscope.
23. Switzerland, 2022 "Unrest"
Director: Cyril Schäublin. Starring: Clara Gostynski.
Unrest is a period drama about the rise of anarchist politics in small town Switzerland - as well as the importance of watchmaking.
I hate to say it, but this film so dreadfully...
23. Switzerland, 2022 "Unrest"
Director: Cyril Schäublin. Starring: Clara Gostynski.
Unrest is a period drama about the rise of anarchist politics in small town Switzerland - as well as the importance of watchmaking.
I hate to say it, but this film so dreadfully...
22. United States of America, 2024 "Nosferatu"
Director: Robert Eggers. Starring: Bill Skasgård.
This is a remake of the 1922 silent horror film Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror, which itself was based on the novel Dracula. A young couple is disturbed by...
22. United States of America, 2024 "Nosferatu"
Director: Robert Eggers. Starring: Bill Skasgård.
This is a remake of the 1922 silent horror film Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror, which itself was based on the novel Dracula. A young couple is disturbed by...
21. Estonia, 2019 "Toomas Beneath the Valley of the Wild Wolves"
Director: Chintis Lundgren. Starring: Draško Ivezić.
An animated short film about a family of anthropomorphic wolves where the unbelievably attractive husband has to turn to prostitution after losing...
21. Estonia, 2019 "Toomas Beneath the Valley of the Wild Wolves"
Director: Chintis Lundgren. Starring: Draško Ivezić.
An animated short film about a family of anthropomorphic wolves where the unbelievably attractive husband has to turn to prostitution after losing...
20. France, 2022 "Incredible But True"
Director: Quentin Dupieux. Starring: Alain Chabat.
A couple moves into a home with an alluring other-worldly feature and strange events unfold.
I'm not even sure how to start with this one. It's a strange premise, to be sure.
20. France, 2022 "Incredible But True"
Director: Quentin Dupieux. Starring: Alain Chabat.
A couple moves into a home with an alluring other-worldly feature and strange events unfold.
I'm not even sure how to start with this one. It's a strange premise, to be sure.
19. Portugal, 2024 "Grand Tour"
Director: Miguel Gomes. Starring: Gonçalo Waddington.
Grand Tour is an historical drama mixed with a cat-and-mouse romance.
This is a bit awkward. Because technically speaking the film is quite good. It's shot well and such. However...
19. Portugal, 2024 "Grand Tour"
Director: Miguel Gomes. Starring: Gonçalo Waddington.
Grand Tour is an historical drama mixed with a cat-and-mouse romance.
This is a bit awkward. Because technically speaking the film is quite good. It's shot well and such. However...
18. Nigeria, 2023 "Mami Wata"
Director: C.J. Obasi. Starring: Evelyne Ily Juhen.
Mami Wata tells the story of a coastal village whose people revere a mermaid deity, and how they react when misfortunes begin to accumulate.
There is a phrase in filmmaking:
18. Nigeria, 2023 "Mami Wata"
Director: C.J. Obasi. Starring: Evelyne Ily Juhen.
Mami Wata tells the story of a coastal village whose people revere a mermaid deity, and how they react when misfortunes begin to accumulate.
There is a phrase in filmmaking:
17. New Zealand, 2007 "Eagle vs Shark"
Director: Taika Waititi. Starring: Loren Horsley.
Eagle vs Shark is a comedy about a socially awkward woman who meets and falls for a socially awkward man.
This is a very difficult film to rate. It feels like the Kiwi...
17. New Zealand, 2007 "Eagle vs Shark"
Director: Taika Waititi. Starring: Loren Horsley.
Eagle vs Shark is a comedy about a socially awkward woman who meets and falls for a socially awkward man.
This is a very difficult film to rate. It feels like the Kiwi...
16. Chile, 2023 "The Settlers"
Director: Felipe Gálvez Haberle. Starring: Mark Stanley.
The Settlers is a revisionist western set in the 1890s that tells a story of 3 men tasked with clearing out the indigenous population of a South American island - roughly based...
16. Chile, 2023 "The Settlers"
Director: Felipe Gálvez Haberle. Starring: Mark Stanley.
The Settlers is a revisionist western set in the 1890s that tells a story of 3 men tasked with clearing out the indigenous population of a South American island - roughly based...
15. Romania, 2013 "Shadow of a Cloud"
Director: Radu Jude. Starring: Alexandru Dabija.
Shadow of a Cloud is a short film, which I wasn't originally going to include in my series, but some countries are difficult to find otherwise. It's about a priest...
15. Romania, 2013 "Shadow of a Cloud"
Director: Radu Jude. Starring: Alexandru Dabija.
Shadow of a Cloud is a short film, which I wasn't originally going to include in my series, but some countries are difficult to find otherwise. It's about a priest...
14. Austria, 2019 "Little Joe"
Director: Jessica Hausner. Starring: Emily Beecham.
Little Joe is a sci-fi thriller about a botanist who creates a genetically modified flower whose scent will help people feel happy. But then things begin to go awry.
This is a cool...
14. Austria, 2019 "Little Joe"
Director: Jessica Hausner. Starring: Emily Beecham.
Little Joe is a sci-fi thriller about a botanist who creates a genetically modified flower whose scent will help people feel happy. But then things begin to go awry.
This is a cool...
13. Zambia, 2017 "I Am Not A Witch"
Director: Rungano Nyoni. Starring: Maggie Mulubwa.
This is a dramatization of a genuine occurrence in Ghana: women accused of witchcraft are sent to witch camps where they live under strict rules. In I Am Not A Witch we follow a...
13. Zambia, 2017 "I Am Not A Witch"
Director: Rungano Nyoni. Starring: Maggie Mulubwa.
This is a dramatization of a genuine occurrence in Ghana: women accused of witchcraft are sent to witch camps where they live under strict rules. In I Am Not A Witch we follow a...
12. Cameroon, 2005 "The Bloodiest"
Director: Jean-Pierre Bekolo. Starring: Adèle Ado.
"The Bloodiest" is a dark comedy science fiction movie set in the (then) near future of 2025. Two sex workers try to dispose of a body.
What an odd film. The editing in particular...
12. Cameroon, 2005 "The Bloodiest"
Director: Jean-Pierre Bekolo. Starring: Adèle Ado.
"The Bloodiest" is a dark comedy science fiction movie set in the (then) near future of 2025. Two sex workers try to dispose of a body.
What an odd film. The editing in particular...
11. Ireland, 2019 "Rose Plays Julie"
Directors: Christine Molloy and Joe Lawlor. Starring: Ann Skelly.
"Rose Plays Julie" is a tense drama about a young woman who, looking for a sense of certainty and direction in her life, contacts her biological mother who had...
11. Ireland, 2019 "Rose Plays Julie"
Directors: Christine Molloy and Joe Lawlor. Starring: Ann Skelly.
"Rose Plays Julie" is a tense drama about a young woman who, looking for a sense of certainty and direction in her life, contacts her biological mother who had...
10. Saudi Arabia, 2019 "The Perfect Candidate"
Director: Haifaa Al-Mansour. Starring: Mila Al Zahrani.
This is a drama about a young doctor who misses a great opportunity, but it leads her onto a different path where she can still help the people in her community.
...
10. Saudi Arabia, 2019 "The Perfect Candidate"
Director: Haifaa Al-Mansour. Starring: Mila Al Zahrani.
This is a drama about a young doctor who misses a great opportunity, but it leads her onto a different path where she can still help the people in her community.
...