Watch the World – A Film For Every Country On Earth

Watch the World – A Film For Every Country in the World

Here’s the big list. Inspired by the world reading list from A Year of Reading the World my goal is to find and watch a film from every country in the world and fill out the list below. Then we’ll all be able to watch the world.

With a bit of help, you’ll be able to find a film for every country on Earth right here. Please help me fill in the blanks with recommendations so we can watch the world.

I’ve highlighted the best films from each country in bold and linked to those with reviews! I’ve also included the recommendations I’ve received so far in brackets 🙂

A

• Afghanistan: The Prince of Nothingwood
• Albania: The Great Warrior Skanderbeg (Bota, Death of the Horse, Slogans, Dear Enemy, Face to Face)
• Algeria: Battle of Algiers
• Andorra
• Angola
• Antigua and Barbuda
• Argentina: Wild Tales, Secret in their Eyes, Extraordinary Stories
• Armenia: The Colour of Pomegranates
• Aruba
• Australia: Rabbit Proof Fence
• Austria: Over the Years (films by Ulrich Seidl, Michael Glawogger)
• Azerbaijan
  

  B

• Bahamas
• Bahrain
• Bangladesh
• Barbados
• Belarus: Crystal Swan
• Belgium: Two Days, One Night, Man Bites Dog
• Belize
• Benin
• Bhutan
• Bolivia: Cuestion de Fe
• Bosnia and Herzegovina: All the Cities of the North
• Botswana
• Brazil: City of God, Elite Squad, Elite Squad 2
• Brunei
• Bulgaria
• Burkina Faso: Wallay
• Burma: Golden Kingdom
• Burundi: Uncertain Future

C

• Cambodia: The Missing Picture
• Cameroon
• Canada: I Killed My Mother, Mommy
• Cape Verde: Batuque, Djon Africa
• Central African Republic
• Chad: Abouna
• Chile: Neruda, No, A Fantastic Woman
• China: A Touch of Sin, Beijing Bicycle, Drug War, Not One Less
  
• Colombia: Embrace of the Serpent, Maria Full of Grace, The Colours of the Mountain
• Comoros
• Congo, Democratic Republic of the: Felicite, Makala
• Congo, Republic of the
• Costa Rica: Por Las Plumas
• Cote d’Ivoire
• Croatia
• Cuba: Lucia, Che Parts 1 & 2, I Am Cuba
• Curacao
• Cyprus
• Czech Republic: Closely Watched Trains, Cosy Dens

D

• Denmark: The Hunt, A Hijacking
  
• Djibouti
• Dominica
• Dominican Republic: Cocote

E

• East Timor
• Ecuador: Ratas, Ratones, y Rateros
• Egypt: Asmaa, After the Battle, The Square (The Last Days of the City, films by Youssef Chahine)
• El Salvador
• Equatorial Guinea
• Eritrea
• Estonia: Zero Point
• Ethiopia: Lamb

F

• Fiji
• Finland: The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Maki
• France: La Haine, Girlhood, The Intouchables, Amelie, Le Samourai, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, A Man Escaped, Amour, Breathless

G

• Gabon: Boxing Libreville
• Gambia, The
• Georgia: The Trader
• Germany: Toni Erdmann, Aguirre: Wrath of God, Ali: Fear Eats the Soul, Run Lola Run, The Lives of Others
• Ghana: The Cursed Ones
• Greece: The Lobster (or other films by Yorgos Lanthimos)
• Grenada
• Guatemala: Ixcanul, Tremors
• Guinea
• Guinea-Bissau
• Guyana: Guiana 1838

H

• Haiti: Fatal Assistance, Murder in Pacot
• Honduras: Amor y Frijoles
• Hong Kong: In the Mood For Love, Ip Man, A Simple Life
• Hungary: Son of Saul

I

• Iceland: Rams
• India: The Lunchbox, The Bait, Talvar
• Indonesia: The Act of Killing, The Look of Silence
• Iran: About Elly, Under the Shadow, Children of Heaven, Ten, The Circle, This is Not a Film
• Iraq: Ahlaam, The Journey
• Ireland: Song of the Sea
• Israel: Ajami, Sandstorm
• Italy: Divorce: Italian Style, The Great Beauty, Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion, La Dolce Vita, Cinema Paradiso, Dear Diary

J

• Jamaica: The Harder They Come
• Japan: Princess Mononoke, Spirited Away, Hayao Miyazaki, Akira Kurosawa, Pom Poko, Seven Samurai, Tokyo Story, The Ring, Paprika, Takeshi Kitano, Shoplifters, Nobody Knows
• Jordan: Theeb

K

• Kazakhstan: The Wounded Angel
• Kenya: Veve
• Kiribati
• Kosovo: Shok, Three Windows and a Hanging
• Kuwait
• Kyrgyzstan: Jamilia

L

• Laos: The Rocket
• Latvia: Dawn
• Lebanon: The Insult
• Lesotho: Mother, I Am Suffocating. This Is My Last Film About You.
• Liberia: Fragment 53
• Libya: Freedom Fields
• Liechtenstein
• Lithuania: Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania
• Luxembourg

M

• Macau
• Macedonia: God Exists, Her Name Is Petrunya
• Madagascar
• Malawi: The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
• Malaysia: Sepet
• Maldives
• Mali: Timbuktu
• Malta
• Marshall Islands
• Mauritania
• Mauritius
• Mexico: Y Tu Mama Tambien, Amores Perros, El Infierno, Heli, Miss Bala, Cronos, Silent Light
• Micronesia
• Moldova
• Monaco
• Mongolia: The Eagle Huntress
• Montenegro
• Morocco: Mimosas
• Mozambique: Sleepwalking Land

N

• Namibia
• Nauru
• Nepal: White Sun
• Netherlands: The Fourth Man
• New Zealand: Whale Rider, The Lord of the Rings, What We Do in the Shadows, Hunt for the Wilderpeople
• Nicaragua
• Niger
• Nigeria: October 1
• North Korea: The Propaganda Game
• Norway: Insomnia, Edvard Munch

O

• Oman

P

• Pakistan: Waar
• Palau
• Palestine: Omar
• Panama
• Papua New Guinea
• Paraguay: Damiana Kryygi
• Peru: Eldorado XXI
• Philippines: Melancholia
• Poland: Ida, The Structure of Crystal
• Portugal: Tabu, O Patio Das Contigas

Q

• Qatar: The Challenge

R

• Romania: Scarred Hearts
• Russia: Leviathan, Battleship Potemkin, Alexandra, Loveless
• Rwanda: Munyurangabo, Hotel Rwanda

S

• Saint Kitts and Nevis
• Saint Lucia
• Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
• Samoa: The Orator
• San Marino
• Sao Tome and Principe
• Saudi Arabia: Wadjda
• Senegal: Black Girl
• Serbia: The Load, (Lepa Sela Lepo Gore, Kad Porastem Bicu Kengur, Munje, Ko To Tamo Peva, Maraton ci Trce Pocasni Krug)
• Seychelles
• Sierra Leone: Sampha: Process
• Singapore: Ilo Ilo
• Sint Maarten
• Slovakia: Closely Watched Trains
• Slovenia
• Solomon Islands
• Somalia
• South Africa: District 9, Tsotsi
• South Korea: Oldboy, The Host, The Handmaiden, Train to Busan (New World, 3 Iron, I Saw the Devil)
• South Sudan
• Spain: Volver, Todo Sobre Mi Mama, Pan’s Labyrinth
• Sri Lanka: House of My Fathers
• Sudan: aKasha
• Suriname: Wan Pipel
• Swaziland: Liyana
• Sweden:  Persona, Wild Strawberries, Force Majeure, The Seventh Seal
  
• Switzerland: Those Who Are Fine
• Syria: Silvered Water

T

• Taiwan: Eat Drink Man Woman
• Tajikistan
• Tanzania: White Shadow
• Thailand: Mysterious Object at Noon, Bad Genius
• Timor-Leste
• Togo
• Tonga
• Trinidad and Tobago
• Tunisia: Beauty and the Dogs
• Turkey: Mustang, Nuri Bilge Ceylan
• Turkmenistan
• Tuvalu

U

• Uganda: The Pearl of Africa
• Ukraine: Winter on Fire, Factory
• United Arab Emirates
• United Kingdom: Trainspotting, Ex Machina, This is England, The Imitation Game, Moon, Kes, Mike Leigh
  
• United States: You probably already have your favourites from the United States, but I love Mulholland Drive, The Matrix, Moonlight, Her, Moonrise Kingdom
• Uruguay: Anina
• Uzbekistan

V

• Vanuatu: Tanna
• Venezuela: Soledad, Hermano, It’s All Good
  
• Vietnam: When the Tenth Month Comes

Y

• Yemen: Unknown Land

Z

• Zambia: I Am Not a Witch
• Zimbabwe

Please send any recommendations to rowan@filmroot.com or leave us a comment below.