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a beginners guide to global cinema

Featuring the movies, movements, and directors you’re likely to encounter in your journey with global cinema. One movie per director First four are these week’s recommendations [korea, france, mexico, lesotho] The list is sorted by country alphabetically Africa Algeria [5-7] Cameroon [8] Egypt [9-29] Ethiopia [30] Ghana [31] Guinea [32-33] Kenya [34] Mali [35-36] Mauritania [37] Morocco [38-40] Namibia [41] Niger [42] Senegal [43-46] South Africa [47-50] Tunisia [51-54] Uganda [55] Zimbabwe [56] Asia Afghanistan [57] Armenia [58] China [59-79] Hong Kong [80-95] Taiwan [96-105] India [106-138] Indonesia [139-141] Iran [142-155] Iraq [156] Israel [157-158] Japan [159-245] Jordan [246] Korea [247-267] Kuwait [268-269] Lebanon [270-273] Palestine [274-278] Philippines [279-286] Syrian Arab Republic [287-293] Thailand [294-301] Turkey [302-307] Vietnam [308-310] Australia Australia [311-315] New Zealand [316] Europe Albania [317] Austria [318-3191] Belgium [320-326] Czechoslovakia [327-333] Denmark [334-340] Estonia[341] Finland [342-344] France [345-408] Germany [409-438] Greece [439-443] Hungary [444-447] Iceland [448] Ireland [449-451] Italy [452-482] Latvia [483-484] Lithuania [485] Netherlands [486] Norway [487-489] Poland [490-493] Portugal [494-498] Romania [499-500] Russian Federation [501-504] USSR [505-517] Spain [518-530] Sweden [531-536] Switzerland [537] United Kingdom [538-557] Yugoslavia [558-559] North America Canada [560-574] Cuba [575-576] Jamaica [577] Mexico [578-604] South America Argentina [605-615] Brazil [616-639] Chile [640-644] Colombia [645-647] Perù [648] Uruguay [649] Venezuela [650]

Davis Coggin

650 titles · Updated February 2, 2022

650 titles

Right Now, Wrong Then

2015

7.2Flick

Korea

Out 1

1971

7.1Flick

France

The Holy Mountain

1973

7.9Flick

Mexico

This Is Not a Burial, It's a Resurrection

2019

7.3Flick

Lesotho

Chronicle of the Years of Fire

1975

Algeria

I Still Hide to Smoke

2016

7.1Flick

Algeria

Papicha

2019

7.2Flick

Algeria

Muna Moto

1975

Cameroon

The Will

1939

Egypt

Life or Death

1954

Egypt

The Nightingale's Prayer

1959

7.2Flick

Egypt

The River of Love

1960

Egypt

Cairo 30

1966

Egypt

The Night of Counting the Years

1969

7.2Flick

Egypt

The Land

1970

7.2Flick

Egypt

Adrift on the Nile

1971

Egypt

Karnak

1975

Egypt

The Bus Driver

1982

Egypt

The Shame

1982

7.1Flick

Egypt

The Street Player

1983

7.2Flick

Egypt

The Collar and the Bracelet

1986

Egypt

Fish, Milk, Tamarind

1988

Egypt

Kit Kat

1991

7.1Flick

Egypt

Terrorism and Kebab

1992

7.2Flick

Egypt

Date Wine

1998

Egypt

A Cultural Film

2000

7.1Flick

Egypt

The Yacoubian Building

2006

7.1Flick

Egypt

Clash

2016

7.1Flick

Egypt

In the Last Days of the City

2016

Egypt

Harvest: 3,000 Years

1975

Ethiopia

Testament

1988

Ghana

God's Will

1992

Guinea

Tree of Blood

1996

Guinea-Bissau

Rafiki

2018

7.1Flick

Kenya

Yeelen

1987

7.1Flick

Mali

Bamako

2006

7.1Flick

Mali

Soleil O

1970

7.1Flick

Mauritania

Mirage

1979

Morocco

Ali Zaoua: Prince of the Streets

2000

7.1Flick

Morocco

Adam

2019

7.1Flick

Morocco

N!ai, The Story of a !Kung Woman

1980

Namibia

Little by Little

1970

Niger

Black Girl

1966

7.7Flick

Senegal

Hyenas

1992

7.2Flick

Senegal

Mossane

1996

Senegal

Atlantics

2019

7.1Flick

Senegal

The Rose of Rhodesia

1918

South Africa

Come Back, Africa

1959

South Africa

Horimiya: The Missing Pieces: Friends

S1 E7 · 2023

South Africa

District 9

2009

7.3Flick

South Africa

Halfaouine: Boy of the Terraces

1990

Tunisia

The Silences of the Palace

1994

Tunisia

Bab'Aziz

2005

Tunisia

Beauty and the Dogs

2017

7.1Flick

Tunisia

Who Killed Captain Alex?

2010

7.6Flick

Uganda

Aristotle's Plot

1996

Zimbabwe

Osama

2003

7.1Flick

Afghanistan

The Color of Pomegranates

1969

7.7Flick

Armenia

The Goddess

1934

7.1Flick

China

Street Angel

1937

China

Spring in a Small Town

1948

7.1Flick

China

The Monkey King: Uproar in Heaven

1961

7.1Flick

China

The Horse Thief

1986

China

Mama

1990

China

Raise the Red Lantern

1991

7.8Flick

China

Farewell My Concubine

1993

8.2Flick

China

Postmen in the Mountains

1999

7.1Flick

China

Devils on the Doorstep

2000

7.2Flick

China

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

2000

7.7Flick

China

Platform

2000

7.2Flick

China

Suzhou River

2000

7.5Flick

China

Tie Xi Qu: West of the Tracks

2002

7.2Flick

China

Blind Shaft

2003

China

City of Life and Death

2009

7.2Flick

China

Behemoth

2015

China

An Elephant Sitting Still

2018

8.0Flick

China

Us and Them

2018

7.8Flick

China

Long Day's Journey Into Night

2018

7.5Flick

China

So Long, My Son

2019

7.2Flick

China

Fist of Fury

1972

7.1Flick

Hong Kong

Master of the Flying Guillotine

1976

Hong Kong

The 36th Chamber of Shaolin

1978

7.4Flick

Hong Kong

The Five Venoms

1978

7.1Flick

Hong Kong

Dangerous Encounters of the First Kind

1980

7.1Flick

Hong Kong

Boat People

1982

7.1Flick

Hong Kong

The Boxer's Omen

1983

7.1Flick

Hong Kong

Police Story

1985

7.8Flick

Hong Kong

Pedicab Driver

1989

7.1Flick

Hong Kong

Fallen Angels

1995

8.3Flick

Hong Kong

Comrades, Almost a Love Story

1996

7.6Flick

Hong Kong

Made in Hong Kong

1997

7.6Flick

Hong Kong

Infernal Affairs

2002

7.7Flick

Hong Kong

Kung Fu Hustle

2004

7.9Flick

Hong Kong

Election

2005

7.2Flick

Hong Kong

Ip Man

2008

7.5Flick

Hong Kong

A Touch of Zen

1970

7.3Flick

Taiwan

Murmur of Youth

1997

7.1Flick

Taiwan

Yi Yi

2000

8.6Flick

Taiwan

Millennium Mambo

2001

7.4Flick

Taiwan

Blue Gate Crossing

2002

7.2Flick

Taiwan

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List

a beginners guide to global cinema

Davis Coggin

650 titles · Updated February 2, 2022

650 titles

Right Now, Wrong Then

2015

7.2Flick

Korea

Out 1

1971

7.1Flick

France

The Holy Mountain

1973

7.9Flick

Mexico

This Is Not a Burial, It's a Resurrection

2019

7.3Flick

Lesotho

Chronicle of the Years of Fire

1975

Algeria

I Still Hide to Smoke

2016

7.1Flick

Algeria

Papicha

2019

7.2Flick

Algeria

Muna Moto

1975

Cameroon

The Will

1939

Egypt

Life or Death

1954

Egypt

The Nightingale's Prayer

1959

7.2Flick

Egypt

The River of Love

1960

Egypt

Cairo 30

1966

Egypt

The Night of Counting the Years

1969

7.2Flick

Egypt

The Land

1970

7.2Flick

Egypt

Adrift on the Nile

1971

Egypt

Karnak

1975

Egypt

The Bus Driver

1982

Egypt

The Shame

1982

7.1Flick

Egypt

The Street Player

1983

7.2Flick

Egypt

The Collar and the Bracelet

1986

Egypt

Fish, Milk, Tamarind

1988

Egypt

Kit Kat

1991

7.1Flick

Egypt

Terrorism and Kebab

1992

7.2Flick

Egypt

Date Wine

1998

Egypt

A Cultural Film

2000

7.1Flick

Egypt

The Yacoubian Building

2006

7.1Flick

Egypt

Clash

2016

7.1Flick

Egypt

In the Last Days of the City

2016

Egypt

Harvest: 3,000 Years

1975

Ethiopia

Testament

1988

Ghana

God's Will

1992

Guinea

Tree of Blood

1996

Guinea-Bissau

Rafiki

2018

7.1Flick

Kenya

Yeelen

1987

7.1Flick

Mali

Bamako

2006

7.1Flick

Mali

Soleil O

1970

7.1Flick

Mauritania

Mirage

1979

Morocco

Ali Zaoua: Prince of the Streets

2000

7.1Flick

Morocco

Adam

2019

7.1Flick

Morocco

N!ai, The Story of a !Kung Woman

1980

Namibia

Little by Little

1970

Niger

Black Girl

1966

7.7Flick

Senegal

Hyenas

1992

7.2Flick

Senegal

Mossane

1996

Senegal

Atlantics

2019

7.1Flick

Senegal

The Rose of Rhodesia

1918

South Africa

Come Back, Africa

1959

South Africa

Horimiya: The Missing Pieces: Friends

S1 E7 · 2023

South Africa

District 9

2009

7.3Flick

South Africa

Halfaouine: Boy of the Terraces

1990

Tunisia

The Silences of the Palace

1994

Tunisia

Bab'Aziz

2005

Tunisia

Beauty and the Dogs

2017

7.1Flick

Tunisia

Who Killed Captain Alex?

2010

7.6Flick

Uganda

Aristotle's Plot

1996

Zimbabwe

Osama

2003

7.1Flick

Afghanistan

The Color of Pomegranates

1969

7.7Flick

Armenia

The Goddess

1934

7.1Flick

China

Street Angel

1937

China

Spring in a Small Town

1948

7.1Flick

China

The Monkey King: Uproar in Heaven

1961

7.1Flick

China

The Horse Thief

1986

China

Mama

1990

China

Raise the Red Lantern

1991

7.8Flick

China

Farewell My Concubine

1993

8.2Flick

China

Postmen in the Mountains

1999

7.1Flick

China

Devils on the Doorstep

2000

7.2Flick

China

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

2000

7.7Flick

China

Platform

2000

7.2Flick

China

Suzhou River

2000

7.5Flick

China

Tie Xi Qu: West of the Tracks

2002

7.2Flick

China

Blind Shaft

2003

China

City of Life and Death

2009

7.2Flick

China

Behemoth

2015

China

An Elephant Sitting Still

2018

8.0Flick

China

Us and Them

2018

7.8Flick

China

Long Day's Journey Into Night

2018

7.5Flick

China

So Long, My Son

2019

7.2Flick

China

Fist of Fury

1972

7.1Flick

Hong Kong

Master of the Flying Guillotine

1976

Hong Kong

The 36th Chamber of Shaolin

1978

7.4Flick

Hong Kong

The Five Venoms

1978

7.1Flick

Hong Kong

Dangerous Encounters of the First Kind

1980

7.1Flick

Hong Kong

Boat People

1982

7.1Flick

Hong Kong

The Boxer's Omen

1983

7.1Flick

Hong Kong

Police Story

1985

7.8Flick

Hong Kong

Pedicab Driver

1989

7.1Flick

Hong Kong

Fallen Angels

1995

8.3Flick

Hong Kong

Comrades, Almost a Love Story

1996

7.6Flick

Hong Kong

Made in Hong Kong

1997

7.6Flick

Hong Kong

Infernal Affairs

2002

7.7Flick

Hong Kong

Kung Fu Hustle

2004

7.9Flick

Hong Kong

Election

2005

7.2Flick

Hong Kong

Ip Man

2008

7.5Flick

Hong Kong

A Touch of Zen

1970

7.3Flick

Taiwan

Murmur of Youth

1997

7.1Flick

Taiwan

Yi Yi

2000

8.6Flick

Taiwan

Millennium Mambo

2001

7.4Flick

Taiwan

Blue Gate Crossing

2002

7.2Flick

Taiwan

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