This map shows the favorite movie of each country
Updated on the day: 04/15/2021. This last year we have become professional chefs, amateur dancers, born athletes and, especially film experts . We have exhausted the catalogs of our online platforms to discover that series and movies are our best allies to travel from the sofa. RAVE Reviews has gathered in this map the highest rated movies in the world, but based on local production , and it will become your new traveling bible (without leaving home).
When it comes to the big screen, our eyes have always had a hollywood filter . We have grown up with movie clichés that have allowed us to imagine American life at our fingertips, without the need to travel. However, it is true that the Korean film by Bong Joon-ho, Parasites, recently managed to break down many of our borders and has aroused a clear interest in discovering other cinema beyond the great sign that crowns Los Angeles.
Talent grows in each and every country in the world. That is why this map opens the doors to the local cinema by collecting those films produced in each of them and with the highest rating, according to iMDb . All the titles are a mirror of the society, the environment and the lifestyle of each country, its lights and shadows, its strengths, but also its problems. We travel?
AROUND THE WORLD
You can take it as a real trip, choose your dream or favorite places and start discovering them with a luggage provided with a blanket and popcorn. First stop, Europe. Despite the many unknown titles, here are some of the most famous, movies we've seen more than once and twice.
'Klaus' swept away, not only among the public, but also among critics.
Untouchable is one of them. Although we have rediscovered our love for Omar Sy in Lupin , his character already made us fall in love for the first time in this French film that made us laugh and move in equal parts , and that is why his note (8.5) does not catch us by surprise. From France we go to Italy , in which the chosen film, with an 8.8, has been one of the quintessential movie classics: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly , we can still recreate in our minds that look of Clint Eastwood.
In Spain, the film produced here and with the best rating (8.2) a gap has been made recently. Klaus is a Spanish animated film , directed by Sergio Pablos. It not only swept the public, but also among the winners of its year. It took seven Annie awards, among them, best animated movie , enunciated for which she also won a Bafta, while she was nominated for the Oscar and Goya awards. His plot relates a somewhat alternative version to the one we know of Santa Claus and, surely, It is a success for adults and children.
Nevertheless, the highest rating (9) in Europe goes to a Bulgarian film, called Yesterday , although its original title is Vchera. This film dates from 1988, but is set in the 60s. It portrays the era of maximum splendor of the Beatles and the Rolling, in a few years when the youth really wanted to talk , and they do it with a demonstration of students, speaking out against the closed minds of their teachers. The plot promises.
In North America , the best known title and the best rated title coincide. It is an American film that is surely among the favorites of many of us, and could not be other than Life imprisonment (9.3) . Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman gave us two performances worth remembering in the history of cinema. Among the rest, some of the most popular are the Mexican Los Olvidados (8.3), by Luis Buñuel and Pirates of the Caribbean: the curse of the Black Pearl (8), in Dominica.
'Life imprisonment' will always be one of the world's favorites.
following by South America, the highest score goes to Far from home (9.5), in Venezuela , a story that recounts the journey of a young Venezuelan who leaves his country in search of new opportunities. However, the best known, with four Oscar nominations, takes us to Brazil, with City of God (8,6) , a drama based on real events that portrays the world of organized crime in a suburb of Rio de Janeiro.
South America
We jump to the Middle East and Central Asia , the film with the highest score (9.3) takes us to Turkey. The Chaos Class (Hababam Sinifi) is a 1975 Turkish comedy whose success was of such magnitude that five sequels and three spin-offs were made. Anyone who wants to dive right in has a long task, perfect for a Sunday afternoon movie marathon. Harmony Lessos (7.3), from Kazakhstan, managed to win a Silver Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival for his director of photography, Aziz Zhambakiyev.
Central Asia and the Middle East
to end with the rest of Asia and Oceania , we also rescue some well-known films in the cinematographic panorama. Before that, it should be noted that, in this part of the map, specifically in Mongolia, is the film with the best overall score (9.8) and the position goes to Life: Amidral , a 2018 drama that recounts the long journey of a privileged woman to a Buddhist temple in the country.
However, in addition to that prestigious title, we find others that enjoy acclaimed popularity. In Japan , how could it be otherwise, the award goes to Studio Ghibli with Spirited Away (8.6) , an animation that has made us dream both in childhood and in adulthood, between dragons, fantastic creatures and its touching protagonist. Nor are we surprised the listing of Parasites (8.6) in South Korea ; As we said before, this title has done a lot for cinema and its border limits.
Finally, another of the films that we already expected to see among these names was The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (8.9), in New Zealand . With 11 Oscars behind it, this title was (and will continue to be) a worldwide phenomenon . The small houses of the protagonists took us to Matamata, one of its main stages and which, however, has since been better known as Hobbiton.
'Parasites' managed to break down many borders in the cinema.
Finally, in Africa, the highest rated film is Héliopolis (9.5), in Algeria . Although it is based on the 40s, its premiere was released last year. Its plot depicts a tragic episode in the city of Guelma , with a massacre that went down in history. Nevertheless, the best known is the South African District 9 (7.9) . It has a rating of almost 650,000 users and a large number of nominations for major film awards, including Best Picture at the Oscars.
Although the best known is 'District 9', 'Héliopolis' has received the highest rating from users.
HOW IT WAS DONE
In order to make a map of similar dimensions, which includes 227 countries and territories , the data has been extracted from iMDb, looking at those films produced in each of them, and choosing the best valued of the 50 most voted titles by the largest number of users. In some cases, in those places where there were no qualified films produced in the country, those that are set there have been chosen . As for the ties, they opted for choosing the one that had a higher number of grades ; and for those that had several production companies, the country of origin was determined by the one that contributed more funds to the production.
In this way, we have been able to verify that there is no place for a single gender . Both lovers of action, such as those of drama, comedy or romance they will find a suitable title for their moviegoing pleasures . At a time when our passion for traveling is being limited, we can't think of a better plan than being able to do it through a local vision, through a discipline that has always had the power to make our imagination fly.