The Lives of Others 2006

Updated 20 June, 2023

HollyWood Movies based on Popularity

Douban.com (Chinese: 豆瓣; pinyin: Dòubàn), launched on March 6, 2005, is a Chinese social networking service website that allows registered users to record information and create content related to film, books, music, recent events, and activities in Chinese cities. It could be seen as one of the most influential web 2.0 websites in China.

This list is compiled from a collection of movie reviews in the 501 Must See Movies book. The movies have been split up into 10 genres, each with 50 movies (except for the last, which has 51): Action/Adventure & Epic, Comedy, Drama, Horror, Musical, Romance, Science Fiction/Fantasy, Mystery/Thriller, War and Western.

Source: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/659583.501_Must_See_Movies

A lista com os 50 filmes que você precisa assistir antes de morrer do vídeo publicado no canal do Nerd Rabugento. (https://youtu.be/SnXkwoarDwg)

These are great movies that most people haven't heard of.

Imported with Trakt.tv List Importer.

A personal introduction to 1000 movies by the provocative contemporary film critic and historian David Thomson.

Source: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Have-You-Seen-Introduction-masterpieces/dp/014102075X

I started off by gathering ratings from IMDB (User/Critic Average), Rotten Tomatoes (Tomatometer, Critic Average, Audience Score, User Average), Metacritic (Critic Average, User Average) and Letterboxd (User Average). I was then able to determine a rating (out of 10) for each individual rating and therefore come up with an average rating for each site. Each site’s average rating was then weighted fairly so that no site’s ratings were favored above the rest.

The next step was to make sure that each film was treated fairly. Other top movie list’s like IMDb’s Top 1000 removes films that have under a certain viewing number (25,000 I think), but rather than ruling out films that may have been overlooked by the general audience (especially older films), I opted to alter these films score by carefully deducting points depending on how many people have seen it, and therefore voted on it. I also thought it was needed to make sure that recent films (released within the past 36 months) were also not favored, as it usually takes 3 years for the average rating to settle down. So I also added a deduction to these films that fell under this rule.

Taken from here: https://www.reddit.com/r/movies/comments/3hbiio/update_1001_greatest_movies_of_all_time_plus/

1-Canada: Incendies
2-United States: The Shawshank Redemption
3-Mexico: Los Olvidados
4-Antigua and Barbuda: Working Girl
5-Bahamas: Co-Incidence
6-Barbados: Vigilante: The Crossing
7-Belize: A Trivial Exclusion
8-Cayman Islands: Go Far: The Christopher Rush Story
9-Costa Rica: Un Regalo Esencial
10-Cuba: Soy Cuba
11-Dominica: Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
12-Dominican Republic: Veneno
13-El Salvador: Jalón
14-Grenada: Blinded
15-Guatemala: Evidencia invisible
16-Haiti: I Love You Anne
17-Honduras: Un lugar en el Caribe
18-Jamaica: Out the Gate
19-Nicaragua: Big Brother Volcano
20-Panama: Escribiendo el General
21-Saint Lucia: Harvest
22-Saint Vincent & The Grenades: Voodoo Man
23-Trinidad and Tobago: Zesser The Movie
24-Argentina: El secreto de sus ojos
25-Bolivia: El cementerio de los elefantes
26-Brasil: Cidade de Deus
27-Chile: Machuca
28-Colombia: El abrazo de la serpiente
29-Ecuador: 24 horas de placer
30-Guyana: Karma: A Love Story
31-Peru: Wiñaypacha
32-Paraguay: Latas Vacías
33-Suriname: Wiren
34-Uruguay: La noche de 12 años
35-Venezuela: Lejos de Casa Pelicula Venezolana
36-Greenland: Unnuap Taarnerpaaffiani
37-South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands: The Beachcomber
38-Albania: Njeriu Me Top
39-Andorra: Nick
40-Austria: India
41-Belarus: Brestskaya krepost
42-Belgium: Mr. Nobody
43-Bosnia and Herzegovina: Savrseni krug
44-Bulgaria: Vchera
45-Croatia: Za ona dobra stara vremena
46-Cyprus: Melos oikogeneias
47-Czech Republic: Pelísky
48-Denmark: Jagten
49-Estonia: Tõde ja õigus
50-Finland: Tuntematon sotilas
51-France: Intouchables
52-Georgia: Ekvtime: Man of God
53-Germany: Das Leben der Anderen
54-Greece: Istoria mias kalpikis liras
55-Hungary: Az ötödik pecsét
56-Iceland: Sódóma Reykjavík
57-Ireland: The Song of the Sea
58-Italy: Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo
59-Kosovo: Kesulat
60-Latvia: Kriminalas ekselences fonds
61-Liechtenstein: Sex Charade
62-Lithuania: Eksursante
63-Luxembourg: Superjhemp retörns
64-Malta: Qlub Imwegggha
65-Moldova: Botez
66-Monaco: Incompatibles
67-Montenegro: Zlatne Caklje
68-Netherlands: Simon
69-North Macedonia: Preku ezeroto
70-Norway: Flåklypa Grand Prix
71-Poland: Krótki film o milosci
72-Portugal: O Pátio das Cantigas
73-Romania: Morometii
74-Serbia: Profesionalac
75-Slovakia: Záhrada
76-Slovenia: Outsider
77-Spain: Klaus
78-Sweden: Höstsonaten
79-Switzerland: Trois couleurs: Rouge
80-Ukraine: Nashi Kotyky
81-United Kingdom: The Prestige
82-Algeria: Héliopolis
83-Angola: Sambizanga
84-Benin: Barbecue-Pejo
85-Botswana: The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (S01e01 The Big Bonanza)
86-Burkina Faso: Kounandi
87-Burundi: Journal D'Un Cooperant
88-Cameroon: Ninah's Dowry
89-Cape Verde: Coração Atlântico
90-Central African Republic: Camille
91-Chad: Dry Season
92-Comoros: Orkney Snork Nie! 2 (Nog N' Movie)
93-Democratic Republic of the Congo: John of God the Movie
94-Djibouti: Dhalinyaro
95-Egypt: The Blue Elephant 2
96-Equatorial Guinea: Bella, La Salvaje
97-Eritrea: Minister
98-Ethiopia: Running Against the Wind
99-Gabon: La cage
100-Gambia: Medan vi lever
101-Ghana: Love or Something Like That
102-Guinea: Il va pleuvoir sur Conakry
103-Guinea-Bissau: Mortu Nega
104-Ivory Coast: La nuit des rois
105-Kenya: The Distant Boat
106-Lesotho: This Is Not a Burial, It's a Resurrection
107-Liberia: Murder in the Cassava Patch
108-Libya: Al-risâlah
109-Madagascar: Malagasy Mankany
110-Malawi: The Road to Sunrise
111-Mali: Kabala
112-Mauritania: Timbuktu
113-Mauritius: Divana-e-Ishq
114-Morroco: Majid
115-Mozambique: Desobediência
116-Namibia: The White Line
117-Niger: L'éxilé
118-Nigeria: B for Boy
119-Republic of the Congo: Heart of Africa
120-Rwanda: Ace of Hearts: Bwana Y'umutima
121-São Tomé e Príncipe: A Ilha dos Cães
122-Senegal: Cas Communautaire
123-Seychelles: The Amazing Race (s16e08 You're Like Jason Bourne, Right?)
124-Sierra Leone: Paradise Island
125-Somalia: The Pirates of Somalia
126-South Africa: District 9
127-Sudan: Barakat Al-Sheikh
128-Swaziland: Umshana
129-Tanzania: Going Bongo
130-Togo: Blue Bird
131-Tunisia: Look at Me
132-Uganda: Who Killed Captain Alex?
133-Zambia: Gräset sjunger
134-Zimbabwe: Camarada presidente
135-Afghanistan: Lina
136-Armenia: Bari Luys
137-Bahrain: DranDeh (another story from Saeed Shad)
138-Bangladesh: Jibon Theke Neya
139-Bhutan: Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom
140-Brunei: Ada Apa Dengan Rina
141-Cambodia: Red Wedding
142-China: Huo zhe
143-Hong Kong: Fa yeung nin wah
144-India: Soorarai Pottru
145-Indonesia: A Man Called Ahok
146-Iran: Marmoulak
147-Iraq: Path of Maryam
148-Israel: Gett
149-Japan: Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi
150-Jordan: Morning of the night
151-Kazakhstan: Uroki garmonii
152-Kuwait: Bye Bye London
153-Kyrgyzstan: Asman aldynda
154-Laos: At the Horizon
155-Lebanon: Capharnaüm
156-Malasya: Ejen Ali the Movie
157-Maldives: Zaharu
158-Mongolia: Khökhö
159-Myanmar: Mudras Calling
160-Nepal: Pashupati Prasad
161-North Korea: Sogum
162-Oman: Al-boom
163-Pakistan: Manto
164-Palestine: Between Heaven and Earth
165-Philippines: Miss Granny
166-Qatar: A Memory in Khaki
167-Russia: Vozvrashchenie
168-Saudi Arabia: Shams Al-Ma'arif
169-Singapore: Wo lai zi Niu Yue
170-South Korea: Gisaengchung
171-Sri Lanka: Aloko Udapadi
172-Syria: Syrian Metal Is War
173-Taiwan: Gu ling jie shao nian sha ren shi jian
174-Tajikistan: Luna Papa
175-Thailand: Fan chan
176-Timor-Leste: A Guerra da Beatriz
177-Turkey: Hababam Sinifi
178-Turkmenistan: Angelochek sdelay radost
179-United Arab Emirates: Khorfakkan
180-Uzebkistan: Tinchlik ortida
181-Vietnam: Song Lang
182-Yemen: 10 Days Before the Wedding
183-Australia: Hacksaw Ridge
184-Fiji: Adhura Sapna
185-Kiribati: Pacific Banana
Nauru: Pacific Banana
186-Marshall Islands : Ña Noniep
187-New Caledonia: Ni 28 - Strate I
188-New Zealand: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
189-Palau: Todo sobre mi madre
190-Papua New Guinea: Lukim Yu
191-Samoa: Flying Fox in a Fredom Tree
192-Tonga: When the Man Went South
193-Tuvalu: ThuleTuvalu
194-Vanuatu: The Love Boat (S05e08 Farnsworth's Fling)

From bleak Expressionist works to the edgy political cinema of the New German Cinema and the feel-good Heimat films of the postwar era, Directory of World Cinema: Germany aims to offer a wider film and cultural context for the films that have emerged from Germany - including some of the East German films recently made available to Western audiences for the first time. With contributions by leading academics and emerging scholars in the field, this volume explores the key directors, themes, and periods in German film history, and demonstrates how genres have been adapted over time to fit historical circumstances.

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The list is based on the contents of the Book, sorted by chapters:
Film Pioneers
Scoring Cinema
Fantastic Film
Adventure Film
Der Heimatfilm
Comedy
Foreigners and Guest-workers
Queer German Cinema
Vergangenheitsbewältigung
Rubble Film
War Film
Historical Drama
Political Drama
The Berlin Wall

More information on this is also aviable on http://worldcinemadirectory.co.uk/!

Not on the list:
http://www.themoviedb.org/movie/27069-the-raspberry-reich (flagged as adult)

Source:
Years 1931-2018 come from:
The New York Times: Book of Movies
the essential 1,000 films to see
2019 ed

Years after 2018 come from NYT website.

work in progress
There are discrepancies between the website and the book, particular for years after 2003. Please leave a comment for any errors you find.

Shortlist from The Oscars 2005-2009 nominees.

Deutschland. France. España. Skandinavia.

The European Film Awards are presented annually by the European Film Academy to recognize excellence in European cinematic achievements. The awards are given in over ten categories of which the most important is the Film of the year. They are restricted to European cinema and European producers, directors, and actors.

The awards were originally called the Felix Awards but the name was changed to the European Film Awards.

Source: http://www.europeanfilmacademy.org/

The best that cinema has had to offer since 2000 as picked by 177 film critics from around the world.

Source: The 21st Century’s 100 greatest films
(http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20160819-the-21st-centurys-100-greatest-films)

basing on a rating from BBC Culture: http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20160819-the-21st-centurys-100-greatest-films

Movies with spy plot in any form (dramas, action, adventure, comedies, war, crime, mystery, conspiracy theories, political thrillers, science fiction, e.t.c.).

Definition: A Spy movie shows the espionage activities of government agents seeking to uncover or maintain secrets from each other and for one country or for the benefit of another. Offering a combination of exciting escapism, technological thrills, and exotic locales, and combine the action and science fiction genres. They may also involve elements of political thrillers.

Essential / Must-see / Genre-defying: espionage movies:

North By Northwest (1959)
Notorious (1946)
The Conversation (1974)
Mission: Impossible (1996)
Casino Royale (2006)

Top 100 IMDB (Sorted by IMDb Rating Descending)

Movies mostly worthwhile watching.

As voted on BBC Culture: http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20160819-the-21st-centurys-100-greatest-films

Personally best of German Movies