Movies by Country

Explore the Globally Curious's film reviews by country! Movies are listed in chronological order. 

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Afghanistan

2012. The Patience Stone by Atiq Rahimi (Dari) 

Argentina

1986. Man Facing Southeast by Eliseo Subiela (Spanish)
2000. Nueve Reinas by Fabian Bielinsky (Spanish) 
2007. XXY by Lucia Puenzo (Spanish)

Bangladesh

1995. Aguner Poroshmoni by Humayun Ahmed (Bengali) 
2006. Ontorjatra by Tareque and Catherine Masud (Bengali and English)
2012. Ghetuputro Komola by Humayun Ahmed (Bengali)
2012. Uttarer Sur by Shahnewaz Kakoli (Bengali)

Ireland

2009. The Secret of Kells by Tomm Moore (English) 

Germany

2006. The Lives of Others by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck (German) 

India

1957. Harano Sur by Ajay Kar (Bengali) 
2001. Dil Chahta Hai by Farhan Akhtar (Hindi) 
2012. English Vinglish by Gauri Shinde (Hindi/English) 
2012. Eega by S. S. Rajamouli (Telugu) 
2013. Queen by Vikas Bahl (Hindi) 
2014. PK by Rajkumar Hirani (Hindi)
2014. Court by Chaitanya Tamhane (Marathi, Gujarati, Hindi, English)
2015. Nirbaak by Srijit Mukherji (Bengali)  
2015. Kadambari by Suman Ghosh (Bengali)
2015. Byomkesh Bakshi by Anjan Dutt (Bengali) 
2015. Sardaar Ji by Rohit Jugraj (Punjabi)
2015. Bale Bale Magadivoy by Maruthi Dasari (Telugu)
2015. Alif: The First Letter of Knowledge by N K Muhammed Koya (Malayalam)
2016. Neerja by Ram Madhvani (Hindi/English/Arabic) 
2016. Cinemawala by Kaushik Ganguly (Bengali) 
2016. Praktan by Nandita Ray and Shiboprosad Mukherjee (Bengali) 
2016. Dangal by Nitesh Tiwari (Hindi)

Korea

2009. Castaway on the Moon by Lee Hae-jun (Korean) 

Mongolia

2003. The Story of the Weeping Camel by Byambasuren Davaa (Mongolian) 

Soviet Union

1947. The Humpbacked Horse by Ivan Ivanov-Vano (Russian)

Spain

2007. The Orphanage by J. A. Bayona (Spanish)