Movies are the fastest way to go deep into a different world. The following is a list of movies from a wide variety of genres. They have two things in common: (1) outstanding quality, (2) vivid, insightful views into a place or a culture. Watch one of these, and you’ll have a great time, feel like you’ve been there, and feel like you need to get on the next flight there. Guaranteed.
Notes:
– There is a section at the end of th list for movies that encompass multiple countries.
Democratic Republic of Congo
– Virunga (2014)
– When We Were Kings (1996)
India
– 3 Idiots (2019, Hindi)
– Bangalore Days (2014, Malayalam)
– Premam (2015, Malayalam)
Mali/Mauritania
– Timbuktu (2014) [Set in Mali and themes focus on Mali, but shot in Mauritania and directed by a Mauritanian, and themes are comparable]
Nigeria
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Palestine
– Paradise Now (2005)
Rwanda
– Hotel Rwanda (2004)
Senegal
– Atlantiques (2019)
Sierra Leone
– Blood Diamond (2006)
South Africa
– District 9 (2009)
– The Gods Must Be Crazy (1980)
South Korea
– Parasite (2019)
Uganda
– Queen of Katwe (2016)
USA
– Harsh Times (2005)
Zambia
– I Am Not a Witch (2017)
Movies that encompass multiple countries
– The Motorcycle Diaries (2004) [South America]