FSR: Top 5 Films by Country

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Fergenaprido's Significance Rating - Top 5 Films by Country/Territory

This started out as a personal goal to see the top five films of each country, using imdb data. After they removed the weighted rankings beyond the Top 250, I created my own formula to try to balance each rating and it's number of votes, in order to make films more comparable. I settled upon the formula of SR=(EXP(rating)*(LN(votes))/100). Why that particular formula? I tinkered around with different variations, I prefer using ln instead of log, and this formula ended up with a fairly approximate order similar to imdb's weighted formula.

Here are the top five films from major and minor film countries. My current minimum number of votes is 5,000, for major countries, and less for minor countries. I excluded countries where there weren't enough films with at least 50 votes, as the SR wasn't reliable enough to rank them. I do exclude films that have had voter manipulation, but I don't exclude those rated highly because of enthusiasm from their home country (i.e. "mafias").

Not meant to be definitive, just a fun side project for me, and I decided to move it from my spreadsheet to icm this year. Feature-length films only (including documentaries).

I collect the imdb data on May 1st each year, and update this list shortly thereafter.

Films are listed by significance rating within each country, except section B, where films with 1,000+ ratings are listed first. I also adhere to a "1 country/territory per film" rule - I may not always get it right. Former countries (Yugoslavia, Soviet Union, etc.) that have successor states are allocated to their successor state by studio. Former countries (East Germany, North Vietnam, etc.) that were absorbed by another country are listed separately.

Countries & Territories included, sorted alphabetically (by code) per section:

Section A (1-205): at least 10 films with 5,000+ votes, 5 films per country (41 countries).
Argentina (1-5), Australia (6-10), Austria (11-15), Belgium (16-20), Brazil (21-25), Canada (26-30), Chile (31-35), China (36-40), Czechia (41-45), Denmark (46-50), Egypt (51-55), Spain (56-60), Finland (61-65), France (66-70), UK (71-75), Germany (76-80), Greece (81-85), Hong Kong (86-90), Hungary (91-95), Iceland (96-100), India (101-105), Ireland (106-110), Iran (111-115), Israel (116-120), Italy (121-125), Japan (126-130), South Korea (131-135), Mexico (136-140), Netherlands (141-145), Norway (146-150), New Zealand (151-155), Poland (156-160), Romania (161-165), Russia (166-170), Serbia (171-175), Sweden (176-180), Thailand (181-185), Turkey (186-190), Taiwan (191-195), USA (196-200), South Africa (201-205)

Section B (206-340): at least 10 films with 1,000+ votes, 5 films per country (27 countries).
Bangladesh (206-210), Bosnia & Herzegovina (211-216), Bulgaria (216-220), Colombia (221-225), Croatia (226-230), Cuba* (231-235), Estonia (236-240), Georgia (241-245), Indonesia (246-250), Latvia* (251-255), Lebanon (256-260), Lithuania (261-265), North Macedonia* (266-270), Malaysia (271-275), Morocco* (276-280), Pakistan (281-285), Peru (286-299), Philippines (291-295), Portugal (296-300), Palestine (301-305), Saudi Arabia* (306-310), Senegal* (311-315), Switzerland (316-320), Tunisia* (321-325), Ukraine (326-330), Uruguay (331-335), Venezuela (336-340)

Section C (341-440): at least 5 films with 500+ votes, 5 films per country (20 countries).
Afghanistan (341-345), Armenia (346-350), Ethiopia (351-355), East Germany (356-360), Iraq (361-365), Jamaica (366-370), Jordan (371-375), Kazakhstan (376-380), Kosovo (381-385), Mongolia (386-390), Nigeria (391-395), Nepal (396-400), Panama (401-405), Singapore (406-410), Sri Lanka (411-415), Slovakia (416-420), Slovenia (421-425), Chad (426-430), UAE (431-435), Vietnam (436-440)

Section D (441-605): at least 5 films with 100+ votes, 5 film per country (33 countries).
Albania (441-445), Algeria (446-450), Angola (451-455), Azerbaijan (456-460), Burkina Faso (461-465), Bhutan (466-470), Belarus (471-475), Bolivia (476-480), Ivory Coast (481-485), Cambodia (486-490), Cameroon (491-495), Costa Rica (496-500), Cyprus (501-505), Dominican Rep. (506-510), Ecuador (511-515), Ghana (516-520), Guatemala (521-525), Kenya (526-530), Kuwait (531-535), Kyrgyzstan (536-540), Luxembourg (541-545), Moldova (546-550), Mali (551-555), Malta (556-560), Montenegro (561-565), Paraguay (566-570), Puerto Rico (571-575), North Korea (576-580), Syria (581-585), Tajikistan (586-590), Trinidad & Tobago (591-595), Uganda (596-600), Uzbekistan (601-605)

Section E (606-655): at least 1 film with 50 votes, 1 film per country (50 countries).
Andorra, Bahamas, Burundi, Benin, Bahrain, Belize, Brunei, Central African Rep., Curaçao, Djibouti, Dominica, DR Congo, Fiji, Faroe Islands, Gabon, Gibraltar, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Greenland, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Laos, Libya, Lesotho, Liechtenstein, Macau, Madagascar, Myanmar, Mozambique, Mauritania, Malawi**, Namibia, Niger, Nicaragua, North Vietnam, Oman, Papua New Guinea, Rwanda, El Salvador, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Tanzania, East Timor, Turkmenistan, Togo, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe

*Cuba, Latvia, North Macedonia, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, and Tunisia have fewer than 10 with 1,000+ votes, but the Top 5 would remain the same or only change by one film each if I lowered the threshold.
**I wanted a round number for the list, so I chose the country with the highest film under 50 votes. Malawi beat out Cape Verde for that last spot.

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    El secreto de sus ojos

    2009 — a.k.a. The Secret in Their Eyes, in 12 top lists Check
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    Relatos salvajes

    2014 — a.k.a. Wild Tales, in 8 top lists Check
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    Nueve reinas

    2000 — a.k.a. Nine Queens, in 7 top lists Check
  4. 4 +1

    Esperando la carroza

    1985 — a.k.a. Waiting for the Hearse, in 1 top list Check
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    Diarios de motocicleta

    2004 — a.k.a. The Motorcycle Diaries, in 4 top lists Check
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    Mad Max: Fury Road

    2015, in 23 top lists Check
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    Mary and Max.

    2009 — a.k.a. Mary and Max, in 6 top lists Check
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    Lion

    2016, in 2 top lists Check
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    Moulin Rouge!

    2001, in 17 top lists Check
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    Dark City

    1998, in 6 top lists Check
  11. 11 +1

    Funny Games

    1997, in 12 top lists Check
  12. 12 +1

    La pianiste

    2001 — a.k.a. The Piano Teacher, in 7 top lists Check
  13. 13 +1

    Die Fälscher

    2007 — a.k.a. The Counterfeiters, in 3 top lists Check
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    Der siebente Kontinent

    1989 — a.k.a. The Seventh Continent, in 5 top lists Check
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    Revanche

    2008, in 3 top lists Check
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    Mr. Nobody

    2009, in 4 top lists Check
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    Close

    2022, in 4 top lists
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    The Broken Circle Breakdown

    2012, in 4 top lists Check
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    La promesse

    1996 — a.k.a. The Promise, in 4 top lists Check
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    Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du commerce, 1080...

    1975, in 12 top lists Check
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    Cidade de Deus

    2002 — a.k.a. City of God, in 22 top lists Check
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    O Auto da Compadecida

    2000 — a.k.a. A Dog's Will, in 1 top list Check
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    Tropa de Elite

    2007 — a.k.a. Elite Squad, in 3 top lists Check
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    Tropa de Elite 2: O Inimigo Agora é Outro

    2010 — a.k.a. Elite Squad: The Enemy Within, in 1 top list Check
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    Central do Brasil

    1998 — a.k.a. Central Station, in 7 top lists Check
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    Incendies

    2010, in 10 top lists Check
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    Iron Maiden: Flight 666

    2009, in 1 top list Check
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    Mommy

    2014, in 5 top lists Check
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    The Union: The Business Behind Getting High

    2007, in 0 top lists Check
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    The Corporation

    2003, in 4 top lists Check
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    Machuca

    2004, in 2 top lists Check
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    Nostalgia de la luz

    2010 — a.k.a. Nostalgia for the Light, in 7 top lists Check
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    No

    2012, in 5 top lists Check
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    La danza de la realidad

    2013 — a.k.a. The Dance of Reality, in 2 top lists Check
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    El agente topo

    2020 — a.k.a. The Mole Agent, in 0 top lists
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    Huo zhe

    1994 — a.k.a. To Live, in 7 top lists Check
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    Da hong denglong gaogao gua

    1991 — a.k.a. Raise the Red Lantern, in 21 top lists Check
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    Ba wang bie ji

    1992 — a.k.a. Farewell My Concubine, in 18 top lists Check
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    Guizi lai le

    2000 — a.k.a. Devils on the Doorstep, in 7 top lists Check
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    Ying xiong

    2002 — a.k.a. Hero, in 6 top lists Check
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    Obchod na korze

    1965 — a.k.a. The Shop on Main Street, in 14 top lists Check
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    Pelísky

    1999 — a.k.a. Cosy Dens, in 1 top list Check
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    Spalovac mrtvol

    1969 — a.k.a. The Cremator, in 13 top lists Check
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    Marketa Lazarová

    1967, in 9 top lists Check
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    Kolja

    1996 — a.k.a. Kolya, in 5 top lists Check
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    Jagten

    2012 — a.k.a. The Hunt, in 8 top lists Check
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    Ordet

    1955, in 21 top lists Check
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    The Act of Killing

    2012, in 9 top lists Check
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    The Look of Silence

    2014, in 4 top lists Check
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    Festen

    1998 — a.k.a. The Celebration, in 17 top lists Check
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Last updated on May 5, 2023 by Fergenaprido;