UNESCO's Memory of the World: National Cinematic Heritage
by mymovieslists | created - 17 Mar 2012 | updated - 03 Jul 2013 | PublicList source
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Canada (these entries refer to multiple films and it's unclear exactly which films are included):
A selection of OMPB films (1917-34)
A selection of films produced by the government of Canada before the creation of the National Film Board (1923-41)
Canadian Cameo Series (1932-54)
Films by Maurice Proulx (1937-59)
Animated films of the National Film Board (1941-44)
Shorts produced at the London headquarters of the Canadian army during the last war (1941-45)
Ecuador (these entries refer to multiple films and it's unclear exactly which films are included):
Obra Filmica Documental Miguel A. Alvarez (1927-35)
Obra Filmica Documental Karl Gartelman (1970)
The Holy See (it's unclear exactly which film this refers to):
Leone XIII (1896)
Kazakhstan (the original titles are unknown):
Two Days in Spring (1983)
Songs of Orynbasar (1983)
Miracle Land (1989)
Baiterek (1990)
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4. Ondyelwa: a Festa do Boi Sagrado (1979)
43 min | Documentary, Short
The end of the Ondyelwa. Scenes from the three last days of the festival in which the population of the old Kingdom of Jau participate yearly.
Director: Rui Duarte
Votes: 14
5. Adeus a Hora da Partida (1979)
39 min | Documentary, Short
Documentary on the nation's pain after the death of President Neto, leader of the Angolan Revolution.
Director: Francisco Henriques
6.
Presente Angolano - Tempo Mumuila (1979– )
Episode:
Kimbanda
(1979)
21 min | Documentary
Director: Ruy Duarte de Carvalho
8. Conceição Tchiambula (1982)
30 min | Documentary, Short
Documentary on rural workers from the Huambo plateau.
Director: António Ole
9. Nelisita (1982)
90 min | Fantasy
Set during a time of famine, and with only two families surviving, the film charts the struggle of Nelisita, a young man who confronts the spirits with help from animals and his friends. ... See full summary »
Director: Ruy Duarte de Carvalho
Votes: 34
10. Balanço do Tempo na Cena de Angola (1982)
45 min | Documentary
A documentary in which Angolan laborers describe their working conditions under colonial rule.
Director: Ruy Duarte de Carvalho | Stars: Junior Hissibinbwa, Mutumana Mario, Haykondo Tyimyengo
Votes: 10
12. Marabu (1985)
25 min | Short
In November 1981, Manu Dibango and his orchestra visited Angola for a series of performances. The film shows the interaction with Angolan musicians.
Director: Denise Salazar
14. Meus Irmãos Cokwes (1991)
15 min | Short
The rich Cokwé culture, (an ethno-linguistic group from eastern Angola) its traditions and habits seen through the eyes of artists.
Director: Manuel Mariano
15. Quem Faz Correr Quim (1991)
22 min | Short
The story of one man's struggle to cope with the birth of his deformed child as he runs back and forth between his wife, mistress, and mother.
Director: Mariano Bartolomeu | Stars: Afonso Malheiro, Sandra Pitra, Maria J. Swart
Votes: 63
16. The Story of the Kelly Gang (1906)
Not Rated | 70 min | Action, Adventure, Biography
Originally 70 minutes in running time, only 17 minutes of the world's first full-length narrative feature film survived in stills and other fragments and tell the story of Ned Kelly, an infamous 19th-century Australian outlaw.
Director: Charles Tait | Stars: Elizabeth Tait, John Tait, Nicholas Brierley, Norman Campbell
Votes: 888
Australia
17. Dr. Mawson in the Antarctic (1913)
68 min | Documentary
Director: Frank Hurley | Stars: Douglas Mawson, Xavier Guillaume Mertz, Belgrave Edward Sutton Ninnis
Votes: 22
18. The Sentimental Bloke (1919)
106 min | Drama, Romance
A down-at-heal ex-convict undergoes an epiphany as he experiences the love of a good woman for the first time.
Director: Raymond Longford | Stars: Arthur Tauchert, Lottie Lyell, Gilbert Emery, Stanley Robinson
Votes: 299
19. For the Term of His Natural Life (1927)
101 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
A convict, wrongfully accused and sent a harsh prison colony, attempts to escape.
Director: Norman Dawn | Stars: George Fisher, Eva Novak, Dunstan Webb, Jessica Harcourt
Votes: 130
20. The Farmer Goes to Town (1938)
73 min | Comedy
Director: Ken G. Hall | Stars: Bert Bailey, Ann Richards, Fred MacDonald, Billy Rayes
Votes: 50
21. 40,000 Horsemen (1940)
Approved | 100 min | Drama, History, War
Three young Australians join the army at the beginning of World War I and are assigned to the Australian Light Horse cavalry, which is serving in Palestine. The three eventually take part ... See full summary »
Director: Charles Chauvel | Stars: Grant Taylor, Betty Bryant, Chips Rafferty, Pat Twohill
Votes: 237
22. Kokoda Front Line! (1942)
9 min | Documentary, Short, War
Cameraman Damien Parer has just returned from the front in New Guinea, where he's documented Australian troops in action. He explains this to us in a prolog. We then see air drops of ... See full summary »
Stars: Peter Bathurst, Damien Parer
Votes: 271
23. The Back of Beyond (1954)
G | 66 min | Documentary
A documentary film which follows a mailman as he travels along the Birdsville Track in the Outback.
Director: John Heyer | Stars: Tom Kruse, William Henry Butler, Jack the Dogger, Old Joe the Rainmaker
Votes: 128
24. Jedda the Uncivilized (1955)
101 min | Adventure, Drama, History
Set against the harsh natural surrounds of outback Northern Territory, Jedda captures a rare and honest glimpse into the heart and history of indigenous Australia. Young Jedda is caught ... See full summary »
Director: Charles Chauvel | Stars: Rosalie Kunoth-Monks, Robert Tudawali, Betty Suttor, Paul Reynall
Votes: 401
25. Two Thousand Weeks (1969)
90 min | Drama
A subjective view of a crisis in the life of a writer who calculates he has 2,000 weeks left in his life to fulfill himself.
Director: Tim Burstall | Stars: Mark McManus, Jeanie Drynan, Eileen Chapman, David Turnbull
Votes: 18
26. Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975)
PG | 115 min | Drama, Mystery
During a rural summer picnic, a few students and a teacher from an Australian girls' school vanish without a trace. Their absence frustrates and haunts the people left behind.
Director: Peter Weir | Stars: Rachel Roberts, Anne-Louise Lambert, Vivean Gray, Helen Morse
Votes: 41,009 | Gross: $0.23M
27. Newsfront (1978)
PG | 110 min | Drama, History
In post-war Australia the men and women of Cinetone struggle to produce the weekly news reels for the movie-going public.
Director: Phillip Noyce | Stars: Bill Hunter, Gerard Kennedy, Wendy Hughes, Chris Haywood
Votes: 902
28. Breaker Morant (1980)
PG | 107 min | Drama, History, War
Three Australian lieutenants are court martialed for executing prisoners as a way of deflecting attention from war crimes committed by their superior officers.
Director: Bruce Beresford | Stars: Edward Woodward, Jack Thompson, John Waters, Bryan Brown
Votes: 14,420 | Gross: $7.14M
29. Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior (1981)
R | 96 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
In the post-apocalyptic Australian wasteland, a cynical drifter agrees to help a small, gasoline-rich community escape a horde of bandits.
Director: George Miller | Stars: Mel Gibson, Bruce Spence, Michael Preston, Max Phipps
Votes: 193,594 | Gross: $12.47M
30. Gallipoli (1981)
PG | 110 min | Adventure, Drama, History
Two Australian sprinters face the brutal realities of war when they are sent to fight in the Gallipoli campaign in Turkey during World War I.
Director: Peter Weir | Stars: Mel Gibson, Mark Lee, Bill Kerr, Harold Hopkins
Votes: 41,943 | Gross: $5.73M
31. Strictly Ballroom (1992)
PG | 94 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
A maverick dancer risks his career by performing an unusual routine and sets out to succeed with a new partner.
Director: Baz Luhrmann | Stars: Paul Mercurio, Tara Morice, Bill Hunter, Pat Thomson
Votes: 29,392 | Gross: $11.74M
32. Sodom and Gomorrah (1922)
150 min | Drama
When the old multimillionaire Jackson Harber wants to marry the young model Mary, she hesitates, but her mother convinces her that this is her chance to lead a life in luxury and leisure. ... See full summary »
Director: Michael Curtiz | Stars: Georg Reimers, Victor Varconi, Lucy Doraine, Erika Wagner
Votes: 243
Austria
33. The City Without Jews (1924)
80 min | Drama
Jews are expelled from the city of Utopia.
Director: H.K. Breslauer | Stars: Eugen Neufeld, Hans Moser, Anny Miletty, Johannes Riemann
Votes: 455
34. Masquerade in Vienna (1934)
90 min | Comedy, Romance
Vienna 1905: A risque drawing is published and threatens to compromise the model, a doctor's wife. Artist Heideneck protects her and invents a name. But the name exists, and this respectable lady is drawn into the artist's shady affairs.
Director: Willi Forst | Stars: Paula Wessely, Anton Walbrook, Olga Tschechowa, Hans Moser
Votes: 393
35. Vorstadtvariete (1935)
93 min | Drama, Musical
A Viennese architect opposes his girlfriend's ambitions as a cabaret singer and turns away from her to do his duty in the infantry and prepare for war.
Director: Werner Hochbaum | Stars: Mathias Wieman, Luise Ullrich, Oskar Sima, Lina Woiwode
Votes: 65
36. Der Prozeß (1948)
108 min | Drama
In 1882 a country girl disappears from a small Hungarian village. The inhabitants suggest that she was murdered by the Jews. Everything is done to accuse them before the trial. A study in ... See full summary »
Director: Georg Wilhelm Pabst | Stars: Maria Eis, Aglaja Schmid, Marianne Schönauer, Ewald Balser
Votes: 144
37. Der Rabe (1951)
14 min | Short, Horror
A black and white short depicting the events written by Edgar Allan Poe in his famous poem "The Raven".
Director: Kurt Steinwendner | Stars: Leopold Rudolf, Margit Jergins
Votes: 110
38. The Last Bridge (1954)
102 min | Drama, War
A German nurse gets sent to the front because she gives medical aid to a wounded Serbian partisan during World War II.
Director: Helmut Käutner | Stars: Maria Schell, Bernhard Wicki, Barbara Rütting, Carl Möhner
Votes: 452
39. Kassbach - Ein Portrait (1979)
110 min | Drama
The Viennese vegetable merchant Karl Kassbach becomes a member of the right-wing extremist organization "Initiative", which plans numerous attacks and assassinations in the Vienna.
Director: Peter Patzak | Stars: Walter Kohut, Immy Schell, Maria Engelstorfer, Konrad Becker
Votes: 82
40. Tales from the Vienna Woods (1979)
90 min | Drama
In Vienna, in 1930, a young woman falls in love with a gambler and leaves her fiancé, a common butcher. They become a couple and have a baby, but he gets bored and leaves them. Without means to support herself, her downfall begins.
Director: Maximilian Schell | Stars: Birgit Doll, Hanno Pöschl, Helmut Qualtinger, Jane Tilden
Votes: 165
41. Der Schüler Gerber (1981 TV Movie)
95 min | Drama
Kurt Gerber is attending his final class and gets into trouble with the math professor, a frustrated self-assured petty bourgeois sadist. The duel ends in catastrophe.
Director: Wolfgang Glück | Stars: Gabriel Barylli, Werner Kreindl, Romuald Pekny, Paola Loew
Votes: 124
42. Ein wenig sterben (1981)
88 min | Drama
Story of an old man who refuses to leave a condemned house even though all the other tenants have left. He barricades himself in and spends his time writing protest letters to the government.
Director: Mansur Madavi | Stars: Axel Klingenberg, Kurt Kosutic, Maria Martina, Heribert Sasse
Votes: 16
43. Raffl (1984)
95 min | Drama, History
Portrait of an alpine countryside during the Napoleonic wars. The hero, a poor countryman, is faced with expulsion from society after having informed the French occupants of the hiding place of the guerrilla leader.
Director: Christian Berger | Stars: Lois Weinberger, Dietmar Schönherr, Barbara Weber, Barbara Viertl
Votes: 20
44. Schmutz (1987)
100 min | Drama, Thriller
Josef Schmutz is a custodian clerk given the task of guarding an outdated industrial plant.
Director: Paulus Manker | Stars: Fritz Schediwy, Hans-Michael Rehberg, Siggi Schwientek, Josefin Platt
Votes: 89
45. Heidenlöcher (1986)
100 min | Drama, War
Director: Wolfram Paulus | Stars: Florian Pircher, Albert Paulus, Helmut Vogel, Matthias Aichhorn
Votes: 40
46. 38 (1986)
97 min | Drama
In 1938, Austria is about to become a part of the Third Reich. A theater actress and a Jewish journalist fall in love and spend time together, completely ignoring the political turmoil of the time despite friendly warnings.
Director: Wolfgang Glück | Stars: Tobias Engel, Sunnyi Melles, Heinz Trixner, Romuald Pekny
Votes: 190
47. T4 - Hartheim 1 - Sterben und Leben im Schloß (1988)
62 min | Documentary, War
Directors: Andreas Gruber, Egon Humer
Votes: 10
48. The Seventh Continent (1989)
Not Rated | 108 min | Drama
A European family who plan on escaping to Australia seem caught up in their daily routine, only troubled by minor incidents. However, behind their apparent calm and repetitive existence, they are actually planning something sinister.
Director: Michael Haneke | Stars: Birgit Doll, Dieter Berner, Leni Tanzer, Udo Samel
Votes: 16,971
49. Die toten Fische (1989)
83 min | Drama
Director: Michael Synek | Stars: Joe Berger, Erwin Leder, Lisa Luginbuhl, Martin Schellnast
Votes: 21
50. Weininger's Last Night (1990)
105 min | Drama
Self-imprisoned in an apartment which is reminiscent of a theater stage, Otto Weininger recalls certain events of his life before shooting himself on October 4, 1903.
Director: Paulus Manker | Stars: Paulus Manker, Hilde Sochor, Josefin Platt, Sieghardt Rupp
Votes: 68
51. Benny's Video (1992)
Not Rated | 110 min | Crime, Drama
A 14-year-old video enthusiast obsessed with violent films decides to make one of his own and show it to his parents, with tragic results.
Director: Michael Haneke | Stars: Arno Frisch, Angela Winkler, Ulrich Mühe, Ingrid Stassner
Votes: 18,601
52. 71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance (1994)
Not Rated | 100 min | Drama
71 scenes revolving around a recent immigrant, a couple that has just adopted a daughter, a college student and a lonely old man.
Director: Michael Haneke | Stars: Gabriel Cosmin Urdes, Lukas Miko, Otto Grünmandl, Anne Bennent
Votes: 8,716
53. The Quality of Mercy (1994)
105 min | Drama, War
It is the beginning of 1945 during World War II in former Austria. 500 Soviet prisoners of war who have refused to fight on the side of the Germans against their country were moved to the ... See full summary »
Director: Andreas Gruber | Stars: Elfriede Irrall, Rainer Egger, Oliver Broumis, Merab Ninidze
Votes: 325
55. Inauguración del Estadio Hernando Siles (1927)
8 min | Documentary, Short
Director: José María Velasco Maidana
56. Warawara (1930)
69 min | Drama
The story of a an Inca Princess who falls in love with a Captain of the Spanish army.
Director: José María Velasco Maidana | Stars: Juanita Tallansier, Arturo Borda, Dámaso Eduardo Delgado, Eduardo Camacho
Votes: 66
57. Hacia la gloria (1932)
42 min | Short, Drama
Directors: Arturo Borda, Mario Camacho, Raúl Durán, José Jiménez | Stars: Valentina Arze, Angélica Azcui, Arturo Borda, Matilde Garvia
58. La Campana del Chaco (1933)
20 min | Documentary, Short
Documentary on the Chaco War between Bolivia and Paraguay from the recruitment of troops to the battle front.
Director: José María Velasco Maidana
59. Infierno Verde o La Guerra del Chaco (1936)
58 min | Documentary
Documentary on the Chaco War between Bolivia and Paraguay and in particular on the signing of the peace treaty.
Director: Luis Bazoberry
60. Al Pie del Illimani (1948)
60 min | Documentary
Festivities marking the 4th centenary of the founding of La Paz.
Director: Emelco
61. Come Back, Sebastiana (1953)
28 min | Short
The story of a poor girl who leaves her starving family and sheep for a more prosperous village. Her grandfather finds her and tries to convince her to return to her home.
Directors: Augusto Roca, Jorge Ruiz | Stars: Sebastiana Kespi, Esteban Lupi, Paulino Lupi, Irene Lázaro
Votes: 74
62. La vertiente (1959)
56 min | Drama
Director: Jorge Ruiz | Stars: Rosario Del Río, Raúl Vaca Pereira
Votes: 12
63. Aysa (1965)
25 min | Short
A film without a single word except for a scream of "Aysa".The story of the harsh and inexorable life of tin miners.
Director: Jorge Sanjinés | Stars: Benedicta Huanca, Vicente Veneros
64. Ukamau (1966)
75 min | Drama
While her husband is on his way to the market, a peasant woman is raped and murdered. Her widower carefully plans his revenge.
Director: Jorge Sanjinés | Stars: Elsa Antequera, Néstor Cárdenas, Benedicta Huanca, Benedicta Mendoza
Votes: 252
65. Blood of the Condor (1969)
70 min | Crime, Drama
The reaction of an indigenous community against a group of foreigners who under the guise of development assistance are forcibly sterilizing the peasant women.
Director: Jorge Sanjinés | Stars: Marcelino Yanahuaya, Benedicta Mendoza, Vicente Verneros Salinas, Danielle Caillet
Votes: 622
66. The Night of San Juan (1971)
90 min | Drama, History
A documentary reenactment of the government-ordered massacre of striking tin miners and their families at the Siglo XX Mines in 1967 in Bolivia.
The film starts with previous massacres and ... See full synopsis »
Director: Jorge Sanjinés | Stars: Domitila de Chungara, Eusebio Gironda, Federico Vallejo, Felicidad Coca García
Votes: 146
67. Pueblo chico (1974)
85 min | Drama
After several years a student returns to his native village only to find that despite the agrarian reform act of 1952, nothing has changed in the treatment of peasants, and racial discrimination continues.
Director: Antonio Eguino | Stars: Juan Carlos Aguirre, Elsa Antequera, Alberto Bohorquez, Alberto Bojórquez
Votes: 5
68. Chuquiago (1977)
86 min | Drama
Racial, social and cultural aspects of La Paz (called Chuquiago by the Aymaras) seen through four stories.
Director: Antonio Eguino | Stars: Néstor Yujiri, Edmundo Villarroel, David Sàntalla, Tatiana Aponte
Votes: 143
69. Limit (1931)
Not Rated | 114 min | Drama, Romance
Three people (Raul Schnoor, Olga Breno and Tatiana Rey) sail aimlessly while remembering their past.
Director: Mario Peixoto | Stars: Olga Breno, Tatiana Rey, Raul Schnoor, Brutus Pedreira
Votes: 2,873
Brazil
70. Ganga Bruta (1933)
82 min | Drama
A man kills his wife on their wedding night, after discovering she had been unfaithful. After being acquitted, he moves to the country, where he falls in love with an innocent girl.
Director: Humberto Mauro | Stars: Durval Bellini, Dea Selva, Lu Marival, Décio Murilo
Votes: 448
71. The Bandit (1953)
Approved | 91 min | Action, Drama, History
'Capitão', a bandit, terrorizes poor villages in the Northeast region of Brazil, looting and frequently killing with his armed gang, until he kidnaps and becomes attracted to a beautiful schoolteacher, creating discord in his group.
Director: Lima Barreto | Stars: Alberto Ruschel, Marisa Prado, Milton Ribeiro, Vanja Orico
Votes: 704
72. O Grande Momento (1958)
80 min | Drama
On the day of his wedding, young man from a family of immigrants faces some problems to get the money needed for the last arrangements. The family do what they can in order to honour the great event, selling personal belongings and buying enough supplies for a decent party.
Director: Roberto Santos | Stars: Gianfrancesco Guarnieri, Myriam Pérsia, Vera Gertel, Jaime Barcellos
Votes: 144
73. Porto das Caixas (1963)
80 min | Drama
Irma can only think about getting rid of her cowardly dirty husband. She seeks out lovers not to commit adultery or for pleasure, but to find an accomplice to kill her husband.
Director: Paulo César Saraceni | Stars: Irma Álvarez, Reginaldo Faria, Paulo Padilha, Joseph Guerreiro
Votes: 152
74. The Given Word (1962)
98 min | Drama
A simple yet devout Christian makes a vow to Saint Barbara after she saves his donkey, but everyone he meets seems determined to misunderstand his intentions. Will he be able to keep his promise in the end?
Director: Anselmo Duarte | Stars: Leonardo Villar, Glória Menezes, Dionísio Azevedo, Geraldo Del Rey
Votes: 3,937
75. Barren Lives (1963)
Not Rated | 103 min | Drama
A poor family in the Northeast of Brazil (Fabiano, the father; Sinhá Vitória, the mother; their 2 children and a dog called Baleia) wander about the barren land searching for a better place... See full summary »
Director: Nelson Pereira dos Santos | Stars: Átila Iório, Maria Ribeiro, Orlando Macedo, Jofre Soares
Votes: 2,907
76. Men and Women (1964)
93 min | Drama
Two friends take two prostitutes for a night of pleasure. But the night turns out to be frustrating for all involved, as much bitterness is revealed in their conversation and attitudes, ... See full summary »
Director: Walter Hugo Khouri | Stars: Norma Bengell, Odete Lara, Mário Benvenutti, Gabriele Tinti
Votes: 641
77. Black God, White Devil (1964)
Not Rated | 120 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
After killing his employer when he tries to cheat him out of his payment, a man becomes an outlaw and starts following a self-proclaimed saint.
Director: Glauber Rocha | Stars: Geraldo Del Rey, Yoná Magalhães, Othon Bastos, Maurício do Valle
Votes: 5,353
78. São Paulo, Sociedade Anônima (1965)
107 min | Drama
A man lives in conflict as he deals with his friends and love interests against the backdrop of São Paulo.
Director: Luiz Sérgio Person | Stars: Ana Esmeralda, Eva Wilma, Otelo Zeloni, Walmor Chagas
Votes: 989
79. A Grande Cidade ou As Aventuras e Desventuras de Luzia e Seus 3 Amigos Chegados de Longe (1966)
80 min | Crime, Drama
Luzia comes from the backwoods of Northeast Brazil to Rio de Janeiro, in search of her fiancé. But soon she'll find out he has turned into a dangerous criminal and is being looked after by the police.
Director: Carlos Diegues | Stars: Leonardo Villar, Anecy Rocha, Antonio Pitanga, Joel Barcellos
Votes: 160
80. The Red Light Bandit (1968)
92 min | Crime, Thriller
The story of a famous Brazilian criminal, called The Red Light Bandit because he always used a red flashlight to break in the houses during the night. Working alone, he also used to rape his female victims.
Director: Rogério Sganzerla | Stars: Helena Ignez, Paulo Villaça, Pagano Sobrinho, Luiz Linhares
Votes: 1,683
81. Macunaima (1969)
Not Rated | 95 min | Fantasy, Comedy
Our story begins with Macunaima's miraculous birth to an old woman in a tiny jungle settlement. Born fully grown, he discovers his life's purpose which leads him and his family and ... See full summary »
Director: Joaquim Pedro de Andrade | Stars: Grande Otelo, Paulo José, Jardel Filho, Dina Sfat
Votes: 2,093
82. Twenty Years Later (1984)
119 min | Documentary, History
A filmmaker returns to Northeast Brazil after twenty years to resume his film (a profile of assassinated peasant leader João Pedro Teixeira) which was shut down by a right-wing military coup in 1964.
Director: Eduardo Coutinho | Stars: Eduardo Coutinho, Elizabeth Teixeira, Ferreira Gullar, Tite de Lemos
Votes: 1,693
83. They Don't Wear Black Tie (1981)
120 min | Drama
Union leader's son doesn't want to engage in a strike, because his wife is pregnant, thus disregarding his father's tradition of political activism.
Director: Leon Hirszman | Stars: Gianfrancesco Guarnieri, Fernanda Montenegro, Carlos Alberto Riccelli, Bete Mendes
Votes: 1,818
84. Gaijin, a Brazilian Odyssey (1980)
112 min | Drama
Based on fact, this is the story of the struggles of Japanese immigrants who traveled to and settled in Brazil looking for a better life.
Director: Tizuka Yamasaki | Stars: Kyoko Tsukamoto, Antônio Fagundes, Jiro Kawarazaki, Gianfrancesco Guarnieri
Votes: 186
85. Go Ahead, Brazil! (1982)
105 min | Crime, Drama
This movie is about one of the worst periods for the Brazilian people. Shows the days of military dictatorship when the Brazilian people against the government were put in jails, tortured, ... See full summary »
Director: Roberto Farias | Stars: Reginaldo Faria, Carlos Zara, Antônio Fagundes, Natália do Vale
Votes: 524
86. Le sang des parias (1973)
90 min | Drama
A young student from a family which considers itself "progressive" cannot marry the boy she loves as he comes from the caste of the smiths who are viewed as pariahs.
Director: Mamadou Djim Kola | Stars: Aminata Diawara, Mariam Fofana, Georges Ouedraogo
Burkina Faso
87. Wend Kuuni (1982)
75 min | Drama
In pre-colonial times a peddler crossing the savanna discovers a child lying unconscious in the bush. When the boy comes to, he is mute and cannot explain who he is. The peddler leaves him ... See full summary »
Director: Gaston Kaboré | Stars: Serge Yanogo, Rosine Yanogo, Joseph Nikiema, Colette Kaboré
Votes: 271
88. Paweogo (1984)
82 min | Drama
Bila, a young peasant, decides to go to Ivory Coast to work and is asked by his parents to accompany Pogbi who is going to meet her fiancé, through an arranged marriage, for the first time.... See full summary »
Director: Kollo Sanou | Stars: Issa Ablo, Bernard Cadsondo, Marie-Claire Coeffe, Anatole Compaore
Votes: 10
89. Jours de tourmentes (1985)
120 min
Young people call into question their village's customs and create an agricultural co-operative.
Director: Paul Zoumbara | Stars: Sotigui Kouyaté, Yacine Tall
90. Yam Daabo (1987)
80 min | Drama
Poverty and misery are rife in Gourga, a village in the Sahel. The inhabitants must choose: stay and await international assistance or leave for more fertile regions in the country.
Director: Idrissa Ouedraogo | Stars: Moussa Blogo, Aoua Guiraud, Assita Ouedraogo, Fatima Ouedraogo
Votes: 99
91. Desebagato (1987)
90 min | Drama
It's payday and Adama, a factory worker, counts her meager salary trying to reconcile her needs with those of her family back in the village.
Director: Emmanuel K. Sanon | Stars: Sidiki Bakaba, Balla Moussa Keita, Miriam Yago
92. Histoire d'Orokia (1987)
78 min | Drama
In the early post-Independence years, a young village girl, who is in love with a young villager, is forced to marry a rich, old man. She tries to poison him and is sent to jail.
Directors: Sou Jacob, Jacques Oppenheim | Stars: Marguerite Sou, Nouhoum Outtara, Joseph Traoré, Moussa Koné
93. Zan Boko (1988)
95 min | Drama
In the Mossi culture, one of the rites attending the birth of a child and its induction as a new member of the community involves the burial of the placenta. The space in which the placenta... See full summary »
Director: Gaston Kaboré | Stars: Mathias Bayili, Colette Kaboré, Joseph Nikiema, Hyppolite Ouangrawa
Votes: 94
94. Yaaba (1989)
90 min | Drama, Romance
A small village in Burkina Faso. The story focuses on Bila, a ten year old boy who befriends an old woman, Sana. Everybody calls her 'Witch' but Bila himself calls her 'Yaaba' (grandmother)... See full summary »
Director: Idrissa Ouedraogo | Stars: Fatimata Sanga, Noufou Ouédraogo, Roukietou Barry, Adama Ouédraogo
Votes: 755
95. Laafi - Tout va bien (1991)
98 min | Drama
After obtaining their Secondary School diplomas, some young people plan to continue their education but are not sure which area to choose.
Director: S. Pierre Yameogo | Stars: Yolande Belem, Laure Kaho, Cheick Kone, Denis Yameogo
Votes: 22
96. The Law (1990)
81 min | Drama, Romance
Set in a pre-colonial African past, Tilai is about an illicit love affair and its consequences. Saga returns to his village after an extended absence to discover that his father has taken ... See full summary »
Director: Idrissa Ouedraogo | Stars: Rasmané Ouédraogo, Ina Cissé, Roukietou Barry, Assane Ouédraogo
Votes: 669
97. Yelbeedo (1990)
80 min | Drama
On their wedding night, a couple rescue a baby from a garbage bin only to adopt it some years later.
Director: Abdoulaye D. Sow | Stars: Georgette Paré, Gustave Sorgho, Simone Tapsoba
98. Laada (1991)
80 min | Drama
A richly textured film about contemporary African youth torn between traditional village ways and the promise of an urban future.
Director: Drissa Toure | Stars: Tidjane Hema, Amadou Koné, Lacina Sanou, Tidjane Sanou
Votes: 9
99. Sababu (1993)
90 min | Drama
The story of a peaceful, well-to-do village which is suddenly disturbed by a murder and a series of unsettling events.
Directors: Kollo Sanou, Nissi Joanny Traoré | Stars: Kalilou Ouattara, Rasmané Ouédraogo, Mamadou Zerbo
100. Rabi (1992)
62 min | Drama, Family
A blacksmith falls off his bicycle when he tries to avoid a tortoise which crosses his path. He brings the animal home to his twelve year old son, Rabi, who becomes so fascinated that he ... See full summary »
Director: Gaston Kaboré | Stars: Yacouba Kaboré, Tinfusi Yerbanga, Colette Kaboré, Joseph Nikiema
Votes: 51
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