What are your favorite movies from YOUR country?

Benigni is better well known in the U.S. than the others, but most people know only Life is Beautiful,if they know any of his work at all. I'll have to check out Argento. A theater I go to in NYC has festivals from different countries, they are doing one on new Italian cinema in June. When the schedule comes out I'll mention some of the titles to you to see if you know them.

yes, "Life is beautiful" is the most known Benigni's movie. It is dramatic. I like most the comic side of Benigni, he did lot of comedy movies, maybe they didnt' translate them in other languages so they aren't so famous abroad. I know that the movie "Il mostro" was translated in french and I saw it at the university as french exercise lol. I think that movie translated lose some of comedy. Well tell me some italian movie titles when the schedule will come. :) Check out for Dario Argento's movie! they are classic of horror. "Profondo rosso" ("deep red" in english) and "suspiria" are the most famous. the soundtrack is very cool to. It is played by the Goblin, that play all Argento's movie soundtracks.

to zatoichi: suspiria is good too! I bought the dvd yesterday :) I'm an horror fan!

Yes, I liked Michael Collins. I was in my college's Irish cultural club, so I knew his importance before I saw the movie. (And my mother's maiden name is Collins. ;-) ) Also enjoyed the movies written by Roddy Doyle--The Van, The Snapper, The Commitments.

o yah, them too! lol!...the irish cultural club eh? did that involve drinking guiness?! haha!...which by the way i think it rotten! ugh..:(

Sometimes, yes! We also sponsored Irish bands at the college, had an annual trip to the St. Paddy's Day parade in NYC, and had speakers come in to talk about Irish culture and politics. And a few of us on our own went to protest marches when the hunger strikes were going on. But yes, there was no small amount of Guinness and Harp consumed as well...

Thanks! I want to see some Indian movies, they have the largest film industry in the world. This theater in NYC has special series on Indian film each year.

Thanks much... are these dramas, comedies, musicals, or some of each?

Thanks, I don't hear much about Filipino films here in the U.S. I guess there aren't many that get released here.

Excellent choices, I want to see all of these. There's been a lot of talk in the U.S. recently about the 'Three Amigos': Alfonso Cuarón, Alejandro González Iñárritu, and Guillermo Del Toro. I liked '21 Grams' and have heard a lot of good things about 'Children of Men' and 'Pan's Labyrinth.'

Thanks, I'll check it out. I've seen very few Hungarian films.

Thanks for the comment, I've been interested in learning more about Bollywood films. Is Sholey a musical or drama?