Language/Multiple-languages/Culture/Films-about-Life

Greetings everyone,

Have you ever found yourself pondering what life was like in a different place or time? If so, you may be interested in this list of highly acclaimed films that depict various aspects of life.

Remember that they are artworks and deviates from the reality more or less. For real characters and events, the listed films should not exaggerate to an extent that affects the audience's judgement towards the characters and events.

In progress

time	country/region	film	time in film	country/region in film
1930	United States of America	All Quiet on the Western Front	1917 - 1918	Germany
1931	United States of America	City Lights	1931	United States of America
1936	United States of America	Modern Times	1936	United States of America
1939	United States of America	Gone with the Wind	1861 - 1865	United States of America, Confederate States of America
1943	United States of America	For Whom the Bell Tolls	Spanish Civil War	Spain
1948	Italy	Ladri di biciclette Bicycle Thieves	1948	Italy
1953	Japan	東京物語 Tokyo Story	1953	Japan
1953	Spain	¡Bienvenido, Mister Marshall! Welcome Mr. Marshall!	1953	Spain
1954	Japan	七人の侍 Seven Samurai	Sengoku Era	Japan
1957	Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America	The Bridge on the River Kwai	1943	Thailand
1959	United States of America	Ben-Hur	26	Jerusalem
1961	Italy, United States of America	El Cid El Cid	11th century	Castile
1962	Great Britain and Northern Ireland	Lawrence of Arabia	World War I	Hejaz
1965	Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Italy, United States of America	Doctor Zhivago	1905 - 1921	Russia
1966 - 1967	Union of Soviet Socialist Republics	Война и мир War and Peace	1805 - 1812	Russia
1970	United States of America	M*A*S*H	1951	Republic of Korea
1972 1974	United States of America	The Godfather The Godfather Part II	1945 - 1955 1901 - 1923	United States of America, Italy
1974	Syria	الحياة اليومية في قرية سورية Everyday Life in a Syrian Village	1974	Syria
1976	United States of America	Taxi Driver	1976	United States of America
1978	Türkiye	Sürü The Herd	1973 - 1978	Türkiye
1978	Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America	The Deer Hunter	1968 - 1970	United States of America, Republic of Vietnam
1979	Union of Soviet Socialist Republics	Москва слезам не верит Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears	1958 - 1978	Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
1979 2001	United States of America	Apocalypse Now Apocalypse Now Redux	Vietnam War	Republic of Vietnam
1980	South Africa, Botswana	The Gods Must Be Crazy	1980	South Africa
1981	Federal Republic of Germany	Das Boot Das Boot	1941	Germany
1982	Türkiye	Yol Yol	1982	Türkiye
1984	People's Republic of China	高山下的花环 Wreaths at the Foot of the Mountain	1979	People's Republic of China, Vietnam
1984	Great Britain and Northern Ireland	The Killing Fields	1972 - 1978	Khmer, Kampuchea
1985	United States of America	Out of Africa	1913 - 1931	Kenya
1986	Australia, United States of America	Crocodile Dundee	1986	Australia
1986	United States of America	Platoon	1967	Republic of Vietnam
1987	Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America	Full Metal Jacket	1967 - 1968	United States of America, Republic of Vietnam
1987	Iran	خانه دوست کجاست Where Is the Friend's House?	1987	Iran
1987	United States of America	Empire of the Sun	World War II	China
1987	United States of America	Good Morning, Vietnam	1965	Republic of Vietnam
1988	Japan	火垂るの墓 Grave of the Fireflies	1944 - 1945	Japan
1991	Hong Kong	跛豪 To Be Number One	1962 - 1973	Hong Kong
1992	Iran	زندگی و دیگر هیچ And Life Goes On	1992	Iran
1991	Italy	Mediterraneo Mediterraneo	1941	Italy
1993	People's Republic of China, Hong Kong	霸王别姬 Farewell My Concubine	1924 - 1977	Republic of China, People's Republic of China
1993	People's Republic of China, Hong Kong	蓝风筝 The Blue Kite	1950s - 1960s	People's Republic of China
1993	United States of America	Schindler's List	World War II	Germany
1994	Iran	زیر درختان زیتون Through the Olive Trees	1994	Iran
1994	People's Republic of China, Republic of China	活着 To Live	1940s - 1960s	Republic of China, People's Republic of China
1994	United States of America	Forrest Gump	1956 - 1981	United States of America
1995	France	La Haine La Haine	1995	France
1995	Iran	بادکنک سفيد The White Balloon	1995	Iran
1997	Iran	بچه‌های آسمان Children of Heaven	1997	Iran
1997	Italy	La vita è bella Life Is Beautiful	1939 - 1944	Kingdom of Italy, Italian Social Republic
1997	Russia, United States of America	Брат Brother	1997	Russia
1998	United States of America	Saving Private Ryan	1944	France
1998	United States of America	The Thin Red Line	1942	United States of America
2000	People's Republic of China	鬼子来了 Devils on the Doorstep	World War II	China
2000	Iran	Dema hespên serxweş / زمانی برای مستی اسب‌ها A Time for Drunken Horses	2000	Iran
2000	Iran, Italy, Japan	تخته سیاه Blackboards	1980s	Iran
2000	Italy, United States of America	Malèna Malèna	1940 - 1944	Italy
2000	United States of America, Great Britain and Northern Ireland	Gladiator	180	Rome
2001	Germany	Der Tunnel The Tunnel	1961	German Democratic Republic
2001	People's Republic of China	紫日 Purple Sunset	1945	China
2001	United States of America	Pearl Harbor	1940 - 1941	United States of America
2001	Iran	باران Baran	2001	Iran
2002	Brazil	Cidade de Deus City of God	1960s - 1970s	Brazil
2002 2006	Singapore	小孩不笨 I Not Stupid 小孩不笨2 I Not Stupid Too	2002 2006	Singapore
2003	Australia	Last Cab to Darwin	1990s	Australia
2003	Germany	Good Bye Lenin!	1989 - 1990	German Democratic Republic, Federal Republic of Germany
2003	Great Britain and Northern Ireland	Cambridge Spies	1934 - 1951	Great Britain and Northern Ireland
2003	Italy	La meglio gioventù The Best of Youth	1966 - 2003	Italy
2004	France, United States of America	Un long dimanche de fiançailles A Very Long Engagement	1919	France
2004	Republic of Korea	태극기 휘날리며 Taegukgi: The Brotherhood of War	1950	Republic of Korea
2004	United States of America, Great Britain and Northern Ireland, South Africa, Italy	Hotel Rwanda	1994	Rwanda
2005	France, Israel	Va, vis et deviens Live and Become	1980s - 1990s	Israel
2005	Germany	Sophie Scholl – Die letzten Tage Sophie Scholl – The Final Days	1942 - 1943	Germany
2005	Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Germany, United States of America	Kingdom of Heaven	Third Crusade	Jerusalem
2005	United States of America, France, Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Japan	Good Night, and Good Luck	1953	United States of America
2006	Germany	Das Leben der Anderen The Lives of Others	1984 - 1991	German Democratic Republic
2006	United States of America	Blood Diamond	1999	Sierra Leone
2006	United States of America, Great Britain and Northern Ireland	Borat! Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan	2006	United States of America
2006	United States of America	Flags of Our Fathers	1944	United States of America
2006	United States of America	Letters from Iwo Jima	1944	Japan
2006	United States of America	The Pursuit of Happyness	1981	United States of America
2007	Iran	بودا از شرم فرو ریخت Buddha Collapsed out of Shame	2001	Afghanistan
2007	Poland	Katyń Katyń	1939 - 1943	Poland
2007	United States of America	The Kite Runner	1978 - 2000	Afghanistan
2008	Canada	One Week	2008	Canada
2008	Germany, France, Czechia	Der Baader Meinhof Komplex The Baader Meinhof Complex	1967 - 1975	Federal Republic of Germany
2008	Germany, Great Britain and Northern Ireland	Der Rote Baron The Red Baron	1916 - 1918	Germany
2008	Great Britain and Northern Ireland	Slumdog Millionaire	1990s - 2006	India
2008	United States of America	The Hurt Locker	Iraq War	Iraq
2009	India	3 Idiots	2009	India
2009	People's Republic of China	南京！南京！ City of Life and Death	1937	China
2011	Republic of China	賽德克·巴萊 Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale	1895 - 1930	Republic of Formosa, Japan
2011	Türkiye, Bosnia and Herzegovina	Bir Zamanlar Anadolu’da Once Upon a Time in Anatolia	2011	Türkiye
2011	United States of America, India	War Horse	1912 - 1918	Great Britain and Ireland, France
2012	Afghanistan, France	سنگ صبور The Patience Stone	2008	Afghanistan
2012	People's Republic of China	一九四二 Back to 1942	1942	China
2013	Australia	An Accidental Soldier	World War I	France
2013	Germany	Unsere Mütter, unsere Väter Generation War	1941 - 1945	Germany
2013	Philippines, Singapore, Republic of China	爸媽不在家 Ilo Ilo	1997	Singapore
2013	Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America, Luxembourg	12 Years a Slave	1841	United States of America
2013	Türkiye	Eve Dönüş: Sarıkamış 1915 The Long Way Home	1915	Ottoman Empire
2014	Argentina, Spain	Relatos salvajes Wild Tales	2014	Argentina
2014	Australia, United States of America	The Water Diviner	1919	Ottoman Empire
2014	France, Mauritania	Timbuktu Timbuktu	2012	Mali
2014	Jordan, Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United Arab Emirates, Qatar	ذيب Theeb	1916	Hejaz
2014	Türkiye	Kış Uykusu Winter Sleep	2014	Türkiye
2015	Denmark, Germany	Under sandet Land of Mine	1945	Denmark
2016	Poland	Wołyń Volhynia	1939 - 1943	Poland, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, Germany
2016	United States of America, Australia	Hacksaw Ridge	Pacific War	United States of America
2017	Canada	Luk'Luk'I	2017	Canada
2017	People's Republic of China	芳华 Youth	1970s - 1980s	People's Republic of China, Vietnam
2017	People's Republic of China, Republic of China	相爱相亲 Love Education	2017	People's Republic of China
2017	Republic of China	大佛普拉斯 The Great Buddha+	2017	Republic of China
2018	Mexico	Roma Roma	1970	Mexico
2018	Poland, France, Great Britain and Northern Ireland	Zimna wojna Cold War	1940s - 1960s	Poland, France
2019	Republic of Korea	기생충 Parasite	2019	Republic of Korea
2019	United States of America	The Irishman	1950s - 1970s	United States of America
2022	Germany	Im Westen nichts Neues All Quiet on the Western Front	1917 - 1918	Germany

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