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.

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
1936	United States of America	Modern Times	1936	United States of America
1948	Italy	Ladri di biciclette Bicycle Thieves	1948	Italy
1953	Japan	東京物語 Tokyo Story	1953	Japan
1957	Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America	The Bridge on the River Kwai	1943	Thailand
1962	Great Britain and Northern Ireland	Lawrence of Arabia	World War I	Egypt
1972 1974	United States of America	The Godfather The Godfather Part II	1945 - 1955 1901 - 1923	United States of America, Italy
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	Vietnam
1980	South Africa, Botswana	The Gods Must Be Crazy	1980	South Africa
1985	United States of America	Out of Africa	1913 - 1931	Kenya
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
1993	People's Republic of China, Hong Kong	霸王别姬 Farewell My Concubine	1924 - 1977	China
1993	People's Republic of China	蓝风筝 The Blue Kite	1950s - 1960s	People's Republic of China
1994	People's Republic of China	活着 To Live	1940s - 1960s	China
1994	United States of America	Forrest Gump	1956 - 1981	United States of America
1995	Iran	بادکنک سفيد The White Balloon	1995	Iran
1997	Iran	بچه‌های آسمان Children of Heaven	1997	Iran
1997	Russia	Брат Brother	1997	Russia
2000	Iran, Italy, Japan	تخته سیاه Blackboards	1980s	Iran
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	Italy	La meglio gioventù The Best of Youth	1966 - 2003	Italy
2005	France, Israel	Va, vis et deviens Live and Become	1980s - 1990s	Israel
2005	Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Germany, United States of America	Kingdom of Heaven	Third Crusade	Jerusalem
2006	Germany	Das Leben der Anderen The Lives of Others	1984 - 1991	German Democratic Republic
2006	Great Britain and Northern Ireland	This is England	1983	Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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	The Pursuit of Happyness	1981	United States of America
2008	Great Britain and Northern Ireland	Slumdog Millionaire	1990s - 2006	India
2013	Philippines, Singapore, Republic of China	爸媽不在家 / Ilo Ilo	1997	Singapore
2014	Argentina, Spain	Relatos salvajes Wild Tales	2014	Argentina
2014	France, Mauritania	Timbuktu Timbuktu	2012	Mali
2017	People's 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, United States of America	Roma Roma	1970	Mexico
2019	Republic of Korea	기생충 Parasite	2019	Republic of Korea
2022	Germany	Im Westen nichts Neues All Quiet on the Western Front	1917 - 1918	Germany

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