Best Films of All Time by Country

Selected by Piero Scaruffi
(Needless to say, it is not easy to determine the nationality of a film: the place where it was made, the place where it was released, the country that funded it, the birthplace of the filmmaker...?)
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Best Central American Films of All Time


7.0 Jayro Bustamante: La Llorona (2019) - Guatemala
7.0 Jayro Bustamante: Ixcanul Volcano (2015) - Guatemala
7.0 Tomas Gutierrez Alea: Memorias del Subdesarollo (1968) - Cuba
7.0 Nathalie Alvarez Mesen: Clara Sola (2021) - Costa Rica
7.0 Humberto Solas: Lucia (1969) - Cuba
7.0 Julio Torres: Problemista (2023) - El Salvador

Frequently mentioned but not my favorites:
Tomas Gutierrez Alea: Memories of Underdevelopment (1968)
Tomas Gutierrez Alea: Los Supervivientes/ The Survivors (1979)
Lucy Mulloy: Una Noche/ One Night (2012)
Humberto Solas: Lucia (1968)
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