Burt Lancaster and Phyllis Thaxter in Jim Thorpe -- All-American (1951)

Marcel Dalio, Nora Gregor, and Roland Toutain in The Rules of the Game (1939)

Movies that are spiritual, mystical, or transcendent.  Not necessarily religion.

Marlene Clark and Duane Jones in Ganja & Hess (1973)

A continuing work-in-progress list of films from around the world, listed alphabetically by the English name of the country.

I look for films primarily produced and filmed in the country they depict and try to avoid colonialist depictions, but include multiple regions, topics, and perspectives where I can find them.

The comment below each film lists the country depicted, languages primarily spoken in the film, and then other notes, where relevant.

Golshifteh Farahani in The Patience Stone (2012)

Liv Tyler, Sean Astin, Elijah Wood, Viggo Mortensen, Ian McKellen, and Andy Serkis in The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)

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