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Every Country in a Best Picture Movie

Name every modern day country that is home to a location depicted in a Best Picture Oscar winning movie.
# = Number of movies the country appears in
Narrative locations not shooting locations
Quiz by overtired
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Last updated: March 15, 2024
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First submittedJune 8, 2022
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Movies
Country
64
Rocky, Dances with Wolves
United States
19
The King’s Speech, Braveheart
United Kingdom
10
Gigi, The Life of Emile Zola
France
7
Gladiator, The Godfather
Italy
4
The Last Emperor, Forrest Gump
China
4
All Quiet on the Western Front
Germany
3
Amadeus, The Sound of Music
Austria
3
Slumdog Millionaire, Gandhi
India
3
Ben-Hur, Lawrence of Arabia
Israel
3
Platoon, The Deer Hunter
Vietnam
2
The English Patient, Lawrence of Arabia
Egypt
2
Gladiator, Around the World in 80 Days
Spain
2
The Sound of Music, Oppenheimer
Switzerland
1
Gladiator
Algeria
1
Oppenheimer
Canada
1
The Godfather Part II
Cuba
1
Schindler’s List
Czech Republic
1
Hamlet
Denmark
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Movies
Country
1
Argo
Iran
1
The Hurt Locker
Iraq
1
Around the World In 80 Days
Japan
1
Lawrence of Arabia
Jordan
1
Out of Africa
Kenya
1
The English Patient
Libya
1
No Country For Old Men
Mexico
1
Casablanca
Morocco
1
Oppenheimer
Netherlands
1
Gandhi
Pakistan
1
Schindler’s List
Poland
1
Lawrence of Arabia
Saudi Arabia
1
Gandhi
South Africa
1
Parasite
South Korea
1
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Sri Lanka
1
Lawrence of Arabia
Syria
1
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Thailand
1
Patton
Tunisia
 
 
                          
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Level 84
Jun 8, 2022
Let me know if I've missed any! Canada?...
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Level 78
Jun 8, 2022
great idea for a quiz!
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Level 84
Jun 8, 2022
Thanks :)
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Level 59
Jun 8, 2022
Some of the movies are on there twice! Otherwise this is a great quiz!
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Level 84
Jun 8, 2022
Sure, because those movies take place in more than one country. It’s not an error!
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Level 40
Jun 9, 2022
Nice quiz! One for Ireland, maybe?
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Level 84
Jun 9, 2022
If you can name a film set in Ireland that won the Oscar for Best Picture, I’ll add it! I didn’t find one.
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Level 81
Dec 19, 2023
I'm kinda floored that Ireland has never featured in any part of a best picture movie. But sure!!

(To clarify: I'm not disputing it at all. Just registering my surprise.)

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Level 85
Jun 9, 2022
Great quiz idea and execution!
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Level 84
Jun 9, 2022
Thanks!
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Level 76
Jun 21, 2022
Nice! Should move Iran before Iraq
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Level 84
Jun 21, 2022
Whoops, thanks.
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Level 77
Jun 21, 2022
What movies do you have listed as having scenes in Germany? There must be more than three... All Quiet... Patton... Grand Hotel... Schindler's List?
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Level 84
Jun 22, 2022
Yep, All Quiet, Patton and Grand Hotel.

Schindler’s List is set in Poland, and ends in the Czech Republic and Israel. I haven’t seen it for a while so I may be forgetting scenes in Germany. I checked wiki summaries for all the Best Picture films and didn’t see any German scenes mentioned for Schindler’s List. Can you point to any? If so will include it :)

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Level 84
Mar 15, 2024
I've added a point for Oppenheimer now too.
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Level 74
Dec 19, 2023
The Bridge on the River Kwai was only filmed in Sri Lanka but happened in Thailand.
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Level 84
Dec 19, 2023
Incorrect, there are scenes in Ceylon.
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Level 75
Dec 19, 2023
Great quiz!! No Country for Old Men has scenes in Mexico
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Level 84
Dec 19, 2023
Good one, thanks! Have added it.
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Level 64
Dec 19, 2023
31/33 not too bad
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Level 74
Dec 19, 2023
can't believe Russia isn't on here
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Level 84
Dec 21, 2023
If only Rocky IV had won Best Picture instead of Rocky.
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Level 65
Dec 21, 2023
There is a brief scene in Gandhi that takes place in Pakistan.
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Level 84
Dec 21, 2023
Thanks, added.
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Level 77
Mar 15, 2024
Time to add Netherlands from Oppenheimer!
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Level 84
Mar 15, 2024
Good one, thanks!

Someone on an Oppenheimer forum also pointed out that it has a cutaway depicting the Halifax harbor explosion of 1917 so Canada finally makes the list too! It's brief, but the dialog confirms it so it counts.

Also added a point to the tallies for USA, Germany and Switzerland.