Frances Finest...best movie from each country?
France: "The Rules of the Game" I have read reviews on this very site giving it 1s and 2s, and giving long winded reasons why. To each his own, all I can say is Enjoy your transformer movies and I'll stick to the great classics.
America: "Citizen Kane" that was a tough choice.
Italy: "Bicycle Thief" Nobody usually argues this. It may be the movie we show alien visitors one day and say "This was our greatest Achievement in moving pictures.
U.K. "The Third Man" it's so good. I thought about "Kind Hearts and Coronets" and Some David Lean movies, but Welles was the tie breaker for me.
Japan: "Ikiru" I fully understand "Tokyo Story" is the consensus, but I love Kurosawa, and this is his great Masterpiece. (Among so many others he made)
Sweden: Which Bergman movie right? I say the unedited version of "Scenes from a Marriage"
Germany: "World on a Wire" thank you for the Blu-Ray Introduction to this Masterpiece, Criterion. This gets the Gold medal in my book. I wouldn't argue many Fritz Lang movies though.
Russia: Soloris (right?)
I have watched 1000's of movies from these country's. While I've seen many from all the country's making movies over the last 100 years, I can't say I've seen enough to say the best from other country's.
My Honorable mention section:
Tokyo Story (Japan)
Barry Lyndon (US)
2001: A Space Odyssey (US)
The nights of cabiria '57 Fellini (Italy)
Casablanca (US)
Rear Window (US)
Note: I'm not ready to say Vertigo is Hitchcock's best, let along greatest movie of all time.