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When referring to film awards the only ones everybody knows are the [[UsefulNotes/AcademyAward Oscars]]. The Palme d'Or in Cannes is a close second. The [[UsefulNotes/{{BAFTA}} BAFTA Awards]] in Britain, the Golden Bear of Berlin, the Golden Lion of Venice and the Césars in France are well known too.

When referring to film classics people usually think or black-and-white pictures from the UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfHollywood. This will usually be either a Creator/CharlieChaplin film, a Creator/FredAstaire and Creator/GingerRogers picture, ''Film/KingKong1933'', ''Film/CitizenKane'' and/or ''Film/{{Casablanca}}''. If you need an old color movie it will be ''Film/GoneWithTheWind'' and/or ''Film/TheWizardOfOz''.

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When referring to film awards the only ones everybody knows are the [[UsefulNotes/AcademyAward [[MediaNotes/AcademyAward Oscars]]. The Palme d'Or in Cannes is a close second. The [[UsefulNotes/{{BAFTA}} [[MediaNotes/{{BAFTA}} BAFTA Awards]] in Britain, the Golden Bear of Berlin, the Golden Lion of Venice and the Césars in France are well known too.

When referring to film classics people usually think or black-and-white pictures from the UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfHollywood.MediaNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfHollywood. This will usually be either a Creator/CharlieChaplin film, a Creator/FredAstaire and Creator/GingerRogers picture, ''Film/KingKong1933'', ''Film/CitizenKane'' and/or ''Film/{{Casablanca}}''. If you need an old color movie it will be ''Film/GoneWithTheWind'' and/or ''Film/TheWizardOfOz''.



* UsefulNotes/{{Bollywood}} movies? Outside India there aren't any famous stars but Creator/RajKapoor and even he is only known to very extreme cinephiles or fans of the genre.

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* UsefulNotes/{{Bollywood}} MediaNotes/{{Bollywood}} movies? Outside India there aren't any famous stars but Creator/RajKapoor and even he is only known to very extreme cinephiles or fans of the genre.



* UsefulNotes/FrenchNewWave? Anything by Creator/FrancoisTruffaut, Creator/AlainResnais, Creator/JeanLucGodard.

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* UsefulNotes/FrenchNewWave? MediaNotes/FrenchNewWave? Anything by Creator/FrancoisTruffaut, Creator/AlainResnais, Creator/JeanLucGodard.



** All Australian films are UsefulNotes/AustralianNewWave.

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** All Australian films are UsefulNotes/AustralianNewWave.MediaNotes/AustralianNewWave.



* Danish films? All UsefulNotes/{{Dogme 95}} movies. Directed by Creator/LarsVonTrier or Creator/NicolasWindingRefn.

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* Danish films? All UsefulNotes/{{Dogme MediaNotes/{{Dogme 95}} movies. Directed by Creator/LarsVonTrier or Creator/NicolasWindingRefn.



* FrenchFilms? All LeFilmArtistique and/or UsefulNotes/FrenchNewWave

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* FrenchFilms? All LeFilmArtistique and/or UsefulNotes/FrenchNewWaveMediaNotes/FrenchNewWave
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* Creator/JoeDante: Still only namedropped for ''Film/{{Gremlins}}''.

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* Creator/JoeDante: Still only namedropped for ''Film/{{Gremlins}}''.''Film/{{Gremlins|1984}}''.
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** Fun SF? ''Film/TheDayTheEarthStoodStill1951'', ''Film/BackToTheFuture'', ''Film/ETTheExtraTerrestrial'', ''Franchise/StarWars'', ''Franchise/StarTrek''.

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** Fun SF? ''Film/TheDayTheEarthStoodStill1951'', ''Film/BackToTheFuture'', ''Franchise/BackToTheFuture'', ''Film/ETTheExtraTerrestrial'', ''Franchise/StarWars'', ''Franchise/StarTrek''.
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* SoBadItsGood movies? Anything by Creator/EdWood, especially ''Film/Plan9FromOuterSpace''. Other campy cult movies haven't quite penetrated pop culture on the same levels, except for ''Film/ManosTheHandsOfFate'' IF people have watched the ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' episode. A more modern example is ''Film/TheRoom''.

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* SoBadItsGood movies? Anything by Creator/EdWood, especially ''Film/Plan9FromOuterSpace''. Other campy cult movies haven't quite penetrated pop culture on the same levels, except for ''Film/ManosTheHandsOfFate'' IF people have watched the ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' episode. A more modern example is ''Film/TheRoom''.''Film/TheRoom2003''.
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** Typical examples: ''Franchise/{{Terminator}}'', ''Franchise/{{Rambo}}'', ''Franchise/DieHard'', ''Franchise/LethalWeapon'' and ''Franchise/DirtyHarry''.

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** Typical examples: ''Franchise/{{Terminator}}'', ''Franchise/{{Rambo}}'', ''Franchise/DieHard'', ''Franchise/LethalWeapon'' ''Film/LethalWeapon'' and ''Franchise/DirtyHarry''.''Film/DirtyHarry''.



** The 1970s and 1980s? Mostly Creator/MontyPython, Creator/MelBrooks, Franchise/PoliceAcademy, Series/SaturdayNightLive based movies. For intellectuals Creator/WoodyAllen. Since the 1980s Creator/EddieMurphy.

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** The 1970s and 1980s? Mostly Creator/MontyPython, Creator/MelBrooks, Franchise/PoliceAcademy, Series/SaturdayNightLive ''Film/PoliceAcademy'', ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' based movies. For intellectuals Creator/WoodyAllen. Since the 1980s Creator/EddieMurphy.



** Friday The 13th, Halloween, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and A Nightmare On Elm Street are also pretty much the go-to examples for SlasherMovies.

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** Friday ''Friday The 13th, Halloween, The 13th'', ''Halloween'', ''The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Massacre'', and A ''A Nightmare On Elm Street Street'' are also pretty much the go-to examples for SlasherMovies.{{Slasher Movie}}s.



* [[TheWestern Westerns]]? ''Film/TheGreatTrainRobbery'', ''Film/{{Stagecoach}}'', ''Film/{{Shane}}'', ''Film/TheSearchers'', ''Film/TheGoodTheBadAndTheUgly'' (and maybe its prequels), ''Film/OnceUponATimeInTheWest'' and ''Film/{{Unforgiven}}'' are the most frequent cited examples. Western film directors are only Creator/JohnFord and Creator/SergioLeone. Western actors are typically Creator/JohnWayne, Creator/RoyRogers, Creator/LeeVanCleef and Creator/ClintEastwood. You're bound to hear some EnnioMorriconePastiche music in parodies.

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* [[TheWestern Westerns]]? ''Film/TheGreatTrainRobbery'', ''Film/TheGreatTrainRobbery1903'', ''Film/{{Stagecoach}}'', ''Film/{{Shane}}'', ''Film/TheSearchers'', ''Film/TheGoodTheBadAndTheUgly'' (and maybe its prequels), ''Film/OnceUponATimeInTheWest'' and ''Film/{{Unforgiven}}'' are the most frequent cited examples. Western film directors are only Creator/JohnFord and Creator/SergioLeone. Western actors are typically Creator/JohnWayne, Creator/RoyRogers, Creator/LeeVanCleef and Creator/ClintEastwood. You're bound to hear some EnnioMorriconePastiche music in parodies.



* Creator/OrsonWelles: ''Film/CitizenKane'' seems to be the only film he ever made in popular culture. All other references are about his voice and/or his weight. Or the fact that he made some TV commercials later in life. Or his part in the radio broadcast of ''Radio/WarOfTheWorlds1938'' that caused a ruckus.

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* Creator/OrsonWelles: ''Film/CitizenKane'' seems to be the only film he ever made in popular culture. All other references are about his voice and/or his weight. Or the fact that he made some TV commercials later in life. Or his part in the radio broadcast of ''Radio/WarOfTheWorlds1938'' ''Radio/TheWarOfTheWorlds1938'' that caused a ruckus.



** All Australian films are {{Ozploitation}}.

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** All Australian films are {{Ozploitation}}.UsefulNotes/AustralianNewWave.



* Korean movies? ''Film/{{Oldboy}}'', ''Film/{{Snowpiercer}}'', ''Film/Parasite2019'' (primarily because of its Best Picture Oscar win), and ''Film/{{Pulgasari}}'' (at least for North Korea).

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* Korean movies? ''Film/{{Oldboy}}'', ''Film/{{Oldboy|2003}}'', ''Film/{{Snowpiercer}}'', ''Film/Parasite2019'' (primarily because of its Best Picture Oscar win), and ''Film/{{Pulgasari}}'' (at least for North Korea).
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* In ''Film/TheGreatMuppetCaper'', Animal is described as being upset that he missed the Rembrandt exhibit at the National Gallery. Animal corrects him: "''Renoir! Renoir!''"

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* In ''Film/TheGreatMuppetCaper'', Animal is described as being upset that he missed the Rembrandt Creator/{{Rembrandt|VanRijn}} exhibit at the National Gallery. Animal corrects him: "''Renoir! Renoir!''"

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* Russian movies? All propaganda pieces, directed by Creator/SergeiEisenstein.
** Russian actors? Creator/YulBrynner.


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* Russian movies? All propaganda pieces, directed by Creator/SergeiEisenstein.
** Russian actors? Creator/YulBrynner.
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* Creator/JimCarrey: It's rather sad that he is still most associated with making silly faces and the three films from the beginning of his career: ''Film/TheMask'', ''Film/AceVentura'' and ''Film/DumbAndDumber'', despite having tried to act in more serious films ever since.

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* Creator/JimCarrey: It's rather sad that he is still most associated with making silly faces and the three films from the beginning of his career: that turned him into an A-lister in 1994 (''Film/AceVentura'', ''Film/TheMask'', ''Film/AceVentura'' and ''Film/DumbAndDumber'', ''Film/DumbAndDumber''), despite having tried to act a much broader range even before then. In fact, his highest-grossing film as a leading man (''Film/BruceAlmighty'') was released in more serious films ever since. 2003.
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* Black film directors? Creator/SpikeLee.

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* Black film directors? Creator/TylerPerry and Creator/SpikeLee.
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* Creator/TomHanks: ''Film/ForrestGump'', ''Film/{{Philadelphia}}'', ''Film/SavingPrivateRyan'', ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory'', and that's about it. People will probably be amazed if you tell them that he actually started out playing in goofy comedies.

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* Creator/TomHanks: ''Film/ForrestGump'', ''Film/{{Philadelphia}}'', ''Film/SavingPrivateRyan'', ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory'', ''Franchise/ToyStory'', and that's about it. People will probably be amazed if you tell them that he actually started out playing in goofy comedies.
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* ''Film/NotOkay'': InUniverse, Danni names Notre-Dame as the cathedral she visited while in Paris, likely not knowing of any others. As noted, this is one of the things Harper finds suspicious about her story, as Notre-Dame is closed to the public.
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** Canadian actors? Creator/RyanReynolds, Creator/EvangelineLilly, Creator/KeanuReeves, Creator/JayBaruchel, Creator/JimCarrey, Creator/RyanGosling, [[Creator/DonaldSutherland Donald]] and Creator/KieferSutherland, Creator/SandraOh, Creator/RachelMcAdams, Creator/ElliotPage, Creator/NathanFillion, Creator/ChristopherPlummer, Creator/MichaelCera, Creator/WillArnett and Creator/SethRogen (though he's considered to be American). Francophone Canadians are pretty rare to see in popular media aside from maybe Creator/PomKlementieff (who is the daughter of a French-Russian diplomat).

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** Canadian actors? Creator/RyanReynolds, Creator/EvangelineLilly, Creator/KeanuReeves, Creator/JayBaruchel, Creator/JimCarrey, Creator/RyanGosling, [[Creator/DonaldSutherland Donald]] and Creator/KieferSutherland, Creator/SandraOh, Creator/RachelMcAdams, Creator/ElliotPage, Creator/NathanFillion, Creator/ChristopherPlummer, Creator/MichaelCera, Creator/WillArnett and Creator/SethRogen (though he's considered to be American). Francophone Canadians are pretty rare to see in popular media aside from maybe Creator/PomKlementieff (who is the daughter of a French-Russian diplomat).diplomat), although she’s more frequently associated with France.
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** Fun SF? ''Film/TheDayTheEarthStoodStill1951'', ''Film/ETTheExtraTerrestrial'', ''Franchise/StarWars'', ''Franchise/StarTrek''.

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** Fun SF? ''Film/TheDayTheEarthStoodStill1951'', ''Film/BackToTheFuture'', ''Film/ETTheExtraTerrestrial'', ''Franchise/StarWars'', ''Franchise/StarTrek''.

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