It’s hard to say what we love more at The Bite-Sized Backpacker; movies, or travel? Over the past years, we watched 9,681 movies and counting. And yes – we’ve been keeping track of them all since childhood!
We’ve watched films from every corner of the globe; from movies from prolific film-producing nations such as France and Germany to the cinematic output of the third-world countries of Central America and the island nations of the Pacific.
Read all about the history of world cinema and the best films from around the world in our blogs below!
Recent blogs about Movies
- World Cinema: One Film Per CountryAround the World in 102 Films From the riches of Europe to the remote island […]
- Cinema of South AmericaExplore the very best movies from South America, based on a selection of over 8,500 […]
- Cinema of Central America and the CaribbeanExplore the very best movies from Central America and the Caribbean, based on a selection […]
- Cinema of North AmericaExplore the very best movies from North America, based on a selection of over 9,100 […]
- Cinema of Oceania and the PacificExplore the very best movies from Oceania and the Pacific, based on a selection of […]
- Cinema of East and Southeast AsiaExplore the very best movies from East and Southeast Asia, based on a selection of […]
- Cinema of West and Central AsiaExplore the very best movies from West and Central Asia, based on a selection of […]
- Cinema of South AsiaExplore the very best movies from South Asia, based on a selection of over 9,100 […]
- Cinema of AfricaExplore the very best movies from Africa, based on a selection of over 9,100 films. […]
- Cinema of Eastern EuropeExplore the very best movies from Central and Eastern Europe, based on a selection of […]
- Cinema of EuropeExplore the very best movies from Western, Southern and Northern Europe, based on a selection […]
- The Most Icon Stuffed Animals in Film and TVStuffed animals can be found in all layers of society. They have proven be extremely […]
- Love in the MCU: The role of Marvel’s supporting women in the Cinematic UniverseAvengers: Endgame presented audiences worldwide with a quick look at what might be in store […]
- Avengers: Endgame: Did the Russo Brothers turn the Avengers into the MCU’s primary antagonists?Did the Russo Brothers turn Earth’s mightiest heroes into Earth’s greatest foes with Avengers: Infinity […]
- Stuffed animal asks Daenerys Targaryen to bend the kneeCurrently, in the midst of its final season, people around the world are under the […]
- The Representation of the Five Stages of Grief in Avengers: EndgameOne of the fantastic ways in which Avengers: Endgame deals with the fallout of Avengers: […]
- The History of the Multi-Part Film, Part I of IIn the 2015 article The Future of Franchising: The Shared Universe, I discussed the development […]
- A World Without Cinema: A Short History of Saudi Arabia’s 35 Year Cinema-BanWhat was the first movie you ever watched in theatres? Was it a family-friendly animated […]
- Questioning the Snap: How Thanos caused an extinction-level event and ruined yogurtIntelligent, calculated, and truly righteous in his own beliefs, Thanos snapped his fingers at the […]
- ‘Avengers: Infinity War’ and the Marvel Marketing MachineBlack Panther passed the $1 billion mark at the box office, Avengers: Infinity War is […]
- Why ‘Black Panther’ Shouldn’t Be Nominated for ‘Best Picture’Over the course of the past month, we’ve heard them all: every critic and every […]
- Producer vs. Director: The Case of Zack SnyderCreative differences. The clichéd answer to most break-ups between a studio and its directors. Recent […]
- Sexism and Racism in Hollywood: The Black Force Awakens“Alright,” he sighed, the look on his face implying that a more serious tone was […]
- Thanos: the Unproven TitanThanos. The Dark Lord. The Man Titan… The Great Bore? Introduced with a slight, grim […]
- The Future of Franchising: The Shared UniverseAround the start of the new millennium, a change occurred in Hollywood; a change that […]
- Avengers: Infinity War – An accumulation, or continuation?We’re well into 2015 and Avengers: Age of Ultron is firmly knocking on our doors. […]
- The Downside of The Avengers adopting Spider-ManSo, there we have it! Monday this week Marvel announced their new partnership with Sony, […]
- The Superhero Spin-Off: will a Black Widow solo movie ever be made?Back in October the announcement of Marvel Studios’ Phase Three movie slate surprised everyone with […]
- Introducing Marvel’s Age of MiraclesLast week’s Ant-Man teaser introduced worldwide audiences to the character of Scott Lang, a con-man […]
- Review: Girl Walks Into a Bar (2011)Directed by Sebastian Gutierrez, 2011. Cue scene. A girl walks into a bar. Of course, […]
- Review: Road to Singapore (1940)Directed by Victor Schertzinger, 1940. Road to Singapore (1940) is the first in a series […]
- Review: Death of a Superhero (2011)Directed by Ian Fitzgibbon, 2011. Superheroes like Iron Man and Batman have dominated many summers […]
- Review: The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn (2011-2012)Directed by Bill Condon, 2011-2012. It took exactly 47 seconds after starting this movie before […]
- Review: Celeste & Jesse Forever (2012)Directed by Lee Toland Krieger, 2012. Celeste & Jesse Forever (2012) is the kind of […]
- Review: Cool Hand Luke (1967)Directed by Stuart Rosenberg, 1967. After being arrested for cutting the heads off parking meters, […]
- Review: Mojave Phone Booth (2006)Directed by John Putch, 2006. Perhaps the desert isn’t the loneliest place in the world […]
- Review: The Informers (2008)Directed by Gregor Jordan, 2008. Some movies make you feel that the end of the […]
- Review: The Hudsucker Proxy (1994)Directed by Joel Coen, 1994. Sometimes you truly have to believe that every idea counts, […]
- Review: Perfect Sense (2011)Directed by David Mackenzie, 2011. Perfect Sense (2011); the story of a chef and a […]
- Review: Hotel Transylvania (2012)Directed by Genndy Tartakovsky, 2012. When I started watching Hotel Transylvania (2012) I was unaware […]
- Review: Hasta la Vista! (2011)Directed by Geoffrey Enthoven, 2011. Hasta la Vista! (2011) is an extraordinary take on the […]
- Review: Achtste-groepers huilen niet (2012)Directed by Dennis Bots, 2012. The past decades, Dutch Cinema suffered a bad reputation among […]
- Review: Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel (2009)Directed by Gareth Carrivick, 2009. In the last two decades, there certainly was no shortage […]
- Review: P2 (2007)Directed by Franck Khalfoun, 2007. Christmas is coming and it’s time to get into the […]
- Review: Diabolik (1968)Directed by Mario Bava, 1968. “Holy heart failure,” Robin called out. The children laughed. It […]
- Review: ParaNorman (2012)Directed by Chris Butler & Sam Fell, 2012. We are truly at the dawn of […]
- Review: Rings (2005)Directed by Jonathan Liebesman, 2005. The psychological horror film The Ring (2002) and its sequel […]
- Review: Kdo chce zabít Jessii? (1966)Directed by Václav Vorlíček, 1966. Since I’m writing my master thesis on the socio-political relevance […]
- Review: 4 luni, 3 săptămâni şi 2 zile (2007)Directed by Cristian Mungiu, 2007. In 1967 Romania’s last Communist leader Nicolae Ceaușescu issued ‘Decree […]
- Review: Little Shop of Horrors (1986)Directed by Frank Oz, 1986. A musical horror comedy that surfaced as a necessary answer […]
- Review: Ruby Sparks (2012)Directed by Jonathan Dayton & Valerie Faris, 2012. Though Ruby Sparks is still a young […]