Egypt has had a big influence on movie making in the Arab world.

Although Russian movies are typically in 'Russian,' several of the republics in the Soviet Union contributed movie showing their pre-Soviet language, culture, and history. Most noted for their national cinema was Armenian SSR, Georgian SSR, and the Ukrainian SSR.

Polish movie posters come in a variety of different sizes and are often quite unique when compared to movie posters from other countries.

The first movie shown in a public theatre in New Zealand was on October 13, 1896. It was presented by Charles Godfrey’s Vaudeville Company. New Zealand's first filmmaker was Alfred Whitehouse.

Salvador Toscano Barragán is usually given a lot of credit for early Mexican moviemaking.

The Italian movie industry started to really begin between 1903 and 1908. Three major Italian movie companies led the way; Cines, the Ambrosio, and Itala Film.

Because of its status as a British colony, in the early years of movie making Hong Kong had a greater degree of political and economic freedom than Mainland China and Taiwan. Hong Kong became the moviemaking center for China and most of East Asia.

The very first moving pictures on celluloid film were made by William Friese Greene in Hyde Park, London in 1889. Since then, there have been ups and downs in British cinema history.

Canada produces a lot of films for mainstream North American audiences (i.e. the United States.) Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver are the movie capitals of Canada. Vancouver is second to Los Angeles as the largest film production city.

Belgium has a rich history in the movie making business, dating back to the early years in the late 19th century.