Hollywood
American film. The industry whose commercial and formal conventions became the global default for narrative cinema.
1,277 films · 13,479 people
Counted separately, graded by the same rule
Industries
A film is graded against the industry it was made in, never against Hollywood. That is the only way a Kannada release made for two million dollars and a tentpole made for two hundred can carry the same four words.
- Industries
- 17
- Films on record
- 8,652
- People
- 71,233
- Oldest on record
- 1895
Tollywood
Telugu-language cinema, based in Hyderabad and serving Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. Since 2021 it has repeatedly out-grossed Hindi cinema at the Indian box office, driven by pan-India releases shot in Telugu and dubbed nationwide. The industry is built on large-scale, hero-led storytelling, an unusually formal territory-based distribution system, and a fan culture that turns an opening day into a public event.
1,086 films · 4,540 people
Chinese Cinema
Chinese-language film across the mainland, Hong Kong and Taiwan, one of the largest and fastest-changing markets in the world.
1,079 films · 8,226 people
Kollywood
Tamil-language cinema from Chennai, known for technical ambition, distinctive music, and politically engaged storytelling.
464 films · 2,368 people
Korean Cinema
South Korean film: a genre-fluid national cinema that moved from domestic revival to global critical dominance.
443 films · 3,660 people
Bollywood
Hindi-language cinema from Mumbai. India’s most internationally recognised film industry, and one of the largest by output.
441 films · 3,655 people
Cinéma Français
French cinema, where the medium was invented, and where it was repeatedly rethought.
401 films · 4,382 people
Japanese Cinema
Japanese film, from the postwar masters through to animation that reshaped what the medium can carry.
401 films · 3,659 people
Brazilian Cinema
Brazilian film: Cinema Novo’s political urgency and a contemporary cinema of the city and its margins.
397 films · 4,295 people
German Cinema
One of the earliest and most influential film industries. Studio Babelsberg, founded in 1912, is the oldest large-scale film studio in the world.
396 films · 4,383 people
Spanish Cinema
Known for directors like Luis Buñuel and Pedro Almodóvar. Spain is the world's fifth-largest producer of animated films.
395 films · 4,003 people
Cinema Italiano
Italian cinema: neorealism, the auteurs who followed it, and a genre tradition that shaped global filmmaking.
393 films · 3,731 people
Mollywood
Malayalam-language cinema, centred on Kochi and Thiruvananthapuram.
381 films · 2,096 people
Mexican Cinema
Mexican film: a Golden Age industry, and a contemporary generation with outsized international influence.
381 films · 3,472 people
Sandalwood
Kannada-language cinema, centred on Bengaluru.
370 films · 1,453 people
British Cinema
British film: social realism, literary adaptation, and a technical industry that serves the world.
346 films · 3,814 people
Nollywood
Nigeria's film industry, the second-largest by output globally. Produces about 2,500 films per year and is the second-largest employer in Nigeria after agriculture.
1 films · 17 people