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    Return of the King
 
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    Brazil & the United States
 
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    tabbouleh
 
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    Siberia
 
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    1984: This period drama about an 18th century composer | 
    Amadeus
 
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    | India ranks No. 2 & these 2 countries that straddle it come in at 6 & 8 | 
    Pakistan & Bangladesh
 
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    1996: This Eddie Murphy remake of a Jerry Lewis film | 
    The Nutty Professor
 
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    Germany
 
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    1985: This Cher film about a boy with craniodiaphyseal dysplasia | 
    Mask
 
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    | It represents Africa in the top 10 | 
    (Barbara: What is .... Kenya?)
  Nigeria
 
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