Aynabaji ranked world's second highest rated film

The transcription site Amberscript.com has analysed the films made in 130 countries around the world and using their IMDb scores, worked out which have been the most highly rated in each.

Bangladesh's Mirror Game or Aynabaji (2016) took second place jointly with Kosovo's Zana (2019), both scoring 9.1, reports The National.

The US comes out on top, with 1994's The Shawshank Redemption, which scored a near-perfect 9.2 out of 10 on the film authority site.

The UK and Sri Lanka follow with The Dark Knight (2008) and Aloko Udapadi (2017), respectively, with a score of 9.

Countries were worked out using IMDb's search option, which enables users to filter film titles by country to see a list of all films produced, filmed or credited in that location.

Top ranked Middle Eastern films

Regionally, a number of films have been listed in the round-up of 130 countries.

Both Libya's Lion of the Desert (1981) and Lebanon's Capernaum (2018) are rated 8.4. Turkey's My Father and My Son (2005) scores 8.3, as does Iran's A Separation (2011).

This image released by Sony Pictures Classics shows a scene from "Capernaum." On Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018, the film was nominated for a Golden Globe award for best foreign language film. The 76th Golden Globe Awards will be held on Sunday, Jan. 6. (Sony Pictures Classics via AP)

Egypt is represented by The Message (1976) with 8.2 and Algeria's The Battle of Algiers (1966) scored 8.1.

Hollywood blockbuster The Martian (2015), starring Matt Damon, which was largely filmed in Wadi Rum, represents Jordan and scores 8, with Israel's Waltz with Bashir (2018) scoring the same.

The UAE is represented by 2015's Bilal: A New Breed of Hero, an English-language Arabic computer-animated action-adventure film, which scored 7.9. Saudi Arabia's Wadjda (2012), meanwhile, scores a respectable 7.5 and Palestine's Paradise Now (2005) scores 7.4.

The top 20 in full:

1. United States of America: The Shawshank Redemption – 9.2

= 2. Bangladesh: Mirror Game or Aynabaji – 9.1

= 2. Kosovo: Zana – 9.1

= 4. United Kingdom: The Dark Knight – 9

= 4. Sri Lanka: Aloko Udapadi – 9

6. New Zealand: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King – 8.9

= 7. Germany: Fight Club – 8.8

= 7. Italy: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly – 8.8

= 9. Japan: Seven Samurai – 8.6

= 9. Canada: Interstellar – 8.6

= 9. South Korea: Parasite – 8.6

= 9. Brazil: City of God – 8.6

= 13. Malta: Gladiator – 8.5

= 13. France: Leon: The Professional – 8.5

= 13. Myanmar: Mudras Calling – 8.5

= 13. Norway: The Pinchcliffe Grand Prix – 8.5

= 13. Poland: The Pianist – 8.5

= 13. Ghana: Samsara – 8.5

= 19. Libya: Lion of the Desert – 8.4

= 19. India: 3 Idiots – 8.4