Film: The Bear
Year: 1988
Director: Jean-Jacques Annaud
Synopsis: Set in late 19th century British Columbia, an orphaned bear cub navigates its forest home, exploring, searching for food, avoiding predators, including a team of skin hunters and their hounds, and eventually finds a large male Kodiak who could be friend or foe. This film uses very little dialogue and no narration to tell a psychological drama and instead focuses on behaviour, setting, and a documentary-esq style.
Rationale: This is one of the first movies that I can remember watching clearly and it inspired my lifelong love of animals and the wilderness. I always found this film amazing because there is so little dialogue and I feel that the storytelling is richer for it.