slightly off topic here, but I think Hollywood has been going down a one way street for years now. Studio films are brainless big budget CGI action feasts aimed at 12 year old suburban boys.

The best 'film' output now is on TV .... Sopranos, The Wire, Breaking Bad, the West Wing etc. that's why all the big big serious actors are on TV now as opposed to 20 years ago when they used to sneer at it.

Back on subject, America has made some great movies, but not more than other places really (in terms of percentage of total output).