Favorite Foreign Films

[Snickerdoodle]

:lurk5:
We are big fans of Almodovar films but Pelle the Conquerer sticks a lot in my mind. We love foreign films. What are some of your favorites?

[JFS in IL]

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, anything Bollywood with Aishwarya Rai, Small Change, 400 Blows.
Oh, let me add all the Miyasaki animations, Das Boot, Life is Beautiful.

Does LOTR count??? :-)

[Christi/NC]

I always get great new movies to watch when people ask this question. :-)

My favorite is Amelie (French). I don't time to list all of my favs but I'll try to find the other thread that had some really good suggestions. I look forward to seeing all of the replies.

Christi

[Snickerdoodle]

My favorite is Amelie (French).
Christi

My dh watches that one once a year.

[Christi/NC]

Found it! http://www.welltrainedmind.com/forums/showthread.php?t=18953&highlight=foreign+movies

Waking Ned Devine was repeated on the lists often--so good!
Seducing Dr. Lewis--great!
Children of Heaven--mentioned a lot. I did like it too.
Once--was great--the language was rough, especially in the beginning--but the story was nice.

Have fun!
Christi

[Chris in VA]

Ran
Seven Samurai
Babette's Feast (you HAVE to see this one!)
Tin Drum freaked me out, and I can't remember much about it, but....there it is.

[JumpedIntoTheDeepEndFirst]

Good Bye Lenin (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0301357/)

Too funny....

[sleepy]

a few we have enjoyed:

God Grew Tired of Us
Howl's Moving Castle
Spirited Away
Curse of the Golden Flower
Throne of Blood
Tsotsi

[laylamcb]

Faves include:

Cyrano de Bergerac
Joyeux Noel
Cinema Paradiso
Il Postino
Les Parapluies de Cherbourg
Diabolique
Amelie

[Mom to Aly]

Le Huitieme Jour/The 8th Day--if you can find it, you must see it
Life is Beautiful
La Chevre/The Goat--hilarious, with Gerard Depardieu
Le Diner des Cons/The Dinner Game
Le Placard/The Closet
Les Ripoux
Jean de Florette/Manon des Sources
Cyrano--with Gerard Depardieu
Camille Claudel
Almost anything by Eric Rohmer
Raise the Red Lantern

[Jenny in Atl]

These are only a few... I love movies.

The 400 Blows (French)
Amelie (French)
Au Revoir Les Enfants (French)
The Bird People in China (Chinese)
The Blue Kite (Chinese)
Black Orpheus (Brazilian)
Born Into Brothels (British documentary made in India)
Breaker Morant (Aussie)
Central Station (Brazil)
The Chorus (French)
The City of Lost Children (French)
The Cuckoo (Russian)
The Crimson Rivers (French)
Das Boot (German)
Dear Frankie (British)
Delicatessen (same director as Amelie.. but not for the faint of heart)
Dirty Pretty Things (British)
Eat Drink Man Woman (Taiwanese)
Farewell My Concubine (Chinese)
Gallipoli (Aussie)
Good Bye, Lenin! (German)
Hero (Chinese)
House of Flying Daggers (Chinese)
Howl's Moving Castle (Japanese)
Ikiru (Japanese)
Il Postino (Italian)
In July (German)
In the Name of the Father (British)
Insomnia (Norwegian)
Jean de Florette & Manon of the Spring (French)
Ju Dou (Chinese)
Kinamand (Dannish)
Kung Fu Hustle (Chinese)
La Dolce Vita (Italian)
La Femme Nikita (French)
Last Life in the Universe (Thai)
Layer Cake (British)
Like Water for Chocolate (Mexico)
Lives of Others (German)
Love & Anarchy (Italian)
M (German)
Man on the Train (French)
The Memory of a Killer (Flemish)
Mostly Martha (German)
My Left Foot (British)
Naked (British)
Nights of Cabiria (Italian)
Nowhere in Africa (German)
The Official Story (Argentinian)
Pan's Labyrinth (Spanish)
Pierrepoint (British)
The Princess and the Warrior (German)
Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (Aussie)
The Proposition (Aussie)
Rabbit Proof Fence (Aussie)
Raise the Red Lantern (Chinese)
Ran (Japanese)
Red, White, and Blue Trilogy (French w/ Polish director)
The Road Home (Chinese)
Rosenstrasse (German)
Run Lola Run (German)
The Scent of Green Papaya (Vietnamese)
Seven Samurai (Japanese)
Seventh Seal (Swedish)
Sexy Beast (British)
Shine (Aussie)
The Sweet Hereafter (Canadian)
Tampopo (Japanese)
Taste of Cherry (Iranian)
This is England (British)
Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! (Spanish)
The Tin Durm (German)
To Live (Chinese)
Trainspotting (British)
The Science of Sleep
The Triplets of Belleville (French)
The Vertical Ray of the Sun (Vietnamese)
The Visitors (French)
Waking Ned Devine (British)
Whale Rider (New Zealand)
Water (India)
Wings of Desire (German)
With a Friend Like Harry (French)
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (Spanish)
Z (Greek)
6ixtynin9 (Thai)
8 1/2 (Italian)
The 10th Victim (Italian)

[sleepy]

Wow! :w00t: My Netflix list is about to get significantly longer!

[Pajama Mama]

I like alot foreign films but I can't remember most of them at the moment:glare: We love Bruce Lee movies here-no matter what language they are in. Probably because ds11 is in ker-rah-tay. My favorite foreign film at the moment is 8 Femmes(8 Women) with Catherine Deneuve.

[percytruffle]

Hey, foreign movie diva ;), I don't see House of Sand on your list. If you haven't seen it then I recommend it. It is not for the kiddies though.

[Snickerdoodle]

Has anyone seen The Magdelene Sisters (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Magdalene_Sisters) ?

:ohmy:

[nakitty]

By far one of the funniest foreign films I have ever seen is "Matando Cabos" I also loved "Amelie" ...and I love all the foreign martial arts movies...ESPECIALLY the really goofy poorly dubed ones...LOL

But, in general....I judge a foreign film on how easily I can forget the fact that I am having to read all the dialogue...and my dh, who HATES having to "read a movie" really enjoyed "Matando Cabos" as well. :D

[nakitty]

These are only a few... I love movies.


Born Into Brothels (British documentary made in India)
The City of Lost Children (French)
Hero (Chinese)
House of Flying Daggers (Chinese)
Howl's Moving Castle (Japanese)
Kung Fu Hustle (Chinese)
La Dolce Vita (Italian)
La Femme Nikita (French)
Pan's Labyrinth (Spanish)
Trainspotting (British)
Waking Ned Devine (British)
Whale Rider (New Zealand)


I have seen all of these too!:D

I cannot believe I forgot the bolded one....I love that movie and it is, in fact, the inspiration for the user name I have used for over a decade....LOL
LaFemmeNaKitty :tongue_smilie:

[Valerie in Chicago]

I would strongly suggest a Chinese movie called "Together." Beautiful film.

[Jenny in Florida]

Les Choristes/The Chorus (My daughter especially loved this one.)
Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India
Kuch Naa Kaho and some other Bollywood stuff
Bride and Prejudice
Dear Frankie

Darn it. I know there's a lot more, but that's all I can think of off the top of my head . . .

[CactusPair]

The Double Life of Veronique (French w/ Polish dir.)
The Decalogue (same)

The Bicycle Thief (Italian)

The Tenant (French w/ a different Polish director)

The Vanishing (I can't remember language)

The Seventh Seal, Wild Strawberries, Persona (Swedish)

Shawn of the Dead (British)

Nosferatu (with Klaus Kinski/German)

[Michelle in TX]

A Room With a View

[hswarden]

Great Question--I loved reading these.

Life is Beautiful
Children of Heaven

[Jenny in Atl]

Hey, foreign movie diva ;), I don't see House of Sand on your list. If you haven't seen it then I recommend it. It is not for the kiddies though.

Yes! I have a bunch of other Brazilian movies I love too... I might take up too much server space if I listed them all. ;)

[Snickerdoodle]

Cidade dos Homens (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_of_Men) tv series from Brazil.

[Snickerdoodle]

Latcho Drom (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107376/)

[Snickerdoodle]

Fire (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire_(1996_film))

[Spy Car]

Ran
Seven Samurai
Babette's Feast (you HAVE to see this one!)
Tin Drum freaked me out, and I can't remember much about it, but....there it is.

I LOVE EVERY ONE of these choices!!!

Bill

[Karenciavo]

Godzilla (the original without RB)
Life is Beautiful
Pan's Labyrinth
Rashomon

[nakitty]

Just thought of another one I liked....it was weird...but I liked it. LOL

Mistress of Spices

[T Baer]

Godzilla (the original without RB)
Life is Beautiful
Pan's Labyrinth
Rashomon

Yes, Life if Beautiful. I never noticed that I was reading the subtitles, I was so engrossed in the movie.

[Hannah C.]

Life Is Beautiful, which is one of the best films I've ever seen
anything by Hayao Miyazaki, especially Howl's Moving Castle
Nirgendwo in Afrika (Nowhere in Africa)
Das Leben der Anderen (The Lives of Others - which is a somewhat inaccurate translation of the title)
Comedian Harmonists

[tibbyl]

Here are a few foreign flicks we have viewed in past year or two:

Sophie Scholl: The Final Days (about the apprehension and execution of Sophie Scholl and her comrades of the White Rose, a resistance group)

Downfall (about Hitler's last 72 hours in his Berlin bunker)

Strike (about female Polish shipyard worker who helped jumpstart the Solidarity movement)

[Jenny in Atl]

Yes, Life if Beautiful. I never noticed that I was reading the subtitles, I was so engrossed in the movie.

This is the sign of a truly amazing film. When you stop "reading" and just absorb them. It's really quite magical.

[Tutor]

Amelie (French)
Pan's Labyrinth (Spanish)
Das Boot (German)
Seven Samurai (Japanese)
The Lives of Others (German)
Life is Beautiful (Italian)
Babette's Feast (Danish - I'm pretty sure, but don't quote me :001_smile: )
Europa, Europa (German)
City of God (Brazilian)
Whale Rider (I forget if this movie is German-made or Kiwi-made, but the subject is the Maori people and was filmed in New Zealand)
Seventh Seal (Swedish)
Waking Ned Devine (Irish)
Ushpizin (Israeli - first all-Orthodox Jewish film cast and crew if I remember correctly)