Foreign Films

[mmhmm]

monrak transistor
last life in the universe
6ixtynin9
tears of the black tiger
tropical malady
blissfully yours

chunking express
in the mood for love
happy together
infernal affairs 2

y tu mama tambien

life is beautiful
nights of cabiria

three colours: blue
breathless
the discreet charm of the bourgeoisie
love in the afternoon
claire's knee

 

[The Ü™]

Rush Hour.

 

[The Outsider]

Stalker.

 

[FigerPuppet]

I don't watch a lot of foreign films (that is, films that aren't in Danish or English), but I really enjoyed Der Untergang.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O705I-xT6KI&feature=related

The film's personification of Hitler is quite likable.

 

[AOA]

Other than English (my main language). Mostly; Persian, Afghani, Pakistani, Indian, followed by Arabic, Russian, South Korean, and rarely; Japanese, Chinese, Thai, Malaysian, Indonesian, and Kenyan.

 

[chickpea]

Other than English (my main language). Mostly; Persian, Afghani, Pakistani, Indian, followed by Arabic, Russian, South Korean, and rarely; Japanese, Chinese, Thai, Malaysian, Indonesian, and Kenyan.

huh?

 

[SilkRoad]

The Lives of Others (German)
The Seventh Seal (Swedish)
Spirited Away (Japanese)

A few films I saw only once or twice a long time ago, but loved at the time:

The Leningrad Cowboys (Finnish)
The Spirit of the Beehive (Spanish)
The Kitchen Stories (Norwegian)

 

[mujigay]

I don't think that anyone here has recommended The Host yet? That one is pretty fantastic.

Also, Grave of Fireflies is gorgeous and sad.

 

[Crescent Fresh]

Also, Grave of Fireflies is gorgeous and sad.

+100!!!

One of my favorite anime of all-time!




I would like to recommend "Nobody Knows" (Japan 2004)

This film can really tear your heart out, emotionally.

 

[Nicodemus]

I don't think that anyone here has recommended The Host yet? That one is pretty fantastic.

Only EffEmDoubleyou. As god, he is accustomed to being ignored.

 

[Noon]

Raise the Red Lantern
2046
Ip Man
Dhoom 2

 

[Viridian]

Seconding Amélie, RAN, Spirited Away, My Neighbor Totoro and adding El secreto de sus ojos.

y tu mama tambien

Is it just me, or does that sound like the most elaborate set-up for a "Yo momma" joke ever?

 

[Red Herring]

In no particular order, just a few titles from the top of my head that cover a bit of everything and seem interesting (and that mostly haven't been mentioned yet...I do like a lot of the movies already named by other members) :

- Nueve Reinas - Nine Queens (Argentina, 2000)
- Tapas (Spain, 2005)
- Kame wa igai to hayaku oyogu - Turtles Are Suprisingly Fast Swimmers (Japan, 2005)
- Ambavi Suramis tsikhitsa - The Legend Of Surami Fortress (Georgia, 1986)
-Shatranj Ke Khilari - The Chess Players (India, 1977)
- Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios - Women On The Verge Of A Nervous Breakdown (Spain, 1988)
- La Antena (Argentina, 2007)
- Innocence (France 2004)/URL]
- [URL="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099669/"]La gloire de mon pere - My Father's Glory (France, 1990)
- Tillsammans - Together (Sweden, 2000)
- Da hong deng long gao gao gua - Raise The Red Lantern (China, 1991)
- La ley de Herodes - Herod's Law (Mexico, 1999)
- Ostrov - The Island (Russia, 2006)
- Valerie a týden divu - Valerie And Her Week Of Wonders (Czechoslovakia, 1970)


I could have given a list of big names like Kurosawa, Bergman, Kiarostami, von Trier, Truffaut, etc. but I wanted to included and focus on some of the a little bit lesser known once as well and repeat what others have said already (The Seventh Seal and Rashomon, for example, are definitely on that list).