Foreign films

[mcgroobber]

so i watch lots of movies, and i love me a good foreign film i love

pans labyrinth
oldboy
ringu
suicide club
battle royale
seven samuri
Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain (amelie)
spirited away
let the right one in
antikorper
hero (edit)

now id recommend all of these, but im bored right now and could use a good movie suggestion so if you could recommend some that are like some of those up there id appreciate it

 

[delet]

Perfect Blue
Paprika
Any Stuidio Ghibli film...

Edit: How did I forget Akira...

All I suggested were anime movies by the way.

 

[Julianking93]

You pretty much just named all my favorites.

Other than that, I'd say The Orphanage, Gozu, Ichi the Killer, and House of Flying Daggers.

 

[Levitas1234]

deadsnow its a Norwegian movie about nazi zombies

 

[Toriver]

I enjoyed

Pan's Labyrinth (El Laberinto del Fauno): Mexico/Spain
The Lives of Others (Das Leben der Anderen): Germany
anything Ghibli: Japan
Downfall (Umfall): Germany
Alatriste: Spain (Viggo Mortensen in another kickass role FTW!)
House of Flying Daggers: China
Hero: China
Ringu: Japan

 

[BlumiereBleck]

Ubergang(i think) aka Downfall.

 

[King of the Sandbox]

deadsnow its a Norwegian movie about nazi zombies

Awesome flick. My friend Becky is into foreign films, so we watch a lot of them.

Sadly, we watch so many, in so many different languages, I forget 99% of their titles.

 

[esperandote]

Life is beatiful (but im guessing you already watched it)
The tiger and the snow
Dois perdidos numa noite suja
Billy Elliot
El espinazo del diablo (The devil's backbone)
Madeinusa
The sorrow milk
El angel exterminador (Luis Buñuel)
Los olvidados (Luis Buñuel)

 

[Frequen-Z]

Oldboy and Brotherhood, both Korean films, both amazing.

City of God, a Brazilian film, well worth the watch.

Amélie, French film, absolute classic.

Grave of the Fireflies, My Neighbour Totoro, and the other Studio Ghibli films are all brilliant too.

 

[Acier]

If you like Pan's Labyrinth check out Devil's Backbone. It's done by the same guy. I actually like DBb more than PL, but that's purely personal taste

 

[Caligulove]

Cidade de Deus (City of God. Some of the best cinematography ever.) a lot of Slumdog Millionare seemed to be trying to be like City of God

Ondskan. Swedish movie about a prep school in the 50s. BADASS main character.

Though it's not foreign in the sense of language- The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
English movie with an AMAZING story. Also rare/controversial for being made during WWII and having a German character sympathetic to the English.

BRILLIANT movie

 

[Soxafloppin]

Battle Royal and Legend of Ricky.

Both awesome! for pretty much the same reason.

 

[notyouraveragejoe]

The Downfall is awesome. As is [REC] or Quarantine depending on which one is the Spanish one.

 

[thenumberthirteen]

I like a lot of those American films. Star Wars is good.

I just saw Ponyo today, and I thought it was really good (if a bit strange).

 

[Gladion]

Mr. Vengeance and Lady Vengeance (Korean, if you liked Oldboy, check them out as well)
Martyrs
High Tension (Switchblade Romance in UK)
Frontier(s) (all three French)
The Experiment
After the Truth (both German)
Irreversible (extremely disturbing, though, keep that in mind) - France/Argentina

Other important ones are already mentioned.

Battle Royal and Legend of Ricky.

Both awesome! for pretty much the same reason.

Story of Ricky
Those two are among the most retarded movies ever made, but so much fun to watch.

 

[Onyx Oblivion]

I'm an american! I don't watch that foreign crap. Especially that crazy shit from Japan! THAT MIYAZAKI GUY CAN DIE IN A FIRE.

[sub]/fake xenophobia[/sub]

I'm watch it, if its good. But I won't watch subbed anime. EVER. Not once. I'll watch subbed foreign works of any other kind though. And any kind of dub. Even poorly done ones.

Not that I frequently do.

 

[Casual Shinji]

Fucking Amal is pretty damn good. If you liked Let The Right One In you'll probably like this movie.

And if you're in the mood for the most uncomfortable tragic comedy ever made, go watch Festen.

 

[Monocle Man]

Ubergang(i think) aka Downfall.

Der Untergang, if I have the right film in my mind.

The last days of Hitler, no?

It was an interesting film, unfortunately I missed the last half hour.

 

[Ultress]

The only foreign film I've really ever watch was 12, a Russian remake of 12 Angry Men, it's a bit slow paced but all the actors are great and it leaves you with a lot to think about.

 

[The Last Nomad]

By foreign, I assume you mean non-english. Foreign could mean British films if your from America.
I've seen my fair share of foreign language films... They are always on late... sometimes I might watch them if the TV guide gives an interesting description. As I said, they ae always on late so I can never remember them after a week cos I'm usually half asleep during them...

However, in german class, we watch a lot of german films... My favourites would be :
'Die fetten Jahre sind vorbei' [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Edukators] (or 'the Edukators'),
'Absolute Giganten' [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absolute_Giganten]
or the one we watched recently 'Die Falscher' [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Counterfeiters_(film)] (The Counterfeiters)