Foreign Film Recommendations [Archive]

baldmonkey

10-13-2006, 08:59 PM

Sir can I start a thread about non American movies Sir?

Most movies I see is either American or Swedish and I always suspect that that is a bunch of movies out there that I'm missing. So do you fine guys and gals have any recommendations except Run Lola Run and Amelie?

I, as a Swede, recommend you to Netflix Lukas Moodysson's Show Me Love, Lilya 4-Ever, and Mikael Hafstrom's Evil.

fluxcapacitor

10-13-2006, 09:09 PM

My reply from the old forums:
Maelström (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0220627/)
Le Pacte des loups (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0237534/) (Brotherhood of the Wolf)
L'emploi du temps (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0279065/) (Time Out)
Bom yeoreum gaeul gyeoul geurigo bom (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0374546/) (Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring)
De Fem benspænd (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0354575/) (The Five Obstructions)
Katakuri-ke no kôfuku (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0304262/) (The Happiness of the Katakuris)
Zuotian (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0298238/) (Quitting)
Spoorloos (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096163/) (The Vanishing)

point5o

10-13-2006, 09:09 PM

This list should get you started...

A Very Long Engagement
The City of Lost Children
Oldboy
Sympathy For Lady Vengenace
Attack The Gas Station
Hero
Shaolin Soccer
Kung Fu Hustle
Hard Boiled
A Better Tomorrow 1 & 2
My Wife Is A Gangster
Ping Pong
Once A Time In China 1, 2, & 3
Tiger Dragon Gate
S.P.L.(Killzone)

to be continued...

tokenuser

10-13-2006, 09:13 PM

Malcolm
The Big Steal
Proof
Romper Stomper
Sum of Us
Dead Calm

bcool

10-13-2006, 09:37 PM

triplettes of belville (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0286244/)

satori

10-13-2006, 09:51 PM

Wings of Desire
Black Sheep (this is a new one and you HAVE to see it)
The Dish
Dellicatessen

baldmonkey

10-13-2006, 10:07 PM

For those who missed it, Twilight Samurai is a really great movie.

bravestarr

10-13-2006, 10:20 PM

jungle holocaust, and if your really daring, cannibal holocaust (both italian).

was "they call her one eye" Swedish?

baldmonkey

10-14-2006, 06:52 AM

...was "they call her one eye" Swedish?

Yes it was, but its called Thriller - a cruel movie, over here and noone knows about it. The only reason I know about it is Kill Bill.

burgerbob23

10-14-2006, 07:06 AM

I used to watch Samurai Saturdays on IFC and a series of Japanese movies Called Samurai I & II and so and so forth were actually really good. I liked it how each movie was step by step on this guy's rise to power. Its defiently worth checking out.

briangilmore

10-14-2006, 07:22 AM

Saló: The 120 Days of Sodom

****ing amazing. Torture flick, most disturbing movie of all time. It's italian. 1975. Italian, artsy, old, so of course, = anti-fascism. ****ing awesome.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073650/

satansmagichat

10-14-2006, 09:24 AM

diela

10-14-2006, 04:19 PM

If you thought the Trailer to Pan's Labyrinth was interesting, check out Guillermo Del Toro's The Devil's Backbone (El Espinazo del diablo, if you like having the origin language's title). I was actually pretty damned surprised how much I liked this movie.

I was going to suggest that and "Run Lola, Run" but I figured everyone knew about them already. So I'll just add my seconded opinion.

popltree2

10-14-2006, 05:53 PM

...
The City of Lost Children
...

Thank you! That's the movie I was trying to think of. The City of Lost Children gets my vote.

satori

10-14-2006, 06:08 PM

Thank you! That's the movie I was trying to think of. The City of Lost Children gets my vote.

Then you should see Dellicatessen, it's a much better movie with almost the same cast and set somewhat in the same world.

poltah

12-11-2006, 01:24 PM

Well, technically all big Hollywood movies are foreign to me. But let's talk movies where people do not speaka tha engliash.

My first one is a Danish movie, I'm from Denmark, I watch movies from here.

It's called "Blinkende Lygter" in Danish, and "Flickering Lights" in English.

This is one of the, if not THE, best Danish movie out there. The acting and cast is incredible, and it's writing is funny as hell.

However, I've heard that the English subtitles are horrible... so that's too bad.
Anyways, I think this is a must for movie buffs.

tokenuser

12-11-2006, 01:33 PM

"Mad Max". Hollywood overdubbed the original soundtrack with American actors so that the public would understand the film ... so I guess this makes it an foreign language film as well :)

BUT ... the ultimate foreign language film straight out of Bollywood ... Mr India (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093578/). AWESOME movie - who doesn't love a movie where the hero is left a magic ring of invisibility from his dying father, an evil dude out for world domination, and scripted dance numbers with casts of thousands on beaches between the fight sequences??

masherscf

12-11-2006, 01:51 PM

I really enjoy the Kirasawa classic "Seven Samuri."

I also recommend "Shaolin' Soccer."

For the kids (of kid in you), you can start renting any animation feature by Miyasaki. These films are great. Most are available in quality English dubbing or the original Japanese. These films are rich, beautiful and appeal to multiple levels. They make Walt Disney look like Tromo.

satansmagichat

12-11-2006, 02:12 PM

The Devil's Backbone by Guillermo Del Toro. If you're only seen Blade 2 and Hellboy and aren't sure if you'll like Pan's Labyrinth, check this out to see what a talented director he really is.

sloppybunny

12-11-2006, 02:16 PM

I preffer Shaolin Soccer to Kung Fu Hustle :)

Anything Jean Pierre Juenet does is gold! I even liked Alien 4 and Very long engagement. Amelie is my fave film of all time though.

The Original 3 french Taxi Movies are great fun

Crimson River with Jean Reno is cool

Good Bye Lenin is a great german flick and I liked the German flick the Edukators, and Run Lola Run.

The Only Hungarian movie I would recomend to non Hungarians is Kontroll. It's about ticket inspectors, but it's so dark and weird. Very nicely shot.

Although technically english, Trainspotting was cool. Such thick accents deserve foreign label.

I also liked that roberto bengigni film called Life's Beatiful.

As a kid I used to watch a lot of Terance Hill movies. The danish guy must know them, maybe. He's italian, but he was famous europe wide.

My last visit to france I doscovered louis de fines. The film 'Le soup de seaux' I would translate it to Cabbage soup is about these two old dudes who suring a farting contest contact aliens and befriend them with Cabbage soup and the Aliens grant them wishes.

As asian cinema goes I like Hong Kong action comedy movies. And although slow Korean Movies are looking heaps good, and Battle royale is probably my fave Japanese movie :)

There's my list! Yours?

herod

12-11-2006, 02:51 PM

Spoorloos
The Edukators

Wow...huge list huh...

dicknixon

12-11-2006, 02:59 PM

The Devil's Backbone by Guillermo Del Toro. If you're only seen Blade 2 and Hellboy and aren't sure if you'll like Pan's Labyrinth, check this out to see what a talented director he really is.

I totally agree with you. This is one of my favourite films.

dicknixon

12-11-2006, 03:11 PM

Run Lola Run
Old Boy
My Life As A Dog
Goodbye Lenin

fluxcapacitor

12-11-2006, 03:31 PM

http://revision3.com/forum/showthread.php?t=961

satori

12-11-2006, 03:52 PM

WINGS OF DESIRE

A metaphor for the re-unification of East and West Germany, this is a total art flick, but it's fucking awesome. Hollywood of course took the story, ripped out it's heart and anything cool about it and then made City of Angels. The original had the guy who played Columbo Peter Falk playing himself, and Nick Cave playing himself.

kevmann16

12-11-2006, 04:02 PM

Pan's Labyrinth was really good, I liked NightWatch but NightWatch 2 was disappointing.

Spirited Away and Howl's Moving Castle were good animated Japanese films.

backwords

12-11-2006, 05:00 PM

Amorres Perros
&
The Motorcycle Diaries

sloppybunny

12-11-2006, 05:01 PM

Pan's Labyrinth was really good, I liked NightWatch but NightWatch 2 was disappointing.

Spirited Away and Howl's Moving Castle were good animated Japanese films.

I'm very hot and cold about Myazaki films. I think Castle of Cogliostro is the best anime ever made (not technically, I'll give that to Akira), and I really loved spirited away. I thought howls moving castle was rubbish though. I also didn't much care for princess Mononoke. I liked My neighbour Totoro, and the forever girly film Kiki's delivery service.

Funny how I don't think of Anime as foreign. Probably because I watch cartoons dubbed.

elfoxio

12-11-2006, 05:12 PM

a british film called human traffic

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXyOQwhQsto

baldmonkey

12-11-2006, 05:26 PM

a british film called human traffic

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXyOQwhQsto

Human Traffic is great, and the soundtrack is amazing.

satansmagichat

12-11-2006, 05:41 PM

GOJIRA
Oh no! They say he's got to go. But seriously, it's actually a metaphor for the nuclear arms race, and the original Japanese version is pretty good when you consider how Godzilla is considered to be such a joke by most of us westerners. And personally, I think the special effects for the monster are much easier to watch now than the old stop motion for King Kong. And it's just a much darker film than I would've expected.

baldmonkey

12-11-2006, 05:49 PM

You should listen to Poltah. The danes have cranked out a lot of great movies in the last ten years that haven't got the international attention that they deserve.

Apart from Flickering lights i reccomend Pusher, In China they eat dogs, Nightwatch, The Celebration and The Green Butchers.

sniperxtreme

12-11-2006, 06:47 PM

I just got Kokoda on DVD that's a great Aussie film.

IMDB:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0481390/

Review I did when it premiered at the cinema:
http://space-meat.com/2006/04/26/kokoda-review/

elfoxio

12-11-2006, 07:09 PM

An Australian film called fat pizza,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9IG3wq2PNM

It's not that great but I just thought of it and it made me laugh.

cheesus

12-11-2006, 09:42 PM

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0233651/ - Englar Alheimsins.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0237993/ - 101 Reykjavik.

Good fun ^^,

paulsaves

12-11-2006, 10:49 PM

I don't really know many foreign films. All the one's I do know were already mentioned:

Old Boy
Shaolin Soccer
The Edukators
Goodbye Lenin
Night Watch
and
Ichi the Killer

Usually when I think about foreign media, I think about this British soap opera called East Enders my stepmom made me watch when I was 13.

kevmann16

12-11-2006, 11:56 PM

I also didn't much care for princess Mononoke.

I'm pretty sure my younger brother has got me this for christmas, I hope I like it

sloppybunny

12-12-2006, 08:48 AM

I'm pretty sure my younger brother has got me this for christmas, I hope I like it

You'll probably love it, I'm very much in the minority ;)

We consider British, and Aussie movies foreign now?

I really liked 'He died with a flafel in his hands'. Anybody that has been in share accomodation can relate :) It's an aussie film!

I also really like Two Hands, and Garage Days. Generally aussie films dissapoint me e.g. Illustrated family doctor, Bad eggs, Craic and the Extra, Especially the last two as I find Jimeon a very funny man with his stand up comedy.But boy are there some gems too!

Taits toi is a real funny french film with Gerard depardiou and Jean Reno, then again name me one film with Jean reno that isn't good! The French version of the visitors is really good.

freecajunlove

12-12-2006, 09:01 AM

Hard to think of ones that haven't already been mentioned...

-FUNNY GAMES
-A Bittersweet Life
-The Piano Teacher
-Fallen Angels
-In the Mood for Love
- Almost all Miike movies
-Fireworks
-H6

dicknixon

12-12-2006, 01:13 PM

The weirdest foreign film (probably the weirdest film in general) that I've seen in 'Happiness of the Katakuris'. It's just...words fail. It's just weird.

paulsaves

12-12-2006, 04:25 PM

Oh shit, I forgot. Suicide Club was an awesome movie too.

losojosdemuerte

12-12-2006, 07:53 PM

Amores Perros - Mexican
Chopper - Australian
Night Watch: Nochnoi Dozor - Russian
City of God - Brazilian
Crónicas - Mexican
Insomnia - Swedish

and that's all I can think of right now.

umarifficckizzle

12-12-2006, 07:58 PM

Kung Fu Hustle
Hero
House of Flying Daggers
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Brotherhood of the Wolfe
Sympathy for Lady Vengeace
Battle Royale
Oldboy
High Tension

kowgod

12-12-2006, 08:16 PM

La Haine, a french film from the 90s, which was very prescient for it's time. It focuses on the plight of poor, immigrant youth in the slums of France, and the racism and discrimination they face.

Seems pretty poignant considering what went down in France over the summer.

A very good movie.

freecajunlove

12-12-2006, 08:45 PM

The weirdest foreign film (probably the weirdest film in general) that I've seen in 'Happiness of the Katakuris'. It's just...words fail. It's just weird.

Watch 'The Quiet Family' then watch 'Happiness of the Katakuris.' Miike is a crazy asshole.