survive style 5+

save the green planet

my favorites are mostly from specific directors:

Kieslowski:

the three colors trilogy: blue/white/red

Bergman:

the faith trilogy: through a glass darkly/winter light/the silence

persona

the seventh seal

wild strawberries

hour of the wolf

cries and whispers

autumn sonata

Luis Bunuel:

belle de jour

viridiana

the discreet charm of the bourgeoisie

the phantom of liberty

that obscure object of desire

Francois Ozon:

under the sand

8 women

time to leave

5x2

swimming pool

potiche

criminal lovers

Nicolas Refn:

the pusher trilogy

a few more that come to mind now:

mamma roma

the bicycle theif

the samurai

little white lies (the one from 2010)

Le Grand Bleu (Luc Besson)

If you can, make sure you get the French version, not the re-edited, "happy-ending" - ified American version. I first saw this in France and was so excited when it played at an indi film house in Chicago. I went and was sorely disappointed that it was in English and it wasn't the same as what I saw in France...

unique said:

butterfli25 said:

Water

Fire

Earth

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0240200/

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116308/

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117909/

is that what you mean?

earth sounds interesting, fire sounds maybe a bit dated as i'm not sure if the taboo is that strong these days, not sure about water

Pan's Labyrinth

The Orphanage (El Orfanato)

Battle Royale

Ringu

the ones i own are

The Host

Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon

Run Lola Run

Pan's Labyrnth

The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo

JSA Joint Security Area

House Of The Flying Daggers

Martyrs

Troll Hunter

but others I rented which I enjoyed

Seven Samurai

Yojimbo

Ran

City Of God

Oldboy

Ikiru

muirdo said:

the ones i own are

The Host

Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon

Run Lola Run

Pan's Labyrnth

The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo

JSA Joint Security Area

House Of The Flying Daggers

Martyrs

Troll Hunter

but others I rented which I enjoyed

Seven Samurai

Yojimbo

Ran

City Of God

Oldboy

Ikiru

i've seen all of them except JSA. is that about an unemployed guy?

The Artist (2010 - Even though it's a silent film with English titles, it's still a foreign film)

Pepe Le Moko (1937 - French)

Wings of Desire (1987 - German)

Metropolis (1927 - German)

Seven Samurai (1954 - Japanese)

Coco Avec Chanel (2009 - French)

The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928 - French)

Monsoon Wedding (2001 - Indian)

Militant said:

Just watched the Girl with the Dragon Tatoo series (3 movies) really good kept you in the movies

...don's speak swedish so had to read what was being said, I can do that, I can not do voice overs subtitles...never could.

I Saw the Devil (Korean) Pretty brutal but had some cool twists...

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love a good foreign film

from russia with love

passage to india

italian job

slumbag millionaire

good morning vietnam

american werewolf in london

greece

coming to america

excited said:

love a good foreign film

from russia with love

passage to india

italian job

slumbag millionaire

good morning vietnam

american werewolf in london

greece

coming to america

have you seen "Australia"?

unique said:

muirdo said:

the ones i own are

The Host

Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon

Run Lola Run

Pan's Labyrnth

The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo

JSA Joint Security Area

House Of The Flying Daggers

Martyrs

Troll Hunter

but others I rented which I enjoyed

Seven Samurai

Yojimbo

Ran

City Of God

Oldboy

Ikiru

i've seen all of them except JSA. is that about an unemployed guy?

It's got the guy who was in Host and it's about the DMZ between north and south Korea.

It's an excellent film.

ludwig said:

survive style 5+

save the green planet

That's one of my favorite movies!

muirdo said:

unique said:

i've seen all of them except JSA. is that about an unemployed guy?

It's got the guy who was in Host and it's about the DMZ between north and south Korea.

It's an excellent film.

i'll check it out. is DMZ the guy from the wu tang clan?

unique said:

muirdo said:

It's got the guy who was in Host and it's about the DMZ between north and south Korea.

It's an excellent film.

i'll check it out. is DMZ the guy from the wu tang clan?

DMZ = DeMilitarized Zone

jone70 said:

unique said:

i'll check it out. is DMZ the guy from the wu tang clan?

DMZ = DeMilitarized Zone

I never replied cos I knew he was taking the piss

Deadcake said:

excited said:

love a good foreign film

from russia with love

passage to india

italian job

slumbag millionaire

good morning vietnam

american werewolf in london

greece

coming to america

have you seen "Australia"?

no!..

what about kung fu panda?..

it's not a movie but benidorm is worth watching

excited said:

I watched these movies, and they are very good.

Pains of Autumn (Turkey)

Wrong Rosary (Turkey)

Mr 73 (France)

The Chaser (South Korea)

Silk (Taiwan)

The Man Who Cried (France/UK)

Specially

C.R.A.Z.Y (Canada)

Ploy (Thailand)

Nobody Knows (Japan)

Militant said:

Pan's Labyrinth

The Orphanage (El Orfanato)

Yes.

Pan's Labyrinth was NOTHING of what I expected it to be but it was good.

Kung Fu Hustle is my movie!

The Host was...interesting.

i got a few more of the suggested movies such as the host and cell 211 but haven't watched them yet, but i finally watched the directors cut of brotherhood of wolfs and it was pretty good. miles better than i expected as it was more an oscar worthy period drama than horror flick

it's interesting to see some of the same titles pop up, and ones i've heard of before, so those are usually what i'm grabbing first, particularly if they appear on a list of a bunch of other movies i've already seen and liked. one day i'll maybe get through them all

KidaDynamite said:

I gotta move out of the US so I can get away with listing Cool as Ice as my favorite foreign film.

SUPRMAN said:

unique said:

yeah elite squad. the original title translated means elite troop so i got the name mixed up. there's a sequel that follows the story a few years on which is just as good. these are action flicks as good if not better than anything from hollywood

I own the first 'Elite Squad.' I'd like the sequel. Have you seen the Brazilian film,

'Bus 54?' Very good also.

do you men the bus 174 documentary? i have it but not watched it yet

Deadcake said:

KidaDynamite said:

Yes.

Pan's Labyrinth was NOTHING of what I expected it to be but it was good.

Kung Fu Hustle is my movie!

The Host was...interesting.

I love The Host

i just watched the host. pretty good, and again different to what i expected

Visionnaire said:

Audition
Trollhunter
Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale
The Host
Brotherhood Of The Wolf
House Of Flying Daggers
Invisible

Curse Of The Golden Flower
La Horde
The Vanishing
A Prophet
The Nest
Lady Snowblood
Run Lola Run
Adam's Apples
Cold Prey
Battle Royale
REC
Sin Nombre
The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi
El Mariachi
Let The Right One In
Calvaire
Frontier[s]
Cell 211

i've seen a lot of those before and got a few of the others that i hadn't seen or heard about before, so thanks for that

sextonseven said:

I will also recommend Brotherhood Of The Wolf and Let The Right One In. Those are two of my favorite movies ever. Other suggestions I pulled from my collection that I haven't seen mentioned yet:

Black Book (Dutch)

Certified Copy (French/Italian)

Eat Drink Man Woman (Mandarin)

The Good The Bad The Weird (Korean)

I Am Love (Italian)

In The Mood For Love (Cantonese)

Lovers Of The Arctic Circle (Spanish)

Lust Caution (Mandarin)

The Piano Teacher (French)

Red Cliff Parts 1 and 2 (Mandarin)

Queen Margot (French)

Sex And Lucia (Spanish)

Summer Hours (French)

Thirst (Korean)

Tokyo Decadence (Japanese)

Woman In The Dunes (Japanese)

Plus a few I saw at the cinema recenty:

The Double Hour (Italian)

In A Better World (Danish)

Incendies (French/Arabic)

Mysteries of Lisbon (Portugese)

The Princess of Montpensier (French)

i'm going to check out a few of these that i haven't seen before. some of them seem like quite slow moving movies though so i might come back to some of the other later

unique said: