What Are Your Favorite Foreign Language Films?

Self ^ | 12/19/09 | Randita

[GeronL]

This particular movie was about a murder or more than one outside of Seoul, but with a cop from Seoul. Maybe he had been disgraced in the big city or something? I dunno, I think I saw it on one of the movie channels we use to have.

I really should try remembering the names of these movies. lol.

[icwhatudo]

Missed your reply before I asked again-Thanks!

[Nepeta]

An Autumn's Tale (1987) A Hong Kong movie filmed in NYC! Possibly Chow Yun Fat's best movie

Space Travelers (2000) Hard to describe Japanese movie with comedic and serious elements. It has nothing to do with space and everything to do with a bank robbery.

The Happiness of the Katakuris (2001) Japanese comedy. Indescribable tale of keeping the family resort going as the bodies pile up.

Green Snake (1993) Hong Kong production of Chinese legend; lush and lavishly told.

Fate of Lee Khan (1973) Taiwan. Well done King Hu wuxia tale with formidable women.

[Tuscaloosa Goldfinch]

Was going to see if anybody mentioned “Babette’s Feast”. Great movie.

[Virginia Ridgerunner]

[ctdonath2]

La Femme Nikita (French)
Babette’s Feast (Swedish?)

[Mmogamer]

Oh forgot this one, its on youtube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNbARAgU6po

Viy a Russian movie based on this short story http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viy_%28story%29

very surreal... limted budget but very good I thought.

[ctdonath2]

El Mariachi (Spanish)

[bmwcyle]

DAS BOAT

[dfwgator]

Stalingrad, The Lives of Others, Goodbye Lenin (Germany)
Katyn (Poland)
Amelie (France)
Pan’s Labyrinth (Spain)
Kolya (Czechoslovakia)

[LussaO]

“Goodbye Lenin” 2003 Germany

[decimon]

No Man's Land is good. The absurd Bosnian conflict, before we, the U.S., intervened. I think the only reference to the U.S. was the U.N. force (farce) commander saying that the Americans were getting impatient. '

[dfwgator]

Thanks for reminding me of that one. Also Agnieszka Holland’s “Europa Europa”

Wajda’s “War Trilogy” is good as well.

[BGHater]

Some:

City of God[Brazil]
Mountain Patrol[Tibet]
Blackboards[Iran]
The Clay Bird[India/Pakistan]

[Eepsy]

Now, come on here. I can’t possibly be the only Monsieur Hulot fan on this thread. “Play Time” was a work of flipping genius! “Mon Oncle” was a joy!. And even a complete philistine would like “Les Vacances de M. Hulot”.

[paudio]

Les Choristes (the Chorus, French 2004)

[wildandcrazyrussian]

Great choice! “The Island” (Russia, 2008) is fantastic

I will add a couple more foreign ones:
“Repentance” (Georgia, 1984) (Soviet Republic at the time)
“The Color of Paradise” (Iran , 1999)
“Ivan the Terrible” (Soviet Union, 1944)
“Weeping Camel” (Mongolia, 2003)

[dfwgator]

Closely Watched Trains (Czech, 1966)

Yes, forgot about that one.

[wideminded]

Das schreckliche Mädchen (German) 1990
The Sorrow and the Pity (French) 1969

[dfwgator]

Have you ever seen the Russian movie, “The Chekist”? What a dark and depressing film. Makes me even more happy that the abomination called “The Soviet Union” is no more.