Foriegn Film

spiderlegs

Howdy.
Just wondering what everyones favourite foreign films are, not the American ones but things along the lines of Chinese, Japanese, French, German etc movies?? And seeming as I'm talking foreign films, dubbed or subtitled? I feel there's a whole mound of snobbery towards subtitled films thats quite ridiculous.
Anyway just outta curiosity....
I think mine would probably be A Very Long Engagement.It's just so cute. So gimme yours people.

djkeogh

loved Battle Royale and anything by Takashi Miike i think is worth a look. Next on the DVD shelf to watch is the Night Porter.

Always watch Subtitles. Can't stand dubbing. Except in Kung Pow: Enter the Fist. That was classic. Doesn't really count though.

missingtime

Motorcycle Diaries

SoupyNorman

Oldboy

TerrorFirmer

Battle Royale, Battle Royale II, The Avenging Fist, 2000 AD, Police Story, Gen X Cops, Red Wolf, Returner, Black Sheep Affair.....

I'm a fan of asian movies mostly but I there are alot of european films like Downfall and Switchblade Romance as well that are fantastic.

jor el

MobileInfantry wrote:

Downfall and Switchblade Romance

Yes and yes. Two very good non-Asian foriegn films that I have in my collection. About 50% of them in fact, the other half being La Femme Nikita and Irreversable.

Got quite a few Japanese films recently, including Sky High which I'm going to watch this weekend, that don't even have an English audio track anyway. Always watch them subtitled, dubbing can go suck my balls as Cartman might say, if he were a fan of Asian cinema.

Dragan

Oldboy rocked so hard it ****ing hurt.

Right now, my favourite foreign film is Banlieue 13

Kingp35

I like Life is Beautiful (La Vita e Bella) and Cinema Paradiso.
Both excellent european movies.

TerrorFirmer

jor el wrote:

Yes and yes. Two very good non-Asian foriegn films that I have in my collection. About 50% of them in fact, the other half being La Femme Nikita and Irreversable.

Got quite a few Japanese films recently, including Sky High which I'm going to watch this weekend, that don't even have an English audio track anyway. Always watch them subtitled, dubbing can go suck my balls as Cartman might say, if he were a fan of Asian cinema.

I have Nikita as well, how could I forget, super classy movie :cool:

Rhyme

Watched 'Tale of Two Sisters' recently... great scare.

spiderlegs

Kingp35 wrote:

I like Life is Beautiful (La Vita e Bella) and Cinema Paradiso.
Both excellent european movies.

Aww isn't the little kid in cinema paradiso just the cutest ever?

BlitzKrieg

saw city of god last night...brilliant.

Juggalo

Paradise Mall (German), I really liked it. I think the rating it recieved on IMDB is unjust.

Human Traffic (English), love all the characters and a great soundtrack.

Taxi and Taxi 2 (French), thought they where fun films, haven't seen the third one yet and will never, ever, watch the stupid remake with Queen Latifah.

Winning Hand

Amelie, the perfect movie

Spider_Baby!

Battle Royale, and La Haine spring to mind as my favourite foreign films.

Setun

I saw Jules et Jim, very relaxing film and enjoyed it alot.

Belleville Rendez-Vous is a brilliant animation, and you can't go wrong with Miyazaki either.

Basq

Juggalo wrote:

Human Traffic (English), love all the characters and a great soundtrack.

Not sure i'd consider that foreign!

Enjoyed 'Oldboy' and also 'Switchblade Romance' - seen very little foreign films recently!

is_that_so

Hard to say as there are many and I would pick many already mentioned but these three are personal favourites

Espiritu de la Colmena ( Spirit of the Beehive )
La Caza
Babette's Feast

Dragan

basquille wrote:

Not sure i'd consider that foreign!

Why not? It was made in a different county to Ireland, there fore can be classed as a foreign film.

But that leads to all sorts of debates about what makes a foreign film foreign. Doesn't it!

bopper

I'd have to say cinema paradiso and battle royale as well. I also loved presque rien.

spiderlegs

Dragan wrote:

Why not? It was made in a different county to Ireland, there fore can be classed as a foreign film.

But that leads to all sorts of debates about what makes a foreign film foreign. Doesn't it!

I know I wasn't very definitive on the whole "classing" of what I called foreign.
If we're talking about English films though I'd have to say Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels...pure genius.
That and Withnail and I....oh and The Italian Job (was that English?)

Reaver772

Das boot
Man bites dog
Battle royale

Kovik

Look for the names Tarkovsky, Fellini, Bergman and Kurosawa to get a good overview of what real cinema is like. In fact, go watch Tarkovsky's "Mirror" right now. I haven't known anyone to resist the gnarliness of that film.

keevita

y tu mama tambien. really liked that film.

Bodhidharma

The Motorcycle Diaries

City of God

Hero

Oldboy

The Sea Inside

Buttermilk

spiderlegs wrote:

I know I wasn't very definitive on the whole "classing" of what I called foreign.
If we're talking about English films though I'd have to say Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels...pure genius.
That and Withnail and I....oh and The Italian Job (was that English?)

Withnail and I is a classic and really funny! My best and fav foreign and film ever is Europa, Europa! I seen it two years ago on TnaG and only the end of it and thought it was amazing! I really want to buy the dvd and the book. If you are interested in WW2 and German films I reccomend you to seen it.:) Also I seen a good French comedy awhile ago on the movie channels can't remember what it was called. It was about two friends that played dare on eachother.

Rcuomo

yea i second 'y tu mam tambien' - great film

also amores perros, motorcycle diaries, city of god
the best of youth (italian) - sadly not available on dvd for sum reason...
oldboy, police story trilogy, seven samurai, once upon a time in china trilogy,
the first battle royale, crouching tiger hidden dragon.

goodbye lenin (German).

memento is foreign (from oz(?)) too so stick that in there...

cashback

I've seen loads but can never think of the names after.
The ones I've seen and liked

La Haine
Downfall
Amelie
Jean de Florette and Manon des Sources(Emanuelle Beart - Oh my God!)
Central Station (Think that's the name, set in Argentina)
Y Tu Mama Tambien - Watched the other night and really liked it.