20 Great Foreign Language Films
I love foreign language films (english too) and wanted some inspiration from likeminded people for future viewing.
20 (tried just 10) of my faves are:
SURVIVE STYLE 5+
MAN BITES DOG
AMORES PERROS
CITY OF GOD
PAN'S LABYRINTH
HIDDEN (cache)
SEVEN SAMURAI
YOJIMBO
THE VANISHING
GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO
CINEMA PARADISO
JEAN DE FLORETTE
MANON DES SOURCES
KUNG FU HUSTLE
SHAOLIN SOCCER
ICHI THE KILLER
LET THE RIGHT ONE IN
GOZU
DELICATESSEN
13 (TZAMETI)
Would appreciate any feedback or ideas for future viewing
Also love OLDBOY
Gregory's girl.
La Haine, Taxi and Irreversible spring straight to mind.
Try these if you haven't seen them.....
The Good The Bad The Weird (Korean Western , Great Film)
Tae Guk Gi - The Brootherhood of War (Korean private Ryan and as good as)
Ong Bak (Muay Thai Martial arts)
Zatoichi - The Blind Swordsman (Japanese Samurai)
Have seen LADY VENGEANCE and BATTLE ROYALE, good, but didn't blow me away. The others I will have to check out.
Greagory's Girl - Foreign - Like your thinking, but seen it and loved it
Have seen La Haine, Taxi and Irreversible. Liked all, but didn't really do it for me.
Seen Good Bad & Weird (excellent), Ong Bak (Good) and Zatoichi (OK), not seen Tae Guk Gi, so will check it out.
Thanks all for your replys so far, very grateful.
Anyone have any opinions on the films I have chosen???
Taxi.
Taxi 2.
Timecrimes.
Kung Fu Hustle.
Battle Royale.
The Host.
Oldboy.
The Ring.
Lady Vengeance.
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo.
District 13.
Tell No One.
Downfall
Das Boot.
KM31.
Mesrine.
Strugging to think of any others. 'Taxi 3' isn't awful, but not a patch on the first two, and I didn't fall in love with 'Let The Right One In'.
Good choice of films. City of God is one of the best films Ive seen full stop.
Essential viewing in my opinion
Audition
Bad Guy
A Bittersweet Life
Bangkok Dangerous
Visitor Q
Das Experiment
Dumplings
The Counterfeiters
Dead or Alive ( Miike Takashi one)
Maria Full of Grace
Infernal Affairs
Kamikaze Girls
CraigDS:Gregory's girl.
Sassanach!
Let the Right One In
M Hulot's Holiday
Mon Oncle
Le Samoura‹
36
A Very Long Engagement
Amelie
Delicatessen
Tell No-one
Subway
Run Lola Run
L'Appartement (very clever, and sexy)
Diva
Tous les Matins du Monde (Give us a Blu-ray, please!)
· Bout de Souffle
House of Flying Daggers
Belle Epoque (1992)
Open Your Eyes
Mujeres al Borde de un Ataque de Nervios
Un Coeur en Hiver
RAN (sort of Japanese version of King Lear)
OFFS.
The Lives of Others...
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I would add a few based on the above:
Lady Vengance - an obvious one to view if you like Oldboy
Cyrano de Bergerac (with Gerard Depardieu - 1990 version IIRC)
The Wings of Desire, Wim Wenders great film, original German version
Battle Royale (Japan, but not it's sequel)
Death Note (maybe, it's an interesting film. If you enjoy it, watch the sequel)
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