Favorite Foreign movie of all time?

[judasmachine]

Originally posted by: theprodigalrebel
"Life is Beautiful"

And I think I should get into German Cinema ~~~MAJOR NSFW~~~

That always made me smile.

 

[chcarnage]

Cinema Paradiso is one of my favorites.

 

[opticalmace]

I saw this a couple of years ago. It was amazing.
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring

I'd avoid reading the full plot outline on that link. Says a little too much IMO.

All you need to know:
"A young boy lives in a small floating temple on a beautiful lake, together with an elderly master who teaches him the ways of the Buddha."

 

[Cadop]

Brotherhood of the Wolf

I can't believe no one mentioned that. Awesome flick.

 

[slackerinabox]

Amelie was a bit too "awww shucks" cute so, while I enjoyed it, it's not a favorite... Well done though, by the director of Alien 4!

Favorites:
Wings of Desire (Germany)
Old Boy (Korea)
Princess and the Warrior (Germany)
Pan's Labyrinth (Mexico, by way of Spain)
Children of Men (Mexican director, produced in England)
Abros Los Ojos (Spain)
Volver (Spain)
Sympathy for Lady Vengence (Korea)
The Killer (HK)
A Better Tomorrow (HK)
The Tres Colores Trilogy (France)
Cache (France)
The Queen (England)
Shaun of the Dead (England)
Babe (yes, babe..Australia)
The Professional (France, but in English)
Danny the Dog (Unleashed) - British Production by French writer/director
District B13
The Seventh Seal
Earth (India)
Downfall (Germany)
The Terrorist (India, props to a brilliant filmmaker from my neck of the woods)

So many more...

 

[slackerinabox]

How could I forget my favorite movie of all time - Grave of the Fireflies (Japan)

 

[Mo0o]

Originally posted by: freedomsbeat212
Amelie was a bit too "awww shucks" cute so, while I enjoyed it, it's not a favorite... Well done though, by the director of Alien 4!

Favorites:
Wings of Desire (Germany)
Old Boy (Korea)
Princess and the Warrior (Germany)
Pan's Labyrinth (Mexico, by way of Spain)
Children of Men (Mexican director, produced in England)
Abros Los Ojos (Spain)
Volver (Spain)
Sympathy for Lady Vengence (Korea)
The Killer (HK)
A Better Tomorrow (HK)
The Tres Colores Trilogy (France)
Cache (France)
The Queen (England)
Shaun of the Dead (England)
Babe (yes, babe..Australia)
The Professional (France, but in English)
Danny the Dog (Unleashed) - British Production by French writer/director
District B13
The Seventh Seal
Earth (India)
Downfall (Germany)
The Terrorist (India, props to a brilliant filmmaker from my neck of the woods)

So many more...

Have you seen Water? Same director as the Earth guy

And i'm surprised you liked Unleashed, felt like a run of the mill jet li film

 

[slackerinabox]

Originally posted by: Mo0o

Originally posted by: freedomsbeat212
Amelie was a bit too "awww shucks" cute so, while I enjoyed it, it's not a favorite... Well done though, by the director of Alien 4!

Favorites:
Wings of Desire (Germany)
Old Boy (Korea)
Princess and the Warrior (Germany)
Pan's Labyrinth (Mexico, by way of Spain)
Children of Men (Mexican director, produced in England)
Abros Los Ojos (Spain)
Volver (Spain)
Sympathy for Lady Vengence (Korea)
The Killer (HK)
A Better Tomorrow (HK)
The Tres Colores Trilogy (France)
Cache (France)
The Queen (England)
Shaun of the Dead (England)
Babe (yes, babe..Australia)
The Professional (France, but in English)
Danny the Dog (Unleashed) - British Production by French writer/director
District B13
The Seventh Seal
Earth (India)
Downfall (Germany)
The Terrorist (India, props to a brilliant filmmaker from my neck of the woods)

So many more...

Have you seen Water? Same director as the Earth guy

And i'm surprised you liked Unleashed, felt like a run of the mill jet li film

Have Water sitting in my dvd player, have yet to see it (Deepha Mehta, a chick not a dude).

I liked Unleashed... I know it's not art but I found it entertaining and oddly sweet. And, ok, I really like massive attack's score for it. It's the #1 movie people disagree with me on. I've made friends watch it and they really don't like it while i love it. So I can't say that I "get it" - it's a silly movie that just gets to me for some reason.

 

[angminas]

Das Boot
Princess Mononoke
Blue
Yojimbo
Ju Dou
Patlabor 1
Angst Essen Seele Auf (Fear Eats The Soul- hard to find but worth it)
Shogun Assassin (Lone Wolf And Cub series)
El Mariachi

I love foreign movies and I hated Amelie. I'm sure I messed up this list due to poor memory.

Yup, remembered one.

 

[KoolAidKid]

A couple that haven't been mentioned:

Oldboy
Red

 

[SirStev0]

I really like a lot of japanese movies. Princess Mon is a great one. Amelie was good too. Recently Pan's labyrinth was really really good.

 

[abaez]

Amelie
City of God
2046
In the Mood for Love
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
Pandora's Box
The Best of Youth (La Meglio Gioventù) - Gorgeous, amazing movie
A very long engagement - I own this dvd just for Jodie Fosters scenes

 

[maddogchen]

Seven Samurai FTW!!!

 

[scrawnypaleguy]

Ong Bak - The Thai Warrior

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[BladeVenom]

Gojira (Godzilla)
Das Boot
Downfall
Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!
Pan's Labyrinth
City of Lost Children
Ghost in the Machine
Akira
Appleseed
Wings of Honneamise
Legend of the Overfiend
Au revoir, les enfants
The Cook the Thief His Wife & Her Lover
Lacombe Lucien
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
The Battle of Algiers
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

 

[Darthvoy]

the last samurai

 

[iRONic]

Shultze Gets The Blues
Y Tu Mama Tambien

 

[Kaieye]

Samurai Trilogy!!

 

[TecHNooB]

Originally posted by: intogamer

Originally posted by: gar3555
Tae Guk Gi

Ohohohoho... this movie. I borrowed this movie from my cousin and it was unexpectedly good. At one point, I asked my brother if he thought this movie was better than Saving Private Ryan and he said yea. I thought so too, but I like Saving Private Ryan as well and you can't deny the intro scene in Saving Private Ryan. Tae Guk Gi did it for me emotionally though.

 

[GooeyGUI]

King of Hearts, The (FR: Roi de coeur, Le) (1966) http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0060908/

The French version with english subtitles. The dubbed version is not as good for sure.

:thumbsup:


1372 'IMDb users' have given a weighted average vote of 7.1 / 10

Demographic breakdowns are shown below.
Votes Percentage Rating
463 . . . 33.7%.....10
241 . . . 17.6%...... 9
257 . . . 18.7%...... 8
137 . . . 10.0%...... 7
103 . . . . 7.5%...... 6
80 . . . . . 5.8%...... 5
28 . . . . . 2.0%...... 4
18 . . . . . 1.3%...... 3
12 . . . . . 0.9%...... 2
33 . . . . . 2.4%...... 1

70% of all votes were for 8 or higher. I could surmise that many of the lower votes were cast because of the subtitles.