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Permalink Reply by Jaume on August 15, 2010 at 4:58pm

My favorite foreign horror film has to be Young Frankenstein.

Permalink Reply by Jaume on August 15, 2010 at 7:29pm

It is not foreign from this side of the Atlantic

Neither is Amelie from my side. When someone asks 'What is your favorite foreign whatever?' without specifying a reference point, I always assume the 'foreign' is relative to the answerer [*grin*]

Permalink Reply by Jaume on August 18, 2010 at 11:52am

Aaah, this explains a lot. By the same logic Merkin music scores have categories for blues music, gospel, jazz, soul, rock, disco, dance, hip hop, rap, etc. And everything else goes into the 'world music' drawer.

Permalink Reply by Jaume on August 18, 2010 at 2:32pm

But you forgot one category! Latin! You know?

Yep, but in that case, it's only because the store's owner has relatives in Puerto Rico or Ciudad Juárez.

Permalink Reply by Chad on August 21, 2010 at 10:53pm

Being a Guillermo Del Toro and Jean-Pierre Jeunet fan I would say see all their films. Most of Del Toro's foreign films have been mentioned(Pan's Labyrinth and Devil's Backbone...which are the first part of Del Toro's Spanish Civil War Trilogy. He has yet to make the third). Except Cronos. An unusual take on the vampire lore. The rest of Jeunet's films next to Amelie are great. From Delicatessen to City of Lost Children to A Very Long Engagement. Haven't seen his new film Micmacs, but I'm looking forward to it.

Also not mentioned the Vengeance Trilogy (Sympathy for Mr Vengeance, Oldboy, Lady Vengeance), The Host, Memories of A Murder, Mother (haven't seen yet but looks amazing), A Bittersweet Life, The Good The Bad The Weird (Just came to dvd stateside. It's a great homage to the Leone western, but Asian style), Thirst, I'm a Cyborg but That's Okay, A Christmas Tale, Diabolique, The Colors Trilogy (Blue, White, Red), and The Double Live of Veronique.

Other favorites already mentioned. The Lives of Others, Let the Right One In, and The Orphanage (Which was only produced by Del Toro).

Permalink Reply by Fancy Nancy on August 30, 2010 at 3:32am

Foreign films? Well 'Some Like It Hot' is foreign to me so it definitely counts ... also 'Only Human' (Spanish jewish - hilarious omgratefulness you have to see that one if you're atheist, jewish, palestinian, female, descended from a canaanite, not descended from a canaanite, male, a spanish duck or ... only human - can't remember the Spanish title) ... Life of Brian would be foreign to most of you ... can I include that one for topicality or would you prefer The Meaning of Lif? Anyone else here likes proper funny?

Permalink Reply by Cheryl Pantano on September 9, 2010 at 9:23am

I just watched "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" on Netflix. I can't remember if someone here recommended it. Good Movie! The sequel is "The Girl who Played with Fire" Here is the description from Netflix, if anyone is interested.

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo(Män Som Hatar Kvinnor; Millennium: Part 1: Men Who Hate Women)

Journalist Mikael Blomkvist (Michael Nyqvist) and rebellious computer hacker Lisbeth Salander (Noomi Rapace) team up to investigate the unsolved disappearance of wealthy Henrik Vanger's (Sven-Bertil Taube) teen niece (Ewa Fröling), only to uncover dark secrets about Vanger's powerful family. Niels Arden Oplev directs this Swedish thriller based on the first novel from Stieg Larsson's best-selling trilogy.

Cast:Michael Nyqvist, Noomi Rapace, Sven-Bertil Taube, Peter Haber, Lena Endre, Peter Andersson, Marika Lagercrantz, Ingvar Hirdwall, Björn Granath, Ewa FrölingDirector:Niels Arden OplevGenres:Foreign, Foreign Thrillers, Scandinavia, Swedish Language, Blu-rayLanguage:SwedishThis movie is:Scary, Suspenseful, Mind-bending, Violent

Permalink Reply by Marvel on September 9, 2010 at 9:49am

well...my favorite foreign ( or Non english speaking ) film would be Malena

It's about Renato, a teenage boy who fantasizes about Malena the beautiful woman whose husband disappears in world war II

2 hours of priceless art :))

Permalink Reply by Julien on November 17, 2010 at 5:50pm

My favourite foreign (foreign from an american and the original poster's perspective) films are...

Argentina:
El secreto de sus ojos (2009) a.k.a. The secret in their eyes
XXY (2007)


Austria:
Die Fälscher (2007) a.k.a. The Counterfeiters


France:
Au revoir les enfants (1987) a.k.a. Goodbye, children
Cyrano de Bergerac (1990)
Irréversible (2002) a.k.a. Irreversible
Jeux d'enfants (2003) a.k.a. Love me if you dare
Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain (2001) a.k.a. Amélie
Le salaire de la peur (1953) a.k.a. The wages of fear
Léon (1994) a.k.a. Leon: The Professional
Ne le dis à personne (2006) a.k.a. Tell no one
Persepolis (2008)
Un prophète (2009) a.k.a. A prophet


Germany:
Das Experiment (2001) a.k.a. The Experiment --- the american remake is crap
Das Leben der Anderen (2006) a.k.a. The lives of others
Der Untergang (2004) a.k.a. Downfall
M (1931)


Italy:
C'era una volta il West (1968) a.k.a. Once upon a time in the West
Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo. (1966) a.k.a. The good, the bad and the ugly
La strada (1954) a.k.a. The Road
La vita è bella (1997) a.k.a. Life is beautiful
Le notti di Cabiria (1957) a.k.a. Nights of Cabiria
Malèna (2000)
Per qualche dollaro in più (1965) a.k.a. For a few dollars more
Per un pugno di dollari (1964) a.k.a. A fistful of dollars

Israel:
Ajami (2009)
Lebanon (2009)
Vals Im Bashir (2008) a.k.a. Waltz with Bashir


Japan:
Byôsoku 5 senchimêtoru (2007) a.k.a. 5 Centimeters per second
Hauru no ugoku shiro (2004) a.k.a. Howl's moving castle
Hotaru no haka (1988) a.k.a. Grave of the fireflies
Rashômon (1950) a.k.a. Rashomon
Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi (2001) a.k.a. Spirited Away
Shichinin no samurai (1954) a.k.a. Seven Samurai
Tenkû no shiro Rapyuta (1986) a.k.a. Castle in the sky
Toki o kakeru shôjo (2006) a.k.a. The girl who leapt through time
Tonari no Totoro (1988) a.k.a. My neighbor Totoro
Yôjinbô (1961) a.k.a. Yojimbo


Kazakhstan:
Mongol (2007) a.k.a. Mongol: The rise of Genghis Khan


Netherlands:
Zwartboek (2006) a.k.a. Black Book


Mexico:
Amores perros (2000)
El laberinto del fauno (2006) a.k.a. Pan's Labyrinth
Y tu mamá también (2001) a.k.a. And your mother too (informal literal title)


Norway
Død snø (2009) a.k.a. Dead Snow


Romanian:
A fost sau n-a fost? (2006) a.k.a. 12:08 East of Bucharest
California Dreamin' (Nesfârșit) (2007) a.k.a. California Dreamin' (Endless) --- Unfortunately, the director died before the movie was finished so we'll never how it would've been... but what I enjoyed it even if it's an unfinished project.
Filantropica (2002) a.k.a. Philanthropy
Legaturi bolnavicioase (2006) a.k.a. Love sick
Reconstituirea (1968) a.k.a. Reconstruction


Spain:
El orfanato (2007) a.k.a. The Orphanage
Los abrazos rotos (2009) a.k.a. Broken embraces


Sweden:
Ondskan (2003) a.k.a. Evil


South Korea:
Oldeuboi (2003) a.k.a. Oldboy


Taiwan:
Wo hu cang long (2000) a.k.a. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon


Thailand:
Shutter (2004)



The bolded ones could make my All time favourite films list if I would actually do something like that.

If you want bad foreign films, at least in my opinion, I've got some of those too.

Permalink Reply by Hameed on November 19, 2010 at 2:35pm

for me all movies are foreign
anyway .... lately I saw this Italian movie "Quiet Chaos"
such a nice story

Permalink Reply by AndyMeanie on November 19, 2010 at 3:40pm

I'm a big fan of Eastern films. So it will be a toss up between the likes of Ran, Yojimbo, etc, but I'll have to go with Seven Samurai. I remember watching it many moons ago, it may well have been one of the first foreign films I'd seen, and thinking it was absolutely superb. A proper epic, in my eyes. Very funny in places, and yet so serious. Loved it. I'd also like to give a special shout out to Amelie, with the scrumptious Andrey Tautou... I'd like to smother her in chocolate.

Permalink Reply by Ava Wilson on November 19, 2010 at 6:22pm

"Life is Beautiful" starring Roberto Benigni. It justifies itself. Just watch it. It's the only acceptable holocaust comedy.

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