Excellent foreign films?

[igowerf]

Originally posted by: tk149
Anything by Zhang Yimou - best director in the world IMHO

Maybe if you like movies that have ridiculous special effects and no real content. :thumbsdown:

If you liked Lost in Translation, then check out Tsai Ming Liang's films. His films are grittier though. Also, if you haven't seen Shaolin Soccer or Kung Fu Hustle, then check those out along with Stephen Chow's other movies.

 

[bradruth]

No Man's Land and Run Lola Run are my favorite foreign films.

 

[deftron]

Rocco Ravishes Prague

 

[pack1]

Infernal Affairs.

 

[DaveSimmons]

Originally posted by: bradruth
No Man's Land and Run Lola Run are my favorite foreign films.

You should rent The Princess and the Warrior / Krieger und die Kaiserin, Der from the same director. I enjoyed Run Lola Run more, but this was still a very good movie.

 

[pack1]

Dear Frankie
Millions
Cross My Heart and Hope to Die

 

[Ketteringo]

Brotherhood of the Wolf
Amile
Layer Cake
City of God
Battle Royale

 

[Mo0o]

I really liked a Korean film called JSA: Joint Security Area. Not sure if you can find it but its good.

 

[chcarnage]

In kina spiser de hunde (Danish)
1. Scandinavian humor
2. Some action
3. ???
4. Profit!

Zatôichi
(Japanese)
Movie about a blind samurai disguising himself as a masseur.

 

[intogamer]

Originally posted by: thegimp03
Life is Beautiful.

True story about Nazi concentration camps. Made me cry at the end.

:thumbsup: Did you watch it with subbies?

 

[0roo0roo]

'Goodbye Lenin' is a recent german film making a bit of fun at the way of life in the old Deutsche Demokratische Republik. Excellent Film by Wolfgang Pertersen.

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it was cute i guess. soundtrack basically stolen from the piano

and yea flying daggers sucked. occasionally theres a foreign film worth watching, but mostly they are overrated. dirty pretty things was a recent decent one with audre toutuo(sp) and yes a very long engagement too. i have it but haven't watched it yet, i do know its reviewsare sorta mixed though. 2048 is supposed to be sorta the continuation of in the mood for love. though in the mood for love was sort of a drag beyond the mood thing.

i didn't like brotherhood..it was like pearl harbor, but worse.
oh a good film is OLD BOY!!

 

[Kadarin]

Originally posted by: deftron
Rocco Ravishes Prague

That one was actually pretty good.

 

[NoToRiOuS1]

Dot the i
Little Terrorist(short indie film)
my sassy girl

 

[biostud]

Festen (The Celebration)

 

[Barfo]

Amores Perros

 

[manohartvs]

Watch Black. Its a very toucing movie.

 

[loic2003]

Originally posted by: 0roo0roo

oh a good film is OLD BOY!!

:thumbsup: Awesome movie, although pretty dark and twisted.

 

[bigrash]

watch Amores Peros. I liked it a lot.

Havent seen any good ones lately

 

[chrisms]

Doesn't have to be foreign, many great independent films are made here in the U.S. I liked a movie called Dead Man with Jim Jarmusch and Johnny Depp

 

[Saint Nick]

Hollywood isn't producing anything good; maybe I should look abroad?

yeah, if you feel like reading subtitles :roll:

 

[xospec1alk]

Originally posted by: ironcrotch
Night Watch (Russian)

personally, i ddin't like night watch too much. they premiered it at the tribeca film fest, and it was such a letdown.

my recommendations....sympathy for mr vengeance which is the first of the three revenge movies by the guy that did oldboy.

sympathy for mr. vengeance
oldboy
sympathy for lady vengeance
JSA <-- already mentioned, but these four movies were directed by the same dude.

 

[blackdogdeek]

la femme nikita

 

[Jassi]

Originally posted by: jndietz

Hollywood isn't producing anything good; maybe I should look abroad?

yeah, if you feel like reading subtitles :roll:

What's wrong with subtitles? Some people don't mind.....

 

[wfn]

i actually watch most if not all movies with subtitles turned on because sometimes you can miss some intricacies of a well written dialogue in a heat of the moment.

 

[SaturnX]

Lola Rennt (aka Run Lola Run)
Life is Beautiful

--Mark