Discussion Forums - Foreign Films
Topic: Top 10 - Foreign Films
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OK folks. Let's hear your top 10 Foreign movies. Feel free to come back and update your list if you need to. It will help us see what other members like and maybe even give us ideas of what to check out next! Here we go: The 400 Blows - (1959) - Francois Truffaut Aguirre: The Wrath of God - (1972) - Werner Herzog - Germany Amelie - (2001) - Jean-Pierre Jeunet - France Das Boot - (1981) - Wolfgang Petersen - West Germany Diabolique - (1955) - Henri-Georges Clouzot - France Elizabeth - (1998) - Shekhar Kapur - United Kingdom Pan's Labyrinth - (2006) - Guillermo Del Toro - Spain The Pianist - (2002) - Roman Polanski - Germany The Third Man - (1949) - Carol Reed - United Kingdom Wages of Fear - (1953) - Henri-Georges Clouzot - France (Ken was right - my original post said top 5 but that was just plain silly. Let's make it 10 at least. Update those posts!) :-) Last Edited on: 4/1/11 8:23 PM EST - Total times edited: 9 |
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The Bridge on the River Kwai (David Lean, 1957) Through a Glass Darkly (Ingmar Bergman, 1961) Au Revoir, Les Enfants (Louis Malle, 1988) Central do Brasil (Walter Salles, 1998)
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err, can't seem to limit to five... Last Edited on: 1/20/08 9:38 PM EST - Total times edited: 1 |
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Ran (Kurosawa) Woman in the Dunes (Teshigara) Knife in the Water (Polanski) Battleship Potemkin (Eisenstein) 400 Blows (Trauffaut) L'Aventura (Antonioni ) La Strada (Fellini) Persona (Bergman) Umberto D & Bicycle Thief (De Seca) The World of Apu (Ray) Raise the Red Lantern & Red Sorghum (Yimou) Last Edited on: 3/13/08 6:54 PM EST - Total times edited: 3 |
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Seven Samurai Wages of Fear Il Postino Bob Le Flambeur La Dolce Vita Cinema Paradiso Hero The Bad Sleep Well Volver My Life as a Dog
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Antonia's Line Malena Cinema Paradiso Life is Beautiful The Monster Babette's feast Waking Ned Divine Raise the Red Lantern Seventh Seal Asoka |
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I recently saw Cinema Paradiso with the added 50 minutes and Amelie - which I loved but I didn't like Malena as much even though it is a pretty good film. I like the Star Maker also. |
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** bump ** Any more suggestions? I'm in a loving foreign films mood again right now. Just watched Lantana and really enjoyed it. |
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Some more good ones I've seen somewhat recently: Stage Fright (Hitchcock) Also hoping to catch Tell No One (French thriller) and Ashes of Time Redux (a re-edited version of the 1994 film) in the theaters soon... |
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A couple that haven't been mentioned yet: The Lives of Others and Goodbye Lenin are both quite good, both German. I also love Swimming Pool (French) and have a copy- PM me if interested.
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In no particular order:
Still have to see: Aguirre: The Wrath of God, Amores Perros, The Seven Samurai, anything by Fellini and a lot of others Last Edited on: 3/17/09 12:50 PM EST - Total times edited: 1 |
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Vanessa, I watched "The Seventh Seal" about 10 years back and really had trouble with it. Just couldn't get into it. I'm thinking Bergman is really an "acquired taste" that I don't yet have an appetite for. :-) I'll have to give it another shot one of these days.
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It hard to do just a top 10 list.I also have about 30+ foreign movies I own I still need to watch for the first time.Curently watching 'The Blind Swordsman Zatoichi'.very good,half way through it. I'll try to post the ones I would like to own ,or so own.. 1-Best of Youth 2-The Bicycle Thief own,need it on Criterion though 3-Cinema Paradiso (new/Extended version) Own 4-M 5-Red Beard(Kurosawa) or almost any other Kurosawa(Own 8 of his movies) 6-Oldboy 7-The Battle of Algiers (1965) 8-Das Boot (1981) Own 9- 10-
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1. The Orphanage 2. Pan's Labyrinth 3. JU-ON 4. Ringu 5. Apocolypto |
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Love the foreign films as well, can't wait to check out some of the ones mentioned here that I haven't seen yet. Some of my faves are: 1.Amelie 2.House of Fools 3.Cinema Paradiso 4.Oldboy 5.Malena 6.Sympathy for Mr. Vengence 7.The Five Obstructions 8.Chungking Express 9.3 Extremes 10. Pan's Labyrinth and if you haven't seen the fairly new 'Let the Right One In', then do, it's very nicely done as well for a vampire film, which I'm generally not too fond of.
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Foreign & Classic Film lovers - check out this link. It's been a long, long time since I've seen these Criterions at this price. Also, if you have a Blu-ray player check out the price on some Blu-ray Criterions...unbelievable! 50% off Criterion Collection DVDs and Blu-Ray at Barnes & Noble Ends August 2 or until supplies run out. So hurry! (Thanks to Joe B. for the heads up...and for costing me $60! Just ordered 3 of my all time favorite movies in Criterion Blu-ray editions for $19.99 each.) Last Edited on: 7/16/09 9:12 AM EST - Total times edited: 1 |
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These are all great films from recent times: Mostly Martha put on the wish list The Lives of Others an Oscar Winner The Chorus (Les Choristes) Sensational Amelie Everyones favorite Dirty Pretty Things This is a UK film with excellent performance bu Audrey Tautou watch while you're waiting for Amelie to become available. The Man of the Year An indie film from South America Children of the Century Juliette Binoche in an almost perfect story. Lady Jane Great period piece. Pan's Labyrinth Great spanish war film woven into a fantasy. Well...that's a list of 9 films with one being an english language film...These are all very entertaining, very accessible films that even the casual Foreign film viewer will enjoy. |
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Last Edited on: 2/10/11 12:04 PM EST - Total times edited: 2 |
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OK foreign film lovers listen up. Do you have a wishlisted foreign film you would be willing to trade for another? Robey and I are co-hosting the first ever foreign film swap game here at SwapaDVD and we would love to have you join us. Don't worry if you have never played in a game here before. We love having new players join us and are always willing to help with any questions. It's easy to pick up and always a lot of fun. The more the merrier! Check it out here: Foreign Film Movie Swap****Taking sign-ups!!**** Take a look...you know you want to. Hope to see you there!
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I know we have some international film fans in here. Would love to have you join us for another round of the foreign film swap. Don't worry if you've never played in a swap game before. Everyone is very helpful to new players. You will pick it up quickly.
Please check out the link below and consider joining us. It is always a good time. It's time for the foreign swap again :) taking sign-ups
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Bump for more answers...come on people. You can do this!
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Another round of the Foreign Film Swap Game is currently in session and it sounds like it may become a regular game here on SwapADVD. If you love foreign films please stop by and take a look. Feel free to post in the thread. New players are always welcome. No previous game experience necessary. We are always willing to answer questions. WL foreign language movie swap now playing
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Top ten foreign movies?
So many but ........
Children Of Heaven (2002) - Farsi Battle Royale - Japanese Time Crimes - Spain Canoa - Mexican Old Boy - South Korea Salaam Bombay - (India, UK) Once Were Warriors - New Zealand City Of God - Brazil Walkabout - Aussie Bang-Rajan - Thailand
others.... Orphans (1998) - UK De La Calle - Mex The Cup - (Bhutan, Australia, Tibet) Seven Samurai - Japan Aguirre: Wrath Of God - W. Germany |
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Hello foreign film friends! I just put up a new thread for another round of the Foreign FIlm Swap game. The more the merrier. We exchanged a lot of great wishlisted foreign films last round. I would love to have lots of you join us. Please check out the thread link below. Mid Summer Foreign Film Swap - Taking Sign-Ups Now! You can just play one round and try it out if you like. There is absolutely no commitment to continue. I hope to see some of you there!
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