Top 5 foreign films?

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I have just watched the Austrian /German film 'The Counterfeiters' and thought it was one of the best films i've seen in a long time. Any films I should be looking out for ? Ill watch any genre apart from romantic comedies!! My top 5 to date...

1.Oldboy

2. Festen

3. City of God

4. Audition

5.Dumplings

 

[Anonymous]

Excellent. Give me a second.

- in no order, and there are more than five.

Let the Right One In

The beat that my heart skipped

The Pusher trilogy

Romanzo Criminale

Lilja-4 -ever

Breathless

Amores Perros

The consequences of love

Paradise now

After the wedding

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[Anonymous]

You cheated! But seriously I havent seen any of those so thanks!!. Lilja is top of my list to see though. Since were naming more than 5 if youve not seen them you should watch

The Bittersweet Life

Das Experiment

Visitor Q

 

[Anonymous]

and Maria Full of Grace!

 

[Anonymous]

Seen them all 'fraid, apart from "Dumplings", will be looking into it, cheers.

 

[Anonymous]

At least theres one you havent!! Youve prob seen them but Kim Kim Ki Duks work is worth a look if you havent already!!

 

[Anonymous]

That damn vino. Just the one Kim will do!!

 

[Big Chris]

Taxi.

Kung-Fu Hustle.

Black Book.

Battle Royale.

 

[John Duncan]

Um...

The Lives of Others
Three Colours....Blue
Hidden
Night on Earth
Pan's Labyrinth

 

[Gerrardasnails]

bobbyg81:
I have just watched the Austrian /German film 'The Counterfeiters' and thought it was one of the best films i've seen in a long time. Any films I should be looking out for ? Ill watch any genre apart from romantic comedies!! My top 5 to date...

1.Oldboy

2. Festen

3. City of God

4. Audition

5.Dumplings

1. Amelie
2. City of God
3. Betty Blue
4. Oldboy
5. Pan's Labyrinth

That was hard!!

 

[Andrew Everard]

Ran
Otoko-tachi no Yamato
Assembly
Grave of the Fireflies
Downfall

 

[Anonymous]

once were warriors - best film i have watched not just best foreign film.

 

[Anonymous]

Pans labyrinth

Devils backbone

The lives of others

Amelie

Cinema parideso

No order just five great foreign films

 

[Clare Newsome]

I can see some favourites are emerging. Here's mine, in no particular order....

The Lives of Others

Cinema Paradiso

Pan's Labyrinth

Downfall

and.... Sergio Leone's Man with No Name (Fistful of Dollars etc) series of 'spaghetti westerns'.

Oh, and La Dolce Vita

 

[John Duncan]

This has at least reminded me that I must send back my Three Colours... trilogy, which has been sitting in my laptop case for weeks.

 

[tvmog]

I am a little bit concerned that we no longer appear to consider America a foreign country.

However my top five would be

Ran

Cinema Paradiso (directors cut)

Diva

The Page Turner

Pauline at the Beach

Did anyone catch the rather charming french film "Orchestra Seats" on BBC4 last night? I came across it by accident, but it's well worth a look if its repeated ( and most stuff on BBC4 is).

 

[Andrew Everard]

I assume most people are interpreting it as the British and American academies do, which is films made in languages other than English. Or indeed American.

 

[Anonymous]

My favourite (and no one appears to have mentioned) is La Vita e bella (Roberto Benigni's "Life is Beautiful").

Didn't this win a few Oscars as well??

 

[Gerrardasnails]

vineetpatel69:
My favourite (and no one appears to have mentioned) is La Vita e bella (Roberto Benigni's "Life is Beautiful").

Didn't this win a few Oscars as well??

It did (including a posthumous one for Benigni). I've been meaning to watch this for ages (I'm now going to log in to Love Film).

 

[Big Chris]

I forgot about 'Life is Beautiful' & 'Downfall'. Stick them on my list too.

 

[Big Chris]

Gerrardasnails:vineetpatel69:
My favourite (and no one appears to have mentioned) is La Vita e bella (Roberto Benigni's "Life is Beautiful").

Didn't this win a few Oscars as well??

It did (including a posthumous one for Benigni). I've been meaning to watch this for ages (I'm now going to log in to Love Film).

Err......Isn't Benigni still alive?

 

[Anonymous]

rec

ichi the killer

battle royal 1,2

the host

frontiers

 

[Clare Newsome]

Big Chris:

Err......Isn't Benigni still alive? Yep. Doesn't anyone remember his Oscar-acceptance speech?

"Famously, in the midst of being so giddy with delight, he climbed on the back of the seat for his procession to the stage and applauded the audience after winning the Best Foreign Film Oscar. Also, after winning his Best Actor Oscar, he said in his speech, "There must be some terrible mistake, I used up all my English!" The next year's ceremony, when he read the nominees for the Academy Award for Best Actress, host Billy Crystal playfully appeared behind him with a large net to restrain Benigni if he got excessive with his antics again. "

 

[Clare Newsome]

Someone just mentioned Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, and Hero as ones to add to the list, plus the original version of The Ring

 

[Gerrardasnails]

Big Chris:Gerrardasnails:vineetpatel69:
My favourite (and no one appears to have mentioned) is La Vita e bella (Roberto Benigni's "Life is Beautiful").

Didn't this win a few Oscars as well??

It did (including a posthumous one for Benigni). I've been meaning to watch this for ages (I'm now going to log in to Love Film).

Err......Isn't Benigni still alive?

Ignore me, I was thinking of the guy from Il Postino.