Foreign films worth watching

theleg · 11 Apr 2006 at 14:43

Clark Nova said:
Save The Green Planet

Great film right up until the last 10 mins..then it turns into utter tripe.

theleg · 11 Apr 2006 at 14:44

Arcade Fire said:
Oldboy (Japan)

Oldboy is korean..just a fyi.

decmatt · 11 Apr 2006 at 15:04

City of Men (The TV Series)
Suicide Club

Arcade Fire · 11 Apr 2006 at 18:55

Tru said:
Oh oh, here's a good one, Diarios de motocicleta, it's based on Che Guevara's journals while he motorcycled across South America in the early 50's. Amazing film in every way.

Definitely agreed, very good film. Gael Garcia Bernal is fantastic in it.

Balddog said:
Oldboy is korean..just a fyi.

Weird thing is that I know that. I must have had a brain-freeze when I wrote that list.

goldilocks · 11 Apr 2006 at 19:30

'la vida secreta de las palabras'

although the film is in english it was produced and directed by spaniards with spanish money, making it a spanish film - i haven't seen it yet - but from the reviews and trailers it looks well worth a watch - any one beaten me?

after reading this thread i am even more determined to watch delicatessen - that might be a job for this weekend.

Arcade Fire · 11 Apr 2006 at 21:26

goldilocks said:
'la vida secreta de las palabras'

Does that translate to 'The Secret Life of Words'?

Odd name for a film.

atpbx · 11 Apr 2006 at 21:30

Stalingrad.
Any of the Police Story films for Charlie chaplin style kung fu buffonery with Jackie!!! "I wonder how many takes/trips to casualty it took to get that shot" Chan.

Arcade Fire · 11 Apr 2006 at 21:31

Good Bye Lenin!

goldilocks · 11 Apr 2006 at 21:33

Arcade Fire -yes it does, and i guess it is

http://www.clubcultura.com/clubcine/clubcineastas/isabelcoixet/vida_secreta/index.html

from what i've gleamed from the synopsis and trailers - basically its about the importance of words and the feelings they create, in this case between a recently blind guy and an almost deaf girl - i think its a great title, and i hope the film lives up to it

Ex-RoNiN · 11 Apr 2006 at 21:48

Grr I was gonna say Stalingrad :mad:

Malena

Damn good movie!

BONES__69 · 14 Apr 2006 at 03:23

Battle Royal (2000)
A Bittersweet Life (2005)
Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (2002)
Oldboy (2003)
Sympathy For Lady Vengeance (2005)
Tsotsi (2005)
Taegukgi ~ Brotherhood Of War (2004) {Better than Saving Private Ryan tbh)
Friend (2001)
Irreversible (2002)
Funny Games (1997)
Phone (2002) {aka Pon}
A Tale Of Two Sisters (2003)
Azumi (2003)
City Of God (2002)
Audition (1999)
Man Bites Dog: It Happened in Your Neighborhood (1992)
The Motorcycle Diaries (2004)
Mephisto (1981)
8½ (1963)
Pixote: A Lei do Mais Fraco (1981)
Boot, Das (1981)
Ikiru (1952)
Akira Kurosawa's Dreams (1990)
AppleSeed (2004)

kiwi1979 · 14 Apr 2006 at 18:56

Brotherhood of the Wolf
Night watch

loopstah · 14 Apr 2006 at 20:10

Some already mentioned:

Casshern
Azumi 1 + 2
The Killer
House of Flying Daggers
Princess Mononoke (anime)
Spirited Away (anime)
Appleseed (2004) (anime)
Princess Blade
Battle Royale
Nausicaa of the valley of the wind. (anime)

Muban · 14 Apr 2006 at 22:13

We've had two of these threads recently..... anyway:

La Reine Margot
Farinelli
Les Visiteurs
Rashômon
Kagemusha
Ran
Battle Royale
Old Boy
Das Boot
Nochnoi Dozor

Haven't seen it yet but thought Caché looked good too.

There is loads of great Anime aswell, but theres a whole other thread about that

moody · 15 Apr 2006 at 15:57

edgecrusher said:
Brotherhood of the Wolf
Night watch

Daywatch is also good, follow up to night watch.

Isn't that Brotherhood of the wolf from the guy he's directed Silent Hill?

ultim · 15 Apr 2006 at 16:09

ive just watch a japanese film called Shinobi. Thought it was really good. Its based on a anime series i think.

Cybermyk · 15 Apr 2006 at 23:45

Take care of my cat (Korean)