Carl Weathers Posted December 21, 2009 Author Share Posted December 21, 2009 Ong-bak - can't believe I forgot about that one! http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0368909/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red21 Posted December 21, 2009 Share Posted December 21, 2009 3 iron a Korean film with very little dialogue at all - worth a watch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Currahee! Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 I forgot about the spaghetti westerns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy.C Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 Some great ones listed (and yes, Dead Snow is quality!). Glad Infernal Affairs has been mentioned along with The Orphanage and Brotherhood of the Wolf. There is also a really watchable Italian film surrounding the assasination of anti-mafia judge Giovanni Falcone...can't remember the name, but was very good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig R Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 City of God La Haine Pan's Labyrinth Amores Perros Bus 174 Run Lola Run The Lives of Others Tsotsi Oldboy Carandiru Central Station Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CF11JamTart Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 One I saw recently: Das Leben der Anderen (The Lives of Others) Fantastic film. I totally agree. Cracking film My top foreign language films. Girl on the Bridge (French) The Closet (French) The Lives of Others (German) Downfall (German) Amelie (French) L'homme du train (French) Mesrine Part 1 (French) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy.C Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 Joyeux Noel (Merry Christmas) just started on BBC2 now for anybody off work! Really watchable Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Currahee! Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 Another film I remember seeing and enjoying was Proc. I think it was a Czech film about football hooligans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feeno Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 Old Boy, Warrior, Sympathy for Lady Vengence, Ong Bak, Motorcycle Diaries, Battal Royale, Zatoichi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ribble Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 Black Book (Denmark) Good Shout, Also recently watched L?t den r?tte komma in (Let the right one in) which is a Swedish Vampire film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 Dotaman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djh83 Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 Moon ChildOldboy Brotherhood A Better Tomorrow 2 Bullet In The Head Battle Royale Shiri District 13 Infernal Affairs Grave Of The Fireflies The question was best foreign film. Not all the one's you've seen and liked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Comedian Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 Dotaman :santa1: Would manga come under this thread? If so Akira and Ghost In The Shell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benny Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 I would like to add The City of Lost Children starring Ron Perlman to the great list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redjambo Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 I would like to add The City of Lost Children starring Ron Perlman to the great list. Seconded. Fabulous film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feeno Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 The question was best foreign film. Not all the one's you've seen and liked. Surely ye can only make a judgement on the films you've actually watched tho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bn jambo Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 Anyone mentioned man bites dog yet???? cracking film also some cracking films already mentioned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
briacasa Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 Cinema Paradiso for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serge Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 Les Choristes et Amelie. Tout le deux sont excellents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 October - Eisenstein Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jambojohnnyboy Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 The question was best foreign film. Not all the one's you've seen and liked. You got me, those were the 1st ones that popped into my head. The best foreign films made are Bronx Warriors and Escape From The Bronx. :santa5: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larbertjambo Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 cant beleive the following havent yet been mentioned a bout de souffle (breathless) bande a parte. les diaboliques. stunning movie, will never forget seeing it for the first time, what an ending!!. rififi, one of the best crime heist movies ever made. more up to date but 36 is a brilliant movie, billed as the french "heat". other favorites are malena, city of god, amelie, downfall,gomorah. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adi Dassler Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 The Lives of Others. Closely followed by City of God and La Haine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Therapist Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 My top 5: El orfanato (The Orphanage) Taegukgi hwinalrimyeo (Brotherhood) El laberinto del fauno (Pans Labyrinth) Der Untergang (Downfall) La haine There is no such thing as a good foreign language film. If I wanted to read for 90 minutes, I'd buy a book. Hearts fans were once the most feared supporters in the UK. Now they're talking about art house foreign language films. Honestly, you couldn't make it up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davemclaren Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 There is no such thing as a good foreign language film. If I wanted to read for 90 minutes, I'd buy a book. Hearts fans were once the most feared supporters in the UK. Now they're talking about art house foreign language films. Honestly, you couldn't make it up. Get out of the 70's. Hearts fans are intellectuals these days. :santa1: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Weathers Posted December 22, 2009 Author Share Posted December 22, 2009 There is no such thing as a good foreign language film. If I wanted to read for 90 minutes, I'd buy a book. Hearts fans were once the most feared supporters in the UK. Now they're talking about art house foreign language films. Honestly, you couldn't make it up. You should give some of them a try. Subtitles don't really detract from my enjoyment of a film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Therapist Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 You should give some of them a try. Subtitles don't really detract from my enjoyment of a film. If one is reading one's way through a film one cannot see what is happening on screen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redjambo Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 If one is reading one's way through a film one cannot see what is happening on screen. Most people's brains are clever enough to assimilate the subtitles and the action so that after a very short while they even forget they are reading subtitles. Is that not how it works for you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denny Crane Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 There is no such thing as a good foreign language film. If I wanted to read for 90 minutes, I'd buy a book. Hearts fans were once the most feared supporters in the UK. Now they're talking about art house foreign language films. Honestly, you couldn't make it up. I guess some of us have evolved more than others. --------------------------- Another two to add to the list:- Intimate Enemies (based on the French-Algerian war) Molena (set in Sicily during WW2) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H2 Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 I guess some of us have evolved more than others. --------------------------- Another two to add to the list:- Intimate Enemies (based on the French-Algerian war) Molena (set in Sicily during WW2) Being from the land of Rab C isn't Trainspotting a foreign language film for you?:santa1: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denny Crane Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 Being from the land of Rab C isn't Trainspotting a foreign language film for you?:santa1: Not from Glasgow despite living there. But you are right, being from Comely Bank, Trainspotting was foreign to my ears. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaun.lawson Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 There is no such thing as a good foreign language film. If I wanted to read for 90 minutes, I'd buy a book. Hearts fans were once the most feared supporters in the UK. Now they're talking about art house foreign language films. Honestly, you couldn't make it up. Most Hearts fans come from the intellectual centre of Scotland, Therapist; one of Europe's great cities. A place steeped in history, culture, politics, science, philosophy... you name it. If association football had been around during his time, I'm confident that David Hume would've been a Hearts fan. If one is reading one's way through a film one cannot see what is happening on screen. I never thought I'd see an admission of slow-wittedness from you on here. Looks like you have plenty to learn after all... :santa1: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sleepystujam Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 1. Rififi 2. Life Is Beautiful 3. Butterfly's Tongue 4. The Devils Backbone 5. Switchblade Romance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H2 Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 Not from Glasgow despite living there. But you are right, being from Comely Bank, Trainspotting was foreign to my ears. And you accuse me of having Pat Boone records! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victor Mancini Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 Tell No One is one of my favourite all time films. City of God is great too. tell no-one is getting a hollywood makeover http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0362225/news#ni1182046 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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