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Great Foreign Movies (Not The Most Popular Ones)

posted 4 years ago by BillHicksFan (10717)
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Shadows in Paradise, Sult, Il Sorpasso, Knife in the Water, Chit-Chat On The Nile, His Days Are Numbered, The Sign of the Leo, Purple Noon, Accatone, Fist in Pocket, The Roof, Boy, Pather Panchali, The Cranes Are Flying, A Woman in the Dunes, Les Chat, Pitfall, La Promesse, Whity, Dry Summer, La Notti Bianche, The Working-Class Goes To Heaven, Taste of Cherry, Ordet, Marriage Italian Style, Il Gido, Pickpocket, No Regrets For Our Youth, Paradise: Love, The Forest For the Trees, Ivan's Childhood, Le Cercle Rouge, Purple Noon, Night at Maud's, My Brilliant Career, Viridiana, Cairo Station, Carriage to Vienna, Two Half Times in Hell, Tsotsi

[–] ShogunofYonkers (78608) 4 years ago

The Chaser, Sheitan, Riki-Oh:The Story Of Ricky, Lady Vengeance, Calvaire, Frontier(s), High Tension, Ils...

Several more great French and Asian thrillers I'm attempting to remember the titles of plus some of the Italian cop and horror flicks are great

I'll try to add more later

[–] BillHicksFan (10717) 4 years ago

I appreciate that.. I'll try to add these on my IMDB watch-list, for reminders, but to also see where its playing.

[–] CKid (3842) 4 years ago

Z (1969) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065234
I saw this film complete with subtitles back in 1970 when I was a freshman at The George Washington University. It played at The Circle Theatre, right across Pennsylvania Avenue from my school. Definitely a great film.
Here's the trailer ... https://youtu.be/e_tJ5N6pQcw
I shall try and buy the DVD or Blu-ray of this film as soon as the region-free Blu-ray/DVD player that I ordered two days ago arrives.
As far as I know, the film is not available as a Region 1 DVD or a Region A Blu-ray, but hopefully I'll be able to find a European version of it.

Edit - The Region-free Blu-Ray/DVD player just arrived. Cool.

Edit #2 - Just found a used DVD of Z in very good condition which I bought.
Oh yeah, it's a Region 1 DVD so my new player isn't really needed, but what the hell, I've already ordered three films on Region 2 DVDs, so I'll definitely be getting some use out of it.

[–] [deleted] 4 years ago

these are the foreign language films i have on my all time & past decade lists that i'd say are not the classic, well known types (ie, not your wild strawberries & tokyo stories).

a separation
the lives of others
my life as a zucchini
wild tales
love exposure
nocturama
exterminating angel
uncle boonmee
fat girl
close-up
tigers are not afraid
holy motors
cold war
cemetery of splendor
the red turtle
son of saul
the lure
a pigeon sat on a bench reflecting on existence

[–] BillHicksFan (10717) 4 years ago

Close-Up is great... Amazing how everyone in real life had to re-enact their real life. Must have been very uncomfortable! Did you see "Taste of Cherry"? I actually like it more than "Close-Up".. I've been wanting to see more by Kiarostami, just not sure what. I know I saw one that was slow, so I did something else.

[–] [deleted] 4 years ago

i have seen taste of cherry,, though it was quite a few years ago. i did find it didn't quite land with me the way close-up did. maybe because close-up is such a novel, unique premise, plus the use of the actual people involved.

i've also seen certified copy, like someone in love & through the olive trees. i was a little indifferent to like someone in love, but i highly recommend certified copy. i actually think that's probably my favourite film of his. i left it off my list because i think it's pretty well known.

[–] sslssg (35199) 4 years ago

I really liked Tigers are not afraid.

[–] spacecomedy (2062) 4 years ago

Two that I've always enjoyed.

The Cave of the Yellow Dog (Mongolian, 2005)
Le Samourai (French, 1967)

[–] [deleted] 4 years ago

The Skin I Live In
Timecrimes
Drishyam
Amores Perros
El Cuerpo
The Hidden Fortress
Yedinci Kogustaki Mucize
Capernaum
Gangs of Wasseypur
Eyes Without a Face

There are probably more. I’ll add them if I think of them.

[–] Mrmojo4700 (21721) 4 years ago

I have a long list of Italian exploitation films from 60’s to the 90’s, that if I were forced to, would probably choose over US movies.

[–] ShogunofYonkers (78608) 4 years ago

I expected you to post this very thing Amigo, I need to get on the Italian Polizia pictures more, I've not seen enough of them

Last night I rewatched Den Of Thieves and it was a pretty badass robbery movie very similar to Heat (there were even several annoying parts with 'family drama' stuff that slowed down the picture much like Heat)

Big cars, violent robbers, plenty of gunfire...you might enjoy Den Of Thieves👍

[–] Mrmojo4700 (21721) 4 years ago

I watched the shootout scene in heat after reading this and wow! I had forgotten how realistically that was filmed. I’ll have to checkout Den of Thieves, as I hadn’t heard of that one.

I’ll have to do a poliziotteschi topic and summarize some of the good ones. Of all the Italian exploitation genres it seem to be the least talked about, but spanned a decade and had hundreds of entries.

[–] ShogunofYonkers (78608) 4 years ago

Jeez, I even spelled the genre incorrectly so you have a good point...crime thrillers are a personal favorite of mine and the Italian directors always went bananas with horrors and thrillers

Start a thread and I'll be certain to be there

[–] plusplus (467) 4 years ago

no particular order, just out of my mind ...

Les vacances de Monsieur Hulot, Der Fall Lucona, Baader Meinhof Komplex, Il bisbetico domato, The Great Bellheim, Avalon, L'as des as, Nanga Parbat, North Face, Kops, También la lluvia, Old Men in New Cars, Le tout nouveau testament, La Chèvre, Come Sweet Death, The Swissmakers, Free Rainer, Cyrano de Bergerac (the Rappeneau version), Max Manus

[–] sslssg (35199) 4 years ago

Ones I've seen recently.

Incendies, 2 Rabbits, An Elephant Standing Still (really long but good), Manon des Sources,
120 battements par minute, Man Bites Dog, Children of Heaven, Monsoon Wedding, Touki Bouki, Savage Messiah (2002) and I will always mention Amélie.

[–] [deleted] 4 years ago

i've thought about watching an elephant standing still a few times, but jesus that running time...4 bloody hours!

i'm far too old and tired to focus on something for that length of time now. i crave brevity in everything i watch and read.

[–] sslssg (35199) 4 years ago

It took me two days to watch it