So far for me..
#1 The Diving Bell And the Butterfly
#2 Let Right One In
#3 Oldboy
#4 City of God
#5 Import/Export
Need to see Amelie soon !
Going by this can anyone recommend me some more films? foreign hopefully, unless they are godlike quality like Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind
Please post some of YOUR favourites guys
1. Let The Right One In
2. Amélie
3. Goodbye Lenin
4. The Chorus
5. Departures
I am yet to see The Diving Bell and The Butterfly but have been meaning to for a long time. Amélie will be well worth your time, fantastic film :)
1. Oldboy
2. City of God
3. Amelie
4. Pan's Labyrinth
That's all I can think of :/
Want to see Diving Bell and REALLY want to see Let the Right One In.
Here are a few just off the top of my head:
Amores Perros - Mexico
Twilight Samurai (Tasogare Seibei) - Japan
Wild Strawberries - Sweden
Pusher - Denmark
Central Station - Brazil
The Motorcycle Diaries - Argentina
Cinema Paradiso - Italy
Noi Albinoi - Iceland
Paris, Je T'Aime - France
International films seem more real in general, make you FEEL more, and to me that's what it's all about. There are lots of great American movies too, don't get me wrong. Then again, probably more *beep* American ones also : )
Last seen movie: 500 Days of Summer. 9/10
In no particular order:
La Vie en Rose
Pan's Labyrinth
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Run Lola Run
Amelie
We're having too good a time today, we ain't even thinkin about tomorrow Public Enemies
In no particular order:
Let the right one in
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Amores Perros
Der Untergang
Il Postino
I have not seen Pan's Labyrinth, Seven Samurai,Das Leben der Anderen or Cinema Paradiso yet.
For me:
1.) The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
2.) The Lives of Others
3.) Amelie
4.) Goodbye Lenin
5.) The Edukators
6.) City of God
None of which are in any particular order. I need to see Love Me if You Dare.
La Haine
The Beat that my heart skipped
The life of others
Together
*beep* Amal
Lilya 4 ever
A prophet
City of god
Pixote
Chopper
Pusher Trilogy
Goodbye Lenin
After the wedding
Going places
Jules and jim
400 blows
the seventh seal
the virgin spring
Come and see
Rosetta
I don't want to dispute the merits of this movie, but is it correct to call this a 'foreign film'? This tag is given to movies made outside America/Hollywood, by non-American filmmakers. Now this movie was directed by an American director, written by a (Hollywood) screenwriter in English. It only happened that the director decided to shot in French, for matters of authenticity.
It's no different than Clint Eastwood's Letters of Iwo Jima or Mel Gibson's last two movies, all Hollywood productions.
This world is a comedy to those that think, a tragedy to those that feel.
I agree with Eumenides. well, it's not about agreeing or not, since it is a fact. It is Not a French film. Films are not by the language spoken in the film, but production, then you can also refer to the makers and writers.
Also, I don't know why everyone here speaks as though Cinema started only 10 years ago or so. You ask about the best foreign film in the last few years or in general??
I didn't see anyone mention any 1960's films, for example. Truffaut, Godard anyone? Almodovar? Bergman? etc etc? maybe you need to dig more in European films, you will be amazed.
The Diving Bell and The Butterfly
La Vita E Bella
Let The Right One In
City of God
Pan's Labyrinth
What's foreign depends on where you live, no? I'm from the U.S. and here the ones that first sprang into my mind.
Persona, 1966, Sweden
Sasom I en Spegel (Thru A Glass Darkly), 1961, Sweden
La Belle Et La Bete (Beauty and the Beast), 1946, France
La Fille Sur le Pont (Girl on the Bridge), 1999, France
La Jetee (The Pier), 1962, France - this is a short film
Rashomon, 1950, Japan
Dreams, 1990, Japanese director, cast & (mostly) crew but made in U.S.
The Piano, 1993, Australia
Como Agua Para Chocolate (Like Water for Chocolate), 1992, Mexico
Breaking the Waves, 1996, Denmark
Dancer in the Dark, 2000, Denmark
Picnic at Hanging Rock, 1975, Australia
Trois Couleurs trilogy (Three Colors trilogy), 1993/1994, Poland/France
Volver, 2006, Spain
Video Blues, 1992, Hungary - unfortunately you can't find this one. Saw it at a film festival and will never forget it.
I tend towards darker films that make you think, so if that's your cup of tea, I think you'd enjoy some of these. And these are definitely for mature viewers. Don't think I'd let my daughters watch any of these! (They are 5 and 7.) This list does not consider British films, of which I have many favorites, or Italian horror either, which I'm definitely into. Haven't yet seen The Lives of Others or Let the Right One In.
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The Piano is from New Zealand, not Australia.
shareIn no order (I'm from Melbourne):
Cidade de Deus (City of God, 2002)
Fa yeung nin wa (In the mood for love, 2000)
Fanny och Alexander (Fanny and Alexander, 1982)
Solyaris (Solaris, 1972)
Stalker (1979)
Vivre sa vie: Film en douze tableaux (My Life to Live, 1962)
Amores perros (Life's a bitch, 2000)
Das Leben der Anderen (The Lives of Others, 2006)
La strada (The Road, 1954)
L'avventura (1960)
Le scaphandre et le papillon (The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, 2007)
Of these, 'In the mood for love' is my current favourite.