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. Bicycle Thieves
2. Les Miserables (1934)
3. City of God
4. Satantango
5. 8 1/2
foreign films from what I've seen are generally much better than american films.
#city of god
#a separation
#memories of murder
Here's my list
http://www.imdb.com/list/V6JxUqTkAXc/
Cafe de Flore
Amelie
Goodbye Lenin
2046
The skin i live in
A very long engagement
Bad education
C.R.A.Z.Y
Merry Christmas
Walk on water
.....
The four that I'd give 11, 12 or 13 (of 10) to if I could are:
Rashomon
Mr. Hulot's Holiday
The Hairdresser's Husband (BUT I STRONGLY recommend you take 5 minutes to read
Maurice Sendak's children's book, "Where the Wild Things Are" before seeing this)
Grave of the Fireflies (animated)
Others in my 10 of 10 category (including a few English films & Japanese animated) in no particular order:
Bon Voyage
The Lives of Others
Pan's Labyrinth
Everything is Illuminated
Kind Hearts & Coronets
Kolya
Man On the Train
Kiki's Delivery Service
Spirited Away
Wild Strawberries
The Artist
The King's Speech
My Neighbor Totoro
Topsy Turvy
Black Book
1. La Dolce Vita
2. Jean De Forette
3. Fanny and Alexander
4. City of God.
5. Man Bites Dog
6. Das Boot
7. Amelié
8. Pan's Labyrinth
9. The Seventh Seal
10. Ran
Mine:
1. Memories of murder
2. The Secret in Their Eyes
3. bad guy
4. A separation
5. The Hunt
Mexico:
Pan's Labyrinth
Y Tu Mama Tambien
Japan:
Princess Mononoke
Akira
Tokyo Story
China:
Chungking Express
Infernal Affairs
The Killer
Hard Boiled
South Korea:
Oldboy
I Saw the Devil
The Man From Nowhere
The Chaser
Sweden:
Evil
Denmark:
The Celebration
Flickering Lights
The Hunt
France:
A Bout de Souffle
La Haine
Le Cercle Rouge
Le Samourai
Les Diaboliques
Belle de Jour
Italy:
The Great Silence
8 1/2
The Battle of Algiers
La Dolce Vita
Russia:
Come and See
Czech Republic:
Firemen's Ball
Closely Watched Trains
Brazil:
City of God
Elite Squad
Spain:
Timecrimes
The Sea Inside
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