Favorite foreign movie?

[bigwillq]

I think mine is between Run Lola Run and Amores Perros.

Yours?

[yvr girl]

1. Casablanca

It's not Canadian. :shrug:

[bigwillq]

2. Well I guess

that does count. :) ;) :P

[jobycom]

32. Obviously it's not Canadian

It doesn't have John Candy in it.

[ghostsofgiants]

3. Those are both great.

Mine is probably Masculin Feminin or Last Year at Marienbad or something of the sort.

[Danger Mouse]

4. Jean de Flourette and of course Cinema Paradiso.

La gloire de mon pere.
Once Upon a Time in the West, if that counts. :)

[MrCoffee]

108. Jean de Flourette is on my list

The Killer
Wings of Desire
My Life as a Dog

[Pale Blue Dot]

5. Cinema Paradiso and The Lives of Others

nt

[Courtesy Flush]

48. Loved Cinema Paradiso

I could really fall for Agnesse Nano. What a beauty!

I watch Italian films regularly. If the dollar ever gains ground against the Euro I'll go back to Italy!

[saltpoint]

75. Two masterworks.

You don't mess around with films, Finnfan. Love your picks.

[petronius]

6. Twilight Samurai, Lawrence of Arabia, Triumph of the Will

Wait... what?

[bicentennial_baby]

7. I can give you a top 3...

In no particular order:

Amelie

High and Low

A Bout de Souffle (Breathless)

[bigwillq]

9. Amelie was awesome.

Didn't see the other two. My sister just ordered La Vie En Rose on Netflix...I think I saw you post that you liked that one.

[Danger Mouse]

10. La vie en rose...is that the one about the little boy who wants to be a little girl?

[VenusRising]

15. No, That is Ma Vie en Rose.

I really like that movie.



Here is La Vie en Rose.



One little letter makes two different movies. :crazy:

[Danger Mouse]

18. i always get the two mixed up.

and i loved 'ma vie en rose'...such a cute, sad movie.

[VenusRising]

20. I did too until I finally looked it up one day.

It was all bi-baby's fault! :P

[bicentennial_baby]

13. Oh, it is amazing...I'm a huge Piaf fan, and it

blew me away. Marion Cotillard was incredible.

And by huge Piaf fan, I mean made the pilgrimage to her grave when I was in Paris...

You'll love it. :)

[susanna]

41. That movie just blew me away.

And I only vaguely knew who Edith Piaf was. I sat speechless for about a half an hour absorbing it. I still find it almost a supernatural experience. Marion Cotillard was transcendent in that role; how amazing it was. Loved it. :-)

on edit: some background

[JCMach1]

64. Amelie was excellent

[bikebloke]

105. Someone took a page out of Amelie

A lady's garden gnome vanished.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7556244.stm

[fishwax]

27. I just saw High and Low yesterday

I'd seen it before, but it had been a while, and it was great to see it again. Great flick. And A Bout de Souffle is great as well ...

[Inchworm]

8. Môme, La

The world is freakin pink dangit!

:loveya:

[AlCzervik]

11. The Triplets of Belleville, The Battle of Algiers and a recent favorite was Secuestro express

i have many others but those are my top 3 right now.

[hobbit709]

12. 8½

[SarahB]

14. Like Water for Chocolate

Cinema Paradiso got me a bit hooked though I must admit recently (I like it almost as much. :)

[Pale Blue Dot]

17. Naked people and sugar.

Did I mention that I love you? :loveya:

[SarahB]

21. 'Tis shocking isn't it?

:loveya:

[Pale Blue Dot]

26. Go to bed!

I'll see you tomorrow in Ocean City, gorgeous. :loveya:

[SarahB]

30. It's the drugs!

Stupid prednisone makes me all jacked up. Three hours of sleep last night and I'm barely tired. My dose is weaning down and my bronchi are clear and tomorrow you will have to keep me up NOT on freakin' DU. ;)

[Pale Blue Dot]

31. With chocolate and naked people?

:D

[SarahB]

33. I wish!

:evilgrin:

We'd better shut up before we get into trouble. :rofl:

[Lost-in-FL]

16. ...

:thumbsup: :thumbsup:

[Aristus]

19. "Das Boot". In the original German.

But the English dub-job is the best I've ever seen. All of the German actors dubbed themselves into English. And most of the time, the mouth-movements are pretty close to the spoken dialogue.

Great movie...

[sammythecat]

72. I couldn't think of a good one till I saw your response

Das Boot is one of my all time favorites movies, and maybe the best war movie I've ever seen.

The English dubbing is good but I like the subtitles better. I like hearing the German. I don't understand it, but I like hearing it.

[Aristus]

74. I do the subtitles sometimes.

I understand German, so I like to see how far off the subtitles are from the spoken dialogue.

[begin_within]

22. 1. Tôkyô monogatari. 2. Ladri di biciclette 3. Au hasard Balthazar 4. Soy Cuba

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0046438/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0040522/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060138/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058604/

[Lethe]

23. Compères, Les

they remade this in the USA i think.

It was actually not that bad in the original french. I watched all kinds of dumb movies in French class for 3 years. The most fucked up was when I was tripping nuts on LSD and we watched Beauty and the Beast with French dubbing. Wow that was messed up.

Actually, I wouldn't say that was my favorite. There was another movie I saw in French class, that I don't know the name of. The father was a school teacher atheist socialist, and the story was told from the point of view of his son. It was about them taking vacation in the french countryside.

[Lethe]

37. here's another....Jacob Two-Two

Jacob Two-Two Meets the Hooded Fang

not the american version
the 1978 version

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4tTKITTfK0&feature=related

this video rocks when you are really high, i really recommend it (chopped up version of Jacob)

[Graybeard]

24. Beauty And The Beast (1946)

IMO a masterpiece directed by Jean Cocteau. I saw it as a child soon after it's original release in this country. The haunting images stayed with me all my life. The Criterion Collection DVD is wonderful and confirmed everything that I remembered.

[Neshanic]

63. THAT is the masterpiece.

[Hudgie DeRobertis]

84. I agree.

Some of my other favorites, "Playtime", and "Nosferatu" the silent version.

[Graybeard]

88. Jacques Tati's "Mon Oncle" is another.

I love the French sense of humor and fantasy.

[PassingFair]

25. La Chevre (The Goat)

Funniest foreign film I've ever seen.



There was an American version made starring Martin Short that
REALLY fell short on the comedy....

I also enjoyed "Bread and Chocolate", a poignant tragi-comedy
about an Italian immigrant trying to fit into Swedish society.

[jobycom]

35. I remember that one. Depardieux and Richard made a few films together.

Les Figitifs was hilarious, too. It was also remade in America with Martin Short, and Nick Nolte.

[Whisp]

51. The Fugitives. o my, haven't thought of that one in years.

yes, it was Hilarious!

[elshiva]

28. Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress

Amelie

Wings of Desire

[BeachBaby]

29. To Sir, With Love.

Musta seen it 20 times and I never get tired of it. :)

[VenusRising]

34. I've liked quite a few that I've seen.

One not mentioned yet is The Horseman on the Roof (Le Hussard sur le Toit).

[shanti]

36. the lunatic

funny as hell.

[FKA MNChimpH8R]

38. The Story of Kaspar Hauser (Herzog)

a/k/a Every Man For Himself and God Against All

La Strada (Fellini)
Yojimbo (Kurosawa)

[mitchum]

53. Herzog's "Aguirre, The Wrath of God" gets my vote

it's also my favorite movie (regardless of category)

Every Man For Himself and God Against All, La Strada, and Yojimbo are all fine movies

[Robeson]

39. I love the "Red", "White", and "Blue" trilogy from Krzysztof Kieslowski...

...very atmospheric. I can watch them over and over.

[PassingFair]

47. Especiallly "Blue"

A nearly perfect movie.

I can still picture the swimming pool.

[susanna]

40. Either La Vie en Rose or Like Water for Chocolate.

But there are a lot that I like. The two I mentioned just made me a weeping mess so I remember them the best. Oh! And Babette's Feast. :-)

on edit: added a movie I loved but slipped my mind for a few seconds.

[pokerfan]

42. La Vita è bella (Life is Beautiful)

"You've never ridden on a train, have you? They're fantastic! Everybody stands up, close together, and there are no seats!"

[deucemagnet]

43. Delicatessen.

I really need to see that again. It's been years.

[Apollo11]

86. Me too

It's a very inventive and imaginative movie.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

44. Bicycle Thieves, 8 1/2, The 400 Blows, Ikiru, M, many others.

It's hard to pick just one.

[Tabasco_Dave]

45. Swept Away

The original italian version, not the crappy Madonna remake.

[Graybeard]

59. Directed by Lina Wertmuller who also did Seven Beauties.

Seven Beauties has to be on my list. Wertmuller was the first woman to be nominated for Best Director Oscar.

[loveable liberal]

46. La Femme Nikita

[Wetzelbill]

49. "Dersu Uzala" by Akira Kurosawa

I like "Amores Perros" too. "Y Tu Mama Tambien" by Alfonso Cuaron is fantastic. "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" is beautiful, as is "Yi-Yi" by Edward Yang and "In The Mood For Love" by Wong Kar Wai.

"West Beirut" is an awesome film too. I can't remember the director off the top of my head.

Anything by Kurosawa is great for sure. "The Seventh Seal" by Ingmar Bergman is a classic.

[Whisp]

50. Love is a Bitch is an awesome movie.

highly recommend.

not for the squeamish tho, some pretty messy scenes.

[Eurobabe]

52. Two: Das Leben der Anderen & Le scaphandre et le papillon

(Diving Bell and the Butterfly)

[Arugula Latte]

54. Amelie

*sigh* Love that one.

[fudge stripe cookays]

55. Toss up...

Between Johnny Stecchino, Il Mostro (both Begnini) and the original The Visitors.

:D

[CBHagman]

60. Il Mostro is hilarious.

I only saw it because the American Film Institute did a Benigni festival a few years back.

[u4ic]

83. It's always yum-yum time for you people, isn't it?

And the scene in the opera house still puts me into hysterical fits. :rofl:


Johnny Stecchino is my all time favourite comedy.

[YankeyMCC]

56. Atanarjuat

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fast_Runner

Although that might be biased since that was the last one I watched. I have several I liked, including:

"Seven Samurai"

"Monsieur Ibrahim et les fleurs du Coran"

"Osama "

[nytemare]

57. Amelie, Life is Beautiful.

Yep. Many more, really, but those are my favorite favorites.

:)

[datasuspect]

58. salo

[tigereye]

61. that's a really hard one - there are so many amazing films out there

Wings of Desire is amazing.


Ran. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.


Tampopo is probably one of the most fun foreign films I have seen.

[kentauros]

66. Another vote for Wings of Desire

:)

I love Tompopo, too, but have to go with another Japanese movie, and anime at that:

Grave of the Fireflies (Hotaru no haka)

the saddest film you'll ever see...

[Neshanic]

62. Andalusian Dog. Just kidding. Beauty and the Beast. French Version.

[Ellipsis]

65. Memoirs of a Geisha.

[ellisonz]

67. City of God.

[AllieB]

68. All About My Mother (Todo Sobre Mi Madre)

Another vote for 'The Lives of Others (Das Leben der Anderen)and La Vie en Rose. I also loved 'Breathless', 'Mephisto', 'Wings of Desire', 'The 400 Blows', 'La Strada', and 'Au Revoir Les Enfants'. There's a great old Fritz Lang movie called 'M' that I watched for the umteenth time last week. I really old classics in general, and European ones in particular.

Oh, and I think 'Seven Samurai' is a brilliant movie.

[saltpoint]

78. AllieB, your list gleams.

I'm with you on all of the ones I've also seen, but especially Wenders' WINGS OF DESIRE, Malle' AU REVOIR LES ENFANTS, and THE LIVES OF OTHERS.

Got to see WINGS at a film festival some many moons back, and was lucky enough to be in Miami for the premier of AU REVOIR LES ENFANTS. Malle spoke to the audience at the festival, asking them to give the film fair consideration as his life's best work.

I didn't have to be asked twice. What a stunning, emotionally devastating film.

[DemoTex]

69. "Indochine" (French - 1992 Academy Award)

[WinkyDink]

70. Alfie.

[Stuart G]

71. Shichinin no samurai (1954)...nt

[sniffa]

73. According to one DUer, my sister

[saltpoint]

76. Folks have made some outstanding choices here. AMORES PERROS was almost a

shape-shifting experience -- it was as good as it was intense and it was intense as hell.

Louis Malle's AU REVOIR, LES ENFANTS.

Almoldovar's TALK TO HER, ALL ABOUT MY MOTHER, and MATADOR.

CENTRAL STATION.

NAVIGATOR.

FANNY AND ALEXANDER.

[w8liftinglady]

77. King of Masks.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115669/
Wang Bianlian is an aging street performer known as the King of Mask for his mastery of Sichuan Change Art in a true story. His wife left him with and infant son over 30 years ago. The son died from illness at age 10. This left Wang a melancholy loner aching for a male descendent to learn his rare and dying art. A famous master performer of the Sichuan Opera offers to bring him into his act, thus giving Wang fame and possible fortune, but Wang opts for staying the simple street performer. Then, one night after a performance he is sold a young boy by a slave trader posing as the boy's parent. "Grandpa" finds new joy in life as he plans to teach "Doggie" (an affectionate term often used for young children in China) his art. All is well until Doggie is found out to really be a girl.

[saltpoint]

79. Has anybody seen THE DREAMLIFE OF ANGELS or CLOSE TO LEO?

If you want some fine film-making and some intense emotional experiences, maybe rent these two French films and see what you think.

Saw both in Berlin with a group of film addicts and felt that they were as visceral and authentic as it gets.

Here's a hint: Kevin Costner isn't in either one of them.

[AllieB]

104. The Dreamlife of Angels was great

Unfortunately, it hasn't been released on DVD (at least not on Netflix).

[stuntcat]

80. used to be, The Hairdresser's Husband

I was crazy about it but now I haven't seen it in years. I LOVE Run Lola Run.. also Muriel's Wedding:

[Lindsey]

81. The Lives of Others, La Vie En Rose, Amelie, & Central Station....

all incredible films.

[OmahaBlueDog]

82. Foreign Language or English Language Foreign?

English language foreign: The Day of the Jackal, The Year of Living Dangerously, Kind Hearts & Coronets

Foreign Language Foreign: Ran, Eat Drink Man Woman

[Catsbrains]

85. Lilya 4-Ever .....disturbing and sad yet a harsh reality for many young women.

[Graybeard]

87. The young girl who played Lilya was also in The Bourne Supremacy

The director of Bourne had seen her in Lilya 4ever. She's great.

[nuxvomica]

89. Playtime

Though I haven't seen it in years. I must get a copy and verify that it's still my favorite.

[Graybeard]

90. Get the Criterion Collection 2-disc set.

It has loads of extras and interviews with Tati.

[nuxvomica]

92. Ordered it

Thanks for the suggestion. I'll be able to see if the scene with the chair makes me fall out of mine again. :D

[La Lioness Priyanka]

91. fire and ma vie en rose

[Starbucks Anarchist]

96. Fire is the Indian movie, right?

I think I remember hearing about it.

[Skittles]

93. The Counterfeiters

absolutely wonderful

[canoeist52]

94. "The King of Hearts"

[terrya]

95. "The Umbrellas of Cherbourg" and "8 Women"

Both starring the absolutely gorgeous Catherine Deneuve.

[Tracer]

97. La Dolce Vita and Orfeu Negru.

Two excellent movies that haven't been mentioned.

[AngryAmish]

98. Emmanuelle

If you were a teenage boy in the early 80s and had access to Cinemax, you know why.

[LanternWaste]

99. The Nasty Girl

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100557/

In my twenties and thirties, I had a voracious appetite for foreign films. These days... nit so much. :shrug:

[bertha katzenengel]

100. Europa, Europa

awesome.

[MAGICBULLET]

101. The Seven Samurai

[book lady]

102. Tante Danielle

[DarkTirade]

103. Seven Samurai.

[Midlodemocrat]

106. La Cage Aux Folles, with subtitles, not dubbed.

Hilarious. Funniest movie I have ever seen. I would love to find a copy of the dubbed version. *sigh*

[ceile]

107. The Lives of Others, The Devil's Backbone

Das Boot, Aguirre: The Wrath of God, The General, Disco Pigs.