Recommend me some foreign films

saitrix · 23 Sep 2011 at 12:50

Hi,

I have gotten bored of American films as of late so I fancy trying something a bit different. I really don't mind subs (watch a lot of anime) so that's not an issue. So far I have watched:

Ghibli films
The girl who leapt through time
Oldboy
Bedeviled
I saw the devil

Vonhelmet · 23 Sep 2011 at 12:54

Amelie
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo and its sequels
Infernal Affairs
Dogtooth (chuffing weird, that one)
Let The Right One In
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

Brian8bit · 23 Sep 2011 at 13:08

Amores Perros is my favourite foreign film.

farnell · 23 Sep 2011 at 13:14

Switchblade Romance
City of God
Just went to see Troll Hunter in the pictures which I really enjoyed.

Tombstone · 23 Sep 2011 at 13:15

Rec
Azumi
Pans Labyrinth
City of God
Das Boot
The Orphanage

Random Guy · 23 Sep 2011 at 13:17

Elite Squad
Run Lola Run
Biutiful
Haevnen
Sympathy for Mr.Vengeance

Participant · 23 Sep 2011 at 13:47

La Haine.

And definitely Das Boot.

hood1971 · 23 Sep 2011 at 14:14

IP Man is excellent

Ahleckz · 23 Sep 2011 at 14:15

The Experiment.

Barks · 23 Sep 2011 at 15:23

Biutiful
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1164999/

Freakbro · 23 Sep 2011 at 16:01

Some excellent reccomendations already.

Also try "Un Prophete"

Supercow · 23 Sep 2011 at 16:13

Tsotsi is quite good
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0468565/

chipperhead · 23 Sep 2011 at 17:25

Freakbro said:
Some excellent reccomendations already.

Also try "Un Prophete"

Definitely this, amazing film.
Also Mesrine.

saitrix · 23 Sep 2011 at 18:14

Awesome list, thanks guys! Will have to work my way through them all now, perfect with winter coming. Oh and how could I forget I have seen Ip Man and Ip Man 2.

Calabi · 23 Sep 2011 at 18:35

13 Assasins, just came out recently and its not bad.
Zatoichi.
When the last sword is drawn.

redeye_uk · 23 Sep 2011 at 19:05

Tombstone said:
Rec
Azumi
Pans Labyrinth
City of God
Das Boot
The Orphanage

great films, but azumi!? That was shockingly bad!

Guerrilla · 23 Sep 2011 at 19:12

Brotherhood of the Wolf.

manveruppd · 23 Sep 2011 at 19:25

@OP Since you've already seen Oldboy and liked it check out the Korean cinema thread on here, you'll find some great suggestions!

I'll give you just 2 to get you started: The Good,The Bad, and the Weird, and, since you like anime, Aachi and Ssipak (not sure about the spelling of that, but it's a Korean animation and it's weird, shocking, and hillarious!)

redeye_uk said:
great films, but azumi!? That was shockingly bad!

I also thought it was a little bit of a letdown (though I enjoyed it in a shallow way). I watched it because I had seen Aragami, which was the next movie Kitamura did, and it was something like x1000 better! Much better acting, simpler but tighter story, and the fight choreography in it is raised from Azumi's level (which I'd call "imaginative but amateurishly executed") to Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon on steroids level (which I'd call "a ballet of wires and steel with a rocket booster strapped on its arse"

).

Mark A · 23 Sep 2011 at 20:22

Martyrs

Pretty good if you like horror films.

Calabi · 23 Sep 2011 at 20:30

redeye_uk said:
great films, but azumi!? That was shockingly bad!

Its not as bad as Azumi 2.