Foreign film recommendations

[an0nym0us]

Did a quick search and couldn't find any recent threads on foreign film recommendations.

Any interest in non-English films from the fellow overclockers?

I've got some recommendations off the top of my head and in no particular order:
Infernal Affairs (2002) - Hong Kong
Amores Perros (2000) - Mexico
New World (2013) - Korea
Life Is Beautiful (1997) - Italy
Pan's Labyrinth (2006) - Spain
Ip Man (2008) - Hong Kong
Oldboy (2003) - Korea

 

[Shoeyuk]

City of god (2002) - Brazil
Y Tu Mamá También (2001)

 

[an0nym0us]

City of god (2002) - Brazil
Y Tu Mamá También (2001)

Ah yes, forgot those. City of God in particular was fantastic.

 

[VoG]

Micmacs ( 2009 ) - French, Dir Jean Pierre Jeunet
Amelie ( 2001 ) - French, Dir Jean Pierre Jeunet
Delicatessen ( 1991 ) - French, Dir Jean Pierre Jeunet
The city of lost children/La cite des enfants perdus ( 1995 ) - French, Dir Jean Pierre Jeunet
The extraordinary adventures of Adele Blanc Sec ( 2010 ) - French, Dir Luc Besson
The visitors/Les visiteurs ( 1993 ) - French, Dir Jean Marie Poire

 

[SixTwoSix]

If you're a horror fan, the french have made the best of this century, Haute Tension (Switchblade Romance), Martyrs, Frontiers, Inside to name a few.

 

[wolfie138]

La Haine
Man Bites Dog
virtually anything by "Beat" Takeshi
Train to Busan

 

[SixTwoSix]

Train to Busan

Can also recommend this. In the current yawnfest of zombie tv/movies this stands head and shoulders above the others. It was a hugely pleasant surprise.

 

[Scam]

I'll have to come back to this thread but off the top of my head The Lives of Others was really good.

 

[aardvark]

run lola run
das boot
the french three colours trilogy
crouching tiger hidden dragon
house of flying daggers

 

[Terminal_Boy]

Any of Akira Kurosawa’s films.

 

[the shadow]

 

[TriedandTested]

Memories of Murder: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0353969/
The Wailing: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5215952/

Two of my faves/must sees. So good.

Edit. Oh and Dogman (not as good as two above but came to mind): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6768578/

 

[nands]

Plenty of good films mentioned.

I would add:

The Hunt (Norwegian)
Headhunters (Norwegian)
A Hijacking (Danish)
Wild Tales (Argentinian)
The Idiots (Danish) this one is a real WTF did I just watch!

 

[an0nym0us]

Amazing responses, thanks everyone! Quite a few I need to add to my watch list.

 

[azazl187]

Pan's Labyrinth was excellent i thought. Creepy but in a really watchable way

 

[Zeebedy]

Cell 211
Sympathy For Mr. Vengeance

Two top, top films there..

 

[Ninco!]

Riphagen - The Untouchable (Netflix)
The Skin I Live
13 Minutes
Sleep Tight

 

[neckbeardthethird]

Roma (the most beautifully shot film I've seen in years)
Gomorrah
La Haine
The Lives of others
Amelie
Oldboy
I Saw The Devil
City of God
Amorre Perros

 

[NickK]

Itchi the killer - over the top violent Japanese film. The old flatmate couldn't make it past the DVD menu.
Sonatine is worth a look, Yakusa.
If you like vampire movies - Blood (japanese) is fun (sort of a B movie).
According to the wife (french), half of the Amelie movie is lost in translation of the english soundtrack - there's so many plays on words etc in the french soundtrack.
Pans labyrinth is great, also devils backbone from del Torro is worth a look.
Lives of Others is an outstanding film.
Das Boot - full length, with german soundtrack subtitled is stunning.
City of God is superb too.
Kungfu Hustle - I love this. Just as it should be.
Seven Samurai - black and white, slow pace at the start but give it time. Superb.
Drunken Master - yes it's a corny point but the set scenes are great. Jackie Chan.
Om Bak - also from a fight sequence POV is superb.

Le dobermann - french Vincent Cassel being brutal but only outdone by the pychotic cop! Good for a blast with a beer.

 

[jellybeard999]

https://m.imdb.com/title/tt1259014/

https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0411272

The story of french gangster Jacques Mesrine, before he was called Public Enemy N°1.