Ny's Movie Guide: Foreign Films Worth Watching - a list by nymorg77

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Hollywood churns out a lot of films but so do a lot of other foreign film industries. It can be a daunting task searching for quality films unless you're committed to keeping up with every movie that's released. So here's a list of some foreign film goodies to expand your movie viewing experience.

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This is the original Spanish horror film that Quarantine was basically based off of shot for shot. I highly encourage watching this version. (via Amazon)

Updated Oct 29, 2008

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Irreversible

3 people recommended this item

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Great thought provoking film that runs backwards, telling the story of three friends. The film starts with one of the men being arrested at a night club for murder. As the story progresses to the events leading up to the arrest we learn the reason for the brutal (and hard to stomach) killing. The movie has the most disturbing scene I've ever seen on film, which caused several people to walk out sick to their stomach. Hard to swallow, but worth watching. (via Amazon)

Updated Oct 29, 2008

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Maria Full of Grace

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This is a great movie but very very hard to watch. Maria is a Colombian teenager who's been dealt a really crappy hand. She works a factory job to help support her family, lives in a cramped home, and gets pregnant by her boyfriend. So to make money she makes the poor and highly dangerous decision of becoming a drug mule. Thats right, swallowing 60 bags of heroin and flying into New York City. Ugggggggg. (via Amazon)

Updated Oct 29, 2008

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Bad Education (Original Uncut NC-17 Edition)

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This movie is brilliant and tragic. It's the story of two reunited men who as boys in Catholic school fell in love. But there love was interrupted by a perverse priest with lecherous plans of his own. Directed by Pedro Almodovar. (via Amazon)

Updated Oct 29, 2008

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Cache (Hidden)

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This is a thrilling and suspenseful film about a family terrorized by mysterious, voyeuristic videos of their home showing up at their doorstep. (via Amazon)

Updated Oct 29, 2008

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Gandhi - DVD

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There are not enough words to describe this wonderfully brilliant film about the life of Mohandas Gandhi who through the teachings of nonviolence radically changed the socio-political climate of colonized India.
If you haven't seen it, watch it! (via Amazon)

Updated Oct 29, 2008

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Tae Guk Gi (The Brotherhood of War)

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A grizzly and touching Korean War drama about two brothers fighting side by side. An absolute tear jerker. (via Amazon)

Updated Jan 19, 2009

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Run Lola Run

8 people recommended this item

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Stupid, stupid Manni has lost a large sum of cash that belongs to a gangster.
With very little time on their hands, Lola (Manni's girlfriend) runs through the city attempting to get the 100,000 deutsche marks needed to ultimately save Manni's life. Great movie! (via Amazon)

Updated Oct 29, 2008

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The Seventh Seal

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This critically acclaimed Swedish film starring a very young Max Von Sydow is so beautifully strange and surreal. Sydow is a knight returning from battle who encounters a a list of characters (a travelling circus troupe and Death). In an attempt to save his life the knight challenges Death to a game of chess. (via Amazon)

Updated Oct 29, 2008

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City of God

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A powerful film and absolute must see about two boys growing up in the gritty and often violent favelas of Rio de Janiero. The boys lives take different turns as one continues to run in the drug and gang culture while the other becomes a photographer. (via Amazon)

Updated Oct 29, 2008

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