Foreign films
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Criterion Collection Director Series - Jean-Luc Godard (Band Of Outsiders / Contempt / Breathless) - Amazon.com Exclusive
1 recommendation
"Jean-Luc Godard. My favorite Godard movie is Bande a part (Band of Outsiders), largely in part because I adore Anna Karina. Not to mention the dance and a run through the Louve."
2046
2 recommendations
"A follow up to "In the Mood for Love", more futuristic. It is different than "In the Mood for Love" in a lot of ways but still compelling and with Wong Kar-Wai you can't go wrong."
Night on Earth - Criterion Collection
2 recommendations
"Jim Jarmusch's film that is an ensemble piece with a very simple premise: take one moment in time and visit five cab rides that are happening in different parts of the world. Of course some of cab rides are better than others but overall this is a great movie."
Foreign Film-A Tale of Two Sisters
1 recommendation
"To make this a well rounded list I should have a least one horror movie on here so I'm picking another Korean foreign film that seriously creeped me out, but then again that is not really hard to do"
Bhaji on the Beach- (England)
1 recommendation
"Bhaji on the Beach was Gurinda Chadha's (Bend it Like Beckham) first film. The Saheli group for women meet for a day of fun on the beach in Blackpool. Through out the course of the day, secrets are revealed that change the lives of all the women. This was one of the first foreign films I ever saw. I have been in love with foreign films ever since. Serious subject matter."
Cautiva (Argentina)
1 recommendation
"In the late 70's into the early 80's Argentina had a "Dirty War". Approximately as many as 30, 000 people "disappeared" (Los Desaprecidos). Many of the disappeared were young pregnant women who as soon as they gave birth were murdered. Their children were adopted by some of the military who participated in the Dirty War or by people who couldn't have children. These children of the disappeared wer..."
Ladies in Lavender (England)
1 recommendation
"A very touching and sentimental drama featuring international film stars Dame Judi Dench (James Bond films), Dame Maggie Smith (Harry Potter Films), and Daniel Bruhl (Goodbye Lenin and Bourne Supremacy) in one of his first English speaking roles. Two older women find a young man washed upon the shore and nurse him back to health. While doing so one of the women becomes enamored with him. Nice stay..."
The Nephew (Ireland)
1 recommendation
"Pierce Brosnan and Hill Harper star in this unique and touching movie. Both give strong performances as two men connected by the past. Its a fresh take on an old theme: family is never easy."
The Devil's Backbone (Special Edition)
3 recommendations
"This is a chilling and suspenseful drama/ horror from Guillermo Del Toro (Hell Boy/ Pan's Labyrinth) about a boy in a haunted orphanage during the Spanish Civil War."
Film – Lady Vengeance
4 recommendations
"This is a brilliant film! "The best revenge thriller since Kill Bill." It is as brutal as it is beautiful. If you have a taste for wickedly well-done filmmaking, you'll fall in love with Lady Vengeance."
The Edukators
1 recommendation
"German film about three anti establishment 20- somethings who terrorize the wealthy. When things don't go according to plan their relationship with each is called into question as well as the idealism."
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
2 recommendations
"This movie restarted the Kung Fun genre here in the States...... see the beauty of Eastern Film making."
Amelie
4 recommendations
"Amelie is absolutely one of my favorite films of all time. The characters in this story are so captivating. They're funny, quirky, and guaranteed to make you feel warm and fuzzy... especially the gnome. Amelie is a shy young woman who grew up with her father and was very sheltered. Once she was older, she moved out to try life on her own and along the way encountered a world of quirky friends...."
Run Lola Run
8 recommendations
"Run Lola Run is a French masterpiece that is very fast paced, exciting, and new experience for those that are used to classical Hollywood cinema style. Lola gets a frantic call from her boyfriend who has lost a fortune that belongs to his mobster boss and he has twenty minutes to get the money or else."
Oldboy DVD
1 recommendation
"It would be a sin to reveal too much about this riveting and bizarre thriller from Korean director Chan Wook Park, except to say that it's about a man named Dae-Su (Choi Min-Sik) who is locked in a hotel room for 15 years without knowing his captor's motives. When he is finally released, Dae Su finds himself still trapped in a web of conspiracy and strangeness. His own quest for vengeance becomes ..."
Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down Girl
1 recommendation
"Directed by Joan Chen from an award-winning novella banned in China because of political and sexual content, "Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down Girl" is a powerful love story. Between 1967 and 1976, nearly 8 million Chinese youths were "sent down" for specialized training to the remotest corners of the country. Before being sent down, the young and beautiful Xiu Xiu dreams of becoming a horse trainer in the ..."
The City of Lost Children
3 recommendations
"Fantastic movie. Yes, it has the word 'children' in the title, and there's quite a few children characters in it, but it's definitely not a movie for kids. 'The City of Lost Children' is the ultimate phantasmagoric movie. Lots of things in it don't make much sense, but it's okay, because you're just watching someone's weird nightmare. Hopefully it's not yours. Original title: La Cité des enfan..."
THE BAND'S VISIT Sony Pictures Classics
1 recommendation
"It may have been disqualified from the Oscars for having too much English dialogue, but this film deserved a nom - and your eyes. So now it may not end up in EVERY theater it would have, but please track it down and support this great Israeli film."
Persepolis
5 recommendations
"What I've been waiting for, I won't tell you anything more, just see it."
A Very Long Engagement
2 recommendations
"A Very Long Engagment (Un long dimanche de fiançailles) is a film about love, war, and many other things I probably missed. It's a beautiful film with amazing scenery, cinematography, plot (good, even though it's complicated) and acting. The film is about Manche and Mathilde, whom we follow (with digressions) throughout the movie. Manche and Mathilde are engaged, but World War I rips them apart..."
Downfall
1 recommendation
"Downfall (Der Untergang in its native German) is certainly one of the more gripping films I've seen in awhile. It begins with the selection of Traudl Junge as Hitler's personal secretary. The rest of the film is mainly seen through her perspective, as Hitler, along with most of his circle of Nazi Elite, hole up in his bunker in Berlin with the Allies and Russians closing in. This film is ground..."
Ladrón que roba a ladrón
1 recommendation
"A great new Spanish language film in the classic Hollywood heist-film vein. Ladrón que roba a ladrón (literally, a thief who steals from a thief) follows two friendly thieves who decide to go after a big target - a rich con-man who makes millions on selling snake oil cures on Hispanic television. The problem? They need help. They end up recruiting a motley crew of day laborers to join the job...."
Oldboy
5 recommendations
"An extremely twisted plot make this story marks this very dark comedy a classic."
Hot Fuzz
7 recommendations
"From the same guys who brought us the fantastic Shaun of the Dead! This movie is British and hilarious. This movie is long (2 hours, 15 min.) and starts out a tad bit slow. Stick with this tho, the last half and especially the end is awesome!"
Good Bye, Lenin!
4 recommendations
"A really funny german film about a boy who tries to recreate East German for his ill mother"
In the Mood for Love - Wong Kar-wai -Criterion Collection
4 recommendations
"The story is so romanitic, it hurts"
