FabSwingers.com forum: Favourite Foreign Language Film/s

By *ensuallover1000 OP Man
over a year ago

Somewhere In The Ether…

I love foreign language films.

Deriving a glimpse into other cultures, differing ways of life and even the observation of the architectural styles all prove absolutely fascinating for me.

So, fellow fans, list me some of your faves if you’d be so kind

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By *nliveneTV/TS
over a year ago

Selby

Italian or irish

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Betty blue

Rec

Raw

Train to Busan

City of God

Pans labyrinth

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By *iBBWLondonWoman
over a year ago

London

Tatie Danielle - A very funny, black comedy from France.

Also La Cage aux Folles, the original - love it

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By *nliveneTV/TS
over a year ago

Selby

Italian - Live Is Beautiful

Irish - The Wins that Shakes the Barley

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

'Initial D' i used to be mad for 'manga art culture' this is a film on the adoption of the manga anime series

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

City of God

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By *d4fun73Man
over a year ago

Shipley

The Swedish version of the girl with the dragon tattoo films are very good.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

So many OP ! But a few all time faves:

Life is Beautiful, Benigni

Talk to Her, Almodovar

Mirror, Tarkovsky

Stroszek, Herzog

Jules et Jim, Truffaut

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Juan of the dead

One cut of the dead

Apres vous

Troll hunters

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By *uriousscouserWoman
over a year ago

Wirral

La Dolce Vita

The Seven Samurai

Spirited Away

Le Ballon rouge

La Règle du Jeu

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By *luebell888Woman
over a year ago

Glasgowish

"Betty blue

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Train to Busan

City of God

Pans labyrinth "

Betty Blue is a great film.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"La Dolce Vita

The Seven Samurai

Spirited Away

Le Ballon rouge

La Règle du Jeu"

What a list! Classics every one

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By *iBBWLondonWoman
over a year ago

London

Ooh, also Mr Vampire - Japanese comedy horror/spoofing thing

Britt-Marie was here - Swedish comedy drama

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By *eyond PurityCouple
over a year ago

Lincolnshire

The Orphanage - Del Toro at his finest

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By *lla4everTV/TS
over a year ago

Overseas

Infernal Affairs - Hong Kong

Chungking Express - Hong Kong

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon - HK / China

Akira - Japanese Animation

Steamboy - Japanese Animation

YiYi - Taiwan

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By *ornyguyMan
over a year ago

Hillsborough, NI

I do like some French films...

La Haine

Banlieue 13

Taxi series of films

Have to watch with subtitles as can't stand dubbing.

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By *uriousscouserWoman
over a year ago

Wirral

"La Dolce Vita

The Seven Samurai

Spirited Away

Le Ballon rouge

La Règle du Jeu

What a list! Classics every one

I don't watch much new stuff but I'm at home in the classics!

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By *imon_hydeMan
over a year ago

Stockport

Delicatessen, hugely imaginative and very funny.

The Hairdresser's Husband.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Favourite Almodovars:

Volver

All about my Mother

Bad Education

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By *uriousscouserWoman
over a year ago

Wirral

"The Swedish version of the girl with the dragon tattoo films are very good. "

Oh, that reminds me, I also love Let the Right One In. Another good Swedish film.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The Life Ahead

Sophia Loren, 2020

Directed by her son Edoardo Ponti

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By *eliWoman
over a year ago

"The Swedish version of the girl with the dragon tattoo films are very good.

Oh, that reminds me, I also love Let the Right One In. Another good Swedish film."

Yes! Brilliant.

I'm going to add...

The Devil's Backbone

Host

Rare Exports

Oldboy

The Raid

Show Me Love

Rec (2

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A_elie

Under the Shadow

Y Tu Mama Tambien

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By *otMe66Man
over a year ago

Terra Firma

La French:

excellent mafia / cop film based on true events in 1975

Noi e la Giulia (Giulia and us)

Italian comedy, original and puts a smile on your face

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

A small gem for film and dog lovers, the Agentinian Bombon El Perro

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By *on CheeMan
over a year ago

Ayrshire

Ran ( Japanese)

The 9th Company( russian)

Das Experiment ( German )

Carandiru ( Brazil)

Old Boy ( Korean )

Irreversible ( French)

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By *pursChick aka ShortieWoman
over a year ago

On a mooch

Tell no One - french thriller

The Lives of Others - German movie about the stasi

Sophie Scholl, the final days - German movie about the white rose group

The Seven Samurai - original from the 50s

First they killed my father - set during the start of the Khmer Rouge

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Elle

Betty Blue

A_elie

Battle Royale

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By *heekyweebissimWoman
over a year ago

fife,

"Delicatessen, hugely imaginative and very funny.

The Hairdresser's Husband."

I love delicatessen, not seen it in a long time need to have a look out for some of the others though

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo trilogy in Swedish

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By *asmeenTV/TS
over a year ago

STOKE ON TRENT

Bollywood films

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By *ergeant_MajorMan
over a year ago

Birmingham

Der Untergang (titled Downfall in English) - German

Sophie Scholl - German

The Baader Meinhof Complex - German

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By *isAdventure69Woman
over a year ago

Hampshire

Chocolat

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By *asmeenTV/TS
over a year ago

STOKE ON TRENT

Roma

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By *itty9899Man
over a year ago

Craggy Island

Das boot

The raid

Lust: caution

pan's labyrinth

Hero

And too many to mention.

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By *asmeenTV/TS
over a year ago

STOKE ON TRENT

Crouching Tiger Hidden treasures

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By *tephTV67TV/TS
over a year ago

Cheshire

Downfall

Cinema Paradiso

The Raid

Subway (early Luc Besson film)

9th Company (glad to see I’m not the only one, Russia’s ‘Platoon’)

Koyla

La Haine

Irreversible (glad I’ve seen it, but wouldn’t recommend it)

Pusher

Let the right one in

Das Boot

Diva

Man Bites Dog

These are a few that are on my bookcase currently on DVD.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo trilogy in Swedish

YES to the above,one of my favourite films, plus La cage aux folles

Jean de florette and

Manon des sources

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Luc Besson's Taxi

Ip Man

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Delicatessen, hugely imaginative and very funny.

The Hairdresser's Husband."

The hairdresser’s husband. Yes, very good. It had a profound impact on my choice of hairdresser

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By *isAdventure69Woman
over a year ago

Hampshire

"The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo trilogy in Swedish

YES to the above,one of my favourite films, plus La cage aux folles

Jean de florette and

Manon des sources"

Loved La Cage aux Folles

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Betty blue

Rec

Raw

Train to Busan

City of God

Pans labyrinth "

I love pans labyrinth

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Trainspotting ;-p

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Betty blue

Rec

Raw

Train to Busan

City of God

Pans labyrinth

I love pans labyrinth"

Even without the fantasy side its a great war film

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By *he Mac LassWoman
over a year ago

Hefty Hideaway

Cinema Paradiso and Amélie

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By *ack688Man
over a year ago

abruzzo Italy (and UK)

Ran

Jean de florets/Manson du sources

Cyrano

Cinema paradiso

Oldboy

The Handmaiden- great adaptation of Fingersmith

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By *ailingSwagmanMan
over a year ago

North Essex / Midlands / Southcoast

Amélie

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By *ORDERMANMan
over a year ago

wrexham

"Ran

Jean de florets/Manson du sources

Cyrano

Cinema paradiso

Oldboy

The Handmaiden- great adaptation of Fingersmith"

At last someone mentions

Jean de florets/Manson du sources

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The big blue

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By *iBBWLondonWoman
over a year ago

London

"Bollywood films"

Yes! I also love the old b&w ones they used to show on Channel 4 when it first started, at stupid o’clock in the morning - Azaad was a good one

xxx

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Brotherhood Korean War film

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Betty blue

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By *ussexualMan
over a year ago

Brighton

The lives of others

Downfall

Das boot (the original)

The original Norwegian film if insomnia

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Minions

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By *ussexualMan
over a year ago

Brighton

Parasite

City of God, but I find it too painful to watch again (have family in Brazil)

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By *ames5169Man
over a year ago

Birmingham

A_elie

Oldboy

Ringu

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

The Handmaiden

A Tale of Two Sisters

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By *iBBWLondonWoman
over a year ago

London

"Minions"

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By *.D.I.D.A.SMan
over a year ago

London/Essex... ish... Romford to be exact

Blue is the Warmest Colour

Portrait of a Lady on Fire

Incidentally both are films about French speaking lesbians. That's my jam.

Dogman - Italian movie. Can't remember the plot but I enjoyed it!

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By *iBBWLondonWoman
over a year ago

London

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By *iBBWLondonWoman
over a year ago

London

"A_elie

Oldboy

Ringu

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

The Handmaiden

A Tale of Two Sisters

Ringu! Yes!!!

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By *ussexualMan
over a year ago

Brighton

"Trainspotting ;-p"

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By *UGGYBEAR2015Man
over a year ago

BRIDPORT

When I was a kid I remember watching When the Boat Comes In, does that count.

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By *iamondCougarWoman
over a year ago

Norfuck! / Lincolnshire

Coco

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By *ames5169Man
over a year ago

Birmingham

"Coco "

Cute film xx

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The wind that shakes the barley

Great historic Irish film

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Minions

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bananaaaaa brings new meaning on fab

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By *ensuallover1000 OP Man
over a year ago

Somewhere In The Ether…

Some superb choices good folks

I especially love the works of Federico Fellini and Werner Herzog but also can’t resist so many contemporary foreign films.

La Haine for instance, which has been mentioned by a few of you is a true, gritty modern classic

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By *ack688Man
over a year ago

abruzzo Italy (and UK)

"Parasite

City of God, but I find it too painful to watch again (have family in Brazil) "

I keep meaning to watch parasite!

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By *stellaWoman
over a year ago

London

Another vote for The Lives of Others

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By *adyBugsWoman
over a year ago

cognito

Amores Perros (Mexico)

Departures (Japanese)

A Man Named Ove (Sweden)

Kon-Tiki (Norway)

The Handmaiden (South Korea)

The Wave (Norway)

Mustang (Turkey)

Just a few off the top of my head.

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By *viatrixWoman
over a year ago

Redhill

Love to see many of you enjoy the Mexican Trinity in film directing

(Del Toro, Cuarón and González Iñarritu...

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Amores Perros is really good. One of González Iñarrutu’s initial works before he went international. Highly recommended.

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By *viatrixWoman
over a year ago

Redhill

For vintage- Luis Buñuel was the Pedro Almodovar of the ‘60s in Spain. He has many surreal films, but my favourite is El Angel Exterminador. Worth a watch! It kind of reminds me the last couple of years we’ve had...

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By *ensuallover1000 OP Man
over a year ago

Somewhere In The Ether…

I see with great sadness that no one has mentioned any of the masterpieces as bequeathed unto us by the late, incredibly prolific Spanish director, Mr Jesus Franco…

(You may be correct in detecting a semblance of sarcasm in the above sentence…)

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By *ormorantMan
over a year ago

Lincolnshire

Braveheart

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By *ionaScarletTV/TS
over a year ago

Dundee

La Femme Nikita - one of Luc Besson's best movies

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By *partharmonyCouple
over a year ago

Ruislip

Il Postino is a wonderful film.

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By *urvyBi-84Man
over a year ago

Lancs

Das Boot and Downfall are both superb German war films.

Pretty much and Studio Ghibli film, but particularly The Wind Rises and Grave of the Fireflies. That last one is a beautiful film but needs tissues because it is such a tragic film.

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By *ver-CuriousCouple
over a year ago

Newtownabbey

Apocalypto

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By *erlins5Man
over a year ago

South Fife

Pans labyrinth is my favourite film full stop, it just happens to be in Spanish

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Mosul on Netflix

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By *emorefridaCouple
over a year ago

La la land

Another vote for Pan's Labyrinth.

But also love La vie en rose

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By *agneto.Man
over a year ago

Bham

To Live and Die in Tsimshatsui

Old boy

Infernal affairs

A bittersweet lif

Gozu

Ichi the killer

Audition

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By *rHotNottsMan
over a year ago

Dubai & Nottingham

La vie en rose, city of lost children, city of God, A_elie, well anything with Audrey Tatou

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By *rHotNottsMan
over a year ago

Dubai & Nottingham

How could I forget Todo sobre mi madre (all about my mother), I love Agrado”s address on authenticity & transgender , well ahead of the times

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By *ickdasterdly51Man
over a year ago

Lingfield

The Motorcycle Diaries.

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By *eeBee67Man
over a year ago

Masked and Distant

The original Das Boot in German.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Belle de Jour

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The death of lazerescu... Romainian comedy. Absolutely hilarious dark comedy

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By *2000ManMan
over a year ago

Worthing

Timecrimes (Spanish). Don't search for it otherwise a vital plotline will be given away. It's excellent.

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By *yron69Man
over a year ago

Fareham

Come and See (USSR 1985)

Like an hallucinogenic nightmare. Never have the Nazis been so meticulously observed and WW2 in the east so perfectly presented.

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By *yronMan
over a year ago

grangemouth

Come and See

Cyrano de Bergerac

Train to Busan

Downfall

Seven Samurai

Master and Cub series

Throne of Blood

Aguirre, The Wrath of God

The Battle of Algiers

Donzoko (The Lower Depths).

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"A_elie

Oldboy

Ringu

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

The Handmaiden

A Tale of Two Sisters

Ringu! Yes!!!

Love that little penguin

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Braveheart

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Hiroshima, Mon Amour

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By *heMightySpud69Man
over a year ago

Milton keynes

Battle Royale!!

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By *iBBWLondonWoman
over a year ago

London

"A_elie

Oldboy

Ringu

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

The Handmaiden

A Tale of Two Sisters

Ringu! Yes!!!

Love that little penguin "

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By *asmeenTV/TS
over a year ago

STOKE ON TRENT

"Bollywood films

Yes! I also love the old b&w ones they used to show on Channel 4 when it first started, at stupid o’clock in the morning - Azaad was a good one

xxx"

Yeah pakeeza x

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Cyrano De Bergerac, with Gerard Depardieu. Fabulous.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Vagabond, Agnes Varda

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By *iBBWLondonWoman
over a year ago

London

"Bollywood films

Yes! I also love the old b&w ones they used to show on Channel 4 when it first started, at stupid o’clock in the morning - Azaad was a good one

xxx

Yeah pakeeza x"

xxx

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Old boy

The raid

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By *.D.I.D.A.SMan
over a year ago

London/Essex... ish... Romford to be exact

Irreversible

120 Days of Sodom

A Serbian Film

Spirited Away

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By *rMojoRisinMan
over a year ago

Sheffield

A_elie

City of God

Cyrano De Bergerac

Jean De Florette/Manon De Dources

Mic-Macs

La Haine

Delicatessen

The Bicycle Thieves

Life is Beautiful

Il Postino

Les Visiteurs

And I’m sure many, many more, I can’t remember.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Irreversible

120 Days of Sodom

A Serbian Film

Spirited Away"

Spirited Away. Top film. Animation produces so many classics. I just wish they weren’t turned into “live”.

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By *rMojoRisinMan
over a year ago

Sheffield

The Horseman On The Roof

Oldboy

Battle Royale

Cinema Paradiso

The Battle Of Algiers

The Kite Runner

See, as soon as I wrote my last one more popped out!

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By *rHotNottsMan
over a year ago

Dubai & Nottingham

I recent watched Wadjda, the first full length movie shot in Saudi and first movie by a female Saudi director.

Very brave film about a young girl who wants to ride a bicycle but is discouraged being a girl, tackling issues and poking fun at Saudi culture and beautifully shot

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Favourite Almodovars:

Volver

All about my Mother

Bad Education

I love his movies. But Volver is a favourite!

Also

A_elie

Ida

Caramel

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Cinema Paradiso

Life is beautiful

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Love to see many of you enjoy the Mexican Trinity in film directing

(Del Toro, Cuarón and González Iñarritu...

)

Amores Perros is really good. One of González Iñarrutu’s initial works before he went international. Highly recommended.

Another vote for Amores Perros and great soundtrack too

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Old boy

Le haine

City of god

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo trilogy in Swedish

Agreed. Didn't like the remake!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Life is beautiful "

Powerful movie.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The raid "

Forgot about Raid. Loved that.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The Decalogue by Krzysztof Kieslowski

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By *emorefridaCouple
over a year ago

La la land

Not a foreign language it's in Welsh, but was nominated for best foreign language film at the Oscars.

Hedd Wyn

Such an interesting world war 1 film

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

In darkness by Agnieszka Holland

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"In darkness by Agnieszka Holland "

Love her work. She also directed several episodes of The Wire among lots of the other great TV.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"In darkness by Agnieszka Holland

Love her work. She also directed several episodes of The Wire among lots of the other great TV."

The wire is on my freaking long list of TV shows to catch up on.

How about Europa Europa?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I recent watched Wadjda, the first full length movie shot in Saudi and first movie by a female Saudi director.

Very brave film about a young girl who wants to ride a bicycle but is discouraged being a girl, tackling issues and poking fun at Saudi culture and beautifully shot "

Ah, that's a brilliant film. Lots of humour among the social commentary.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The elements trilogy by Deepa Mehta

Three colours by Kieslowski

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"In darkness by Agnieszka Holland

Love her work. She also directed several episodes of The Wire among lots of the other great TV.

The wire is on my freaking long list of TV shows to catch up on.

How about Europa Europa?"

That was the first of her films I saw, on DVD. Not all her films are easily available here unfortunately.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"In darkness by Agnieszka Holland

Love her work. She also directed several episodes of The Wire among lots of the other great TV.

The wire is on my freaking long list of TV shows to catch up on.

How about Europa Europa?

That was the first of her films I saw, on DVD. Not all her films are easily available here unfortunately."

That's a shame. Her daughter became director too btw

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By *rHotNottsMan
over a year ago

Dubai & Nottingham

"I recent watched Wadjda, the first full length movie shot in Saudi and first movie by a female Saudi director.

Very brave film about a young girl who wants to ride a bicycle but is discouraged being a girl, tackling issues and poking fun at Saudi culture and beautifully shot

Ah, that's a brilliant film. Lots of humour among the social commentary.

If you like this , you might like Samson and Delilah, 2009 Australian film. Barely any dialogue and shot in the desert SW of Alice springs , we visited the area and stayed a couple of weeks

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By *.D.I.D.A.SMan
over a year ago

London/Essex... ish... Romford to be exact

Roma

A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night

Force Majeure

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By *ornyguyMan
over a year ago

Hillsborough, NI

can't believe I didn't put "goodbye lenin" in my list.

as someone who lived in Berlin when the wall came down it maybe has more appeal to me.

has Daniel Bruhl in it who later was in Inglorious Bastards and Winter Soldier.

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By *iaisonseekerMan
over a year ago

Liverpool

Probably easier to go by directors than individual films:

Claude Chabrol's satires on the bourgeoisie are reliably sharp and entertaining

As others have said, Almodovar is also good value and Dolor y Gloria was fantastic with an excellent performance by Antonio Banderas.

Francois Ozon and Michael Haneke are another couple of filmmakers working in French whose work is top notch.

And if anyone fancies seeing Emmanuelle Béart in the buff for the best part of 2 hours (and frankly why wouldn't you), la belle noiseuse is a must

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Cinema paradiso

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Cinema paradiso "

It's a beauty !

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Oldboy

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By *ustfortheforumsWoman
over a year ago

Squid game!!!!

And Kung fu hustle!!!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

1970s Hong Kong cinema king fu films with hilarious subtitles.

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By *ustfortheforumsWoman
over a year ago

"1970s Hong Kong cinema king fu films with hilarious subtitles. "

You should watch Kung fu hustle.

It’s a comedy, it’s funny

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By *ack and MiriCouple
over a year ago

Portsmouth

Most of my favourites have already been mentioned so I won't repeat them here but I'd like to add:

The Host

Brotherhood of the wolf

House of the flying daggers

Chocolate

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Cinema paradiso

It's a beauty ! "

Agreed, a definate thing of beauty! X

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By *ack and MiriCouple
over a year ago

Portsmouth

"1970s Hong Kong cinema king fu films with hilarious subtitles.

You should watch Kung fu hustle.

It’s a comedy, it’s funny "

Love Kung fu hustle

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By *ickyquimCouple
over a year ago

north west

"Betty blue

Rec

Raw

Train to Busan

City of God

Pans labyrinth "

That’s a mighty fine list. Betty Blue is one of my favourites.

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By *ickyquimCouple
over a year ago

north west

"La Dolce Vita

The Seven Samurai

Spirited Away

Le Ballon rouge

La Règle du Jeu"

All Ghibli films are awesome, Severn samurai is just class!

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By *ertsDrewMan
over a year ago

Hitchin

Volere Volare

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By *ickyquimCouple
over a year ago

north west

"Infernal Affairs - Hong Kong

Chungking Express - Hong Kong

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon - HK / China

Akira - Japanese Animation

Steamboy - Japanese Animation

YiYi - Taiwan

Akira is class!

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By *ickyquimCouple
over a year ago

north west

"Delicatessen, hugely imaginative and very funny.

The Hairdresser's Husband."

Brilliant film!

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By *ORDERMANMan
over a year ago

wrexham

"Not a foreign language it's in Welsh, but was nominated for best foreign language film at the Oscars.

Hedd Wyn

Such an interesting world war 1 film "

Good choice

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