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By *ornynwcpl OP Couple
over a year ago

Preston

Try to change the mood around here a little bit, I have a bit of a passion for foreign language films. Only recently discovered, so must be lots of great films you guys can recommend.

Some of my favourites are

From France

A prophet

Mesrine

Blue is the warmest colour

Denmark

Pusher

Festen

Norway

Headhunters

Another one with the same actor and a true story about a world war two saboteur

Sweden

All the millennium trilogy films

Brazil

City of God

Poland

In darkness

Kiler

Katy

South Korea

Old boy

Indonesia

The raid

Australia

Animal kingdom

New Zealand

Once were warriors

They're just the immediate great films I have recently watched. Plenty more I want to see, especially European cinema as they're very realistic and gritty films.

If anyone has any recommendations they'd be greatly appreciated

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

Just check out Artificial Eye. Loads of world cinema films, mostly excellent.

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By *ornynwcpl OP Couple
over a year ago

Preston

Is that a website?

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

"Is that a website? "

It's a film distribution company. They do have a website.

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

Amelie from France and My life as a dog. Think the later is Swedish. Mr W

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By *ornynwcpl OP Couple
over a year ago

Preston

"Is that a website?

It's a film distribution company. They do have a website. "

I'll be sure to look them up, thank you

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

A Separation

Lives of Others

The Counterfeiters

Festen

After the Wedding

Life is Beautiful

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By *ornynwcpl OP Couple
over a year ago

Preston

"Amelie from France and My life as a dog. Think the later is Swedish. Mr W "

The reviews of My Life as a Dog are great on IMDB, thanks for the heads up that's a new one to add to the watch list

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

Australia : Bad Boy Bubby

Germany : M

Germany : Antibodies

Italy : Gomorrah

Italy : Romanzo Criminale

Denmark : Flame & Citron

Norway : Max Manus

I love most Almodovar films too. Bad Education & All about my Mother being up there at the top.

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

I am a fan of Guillermo Del Toro films. Pans Labyrinth being my fave.

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

Hong Kong

Hutong days

Japan

2046

Mexico

El mariachi

America

Boyz n da hood

Canada

Scott Pilgrim vs the World

France

That obscure object of desire

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By *r H and Good PetCouple
over a year ago

Nottingham

Spanish: Nine Queens (amazing conman/ oceans 11 style. Not really gritty, but clever)

If you can hack it: Irreversible. Very dark though. But very good.

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

Ooh I forgot Downfall

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

If you have got a bit of time on your hands, there is a Serbian film called Underground. It ison for over 5 hours tho

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By *ornynwcpl OP Couple
over a year ago

Preston

"Australia : Bad Boy Bubby

Germany : M

Germany : Antibodies

Italy : Gomorrah

Italy : Romanzo Criminale

Denmark : Flame & Citron

Norway : Max Manus

I love most Almodovar films too. Bad Education & All about my Mother being up there at the top."

Max manus was the Norwegian film I was on about, great film!

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By *ornynwcpl OP Couple
over a year ago

Preston

"Ooh I forgot Downfall

Only seen the end of downfall, good shout definitely need to see the whole film

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By *ornynwcpl OP Couple
over a year ago

Preston

"Spanish: Nine Queens (amazing conman/ oceans 11 style. Not really gritty, but clever)

If you can hack it: Irreversible. Very dark though. But very good. "

Thanks for the irreversible mention. I read the reviews about that a long time ago on IMDB and wanted to watch it. But would never have remembered the name. Does sound very dark, but a big fan of Vincent cassell.

Not seen la haine yet, keep meaning to watch that as all the reviews are brilliant

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By *arktam83Man
over a year ago

rugeley

If you like Oldboy try the others in the Vengeance trilogy. And if the hunger games was to your taste there's Battle Royale. And one of my favourite comedies is Wasabi with Jean Reno

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

"Ooh I forgot Downfall

Only seen the end of downfall, good shout definitely need to see the whole film

Another German one is Sophie Scholl again a true (and tragic) story.

My mates call me for have an affinity for either fucked up or morbid / heavy films

If you do get to see Bad Boy Bubby or Antibodies you may see their point

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By *ornynwcpl OP Couple
over a year ago

Preston

"If you like Oldboy try the others in the Vengeance trilogy. And if the hunger games was to your taste there's Battle Royale. And one of my favourite comedies is Wasabi with Jean Reno"

Didn't know old boy was part of a trilogy, I'll look up the others.

Jean Reno is a fantastic actor, will also look up Wasabi

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By *ce WingerMan
over a year ago

P.O. Box DE1 0NQ

Subtitles do my head in so I'm out

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

"Subtitles do my head in so I'm out

But Ace you miss out on so many great films ...

I even watch english language films with the subtitles on

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By *ornynwcpl OP Couple
over a year ago

Preston

"Ooh I forgot Downfall

Only seen the end of downfall, good shout definitely need to see the whole film

Another German one is Sophie Scholl again a true (and tragic) story.

My mates call me for have an affinity for either fucked up or morbid / heavy films

If you do get to see Bad Boy Bubby or Antibodies you may see their point

I'm the same, which is why European cinema is much better for me. Watch katyn, polish film about the Russian massacre of hundreds of polish soldiers which was covered up and blamed on the Germans for decades.

Very morbid, but a must watch.

Also another polish film is In Darkness. true story about a polish guy who helped several Jewish people survive in the sewers of livi.

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By *arktam83Man
over a year ago

rugeley

"If you like Oldboy try the others in the Vengeance trilogy. And if the hunger games was to your taste there's Battle Royale. And one of my favourite comedies is Wasabi with Jean Reno

Didn't know old boy was part of a trilogy, I'll look up the others.

Jean Reno is a fantastic actor, will also look up Wasabi

It's a loose trilogy based on the subject of vengeance by the same director Lady Vengeance and Sympathy For Mr Vengeance are the others. Oldboy is the pick of them

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

We watch a lot of Japanese films with English subtitles

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By *st 1972Man
over a year ago

Kingswinford

Try wetlands if you enjoy things like blue is the warmest colour

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

"I am a fan of Guillermo Del Toro films. Pans Labyrinth being my fave."

God, yes. Pan's Labyrinth is fantastic. I'm going to add City of Lost Children and Apocalypto.

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

Cinema Paradiso

Il Postino

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

"Cinema Paradiso

Il Postino"

Also

The tit and the moon

Ma vie en rose

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By *carlet_heavenWoman
over a year ago

somewhere in the sticks

OP thank you so much for this post

I love foreign cinema & can echo the recommendation for :

The Lives of Others-this is a must see!!

Also check out:

The Secrets in their Eyes

The Skin I Live In

The Dancer Upstairs

Everything for her

I've loved you so long

The House

All about my Mother

Everlasting Moments

Priceless

Jindabyrne (Australian)

And a French Series called 'Spiral' -its fantastic!

A couple of American indie films I also rate are:

The things we lost in the fire

Shrink

Will check out your recommendations-ty

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

The Night Porter

Charlotte Rampling & Dirk Bogarde in a Nazi / Jew S&M tryst

Some of the imagery wrecked my head

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

"OP thank you so much for this post

I love foreign cinema & can echo the recommendation for :

The Lives of Others-this is a must see!!

Also check out:

The Skin I Live In

The guy in the tiger costume

WTF was all that about ?

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

Several people have already recommended Lives of Others. Another German film I would recommend is Goodbye Lenin.

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

"Cash" - French crime caper, with twisty sting.

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

I love most of Jackie Chan's Hong Kong cinema films.

I recently watched a Polish film called Katyn which told the story of the Polish officers murdered by the Russians in the Katyn Forest during WW2. It's the first time in a while a film has bought me to tears.

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By *mwstaffsMan
over a year ago

brownhills

run lola run

man bites dog

doberman

intacto

red white blue trilogy

rec

taxi

district 13

le bossu

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