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Foreign Films, looking for recommendations
Posted on 5/9/25 at 9:09 am
Posted on 5/9/25 at 9:09 am
I have watched a few foreign films from various countries, like France (Le Samouri), Italy (few Pasolini and Argento films), Russia / Soviet Union (Tarkovsky), Sweden (Bergman), but I feel like I have only scratched the surface. Looking for recommendations, pretty much open to anything
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Posted on 5/9/25 at 9:12 am to cinemaguy23
City of God (Brazil)
Posted on 5/9/25 at 9:18 am to GeauxldMember
quote:
City of God (Brazil)
This one.
Y tu Mama Tambien(Mexico)
Amores Perros(Mexico)
Posted on 5/9/25 at 9:19 am to GeauxldMember
quote:
City of God
GOATed Movie
Posted on 5/9/25 at 9:23 am to cinemaguy23
An earlier Denis Villeneuve film
This post was edited on 5/9/25 at 9:25 am
Posted on 5/9/25 at 9:23 am to cinemaguy23
The Zone of Interest
The Vanishing ( the original, not the U.S. remake)
The Bicycle Thieves
The Dreamers with Eva Green (??)
The Vanishing ( the original, not the U.S. remake)
The Bicycle Thieves
The Dreamers with Eva Green (??)
This post was edited on 5/9/25 at 9:26 am
Posted on 5/9/25 at 9:26 am to cinemaguy23
quote:
but I feel like I have only scratched the surface. Looking for recommendations, pretty much open to anything
This is like asking for music. I could probably recommend 100 from my memory, but what are you looking for?
*ETA: get you a library card and a Kanopy subscription. They have an immense foreign film library for free.
This post was edited on 5/9/25 at 9:28 am
Posted on 5/9/25 at 9:27 am to cinemaguy23
Although I hated the movie, everyone else loved Pan's Labyrinth (Spain).
I really liked Amelie and A Monster in Paris (animated), which are both French films. Obviously the GOAT French films is the Professional.
The Passenger is Italian film that is fantastic with a young Jack Nicholas starring in it.
Das Boot is a great German film.
Japan has some fantastic movies but most of my recommendations would be animated films from them
And India has Bollywood, which is it's own category of movies. The best mainstream example I can give to dip your toes in would be RRR.
I'm probably forgetting a dozen others but those were the first ones that popped into my mind.
Edit* damn I knew I would forget something. City of God was recommended and I strongly urge to give it a watch as well. It is such a good movie.
I really liked Amelie and A Monster in Paris (animated), which are both French films. Obviously the GOAT French films is the Professional.
The Passenger is Italian film that is fantastic with a young Jack Nicholas starring in it.
Das Boot is a great German film.
Japan has some fantastic movies but most of my recommendations would be animated films from them
And India has Bollywood, which is it's own category of movies. The best mainstream example I can give to dip your toes in would be RRR.
I'm probably forgetting a dozen others but those were the first ones that popped into my mind.
Edit* damn I knew I would forget something. City of God was recommended and I strongly urge to give it a watch as well. It is such a good movie.
This post was edited on 5/9/25 at 9:29 am
Posted on 5/9/25 at 9:30 am to ThoseGuys
Wim Wenders Perfect Days
A Prayer Before Dawn (true story about a brit stuck in thai prison)
How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies (great thai film)
some recent watches that come to mind.
Posted on 5/9/25 at 9:59 am to cinemaguy23
Pan's Labyrinth
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Parasite
I Saw The Devil
Oldboy
City of God
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Parasite
I Saw The Devil
Oldboy
City of God
Posted on 5/9/25 at 10:07 am to Carson123987
quote:
Pan's Labyrinth
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Parasite
I Saw The Devil
Oldboy
City of God
This is a great list. Never saw I Saw the Devil but everyone of the others are great movies.
Pan's Labyrinth, CTHD, and CIty of God being all time good and Parasite is probably my favorite movie in the past 5 years or so.
I'd add older Kurasawa films to the must watch list. Can't go wrong with any of them. Seven Samurai and The Hidden Fortress being my two favorites.
Would also highly recommend not wasting your time with 8 1/2 (Italian). Considered an all time great but very few movies have pissed me off like 8 1/2. Just a crap movie of 2+ hours of a guy sniffing his own farts. Truly pretentious movie.
Posted on 5/9/25 at 10:10 am to cinemaguy23
Kidnapped (2010)
Inside (2007)
Martyrs (2008)
Audition (1999)
Kill List (2011)
Goodnight Mommy (2014)
Funny Games (1997)
Possession (1981)
The Wailing (2016)
[REC] (2007)
Aniara (2018)
Baskin (2015)
Inside (2007)
Martyrs (2008)
Audition (1999)
Kill List (2011)
Goodnight Mommy (2014)
Funny Games (1997)
Possession (1981)
The Wailing (2016)
[REC] (2007)
Aniara (2018)
Baskin (2015)
This post was edited on 5/9/25 at 10:21 am
Posted on 5/9/25 at 10:25 am to cinemaguy23
La Strada (1954) Italy-Anthony Quinn is in it.
on Max
El Mariachi (1993)-Robert Rodriguez 1st movie that he made himself.
on Apple
The Captain (2018) Germany
on Prime
on Max
quote:
Synopsis
When Gelsomina, a naïve young woman, is purchased from her impoverished mother by brutish circus strongman Zampanò to be his wife and partner, she loyally endures her husband's coldness and abuse as they travel the Italian countryside performing together. Soon Zampanò must deal with his jealousy and conflicted feelings about Gelsomina when she finds a kindred spirit in Il Matto, the carefree circus fool, and contemplates leaving Zampanò.
El Mariachi (1993)-Robert Rodriguez 1st movie that he made himself.
on Apple
quote:
Synopsis
El Mariachi just wants to play his guitar and carry on the family tradition. Unfortunately, the town he tries to find work in has another visitor, a killer who carries his guns in a guitar case. The drug lord and his henchmen mistake el Mariachi for the killer, Azul, and chase him around town trying to kill him and get his guitar case.
The Captain (2018) Germany
on Prime
quote:
Synopsis
Germany, 1945. Soldier Willi Herold, a deserter of the German army, stumbles into a uniform of Nazi captain abandoned during the last and desperate weeks of the Third Reich. Newly emboldened by the allure of a suit that he has stolen only to stay warm, Willi discovers that many Germans will follow the leader, whoever he is.
Posted on 5/9/25 at 10:31 am to cinemaguy23
No anime. No martial arts.
I tried to put stars for movies you should definitely watch. 3 stars are must-sees
Japanese Horror (Modern)
Cure***
Audition***
Ringu
Ju-On
Pulse*
Tetsuo
Battle Royale*
Uzumaki
Dark Water
Noroi
One Missed Call
Suicide Club
Japanese Horror (Classic)
Kwaiden
Ugetsu
Godzilla
House
Onibaba
Lady Snowblood
Korean Horror
Wailing***
I Saw the Devil **
A Tale of Two Sisters **
The Host **
Train to Busan
Project Wolf Hunting
Gonjiam
Bodyparts
The Witch
Other Asian Horror
The Medium**
Satan’s Slaves
Shutter
Japanese Crime
First Love
Ichi the Killer
Outrage 1 & 2
Korean Crime
Oldboy***
Deliver Us From Evil
The Gangster, The Cop, The Devil
Midnight
The Man From Nowhere
Hong Kong crime
The Killer ***
Hard Boiled ***
Fallen Angels ***
Internal Affairs***
A Better Tomorrow
Other Asian Action
The Raid
The Raid 2***
The Mountain Patrol***
13 Assasins
Asian Drama
Seven Samurai***
Ran***
Rashamon***
Chunking Express*
In the Mood for Love***
The Handmaiden
A Taxi Driver
Parasite
French Horror (Some of these are gross)
Martyrs
High Tension
Brotherhood of the Wolf***
Climax
Time of the Wolf
Inside
Frontiers
British Horror
Kill List ***
Borderlands/Final Prayer***
A Dark Song***
Sunshine*
Dog Soldiers
The Descent ***
The Wicker Man***
Starve Acre
Possum
Sightseeers
Black Death*
The Blood on Satan’s Claws
Other European Horror
REC***
Trollhunter***
Possession
Speak No Evil
Let the Right One In***
Inferno
Suspiria***
The Vanishing
Demons
Zombi
The Beyond
City of the Living Dead
French Drama
Love Me If You Dare***
The Three Colors series
Delicious***
Blue is the Warmest Color
Partisan
British Drama/Crime
Layer Cake***
Trainspotting***
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Snatch
The Crying Game***
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy***
The Hit
Sexy Beast*
Bronson
‘71
European SciFi/Fantasy
Brazil***
The Devils
Pan’s Labyrinth***
Border
Attack the Block
Under the Skin
The City of Lost Children
Asterix and Obelix
European Drama
Amadeus***
In Bruges***
Barry Lyndon***
The Bird with the Crystal Plumage
The Robber
Steve + Sky
Run Lola Run
The Princess and the Warrior*
Headhunters
Children of Men***
Amelie**
Russian Existentialism
Stalker***
Solaris***
The Return***
Misc Horror
Wake in Fright***
Speak No Evil**
When Evil Lurks***
Terrified
Dust Devil
Picnic at Hanging Rock***
Hagazussa
History of the Occult**
A Girl Walks Alone at Night*
Demon
Come and See
Misc Drama
Russian Ark
Dogtooth*
The Lobster**
The Virgin Spring
Wild Strawberries
Lilya-4-ever
Valhalla Rising
Pusher 1, 2, 3
Downfall
Another Round
Hunt for the Wilderpeople
The Hunt
The Seventh Seal***
City of God***
El Topo
The Holy Mountain
The Lives of Others
The Sea Inside
I tried to put stars for movies you should definitely watch. 3 stars are must-sees
Japanese Horror (Modern)
Cure***
Audition***
Ringu
Ju-On
Pulse*
Tetsuo
Battle Royale*
Uzumaki
Dark Water
Noroi
One Missed Call
Suicide Club
Japanese Horror (Classic)
Kwaiden
Ugetsu
Godzilla
House
Onibaba
Lady Snowblood
Korean Horror
Wailing***
I Saw the Devil **
A Tale of Two Sisters **
The Host **
Train to Busan
Project Wolf Hunting
Gonjiam
Bodyparts
The Witch
Other Asian Horror
The Medium**
Satan’s Slaves
Shutter
Japanese Crime
First Love
Ichi the Killer
Outrage 1 & 2
Korean Crime
Oldboy***
Deliver Us From Evil
The Gangster, The Cop, The Devil
Midnight
The Man From Nowhere
Hong Kong crime
The Killer ***
Hard Boiled ***
Fallen Angels ***
Internal Affairs***
A Better Tomorrow
Other Asian Action
The Raid
The Raid 2***
The Mountain Patrol***
13 Assasins
Asian Drama
Seven Samurai***
Ran***
Rashamon***
Chunking Express*
In the Mood for Love***
The Handmaiden
A Taxi Driver
Parasite
French Horror (Some of these are gross)
Martyrs
High Tension
Brotherhood of the Wolf***
Climax
Time of the Wolf
Inside
Frontiers
British Horror
Kill List ***
Borderlands/Final Prayer***
A Dark Song***
Sunshine*
Dog Soldiers
The Descent ***
The Wicker Man***
Starve Acre
Possum
Sightseeers
Black Death*
The Blood on Satan’s Claws
Other European Horror
REC***
Trollhunter***
Possession
Speak No Evil
Let the Right One In***
Inferno
Suspiria***
The Vanishing
Demons
Zombi
The Beyond
City of the Living Dead
French Drama
Love Me If You Dare***
The Three Colors series
Delicious***
Blue is the Warmest Color
Partisan
British Drama/Crime
Layer Cake***
Trainspotting***
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Snatch
The Crying Game***
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy***
The Hit
Sexy Beast*
Bronson
‘71
European SciFi/Fantasy
Brazil***
The Devils
Pan’s Labyrinth***
Border
Attack the Block
Under the Skin
The City of Lost Children
Asterix and Obelix
European Drama
Amadeus***
In Bruges***
Barry Lyndon***
The Bird with the Crystal Plumage
The Robber
Steve + Sky
Run Lola Run
The Princess and the Warrior*
Headhunters
Children of Men***
Amelie**
Russian Existentialism
Stalker***
Solaris***
The Return***
Misc Horror
Wake in Fright***
Speak No Evil**
When Evil Lurks***
Terrified
Dust Devil
Picnic at Hanging Rock***
Hagazussa
History of the Occult**
A Girl Walks Alone at Night*
Demon
Come and See
Misc Drama
Russian Ark
Dogtooth*
The Lobster**
The Virgin Spring
Wild Strawberries
Lilya-4-ever
Valhalla Rising
Pusher 1, 2, 3
Downfall
Another Round
Hunt for the Wilderpeople
The Hunt
The Seventh Seal***
City of God***
El Topo
The Holy Mountain
The Lives of Others
The Sea Inside
This post was edited on 5/9/25 at 11:09 am
Posted on 5/9/25 at 10:35 am to SlowFlowPro
Good list
Posted on 5/9/25 at 10:38 am to cinemaguy23
City of Lost Children
A Very Long Engagement
Come and See
Akira
Grave of the Fireflies
Downfall
A Very Long Engagement
Come and See
Akira
Grave of the Fireflies
Downfall
Posted on 5/9/25 at 10:38 am to Carson123987
yall got him covered but I'll add The Intouchables
Posted on 5/9/25 at 10:42 am to Carson123987
I went through my physical media and lists on various services. I'm sure I missed some and I'll have to go edit.
*ETA: as I literally look up I see Fish Called Wanda
*ETA: as I literally look up I see Fish Called Wanda
This post was edited on 5/9/25 at 10:43 am
Posted on 5/9/25 at 11:01 am to iwyLSUiwy
Posted on 5/9/25 at 11:02 am to chinese58
quote:
on Max too
Max (via TCM) and Kanopy have a LOT of classic foreign films. Kanopy has an insane amount of modern foreign films.
Prime and Peacock have lots of modern foreign films, primarily Asian.
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