re: Your top favorite foreign LANGUAGE films (Movie Snob Edition)

Posted by etm512

Mandeville, LA

Member since Aug 2005

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Posted on 1/10/13 at 4:15 pm to REG861

Are me and the other guy the only ones who loved Downfall or have that many people not seen it? Thought it was excellent.

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Posted by REG861

Ocelot, Iowa

Member since Oct 2011

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Posted on 1/10/13 at 4:17 pm to etm512

One film I loved was Soldier of Orange, an early Paul Verhoeven film. I havent seen it enough to say its my favorite or anything but I highly recommend it

Posted by Carson123987

Middle Court at the Rec

Member since Jul 2011

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Posted on 1/10/13 at 4:29 pm to Flair Chops

quote:
the seventh seal

oh frick, i forgot about that one! Classic. Great, great movie

Downfall was great too

Posted by auyushu

Surprise, AZ

Member since Jan 2011

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Posted on 1/10/13 at 4:37 pm to TheHumanTornado

Seven Samurai
Let the right one in
Lady Vengeance
Oldboy
The Devil's Backbone
Pan's Labyrinth
City of Lost Children
Spirited Away
Princess Mononoke
Howl's Moving Castle
Hero
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Timecrimes

Posted by cigsmcgee

Member since May 2012

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Posted on 1/10/13 at 4:43 pm to etm512

quote:
Are me and the other guy the only ones who loved Downfall or have that many people not seen it?

its a good movie, but there are alot of other great choices out there.

Posted by Bayou Sam

Istanbul

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Posted on 1/10/13 at 4:47 pm to OMLandshark

Shame on me for not having seen Pan's Labyrinth then. I quite liked Cronos too.

Posted by Flair Chops

to the west, my soul is bound

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Posted on 1/10/13 at 4:53 pm to Carson123987

i have several kurosawa's & bergman's i need to watch and oldboy. maybe i'll watch one tonight. or maybe i'll just watch reanimator, who knows?

Posted by SlowFlowPro

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Posted on 1/10/13 at 5:01 pm to Flair Chops

the return
stalker
the princess and the warrior
mountain patrol
seventh seal

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Posted by OMLandshark

Member since Apr 2009

120445 posts

Posted on 1/10/13 at 5:01 pm to Bayou Sam

quote:
Shame on me for not having seen Pan's Labyrinth then. I quite liked Cronos too.

Don't worry about it. Plenty of great movies I haven't seen, but plan to.

Posted by Freauxzen

Washington

Member since Feb 2006

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Posted on 1/10/13 at 5:06 pm to SlowFlowPro

quote:
stalker

How could I forget about this..

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Posted by TigerRad

Columbia, SC

Member since Jan 2007

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Posted on 1/10/13 at 5:31 pm to Freauxzen

disturbing lack of love for Zhang Yimou in this thread

there are several of his that would make a top ten for me

Posted by BigAppleTiger

New York City

Member since Dec 2008

11053 posts

Posted on 1/10/13 at 5:45 pm to TigerRad

quote:
disturbing lack of love for Zhang Yimou in this thread

You must have missed my earlier post or just thought it isolated. I also deliberated to include Story of Qiu Ju or not. I did love Hero too but I didn't want' to Zhang overload.

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Posted by TigerRad

Columbia, SC

Member since Jan 2007

5367 posts

Posted on 1/10/13 at 5:51 pm to BigAppleTiger

quote:
BigAppleTiger

ah I see now. Thanks.

Ju Dou would be high up for me too.

You people really need to see these masterpieces.

Posted by cigsmcgee

Member since May 2012

5233 posts

Posted on 1/10/13 at 6:10 pm to Freauxzen

quote:
stalker

ive never really gotten into tarkovsky. i liked andre rublev, but solaris and stalker were just baffling to me. havent seen mirror.

i dont like russian authors either, so maybe thats my problem.

Posted by iwyLSUiwy

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Posted on 1/10/13 at 6:14 pm to TheHumanTornado

Seven Samurai is probably the second greatest movie ever made. Maybe third.

The Hidden Fortress is probably my second favorite Kurasawa film so I'd have it as the second best overall.

M is fantastic

City of God probably being my favorite semi-recent. In The Mood For Love is a lesser know one, but very good.

And if you've been on here enough or have seen me in similar threads then you know how much I love Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon and The House of Flying Daggers. Crazy about both of those just because how unique they are.

Posted by Marciano1

Marksville, LA

Member since Jun 2009

20097 posts

Posted on 1/10/13 at 6:15 pm to BigAppleTiger

quote:
Zhang Yimou

anyone see Flowers of War?

Posted by THRILLHO

Old Metairie near Cleary

Member since Apr 2006

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Posted on 1/10/13 at 6:32 pm to Marciano1

1) The Secret in Their Eyes
2) Seven Samurai
3) Oldboy
4) City of God
5) Pan's Labyrinth
6) M
7) Rashomon
8) Princess Mononoke
9) Lady Vengeance
10) Tell No One

Posted by tom

Baton Rouge

Member since Jun 2007

8781 posts

Posted on 1/10/13 at 6:39 pm to SlowFlowPro

quote:
the return

The end of that movie ruined it for me. It should have just ended 10 minutes earlier. The 'metaphor' was weak enough that it wouldn't have mattered anyway.

It was the lamest ending I'd ever seen until I saw High Tension.