What is your favorite foreign movie?

[Nlighten1]

Mine.


http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096163/
The Vanishing


on edit.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091214/
Hombre mirando al sudeste (Man facing Southeast)

[LSU_Subversive]

1. My top 3 are:

City of God
Das Boot
La Femme Nikita

[iamjoy]

3. Das Boot!

Just saw it again the other night.
Kind of slow at parts and hard to follow.
Really weird to be rooting for the Nazis.
but overall, very well done.

[flamingyouth]

2. The Vanishing is terrifying

:scared:
My three are probably:
Amelie
The Gods Must Be Crazy
Jesus of Montreal

Ask me tomorrow, I'm sure I'll have a different list.:D

[Nlighten1]

31. Jesus of Montreal.

Great movie. I should have had this one on my list.

[tigereye]

4. difficult

Wings of Desire is certainly up there.
Tampopo
Fanny and Alexander
Croucing Tiger, Hidden Dragon for a recent one.


my husband says Playtime by Jacques Tati :)

[DODI]

5. Fanny & Alexander for me too!

also De Oblique (sp).

[phaseolus]

21. Wings of Desire, by far...!

The only movie ever, foreign or domestic, where I really really really identified with the hero.

I think "Woman on the Edge of a Nervous Breakdown" is #2 on my list.

[bahrbearian]

6. The Gods Must be Crazy

[AlCzervik]

7. Run Lola Run

and the Triplets of Belville.

[Elidor]

8. It's your favorite foreign movie!

Peg...ummm...it will come back to me...

[Nlighten1]

33. LOL

Funny thing is, I was listening to Peg. :)

[Kipepeo]

9. too many

i can never pick one of anything.

Horror:

Audition: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0235198/
Ju-on: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0330500/
Suicide Club: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0312843/
Memento Mori: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0266075/

Not Horror:

Ma Vie en Rose: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119590/
Rabbit Proof Fence: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0252444/

[Gothic Sponge]

10. My top 3

Wild Strawberries
La Strada
Jean de Florette and Manon des sources

[AVID]

11. Queen Margot

[LSU_Subversive]

24. Oh Yes, Queen Margot

That's one of those movies I have to watch again, once every few years. And that actress. Gawd she's beautiful. I've been wondering: Is she the same actress that was in the last two Matrix fims?

[Kathy in Cambridge]

28. Isabelle Adjani was Queen Margot

I haven't seen her in anything in a while.

[Nevernose]

12. Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown

[charlyvi]

15. Me too

Wasn't that Tango number wonderful!!

[flamingyouth]

26. I love that movie

:D

[funkybutt]

13. Amelie (n/t)

[LeftPeopleFinishFirst]

14. Amelie

one of my favorite movies of all time. the photography is amazing.

[charlyvi]

16. Elvira Madigan was good

Very romantic--a chick flick

[NightTrain]

17. I can only pick one? Geez!

OK. Off the top of my head, I'll choose Akira Kurosawa's "Ran" from 1985.

[Bok_Tukalo]

18. "Fantastic Planet"

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[Rowdyboy]

20. "Beautiful Thing"

[sundog]

22. Sex & Lucia, Amelie, Burnt Money,Nights of Cabiria,Tie Me Up Tie Me Down &

about 1000 others... this just scratches the surface...

[Nlighten1]

34. Pedro.

I like almost all of his movies. Great director.

[Crunchy Frog]

23. "Repentence"

A movie from late Soviet era Georgia which allegorically explores the subject of Stalinism. It's release represented a major step in the advance of glasnost, and the honest examination of Stalinism.

[name not needed]

25. My Top 3

1. Nuovo Cinema Paradiso
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095765/maindetails

2. Pane e Cioccolata
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070506/

3. La Vita è bella
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118799/

[bikebloke]

27. Rififi

Amelie
Lola Rennte
Jean de Florrette & Manon de Source

City of God & The Cuckoo are honourable mentions.

[Kathy in Cambridge]

29. Au Revoir Les Enfants; All About My Mother; Wings of Desire

La Strada
The Vanishing
The Marriage of Maria Braun
Queen Margot

[TNDemo]

30. Shall We Dance

from Japan is probably my favorite. I also liked Like Water For Chocolate and there are some I am forgetting right now...

[greatauntoftriplets]

32. The Secret of Roan Inish.

An absolutely captivating kids' movie that is for adults.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

35. Cyrano de Bergerac

The 1990 screen adaptation of this famous play is stunning in its visual beauty. It is one of Gerard Depardieu's greatest performances and it won 11 French cinema awards. It's a must see.

I'm a fan of classic B&W French films, particularly from the 1930's and have over 600 videos of old films in my collection. I buy them from France and own a Secam/NTSC converter. I love the great French actor Raimu and I'm especially fond of the fantastic French actor Louis Jouvet. Jouvet's performances in all his films are memorable. He was great in L'Alibi (The Alibi) a film noire co-starring Erich von Stroheim. He's also quite good in several other mystery/thrillers like "Entre Onze Heure Et Minuit", "Copie Conforme", and "Quai des Orfevres". His best performance is probably in "Doctor Knock", an adaptation of a play. Erich Von Stroheim was in several French films both before and after his Hollywood career and "La Grande Illusion" is of course his most famous. Also, the wonderful French actor Harry Baur was great in roles in films such as "Mollenard", "Les Miserables", and "Volpone". Baur was murdered by the Nazis during World War II.

I also love an Italian film made in the 60's (probably my second favorite) called "Il Sorpasso". If you find this film, rent it. It's great. "The Bridge", a German film about 13 year old boys drafted by Hitler at the end of World War II who face down the US army in defending a bridge is also a very interesting film.

[Nlighten1]

36. Oh...

this movie made me verklempt. Great movie!

[Nlighten1]

37. Also

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0111797/
Eat drink man woman

[Nay]

38. An Italian movie, "A Brief Vacation"

[Khephra]

39. Holy Mountain

or Svankmayer's Faust.

[rockymountaindem]

40. "The Four Days of Naples"

[bookfreak]

41. The Princess and The Warrior

With Franka Potente

she also did Run Lola Run, which was also a really cool foreign movie (both of them are German)

[drhilarius]

42. La Strada