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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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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"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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"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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"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
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"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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"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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"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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"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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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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"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
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The guy in the tiger costume
WTF was all that about ?  |
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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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