i noticed that in all the top ten threads most movies listed were american...so howabout we list our top ten foreign films? or nonamerican films for those that do not live in the U.S? maybe this will help those who havent really been exposed to foreign film...get exposed to it. so here i go (in no particular order, by the way)

-yojimbo (akira kurosawa)
-chungking express (wong kar wai)
-rififi (jules dassin)
-aguirre wrath of god (werner herzog)
-good morning ( yasujiro ozu)
-amores perros (Alejandro González Iñárritu)
-The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (Luis Buñuel)
-in the mood for love (wong kar wai)
-high and low (akira kurosawa)
-roshamon (akira kurosawa)

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the dinner game - french
waking ned devine - irish
the 8th day - french

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- G. W. Bush

Lord of the Rings... hahaha...

oh, what's a forgien film?

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"Winter Sleepers", "Run Lola Run", and "The Princess and the Warrior".

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Ugh. I HATED Princess and the Warrior. I agree with you on everything else though.

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Wow I was really surprised to see Werner Herzog's Aguirre, Wrath of God on someones list. I just finished watching the film and it was sooooo boring and long. Even though the film is only 90 minutes. Has anyone else seen it?

Oh yeah some of my favorite foreign films are:

Nights of Cabiria (Italian)
Ballad of a Soldier (Russian)
King of Masks (Chinese)
Beijing Bicycle (Chinese)
Das Boot (German)
Talk to Her (Spanish)
Malena (Italian)
Amelie (French)
Il Postino (Italian)
Y Tu Mama Tambien (Mexican)
400 Blows (French)
La Strada (Italian)
Cinema Paradiso (Italian)
To Live (Chinese)
The General(I forget)

"You may have seen more movies than me, but I've MADE more than you."

Hard-Boiled by John Woo (REALLY awesome shootouts)

I havn't seen a lot of Foreign movies but when I do, I can't pernounce the name of the title, therfor I forget the movies. I once saw this one about a girl who gets raped or something....then again thats HALF of Foreign French films.

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"dood u should have styed around, th conversation would have been funny as f7ck. god imdruck, oh yeH THE OTHER NIGHT I LEFT WELL I DIDN'T MEAn to bgut i figured i'd'd get my ninny rubbin on so yeah., btw for the movie weshsould have ***in swords and ninja stars flyin around.bv btw maybe thesotiry should copy the snake crane scret. i fdunnmo if u were wqatching it or not, but there shouldnbe some old ricalry between two brothers ya knowq? and the one brother fughts the iother but it's in the future, i dunno sounds prettytrick right now, i gott nothin elae to do... whoa i just reread it and it solooks l;ike ****, hahahaha ya dude said if u meditate u clear ur mind maybe i'll try it and see what comes out of it maybe ui;; get some kra ideas, hahaha" - Rebirth Of Cool talking about a Kung-Fu movie idea

L'Auberge Espagnole, by Cedric Klapish, was amazing. I'm also a fan of Y Tu Mama Tambien.


And on the note of Klapish, his film Chacun Cherche Son Chat is a masterwork of color. Check it out it you like bright and vibrant cinematography.

in regard to aguirre, i can see why you might have been bored by it, i personally loved it. i guess herzogs films are an aquired taste. i liked aguirre because of its strange sense of humor ( like the ship ontop of the tree) and how could you not like the ending wich had hundreds of monkeys everywhere? monkeys damnit!

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Did you notice the monkey pooping white s-h-i-t on Aguirre right before he tosses him? It's pretty funny! The ship in the trees is allright, In Ghostdog there's one on top of a building.

"You may have seen more movies than me, but I've MADE more than you."

How could I forget City of God. One of the best films I have ever seen, period.

"You may have seen more movies than me, but I've MADE more than you."

ive heard great things about city of god and want to see it badly, but when the hell is it coming out on dvd? wasnt this released last year?

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Tom Tykwer films, by far are my favorite movies in general. Princess and the Warrior is my favorite though.

What I believe in isn't scary, it's what I don't believe in that is.

Seven Samurai
Sanjuro
Ran
The Way Home

The 400 Blows

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Why hasn't anyone mentioned Ingmar Bergman? The Virgin Spring, Wild Strawberrys, and oh, that's right, The Seventh Seal.
I also like Fellini's La Dolce Vita and 8 1/2; Jean-Luc Godard's Breathless and My Life to Live.

As far as Aguirre goes, I love the film, I can't understand how people can say it's long (it's only 94 minutes). When people say it's boring, I guess I could understand, but how could a forum of filmmakers not appreciate such vivid and haunting images, even if they have no plot significance?

Tarkovsky: He kind of goes along with what I was saying about Aguirre; a lot of people don't like his impressionist style, but I find a lot of it great. Andrei Rublev and Solaris are pretty great films.

I really like ****ING AMAL, great script, very human story

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Originally posted by ZuluCom:
As far as Aguirre goes, I love the film, I can't understand how people can say it's long (it's only 94 minutes). When people say it's boring, I guess I could understand, but how could a forum of filmmakers not appreciate such vivid and haunting images, even if they have no plot significance?

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I do appreciate the images that are in Aguirre, but STILL it doesn't save it from being boring. No movie is worth watching to me just because it's shot beautifully. At least not more than once. But hey that's just me. I didn't really care for La Dolce Vita either. Nights of Cabaria and La Strada are way better.

"You may have seen more movies than me, but I've MADE more than you."

City of the Children (French)
Mad Max (Australian)

[QUOTE]Originally posted by bmwracer:
City of the Children (French)
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Uhh...I think you mean The City of Lost Children

"You may have seen more movies than me, but I've MADE more than you."

Life is Beautiful (Italian?)