Foreign Movie Recommendations

[romantics]

i've heard that this is supposed to be one of the best movies of the year..
am definitely curious to see it..

em that movie sounds interesting as well..
i'm going to look it up right now

It's really gorgeous. It's definitely one of the best foreign films this year.

 

[Ella Petrovsky]

oh yeah i totally forgot
Les Choristes- God i love Pepinot!

 

[romantics]

oh yeah i totally forgot
Les Choristes- God i love Pepinot!

Ahh, I loved that movie so much.

 

[ChrissyM]

oh yeah i totally forgot
Les Choristes- God i love Pepinot!

so crazy that you happened to post this now because i watched this last night!
i have the dvd because i felt the need to own it after i rented it to see it the first time..

 

[mark_jakobs]

sad movie (korean)

 

[leda]

new additions:
Someone special ( Jin Jang )
Feathers in the wind (Il-gon Song )
The taste of tea ( Katsuhito Ishii )

 

[strawberry daiquiri]

A few that haven't been mentioned:

Hukkle (Gyorgy Palfi)
Elvira Madigan (Bo Widerberg)
Sugar (Reynold Reynolds)

 

[indian_rose]

Tara Zameen Par (stars on the ground)......a beautiful film about a child who suffers from dyslexia

 

[kissmesweet]

I just saw Paris Je T'aime and really liked it. The movie sort of reminded me of Love Actually. I would recommend it to anyone.

 

[Dohertysgirl]

'Blame it on Fidel', or [SIZE=-1]'La Faute à Fidel' as it's originally named. It's a wonderful, funny and interesting French film. I loved it! [/SIZE]

 

[-lucyinthesky-]

In Spain, there's life beyond Pedro Almodóvar , so I'll recommend you some old movies which in my country are truly classics (sorry, but I don't know the titles in English

- El extraño viaje (1964)
- El cebo (1958)
- El espíritu de la colmena (1972)
- El sur (1983)
- El verdugo (1964)
- Plácido (1961)
- Bienvenido Mr. Marshall (1952)
- Los Santos Inocentes (1984)
- La caza (1965)

And I also recommend all Luis Buñuel's movies:

- Un perro andaluz (1929)
- La edad de oro (1930)
- Los olvidados (1950)
- Él (1953)
- Viridiana (1960)
- El ángel exterminador (1962)
- Belle de jour (1967)
- Tristana (1960)
- El discreto encanto de la burguesía (1972)

 

[stersita]

^Hmm I've not even heard about many of those, might check some out Thank you for the list.

& I agree with whoever said Pépinot is cute

 

[leda]

Guillermo del Toro's Cronos

tumbaabierta.com

 

[Eurasian Mélange]

Hope I have not mentioned any that have already been posted...

- Mo li hua kai (Jasmine Women)
- L'Amant (The Lover)
- Da hong deng long gao gao gua (Raise the Red Lantern)
- Jan Dara
- The Joy Luck Club

Edit - How could I forget this one! It's so moving.
- Hotaru no haka (Grave of the Fireflies) <- Japanese animation

 

[MUXU]

if you are a sucker for girly, best friend movies, japan does some nice ones
'Hana & Alice' was adorable! both main actresses did a great job
'Kamikaze Girls' was hilarious. it has alot of japanese cult reference, so if you are not familiar with sweet lolitas or yakuzas, should search up on those before you watch the movie.
'Nana' was a manga turned movie...movie. not bad...but like an ex-nana fan, i thought the manga was better.

i really want to watch 'Naissance des pieuvres'!!!

 

[smartarse]

well , La Vie En Rose .... Marion Cotilliard just won an Oscar for it.

... seeing the trailers , i had a feeling , she should/will win by a shocker. indeed she did. her portrayal of Edith Pilaf was jawdropper.

 

[blue.]

Tony Takitani by Jun Ichikawa

and The Taste of Tea by Katsuhito Ishii

 

[Thefrenchy]

Les Chansons d'Amour
De Battre Mon Coeur s'est Arrêté
La Vie En Rose / La Môme
Paris

 

[laughingdisorder]

Lilya 4Ever
La Haine
Amores Perros
Jeux D'enfants
La Mala Educacion
La Vie en Rose
The Driving bell and the butterfly
Chungking express
Ciudade de Deus
In the Mood for Love

 

[stersita]

Les Chansons d'Amour
De Battre Mon Coeur s'est Arrêté
La Vie En Rose / La Môme
Paris

I want to watch these two so bad.... Louis and Romain, two of my favourite frenchies
I really enjoyed the others btw