Film & TV Good foreign films

[Pittsey]

Looking for good films to add to my DVD mail order rental queue.

Films like -

City of God
Old Boy
Y Tu Mama Tambien
Crying Fist
The Motorcycle Diaries etc.

Anyone recomend any good films like the above? Or some that you liked.


Any other non-mainstream films I could add. Any country.

 

[hizzle?]

No Man's Land - Bosnia...intelligent and fun movie

Le Diner de Cons, Tais-toi,Rivieres couleur pourpre - France

 

[S O F I]

Pretty Village, Pretty Flame(Lepa Sela, Lepo Gore)

One of the best European movies.

 

[DutchMakaveli]

Der Untergang, really no idea how it was called in English, but it's a great movie.

 

[Flipmo]

No Man's Land - Bosnia/Croatia/Serbia
Lepa Sela - Bosnian/Croatia/Serbia
Tais-Toi - France
Riviere Pourpre - France
La Bella Vita - Italy
Der Untergang (Downfall, in English) - Germany <--- Great movie about Hitler's last hours.

 

[gerrycurl21]

The 1st Infernal Affairs was great

 

[Glockmatic]

I actually liked the first and third in the Infernal Affairs trilogy, the second one can be skipped but it was alright.

Carandiru - a movie about a prison in Brazil, its done by the same director who made City of God.

The Killer - Obviously

Hard Boiled - Same as above

A Better Tomorrow 1 and 2 - ^^

 

[Jibster]

Requiem for a Dream
Amores Perros
Man Bites Dog

 

[insomnia]

Te doi mis ojos - good spanish movie

 

[Franchise2003]

A room for Romeo Brass - quality indepdent british film

 

[Cooper]

Requiem for a Dream isnt that english?

Ran = good

 

[SMack]

Requiem for a Dream isnt that english?

Ran = good

I think it is a US film, it has Marlon Wyanns in it and Jennifer Connolly. Think thats the one.....

 

[DutchMakaveli]

La Bella Vita - Italy

You mean La Vita è Bella? With Roberto Benigni, right?

If so: :thumb:
If not: Pitts should watch it as well

 

[Pittsey]

Thanks people. All new films to me.

A room for Romeo Brass - quality indepdent british film

Escept this 1. ^^ But thanks. Have you watched any of Shane Meadows other films. Dead Man's Shoes is quality. It has Paddy Consadine in too, the nutter from Romeo Brass.

 

[PaulyPac]

Takeshi Kitanos: Brother

Most of it's set in The US but still a must see.

 

[thugsoldier33]

kanack attack - german movie it´s really nice

city wolf 2 - i saw this movie years agoo its som mafia shit better then scarface but i never saw that movie again damn i need to find it .

 

[Fataldawg]

Watership Down - A British cartoon movie bout a bunch of rabbits that run away and start a new colony... Not kiddy stuff though.. Its actually really about communism and democracy..

To Live - Chinese movie about a rich chinese guy that gambles away his family fortunes, then lives thru the 1950's- 1990's in poverty.

La Strada - Italian movie in black in white. It was made in the 1950's but its awesome.. About a travelling circus strongman that buys a retarded girl from her mom, rapes her, makes her his servant, then he leaves her on the side of the road, she dies, and he gets sad. It won the best foreign film award of that year.

City Of God - Bout a kid in the ghettos of Rio De Janero growing up and becoming a famous photographer while dodging the evils and ills of the drug trade.. The documentary on the dvd is just as good as the movie..

These are my FAVORITE movies of all time!

But theyre all kinda depressing

 

[The.Menace]

City of God is great....

but one of my all time favorite moves is Hero, I love it. You gotta love that style of story but it's worth a truth, I think Pit you'd like it, if not love it. Get back at me when u saw it aiight, I'd love to hear what you think about it.

 

[PaulyPac]

He's already got City Of God in his list

 

[Pittsey]

^^ Yeah bought that on DVD a few years back after watching it at work. It actually got me into foreign films. Before that I was too snobby.

And just so people know, English films aren't foreign to me.