Favorite foreign film.

[alwaysrockon]

probably "che: the argintenian" or "pans labyrenth".

Edit: also oldboy was way up there.

 

[Shining Blaze]

I'd also have to go with Battle Royale, though the book and manga are better. Actually, make it just the manga. It improved on the book, while the movie stylized things way too much and messed around with a few events.

Then again, I have yet to see some other foreign films that look good. I was contemplating watching Casshern when I have the time.

 

[Rascarin]

I like "Ong-Bak", if only for Tony Jaa's AMAZING fight scenes. The story is a bit shit, and the english voice over is a lot shit.

Also Battle Royale.

I liked "The Eye" as well. The original chinese version, not the new, American one.

 

[AbsoluteVirtue18]

Brotherhood Of The Wolf, Yojimbo The Bodyguard, and Red Cliffs.

 

[9of9]

Hrmm. Tough choice.

I might go with Fellini's 8 1/2 on this one, which is a fantastic movie in far too many respects.

 

[TIMESWORDSMAN]

I live in America so...Shaulin Soccer...I haven't seen a lot of foreign movies.

 

[Eskay]

Der Untergangen, its a German movie about the last few days of Hitler in his bunker under Berlin, its based on accounts of his secretary, it shows things that happen all over berlin, with all sorts of important members of the German Military and the Nazi party, too bad Mengele had already fled to South America, becuase he could have been in the movie

Play had this on sale for £4, an absolute bargain for this film. The scenes of Berlin falling apart around them are unforgettable.

Then again, I have yet to see some other foreign films that look good. I was contemplating watching Casshern when I have the time.

Its pretty terrible as a movie, massive plot holes and scene skips. Good fun to watch, and some nice visuals, just don't expect great quality.

Der Leben Anderen - The Lives of Others. Its about east germany and living under the watch of the stasi (secret police). One of the most touching films I've ever seen.

 

[The Infamous Scamola]

Do Del Toro movies count?

It really depends which one of his films you're talking about, cos if it's Pan's Labyrinth or The devils backbone then yes, If you're talking about Hellboy or Blade 2 then no.

 

[OMGFridge]

Pan's Labyrinth easily.

 

[Galletea]

Kung fu hustle is my favourite. Gommora is also an excellent film, although it is shocking in how close it is to reality. It is about the Camorra crime syndicate, who the author of the original novel is now in hiding from.

 

[Insomniaku]

Battle Royale
Pan's Labyrinth

 

[TIMESWORDSMAN]

probably "che: the argintenian" or "pans labyrenth".

Pans LabyrInth SUCKS!!!


TIMESWORDSMAN used Grammar Nazi in combination with Odd Taste In Film!
Does 586 damage!

 

[The Infamous Scamola]

Kung fu hustle is my favourite. Gommora is also an excellent film, although it is shocking in how close it is to reality. It is about the Camorra crime syndicate, who the author of the original novel is now in hiding from.

I saw both the movie and read the book, it's easily one of my favourite films of all time, but I cant consider it one of my favourite foreign films because I'm Italian.

 

[WillSimplyBe]

Hmm... I remember a movie called Densha Otoko (i could totally be mispelling that, but whatever, the words made that sound.) Its a japanese movie about this guy who falls in love with a woman who he's only spoken to once on a train ride.

 

[The Black Adder]

Pretty much anything by Hiroshi Inagaki or Akira Kurosawa. Then we have Nosferatu, Der Golem, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, Metropolis, Vampyr, La Passion et la Mort
de Jeanne d?Arc, The Battleship Potempkin, The Last Laugh, Faust, Haxan. Notice that most of them are made before 1940.

 

[Gooble]

The Motorcycle Diaries

 

[schubi]

Props to "City of God" and to the similar "City of men"

A less known german film "Knocking on heavens door" (a fun tragic comedy about two terminal cancer patients living out their last day on earth fantasies and running into the local mafia)

The "Infernal Affairs" trilogy that inspired "The Departed" by Scorsese

"Kikujiro" by Takeshi Kitano

"Amarcord" - Probably the best Fellini film

 

[ae86gamer]

Oldboy, which is the second part of the vengeance trilogy

Pure twisted mind-fuck!

That movie is AMAZING!!