What is your favorite foreign (non-US) film?

[Aaron Anderson]

not sure if us but a bridge to far is an awesome war movie about operation market garden
hot fuzz
Changi, aussie mini series about a Japanese gaol in WW2 great use of black humour

 

[Grouchy Imp_v1legacy]

Dog Soldiers, The Descent, Wolf Creek, Sunshine, R-Point, Dogma, Four Lions, Trainspotting, Das Boot, The Last King of Scotland, Black Sheep, Eden Lake, Creep, Leon, Ironclad, Snatch, The Bunker, City of God, Shaun of the Dead and Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels. There's no real theme to that list, it's just the top shelf of my DVD collection. In bold are my top five picks of that list.

Last King of Scotland for sure. I totally forgot about that one. Still the most disturbly accurate depictions of an insane ruler.

Not to mention a truly stand-out performance by Forest Whitaker. That film was all the more chilling for his amazing depiction of Amin.

 

[WWmelb]

Gonna have to agree with everyone on Old Boy and I Saw the Devil
Volcano High is another great Korean film for sheer fun

Pan's Labyrinth fantastic

On another note... seemed to be a lot of love for Darren Aronofsky films above... ie Requiem, Black Swan... but no love for his Debut "Pi". My favourite film of all time. American, but not well known.

So many more.. but if i keep going i won't stop.

 

[Korenith]

A lot of the ones I was thinking have already been said but I'm a big fan of Jet Li's films particularly Fearless and Hero. As a Brit I'll mention a few home grown ones as well: Trainspotting, Attack the Block, Shallow Grave off the top of my head

 

[rob_simple]

A Bittersweet Life
One Last Dance
Exile
City of Violence
R-Point
Withnail & I
Dead Man's Shoes

I could do this all night.

 

[Suicidejim]

My list of good British films could go on forever, so instead I'll go for Pan's Labyrinth.

 

[TotalerKrieger]

Come and See..not my absolute favorite, but stands out in my mind right now.

 

[FISHFINGERS]

Technically I'm British so this film isn't foreign, but what the hell.

When the Wind Blows

Spoiler: And this is why

I saw this film in school when I was 10. An amazing film spending half the time between an elderly couple reminiscing about the 2nd world war, and the other half spent trying to survive a nuclear war that is totally beyond their comprehension. Using an interesting combination of stop-frame animation and 2d animation to wonderful effect.

Plus after the end of the lesson, photocopies the pamphlets that were shown in the film (and they are genuine pamphlets) were given out to the class. I cannot impress upon you how moving this was to a somebody who had never considered the concept of nuclear war (as the USSR had broken apart a few years earlier). And it still is a very powerful film today.

 

[TheRussian]

100 reasons to learn Russky:
1-100: Watch "The Irony of Fate" in the original language.

 

[BristolBerserker]

Well technically since I live in the UK then surely any US films are foreign. But anyway;

The Proposition-Australia

9th Company-Russia

Versus-Japan

 

[WWmelb]

Hrmmm and being from Australia... not many australian films in my eyes are worthy of a mention (i'll probably be crucified by other aussies for that but hey)

But, The Loved Ones

What an awesome horror film.

 

[bluepotatosack]

I'm definitely repeating a few that others have said, but let's see...

M
The Holy Mountain
El Dorado That's the 1988 one from Spain, not the John Wayne film. It has the greatest descent into madness I have ever witnessed on film.
Galaxy Express 999
Branded to Kill

That list is starting to get too long so I'm stopping there. Speaking of Branded to Kill though, I still need to check out Pistol Opera from the same director.

Spoiler: I mean, just look at this trailer.

 

[Grey Day for Elcia]

Let the Right One In.
[sup]Not to be confused with the butchered American remake 'Let Me In'.[/sup]​

 

[TipsyRam]

Oh also the Original Funny Games. The American remake was almost dead on, but still its a classic.

 

[Amethyst Wind]

Probably Three Idiots (not sure if that's the title or just the translation). It's a Bollywood film about three guys studying to be engineers.

 

[Vault101]

Murels wedding..but thats hardly foregn to me since its Australain

does Pans labrynth count?...that had one of the most evil bastards ever put to screen

 

[Vault101]

Let the Right One In.
[sup]Not to be confused with the butchered American remake 'Let Me In'.[/sup]​

I really should check that one out

have you seen the american version of "girl with the dragon tatoo"?

I havnt seen it...I am surprised they arnt setting it in america (are they? please god they arnt, right?)