Name your favourite (Non English Language) Film

[Don Draper]

It's a tough but a fun one:

Possibly: The Colours Trilogy with 'Red' being a marginal standout

 

[Don Draper]

The sublime 'Wings of Desire'

 

[Don Draper]

Your life will never be the same after visiting 'Cinema Paradiso':

..and that soundtrack...tears I tell you!

 

[explorerzip]

Hero with Jet Li. Such an amazingly gorgeous film

 

[Marla]

Your life will never be the same after visiting 'Cinema Paradiso':

..and that soundtrack...tears I tell you!

Don Draper, are you just a wee fan of non-English language films? lol

 

[DB123]

 

[checks]

Surprised nobody has mentioned Lola Rennt yet. (Run Lola Run in English)

 

[LickRus]

Cinema Paradiso and City of God were excellent so is Old Boy.2003

 

[Amarcord]

What else?

 

[shack]

Did you ever see this one, Don? Think you'd love it.

 

[bemeup]

There are 3 that came out in the last 5 years or so that I really love:
1.The Secret In Their Eyes. An Argentinean crime thriller with a great twist ending. The soccer stadium scene is one of the most amazingly-shot scenes ever.
2.The Lives of Others, A German film set in the Stasi-controlled era in East Germany, with a brilliant performance by Ulrich Muhe, who died shortly after filming.
3. Let The Right One In. Normally I don't like vampire movies, but this Swedish one is more about adolescent alienation and longing for affection. The American remake was not bad but lacked this one's heart.

 

[Siocnarf]

13 Assassins, a japanese movie. They have it on netflix with english subtitles. A small group of samurais has the unofficial mission of assassinating the sadistic half-brother of the shogun. The trailer doesn't really do it credit. The first half has great story building and characterization and the last half is one big epic battle and some interesting symbolic in the ending.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgPC74-Tde8

 

[Insidious Von]

I admire The Lives of Others.

But I love Mediterraneo.

 

[AlannaJohnson]

Y Tu Mama Tambien

and also

Amores Perros

Amazing films both by awesome Mexican director Inarritu.

 

[Insidious Von]

And the hysterical Friends of Mine (Cornudo scene)

 

[Insidious Von]

Or a good French buffa featuring Emmanuel Beart.

 

[Aardvark154]

The Barber of Siberia/Сибирский Цирюльник

 

[Insidious Von]

Rust and Bone (Marion Cotillard, Matthias Schoenaerts)

 

[Insidious Von]

The Drop: Matthias Schoenaerts first English language film. With James Gandolfini and Tom Hardy coming next month.

 

[IM469]

Azumi 1 & 2 are right up there. I think it is the deep universal story of dedication and war that fascinates me .... or the could be the young beautiful ninja ...