Favorite foreign language film

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20 Aug 2008, 1:12 am

I only have one favorite. The Color of Paradise. The entire film is below...

Part 1
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iN1SDtQ3ucc[/youtube]

Part 2
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDtnUZhk_T4[/youtube]

Part 3
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pg06o5yF7YE[/youtube]

Part 4
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYJWMhS1ZQI[/youtube]

Part 5
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDqXtwcKvKs[/youtube]

Part 6
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bb-L6qB2E8w[/youtube]

Part 7
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRGWjXOmrq4[/youtube]

Part 8
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KobHMjdr0u8[/youtube]

Part 9
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zB8ZsNORNJk[/youtube]

I'd really like to know what are your favorites?

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20 Aug 2008, 2:37 am

Pan's Labyrinth, Amelie, Old Boy, or the German dubbed version of the original Star Wars (it's effing hilarious).

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20 Aug 2008, 3:47 am

Oh my goodness! I can't believe I forgot Pan's Labyrinth. Yes, that one too.

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20 Aug 2008, 4:13 am

I haven't seen a whole lot of foreign films. I liked Pan's Labyrinth & Amelie, thought they were good though not great.

I would say Grave of the Fireflies is my favourite.

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20 Aug 2008, 7:33 am

The Eye and Pyrokinesis
both are Japanese....

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20 Aug 2008, 1:16 pm

Pan's Labrynith
Y Tu Mama Tambien
Oldboy
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Lady Vengeance

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20 Aug 2008, 4:54 pm

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Das Boot (1981)
Hero (Ying Xiong) (2002)
Jackie Chan's First Strike (1996)
Run Lola Run (Lola Rennt) (1998)
Betty Blue (37°2 Le Matin) (1986)
City of the Lost Children (La Cité des enfants perdus) (1995)
M (1931)
Amelie (Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain, Le) (2001)
Angel-A (2005)
Delicatessen (1991)
Three Colors: White (1994)
Three Colors: Red (1994)
Three Colors: Blue (1993)
Twin Sisters (De Tweeling) (2002)
The Red Shoes (2005)
Premonition (Yogen) (2004)
The Grudge (Ju-On) 1 & 2 (2004)
High Tension (2003)
Lilya-4-Ever (2003)
The Piano Teacher (2001)
Nightwatch (2004)
The Lives of Others (2006)
Life is Beautiful (La Vita e Bella) (1997)
Hero (Ying Xong) (2002)
The Eye 1 and 2 (2002)
Evil (Ondskan) (2003)
Downfall (Der Untergang) (2004)
The Devil's Backbone (2001)
Dark Water (2002)
Christiane F. A True Story (1981)
Ran (1985)
The Host (2007)

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20 Aug 2008, 8:18 pm

I haven't seen many foreign films either. Two that I can think of in my collection of old VHS tapes are "Das Boot" and "My Life as a Dog"

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20 Aug 2008, 11:05 pm

La Vita e Bella, Notte di Cabiria, and La Strada are the only ones that come to mind right now.

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20 Aug 2008, 11:34 pm

Y Tu Mama Tambien is probably my favorite.

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21 Aug 2008, 3:40 pm

Battle Royale
Run Lola Run
Amelie
Oldboy
most of Kirasowa's films
pretty much all of Wim Wenders' German-language output
Pan's Labyrnth
8 1/2
Persepolis (well, most of it isn't in English)

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21 Aug 2008, 6:54 pm

Wow, I have seen so many foreign films...
I'm a huge fan of Ingmar Bergman.
I would have to say my favorite foreign film is Persona, followed closely by The Seventh Seal.
Persona is my favorite film of all time.

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22 Aug 2008, 11:04 am

Persepolis

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22 Aug 2008, 12:31 pm

Das Boot (original version)

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22 Aug 2008, 4:26 pm

Almost all the foreign films I've seen have been good (that's not many, but still).
-Drunken Master
-The Hidden Fortress
-Metropolis (Fritz Lang)
-Police Story
-Pan's Labyrinth

I've watched lots of animated movies, but I've tended to watch those dubbed rather than subtitled. That's basically all of Miyazaki's movies, Akira, Steamboy, and Metropolis (Osumu Tezuka).

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23 Aug 2008, 1:13 am

Almost all films are foreign in Sweden. :lol:

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