The Coli's top 10 foreign (non-english speaking) films - THE VOTE IS IN

[FlyRy]

I never saw Cinema Paradiso. I will look for it though.
I thought Amores Perros was overrated, but that's not a criticism on the film. It's more a criticism of my friends who hyped it up to me.

cinema paradiso was on netflix for a while..i think it's gone now

yes amores perros is overrated.. but it's the stupidity of the characters that do it for me.. who leaves their dog trapped for a week under the floor board?

def one of those films that stays with you or crosses your mind every so often though

 

[Big Blue]

I can only think of a few off the top

1) Life Is Beautiful (hands down)
2) Downfall
3) Pan's Labyrinth

 

[trick]

1. City of God (Brazil)
2. Confessions (Japan)
3. Hana-Bi (Japan)
4. Oldboy (Korea)
5. A Better Tomorrow (Hong Kong)
6. Goodbye Lenin (Germany)
7. The Raid (Indonesia)
8. Infernal Affairs (Hong Kong)
9. Tsotsi (South Africa)
10. Akira (Japan)

 

[Sensitive Blake Griffin]

I'll try


1. princess mononoke
2. spirited away
3. Yojimbo
4. Seven Samurai
5. open your eyes (Abre los ojos)
6. pans labyrinth
7. ameile
8. jackie chan - legend of the drunken master
9. Aguirre: The Wrath of God
10. the seventh seal

 

[sun raw]

i can't commit to a single list, my favorites are always changing

but here's 10 i really like

1. aguirre, the wrath of god (west germany)
2. alphaville (france)
3. the 400 blows (france)
4. daisies (czechoslovakia)
5. memories of underdevelopment (cuba)
6. persona (sweden)
7. 8 1/2 (italy)
8. world on a wire (west germany)
9. los olvidados (mexico)
10. the killer (hong kong)

 

[StraxStrax]

Do you think Battleship Potemkin is a great movie today @HHR ?
I mean it's a part of history and has it's place because of things it did for movies but I can't see myself watching it again without thinking about the fact it's was a tech wonder in 1925 during the entire runtime
Also I'm kinda shocked of the lack of The Mirror and Come and See on the lists.

 

[StraxStrax]

Also calling in @DaveyDave @theoretic @Roberto Dinero @NZA @spinoza @One4Deuce because they held it down in the Foreign move threads back in the day

 

[DaveyDave]

Sorry breh's, been on holidays, getting married and doing lots of shopping with wifey. Once I'm back home I'll weigh in on this one. I love my martial arts and foreign movies. Real quick off top I gotta put

La Haine
Both Drunken Master movies
Ong Bak 2

Get back into it in a couple of days

 

[clouddd]

I don't believe in genres (only "good" and "bad" ) so I'm cool participating in this one, pretty cut and dry

1. The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (1933; Fritz Lang)
2. Persona (1966; Ingmar Bergman)
3. The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928; Carl Theodor Dreyer)*
4. The Double Life of Veronique (1991; Krzysztof Kieslowski)
5. Au Hasard Balthazar (1966; Robert Bresson)
6. Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (2010; Apichatpong Weerasethakul)
7. M (1931; Fritz Lang)
8. Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1974; Rainer Werner Fassbinder)
9. The Killer (1989; John Woo)
10. Winter Light (1963; Ingmar Bergman)

in the spirit of this topic's decreased activity I'm gonna throw in ten more for the sake of discussion

11. Rashomon (1950; Akira Kurosawa)
12. Andrei Rublev (1966; Andrei Tarkovsky)*
13. The White Ribbon (2009; Michael Haneke)
14. Mon Oncle (1958; Jacques Tati)
15. L'Atalante (1934; Jean Vigo)
16. Orpheus (1950; Jean Cocteau)
17. The Turin Horse (2011; Bela Tarr)
18. Caché (2005; Michael Haneke)
19. Grand Illusion (1937; Jean Renoir)
20. House of Tolerance (2011; Bertrand Bonello)

*I'm of the opinion that these are two of the greatest films ever made (that I've seen) but wanted to keep it consistent to my "favorites"

 

[StraxStrax]

jesus breh we didnt even get ONE day to discuss the results of the other one?

i'll have to think i do watch a lot of foreign films

@StraxStrax just hijacked the forum man...we didn't even get to discuss the stuff

Yeah man he definitely just took the shyt over on some NWO shyt

@StraxStrax was like

 

[mbewane]

I'm french-speaking so might be kind of cheating here

No order tho, those I can think of right now

La Haine (France)
Old Boy (Japan)
Goodbye Lenin (Germany)
Lola Rennt (Germany)
The Host (South Korea)
C'est arrivé près de chez vous (Belgium)
Battle Royale (Japan)
City of God (Brazil)
Festen (Denmark)
Incendies (Canada-Québec)
La piel que habito (Spain)

 

[Roberto Dinero]

Also calling in @DaveyDave @theoretic @Roberto Dinero @NZA @spinoza @One4Deuce because they held it down in the Foreign move threads back in the day

I see La Haine has already been mentioned. I was gonna drop that one.

I'll mention my 2 favourite Spanish films that I know haven't been mentioned, even though I haven't read the thread yet.

The Torrente movie series. They've made 4 so far. The best ones are the first 2. Its a dark comedy about a loser ex cop. He's ugly, fat, racist, fascist,alcoholic that patrols the streets of Madrid by himself at night.

The first one is called "Torrente: El brazo tonto de la ley". Translates to "Torrente: The stupid arm of the law". The second one is called "Torrente 2: Mision en Marbella". Its based in the very rich city on Marbella, in the south coast of Spain.

For French movies, check out one called "Le Pari". translates to "The Bet". Its about 2 dudes who dare each other to quit smoking cigarettes for good and the hilarity that ensues.

 

[Roberto Dinero]

I'll try to put a top ten together a little later. I gotta really think about it a while.

 

[Roberto Dinero]

3 more Spanish gems:

Huevos De Oro (With Javier Bardem)
Celda 211
La Comunidad

 

[TheGodling]

This shyt is going to be hard. I have enough trouble imagining a top 10 of foreign directors without making impossible decisions.