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

[dvdjamm]

1 - Seven Samurai
2 - The Mission (Johnnie To)
3 - Akira
4 - Spirited Away
5 - Infernal Affairs
6 - Rififi
7 - Amelie
8 - Project A
9 - Women On the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
10 - Apocalypto/ The Wages Of Fear (sorry for the cop out.)

I'm missing so many movies as usual,lol

Edit ; Apocalypto is a American movie,according to Wikipedia...My mistake.

 

[Medulla Oblongata]

If you ain't got City of God on your list

 

[PlayerNinety_Nine]

Funny enough...

1) City Of God
2) La Haine
3) Run, Lola, Run
4) Glory To The Film-maker
5) Akira

 

[FlyRy]

just peeped rififi and it was pretty dope.. jean servais is a cool actor.

it's not gonna be in my top 10 though..but i did put wages of fear in over amelie on second thought..i may need to rewatch it though

that heist scene though

25 min with no dialogue i was sitting there like

 

[NkrumahWasRight Is Wrong]

1. Life is Beautiful
2. Crouching Tiger
3. Cinema Paradiso
4. City of God
5. Pan's Labyrinth
6. War and Peace

 

[TheGodling]

just peeped rififi and it was pretty dope.. jean servais is a cool actor.

it's not gonna be in my top 10 though..but i did put wages of fear in over amelie on second thought..i may need to rewatch it though

that heist scene though

25 min with no dialogue i was sitting there like

 

[Danie84]

I'll attempt this in no order

1.La Haine
2. The Killer
3.City Of Gods
4. Hard Boiled
5. Run Lola Run
6. Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon
7. Slumdog Millionaire
8. Irreversible
9. La Femme Nikita
10. Suspiria

 

[Darts]

Good to see Confessions (jpn) mentioned. That film blew my mind when I saw it.

 

[pete clemenza]

Off top

1. City Of God
2. A Prophet
3. Infernal Affairs
4. Fearless
5. Ip Man
5. Ten Canoes
6. JCVD
7. Hard Boiled
8. Life is Beautiful
9. Drunken Master 2
10. Hero

I'm sure I missed something though

That was a damn good flick.. forgot about that one

 

[NobodyReally]

I can only rate the limited number of foreign films I've seen but here goes:

1. Cidade de Deus (City of God)
2. La vita e bella (Life is Beautiful)
3. Wòhǔ Cánglóng [Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon]
4. El laberinto del fauno (Pans Labrynith)
5. Amour
6. Ida
7. Låt den rätte komma in (Let the Right One In)
8. Y Tu Mamá También
9. Amelie
10. [Rec]


HM: Oldeuboi (Old Boy), Batoru rowaiaru (Battle Royale)

And no love for I Saw the Devil

 

[DaveyDave]

ok i finally got some time now i'm back home

most of my foreign language movies are Martial Arts based so the list will probably be at least half M/A movies, here we go...


Ong Bak 2
La Haine
The Raid 2
Drunken Master
Battle Royale
Police Story
36 Chambers Of Shaolin
House Of Flying Daggers
Fist Of Legend
City Of God

that's what i can think of right now, there's a lot of movies i need to check from this thread to all the brehs droppin knowledge

 

[DaveyDave]

Off top

1. City Of God
2. A Prophet
3. Infernal Affairs
4. Fearless
5. Ip Man
5. Ten Canoes
6. JCVD
7. Hard Boiled
8. Life is Beautiful
9. Drunken Master 2
10. Hero

I'm sure I missed something though

the Aussie flick? what language is it in? i've never watched it

 

[up in here]

the Aussie flick? what language is it in? i've never watched it

Yeah, it's in one of them Aboriginal languages. shyt was dope

 

[DaveyDave]

Yeah, it's in one of them Aboriginal languages. shyt was dope

that's what i thought but i didn't realise the whole movie was in Yolngu language

 

[gluvnast]

Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo, lit should be on EVERYBODY's number one list.