*** BEST (Non-US) MOVIES ***

[Rip the Jacker]

Hopefully someone name drops a good oldschool chinese/japanese movie. I've seen Seven Samurai, Yojimbo and that other movie where Mifune plays the bodyguard but hopefully someone will name drop some other good Japanese movies... or any international movies.

 

[dbk]

Old Boy. Actually, the whole trilogy is goooood.

 

[Rip the Jacker]

Originally posted by: dbk
Old Boy

Sucks for him @ the end..

 

[Saint Michael]

Tokyo Monogatari, Ugetsu Monogatari, Onibaba. Obviously other Kurosawa, like Ran, Throne of Blood, etc.

 

[dbk]

Originally posted by: Rip the Jacker

Originally posted by: dbk
Old Boy

Sucks for him @ the end..

Tae Guk Ki's also good...and sad.

 

[legoman666]

Lilja 4ever. good russian movie.

 

[arrfep]

Couple of my favorites:

Russian: Nochnoy Dozor (NightWatch)

French: Nid de guêpes (The Nest)
Pacte des loups, Le (Brotherhood of the Wolf)

It seems surprising, but a lot of kickass action movies have come out of France.

 

[Howard]

Grave of the Fireflies
Iron Monkey
Fist of Legend

 

[nick1985]

Das Boot


Not 100% sure if its German though, I could be wrong.

 

[R Nilla]

The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

EDIT: I second Oldboy - violent and disturbing but very well done. I thought The Host (Gwoemul) was pretty good. See it before the butchered American remake comes out.

 

[HombrePequeno]

Obviously the Revenge Trilogy is top notch. Another Korean flick I love is Chingoo.

 

[Laminator]

Ong Bak. Ong Bak, Ong Bak, Ong Bak. Don't waste your time with other movies. Do any of the above movies have...

1. Spin-kicks with more than 720 degrees of rotation? No.
2. People running on other people? No!
3. Double-fisted punches? No!
4. F*CKING FLAMING KICKS TO THE FACE? NO!

Ong Bak is the only movie you ever need to see. It just kicks your ass.

 

[Auric]

I have a short list and after purging the obvious USA and co-production ones and seperating others which were shot entirely in English:

9th Company, The (RUS: 9-ya rota)
Amélie (FRA: Le Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain)
Barefoot (GER: Barfuss)
Before the Fall (GER: Napola - Elite für den Führer)
Brotherhood of War, The (KOR: Taegukgi hwinalrimyeo)
Dark Blue World (CZE: Tmavomodry svet)
Downfall (GER: Der Untergang)
Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, The (ITA: Il Buono, il brutto, il cattivo)
Kagemusha
Legend of Bhagat Singh, The
No Man's Land (BOS: Nicija zemlja, SLO: Nikogarsnja zemlja)
Oldboy
Ran
Rising: Ballad of Mangal Pandey, The
Stalingrad
Very Long Engagement, A (FRA: Un long dimanche de fiançailles)

ENGLISH LANGUAGE (among countless other UK/AUS/NZ/CAN/SA/other films)
2001: a space odyssey
Barry Lyndon
Black Robe
Clockwork Orange, A
Constant Gardener, The
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
Draughtsman's Contract, The
Gandhi
Hill, The
Kind Hearts and Coronets
Lawrence of Arabia
Machinist, The (SPA: El Maquinista)
Mad Max
Mad Max 2
Naked
Proposition, The
Quiet Earth, The
Rabbit-Proof Fence
Reflecting Skin, The
Ruling Class, The
Shaun of the Dead
Sleuth
Stander
Wah-Wah
Walkabout
Whale Rider
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Wind That Shakes the Barley, The
Withnail and I
Zulu


See any patterns?


-
AUS bonus beats (with didgeridoo accompaniments):
Candy
Jindabyne
Lantana
Somersault

 

[Schadenfreude]

A lot of the ones mentioned ehre are great - I agree wholeheartedly, plus;

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0456912/

 

[RedCOMET]

Delicatessen,Link
City of Lost Children. Link

Night Watch was another good film. I can't wait to see its sequal, Day Watch

 

[Mo0o]

City of God
Infernal Affairs
Shaolin Temple
Water
Amelie

 

[BoldAsLove]

Once*
Life is Beautiful

/thread

*although it was released in the US and is in English, it is a foreign film

 

[Suspicious-Teach8788]

Originally posted by: Mo0o
City of God
Infernal Affairs
Shaolin Temple
Water
Amelie

And I can't believe The Departed was SO FVCKING GOOD according to some people. Infernal Affairs pwns.

Ong Bak and Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon are also awesome movies.

 

[Excelsior]

To Live.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110081/

 

[adairusmc]

Jwet Li's Fearless

 

[Flyback]

Nuovo Cinema Paradiso (Cinema Paradiso) -- contains my favourite movie scene
Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain (Amélie)
Cidade de Deus (City of God)

 

[Mo0o]

Some good chinese movies:

Yi Yi
Raise the Red Lantern
To Live
Red Sorghum
In the Mood for Love
Once Upon a Time in China
Eat Drink Man Woman
Police Story
Hard Boiled
God of Gambling
Shaolin Soccer
Kung Fu Hustle
God of Cookery

 

[simondedalus]

gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooogggggggggggggggggggggggggggggg

 

[andylawcc]

ya, Infernal Affair I and III are good... kinda like the way Matrix I and III are. Matrix I was revolutionary, and Matrix III is just a mind fukk kinda like IA III was

I am NOT saying Infernal Affair and Matrix II was a "filler." They are good to their own rights. Matrix II was a prerequiste to understand what's going on between I and III. Infernal Affairs II was kinda on it's own, with a hint of Godfather influences.

 

[AnthroAndStargate]

Six Strong Guys (or Six Strong Men can't remember)
Marebito
Cello
To Live (seconding Excelsior on that)
A Better Tomorrow
Beijing Bicycle
Akira
Ghost in the Shell 1 & 2
Sunshine (UK scifi movie that was just released)
Anything with Tony Ja
Ghost of Mae Nak (WILL TERRIFY YOU!)
Infection
Suicide Club (AMAZING MOVIE - must watch)
Izo (May be strange to you but some like it - hard to follow at times)
2009: Lost Memories
Shiri
J.S.A. (Joint Security Area)
Sex is Zero (Korean movie - may be to hard to find but its a funnier Korean version of the premise of American Pie)
Night Watch is good (someone already mentioned this)
Kromartie High
Running on Karma