|   What are the best Foreign films you have ever seen? | Smokey
Sep 30, 2003 3:20 PM | | I'm not a vivid movie renter, but I had run cross these films on premium channels that did made an impression.
Midnight Express (England..1978): Director Alan Parker and Oscar-winning screenwriter Oliver Stone team up for power house drama set in the Turkey's prison. Very raw!!
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Seven Samurai (Japan..1956): Compassion, sadness, desperation, love and triumph are all prominent in this film. And the balance between these elements is impeccable.
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"Z" (France..1969): Winner of the 1970 Academy Award for Best Foreign, Z is a classic of political intrigue and social consciousness.
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The Taste of Cherry (Iran...1998): A very different movie say the least. Entirely filmed inside a moving vehicle, the sound of the engine is actually the soundtrack of this movie. Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami won the Palme d'Or at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival for this contemplative film.
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The Heroic Trio (Honk Kong...1992): Three female worriers kick everybody's butt in this movie, with special effects and outrageous stunts to match. Jackie Chan can not hold candle to these trios.
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Gandhi (England..1982): "Eye for an eye make the whole world go blind". Those words are true today as they were 60 years ago when Gandhi said it about violence and revenge. Truly a master piece.
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El Mariachi (Mexico..1993): With only a budget of $7,500 and one camera, the director Robert Rodriguez define the term "budget film". A tour de force.
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The Gods Must Be Crazy (South Africa..1981): Slapstick, satire, romance, violence--it's all here in a somewhat bumpy but entertaining movie.
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Once Were Warriors (New Zealand..1995): With its central themes of cultural displacement, domestic violence and the struggle for human dignity, transcends cultures and borders. Definitely not for the squeamish.
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| re: What are the best Foreign films you have ever seen? | Bush Is A Liar
Sep 30, 2003 3:50 PM | | Turkish Delight. The American Friend. Spirited Away. The Seventh Seal. Cul de Sac. The Rules of the Game. |
| Wow, somebody mentioning an animated film. | Smokey
Oct 1, 2003 9:17 PM | | Nice touch :)
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| "Z"..... yes | domphokr
Oct 1, 2003 12:07 PM | | back in college, early 70s, i saw it at least 20 times... my other fave at the time was "king of hearts"... genevieve bujold, alan arkin i think ... at the time, it was a must-see.... |
| I must've seen that movie 20 years ago ("Z"). | Smokey
Oct 1, 2003 8:49 PM | | But still remember it till today :)
Cinemax and Starz seem to the best movie premium channels for Foreign films. |
| re: What are the best Foreign films you have ever seen? | singha
Oct 1, 2003 12:59 PM | | Seven Samurai
Indochine
Cinema Paradiso |
| Cinema Paradiso was slightly too slow for me. | Smokey
Oct 1, 2003 9:00 PM | | If a movie don't attract my attention in the first 20 minutes, I'm gone :) |
| re: What are the best Foreign films you have ever seen? | Kam
Oct 1, 2003 6:22 PM | | other then kurasawa and lean (he was british!), i'd have to say i really enjoyed Ridicule from france, a really fun, enjoyable, good story. |
| re: What are the best Foreign films you have ever seen? | Smokey
Oct 1, 2003 9:25 PM | | Kurasawa can very much be compared with American director John Ford. Their Cinematography is in grand scale :) |
| One more.... | audiobill
Oct 2, 2003 7:53 AM | | One more of recent vintage, for me, is "Amelie". Comedy and celebration of life's mysteries, as only the French can produce.
If you haven't seen it...........run, don't walk to your nearest dvd store and rent it. I liked it so much that I bought it.
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| One more.... | opus87
Oct 3, 2003 9:52 AM | | Yes, yes, yes! Amelie is not only my favorite foreign flick, but my favorite movie of all time. Really. I can't ever remember getting done with a movie and thinking "you know, everything is going to be ok". Not to mention it is impossible for me to take my eyes off of Tautou. Thanks for the above list guys. Have added a bunch of these to my Netflix queue.
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