Author Topic: Foreign(non-english/US) Movie Recommendations (Read 9539 times)

relic2279 · « **Reply #20 on:** July 24, 2009, 05:26:19 PM »

Quote from: fohfoh on July 24, 2009, 04:58:54 PM

Chanbara beauty was kind of funny as well, slightly lame since it's moreso fan service, but if you walk into that without expectations, it's kind of enjoyable.

+1 The end when they go super saiyajin was pretty bad ass

Plus, the chick was hot.

BuriaL · « **Reply #21 on:** July 24, 2009, 07:24:11 PM »

Seems hard to find asian movies. Is there some sites with info in english. And other sites with torrents?

blad · « **Reply #22 on:** July 24, 2009, 07:39:34 PM »

No Man's Land - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0283509/
Funny and deep. I didn't know whether to cry or laugh in the end, so brilliantly put together...

BuriaL · « **Reply #23 on:** August 18, 2009, 05:26:54 AM »

Boomerang / Home
As earths population grows rapidly, the exploitation of resources increase. At what cost?
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1014762/

wowowee · « **Reply #24 on:** August 18, 2009, 11:17:24 AM »

i've seen some of the movies posted already, but will make sure to check out the others.
some favorites in no special order:

Tasogare Seibei
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twilight_Samurai

My Sassy Girl
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Sassy_Girl
with this as a sequel of sorts
Windstruck
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windstruck

Cidade de Deus
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_of_God_%28film%29

Infernal Affairs
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infernal_affairs

Chocolate
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chocolate_%282008_film%29

Amélie
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amelie

zankoku · « **Reply #25 on:** August 19, 2009, 02:34:34 AM »

I am mainly a horror buff, and I also am a fan of Takeshi Miike, so my picks reflect these facts.

Fudoh
One Missed Call
Ichi The Killer
Azumi
Audition
Dark Water
Suicide Circle
Stacy
Sky High
Evil Dead Trap, of course
Ju-on
The Eye
Tomie
A Tale of Two Sisters
Shutter
Any Dario Argento films

Just a short list, lots of old stuff.

Goroshi-sama · « **Reply #26 on:** August 19, 2009, 11:08:02 AM »

if you people like true life storys (or in this case true life experiment test) and psychology then you must see Das Experiment..

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Das_Experiment

I wrote an essay (and got full points

) of it when we discussed it's theory on psychologys class.. And whats the cool thing about is that it is based on true story...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanford_Prison_Experiment

however there is american remake of it, so it might be possible that you guys have already seen it :S

Other some good movies that I recommend: (finnish movies..)

Kummeli: Gold Fever (really good comedy and if you want to laugh a lot!

im sure it can be find somewhere

Morgia · « **Reply #27 on:** September 05, 2009, 06:30:39 PM »

Watched "Keinohrhasen" with english subtitles (rabbitwithoutears) not so long ago... it was hilarious ^^ It's about a reporter who has to do social work in a Kindergarten in order to not get into jail. The woman who runs the Kindergarten that was chosen for his penalty though knows him from childhood... they went into the same class in school and back then he ridiculed her in front of the whole class. Now she plans her revenge.

other nice ones (although not entirely comedic):
La vita e bella (Life is beautiful): a tragicomic italian film about a jew that is sent into a KZ with his son and in order to make it bearable for the boy he pretends it's all a gameshow

Wer früher stirbt ist länger tot (Who dies first is longer dead): a mortally comical bavarian film about a boy in a small mountain village whose mother died at his birth and starts to believe that he murdered his mother, so he tries to find a new wife for his dad.

I second "das Experiment"

shabutie · « **Reply #28 on:** September 05, 2009, 06:51:14 PM »

No love for Pan's Labyrinth?

And I've heard great things about Oldboy. Haven't watched it yet, but its on my list

Morgia · « **Reply #29 on:** September 05, 2009, 06:57:29 PM »

Quote from: shabutie on September 05, 2009, 06:51:14 PM

No love for Pan's Labyrinth?

uwaahhhhh totally forgot about that... yes ofc!!! It's a great movie... spanish fantasy with a big shock effect ...damn.. that one scared me more than any zombie movie I've ever watched

quekmeister · « **Reply #30 on:** September 05, 2009, 07:28:32 PM »

The House of Flying Daggers was good. Zhang Ziyi and all.
Has anyone watched Red Cliff? The original was released in two parts, each three hours long, but apparently it was spliced into a single film in the West... The first part is amazing, and Takeshi Kaneshiro as Zhuge Liang? Genius (Pun!). Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun and Guan Yu? Awesome. Zhou Yu is brilliantly enigmatic. The guy who played Sun Quan was pretty good too.

My sister and I happened to watch A Very Long Engagement/Un long dimanche de fiançailles, it wasn't bad, being by the same director as Amelie, and Marion Cotillard's character was quite fun, though the movie itself dragged on a bit.

shabutie · « **Reply #31 on:** September 05, 2009, 07:36:08 PM »

Don't know if it's been mentioned, but Jet Li's Fearless was a pretty good Kung Fu flick.

And yeah, Pan's Labyrinth is like Alice in Wonderland... for adults!

fohfoh · « **Reply #32 on:** September 08, 2009, 03:40:55 AM »

Quote from: Morgia on September 05, 2009, 06:57:29 PM

Quote from: shabutie on September 05, 2009, 06:51:14 PM
No love for Pan's Labyrinth?

uwaahhhhh totally forgot about that... yes ofc!!! It's a great movie... spanish fantasy with a big shock effect ...damn.. that one scared me more than any zombie movie I've ever watched

That movie alone pushed me into the realm of facing my fears. I can now proudly say I am a screwed up motherfucker. (Watched a shitload of Japanese, Thai and other horrors and now I'm desensitized)

GREAT movie. (IMO)

Chocolate. It's not supposed to be as good action as Ong Bak, but to watch a female KICK ASS in a movie like this... the action alone blows the mind. It's FUCKING AMAZING!~

Link:

Info:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chocolate_%282008_film%29

Snippet:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGjUyu9c8Ng

sojugeom · « **Reply #33 on:** September 08, 2009, 05:17:55 AM »

+1 Park Chan Wook's films, Shinobi, Spring Summer Fall Winter and Spring, and Ichi the Killer

Here are some picks of mine;
The Good, the Bad, the Weird and A Bittersweet Life

The Chaser

Memories of Murder

Friend

Takeshi Kitano's films, especially Dolls, Zatoichi, and Hanabi

fohfoh · « **Reply #34 on:** September 08, 2009, 04:38:21 PM »

I can vouch for "friend" and "Bittersweet life".

I haven't seen the others.

muesli · « **Reply #35 on:** September 13, 2009, 09:08:53 PM »

Quote from: quekmeister on September 05, 2009, 07:28:32 PM

The House of Flying Daggers was good. Zhang Ziyi and all.
Has anyone watched Red Cliff? The original was released in two parts, each three hours long, but apparently it was spliced into a single film in the West... The first part is amazing, and Takeshi Kaneshiro as Zhuge Liang? Genius (Pun!). Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun and Guan Yu? Awesome. Zhou Yu is brilliantly enigmatic. The guy who played Sun Quan was pretty good too.

My sister and I happened to watch A Very Long Engagement/Un long dimanche de fiançailles, it wasn't bad, being by the same director as Amelie, and Marion Cotillard's character was quite fun, though the movie itself dragged on a bit.

i wanted to say red cliff too.

and you are soooo right that Takeshi Kaneshiro as Zhuge Liang is amazing!

e.g. in the scene with the wing formation.. he is rly cool. the second part is very watchable as well

i can second 'amelie' and 'Life is beautiful' as well. these films are special.

a good and really shocking film is 'Cidade de Deus' (city of god). it's about violence and crime in the slums of rio de janeiro (based on a real story).
- i just saw that it was posted already. so no new films here....

BuriaL · « **Reply #36 on:** September 19, 2009, 07:08:03 PM »

Quote from: forevr on July 18, 2009, 12:24:34 PM

Ondskan (Evil) - Private boarding school movie, this one is really good and probably my favorite Swedish movie.

Awesome movie

Kapilavastu · « **Reply #37 on:** September 24, 2009, 12:12:07 AM »

First 3 that came to my mind & weren't mentioned yet:
Der Himmel über Berlin/ Wings of Desire i must have seen that one about 8 times ... very interesting, poetic take on the nature of angels, and humans.
http://www.wim-wenders.com/movies/movies_spec/wingsofdesire/wingsofdesire.htm

Gozu by Miike Takashi ... yakuza mindfuck ... disturbing breast milk scene XD
http://www.midnighteye.com/reviews/gozu.shtml

Hiroshima Mon Amour by Alain Resnais very deep intense movie about love and loss.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052893/

Some austrian comedians have also filmed/starred in/written great movies, like Komm süsser Tod http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0271029/ but I'm not sure anybody who's not from this place would get the humour.

fohfoh · « **Reply #38 on:** September 30, 2009, 06:14:53 AM »

Be With You

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0442268/

I get vibes similar to Air TV and "The Time Traveler's Wife". But I'll be damned if this one doesn't blow both of them out of the water.

shabutie · « **Reply #39 on:** September 30, 2009, 06:31:49 AM »

While its not a 'non-english' film, El maquinista (The Machinist) is a really good mindf*ck.