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1000mAh:
going tomention some movies then...

first, finnish movie.
Täälä Pohjantähden alla (I like more from the older version)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063731/
the raw translation of the neme: Here under the north star.
täällä pohjantähden alla 1968

and

Old finnish movie (year 1955, movie is showed every year on finnish TV)
Tuntematon Sotilas
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048752/
again raw english translation: Unknown Soldier
tuntematon sotilas

Epy:
many good English spoken movies out there as well
here's some non-English anyway, mostly

12 Angry Men (original) - 12
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050083/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0488478/

Infernal Affairs (original) - The Departed
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0338564/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0407887/
infernal affairs has two sequels as well but i haven't seen those yet

Zwartboek / Black Book
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0389557/

Cidade De Deus
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0317248/
Cidade Dos Homens (from the same makers as above)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0870090/

many Chinese films have already been mentioned
The Warlords is very good as well
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0913968/
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0190332/
Shinjuku Incident Chinese made film about Chinese immigrants in Japan, the only Jackie Chan film i actually like
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1075419/

Musa / The Warrior is a Korean film
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0275083/

Das Leben Der Anderen
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0405094/

Welcome
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1314280/

Tsotsi
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0468565/

JCVD Jean-Claude Van Damme's only proper film (that i know of anyway)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1130988/

Persepolis
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0808417/

Okuribito
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1069238/

Johnny Mad Dog
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1042424/

Mesrine: killer instinct part 1
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1259014/
Mesrine: public enemy no.1 part 2
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0411272/

Vals Im Bashir
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1185616/

www.opensubtitles.o rg
www.subscene.com
for subtitles

Superchunk55:
can i mention the studio ghibli films?

ervy:
The Green Butchers (a Danish film, I think)

It's a dark (but not that dark) comedy about cannibal butchers.

zach8012:
Here's some of my favorite Korean movies. I highly recommend all of these:

http://www.avistaz.com/drama-movies/2008/i-like-it-hot-hellcats-korean-2008.html

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

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eye_for_an_Eye_(2008_film)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joint_Security_Area_(film)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Enemy_(film) and there's 2 sequels

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rough_Cut_(2008_film)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiri_(film)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silmido_(film)

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

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tazza:_The_High_Rollers

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

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

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1430638/

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

I also liked The Chaser and The Good, the Bad and the Weird but those have already been mentioned. A lot of these movies will make you cry but that's what good Korean movies do. Also on a side note I uploaded Crows Zero to BakaBT today.

Edit: A few that I forgot to list:

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

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musa_(film)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daisy_(film)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hearty_Paws this is quite possibly the saddest and best movie i've ever seen

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0782154/ This is a Vietnamese film that's really good.

These are 2 Chinese films that I really enjoyed:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_Brothers_(2007_film)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lust,_Caution_(film)

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