Here's a non preferential list of ten of my favorite foreign-language films by ten different filmmakers.
I cannot say that these are the best or influential or important films in the history of cinema but they are the foreign movies that I've enjoyed watching.
So now, without any further qualification, I present to you my ten best foreign films.
I cannot say that these are the best or influential or important films in the history of cinema but they are the foreign movies that I've enjoyed watching.
So now, without any further qualification, I present to you my ten best foreign films.
Il Postino
Dreams do come true.
Il Postino is a 1994 Italian language film directed by Michael Radford.The film tells a fictional story in which the real life Chilean poet Pablo Neruda forms a relationship with a simple postman who learns to love poetry.
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Academy Award Winning Movies - Volume III (The English Patient/Il Postino/Shakespeare in Love)
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Cidade de Deus
If you run you're dead...if you stay, you're dead again. Period.
City of God (Portuguese: Cidade de Deus) is a 2002 Brazilian crime drama film directed by Fernando Meirelles and Kátia Lund.Taking place over the course of over two decades, City of God tells the story of Cidade de Deus (Portuguese for City of God), a lower class quarter west of Rio de Janeiro. The film is told from the viewpoint of a boy named Rocket (Busca pé in Portuguese) who grows up there as a fishmonger's son, and demonstrates the desperation and violence inherent in the slums. Based on a real story, the movie depicts drug abuse, violent crime, and a boy's struggle to free himself from the slums' grasp.
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A celebration of youth, friendship, and the everlasting magic of the movies.
Nuovo Cinema Paradiso (1988) an Italian film written and directed by Giuseppe Tornatore. It was internationally released as Cinema Paradiso in France, Spain, the UK and the U.S.Told in flashback, it tells the story of the return to his native Sicilian village of a successful film director Salvatore for the funeral of his old friend Alfredo, who was the projectionist at the local "Cinema Paradiso". Ultimately, Alfredo serves as a wise father figure to his young friend who only wishes the best to see him succeed, even if it means breaking his heart in the process.
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One person can change your life forever.
Amélie is a 2001 French film directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet and starring Audrey Tautou. Its original French title is Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain which literally translates as "The Fabulous Destiny of Amélie Poulain"; poulain is French for foal.Amelie, an innocent and naive girl in Paris, with her own sense of justice, decides to help those around her and along the way, discovers love.
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This land doesn't know a real hero. Yet.
Hero is a 2002 Chinese martial arts film.A group of assassins: Flying Snow, Broken Sword, and Long Sky, have sworn to kill the King of Qin, and Nameless comes to the royal capital to claim the reward offered for their defeat. The movie tells the story of his conversation with the King of Qin, and through a series of flashbacks depicts the journey he took to earn the honor of sitting before the emperor.
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An unforgettable fable that proves love, family and imagination conquer all.
Life Is Beautiful (Italian: La vita è bella) is an academy award winning 1997 Italian language film which tells the story of a Jewish Italian, Guido Orefice who must learn how to use his fertile imagination to help his son survive their internment in a Nazi concentration camp. La vita è bella DVD on Amazon
Life Is Beautiful
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My Sassy Girl is a 2001 South Korean romantic comedy film in which the lead protagonist's chance meeting with a drunk girl on the train changes his life.It is based on the true story told in a series of love letters written by Kim Ho-sik, a man who initially posted them on the Internet and later adapted them into a novel. The film was directed by Kwak Jae-yong.
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What happens when make-believe believes it's real?
Pan's Labyrinth (Spanish: El laberinto del fauno, literally The Labyrinth of the Faun) is a 2006 Spanish language fantasy film written and directed by Mexican film-maker Guillermo del Toro. It was produced and distributed by the Mexican film company Esperanto Films.Pan's Labyrinth takes place in Spain in May and June, 1944, after the Spanish Civil War, during the Franquist repression. Also present is the main character Ofelia's fantasy world which centers around an overgrown abandoned labyrinth. Ofelia's stepfather, the Falangist Captain Vidal, viciously hunts the Spanish Maquis, guerrillas who fight against the Franco regime in the region, while Ofelia's pregnant mother grows increasingly ill. Ofelia meets several strange and magical creatures who become central to her story, leading her through the trials of the old labyrinth garden.
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champagne is poured... secrets are spilled.
After the Wedding (Efter brylluppet) is a Danish movie released in 2006.Jacob Petersen has dedicated his life to helping street children in India. When the orphanage he heads is threatened by closure, he receives an unusual offer. A Danish businessman, Jørgen, offers him a donation of $4 million dollars. There are, however, certain conditions... Not only must Jacob return to Denmark, he must also take part in the wedding of Jørgen's daughter. The wedding proves to be a critical juncture between past and future and catapults Jacob into the most intense dilemma of his life.
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The Corpse Vanishes (1942)A newspaper reporter begins to investigate after a series of brides die suddenly during their wedding.
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- keywriterM keywriterM Dec 4, 2008 @ 9:29 am
- These movies are on my list of movies to watch...:p
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- kwin kwin Dec 4, 2008 @ 8:20 am
- Love your movie choices!
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- kwin kwin Dec 4, 2008 @ 8:08 am
- Wow! Great selection of movies!
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- jhumphrey041 jhumphrey041 Dec 4, 2008 @ 7:59 am
- nice stuff XD
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