Top 3 Favorite Foreign Films? - Page 4

[Therese's Mommy]

Cinema Paradiso, Au Revoir Les Enfantes, Babette's Feast, Amelie

[inkedmamajama]

the hairdressers husband

city of lost children

scent of a green papaya/ spirited away

[Nathan1097]

Well at least one for now: Les Choristes (French)

[redveg]

Perfume
The Lives of Others
The Black Book

[herbanmama]

Ugh. Really hard time picking only 3, but here goes:

Amelie, Indochine, Tampopo

[guestmama9904]

i forgot one more...

The Pillow Book starring Ewan McGreggor, kind of a crazy romeo and juliet type story, modern day setting, amazing caligraphy and images.

[SAHDS]

Resurrecting this thread because I watched City of God and City of Lost Children last night.

I thought City of God was good and liked the flashbacks/back stories. It was a touch hard to keep everyone straight (at first). I kept on forgetting the actual movie was about Rocket's story (yet not really about Rocket himself). It was fairly predictable too, but what are you gonna do, it's based on a true story so they had to follow the truth of it.

I thought City of Lost Children was great! I've seen comparisons to Pan's Labyrinth but I think CoLC is a much better film. So imaginative and crazy (in a good way). Really enjoyable film, fun to watch. A bit mesmerizing at times too.

Although, I do have to say that Tsotsi is still my fav. foreign film.

[mercyrus]

Miyazaki's Grave of the Fireflies: Hands down his best work (his other works are good), but this film is the only film that has ever made my husband cry. It's devastating, but beautifully told.

Roshomon: Love this movie, probably my favorite Kurosawa film...let's face it anything Toshiro Mifune is in rocks...he's THE MAN!

Indochine: Was there ever a more beautiful man than Jean Baptiste? I mean, I would have run away from home to search the country for him...my god, he's a beautiful man. Catherine Deneuve...how beautiful is she

[glorified_rice]

Hmm, only three.. Rashomon, Small Change and Stroszek come to mind right away.

[MusicianDad]

Pan's Labyrinth, Dear Frankie, and Nobody Knows are favourites in our family.

[Arduinna]

I recently saw Hors de prix ( Priceless ) which I really enjoyed.

[savvybabygrace]

1. Life is Beautiful
2. Raise the Red Lantern
3. Il Postino

[KaraBoo]

Originally Posted by mercyrus

Miyazaki's Grave of the Fireflies: Hands down his best work (his other works are good), but this film is the only film that has ever made my husband cry. It's devastating, but beautifully told.

Roshomon: Love this movie, probably my favorite Kurosawa film...let's face it anything Toshiro Mifune is in rocks...he's THE MAN!

I love him too! I really got into samurai b and w films for a while and my absolute favorite is Samurai Rebellion with Mifune. You might bawl your eyes out but it is so beautiful.

[LindaCl]

Just some of the best from the last year or so:
Slumdog Millionaire (does it count? sorta foreign)
Tell No One
Boy in the Striped Pajamas


Worst: Let the Right One In-beautifully done, seriously wrong, very wrong because it's not aware it's wrong. Disturbing; wish I could rinse it from my mind.

[bayberry*moon]

I LOVE Japanese movies...all of them, even the really crazy, scary ones (including The Ring, the Grudge, the Audition and Battle Royale)

Amelie and La Haine are two of my fave French movies. And Cinema Paradiso (sniff, sniff) and Il Postino my faves from Italia!

[kangamitroo]

my faves have been mentioned but i had to chime in.

add me to the Amelie fan club. it is my favorite film. period.
y tu mama tambien
il postino
pane e tulipani
eat drink man woman
ma vie en rose
all about my mother
volver
secret of roan inish

run lola run might not quite make my top 10...but Franka Potente...i'm a fan