Recommended Foreign Films

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Amelie (French)

do you mean
le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain ???
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another one which comes quite often :
La Haine

scissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM

[jerry81 10]

Some good suggestions already here.
Let's see...
Anything by Bonuel (Especially L'Age d'oOr, Milky Way or Un Chien Andalou)

Pasolini's Uccellacce i Uccellini- I though it was hillarious

Music For Weddings And Funerals- very uplifting for a film that deals with loss of a loved one

If you know Kusturica- try Underground or Black Cat, White Cat

Hero- a recent Chinese movie with Jet Li, interesting story telling, the photography and choreography are a study in perfectionism

Funny Games by Michael Haneke- is basically a movie about watching movies, with a potential to be grossly misunderstood because of its violence. Don't watch if you tend to empathize with the characters.

La Ville est Tranquille- Robert Guediguian- a mixture of lives in Marseilles, present day. Quite enjoyable.

Doberman- french action flick. A bit like Tarantino on crack.

You probably won't be sorry if you catch anything by Wim Wenders. Or, for a fun time, try watching Wings Of Desire (Der Himmel Über Berlin) and comparing it to the remake, City Of Angels with Nicolas Cage and Meg Ryan. (On second thought, don't. The latter is just not worth it)

Andrei Tarkovsky also made great movies- Stalker is my absolute favorite, although others follow close behind.

Just one more suggestion for the end:
Songs From the Second Floor (Sånger Från Andra Våningen) by Roy Andersson. A dark satire based in some Scandinavian city, where, for some reason, society begins to crumble.

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[kallend 1,679]

So "foreign" excludes New Zealand. Does it exclude Britain and Australia too?

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The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one.

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Amelie (French)

do you mean
le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain ???

Yeah, that's the one. Great flick.

My Karma ran over my Dogma!!!

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Delicatesean. French. Dark comedy.

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The Nine Queens
Run Lola Run
Split Second
No Man's Land

Life is ez
On the dz
Every jumper's dream
3 rigs and an airstream

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Das boot, Breaker Morant, Gallipoli,The Crying Game
all worthwhile views and of course any Fellini flick....if you are in the right frame of mind to watch one

Marc SCR 6046 SCS 3004

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if we include britain then i'd have to say 2001 is my favorite.

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Das boot,

Great movie. Talk about guys with guts, those subs were basically submerged steel coffins.

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Like Water for Chocolate (Spanish)
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

Life is short! Break the rules! Forgive quickly! Kiss slowly! Love truly, Laugh uncontrollably. And never regret anything that made you smile.

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Kolya -- cutest little boy ever.

He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not -- starring Audrey Tatou from Amelie. My boyfriend thought this was a traditional chick flick at first. About halfway through, he sat up, started shouting and proclaimed it to be "F$#@ing brilliant!"

8 Women -- lovely set, costumes, story.

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Once Were Warriors Pretty brutal true story about a New Zealand dysfunctional family. Exellent movie

I hold it true, whate'er befall;
I feel it, when I sorrow most;
'Tis better to have loved and lost
Than never to have loved at all.

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Like Water for Chocolate

Tatie Danielle

Don't tell me the sky's the limit when there are footprints on the moon