Forum adverts like this one are shown to any user who is not logged in. Join us by filling out a tiny 3 field form and you will get your own, free, dakka user account which gives a good range of benefits to you: No adverts like this in the forums anymore. Times and dates in your local timezone. Full tracking of what you have read so you can skip to your first unread post, easily see what has changed since you last logged in, and easily see what is new at a glance. Email notifications for threads you want to watch closely. Being a part of the oldest wargaming community on the net. If you are already a member then feel free to login now.

Accepting that many Dakka posters' first language isn't english (in which case by all means pick an english language film), what's your favourite foreign language film or a good one you've seen recently?

To be honest, my favourite film of all time (foreign language or otherwise) is Seven Samurai, but for this thread I'm going to nominate one I watched last night. It's been sitting in my DVD collection for about two years waiting for a time when Mrs Flashman (who refuses to watch subtitled films) was out for the evening and I was in the mood to sit down and listen to two hours of people speaking French. Anyway, I'm pleased I did, because it was excellent. Bit difficult to describe because it's really just two hours of a teacher struggling to teach a class of maladjusted youths over the course of a year, but I found it completely absorbing. It isn't just a French "Dangerous Minds" either, as the focus of the film is on his teaching methods and relatively laid back approach to discipline. Well worth catching if you get the opportunity.

I don't know, it's hard to choose out of these three:

The Warlords
House of Flying Daggers
Pan's Labyrinth

Agree on 7 Samurai, however... Some other very strong contenders are...

The remake of 'True Grit' - I couldn't understand a fething word Jeff Bridges was saying!

Serious: Not sure... I enjoyed 'City of God', as I recall.

Apocalypto and The Brotherhood of The Wolf

Pan's Labarynth, without a shadow of a doubt. Awesome film

Let the Right One In

Lord Scythican wrote:Let the Right One In

Indeed, especially the underwater point of view shot at the end. Genius and exactly how supernatural should be shown.

MONGOL . Dunno if anyone has heard of it ....

SpaceMonk wrote:MONGOL . Dunno if anyone has heard of it ....

I think I've seen it. Ghengis Khan biopic, correct?

Do British films count? I mean, that accent. . . .

Flashman wrote:

Lord Scythican wrote:Let the Right One In

Indeed, especially the underwater point of view shot at the end. Genius and exactly how supernatural should be shown.

It is the best I have seen in a while.

I saw the American Version awhile back "Let Me In". It was one of the first redos I have seen that was as good as the original foreign language version.

Here is another good one:

Eden Log

rubiksnoob wrote:Do British films count? I mean, that accent. . . .

If you need subtitles to understand the mother tongue, then by all means

Joking aside, I had a lot of difficulty making myself understood in New York and Salt Lake City during my 2006 States Odyssey. At times, I felt like it would be quicker to write it down.

Flashman wrote:

SpaceMonk wrote:MONGOL . Dunno if anyone has heard of it ....

I think I've seen it. Ghengis Khan biopic, correct?

Thats the one Mr Flash

One of the best movies I have ever seen

Flashman wrote:

rubiksnoob wrote:Do British films count? I mean, that accent. . . .

If you need subtitles to understand the mother tongue, then by all means

Joking aside, I had a lot of difficulty making myself understood in New York and Salt Lake City during my 2006 States Odyssey. At times, I felt like it would be quicker to write it down.

To be fair it would be quicker for some New Yorkers to write it down when trying to communicate with the rest of us.

Mongol is a great film, as is Red Cliff.

Big fan of Zatoichi, and the Iranian film Offside
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Offside_(2006_Iranian_film)

Unfortunately I have not seen many foreign films.

However of the few I have seen these two came to mind.


There is a good chance that this is my all time favorite film.

and


I wish I knew what they were saying, I never saw even a subbed verson of this film.

Oldboy, I could watch it repeatly.

Judge Dredd

Lives of Others.
Haha most arty/intellectual one so far. I win!

I enjoyed the documentary one about the french school teacher had a name like 'etrés et avoir' or something, i think the name was a pun about the weird french tense system.

'Goodbye Lenin!' was good as well.

My favourite film, subtitles or not, is Spirited Away.

Other great foriegn films are (as mentioned above) Zatoichi and Seven Samurai.

Oldboy has been mentioned, which is a simply incredible film.

Strange that no-one has mentioned Infernal Affairs. It is the original Chinese language version of The Departed, which is essentially exactly the same film.

I have no idea how we got more than 3 posts in without these being mentioned.

And, can we safely just add Kurosawa's entire collection to the list?

It would have been nice if they would have made a sequel to Leon, with Natalie Portman's character (Mathilda) grown up and is a trained assassin.

Is Leon foreign language film? (depends on your first language I guess).

I like Mesrine and A prophet, both good French Gangster flicks

oh @MGS Audition is frekkin brilliant.

Cant speak a word of french, so i subby it
However, both films are pure quality and should be watched.

Lord Scythican wrote:Let the Right One In

Flashman wrote:

Lord Scythican wrote:Let the Right One In

Indeed, especially the underwater point of view shot at the end. Genius and exactly how supernatural should be shown.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1139797/

@meangreenstompa

i think you may be my long lost dad @_@

I'd like to add Hero to that list

@masster fett

you've never seen a subbed Azumi? weird...we got em here.

Elite Squad was a good film




Stalingrad was good as well




Les Chevaliers du ciel (Sky Fighters) had some cool figter scenes the story wasn't the best but it was still an awesome film

Brotherhood of the Wolf.

Salo.

Seriously.

I would post a picture of the movie box cover art, but I would probably be banned for doing so.