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Watched Old Boy for the first time tonight, although not a classic, it is a refreshing change from the usual Hollywood dross. Any other good independent of foreign language recommendations? (Not City of God or Pans Labyrinth).
Downfall.
Unfortunately Hollywood have decided it needs remaking....
+1 for Downfall, assuming you don't want a happy film!
Work your way through all of the South Korean blockbusters!
The good the bad the weird
I have seen Downfall as well. Another good film. So well done you almost feel sorry for Hitler.
Sympathy for Mr/Lady Vengeance, check out some of Takashi Miike's work as well, my favourite probably Ichi the Killer and 13 Assassins.
err.. Old Joy
The Lives of Others
Biutiful
Brotherhood - the Korean one.
A Very Long Engagement - if you want a soppy war story. It's actually very good.
Das Experiment - the original German one for some highly watchable but unbelievable entertainment
Those are some of my favourites.
How about some early Peter Jackson stuff? I'd go for Bad Taste and Braindead*
*if you count spoken 'New Zeland' English as foreign!
The Host.
Perfect Blue.
Subway.
If you like quirky films the french do some great ones
like Amelie or Priceless
There is another good south Korean film but I can't remember it's name. It starts with a giant fish jumping out of the sea and stealing the guys daughter
Never seen Amelie but I am tempted. Also like Brain dead and Bad Taste. Thought Taxi and Tzameti 13 were a couple of good French films.
Let The Right One In
Irreversible!
aye, Let The Right One In is brilliant if you haven't seen it.
Julia's Eyes has just started on Film 4.
Well worth watching.
Just saw the underpass trailer. About s**t myself. Appears good if it is not like Troll Hunter which is terrible.
Delicatessan
Anything with Takeshi Kitano in it
Don't for goodness sake watch Irreversible...really good film but full of images that are irreversibly stuck in your memory afterwards. I watched it years ago, but the fire extinguisher still makes me feel odd.
Old Joy - Lol! Great film...Bonnie Prince Billy is world out there on his own =D
Wings of Desire is a lovely thoughtful film...great early 80's Berlin, with an appearance from Columbo!
Battle Royale. I spent the first half an hour after watching it thinking WTF?
A few of my favourites:
+1 for the Good the Bad the Weird - excellent film
+1 The Lives Of Others
Delicatessan +1
Run Lola Run
Nikita
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Work your way through all of the South Korean blockbusters!
+1
another +1 for the lives of others - fantastic film
recently really enjoyed timecrimes ( cronocimenes), spanish timetravel film - really good
Roman De Gare,Tell no One both, french and worth a watch,
Death Note 1 and 2 - well worth a look if you like Old Boy and the like.
Yeah, I liked the death note films.
Irreversible!
Should come with a bit of a warning that? Quite shocking, 2 scenes especially (underpass and fire extinguisher - not spoilers), even by todays standards
What's the one about the guy who keeps his children inside the walls of his property all their lives? That's a bit out of leftfield.
If you like Old Boy you MUST watch I Saw the Devil.
Elling
Devil's rejects
+1 Lives Of Others
Tell No One
The Counterfeiters
Zatoichi
+ 1 for I Saw the Devil.
Check out Guillermo del Toro's output: The Devil's Backbone; The Orphanage; Cronos
Couple more:
schrickvr6 - MemberSympathy for Mr/Lady Vengeance, check out some of Takashi Miike's work as well, my favourite probably Ichi the Killer and 13 Assassins.
I watched Old Boy first and then the other two of the trilogy. I thought the other two were far inferior. I wouldn't honestly bother.
I enjoyed 13 Assassins though.
The devil's backbone . Watch it at least twice once for the film then just watch the cinematography.
AlexSimon - Member
I watched Old Boy first and then the other two of the trilogy. I thought the other two were far inferior. I wouldn't honestly bother.
Sympathy for Mr Vengeance is my favourite.
Big fan of Old Boy... watched another Korean film the other day, which would definitely fit the bill:
Breathless.
From 2008, about a debt collector.
Quality, piece of nuts Korean cinema.
Plenty of good films mentioned so far, I'll add:
Das Boot
Elite Squad
Infernal Affairs
Battle Royale
Ah, I remembered: Dogtooth!
Time Crimes
I saw the devil.
Headhunters.
The bothersome man.
Fear me not.
Watched Julia's eyes last night. Thought it was quite good. Guillermo del Toro.
R Point.