What foreign movies are on your list. I would have to say the movie Old Boy, and I also heard a movie called Three Extremes is very good as well.

12/10/2007 4:59:15 PM

Gladiator

12/10/2007 4:59:40 PM

Midnight Fetishes 4

12/10/2007 5:03:33 PM

Three Extremes is much better than Oldboy...but I'm not sure I'd want to watch it again.

Aguirre, the Wrath of God
The Seven Samurai
A Woman is a Woman
Jules and Jim
Rashomon
M
Breathless
Un Chien Andalou
The 400 Blows
Dancer in the Dark (teehee)

StillFuchsia will show up and say The Exterminating Angel, I'm sure

12/10/2007 5:13:08 PM

i liked Old Boy, but i don't know if i'd say its "must see". i know many people who would not enjoy it at all, but they wouldn't enjoy it if it was american either (and aren't they remaking it here?).

and i haven't seen 3 Extremes, but i'm sure even fewer people would really enjoy that.

"must see" makes me think more like Amelie, Pan's Labyrinth, Crouching Tiger, City of God, City of Lost Children, The Devil's Backbone... and that's not even counting brittish movies.

12/10/2007 5:17:51 PM

The Eye 2, just for the scene of that bitch hitting the ground after jumping from the roof, surviving, and then hurling herself off the roof again

12/10/2007 5:18:47 PM

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"Aguirre, the Wrath of God The Seven Samurai A Woman is a Woman Jules and Jim Rashomon M Breathless Un Chien Andalou The 400 Blows Dancer in the Dark (teehee) StillFuchsia will show up and say The Exterminating Angel, I'm sure"

Yes, I will. I also second most of your list. But here are some more, just for fun.

The Exterminating Angel
Viridiana
Ran
Wings of Desire
Band of Outsiders
The Passion of Joan of Arc
Ikiru
Léolo
City of God
Chungking Express
Delicatessen
Persona
Talk to Her
Why Has Bodhi-Dharma Left for the East?

all Zhang Yimou films, most notably:
To Live
Raise the Red Lantern

older Ang Lee films, too:
Eat Drink Man Woman
The Wedding Banquet

12/10/2007 5:31:41 PM

Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Shaun of the Dead
Hot Fuzz

Ord do you mean pretentious artsy foreign films?

12/10/2007 6:10:39 PM

Last Life In The Universe (Ruang rak noi nid mahasan) is one of my favorite movies. And 6ixtynin9 is a pretty fun movie. Both are directed by Pen-Ek Ratanaruang.

12/10/2007 6:15:41 PM

Bleu
Bialy
Rouge
Amelie
Irreversible
Y Tu Mama Tambien
Run Lola Run
Dekalog

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12/10/2007 6:44:15 PM

Life is Beautiful

12/10/2007 7:20:40 PM

The Battle of Algiers
Pierrot le fou
La Jetée
Throne of Blood
Shoot the Piano Player
Army of Shadows
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
Closely Watched Trains
The Sweet Hereafter

12/10/2007 8:43:43 PM

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0405094/

best i've seen in the last year or so

12/10/2007 9:00:54 PM

Downfall and Wings of Desire are two great German flicks.

12/10/2007 9:06:36 PM

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12/10/2007 10:43:32 PM

12/10/2007 10:52:12 PM

RAN

12/11/2007 1:21:53 AM

and most anything from Hong Kong with this guy:

12/11/2007 8:38:13 AM

i second and third city of god and if youre into old shit, the seventh seal

12/11/2007 12:27:07 PM

A Very Long Engagement

12/11/2007 1:17:01 PM

if you liked the Departed check out what it was adapted from, the Infernal Affairs Trilogy.

12/11/2007 1:19:59 PM

one of my favorite movies ever

Nueve Reinas (The Nine Queens)

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"Early one morning, Marcos observes Juan successfully pulling off a bill-changing scam on a cashier, and then getting caught as he attempts to pull the same trick on the next shift. Marcos steps in, claiming to be a policeman, and drags Juan out of the store. Once they are back on the street, Marcos reveals himself to be a fellow swindler with a game of much higher stakes in mind, and he invites Juan to be his partner in crime. A once-in-a-lifetime scheme seemingly falls into their laps - an old-time con man enlists them to sell a forged set of extremely valuable rare stamps, The Nine Queens. The tricky negotiations that ensue bring into the picture a cast of suspicious characters, including Marcos' sister Valeria, their younger brother Federico and a slew of thieves, conmen and pickpockets. As the deceptions mount, it becomes more and more difficult to figure out who is conning whom. Written by Farsante "

12/11/2007 2:00:41 PM

i second talk to her, man bites dog, persona and city of god

12/11/2007 2:16:09 PM

I've really enjoyed a lot of foreign directors that have expanded to the American market.

Most Herzog films are pretty good and I really enjoyed Rescue Dawn. Someone mentioned Run Lola Run, and I've liked all the Tykwer movies. Perfume was one of my favorite movies last year, and I guess is technically a German film, but it's in English.

12/11/2007 2:30:00 PM

^^^ We showed Nine Queens at the Galaxy Cinema about a year ago during our LatinBeat festival. I really enjoy a good confidence man movie. There aren't too many that are made unfortunately.

12/11/2007 2:33:17 PM

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"Chungking Express"

<3

12/11/2007 2:33:44 PM

^ the second half of that movie is the cutest thing that has ever existed on screen

I swear

12/11/2007 2:37:00 PM

has anyone seen the original Elite Squad (Tropa de Elite)?

Elite Squad 2 is on Netflix and i'm just wondering if the first one is worth tracking down and watching before watching the second.

11/24/2014 3:25:13 PM

This is one of the best movies I have ever seen. 10/10

11/24/2014 3:40:59 PM

The same guy who plays Handsome Ned covers all the David Bowie songs in Life Aquatic.

11/25/2014 11:40:51 AM

^^broken image on my end

11/25/2014 11:51:06 AM

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"has anyone seen the original Elite Squad (Tropa de Elite)? Elite Squad 2 is on Netflix and i'm just wondering if the first one is worth tracking down and watching before watching the second."

I'd recommend watching the first one, it adds a lot of context to the second movie, particularly with the backstory of a couple main characters. They're both great anyway.

11/25/2014 1:29:17 PM

pretty much any of the golden age japanese films on criterion collection, I've seen some of them mentioned already

also I see seventh seal and persona were mentioned but I'd say virgin spring is the best of the lot

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11/26/2014 8:55:58 PM

Let the Right One In was really good.

11/27/2014 7:01:21 PM

The Lives of Others is a great german flick about the Stasi.

11/27/2014 9:32:52 PM