any good non-english films?

[Zero]

As for korean film, I heard lot of good things about "chingu" and "To home". Other ones you mentioned I havent heard of.

Stalingrad was great. It was as good as it can get without Private Ryans big budget

Kurosawa's films are one of my favorites. Personally i love seven samurai the most among all of them.

There's also the seventh seal, for thsoe who like to contemplate about life/death.

as for french, theres brotherhood of the wolf thing, thats another foreign movie you could easily find in big chain stores.

i ahvent watched das boot, how is it? (it looks good)

[Spiffor]

There will be a movie by Jeunet with Audrey Tautou, indeed produced by Fox. French title should be "Un long Dimanche de fiançailles". The same team of costumists, scenarists etc. seems to be working on it, and Jeunet says the title could have been "Amélie goes to war".

Most probably, "A Very Long Engagement" (English title) will milk as much as possible from the Amélie appeal. Since Jeunet is used to quality movies, we can expect this movie not to be a quick and dirty rip-off

[Spiffor]

BTW, if you are interested in a cynical movie, you can try With a Friend Like Harry (original title : "Harry, un ami qui vous veut du bien").

Also, a good action flick is the real version of La Femme Nikita" (original title is simply "Nikita"). Luc Besson also directed Leon but he stopped being a French director at this time (it doesn't make the movie any less good)

Alinestra Covellia recently asked about Manuel Poirier's Western. I haven't seen the movie, but I've heard many good opinions on it. As a side note, the same person is starring in this movie and in Harry

And how could I forget The Dinner's Game, an extremely funny movie (I don't know if it can export that well though). Original title : "Le dîner de cons"

Edit : And I forgot Going PLaces, but I'd advise to be cautious on this one. It is filled with sex and amorality, but has a serious dose of fun as well, and I overall enjoyed the movie very much. But definitely not the thing to watch first if you want to discover French cinema. Original title : "Les Valseuses"

[Ecthy]

Das Boot is a true classic. The only movie where Prochnow ever performed well.

And Herbie Grönemeyer is innn theeeere.... too!!

[Mercator]

Originally posted by alva
The best Belgian film I can think of is:
Daems.

Damn, I hate that movie... We've had to watch that in school several times. You get sick of it after a while.

The Dutch cinema has been growing lately, although until now it has been mostly old TV series/children's books turned into film, or "teen movies" about teens getting pissed in Spain.
I've heard good things about "Van God Los" ("godforsaken", the English title appears to be "Stir Crazy") though, I might go see it.

Unfortunately, I haven't seen any Kurosawa yet, but I love Takeshi Kitano (non-yakuza, I haven't seen any of those yet). I've recently seen "Dolls" and it's beautiful. And his "Kikujiro no natsu" ("The Summer of Kikujiro") is a masterpiece.

I can't think of any good Dutch or Belgian movies right now... Well, I can, but I either haven't seen them myself yet, or I forgot the title of the film.

[Uncle Sparky]

The Brazilian film City of God about young street gangs is very good. The story is set in the '70s and told through the eyes of a slum kid who wants to be a news photographer. Its quite violent.

[alva]

Damn, I hate that movie... We've had to watch that in school several times. You get sick of it after a while.

Yeah, I never understood why they do that. Don't worry, you'll like it in a few years, I had the same thing with the Jaques Tati films.
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How about :
La guerre du feu. (French movie but no language is spoken.)

[The diplomat]

Has anyone seen the French movie "Germinal"? It is a movie about miners that revolt against their oppressive boss in the late 1800's. It is rather dark, but thought-provoking. Especially good for all you communists/socialists.

[Pekka]

Uncle Sparky, yes, I agree. City of God is very good. One of those movies I thought afterwards 'wow, this was a really good movie in a long long time'.

Good Finnish movie: Winter War

[raghar]

Jungle was nice and then come Guu.
I know others, but you'd not understand them. ( like e eu movies, or pakistan, or was it daghestan, sci-fi movies and other WEIRD stuff)
As general rule nice movies and France's fairy tales aren't commonly avilable to general public.

Pekka, when was made that movie? I recall something old and nice... Could it be...

[Mercator]

Originally posted by alva
Don't worry, you'll like it in a few years

It's been a few years... I haven't seen it in a long time either though, maybe I will see it again next time it's on TV.

I had the same thing with the Jaques Tati films.

Should I be glad I've never heard of him?

[Wernazuma III]

There's plenty of great non-american films. Some good french films then get copied more or less well done by Hollywood. One example is "Un cage aux foux"...

But there's also great Italian films. The best ones are the Don Camillo movies (NOT the one with Terence Hill!!!!). For anyone who doesn't like it, there's no hope left.

[Wernazuma III]

Originally posted by Mercator

Should I be glad I've never heard of him?

The War of Fire is some film you might want to know. It's the story of a horde of archaic cavemen whose tribe lost their holy fire and because they don't yet know how to make it themselves, they go looking for it. A bit old, but still good.

[alva]

Werner, I already suggested that one (La guerre du feu )

And I don't think it was made bij Jaques Tati µ
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Well Mercator, it depends, I think his movies are hilarious, but you have to go with it.
(think Pink pater(ish), but not really/ I'm not a fan of the Panter series)
The films are old btw (colour, but old), mayb Spiffor could tell you more.

[The diplomat]

Originally posted by Wernazuma III
But there's also great Italian films. The best ones are the Don Camillo movies (NOT the one with Terence Hill!!!!). For anyone who doesn't like it, there's no hope left.

Are you talking about the Don Camillo movies where Fernandel plays a Catholic priest in a small Italian town controlled by the Communist Party?

I have all them on video. They're a hoot. I love the love/hate interaction between the Catholic priest and the Communist mayor.
I think it is in the first movie, where the Communist win the city election and are having a victory rally. Then, the crowd starts running toward the church. Don Camillo assumes that the crowd is about to storm the church, so he gets his gun and prepares to defend himself, but the crowd runs right past the church toward the house of the new mayor. It turns out that the new mayor's wife has just delivered her first baby. Later, the major brings his new baby to the church to be baptized. Don Camillo refuses at first, so the commie mayor and Don Camillo have a fist fight. They fight until they are both exhausted and then Don Camillo agrees to baptize the kid.

It is also really neat how they have the voice of Jesus that speaks to Don Camillo whenever he is thinking of doing something naughty.