Tired of Hollywood movies

[Addled Platypus]

seems they are making nothing but trash

so I am here to ask my fellow Apolytoners what foreign fils I should go rent.

I go to blockbuster or hollywood stores

My guess it will be limited, never actually went down the foreign film isle

I have seen

Ran
Seven Samuari

[Bosh]

Best korean movies:
Taegukgi hwinalrimyeo / Brotherhood of War (war movie)
Old Boy (very violent and disturbing in an artsy way, good stuff)

[DaShi]

I couldn't stand the wussy ending of Old Boy. He claims he's a monster bent on revenge and then breaks down because of *spoiler*. Bruce Willis would have stopped the bad guy's plan without the crying and self-mutilation. "Yippy kai yay mother****er."

[Bosh]

Originally posted by DaShi
I couldn't stand the wussy ending of Old Boy. He claims he's a monster bent on revenge and then breaks down because of *spoiler*. Bruce Willis would have stopped the bad guy's plan without the crying and self-mutilation. "Yippy kai yay mother****er."

Bah, was a great ending. The movie is about ****ing with people's heads not "yippy kai yay mother****er." And his final solution is very very fitting...

[Ted Striker]

I had a thread like this about a year ago.

There were some kick azz recommendations, if you can find it.

Netflix has a good selection of foreign films, highly recommended.

[duke o' york]

Would you even consider French freedom films?
I mean, if you're going to get one in CA, then they'll all have subtitles, so it's not as if you need to understand French freedom to enjoy them.

[DaShi]

Originally posted by Bosh

Bah, was a great ending. The movie is about ****ing with people's heads not "yippy kai yay mother****er." And his final solution is very very fitting...

He was all badass until he started crying and cut off his *spoiler*.

[Ted Striker]

Ted Striker Recommends:

Run Lola Run (1998)
Shaun of the Dead (2004)
Cronos (1993)
Bend It Like Beckham (2002)
Osama (2003)
Hidden Fortress (1958)
Monsieur Ibrahim (2003)
Amores Perros (2000)
The Devil's Backbone (2001)
Nine Queens (2000)
Brotherhood of the Wolf (2001)

[Heerscher]

My two cents:

Svadba/La Noce
Hilarious Russian comedy about a wedding in some godforsaken Siberian mineworkers town.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0246119/

Lilya 4-ever
Heartbreaking story about a Russian girl that is abandoned by her parents and, after falling prey to a charming loverboy, ends up being forced into protitution in Sweden. Be prepared for a movie that gives you the feeling of being beaten with a big hammer uninterruptedly for the whole duration of the movie.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0246119/

[Bosh]

Originally posted by DaShi


He was all badass until he started crying and cut off his *spoiler*.

But the whole point of the film wasn't to create the most bad-ass action hero possible. Its not an action movie!!

[Thorgal]

See "El día de la Bestia" (1995) its funny.

[Lul Thyme]

City of God...
Amazing movie.

[ajbera]

The Vanishing. The original Dutch version, not the shitty American remake.

[Atahualpa]

Cidade de Deus (City of god; great brazilian movie)
Crna macka, beli macor (Black cat white cat; a crazy and excellent serbian/croatian movie)
Das Boot (The Boat; a must see)
Le Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain (Amelie; a great great french movie)
C'est arrivé près de chez vous (Man bites dog; a socially shocking belgian movie.. this one is not to be taken easy!!)
La Mala educación (Bad Education; a spanish movie about gays and the church, very good)
La Vita è bella (Life is beautiful; great movie with Roberto Benigni, settled around a nazi death camp)

[ajbera]

Ahh... Man Bites Dog is awesome. Get the unrated version if you can, which includes the evisceration and the child.

Audition, by Takishi Miike is also terrific, but not for the delicate. One of my top 10 horror films.