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11-10-08

I love movies! I have recently been turned onto foreign movies especially the ones that touch on subjects not normally shown in mainstream movies. Here are the movies that invoked some kind of feeling/thought in me either in a positive or negative way. Please suggest something by judging what i thought were great movies listed below. All comments suggestions welcomed...

I'm Not Scared
Oldboy
The Shawshank Redemption
Sin City
Teeth
300
Mysterious Skin
Irreversible
Gone Baby Gone
Belle De Jour
love jones
Kill Bill Vol. 2
Closer
Memento
Pulp Fiction
Heat
Hero
Man On Fire
High Art
Leon - The Professional
Sense and Sensiblity
The Lady in White
Kung Fu Hustle
Great Expectations
Out of Sight
Indochine
The Sixth Sense
2046
Stealing Beauty

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Last edited by yagirlnextdoor; 11-10-08 at 11:42 PM.

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11-11-08

SE7EN
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
To Live and Die in L.A.
French Connection II
Sunset Blvd.
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
The Killing Fields
The Killing
Paths of Glory
City Lights
Jesus of Montreal

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Msg

Registered User

11-11-08

Lets try some Bergman first:
Wild Strawberries
En Passion
Skammen
Tystnaden
Viskningar och rop
Persona
Etc.

Ikiru
Bom yeoreum gaeul gyeoul geurigo bom
Ladri di biciclette
Le Mépris
Le Scaphandre et le papillon
Modern Times
M
Trois couleurs
La Double vie de Véronique
Cache
Funny Games
The Piano Teacher
La Pianiste
71 Fragmente einer Chronologie des Zufalls
Benny's Video
Der Siebente Kontinent
Das Experiment
L' Homme du train
Das Leben der Anderen

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11-11-08

Parents
Seconds
Birdman of Alcatraz
Kiss Me Deadly
Carrie

Holden Pike

One Ornery Sumbitch

11-11-08

Originally Posted by yagirlnextdoor

I love movies! I have recently been turned onto foreign movies especially the ones that touch on subjects not normally shown in mainstream movies.

Some foreign language films to check out...

Z (1969)
The Conformist (1970)
The Lives of Others (2006)
Cinema Paradiso (1988)
Mal�na (2000)
Talk to Her (2002)
All About My Mother (1999)
The Bride Wore Black (1968)
The Man Who Copied (2003)
In the Mood for Love (2000)
The Return of Martin Guerre (1982)
Jean de Florette (1986)
Manon of the Spring (1986)
Babette's Feast (1987)
Zorba the Greek (1964)
The Tin Drum (1979)
Burnt by the Sun (1994)
The Battle of Algiers (1966)
Man Bites Dog (1992)
Amores Perros (2000)
City of God (2002)
Stray Dog (1949)
High & Low (1963)
Army of Shadows (1969)
Cyrano de Bergerac (1990)
Ridicule (1996)
King of Hearts (1966)
Am�lie (2001)
Woman in the Dunes (1964)
Under the Sand (2001)
The Hidden Blade (2004)

Some Indies and English-speaking titles to seek out...

The Legend of 1900 (1998)
Naked (1993)
Peeping Tom (1960)
Repulsion (1965)
Death and the Maiden (1995)
Shallow Grave (1994)
A Woman Under the Influence (1974)
Montenegro (1981)
Smoke (1995)
Blue in the Face (1995)
The Music of Chance (1993)
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (2005)
Exotica (1994)
Bunny Lake is Missing (1965)
Fresh (1994)
The Limey (1999)
Far from the Madding Crowd (1967)
Tess (1980)
The Duellists (1977)
Rabbit-Proof Fence (2002)

Happy viewing!

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honeykid

MoFo Whisperer

11-12-08

Some Kurosawa

Seven Samurai
Ran
Rashomon
Throne Of Blood
Kagemusha

François Truffaut

The 400 Blows
The Man Who Loved Women
The Last Metro
Fahrenheit 451
Jules et Jim

I've never been a big fan of Goddard, but you should try and see A Bout de Souffle.

A few more French titles you might like.

Un homme et une femme (A Man And A Woman)
Noce Blanche
Eliza
La Haine
La Fille sur le pont (Girl On The Bridge)
Nikita
L' Appât (The Bait)
Rififi
La Reine Margot

I saw that someone mentioned The Double Life Of Veronique and The Three Colours Trilogy, both of which I'd highly recommend. As I would any Kieslowski film (not that I've seen all of them.) I'd also second these films that Holden recommended:

The Lives of Others (2006)
Jean de Florette (1986)
Manon of the Spring (1986)
Babette's Feast (1987)
Man Bites Dog (1992)
City of God (2002)
Ridicule (1996)
Amélie (2001)

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Msg

Registered User

11-13-08

Originally Posted by honeykid

I've never been a big fan of Goddard, but you should try and see A Bout de Souffle.

And if you like it, you also should try the similarly themed Bande à part.

If you want a masochistic experience that takes the relationship of love/hat to a new level, the movie Week End would fit you just right. I saw it hung over and it was one of the best and worst movie experiences up to date.

Not Godard, but we can't forget La Cité des enfants perdus.

honeykid

MoFo Whisperer

11-13-08

I've just looked at my post again and I'd like to say that out of these three films:
Noce Blanche
Eliza
La Fille sur le pont (Girl On The Bridge)

try and see Girl On The Bridge first. All three of these films star Vanessa Paradis and I have a bit of the thing for her which may've coloured my opinion of them. Of these, "Girl..." is usually the one that people think the best, though I don't think any of them could be considered bad films.

Another French classic for you, Les Enfants du Paradis.

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