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Name the title, country it's from (if you remember) and the language it was in. Also give a short account of the plot... if possible.

Here's my list...
1. Life Is Beautiful - Italy - Italian (war in europe)
2. The Truth About Jane and Sam - Singapore - Mandarin (two people of different status falling in love)
3. The Classic - Korea - Korean (the diary of a Korean lady)
4. Love 2000 - Japan - Japanese (espionage and love)
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So many good movies, so little time.
1. Seven Samurai - Japanese
2. Jean de Florette - French
3. Yojimbo - Japanese
4. Seven Beauties - Italian
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1. Yojimbo - Japan - Japanese (Fist ull of Dollars[the cooler samurai version])
2. The Killer - Hong Kong - Cantonese (an assassin does one last job)
3. Rashomon - Japan - Japanese (one crime 4 points of view)
4. Day for Night - France - French (Movie about making A movie)
5. The Barbarian Invasions - Canada - French (Dying man seeks to make peace)
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The Fourth Man-Dutch (psychological drama/comedy)
Doberman-French (crime thriller)
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Standing in the Sunlight, Laughing
Fallen Angels
The Piano Teacher
Woman In The Dunes
The 400 Blows
Tres Couleurs Trilogy
Y Tu Mama Tambien
Amores Perros
Aguirre, the Wrath of God
Le Passion de Jeanne d'Arc

before movie message boards, I used to hate subtitles... I guess I'm past that.
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Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain, Le (Amélie) (d. Jean-Pierre Jeunet, 2001) French Film

Pacte des loups, Le (Brotherhood of the Wolf) (d. Christophe Gans, 2001) French Film

RAN (d. Akira Kurosawa, 1985) Japanese Film

Shichinin no samurai (Seven Samurai) (d. Akira Kurosawa, 1954) Japanese Film

M (Fritz Lang's M) (d. Fritz Lang, 1931) German Film

Osama (d. Siddig Barmak, 2003)

Vita è bella, La (Life is Beautiful) (d. Roberto Benigni, 1997)

Those are the only ones i can name off the top of my head.



Oooh this is a hard one as I dont ever pay enough attention to what I watch! Ones I remember in particular:

Run Lola Run (german? dubed english)
The Princess and the Warrior (german? dubbed english)
Gen Y Cops (Chinese. dubbed English)
Wasabi (French film in english)
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Yojimbo and the Good the Bad and the Ugly. Hey it was shot in Italian, that counts right? Well I might as well add For a Few Dollars more too then.
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My favorite was

Le Pacte des loups (Brotherhood of the wolf)



Le Femme Nikita (French Assassin)
City Of The Lost Children(French Fantasy)
Hardboiled(John woo film)
Swedish Porn
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I have a few to add:

The Crimson Rivers
Brotherhood of the Wolf (I have to agree on that one!)
The Forsyte Sagas (more of a miniseries x 2)



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