Author Topic: Foreign language DVDs you'd recommend (Read 7004 times)

talisman30 · « **Reply #30 on:** Apr 26, 2005 at 05:42 PM »

For me Motorcycle Diaries is a really good movie.

MAtZTER · « **Reply #31 on:** Jun 08, 2005 at 04:03 PM »

Bichunmoo (DTS)

Korean film I just rented from Red Hot Videos.
Better story than Hero or HOFD.
Kulang lang sa cinematography.

ranran · « **Reply #32 on:** Aug 27, 2005 at 11:46 PM »

Ping Pong

w/ dts

SPaCeMaN SPiFF · « **Reply #33 on:** Aug 28, 2005 at 05:56 AM »

just adding some titles (that i don't think have been mentioned yet) ... i don't necessarily own these films on dvd but i have viewed and liked them.

sumo do sumo don't
kolya
scent of green papaya
mostly martha
the sea inside
the wedding banquet
raise the red lantern
initimacy
everybody's famous
farinelli (the castrato)
all about my mother
belle epoque
no man's land

cineaste · « **Reply #34 on:** Aug 28, 2005 at 09:04 PM »

I have the ff. in my collection and would highyly recommend them:

Asian Films
Scent of Green Papaya
Farewell My Concubine
Not One Less
Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon
Raise the Red Lantern
Ran
Rashomon
Monsoon Wedding

European
Ma Vie En Rose
Cinema Paradiso
Europa Europa
Farinelli
Harme Suare
Le Roi Danse
The Cranes Are Flying
Under the Sand

Latin American
Central Station
Sex and Lucia
Y Tu Mama Tambien

Latin

Dowals · « **Reply #35 on:** Aug 30, 2005 at 03:31 PM »

ANATOMIE 2

a lot of filipina in the movie playing nurses, one of which is my wife's sister

riverfan · « **Reply #36 on:** Aug 30, 2005 at 10:48 PM »

Quote from: riverfan on Mar 21, 2005 at 12:35 AM

Young Torless Der Junge Torless (1966) (Germany) (Criterion Collection)
Night and Fog Nuit et Brouillard (1955) (France) (Criterion Collection)
Amelie Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain, Le (2001) (France) (Miramax)

Ewan ko ba, pero nadedepress ako pagpinanunuod ko 'to.

The 400 Blows Quatre cents coups, Les (1959) (France) (Criterion Collection)

hung up 25 · « **Reply #37 on:** Oct 03, 2005 at 05:45 PM »

1. 8 1/2
2. happy together
3. maria full of grace
4. like water for chocolate
5. the damned
6. wild strawberried
7. death in venice
8. teorema
9. cries and whispers
10. persona

uebetan12 · « **Reply #38 on:** Feb 06, 2006 at 04:19 AM »

seven samurai,battle royale,run lola run, rashomon, seventh seal,
rules of the game,saragossa manuscript, bang rajan,ong bak,oldboy

uebetan12 · « **Reply #39 on:** Feb 06, 2006 at 04:23 AM »

el verdugo {1963} from spain ...its rare,even in spain its difficult to obtain a copy of this dvd

wedge · « **Reply #40 on:** Feb 06, 2006 at 06:53 AM »

Kyoshi Kurosawa's
Kyua
Kairo
Korei
Doppelganger

psi_rover · « **Reply #41 on:** Feb 07, 2006 at 04:46 PM »

Good Bye Lenin! (Germany)
The Edukators (Germany)
Cinema Paradiso (Italy)

uebetan12 · « **Reply #42 on:** Feb 08, 2006 at 02:41 AM »

the saragossa manuscript {1965} poland

released by image on region 1

recently voted in kazakhstan
as one of the greatest movies of all time on a per country basis

considered by jerry garcia of the grateful dead
as the greatest ever,if not one of the best movies of all time.

jointly re-released by francis ford coppola and martin scorsese

scully · « **Reply #43 on:** Mar 24, 2006 at 03:41 PM »

Cinema Paradiso
Sex & Lucia
Hable Con Ella (Talk To Her)

MAtZTER · « **Reply #44 on:** Jun 27, 2006 at 11:18 AM »

THE PROMISE DTS-ES
I watched this so many times with my guests, it never fails to amuse them.

Chinese Tall Story DTS 96/24

blitzkrieg · « **Reply #45 on:** Jun 27, 2006 at 11:08 PM »

Quote from: MAtZTER on Jun 27, 2006 at 11:18 AM

THE PROMISE DTS-ES
I watched this so many times with my guests, it never fails to amuse them.

Yeah true..I liked it too. I thought it was better than HOFD and Hero. The story was much easier to chew and the CGI and production value, WOW!!! It puts Philippine cinema 20 years behind.

MAtZTER · « **Reply #46 on:** Jun 28, 2006 at 10:01 AM »

Quote from: blitzkrieg on Jun 27, 2006 at 11:08 PM

Yeah true..I liked it too. I thought it was better than HOFD and Hero. The story was much easier to chew and the CGI and production value, WOW!!! It puts Philippine cinema 20 years behind.

I second the motion! This movie instantly knocked out HOFD and Hero in my best foreign movie list.

I heard that this was the most expensive Chinese film ever produced.

cel-shaded · « **Reply #47 on:** Jun 28, 2006 at 02:23 PM »

Il Mare (Korean)

uebetan12 · « **Reply #48 on:** Jun 29, 2006 at 04:35 PM »

also try kino's munchausen {1943}, the original german epic version,

it's already colored and remastered, it was a big box office hit in germany when its originally released and banned until the 1970's

cineaste · « **Reply #49 on:** Jul 14, 2006 at 09:39 PM »

Central Station (Walter Sales)
Ran (Akira Kurosawa)
Rashomon (Akira Kurosawa)
In the Mood for Love (Wong Kar Wai)
Cinema Paradiso (Guiseppe Tornatore)

crey014 · « **Reply #50 on:** Aug 01, 2006 at 05:27 PM »

Cache! Tsotsi! 3-Iron! M! Talk to Her! Hable Con Ella!

NeilNo · « **Reply #51 on:** Aug 04, 2006 at 12:04 AM »

Azumi 1
Azumi 2
Versus

If you want Japanese action, blood and gore...

vtec3 · « **Reply #52 on:** Aug 04, 2006 at 10:53 AM »

Kung Fu Hustle - a hilarious movie for me

ericag_ph · « **Reply #53 on:** Aug 04, 2006 at 11:26 AM »

Foreign Language DVD I'd recommend:

1. Count of Monte Cristo (3or4 disc French, Gerard Depardiue)
2. Closer (chinese, female assasins - action)
3. Zatoichi (japanese, blind samurai action)
4. Anything with samurai actor Toshirô Mifune (Seven Samurai, Yojimbo, Sanjuro, Musashi (3disc) )and/or Directed by Akira Kurosawa (Ran, Rashomon, etc..) --these are Criterion Collection DVDs
5. Anything with Zhang Ziyi (Crouching Tiger etc.)
6. Jackie Chan's Drunken Master
7. Anything (anime) by Hayao Miyazaki (Totorro, Nausicaa, Laputa Castle in the Sky, Kiki's Delivery Service, Princess Mononoke etc...)
8. Das Boot (German, war)
9. Amelie (French? can't remember)
10. My Sassy Girl (korean)
11. Kung Fu Hustle (Chinese)
12. Life Is Beautiful (Italian)

uebetan12 · « **Reply #54 on:** Oct 01, 2006 at 12:07 PM »

death of mr. lazarescu (2005) from romania

cyclo (1995) from vietnam

central station (1992) from brazil

marketa lazarova (1967) from czechoslovakia

knights of the teutonic order (1960) from poland

dragon inn (1967) from hong kong