Favorite foreign films?

[CJHobbes]

Lola Rennt (Run Lola Run)...

Oldboy is cool.

I enjoyed both of these films.

I don't watch many foreign films, and when I do it's usually campy horror/action stuff. So I'll just add:

醉拳 (Drunken Master)
Which I'm sure everyone knows. You could put any martial arts movie here, actually, like Ip Man and Goemon. They're all fun to watch.

องค์บาก (Ong-Bak)
A fun martial arts film with Tony Jaa displaying muay Thai style. So there's lots of elbows and knees to the head.

ต้มยำกุ้ง (The Protector)
Another Tony Jaa martial arts movie with some fun action scenes, including a Capoeira fighter. It also has one of my favorite one-take continual action sequences. The dude just wants his elephant back.

Shaolin Soccer and Kung Fu Hustle are also great for MA comedies.

El laberinto del fauno(Pan's Labyrinth)
Which I'm sure everyone knows as well.

Død snø (Dead Snow)
There's just something about undead Nazis that's charming.

Black Sheep
New Zealand film about killer sheep that's so far awesome beyond words.

So, yeah, nothing too serious here.

Edit: Oh, and the ones on Netflix streaming: Dead Snow, Drunken Master, Ong-Bak, Ip Man and Goemon. I wouldn't really suggest Goemon, I don't think it's that stellar of a film, but the others are fun.

Edit 2: I also have a co-worker who said the Spanish horror film [REC] was really good. Unfortunately I can't watch it since it has hand-held cameras and I have bad motion sickness. x.x

[LoopyChew]

I saw "Va, vis, et deviens" (literally "Go, see, and become"; stylized "Live and Become" internationally) when in the theaters, and it was fantastic. I need to watch it again.

For more mainstream French entertainment, the Cedric Klapisch duology "L'auberge espagnole" and "Les Poupées Russes" ("The Spanish Apartment" and "Russian Dolls") are pretty good, too.

[Dante1847]

agree with Hobbes on that Protector scene. One cut. unbelievable scene. I didnt think the movie was all that great, but that one scene should be in a movie Hall of Fame.

[BohemianMatt]

Oldboy is cool.

I've been wanting to see that one for a while. I hear it's brutal.

I too am all about British films (especially Guy Richie), but I'll set those aside.

Anything from Guillermo del Toro is great, but especially Pan's Labyrinth.

Recently watched Trollhunter on Netflix, just to get a campy dose of my Norwegian heritage.

Another gem is Renaissance, and animated, French-made, American-voice-acted sci-fi mystery that is just awesome to watch.

[Insane3]

Pedro Almodovar.

'Nuff said.

I find that Almodovar's strongest movie was Volver and I actually dislike everything else he did.

[firedoom666]

Lola Rennt (Run Lola Run)

I don't watch too many foreign films (unless you count Anime) but I love that movie

[Insane3]

For more accessible and recent foreign cinema I would consider watching these movies:

France :
Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain (or Amélie) by Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Un Prophète (or A Prophet) by Jacques Audiard

Sweden :
Låt den rätte komma in (or Let the Right One In) by Tomas Alfredson

South Korea :
Madeo (or Mother) by Bong Joon-ho

Mexico :
El laberinto del fauno (or Pan's Labyrinth) by Guillermo del Toro
Y Tu Mamá También by Alfonso Cuaron
Amores Perros (or Love's a *****) by Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

Japan :
Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi (or Spirited Away) and
Mononoke-hime (or Princess Mononoke) by Hayao Miyazaki

French Canada :
Rebelle (or War Witch) by Kim Nguyen
Les Invasions Barbares (or The Barbarian Invasions) by Denys Arcand

Germany :
Lola Rennt (or Run Lola Run) by Tom Tykwer
Good Bye, Lenin! by Wolfgang Becker
Der Untergang (or Downfall) by Oliver Hirschbiegel

[soup567]

I've been wanting to see that one for a while. I hear it's brutal.

Very much so. But if people are interested in watching foreign films, Oldboy is a must see.

[FujiSkunk]

The tale of the little bushman isn't foreign enough.

Nyah.

[Runesmith]

Anything by Alejandro Jodorowsky. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alejand...ky#Filmography

My favorite's probably Santa Sangre.