Amelie - haven't really seen all that many tbh.

Oh, there are loads of great foreign language films!!


Goodbye Lenin (Germany) http://imdb.com/title/tt0301357/
Cinema Paradiso (Italy) http://imdb.com/title/tt0095765/
Yi Yi (Taiwan) http://imdb.com/title/tt0244316/
In the Mood for Love (Hong Kong) http://imdb.com/title/tt0118694/
Lagaan (India) http://imdb.com/title/tt0169102/
Together (Sweden)
Eat Drink Man Woman (China) http://imdb.com/title/tt0111797/
Italian For Beginners (Danish, I think) http://imdb.com/title/tt0243862/
Children of Heaven (Iran) http://imdb.com/title/tt0118849/
Take Care of my Cat (South Korea) http://imdb.com/title/tt0296658/

Loads of good French Fillms:

Comme Une Image http://imdb.com/title/tt0374583/
Un Coeur en Hiver http://imdb.com/title/tt0105682/
La Double Vie de Veronique http://imdb.com/title/tt0101765/
Delicatessen http://imdb.com/title/tt0101700/
Jean De Florette/ Manon Des Sources http://imdb.com/title/tt0091288/ http://imdb.com/title/tt0091480/
Trois Couleurs: Rouge http://imdb.com/title/tt0111495/


In terms of foreign language films, I like French, Indian, Iranian and Chinese cinema the most, but have enjoyed many a good film from all parts of the world.. :ok:

How could I forget Manon des Sources and Jean de Florette, I only recently studies them for my French A Level a few months ago :doh:

They're both great :D

I really didn't like that Amelie movie.
What about the Almodovar movies?(Spain) http://imdb.com/name/nm0000264/
Cyrano de Bergerac is a great adaptation of Edmond Rostand's play.(France) http://imdb.com/title/tt0099334/
The Ghibli studio movies are fabulous too.(Japan)

Almodovar.. I saw Volver recently, and liked it :ok:

Wasn't so keen on Bad Education or Live Flesh.. All about my mother was ok, and Talk to her was pretty good too.

I recall Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown as being great, and Tie me up, tie me down.. but it's been a while since I saw them..

Cyrano de Bergerac was good... though I remember it being so hyped at the time.. and that the ending sequence was sooo drawn out, a bit hammy.. but yes, good French cinema tends to be very good indeed :ok:

Japanese films tend to be bit crazy!! I saw Tampopo and thought it was nuts. http://imdb.com/title/tt0092048/

I loved 'Shall we dance?' though.. I think that hollywood made a lame remake of it..

And I think that Battle Royale has been featured in other sections here.. ;)

I don't know Tampopo but I know Pompoko, which is truly weird. http://imdb.com/title/tt0110008/

Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon,not the dubbed version,but the subtitled one.
Or to give it it's proper name,Wo Hu Cang Long

I thought it was a stunning film,and it made me feel that I was on a search for enlightenment. :D

Ah.. definitely not the dubbed version!!

There was a Japanese anime film out maybe last year called Spirited Away. It was showing at 2 cinemas within a 10 minute walk from me. If I saw it at the multiplex, it was dubbed, and if I saw it at the other cinema then it was subtitled! In fact I saw the trailer dubbed at the multiplex and then saw the full film at the other cinema with subtitled. I'm glad that I wasn't put off by the dubbed trailer, which just made it feel like pokemon or something! :doh:

I don't like dubbed films, as I feel that they just destroy the feel of a film.. but then again I know that a lot of people don't like subtitles.. I am completely fine with them, and sometimes wish that English langauge films had subtitles too as I have struggled to understand what people have said! DVD's are great for having that option.

And crouching tiger hidden dragon is a great film. :ok: There is also 'Hero' and 'House of Flying Daggers' which have revived that genre too :)

Almost anything by Akira Kirosawa but especially: http://imdb.com/name/nm0000041/
Seven Samuri
Rashomon
Yojimbo
Throne of Blood (MacBeth)
Ran

Spirited Away
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

Shaolin Soccer - it had me in stiches. My friend and i watched it assuming it'd be rubbish and ended up just finding it sooooo funny!!! http://imdb.com/title/tt0286112/

I'd pick those as the best Kurosawa films as well. He was a geat fan of Shakespeare and apart from Throne of Blood which you mentioned, Ran was based on King Lear. I believe he also made a film based on Hamlet but I can't remember the details.

Seven Samurai was remade as "The Magnificent Seven" and also inspired the Indian film "Sholay" which I think still ranks as the biggest hit in Indian cinema. http://imdb.com/title/tt0073707/

Yojimbo was remade as "Fistful of Dollars", there was also a sequel called Sanjuro which as with most sequels wasn't as good as the first one.

The Hidden Fortress was also quite good, about a general helping a princess across enemy territory helped by two peasants who provide a bit of comic relief. If that plot sounds familiar, its because George Lucas has confirmed that it was an influence on Star Wars and especially R2D2 and C3PO who are based on the 2 peasants. Toshiro Mifune who played the general was apparently considered for the part of Obi-Wan Kenobi.

Ah.. I saw that in a store just an hour ago, and wondered about it.. it's a kung fu/ soccer film, isn't it??

Maybe Eric Cantona should be in it then ;)

Yeah, it is, but it's brilliant!!! It was really funny, and really well made and stuff!!! Just great. and i hate soccer and kung fu stuff, but i really enjoyed the movie. well worth watching!!!

Great, will check it out.. thanks for the recommendation Jo! :ok:

I recently saw Czech Dream (Èeský sen), a documentary about 2 students in a film school who pull of a hoax on the Czech Public on the opening of a fake hypermarket. http://imdb.com/title/tt0402906/

I know it sounds a bit odd but I really did enjoy it. Especially when the 2 students (disguised as the managers) were being shouted at by this old Czech guy because he was fooled by the hoax xD

The rest were surprisingly philosophical about the whole thing. You wouldn't get that in most other Western countries :D

Anyone else seen this?

I loved

Amélie,
Cyrano de Bergerac,
As It Is In Heaven(Swedish) http://imdb.com/title/tt0382330/

I saw Das leben der Anderen Saturday and I must say, what an impressive film! Not the type that I'd buy on DVD, but it's just great.

I love the ending too..."Nein. Es ist für mich.“... :)