Best Foreign Language Films

[waltzingparrot]

I'm English, so by that I mean films not in English

Just watched a brilliant film. The Invisible Guest on Netflix. Psychological-thriller, very, very clever plot. Spanish film and there's no English audio so you have to watch it with subtitles (unless you're fluent in Spanish or some other european languages that are available).

Haven't really watched any subtitled films over the last decade so there must be some recent blinders that I've missed.

Any recommendations please?

Just remembered Spoorloos - 1988. Creepy as fuck, was remade as The Vanishing with Kiefer Sutherland but the original is so good/ horrible.

Mustang -Turkish film about sisters

Parasite so good
The untouchable - French - brilliant
Only the animals - french - great

Pan’s Labyrinth
Wild Tales (a brilliant set of short films under one title)
Girlhood
Portrait of a Lady on Fire
City of God
La Haine

The Russian Ark - a fabulous trip through Russian history at the Winter Palace in St Petersburg - all 96 minutes done in one single take.

Also another vote for
Amilie
Downfall
Delicatessen
Lives of Others

Cantonese films:
Infernal Affairs (trilogy)
In the Mood for Love
Chungking Express
Ashes of Time (got a Tony Leung theme going here...)

Mandarin:
Farewell My Concubine
Raise the Red Lantern
The Wedding Banquet (old Ang Lee film, partly in English too)

Never Look Away....a German masterpiece spanning the Nazi and GDR era from the director of Lives of Others. The music is beautiful and the ending will stay with me for a long time.Long but worth it!

Bienvenue chez les Ch'tis. Great film - well worth a watch.

Den Kongelige Affære

I love Priceless - it's a French movie with Audrey Tatou

Den Kongelige Affære - yes!

Small town killers - danish. V v funny.

The russian one that was done in one take going through the winter palace.

Amelie.
Lupin (series)
Les triplettes de belleville (animated, no speech)
The choir

I second Lupin with Omar Sy. He also did a really brilliant film called Samba which is def worth watching.
There's an oldish film called Mediterraneo about italian soldiers stranded on a greek island in ww2 which is a must see.

So many good films here!

Could I add Sin Nombre - Spanish language film set in Honduras and Mexico about immigrants trying to reach the US. Violent and sad, but unforgettable

All of these sound great, I love foreign films (with subtitles).

@Yutes

Volver (Spanish language) And Cronos 1993 (Spanish language)

And Butterfly Tongue (la lengua de las mariposas) set during the Civil War

I love the three colours trilogy. All in French except for the second "three colours white", which is a mix of French and Polish. Can be watched as a trilogy or separately. Three colours blue is the first one.

The motorcycle diaries. Excellent film. Also shoplifters.
Amelie is an all time favourite.

The counterfitters

Les Intolerables. Fabulous, uplifting, restores your faith.

@MagpieCastle

Wim Wenders ‘Wings of desire’ (German). B/w 1987. Wonderful.

Not many people like it but it's one my favorites.

I love Volver. And City Of Lost Children.

I watched a tonne of French films in the 90s same as everyone else did. UN coeur en hiver I remember liking but haven't seen it since. I did re-watch Harry, He's Here To Help recently and it's still as good. Agree with lots of others suggested here too, but ffs don't watch Come And See. Well I mean it's a great film and all but it's a bit fucking extreme.

@StrictlyAFemaleFemale

Den Kongelige Affære - yes!

Small town killers - danish. V v funny.

The russian one that was done in one take going through the winter palace.

Amelie.
Lupin (series)
Les triplettes de belleville (animated, no speech)
The choir

I came to say Les triplettes de Bellville - absolutely wonderful!

I second:
The life of others
Run Lola run
Nine Queens

La Haine
Delicatessen

I add, if they have not been mentioned yet:
Festen
The man next door
Relatos salvajes
Undergroud
Central Station

Elisa

Today 00:12 Ionlydomassiveones

What about a feel good? ‘The Untouchables’?“

Oops, yes, quite right. I posted Les Intolerables. Meant Untouchables.

Un imbecile