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?

Live flesh

@elQuintoConyo

Bonbon el Perri (Bonbon the dog) Argentinian film, sweet, sad, lovely.

Bonbon el Perro

Where are you from? ;-) Not many people know that one...

El Mar Adentro

No one's mentioned that one yet

I recently watched Balloon and loved that (German).

My top five:-

Cinema Paradiso
Il Postino
Jean de Florette
La Haine
City of God/Cidade de Deus

Untouchable (French)
Headhunters (Norwegian thriller)

Untouchable, the one with Omar Sy. Based on a true story. My favourite film. French. Amusing, laugh out loud funny at times, very touching and beautifully acted.

not a film but watch Money Heist on Netflix.
it's superb

Omar Sy was Lupin.

Just watched the Danish film 'Druk' (another round). Bloody fabulous film funny but with moments of incredible poignancy. Give it a go, if you get the chance

Never gonna snow again is a quirky film.

The life of others
Pan’s labyrinth
Les Misérables (directed by Ladj Ly)
Parasite
Amour
Le père Noël est une ordure

And of course… La Haine… Possibly the most important film ever made.

Das schreckliches maedchen (the naughty girl) about a teenage girl in post war west germany uncovering ex nazis in her town and being ostracized for it.
Barbara about a doctor in the ddr sent into a rural backwater for having attempted to escape.I
Tin Drum - weird but good.
Europa Europa is great too as well as the lives of others, Good bye Lenin etc

Anything by Agnès Varda
The Edge of Heaven by Fatih Akin

Petite Maman, on at cinemas now.

DAs Boot. The original one

Les Intouchables
Le Velo (in fact most things with Benoit Polvoorde in)
Diner des cons
Dialogue avec mon Jardinier
La vie en rose
Le grand bleu
Leon
Little white lies
La delicatesse
The motorcycle diaries
The sons room

There are loads more but my memory is terrible!

@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 watched this...it's so good!

Many, many of those already listed.

Stuck on my own on NYE with a chest infection I watched 'E Stato Il Mano Di Dio' (The Hand of God) on Netflix which was moving and beautiful and very funny in parts.

Parasite is a very good Korean film that my husband and I enjoyed when we watched it, I definitely recommend it!