Favourite foreign language films.

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I need some suggestions. I love to watch foreign language films, any genre and would appreciate some ideas on what to get next.

Films I've enjoyed recently are...
Amelie
L'Argent de Poche
Brotherhood
Nightwatch
My Life as A Dog
Goodbye Lenin
Downfall
Das Boot
Etre et Avoir
Jean De Florette and Manon des Sources.

I love Etre et Avoir :-)

Life is Beautiful. A Masterpiece IMO

Kikujiro. It's Japanese, and a really lovely film.

Definitely Amelie, Life is Beautiful and Like Water For Chocolate.

Also:

The Apple
Blackboards (both Iranian)
La Haine
Taxi - very funny.
Sitcom - silly.
City of God

Cinema Paradiso (makes me cry like a baby though), Malena, City of the Lost Children, Heartbreaker, Run Lola Run, La Reine Margot, Brotherhood of the Wolf

a very long engagement
l'apartment

You've reminded me Vicar, I haven't seen those two. Must add to my Lovefilm list. Thanks!

House of the Flying Daggers

Les Visiteur
The orphanage
Let the right one in
The red balloon
Kiki's Delivery Service

Anything Almodovar but in particular Mujeres Al Borde
Como Agua Para Chocolate
City of Lost Children
Belle Époque

les enfants du siecle , also featuring juliette binoche

Festen is amazing (but harrowing)
Elling
Troll Hunter (light and amusing)
Tampopo
Delicatessen

Battle Royale.
The Lisbeth Salander trilogy.
Anything by almodovar,
There was a good foreign film on.telly a while ago called The Wave. German perhaps?

Nordlinger? The Northerners? Something like that. (So good I can't remember the title!)

Some of the old Truffaut films are great, but you know, very French.
Baisers Volés for example.
I enjoyed them when an impressionable teenager, am a bit more jaded nowadays

Pan's labyrinth - a masterpiece
Second lives of others.
Two of my favourite films

We watched AngelA last night, which is a favourite.

Also, look out for Black Cat, White Cat, Underground and Life is a Miracle by Emir Kusturica.

Sophie Scholl is an excellent German film about the White Rose movement, and based on a true story.

The lives of others
Black book
Le diner des cons
Hugo
Munich
Micmacs

Tell no one
Sarah's key
Mesrine 1&2

Oh, god, Betty Blue brings back memories!!!
Another vote for Les Visiteurs, and Le diner des Cons.
Also, Tais-Toi with Jean Reno and Gerard Depardieu
Cairo Nest of Spies (Agent 117) Jean Dujardin is fabulous in this.
Le Beau Mariage and anything by Eric Rohmer
Il Ladrone (Similar theme to Life of Brian, but much funnier)
Anything by Rainer Werner Fassbinder

'Il postino 'is also one if my favourites
and 'headhunter 'was a terrific adaptation of a stand alone jo nesbo book that came out last year( grisly )

I would highly recommend the following three, which have already been mentioned:

• Pan's labyrinth
• The orphanage
• Festen.

I am quite fond of the following French comedies too:

• I do (Prete-moi ta main)
• Hearbreaker (L'arnacoeur)
• La grande vadrouille
• Ni vu, ni connu (I doubt this one is available in the UK).

Another vote here for 'The Lives of Others'. I love everything about it. It's just amazing. Watch it!

Love Jean-Pierre Jeunet. Delicatessen is fantastic.

Loved Pan's Labyrinth too.

The other night we watched 'The Kite Runner' as I'd read the book (brilliant). Nowhere near as good as the book, but I still enjoyed it. Extremely harrowing.

Les Diaboliques
No Man's Land (NB very, very black comedy)
Le Placard

If you can bring yourself to try some Bollywood (they have quite a few on Lovefilm)...
Lagaan
Dabaang
Om Shanti Om
Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi