Foreign (non US) Film, World Cinema & TV recommendation thread.

[HundredEyes]

For the detective fans out there, 4 eps per season, post ww2 setting, Oxford England...good old fashion pre computer era detective work.

Lord Varys (mortician) n maester qyburn(commissioner) star in it aswell for you game of thrones heads.

Based on Colin Dexter's inspector Morse books(and tv series)...

 

[HundredEyes]

Modern classic. Part 2 was gutter thrash though

 

[HundredEyes]

And for those who have been living under a rock:

 

[HundredEyes]

Paul Verhoeven's rise to fame film:

 

[HundredEyes]

Another classic...might aswell check all of Park Chan Wook's films

 

[dontdiedontkillanyon]

After over a year of waiting I fInally got round to watching The Handmaiden, and no, I wasn't disappointed.

It's based on the novel 'Fingersmith' by Sarah Waters, and to take what is a Victorian-era novel and transplant it in 30's Korea without losing a step shows a filmmaker at the top of their game.

It is effectively an erotic thriller where relationships prove to be provocative and ultimately twisted: where sex seems like nothing but a long con and nothing is as it seems at first glance. Like all films that Park Chan-Wook tackles this could have easily fallen into the absurd, but as always you witness a masterclass in cinema.

Park Chan-Wook is one of my favourite directors out there, and to me this is up there with his best. I watched the theatrical version, and there is supposed to be a director's cut available as well - I'll be seeking that one out too.

A two and a half hour German comedy doesn't sound like the most appealing of films, but what you get is a genuinely humorous character study that is as happy to be as absurd as be invest in the humanist side of its subjects.

It is literally a film about a father following her daughter about in a quite stalkerish and creepy manner: a daughter who to put it politely, has outgrown her father. It's the interaction along with the sheer ridiculous set-pieces that see that armour gradually chip away to reveal a relationship of yesteryear.

It's already getting a Hollywood remake with Jack Nicholson and Kristen Wiig... I have low expectations.

 

[atribecalledgabi]

The handmaiden was the shit.

Been wanting to catch Elle for a long time but don't know where to watch (don't wana see it illegally).

The raid redemption is the best action movie I've ever seen.

 

[HundredEyes]

From looking at the views and post count of this thread I guess one can conclude that the IC gives no fucks about foreign films lmao

 

[atribecalledgabi]

From looking at the views and post count of this thread I guess one can conclude that the IC gives no fucks about foreign films lmao

I be on my phone too much to read subtitles lol

 

[gifted]

Amores Perros was the movie that got me into foreign films. Then Old Boy.

 

[dogfromduckhunt]

13 Assassins

Ode To My Father

Instructions Not Included

New World (the Korean one)

Infernal Affairs Trilogy

Company Man

Dream Home

Yojimbo, Rashomon, Seven Samurai, Hidden Fortress..anything from Akira Kurosawa basically

Top Boy

The Night Manager

The Devil's Double

 

[lazypakman]

Hard Boiled

Castaway on the moon

Mother

The Kill List

The Proposition

Rust and bone

The beat that my heart skipped

Dead and alive

The Killer

Under the skin

Save the green planet

Sonatine

Izo

A Prophet

The Orphanage

The Rover

The Skin i live in

Exit Through The GIft Shop

Hana-bi

The Hunt

Confessions

Once upon a time in china

Incendies

Once were Warriors

Fist of legend

A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night

The Quiet Family

The Happiness of the Katkuris

Ran

Gomorrah

The Devil's Backbone

The Great Beauty

 

[Lou Cypher]

 

[Lou Cypher]

Modern classic. Part 2 was gutter thrash though

This shit was so fire. That scene where they used to shields to blind the oncoming army, then send out the second line to slaughter them all as they fell off their horses was GOAT.

Dude fighting off folks with a baby in his arms, GOAT. Such dope fighting in this movie.

 

[DarthRozay]

And for those who have been living under a rock:

just copped these since I couldn't find them online (streaming)

 

[Qiv_Owan]

GOAT thread, I will be watching a large portion of these

 

[Idiopathic Joker]

For those who want to expand their movie and fild palette, This thread is for movie or tv show recommendations from countries outside hollywood/us.

Please post some could be Old or New joints that you think people should check out....

French movie , about a middle aged lady who owns a game company who get raped and she tries to figure out who did it amidst her internal family beefs.

Director of total recall right?

 

[rickmogul]

Viva Riva - African thriller

The Lady in the car with the glasses and the gun- French Thriller.

How to draw a perfect circle - Was high, can't remember.

Girl$- Dope Chinese thot flick.

 

[808HiLife808]

 

[HundredEyes]

Some superb animated movies:

Based on a true story about an aircraft engineer...

Castle in the Sky...all time classic...something you can watch with the kids/fam. Intriguing and beautiful movie.