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Posts: 394 (07/03/08 16:50:10) Veteran Shockliner |
1. OldBoy
2. Lagaan 3. Spirited Away 4. Audition 5. The Host 6. Happiness of the Katakuris 7. Run Lola Run 8. City of Lost Children 9. Iron Monkey 10. Pan's Labyrinth I have many other favorites, but these are some. What about you? -Jeremy 
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Tom Piccirilli |
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Posts: 4003 (07/03/08 18:21:00) Shocklineraholic |
1. Seven Beauties
2. Oldboy 3. A Tale of Two Sisters 4. Seventh Seal 5. Seven Samurai 6. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 7. Memories of Murder 8. Pan's Labyrinth 9. The Kingdom I & II 10. Battle Royale |
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Posts: 3540 (07/03/08 21:40:00) Top-Tier Shockliner Demon |
Gojira
Devil's Backbone Battle Royale Nosferatu Seven Samurai Brotherhood of the Wolf Monty Python & Holy Grail Versus Zombie The Beyond
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Posts: 110 (07/03/08 22:46:13) |
Battle Royale
Audition The Big Blue Amelie Run Lola Run Y Tu Mama Tambien Intacto A Very Long Engagement Old Boy Ichi the Killer |
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Gary Mc |
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Posts: 1911 (07/03/08 23:05:07) Shocklineraholic |
Lady Vengeance
Wages of Fear Memories of Murder Bellevue Rendezvous Throne of Blood Gozu Rec M The Silence Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon Fear Eats the Soul 
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Gary Mc |
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Posts: 1912 (07/03/08 23:06:08) Shocklineraholic |
I obviously can't count. :-/
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Matthew Craig |
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Posts: 2944 (07/04/08 00:13:19) Top-Tier Shockliner Demon |
In no particular order:
Amelie Taxi Crocuhing Tiger Hidden Dragon Pan's Labyrinth Belleville Rendezvous Ringu AngelA I'm stuck now, Matt
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PaulreadingKing |
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Posts: 364 (07/04/08 01:04:58) Veteran Shockliner |
I'm from NZ, so I'm listing some US films here, no particular order :-)
Rambo - the latest installment Shawshank Redemption The Greenmile The fatest Indian Mad Max 2 Schindlers List Ben Hur The Big Blue I obviously can't count either or I'm stuck! ~Paul. |
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Posts: 1036 (07/04/08 01:10:50) Master Shockliner |
Horror only
King Kong (1933) The Bride of Frankenstein The Mummy (Karloff) The Thing (original) The Thing (Carpenter) House of 1000 Corpses Night of the Living Dead (original) The Host Night Watch Dark Water (original) David (who is British) |
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Posts: 1114 (07/04/08 01:59:28) Shocklineraholic |
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The Seventh Seal Leningrad Cowboys Go America Dreams Inside The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie The Stendhal Syndrome Life is Beautiful Black Sunday The Red Balloon
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HuwL |
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Posts: 116 (07/04/08 03:53:12) |
Ju Dou (China)
Ugetsu Monogatari (Japan) Last Year in Marienbad (France) Vampyr (Denmark) Metropolis (Germany) Memories of Murder (South Korea) Run Away (Taiwan) Black Sunday (Italy) The Spirit of the Beehive (Spain) Viy (Russia) Fanny and Alexander (Sweden) My Neighbour Totoro (Japan) Sorry to cheat, but like Gary, it seems I can't count... ;-)
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markewest |
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Posts: 518 (07/04/08 03:55:38) Veteran Shockliner |
In no particular order (and only 8 posted, but loads more remembered as soon as I press post, no doubt!):
Pauline a la plage The 400 Blows Betty Blue Ils/Them Taxi Sex & Lucia Breathless (Godard version, obviously) Spirit Of The Beehive |
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Chris Conlon |
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Posts: 209 (07/04/08 05:14:31) Veteran Shockliner |
Holy cow, what a general question.
I'm assuming that by "foreign" you mean films from non-English speaking countries...Otherwise I'll end up listing Brief Encounter, The Browning Version, Room With a View, A Hard Day's Night, and about a thousand other British films. Off the top of my head... The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari Metropolis Tokyo Story Ringu Ringu 0 Dark Water A Tale of Two Sisters Seven Beauties Diabolique Bye Bye Brazil That leaves off about another 20 that come quickly to mind. |
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Posts: 611 (07/04/08 06:59:05) Master Shockliner |
Off the top of my head...
Funny Games The Vanishing The Conformist Z Rashomon Ichi the Killer Jean de Florette (together with its sequel, Manon des Sources) Rififi Solaris Cannibal Holocaust
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David J Bell |
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Posts: 1051 (07/04/08 07:23:33) Master Shockliner |
Cinema Paradiso
The Lives of Others
THE CONDEMNED by David Jack Bell From Delirium Books January 2008 www.davidjackbell.com
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CountAgranoff |
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Posts: 839 (07/04/08 08:06:00) Master Shockliner |
Oh man I'm a complete and total kung fu movie dork so combined with horror films I could never get it down to ten. I'll list a a few that others may
not have heard of that I think rock...
Twilight Samurai (tear jerking movie) The hidden Blade dog bite dog (thanks Lisa morton you were right) Musa the warrior (korean) Exiled (modern Hong kong spin on spagehtti western by Johnnie To) 2029:Lost memories (korean time cop rip-off) Princess and the warrior (Run lola run team) Casshern (intelligent Japnanese sci-fi) The returner (dumb but fun Japanese sci-fi) |
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Posts: 986 (07/04/08 08:31:39) Master Shockliner |
Whoops, the original post here was fukakta...
I meant to talk about how my UCLA film professors would undoubtedly hate my (largely) non-European choices for foreign films: BELLE DU JOUR GREEN SNAKE KNIFE IN THE WATER MY NEIGHBOR TOTORO PEKING OPERA BLUES RASHOMON THE SEVEN SAMURAI SPIRITED AWAY A TALE OF TWO SISTERS A TOUCH OF ZEN
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GregFG |
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Posts: 682 (07/04/08 08:54:09) Master Shockliner |
(In no particular order)
1. Diabolique 2. Solaris (Original Russian version) 3. The Wages of Fear 4. M 5. Nights of Cabiria 6. The Seventh Seal 7. L'Avventura 8. Hour of the Wolf 9. Suspiria 10. The Passenger 11. Rashomon (yeah, I know that's 11 but getting the list even that short was really hard) Greg
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Stephen Bacon |
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Posts: 354 (07/04/08 12:15:40) Shockliner |
Does Trainspotting count?
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HuwL |
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Posts: 118 (07/04/08 12:42:11) |
Some great films have been listed in this thread. It'd make a pretty good guide (at least a starter's guide) to which foreign language films are worth
checking out, especially if you're looking for ones with a leaning toward fantasy or horror.
I'd like to add a few more from Japan: Yojimbo Sanjuro Onibaba The Hidden Fortress Woman in the Dunes Kwaidan Kuroneko The Sword of Doom The Human Condition Musashi Miyamoto (a trilogy chronicling the life and adventures of the famed swordsman) Hanabi Sonatine (just about anything by 'Beat' Takeshi is worth seeking out) I agree with the poster who listed Twilight Samurai, as well -- superb film with a subtle, heartfelt, and absolutely brilliant performance by Sanada Hiroyuki (aka 'Duke' Sanada, Henry Sanada, etc.). This guy's been in a ton of films before he started appearing in Western films like The Last Samurai and Sunshine -- loads of Sonny Chiba films, as well as samurai and yakuza flicks. |
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Posts: 3367 (07/04/08 12:42:14) Top-Tier Shockliner Demon |
Night Of The Hunter
Bring Me The Head Of Alfredo Garcia The Searchers The Wild Bunch The Haunting The Thing (1982) She Wore A Yellow Ribbon Dawn Of The Dead The Sweet Smell Of Success Johnny Guitar Last time I checked, I wasn't American, so all of this Hollywood stuff is foreign films. (The Americans on the forum could name a shitload of Hammer and Amicus stuff, by the same logic. Maybe they should.) |
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