Favourite Foriegn Language Film

[KILO]

Title says it all really!

Mine has to be Life is Beautiful

 

[casie p]

Amelie by 1 billion miles. I just loved the sense of humour in it, it felt so European.

 

[tess489]

Forgot that one.. Great movie.

 

[zxchyy.<3.you]

Nid De Guipes - a superb French heist thriller along the lines of Assault On Precinct 13.

 

[Aaron J]

Amelie
Run Lola Run,
Pan's Labyrinth
Hors de Prix

 

[wiemercats]

Cinema Paradiso

 

[Junior 79]

The Taxi Films & Battle Royale by a mile.

 

[Jester4584]

Are the Americans off limits ?

Sex and Zen, and Ghost in the Shell tie in first place

 

[pinspeed1]

Totally.

Other faves of mine are:

Battle Royale
City of God
The Lives of Others

 

[Sue]

Amelie
Oldboy

 

[Shalini]

Fave foreign flick of all time is "Nikita" (or La Femme Nikita as it came out here with that title) by Luc Besson. A slick classic.

the best scene, her first "hit".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vcT4r7Tljk

 

[brigitte b]

Yojimbo... & The Red Balloon.

 

[•*¨*`•.?helpmeee?.•`*¨*•]

City Of God
The Orphanage

 

[semi_sonic18]

I forgot about Oldboy. I can't believe I forgot about it. It's one of the greatest films ever made.

 

[jjvikings08]

I didn't want to cry at the end because I was watching it with my dad - a big, hard Yorkshireman.

It was such an emotional moment when:

Spoiler

He opens the book in the bookstore and sees a message of thanks coded to him.

 

[snowbd122006]

Life Is Beautiful

 

[sexyeyes12]

City of God
Inferal Affairs
Seven Samurai

 

[Lizzy Babe]

Almost forgot - Laputa (Castle In The Sky)

 

[Angel W]

Apocalypto - if it counts?

 

[| thE-paK araB roCker|]

Brilliant choice. Yeah, it's a terrific film, even if the director is a bigot.