Foreign film recommendations

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Gonna watch a shed load of films I think this weekend so prepping the menu.

I'm not shy with subtitles. Started years ago with Hong Kong Cinema. I watched tons of Tartan videos 15 years ago. Doesn't seem to be that much about these days or that I've lost track of the scene.

I have watched alot of Chan Park Wook stuff and some other Korean films as a consequence.

Alot of Japanese Horror stuff.

French stuff, Juliette Binoche, Audrey Tautou, Melanie Laurent. The wave of horrors that they had too, Switchblade Romance and the one with the pregnant woman, Martyrs (vile), etc.

Think the last thing one was The Prophet.

Anyone recommend something meaty? Really fancy a quality film.
 
Old Boy
Amores Perros
The Orphanage
Central Station
Koyla
The Sea Inside
The Choir
Cinema Paradiso
Jean de Florette
Goodbye Lenin
The Lives of Others

Only the first couple are violent/horror types
 
Agree with Seven Samurai and will add Rashomon
Olivier Olivier
The Vanishing
Delicatessen
In the mood for love
The Scent of the green papaya
Kolya
 
Wasn't intended to offend but I know what you mean. I genuinely love films from around the world. It was easier to use 'foreign' as I didn't want recommendations limited to one country.

In fact I loved both Amelie and Oldboy!
 
I'd endorse lots of the recommendations already made.

Not sure if this actually qualifies as a foreign film as it's directed by Mel Gibson, but one of his films with subtitles is Apocalypto. It's terrifying/horrifying but not in a spooky way.

I guess you've already seen the Ring as you mention Japanese horror but if you haven't then that's a must.

Cinema Paradiso and La Reine Margot are amongst my personal favourites.
 
Chaw (LINK)
it's a South Korean horror film about a giant mutant pig. It reminded me a bit of "The Host", another South Korean horror film.


100 Days With Mr. Arrogant (LINK)
It's a romatic comedy.
 
I think the OP will like this if he likes Japanese horror. Although it's not horror, it's a great film.

I'd second Pan's Labyrinth as suggested above. I was sceptical about it when reading the synopsis but I really enjoyed it.

A film I recently watched and love is The Wave (Die Welle in German). It's about a teacher who has a week of lessons in a dictatorship style, but the kiRAB take it seriously and things get messy.
 
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