Best foreign films ever...

[johnnytapia]

Cyrano de Begerac
Amelie
Life is beautiful
The Lives of others
Mesrine
La Haine

Could go on and on...

I'm a massive fan of French films.

Good/Great French films:
Etre et Avoir - if only my own teaching job were that straightforward - not a fucking Ofsted inspector in sight.
C'est arrivee pres de chez vous (Man Bites Dog) - Belgian and as noir as it gets but brilliant portrayal of a serial killer.
Diva
Un Prophete
Cache
Diary of a Country Priest
The Passion of Joan of Arc
Night and Fog - truly epic documentary on concentration camps
400 blows


Not French, but great:
Il Divo - fantastic portrayal of Prime Minister Andreotti
Gomorrah - good, but the book is even better.

None of the above can match "Kes" though. THE greatest film. Ever.

 

[kywc84]

Battle Royale
Oldboy

 

[Chrisja1000]

Let the right one in, a classic and very emotional.
Sin Nombre is an excellent film
Cell 211 a Spanish film is very good

 

[mcmanus]

Cheers to the OP for a top idea for a thread. I've googled some of the films named and like the look of them.

 

[roaminblue]

Echo those who said: downfall, oldboy and City of God.

City of Men (TV series) was also very good.

I also really enjoyed Seven Samurai and Rashoman.

 

[macky]

bienvenue chez les ch'tis
la Haine
etre et avoir
days of glory
il y a longtemps je t'aime

 

[urmston]

The Blues Brothers.

Young Fankenstein.

The Vanishing.

 

[_jenlarrr22]

After attempting to learn French and Italian I have seen my fair share of foreign films.
These are my favourite discoveries:
French:
Les Choristes (The Chorus)
Something In The Air
Untouchable (The Intouchables)-an incredible film
La Vie en Rose

Italian:
La Vita è Bella (Life Is Beautiful)
Il Piccolo Diavola (Roberto Benigni is in both of these films, magnificent actor, great for comedy)
Cinema Paradiso (My ultimate favourite)

Highly recommend all of them!

 

[OxBlue]

3 colours trilogy
Amelie
The bird cage (French original)
13 Assassins
Ringu
Audition
Ichi the killer
Oldboy
Pusher Trilogy (Danish original)
Man bites dog
Dobermann
Hero

Tons more I can't remember at the moment

 

[Mr Ed (The Stables)]

Citreon and Flame True story of the Danish resistance during WW2

The original The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played with Fire, and The Girl Who kicked The Hornets Nest.