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Foreign movies that you love to watch over and over

posted 13 years ago by oma8
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Amelie is one of the foreign movies that I've watched so many times and enjoyed every moment of it. What other movies give you this pleasure?

1. A very long engagement (another Audrey Tautou movie)
2. Wasabi (French with Jean Reno)
3. Le Placard (The Closet) (French)
4. Densha Otoko (Japanese - English title is Trainman)
5. Kamekaze Girls (Japanese)
6. Cinema Paradiso (Italian)
7. Malena (Italian)
8. Shark Skin Man and Peach Hip Girl (Japanese)
9. Ca$h (French with Jean Dujardin)

[–] MystMoonstruck 12 years ago

Diva
Kwaidan
La Strada
Madame Rosa
Small Change
Les Diaboliques
Fellini Satyricon
Immortal(Ad Vitam)
Children of Paradise
House of Flying Daggers
The Uninvited Guest aka El habitante incierto

Naturally, "Amelie"!

There are so many that the list could get very out of hand.

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[–] armanmarok 12 years ago

Other than Amélie? Hm...Band of Outsiders, Cinema Paradiso, and Leon.

[–] haneaux 12 years ago

Amélie, of course. Some others are Studio Ghibli films (Japanese), Let the Right One In (Swedish), Kamikaze Girls too!, L'Apollonide (French), Jeunet's City of Lost Children (French).

[–] LadyN1 12 years ago

anything Bollywood most notable K3G (Kabhi Kushi Kabhi Gham)
Run Lola Run
Nine Femmes
Magasin De Suicides
Priceless

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[–] PsychoDingo 10 years ago

Run Lola Run, YES!!! I've seen it five times, can't wait to see it again

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[–] chilone 12 years ago

Oldboy
I Saw The Devil
Delicatessen
The City Of Lost Children

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[–] KatrinaW 11 years ago

In A Better World (Denmark). Serious themes of bullying, friendship and revenge, mostly seen throuh the eyes of two 12-year-old boys (the two young actors are brilliant). Its also has gorgeous cinematography and music, similar to Amelia.

[–] on3gin 11 years ago

Dos Tipos Duros
Unconscious
Whisky
Das Boot
Closely Watched Trains
And the Ship Sails On

[–] PsychoDingo 10 years ago

Closely Watched Trains for the win!!!

holy smokes, I love that movie. Masha may be the coolest girlfriend in all of cinema

after many viewings, I bought the book in Prague and read it while riding a train across Czech republic. good times!

Surreal Cinema: http://www.imdb.com/list/ls006574276/

[–] PsychoDingo 10 years ago

mostly central European films, but some others as well

Valerie and Her Week of Wonders
Larks on a String
The Cranes Are Flying
Damnation
Elevator to the Gallows
The Hourglass Sanatorium
Werckmeister Harmonies
The Cremator
Dark Blue World
Last Year at Marienbad
Letter Never Sent
Run Lola Run
Closely Observed Trains

Surreal Cinema: http://www.imdb.com/list/ls006574276/

[–] Gloria Sens 10 years ago

De Rouille et D'os !!! superb film with Marion Cotillard.

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[–] OurHouseIsBurningDown 10 years ago

How about Pan's Labyrinth?