Along with my love of photography and reading, another thing I do is spend hundreds of hours watching foreign films. I have a very close relationship with Netflix. Although I do love a good hollywood action flick every once in a while, the feeling I get after watching an amazing foreign film leaves me asking myself why I waste time with mindless CRAP films.
I've decided to start a list of my favorite films. I just have to share these!!!
They aren't all foreign but they're all wonderful and I wouldn't recommend them if I wouldn't be willing to sit and watch them again, and possibly even again.
I also need to say to all of you that won't watch foreign films because of the subtitles, GET OVER IT! After the first 5 minutes you won't even know you're reading. NEVER watch a dubbed film. You lose everything that is wonderful about the original film.
Trust me, I've watched hundreds of films and only the best are listed here.
Get your Netflix queue started.
Enjoy!
I've decided to start a list of my favorite films. I just have to share these!!!
They aren't all foreign but they're all wonderful and I wouldn't recommend them if I wouldn't be willing to sit and watch them again, and possibly even again.
I also need to say to all of you that won't watch foreign films because of the subtitles, GET OVER IT! After the first 5 minutes you won't even know you're reading. NEVER watch a dubbed film. You lose everything that is wonderful about the original film.
Trust me, I've watched hundreds of films and only the best are listed here.
Get your Netflix queue started.
Enjoy!
ACTION! SUSPENSE!
REPEAT!
I'm not going to lie. Ive seen this movie 4 times! I'll be watching it again for sure. One of my all time favorites.
REPEAT!
I'm not going to lie. Ive seen this movie 4 times! I'll be watching it again for sure. One of my all time favorites.
My other all time favorite.
All other movies will be posted after these first two movies.
Korean movies are some of the best! I have several that I love on this list.
WARNING!
This flick may not be for everyone. It's very violent and at times quite disturbing and ohhh so wonderful.
Probably one of the best revenge films Iv'e ever seen.
Set some time aside because it's almost 3 hours long.
Enjoy!
All other movies will be posted after these first two movies.
Korean movies are some of the best! I have several that I love on this list.
WARNING!
This flick may not be for everyone. It's very violent and at times quite disturbing and ohhh so wonderful.
Probably one of the best revenge films Iv'e ever seen.
Set some time aside because it's almost 3 hours long.
Enjoy!
Beautiful and subtle. The cinematography does most of the work for you.
A great phycological thriller and was entered as Argentinas best foreign film for the 78th Academy Awards.
Enjoy!
A great phycological thriller and was entered as Argentinas best foreign film for the 78th Academy Awards.
Enjoy!
Korea knows how to do thrillers.
Fast paced nail bitter. Another very violent, eye covering flick that will have your heart racing by the end.
A pimp chasing down one of his missing girls. No.... it's what what you might think. Soooo good!
Enjoy!
Fast paced nail bitter. Another very violent, eye covering flick that will have your heart racing by the end.
A pimp chasing down one of his missing girls. No.... it's what what you might think. Soooo good!
Enjoy!
A fantastically funny and heart warming french film based on a true story.
The second biggest box office hit in France.
I laughed, I cried and I cried while I was laughing.
Enjoy!
The second biggest box office hit in France.
I laughed, I cried and I cried while I was laughing.
Enjoy!
So you're tired of vampire movies? That's because they all suck! This 2008 Swedish film is so super creepy and wonderful. I've seen it several times and read the book. The films has won numerous film awards and rightly so.
There is an American remake and that one is horrible. America cuts out everything that is controversial and interesting in films. Give this one a shot!
Enjoy!
There is an American remake and that one is horrible. America cuts out everything that is controversial and interesting in films. Give this one a shot!
Enjoy!
A Spanish drama nominated for two academy awards in 2011.
Set in Barcelona, a man who's life is unraveling is surrounded by bad things and bad people tries to do good under extreme pressure.
A beautiful dark drama.
Enjoy!
Set in Barcelona, a man who's life is unraveling is surrounded by bad things and bad people tries to do good under extreme pressure.
A beautiful dark drama.
Enjoy!
A French/Belgium dark romantic drama.
An unemployed father falls in love with a killer whale trainer. A horrible accident brings them closer and forces them to face their problems head on.
This film got a 10 minute standing ovation during it's first screening.
Enjoy!
An unemployed father falls in love with a killer whale trainer. A horrible accident brings them closer and forces them to face their problems head on.
This film got a 10 minute standing ovation during it's first screening.
Enjoy!
Set in the 1960's, a gay professor struggles with the sudden death of his boyfriend.
The acting and cinematography will blow you away.
Enjoy!
The acting and cinematography will blow you away.
Enjoy!
A Canadian drama about twins that are given a mysterious request by their dead mother.
They make a journey to the Middle East to find out about their mother's life they never knew about.
Nominated in 2011 for best foreign film.
Enjoy!
They make a journey to the Middle East to find out about their mother's life they never knew about.
Nominated in 2011 for best foreign film.
Enjoy!
A 2010 Danish drama/thriller.
A movie split between revenge and forgiveness.
Nominated for Golden Globes and Oscars for Best Foreign Film.
Enjoy!
A movie split between revenge and forgiveness.
Nominated for Golden Globes and Oscars for Best Foreign Film.
Enjoy!
One of the best books I've ever read and the movie is actually just as good.
A heart wrenching look and betrayal and redemption.
Enjoy!
A heart wrenching look and betrayal and redemption.
Enjoy!
Come on..... Of course you've seen this film!
If not, what the hell is wrong with you? It's awesome!
Get on it!
Enjoy!
If not, what the hell is wrong with you? It's awesome!
Get on it!
Enjoy!
This film may have come out in 1997 but it got the attention of the United States that foreign films were legitimate.
My heart still swells when thinking about this film.
Enjoy!
My heart still swells when thinking about this film.
Enjoy!
Do you remember how cute Roberto Benigni was while accepting the oscar for best actor?
Another great thriller/drama from Korea.
What a mother wouldn't do, and does for her for her mentally challenged son.
This is so beautifully filmed it makes the horrible things that happen in this film even more real.
Enjoy!
What a mother wouldn't do, and does for her for her mentally challenged son.
This is so beautifully filmed it makes the horrible things that happen in this film even more real.
Enjoy!
The movie takes place in present-day Iran.
The film's story has no quarrel with Islam, but it demonstrates that the inflexible application of the letter of the law may frustrate the spirit of the law.
The film's story has no quarrel with Islam, but it demonstrates that the inflexible application of the letter of the law may frustrate the spirit of the law.
Everything that you could possibly want in a Japanese Samurai action film plus a dramatic human aspect to it.
Get your eyes on this one!!!
Enjoy!
Get your eyes on this one!!!
Enjoy!
Bizarre, creepy edgy and wonderful!!!!
I love crazy people!
Enjoy!
I love crazy people!
Enjoy!
Another book that I loved.
A french drama set in present day and 1942 German occupied Paris.
The story of a 10 year old girls desperation to get back to her younger brother during the occupation.
Get your Kleenex ready!
Enjoy!
A french drama set in present day and 1942 German occupied Paris.
The story of a 10 year old girls desperation to get back to her younger brother during the occupation.
Get your Kleenex ready!
Enjoy!
A British/American black comedy.
Hitmen with a conscious in hiding in Bruges.
very dark, very funny.
Enjoy!
Hitmen with a conscious in hiding in Bruges.
very dark, very funny.
Enjoy!
You may think this a cheesy romantic comedy at first look but I'm telling you, I was very surprised at how good this movie was.
Give it a chance. It's funny and sweet.
Enjoy!
Give it a chance. It's funny and sweet.
Enjoy!
A young woman engaged to be married finds herself in an affair with her stepmother's lesbian daughter.
ohhh what??????
Enjoy!
ohhh what??????
Enjoy!
A Belgian Drama with a doozy of an ending.
Cattle, steroids, murder, revenge and love, what else is there?
Enjoy?
Cattle, steroids, murder, revenge and love, what else is there?
Enjoy?
A 2010 dark British comedy.The film is a jihad satire following a group of homegrown terrorists jihads from England.
Enjoy!
Enjoy!
A psychological thriller that displays and analyzes the basic instincts, feelings of guilt, betrayal and fear that love can bring.
I'm not including the trailer because it gives away the secret to the movie which boggles my mind. Just watch it! it's great!
I just read that it's actually a remake of an Indian film called Murder 3. I just put it on my Queue.
Enjoy!
I'm not including the trailer because it gives away the secret to the movie which boggles my mind. Just watch it! it's great!
I just read that it's actually a remake of an Indian film called Murder 3. I just put it on my Queue.
Enjoy!
A 2007 French film based on a true story of journalist Jean-Dominique Bauby. It describes what his life is like after suffering a massive stroke that left him with Locked in Syndrome.
Enjoy!
Enjoy!
Pretty much everything by Guillermo Del Toro is on my list of recommendations. He just doesn't suck.
Hitchcockian suspense thriller. It's just fun and scary!
Enjoy!
Hitchcockian suspense thriller. It's just fun and scary!
Enjoy!
Get ready to get freaked out man!!!!!
I love you Guillermo!
Enjoy!
I love you Guillermo!
Enjoy!
Alice in Wonderland for grown ups.
It won 3 academy awards!
It won 3 academy awards!
Guillermo Del Torro loves his orphanages.
He's a master at horror and thrillers. This is another one of his fantastic works.
He's a master at horror and thrillers. This is another one of his fantastic works.
Is there anything that Mads Mikkelsen hasn't been in that wasn't an amazing movie? Mads won the best actor award at the Cannes Film Festival for his role in this film. It's likely this film will be a contender for best foreign film for 2013.
A teacher lives a lonely life, all the while struggling over his son's custody. His life slowly gets better as he finds love and receives good news from his son, but his new luck is about to be brutally shattered by an innocent little lie.
Enjoy!
A teacher lives a lonely life, all the while struggling over his son's custody. His life slowly gets better as he finds love and receives good news from his son, but his new luck is about to be brutally shattered by an innocent little lie.
Enjoy!
A 2007 spanish film. A dramatic story of a intersexed 15-year-old.
Enjoy!
Enjoy!
This movie comes with a very strong WARNING! It's not for everyone and is may be very disturbing and violent for some.
The perfect epitome of a revenge thriller.
I liked it because of the cinematography and it's extreme edginess. This is a movie with a lot of symbology.
Enjoy!
The perfect epitome of a revenge thriller.
I liked it because of the cinematography and it's extreme edginess. This is a movie with a lot of symbology.
Enjoy!
The Academy Award winner for 2009.
A newly unemployed cellist takes a job preparing the dead for funerals.
A newly unemployed cellist takes a job preparing the dead for funerals.
2001 Mexican drama about coming of age while on a road trip. Learning about life, friendship, sex and each other.
A 2002 Academy Award winner.
A twisted story that unfolds in flashbacks, giving details of two separate relationships that become intertwined with each other.
Enjoy!
A twisted story that unfolds in flashbacks, giving details of two separate relationships that become intertwined with each other.
Enjoy!
A crazy suspenseful movie based on a true story.
It's about two German climbers involved in a competition to climb the most dangerous rock face in the Alps.
You will be goggling the events of this movie after you see it.
Enjoy!
It's about two German climbers involved in a competition to climb the most dangerous rock face in the Alps.
You will be goggling the events of this movie after you see it.
Enjoy!
Get ready for a little NC-17!
A 2007 espionage thriller film set in Shanghai in 1943 directed by Ang Lee.
Enjoy!
A 2007 espionage thriller film set in Shanghai in 1943 directed by Ang Lee.
Enjoy!
A 13-year-old, irrevocably changes the course of several lives when she accuses her older sister's lover of a crime he did not commit.
Enjoy!
Enjoy!
As the Allies sweep across Germany, Lore leads her siblings on a journey that exposes them to the truth of their parents' beliefs.
Enjoy!
Enjoy!
I'm gonna say this is a bit of a dark sci fi psychological drama.It's an exploration of the experience of solitude and survival set in a spectacularly beautiful Austrian mountain landscape.
Steve McQueen and Michael Fassbender have a special thing going. They just finished making 12 years a Slave. This is a good combo.
A British 2011 psychological drama about the main characters carefully cultivated private life -- which allows him to indulge his sexual addiction -- is disrupted when his sister arrives unannounced for an indefinite stay.
Enjoy!
A British 2011 psychological drama about the main characters carefully cultivated private life -- which allows him to indulge his sexual addiction -- is disrupted when his sister arrives unannounced for an indefinite stay.
Enjoy!
A 2008 Australian film.A man's life begins to unravel when his mistress brings him a bag of cash.
Enjoy!
Enjoy!
The real-life story of Spaniard Ramon Sampedro, who fought a 30 year campaign in favor of euthanasia and his own right to die.
A French film that won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Film in 2012.
One day, Anne has a stroke, and the couple's bond of love is severely tested.
One day, Anne has a stroke, and the couple's bond of love is severely tested.
A 2007 French drama.
The pediatrician Alexandre Beck misses his beloved wife Margot Beck, who was brutally murdered eight years ago when he was the prime suspect. When two bodies are found near where the corpse of Margot was dumped, the police reopen the case and Alex becomes suspect again.
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The pediatrician Alexandre Beck misses his beloved wife Margot Beck, who was brutally murdered eight years ago when he was the prime suspect. When two bodies are found near where the corpse of Margot was dumped, the police reopen the case and Alex becomes suspect again.
Enjoy!
A 2008 Austrian thriller.
It centers on the ill-fated love story between a Viennese ex-con and a Ukrainian prostitute who get involved in a bank robbery.
It centers on the ill-fated love story between a Viennese ex-con and a Ukrainian prostitute who get involved in a bank robbery.
A romantic police captain breaks a beautiful member of a rebel group out of prison to help her rejoin her fellows, but things are not what they seem.
A 2006 Danish drama directed by Susanne Bier.
A manager of an orphanage in India is sent to Copenhagen, Denmark, where he discovers a life-altering family secret.
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A manager of an orphanage in India is sent to Copenhagen, Denmark, where he discovers a life-altering family secret.
Enjoy!
A 2009 Spanish Drama.
The story of two men on different sides of a prison riot -- the inmate leading the rebellion and the young guard trapped in the revolt, who poses as a prisoner in a desperate attempt to survive the ordeal.
Enjoy!
The story of two men on different sides of a prison riot -- the inmate leading the rebellion and the young guard trapped in the revolt, who poses as a prisoner in a desperate attempt to survive the ordeal.
Enjoy!
A 2001 famous magical French film.
An innocent and naive girl in Paris, with her own sense of justice, decides to help those around her and along the way, discovers love.
Enjoy!
An innocent and naive girl in Paris, with her own sense of justice, decides to help those around her and along the way, discovers love.
Enjoy!
Yes, you might want to be ready for this one. It's very upsetting but tells a very interesting true story.
A drama set in 1986 Iran and centered on a man, Sahebjam, whose car breaks down in a remote village and enters into a conversation with Zahra, who relays to him the story about her niece, Soraya.
A drama set in 1986 Iran and centered on a man, Sahebjam, whose car breaks down in a remote village and enters into a conversation with Zahra, who relays to him the story about her niece, Soraya.
A 2006 Spanish drama written by Pedro Almodovar, the most internationally acclaimed Spanish filmmaker. Nothing he does sucks!
After her death, a mother returns to her home town in order to fix the situations she couldn't resolve during her life.
Enjoy!
After her death, a mother returns to her home town in order to fix the situations she couldn't resolve during her life.
Enjoy!
I LOVE me some Korean films!
A thrilling crime drama. Based on the true story of the country's first known serial murders, which took place between 1986 and 1991.
Enjoy!
A thrilling crime drama. Based on the true story of the country's first known serial murders, which took place between 1986 and 1991.
Enjoy!
A 2007 British Drama. A film that shares similarities with actual events that happened in 1993. The story of a young ex-con Jack, newly released from serving a prison sentence for a murder he committed as a child.
Enjoy!
Enjoy!
A 2000 Mexican drama. Sometimes referred to as the Mexican Pulp Fiction.
A horrific car accident connects three stories, each involving characters dealing with loss, regret, and life's harsh realities, all in the name of love.
Enjoy!
A horrific car accident connects three stories, each involving characters dealing with loss, regret, and life's harsh realities, all in the name of love.
Enjoy!
The Academy Award winner for Best Foreign Film of 2010.
A retired legal counselor writes a novel hoping to find closure for one of his past unresolved homicide cases and for his unreciprocated love with his superior - both of which still haunt him decades later.
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A retired legal counselor writes a novel hoping to find closure for one of his past unresolved homicide cases and for his unreciprocated love with his superior - both of which still haunt him decades later.
Enjoy!
A 2009 black and white German Drama.
Strange events happen in a small village in the north of Germany during the years just before World War I, which seem to be ritual punishment. The abused and suppressed children of the villagers seem to be at the heart of this mystery.
Enjoy!
Strange events happen in a small village in the north of Germany during the years just before World War I, which seem to be ritual punishment. The abused and suppressed children of the villagers seem to be at the heart of this mystery.
Enjoy!
Drama about a woman who assists her friend to arrange an illegal abortion in 1980's communist Romania.
Enjoy!
Enjoy!
Looking for one of the best slasher horror flicks out there? You better have a strong stomach! This is a good one!
This 2010 slasher film from Hong Kong will amaze you at the creative ways to kill somebody
Enjoy!
This 2010 slasher film from Hong Kong will amaze you at the creative ways to kill somebody
Enjoy!
Mads Mikkelsen!!!!!!
The film takes place in 1000 AD and follows a Norse warrior named One-Eye and a boy as they travel with a band of Christian Crusaders in pursuit of a Crusade. Instead, they find themselves in an unknown and unfamiliar land.
Enjoy!
The film takes place in 1000 AD and follows a Norse warrior named One-Eye and a boy as they travel with a band of Christian Crusaders in pursuit of a Crusade. Instead, they find themselves in an unknown and unfamiliar land.
Enjoy!
Here's another great 2009 Korean Sci Fi/Horror Flick.Through a failed medical experiment, a priest is stricken with vampirism and is forced to abandon his ascetic ways.
A 2006 Korean monster movie.
I took me a long time to watch this movie because it just looked silly to me. But it's director made a couple of really great movies, Mother and Memories of a Murder which are both on this list. It's got a great reception in Asia. So I finally watched it and I really liked it. It's a straight shooting monster movie that was quite fun to watch and really well filmed. So if your looking for something silly and fun to watch.... here you go!
Enjoy!
I took me a long time to watch this movie because it just looked silly to me. But it's director made a couple of really great movies, Mother and Memories of a Murder which are both on this list. It's got a great reception in Asia. So I finally watched it and I really liked it. It's a straight shooting monster movie that was quite fun to watch and really well filmed. So if your looking for something silly and fun to watch.... here you go!
Enjoy!
A 2003 Korean revenge thriller.After being kidnapped and imprisoned for 15 years, Oh Dae-Su is released, only to find that he must find his captor in 5 days. This is the second movie of The Vengance Trilogy by filmmaker Park-Chan Wook who also made the movie Thirst (listed above).
Spike Lee is doing the remake of this staring Josh Brolin. It will be interesting to see how it is. To this day, I've never watched an American remake that came anywhere near as good as the original. We'll see.
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Spike Lee is doing the remake of this staring Josh Brolin. It will be interesting to see how it is. To this day, I've never watched an American remake that came anywhere near as good as the original. We'll see.
Enjoy!
A 2007 Spanish horror film.
People love this movie!
A television reporter and cameraman follow emergency workers into a dark apartment building and are quickly locked inside with something terrifying.
Of course the is an American remake. I don't think I'll bother watching it.
Enjoy!
People love this movie!
A television reporter and cameraman follow emergency workers into a dark apartment building and are quickly locked inside with something terrifying.
Of course the is an American remake. I don't think I'll bother watching it.
Enjoy!
A Tale of Two Sisters is a 2003 South Korean psychological horror film.
Enjoy!
Enjoy!