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Best Non-English (Foreign) Movies

Angela

'Foreign' is too loose a term. I'll stick with non-English.

Got ideas from my head and all over the place..

Some ideas from here:
http://www.infobarrel.com/Top_5_Awesome_Foreign_Films_You_Have_Never_Heard_Of

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	randallangela1's Rating	My Rating
1	The Host (Gwoemul) 2006, R) Great monster movie!
2	Cidade de Deus (City of God) 2002, R)
3	13 Tzameti 2005, Unrated)
4	Battle Royale 3D 2001, Unrated)
5	Spirited Away 2001, PG)
6	Castle in the Sky 1989, PG)
7	Akahige (Red Beard) 1965, Unrated)
8	Pan's Labyrinth 2006, R) Beautiful and undeniably tragic. Breaks your heart.
9	Run Lola Run (Lola rennt) 1998, R)
10	Akira 1988, R)
11	Casshern 2004, Unrated)
12	Appleseed Saga: Ex Machina 2008, PG-13)
13	Appurushîdo (Appleseed) 2004, R)
14	Hero 2002, PG-13) Just gorgeous in so many ways.
15	House of Flying Daggers (Shi mian mai fu) 2004, PG-13)
16	Man cheng jin dai huang jin jia (Curse of the Golden Flower) 2006, R)
17	Life Is Beautiful (La Vita è bella) 1997, PG-13)
18	The City of Lost Children (La Cité des Enfants Perdus) 1997, R)
19	Smultronstället (Wild Strawberries) 1957, Unrated)
20	Mitt Liv som Hund (My Life as a Dog) 1985, PG-13)
21	Let the Right One In 2008, R) Beautiful and tragic.
22	Three Colors: Red (Trois couleurs: Rouge) 1994, R)
23	Three Colors: Blue (Trois Couleurs: Bleu) 1993, R)
24	Three Colors: White (Trzy kolory: Bialy) (Trois Couleurs: Blanc) 1994, R)
25	La Double Vie de Véronique (The Double Life of Veronique) 1991, R) Beautiful, and also has an awesome soundtrack.
26	372 le Matin (Betty Blue) (37.2 Degrees in the Morning) 1986, Unrated)
27	L'Enfant (The Child) 2006, R)
28	Waltz with Bashir 2008, R)
29	Il y a Longtemps que Je T'aime (I've Loved You So Long) 2008, PG-13)
30	Amélie (Le Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain) 2001, R) Reminds you to love life.
31	My Neighbor Totoro 1988, G) Just beautiful.. and so much fun to watch with little kids!
32	Zatôichi (The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi) 2003, R) That was great! Beautiful, funny and finished off with a fantastic clog dance/tap dance - Very bollywood. Anyway, keep your eyes peeled for the awesome persussion outfit - they are fantastic. Sort of like Stomp mixed with Scrap Arts Music and every Taikoz band to ever exist. Fantastic.
33	Ghost in the Shell 1996, R)
34	El Orfanato (The Orphanage) 2007, R)
35	Delicatessen 1991, R) Completely messed up.
36	Girl on the Bridge (La Fille sur le Pont) 1999, R)
37	A Very Long Engagement 2004, R)
38	The Lives of Others 2006, R)
39	Y Tu Mamá También 2001, R)
40	Love Me If You Dare (Jeux d'enfants) 2003, R)
41	The Return 2006, PG-13) This was a great movie. I was expecting it to be more of a horror movie, but it was actually really well made suspense/thriller/mystery. It's just scary enough to keep you jumping and realistic enough to keep you interested. I can't say much more without giving away spoilers.
42	The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (Toki wo kakeru shojo) 2008, Unrated)
43	Kiki's Delivery Service 1989, G)
44	Princess Mononoke (Mononoke-hime) 1999, PG-13)
45	Howl's Moving Castle 2005, PG)
46	Kaze no tani no Naushika (Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind) (Warriors of the Wind) 1984, PG) Beautifully done. Definitely one to get people thinking about the environment.
47	Neko no Ongaeshi (The Cat Returns) 2002, G)
48	Le Scaphandre et le Papillon (The Diving Bell and the Butterfly) 2007, PG-13) That was incredibly beautiful. The story was pretty amazing in the first place, but the cinematography was also fantastic.
49	Lust, Caution 2007, NC-17) Absolutely stunning, beautiful and tragic. Scenes from this film will haunt you forever.
50	Chinjeolhan geumjassi (Lady Vengeance) (Sympathy for Lady Vengeance) 2005, R)
51	Nikita (La Femme Nikita) 1990, R)
52	Rashômon (Rashomon) (In the Woods) 1951, Unrated)
53	Thesis (Tesis) 1996, R)
54	Noi 2003, PG-13)
55	Russian Dolls (Les Poupées Russes) 2005, Unrated)
56	Rosetta 1999, R)
57	Show Me Love (Fucking Amal) 1998, Unrated)
58	Los Cronocrímenes (Timecrimes) 2007, R) This was a great movie, but I think it was just a little predictable. Still worth watching.
59	My Best Friend (Mon meilleur ami) 2006, PG-13)
60	101 Reykjavík 2000, Unrated)
61	Toto le Héros (Toto the Hero) 1991, PG)
62	The Eighth Day (Le Huitième Jour) 1996, Unrated)
63	The Thief (Vor) (Вор) 1997, R)
64	La Dolce Vita 1960, Unrated)
65	La Haine (Hate) 1995, R)
66	Ne le Dis à Personne (Tell No One) 2006, Unrated)
67	The Chorus (Les Choristes) 2004, PG-13)
68	Janghwa, Hongryeon (A Tale of Two Sisters) 2003, R)
69	My Life in Pink (Ma Vie en Rose) 1997, R)
70	The Piano Teacher (La Pianiste) 2001, R)
71	8 Women (8 Femmes) 2002, R)
72	L'Auberge Espagnole (Pot Luck)(Euro Pudding)(The Spanish Apartment) 2002, R)
73	Aleksandr Nevskiy (Alexander Nevsky) 1938, Unrated)
74	Sien nui yau wan (A Chinese Ghost Story) 1987, Unrated)
75	Asterix at the Olympic Games (Asterix aux jeux olympiques) 2008, Unrated) It was just plain silly :D
76	Mon Oncle 1958, Unrated)
77	Orfeu Negro (Black Orpheus) 1959, PG)
78	Jungfrukällan (The Virgin Spring) 1959, Unrated)
79	Såsom i en Spegel (Through A Glass Darkly) 1961, Unrated)
80	Les Dimanches de Ville d'Avray (Sundays and Cybele) 1962, Unrated)
81	Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (Ieri, oggi, domani) 1963, Unrated)
82	Obchod na Korze (The Shop On Main Street) (A Shop on the High Street) 1965, Unrated)
83	A Man and a Woman 1966, Unrated)
84	Voyna i Mir (War and Peace) 1967, PG)
85	Indagine su un Cittadino al di Sopra di Ogni Sospetto (Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion) 1970, R)
86	I Am Love 2010, R)
87	Le Pacte des loups (Brotherhood of the Wolf) 2001, R) Very French. Sort of strange and surreal, while involving some beautiful scenery, gorgeous outfits and great one-liners.