I tried showing that to my wife’s family. They were not amused.

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List your favorite foreign language film

EQD2

Aug 27, 9:26pm

Das Boot.

StarMan

Aug 27, 9:26pm

My dad loves this one

EQD2

Aug 27, 9:27pm

That film is really good. After watching that, I’d never want to be in a sub

Borg

Aug 27, 9:37pm

Oddly enough watching that right now.

IceCreamButt

Aug 27, 9:49pm

It's amazing how it makes you feel dirty and claustrophobic!

StarMan

Aug 27, 10:00pm

Life is Beautiful

Hambone

Aug 27, 9:26pm

This one

Preppy

Aug 27, 9:31pm

^^^^^^^^

rotorhead

Aug 27, 9:38pm

Life is Beautiful. I was going to say Crouching Tiger.

reagan21

Aug 27, 9:27pm

La Vita E Bella

tkh9

Aug 27, 9:29pm

The Quiet Girl

Gustav

Aug 27, 9:29pm

Godzilla Minus One, Life is Beautiful, Delicatessen, Spy X Family: Code White

BYUtka

Aug 27, 9:30pm

You did NOT see Delicatesen. Crazy film. A definite must see.

toadie

Aug 27, 9:40pm

First saw it at the International Cinema at BYU while I was in HS. I have it in

BYUtka

Aug 27, 9:43pm

Godzilla Minus One, A Man Called Ove

Rexy Coug

Aug 27, 9:30pm

Some good ones here. Let The Right One In was pretty good too.

cheezedawg

Aug 27, 9:31pm

Oldboy

scootsy

Aug 27, 9:31pm

Babette's Feast.

hebercreeper

Aug 27, 9:31pm

Great one.

byujdmba

Aug 27, 11:33pm

I like some already mentioned. ‘City of God’ is gut wrenching but good.

Trent

Aug 27, 9:32pm

Triplets of Belleville.

Courtimedes

Aug 27, 9:32pm

That is a very strange movie.

DubuMfalme

Aug 27, 9:50pm

If you like Crouching Tiger, you'd probably also like House of Flying Daggers

scootsy

Aug 27, 9:32pm

Ip Man or Letters from Iwo Jima

letthewookieewin

Aug 27, 9:32pm

Lock, Stock, and two Smoking Barrels

reagan21

Aug 27, 9:33pm

I guess if you're ESL then this is a foreign language film.

scootsy

Aug 27, 9:34pm

No, it’s just CRAZY thick accent. Barely English

reagan21

Aug 27, 9:35pm

I know I watch it with subtitles. (But I do that for all British shows)

m0resn0w

Aug 27, 9:35pm

Ha, pretty much when I watched it first time. Love that flick

txblue

Aug 27, 9:41pm

Gregory's Girl

BYUtka

Aug 27, 9:33pm

Nacho Libre

Cougs4Lfe

Aug 27, 9:34pm

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Plantagenet

Aug 27, 10:17pm

Pan's Labyrinth

scootsy

Aug 27, 9:34pm

I watched that recently for the second time. Way more brutal than I remembered.

NorthernLight

Aug 27, 11:57pm

District B13

scootsy

Aug 27, 9:34pm

Rochelle Rochelle

m0resn0w

Aug 27, 9:35pm

After reading the op, I knew I would find this one in the replies.

CougarAndMerlin

Aug 27, 10:20pm

Pan’s Labyrinth, The Grand Illusion, Ran

spinner

Aug 27, 9:35pm

I'm with you. Also from Pagnol: Château de ma Mère and Gloire de mon Père.

Zooropa

Aug 27, 9:36pm

Love both those. They were impossible to find for a long time

Gustav

Aug 27, 9:57pm

Shaolin soccer

DC12

Aug 27, 9:37pm

I tried showing that to my wife’s family. They were not amused.

bluesloth

Aug 27, 10:10pm

Cidade de Deus

shimmy

Aug 27, 9:37pm

Cinema Paradiso. It’s a family favorite.

bob falfa

Aug 27, 9:38pm

Romantics Anonymous is a cute French romance about two extremely anxious ppl

runnincoug

Aug 27, 9:39pm

Parasite

Tesla Coug

Aug 27, 9:39pm

Seconded

zach9975

Aug 27, 9:53pm

Thirded

ghostface

Aug 27, 10:00pm

Another great one with Audrey Tautou: À la folie...pas du tout

Zooropa

Aug 27, 9:39pm

Ip Man 😉

Choke

Aug 27, 9:40pm

12th Man - (true story about a WW2 Norwegian fighter behind enemy lines trying

Rhubarb

Aug 27, 9:42pm

Man From Nowhere and In Order of Disappearance

Born2Fish

Aug 27, 9:43pm

Snatch with Brad Pitt. That movie needed subtitles.

Cougar-Duck

Aug 27, 9:45pm

Periwinkle blue, it’s for me ma.

Helm Hammerhand

Aug 27, 10:14pm

Not sure if favorite, but the Japanese film Departures is really good.

durandal

Aug 27, 9:47pm

Downfall.

IceCreamButt

Aug 27, 9:48pm

Castle in the Sky.

DubuMfalme

Aug 27, 9:50pm

The Loyal 47 Ronin (1958) or Life is Beautiful

AggieWeekendCougar

Aug 27, 9:50pm

Ponette

cvd6262

Aug 27, 9:52pm

Once were Warriors

BulldogCoug79

Aug 27, 9:53pm

So many good ones…

Billie Ruben

Aug 27, 9:54pm

Cinema Paradiso, La Vita è Bella, plus Pasqualino Settebellezze (Seven Beauties)

Monomachos

Aug 27, 9:58pm

Banshees of Inisherin

maxpowers

Aug 27, 9:58pm

Parasite, Life is Beautiful, and To Live

ghostface

Aug 27, 9:59pm

Azumi (Shogun's Shadow -Gekitotsu is a close 2nd)

bad84cougar

Aug 27, 9:59pm

Japanese movie called Ping Pong. Pretty obscure. So good. Anyone see it?

byulover

Aug 27, 10:00pm

Spetters

Jeffacka

Aug 27, 10:01pm

Godzilla Minus 1... But others have stated some of my other favorites

Adrielle

Aug 27, 10:01pm

La Historia Oficial

blue13

Aug 27, 10:03pm

Kuch Kuch Hota Hai

Littlerich

Aug 27, 10:03pm

Nine Queens

ProvoSpain

Aug 27, 10:05pm

To Live (Chinese). Also: Pan’s Labyrinth, Life is Beautiful, All About My Mother

Japan Coug

Aug 27, 10:06pm

The Lives of Others - incredibly scary and based during in Germany before the wall

Penske Material

Aug 27, 10:07pm

Dungal

Mobojo

Aug 27, 10:11pm

Does Il Pacte De Le Lupes count? I could hardly understand their Frenglish. But

Helm Hammerhand

Aug 27, 10:12pm

The Lives of Others, Pan’s Labyrinth, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo,

Pig_Chicken

Aug 27, 10:12pm

In addition to what's been mentioned, After Life (Japanese) and Abre Los Ojos

Loon to the Moon

Aug 27, 10:13pm

Bicycle Thieves (Ladri di biciclette)

bluesloth

Aug 27, 10:13pm

L'armée des ombres

Great38

Aug 27, 10:14pm

Cidade de Deus

sunspot

Aug 27, 10:15pm

K-Drama Series: Crash Landing On You

sandiegocgrfan

Aug 27, 10:16pm

That was so much fun, and our first K-drama. We've pretty much switched

RedHeadedStranger

Aug 28, 7:27am

Sandiegocgrfan covered Crash Landing, but I also enjoyed Alchemy of Souls just as much, maybe a bit less comedy in

Bert609

Aug 28, 10:30am

Downfall

Chefcurry

Aug 27, 10:17pm

Andre Rublev, Russian (1966), Cyrano de Bergerac, French (1990)

Plantagenet

Aug 27, 10:18pm

Cyrano est merveilleux

Zooropa

Aug 27, 10:54pm

Gerard etait fantastique.

byujdmba

Aug 27, 11:33pm

Never watched one. TNT is not a reader

TNT

Aug 27, 10:23pm

Strange Brew

HandwovenBox

Aug 27, 10:32pm

RE: Strange Brew

Sandstone Cougar

Aug 27, 10:58pm

Canadian Bacon

Revolution

Aug 27, 10:33pm

Dil Chata Hai, and Lagaan

Revolution

Aug 27, 10:35pm

Kuch, Kuch, Hota, Hai. Dil to Paagl Hai.

Spiff

Aug 28, 7:00pm

To Live. Raise the Red Lantern.

UNLVcougar

Aug 27, 10:47pm

One of my favorite movies of all time.

Jay Kay

Aug 27, 10:54pm

The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob

LeGrandBleu

Aug 27, 10:50pm

You can't watch Jean de Florette w/o watching Manon...

byujdmba

Aug 27, 11:34pm

Spirited Away

fortuitousfred

Aug 27, 11:55pm

Harakiri The 1962 Japanese classic is better than the 2011 remake.

Osteotome

Aug 28, 12:15am

Hardboiled with Chow Yun Fat.

specsauce

Aug 28, 1:30am

I swear John Woo caused an ammo shortage making that film

Born2Fish

Aug 28, 6:59pm

A Separation, Pan’s Labyrinth, Parasite, Amelie, Oldboy

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