I came in to post these three.
Also, no love for Parasite?
mmm
Sure, it’s been mentioned twice.
Trying and succeeded. Sorry about that, I looked twice and must have been thinking they speak Norse in Norway. 
Guess I should have looked three times.
A beautiful Chinese movie directed by Zhang Yimou, the director of Raise the Red Lantern, and starring Zhang Ziyi, who later starred in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.
It’s a very gentle, simple, moving, and memorable love story, set in a remote village in the 1950s.
No love for Studio Ghibli? Spirited Away deserves a mention, and I admit a deep fondness for My Neighbour Totoro.
Perhaps Japanese anime is hardly even considered foreign any more. 
Kimi no na wa (Your Name) deserves a mention.
I prefer Kagemusha to Ran.
If we can mention TV series as well as movies, the Korean series Winter Sonata first turned me (and a lot of other people) on to things Korean.
It’s a kind of high-class soap opera, but it draws you in. The theme music is unforgettable.
Loads listed already that I like.
Black Cat, White Cat (1998) a Serbian black comedy directed by Emir Kusturica.
The Weeping Meadow (2004) a Greek historical epic about the first half of the 20thC, directed by Theo Angelopoulos. Great soundtrack by Eleni Karaindrou.
La Fee (THe Fairy) (2011) French comedy/fantasy by Dominique Abel & Fiona Gordon. They also made
Lost in Paris (2016) gentle comedy about a French Canadian visiting Paris
My Sweet Pepper Land (2013) directed by Huner Saleem. Life in a remote part of a somewhat independent Kurdistan after the Gulf War
No worries! According to Wikipedia, Insomnia is in Norwegian and Swedish, but it’s been a while since I’ve seen it.
Short-ish ( 1:20 ) Italian comedy-drama from 2008 ‘Pranzo do ferragosto’ ( or the English title ‘Mid August Lunch’ )
Yeah, he directed a few good ones.
Sabato, domenica e lunedì (1990), directed by Lina Wertmüller. The MacGuffin is a Neapolitan ragú that takes three days to prepare and consume (hence the title “Saturday, Sunday and Monday”), during which time a husband (Luca De Filippo) and wife (Sophia Loren) work out problems that arise after 30 years of marriage. Plenty of comedy and also moments of surrealism that reminded me of Fellini. Turns out director Wertmüller worked with Fellini and her films are known to bear his influence.
I saw it just once many years ago. Since then, I haven’t seen or heard a single reference to it or even met anyone else who’s seen it, including people in the film industry. I thought it was delightful and would like very much to see it again, if only to confirm that first impression.
Man Bites Dog has been mentioned twice, and having seen it, I have to post a disclaimer. That film is extremely violent, like pornographic levels of violence. Imagine if every significant scene in Reservoir Dogs was like the “Stuck in the Middle” scene. There’s also a rape scene, but in relative terms, it’s one of the less disturbing incidents. I can’t think of any reason to watch this film, unless brutal, graphic violence is what you crave, in which case, YDY.
Okay, with that out of the way, I’ve recommended Mediterraneo and Leningrad Cowboys Go America before. The first is a poignant character-driven story about Italian soldiers in WWII occupying an idyllic Greek island. The second is a very deadpan comedy; kind of a Soviet Spinal Tap. More recently, I can’t believe it took me so long to discover Monsoon Wedding. I don’t know what to call that; it’s got everything.
Missed the edit window: ‘Pranzo di ferragosto’
Wanted to say Fannie and Alexander or Like Water for Chocolate so that I can sound all fancy (I loved both) but my most favorite was Run Lola Run. But then I read Pan’s Labyrinth here and remembered how this movie stuck with me for a very, very long time. Shout out to The Gods Must Be Crazy for originality and laughs. Foreign films don’t have a good track record of making me laugh. I think something literally gets lost in the translation.
Oooh oooh! This started a discussion between me and my husband, who said he loved every Pedro Almodovar movie he’s ever seen. My absolute fav is Tie Me Up, Tie Me Down. It was the first Almodovar movie I ever saw and remains my favorite.
The first time I saw “Babette’s Feast”, it was in a theater, and I went to a late show after a night from hell at the carryout pizza place where I was working at the time. As I was going in, the early show was getting out, and EVERY.SINGLE.PERSON was absolutely raving about the movie, an experience I have never had before or since.
I also recommend “Women On The Verge of a Nervous Breakdown”, an Almodovar masterpiece.
“Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner” is a Canadian movie about an Inuit community, and the dialogue is entirely in Inuktitut. Good movie, although very slow-paced as the running time implies.
Haven’t seen “Rashomon”, “The Diving Bell and the Butterfly” or “Dersu Uzala” on this list yet.
We saw the five-plus-hour version of F&A in the theater a million years ago and loved it. Might have to revisit that.
I have very fond memories (and the DVD) of Bergman’s film of The Magic Flute, made in the 18th century court theatre at Drottningholm, which retains its original stage machinery and sets.
Plus many of the French classics mentioned above*, and I’d like to add A Bout de Souffle (Breathless), Jules et Jim, and the Don Camillo movies with Fernandel. And while we’re on the theme of parish pump political rivalries between church and the left - how about Clochemerle.
*Anything by Jacques Tati and don’t overlook Jour de Fête (anyone who uses a push-bike will see why).
Did you watch it in Afrikaans? Because the version most people know is the English version. There’s a bit of Juǀʼhoan in both, but most of the film is in either Afrikaans or English.