I’ve always been a huge fan of non-Hollywood stuff but until the advent of DVD, the selection of foreign films in my area has always been pitiful. In the 5 years since I bought a DVD player (early-adopter), I’ve practically over-dosed on foreign films. Here’s a partial list of favourites:
Japanese[ul][li]Tampopo, A Taxing Woman dir. Juzo Itami[/li][li]Hidden Fortress, Ran, Rashomon dir. Akira Kurosawa[/li][li]After Life dir. Hirokazu Koreeda[/li][li]Rampo dir. Rintaro Mayuzumi & Kazuyoshi Okuyama[/li][li]Princess Mononoke, Laputa: Castle in the Sky, Spirited Away dir. Hayao Miyazaki[/li][li]Hana-Bi, Brother dir. Takeshi Kitano[/li][li]Ringu dir. Hideo Nakata[/li][li]Kairo, Kyua dir. Kiyoshi Kurosawa[/ul][/li]Hong Kong/Chinese[ul][li]Chungking Express, In The Mood For Love dir. Wong Kar-wai[/li][li]Bullet In The Head, Hard Boiled, The Killer dir. John Woo[/li][li]King of Masks dir. Tian-Ming Wu[/li][li]Shanghai Triad, Raise the Red Lantern, Story of Qiu Ju dir. Zhang Yimou [/li][li]Emporer and the Assassin, Temptress Moon dir. Chen Kaige[/li][li]The Eye dir. Pang Bros.[/li][li]The 5 Deadly Venoms, Chinese Ghost Story. And a whole slew of other Kung Fu/Wu Xia movies.[/ul]French[ul][]Amelie, City of Lost Children, Delicatessen dir. Jean-Pierre Jeunet[/li][li]Mon Oncle, M. Hulot’s Holiday, Playtime dir. Jacques Tati[/li][li]Rififfi dir. Jules Dassin[/li][li]Wages of Fear, Les Diaboliques, Le Courbot dir. Henri Georges Clouzot[/li][li]The 400 Blows, Day For Night dir. Francois Truffaut[/li][li]La Ceremonie dir. Claude Chabrol[/li][li]Diva, Betty Blue dir. Jean-Jacques Beineix[/ul]German[ul][]Aguirre: The Wrath of God, Fitzcarraldo, Nosferatu, Little Dieter Needs to Fly dir. Werner Herzog[/li][li]Wings of Desire, Paris, Texas, Buena Vista Social Club dir. Wim Wenders[/li][li]Ali: Fear Eats the Soul dir. Rainer Fassbinder[/li]Run, Lola, Run, The Princess and the Warrior dir. Tom Tykwer.[/ul]Man, I think I’ve run out of steam already and I’ve missed a huge bunch of stuff like Leningrad Cowboys Go America, Solaris, The Kingdom, Kristof Kieslowski, Italian Giallo (sp?) horror movies, England’s Ealing comedies, and practically everything David Cronenberg has ever put to film.