# Must-see foreign language films **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 3, 2001, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/must-see-foreign-language-films/79518 "2001-09-03T14:58:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![naughty\_wicked\_zoot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@naughty\_wicked\_zoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naughty_wicked_zoot)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2001, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/must-see-foreign-language-films/79518/101 "2001-09-10T18:56:06Z")
i’m new here, but i haven’t seen anyone list “Kingdom”, by Lars von Trier, who did “dancer in the dark.” “kingdom” is about a haunted hospital in denmark, and one of the creepiest movies i’ve seen in years. also, don’t overlook the italian horror greats mario bava and dario argento, two of my favorites. argento’s “the bird with the crystal plumage” and “suspiria” are two of the best horror movies i’ve ever seen, and the cinematography is amazing!! ---
**Author:** ![naughty\_wicked\_zoot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@naughty\_wicked\_zoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naughty_wicked_zoot)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2001, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/must-see-foreign-language-films/79518/102 "2001-09-10T19:00:59Z")
i’m new here, but thought i’d throw in my $.02 also. i haven’t seen anyone list “kingdom”, by lars von trier, who also did “dancer in the dark”. “kingdom” is about a haunted danish hospital, and is one of the creepiest movies i’ve seen in years. i’m told that one of the big three tv networks has arranged for it to be turned into a 10-episode mini-series, with stephen king scripting. cross your fingers. also, look at the two great italian horror film makers, mario bava and dario argento. argento’s “bird with the crystal plumage” and “suspiria” are great, and the cinematography is amazing!! ---
**Author:** ![naughty\_wicked\_zoot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@naughty\_wicked\_zoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naughty_wicked_zoot)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2001, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/must-see-foreign-language-films/79518/103 "2001-09-10T19:04:14Z")
arrrgggh! sorry about double posting, my screen went to a “page not available” notice, and i thought the first post had been lost. sorry sorry sorry!!!:eek: ---
**Author:** ![mswas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e99b99/32.png) [@mswas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mswas)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2001, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/must-see-foreign-language-films/79518/104 "2001-09-10T19:16:37Z")
I read only the first page of this thread but I cannot believe that the Dutch film Karakter [http://us.imdb.com/Title?0119448](http://us.imdb.com/Title?0119448) and Hard Boiled were not mentioned. Erek ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2001, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/must-see-foreign-language-films/79518/105 "2001-09-10T20:00:54Z")
Some good choices, but I’m appalled 100 posts in nobody’s mentioned… **From France** \*The Crime of Monsieur Lange, A Day in the Country, The Golden Coach, \* and _French Cancan_ by Renoir \*Contempt, Weekend, Breathless, My Life to Live, \* and _Two or Three Things I Know About Her_ by Godard \*My Night at Maud’s, Chloe in the Afternoon, Claire’s Knee, The Aviator’s Wife, The Marquise of O…, An Autumn Tale, \* and _Pauline at the Beach_ (yes I have a weakness for Eric Rohmer) _A Man Escaped, Pickpocket, L’Argent, Diary of a Country Priest_ and especially _Au Hasard, Balthazar_ by Robert Bresson _La Ronde, The Earrings of Madame de…_ and _Lola Montes_ by Max Ophuls _L’Atalante_ by Jean Vigo _Two English Girls_ by Truffaut _Playtime_, Jacques Tati’s best film _Eyes Without a Face_ by Georges Franju _The Umbrellas of Cherbourg_ by Jacques Demy _The Italian Straw Hat_ and _Le Million_ by Rene Clair _Le Samourai_ and _Les Enfants Terribles_ by Jean-Pierre Melville _Celine and Julie Go Boating_ and _La Belle Noiseuse_ by Jacques Rivette **From Italy** \*Open City, Paisan, \*and _Voyage to Italy_ by Rossellini _L’Avventura_ and _L’Eclisse_ by Antonioni \*La Dolce Vita, Nights of Cabiria, \* and _Amarcord_ by Fellini _The Gospel According to St. Matthew_ by Pasolini _Salvatore Giuliano_ by Francesco Rosi _The Conformist_ by Bernardo Bertolucci **From Japan** \*I Was Born, But…, Late Spring, \* and _An Autumn Afternoon_ by Ozu \*Sisters of the Gion, Ugetsu Monogatari, \* and _Sansho the Bailiff_ by Mizoguchi _Branded to Kill_ and _Tokyo Drifter_ by Seijun Suzuki **From Russia** _Man With a Movie Camera_ by Dziga Vertov _Shadows of Our Forgotten Ancestors_ by Sergei Paradzhanov \*Andrei Rublev, Stalker, \* and _The Sacrifice_ by Tarkovsky **From Spain** The brilliant _The Spirit of the Beehive_ and _The Quince Tree Sun_ by Victor Erice _Viridiana_ by Bunuel \*What Have I Done to Deserve This? \* by Almodovar _Cria Cuervos_ by Carlos Saura **From Germany** _Pandora’s Box_ by Pabst, with Louise Brooks _Kings of the Road_, Wenders’ best film **From Iran** _The Wind Will Carry Us_ by Abbas Kiarostami _A Moment of Innocence_ by Mohsen Makhmalbaf **From Poland** _Man of Marble_ by Wajda **From India** _Charulata_ and \*Mahanagar (The Big City) \* by Satyajit Ray **From Hong Kong** _In the Mood for Love_ by Wong Kar-Wai **From Greece** _The Travelling Players_ and _Landscape in the Mist_ by Theo Angelopoulos **From Mexico** _Los Olvidados_, also by Bunuel **From Algeria** Gillo Pontecorvo’s remarkable _The Battle of Algiers_ **From Finland** _Ariel_ and _Leningrad Cowboys Go America_ by Aki Kaurismaki **From Hungary** _The Red and the White_ and _The Round-Up_ by Miklos Jancso **From Turkey** _Yol_ by Serif Goren and Yilmaz Guney [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/must-see-foreign-language-films/79518.md?page=5)