Excellent! I’ll have to dig that one out. (It’s so hard finding anything since SWMBO made me get my DVDs out of the living room, where they were categorised by genre and alphabetical position.)
I was literally on the edge of my seat with my jaw hanging open during the birth scene.
There are a number of non-English speaking films I like. But my favorite, even if it['s not the best of those films, is…
…Godzilla, the origininal Japanese production. This was before they chopped it up and added Raymond Burr for us Westerners.
This was a great series. Disturbing on many levels, and horribly updated by Stephen King (who should not have been allowed to touch it).
Good god, that had a dream sequence that I still remember to this day even if I’ve forgotten the rest of the film.
Then you may enjoy this anecdote - many years ago, the Toronto Symphony played the Prokofiev soundtrack - with the full symphony - as they played the film on a large screen overhead.
It was awesome. “Battle Across the Ice” played in concert has to be one of my favorite things ever … 
Amelie and Cinema Paradiso have been mentioned so I’ll add Il Postino.
I just saw The Insult in a theater and it is excellent.
Just what I thought.
This is a Norwegian film that was originally in Norwegian, although there is a dubbed English version of it also.
I’d most strongly recommend The Seventh Seal, followed by *Wild Strawberries *and The Virgin Spring. Cries and Whispers is a fantastic film, also - probably his closest to Fanny and Alexander. *Persona *is kind of an exercise to get through - it’s not long, but the vast majority of it is just Bibi Andersson talking, with Liv Ullmann reacting when the mood suits her. It’s a heck of a movie, but watch the Knight play chess with Death first.
Almost any Bergman is good, really. An early effort, Summer with Monica, was re-edited as an exploitation film in the States, so it was probably wretched in that form - but the original is still a fine little movie.
It sucked.
Hm, tie betwn Babbettes Feast and Fritz Langs M. I also like Langs Mabeuse films. Well, also really fond of older movies in general.
In no particular order:
Au revoir les enfants (1987)
Amores Perros (2000)
Cinema Paradiso (1988)
City of God (2002)
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
Internal Affairs (2002)
Rashomon (1950)
Seven Samurai (1954)
I love some Kurosawa. Until my mother passed last year I would have said Dreams is among my all time favourite movies… But my mother was a huge Shakespeare buff and used to travel to the Stratford Festival on an annual basis. When she moved into her condo which was designed with a strong Asian flavour, I asked her if she knew about Kurosawas’ Shakespeare influence. She didn’t, so I bought her copies of Throne of Blood and Ran. Because of the time we spent together watching those movies, they hold a special place in my heart.
I do also love the original ‘Heroic Bloodshed’ work of Chow Yun Fat and John Woo. Particularly, The Killer, A Better Tomorrow (I & II) and my favourite of theirs Hard Boiled.
Lots of great movies listed here! Don’t think I have seen The Wages of Fear mentioned yet. Super suspenseful- still holds up 65 years down the road.
My choice as well!
I mentioned this way back in … February, not long before you did. I think it would get mentioned more if people actually saw it. I think I was losing interest in the movie when suddenly I found myself understanding Norwegian. Except it was some dialogue in English, that’s how the Norwegian and the Polish guy communicated with each other.
I don’t watch many films but I came in here to mention How I Ended This Summer which was a great psychological piece. Descriptions don’t do it justice
I would like to say “me, too” to Ridicule, and suggest Tous les Matins du Monde and Queen Margot.
I would like to say “me, too” to Roberto Begnini’s The Monster, and suggest his version of Pinocchio.
Wings of Desire is magnificent. The sequel, Far Away, So Close! is less Artistic, but more entertaining.
I can’t choose one.
“Delicatessen”, “Pan’s Labyrinth”, “City of Lost Children”, “Amelie”, There’s some Polish flick I liked----I guess I’d go with something by that French director who made “Amelie”.
I concur. That’s one heck of a movie.
Memories of Murder from 2003. It is beautifully shot with amazing cinematography and blocking. There is comedy, suspense, action, and drama. Emotionally, it sucks you in, doesn’t let go, and really gets inside you like very few films I have ever seen. It’s a modern noir but much more than that.