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| Registered: May 29, 2007 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 3,475 |
| | Posted: | | | | m.cellophane mentioned a web site (see AFI’s second Best List – do you agree?) that lists great films from any country, not just the US. A few others also mentioned loving films that were not mentioned because they were not American. I had only heard about a few and I’m wondering what films you would recommend that could not be included because of this. Soooo…what movies would you recommend I buy because it would make your Best List? |
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| Registered: March 28, 2007 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 1,299 |
| | Posted: | | | | | | | Tags, tags, bo bags, banana fana fo fags, mi my mo mags, TAGS!
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation:  | | Posts: 3,321 |
| | Posted: | | | | I'd second Amélie. It's one of my favorites and is where my avatar comes from. It's also very much a chick flick if you like those kinds of movie. I also love pretty much anything from Jean-Pierre Jeunet (A Very Long Engagement, Delicatessen, others).
I like Akira Kurosawa. He's done such films as Seven Samurai, Yojimbo, Sanjuro, The Hidden Fortress, Rashomon, Stray Dog and many, many others.
Though they're not often thought of as foreign, I love Sergio Leone's films (A Fistful of Dollars, A Few Dollars More, Once Upon a Time in the West, Once Upon a Time in America, Duck You Sucker (AKA A Fistful of Dynamite) and of course, The Good, The Bad and The Ugly).
If you really want to experiment with something different, try Krzysztof Kieslowski's Three Colors Trilogy (Blue, White, Red).
I just picked up Downfall over the weekend (Der Untergang). It's supposed to be an excellant story of Hitler's final days. And if you like war films, you can't go wrong with Das Boot.
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 105 |
| | Posted: | | | | Take a look at the Criterion Collection and take your pick  Clouzot, for instance, "Diabolique" & "The Wages of Fear". "Coup de torchon' (Tavernier) is also a favorite (based on Pop. 1280 by Jim Thompson which I read last year and is even more weird that the movie, so look and read both if you know what's good for you). |
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| Registered: March 14, 2007 | | Posts: 101 |
| | Posted: | | | | Adventures of Baron Munchausen (UK)
3rd for Amelie (France)
City Of God (Brazil)
The Gods Must Be Crazy (South Africa)
Indian (India)
Once Upon A Time In China; parts 1,2,and3 (Hong Kong) | | | | Sometimes you are the bowling ball, sometimes you are the pins. |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 1,796 |
| | Posted: | | | | Not that don't agree with your choices but,
From a prior posting :
If you go to the AFI you check out the ballot and the criteria for voting.
CRITERIA
FEATURE-LENGTH FICTION FILM
Narrative format, typically over 60 minutes in length.
AMERICAN FILM
Motion picture with significant creative and/or production elements from the United States.
CRITICAL RECOGNITION
Formal commendation in print, television and digital media.
MAJOR AWARD WINNER
Recognition from competitive events including awards from peer groups, critics, guilds and major film festivals.
POPULARITY OVER TIME
Including success at the box office, television and cable airings, and DVD/VHS sales and rentals.
HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE
A film's mark on the history of the moving image through visionary narrative devices, technical innovation, or other groundbreaking achievements.
CULTURAL IMPACT
A film's mark on American society in matters of style and substance. | | | We don't need stinkin' IMDB's errors, we make our own.
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 | JonM | | Registered 28 Dec 2000 |
| Registered: March 13, 2007 |  Posts: 343 |
| | Posted: | | | | That's why Kathy has done this thread, Srehtims. We know AFI's criteria, but what about our own for other countries.
It's easy to miss UK film because they're in English! So ...
The Third Man
Brief Encounter
The Ladykillers
A Matter of Life and Death
Peeping Tom
Hell Drivers
The Man Who Would be King
The Long Good Friday
Get Carter
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Withnail and I
Oooh, I could go on and on! | | | Jon
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 2,692 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting JonM: Quote:
That's why Kathy has done this thread, Srehtims. We know AFI's criteria, but what about our own for other countries.
It's easy to miss UK film because they're in English! So ...
The Third Man
Brief Encounter
The Ladykillers
A Matter of Life and Death
Peeping Tom
Hell Drivers
The Man Who Would be King
The Long Good Friday
Get Carter
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Withnail and I
Oooh, I could go on and on! Obviously this is the original uk version of Get Carter (1971) not the crappy US remake. And you can add Kind Hearts and Coronets The Full Monty Lock, Stock and two smoking barrels  | | | | Paul |
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| JonM | | Registered 28 Dec 2000 |
| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 343 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting pauls42: Quote:
Obviously this is the original uk version of Get Carter (1971) not the crappy US remake.
And you can add
Kind Hearts and Coronets
The Full Monty
Lock, Stock and two smoking barrels
As if you could ask!   Worthy additions. And I thought of a couple more ... Billy Liar Saturday Night and Sunday Morning Shaun of the Dead | | | Jon
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| Registered: March 14, 2007 | | Reputation: |  Posts: 2,652 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting JonM: Quote:
Quoting pauls42:
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Obviously this is the original uk version of Get Carter (1971) not the crappy US remake.
And you can add
Kind Hearts and Coronets
The Full Monty
Lock, Stock and two smoking barrels
As if you could ask!
Worthy additions. And I thought of a couple more ...
Billy Liar
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
Shaun of the Dead How about: Billy Elliot Brassed Off Shirley Valentine Greenfingers Saving Grace to name but a few really good movies in NO particular order | | | <---------Mithrandir, Laverne and Shirley
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| Registered: March 15, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 5,459 |
| | Posted: | | | | Here's my small contribution:
28 Days Later (UK)
Farewell My Concubine (China)
Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (Aus)
Ringu (Japan)
Repulsion (UK)
A Short Film About Love (Poland)
Suspiria (Italy)
Dead Ringers (Canada)
Blood and Black Lace (Italy)
Trainspotting (UK)
Jean de Florette/Manon des Sources (France)
Cyrano de Bergerac (France)
Heavenly Creatures (NZ) |
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| Registered: May 29, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 3,475 |
| | Posted: | | | | My thanks to all - my wish list has gotten much bigger! Keep them coming! |
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| Registered: March 14, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 2,652 |
| | Posted: | | | | Calendar Girls
This should also be on the list of good Brit movies! | | | <---------Mithrandir, Laverne and Shirley
Caroline |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 5,481 |
| | Posted: | | | | Don't forget Cinema Paradiso from Italy as well as Life is Beautiful... | | | In the 60's, People took Acid to make the world Weird. Now the World is weird and People take Prozac to make it Normal.
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 45 |
| | Posted: | | | | City of God
Cries and Whispers
Fanny and Alexander
400 Blows
Day for Night |
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