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What are some of your favorite foreign films?

What language and genre do you like to watch?
My favorite right now is Japanese horror but I also watch a lot of movies in Korean, Polish, German, French, and Russian.
For Eastern European and Soviet films, I recommend the websites -
https://easterneuropeanmovies.com/ 
https://sovietmoviesonline.com/
<3 :)
These are some movies I recommend in J-horror along with some links and where to watch.


YouTube:
Occult (2009) (Japanese) 
https://youtu.be/I6qri3HnUQQ

Teke Teke (2009) (Japanese) 
https://youtu.be/HfdVt5fCSKA

Teke Teke 2 (2009) (Japanese)
https://youtu.be/P1kgOS2I8pY

Cult (2013) (Japanese)
https://youtu.be/CVImdNOvRus

Noroi: The Curse (2005) (Japanese) - also on Shudder
https://youtu.be/aO4IktVcxyY

Cure (1997) (Japanese)
https://youtu.be/U6VE4g3fpT0

Tubi:
A Record of Sweet Murder (2014) (Korean - Japanese)
https://tubitv.com/movies/508634/a-record-of-sweet-murder?start=true

Audition (1999) (Japanese) - also on Shudder
https://tubitv.com/movies/551307/audition?start=true

Amazon Prime:
Ichi the Killer (2001) (Japanese) 
https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B017VDDBEU/ref=atv_dp_share_cu_r

Voice Without a Shadow (1958) (Japanese)
https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B01MRVE924/ref=atv_dp_share_cu_r

Creepy (2016) (Japanese)
https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B06XQQV53Z/ref=atv_dp_share_cu_r

The Complex (2014) (Japanese)
https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B07BN78B9H/ref=atv_dp_share_cu_r


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Reply by русалка

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that movie looks like it'd be good!! I'm gonna try finding it online. Have you ever see Ma vie de Courgette (my life as a zucchini)? it's a really good claymation movie that last I saw was on Netflix. one of my overall favorite movies. 


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Reply by Giuseppe

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Mostly French and Italian. The best of both worlds but its kinda difficult to say what are my favorite foreign films. I would say In the French side. Breathless and The 400 Blows was inspiring The Italian side is La Dolce Vita and 8 and a half I would say are my favorites but.....theres tons more. :)


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Reply by molly

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omg les choristes. i love french comedies bc the kids curse so frequently and are still usually rated pg (or the french equivalent) and i think that's so funny. like. some kid could call his friend a bastard and nobody bats an eye


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Reply by Fogfighter

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The Franz + Polina was pretty good and the languages foreign. In my case subtitles saved the experience.


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Reply by Sleepy_Mick

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Oh one of my favorite foreign film was Amelie a cute French movie. It’s very heartwarming and funny. 


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Reply by anisa

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i love experimental films and new wave movements from all over the world, some of my faves have got to be

iranian new wave (a moment of silence, close-up, the white meadows, willow and wind)
czech new wave (closely watched trains, happy end, diamonds of the night, daisies)
japanese experimental films (funeral parade of roses, the taste of tea, love & pop, the man who stole the sun)
and of course soviet/soviet adjacent art films (soy cuba, ivan's childhood, stalker, welcome or no trespassing, walking the streets of moscow, come and see, mirror)


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Reply by hero

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i've watched noroi and i thought the found footage directing of it was good!!! 

i love korean thriller movies the most but i enjoy watching foreign movies ^_^

some recommendations i have are:

the chaser (2008) - korean thriller about an ex-cop who runs a call girl service and he finds that they're going missing
exit (2019) - a korean comedy disaster movie! the city gets filled with this dangerous gas and the main charas try to escape from it
parasite (2019) - korean thriller, im sure a lot of people already know/seen it but its definitely one of the best kthrillers out there

kamikaze girls (2004) - japanese comedy movie about two girls (a girl who loves lolita and a yankee girl) form an unlikely friendship
flying colors/biri gyaru (2015) - a japanese comedy/coming of age type movie, i thought it was really sweet!

bad genius (2017) - thai thriller movie about highschool kids cheating on their exams (this makes it sound boring but i promise its a really good suspenseful movie!) 
the raid movies (2011 + 2014) - idonesian action thriller movies! the action in these movies are really good (the first movie isn't so good storywise imo but the action is really good)


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Reply by HaiHai

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Train to Busan and #Alive are really good


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Reply by $YD

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RE: русалка

  • "Have you ever see Ma vie de Courgette (my life as a zucchini)? it's a really good claymation movie that last I saw was on Netflix. one of my overall favorite movies."

The style of this film's claymation was so beautiful and unique, I have truly never seen anything like it. I've watched this many times just to take in every bit of art, but in addition to the visuals the story, although heartbreaking at times, was also handled so well in my opinion. Overall amazing in every aspect!


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Reply by Alex W

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i've not seen enough from 1 specific nation to identify a favourite wave but Climax, The Worst Person in The World and Funeral Parade of Roses are all favourites of mine :))


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Reply by Mahnoor

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Reply by Luis Strublic

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my favorite foreign movies with no doubt are elite squad and city of god, they depict very well the violence and crime in brazil


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Reply by Jadu786

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"Parasite" (South Korea, 2019) - Directed by Bong Joon-ho, this darkly comedic thriller won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival and made history by winning four Academy Awards, including Best Picture, in 2020.


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Reply by Sanji

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I luv Baron omatsuri and the secret island!


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Reply by libretube

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I watched Teke Teke on Libretube without any ads, It was the good film


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Reply by libretube

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One of greatest episode watched from here. click here to watch


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Reply by taj

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I LOVEEEEE ginger snaps ! it's a Canadian based movie about like two teenage girls and one of them becomes like a monster and starts to become a h%e I was like WHATTTTT it was crazy it's a great movie tho there's like 5 of them and I'm still watching ;)


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Reply by pfpchanger

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man bites dog, from Belgium. Extremely dark and extremely brilliant.


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Reply by Jsutsu

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Vimusic is also a very good streaming app


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Reply by @gracivv

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society of the snow 2023


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Reply by Finn_

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la sociedad de la nieve,es muuuy linda y emotiva 


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Reply by Moscow

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I don't know what you would count as foreign to you but if you ever want to watch the best NZ film ever, watch Goodbye Pork Pie (1981) or the best AUS film ever CrackerJack (2002), undisputed best films from both countries


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Reply by WoWza

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Wild Zero gotta be my favorite movie at the minute. it's just so crazy and stupid and I love it. 10/10 in my opinion. it kinda reminds me of how stupid and crazy FLCL  (check that out as well it's an anime and also a 10/10 in my book) 

(it's from Japan btw)


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Reply by Concrete

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Cure is such a good film! I need to check out the others you listed!

I don't have a specific country of preference. But here is a list of some of my favourites:

Yi Yi (2000)

Wings of Desire (1987)

La Haine (1995)

Woman at War (2018)

Taste of Cherry (1997)

Good Bye, Lenin (2003)

Chungking Express (1994)

Run Lola Run (1998)

Daisies (1966)


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