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Best Foreign Films
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August 13, 2008 2:49 AM | conceived anyfreebies |
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List of the best foreign films |
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Crouching Tiger (2000) The disappearance of a magical jade sword spurs a breathtaking quest for the missing treasure. Li is embittered by the loss of his jade sword, and his unrequited pursuit of Yu is further complicated by the mysterious intrusion of an assassin. August 13, 2008 3:13 PM by anyfreebies |
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House of flying daggers The film is in the wuxia genre, similar in style to Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon; Hero; and Warriors of Heaven and Earth. House of Flying Daggers differs from other wuxia films in that it is more of a love story than a straight martial arts film. August 13, 2008 10:06 PM by shelle93 |
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The Rules of the Game (1939) Its Paris opening in 1939 was a disaster: the film was withdrawn, recut, and eventually banned by the occupying forces for its \\\"demoralizing\\\" effects. It was not shown again in its complete form until 1965, when it became clear that here, perhaps, was the greatest film ever made. August 13, 2008 1:57 PM by anyfreebies |
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La Belle et la Bete (1946) Jean Cocteau's adaptation of Beauty and the Beast (originally released in France as La Belle et la Bête) stars Josette Day as Beauty and Jean Marais as the Beast. August 13, 2008 1:58 PM by anyfreebies |
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Dr. Mabuse, Parts 1 and 2 (1922) The psychoanalyst Dr Mabuse is really a criminal mastermind. A master of disguise and hypnotism, Mabuse runs a vast criminal empire, manipulating stockmarkets and counterfeiting money, and is wanted by every police agency on the continent. In the Folies Bergere, Mabuse influences the mind of a weak-willed playboy into gambling away all of his fortune. But District Attorney Wenk is determined to stop Mabuse. August 13, 2008 2:01 PM by anyfreebies |
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Nosferatu (1922) Horror movies have been around since the very birth of cinema-- the earliest one known is a one-reel version of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde from 1908, and many of Georges Melies’s pioneering fantasy shorts from the turn of the century include arguably horrific elements. August 13, 2008 2:01 PM by anyfreebies |
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La Roue (1923) “A tragedy for modern times” is how avant-garde director Abel Gance promoted this epic melodrama, his most ambitious production until this time. August 13, 2008 2:01 PM by anyfreebies |
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Strike (1924), aka Stachka This hauntingly original film provides the most sophisticated manipulation of montage that I have seen to date, juxtaposing and integrating symbolic images with and into the narrative proper, most famously in the concluding alternation between the workers\' defeat and the slaughter of a herd of cattle. August 13, 2008 2:02 PM by anyfreebies |
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Metropolis (1927) In the year 2000, Metropolis reveals a city-state where machines have come to rule over Man and inequality is entrenched within society. Bisected into two distinct levels, the sprawling city consists of a powerful elite, living on the surface, who control and subjugate the subterranean masses. August 13, 2008 2:02 PM by anyfreebies |
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Napoleon (1927) One of the crowning achievements of the silent era, writer-director Abel Gance’s Napoléon is a monumental but unfinished masterpiece, originally intended as a series of back-to-back productions covering the whole of Napoleon’s life. August 13, 2008 2:03 PM by anyfreebies |
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La Passion de Jeanne d\'Arc (1928) The Passion of Joan of Arc. Joan of Arc is put on trial for alleged treason. Once glorified as her nation's saviour, she has become a mere pawn in a game of political intrigue. Her sacrifice would appear inevitable... August 13, 2008 2:03 PM by anyfreebies |
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Pandora's Box (1929) August 13, 2008 2:04 PM by anyfreebies |
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Pandora's Box (1929) "Pandora's Box is in a league of its own due to the miracle of Louise Brooks." August 13, 2008 2:05 PM by anyfreebies |
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La Chienne (1931) Also known as The Bitch or Isn't Life a Bitch? - Legendary French director Jean Renoir hunkered down and got serious for this, his first real masterpiece and his most toxic movie. It's the only time he dabbled in the "low" thriller genre. August 13, 2008 2:06 PM by anyfreebies |
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Earth (1930), aka Soil or Zemlya In the heart of the Ukrainian countryside, farmers fall out with the wealthy kulak classes over the coming of collectivisation. Soviet documentary from the 1930s by acclaimed director Aleksandr Dovzhenko August 13, 2008 2:07 PM by anyfreebies |
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L'Age d'Or (1930) August 13, 2008 2:07 PM by anyfreebies |
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L'Age d'Or (1930) aka The Age of Gold or The Golden Age. Bunuel's first feature has more of a plot than Un Chien Andalou, but it's still a pure Surrealist film, so this is only a vague outline. A man and a woman are passionately in love with one another, but their attempts to consummate that passion are constantly thwarted, by their families, the Church and bourgeois society. August 13, 2008 2:07 PM by anyfreebies |
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Der Blaue Engel (1930) English Title: The Blue Angel. Marlene Dietrich became an immediate international star on the strength of her performance as the temptress Lola Frohlich in Josef von Sternberg's classic tale of love and obsession. Professor Immanuel Rath (Emil Jannings) is a strict and humorless schoolmaster who is shocked when he discovers the boys in his class have been spending their time at a sleazy cabaret called The Blue Angel, where an entertainer named Lola (Dietrich) keeps the men in thrall and sells suggestive postcards of herself. August 13, 2008 2:08 PM by anyfreebies |
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A Nous la Liberte (1931) Known as Freedom for Us. À Nous la Liberté is an early talkie from French filmmaker René Clair. Louis (Raymond Cordy) and Emile (Henri Marchand) are a pair of convicts whose lives take decidely different paths after prison. Emile works his way up the ladder of capitalism, becoming a phonograph factory boss, a job that finds him overseeing a bleak outfit of automatous drones. August 13, 2008 2:09 PM by anyfreebies |
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M (1931) A stunningly wrought exploration of the city-wide hysteria brought about by an uncaught child murderer, M retains its power to shock even today. On the cobbled streets of Dusseldorf a killer prowls, snatching kids at random and silencing their voices for eternity. August 13, 2008 2:09 PM by anyfreebies |
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Le Million (1931) René Lefèvre and Annabella are sheer delights, as is everything else in Le Million, René Clair's bright and winning early sound comedy. Clair has his actors sing their dialogue in a blithe and breezy way and utilizes a succession of surrealistic and Dadaesque touches to chronicle this lighthearted extended chase, concerning an artist racing through the streets of Paris (an amazing studio set constructed by Lazare Meerson) in order to retrieve a winning lottery ticket left in the pocket of a discarded jacket. August 13, 2008 2:10 PM by anyfreebies |
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Vampyr (1931) Also known as The Vampire or Vampyr, Ou L'Etrange Aventure de David Gray ranks in many circles as one of the greatest horror films of all time. Inspired by Sheridan Le Fanu's Carmilla, the story concerns a mysterious series of killings, committed by a crone of a female vampire (Henriette Gerard). August 13, 2008 2:10 PM by anyfreebies |
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Zero de Conduit (1933) The intolerable pressure of life at an unpleasantly seedy boys' boarding school leads to a full-scale revolution… August 13, 2008 2:11 PM by anyfreebies |
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L'Atalante (1934) To live happily ever after with the one you love, you must be able to live with them at all. It is not that simple. Little problems must be worked out. August 13, 2008 2:11 PM by anyfreebies |
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La Bête Humaine (1938) Made at the height of poetic realism in the French cinema, LA BÊTE HUMAINE is an adaptation of Emile Zola\'s classic work, starring Jean Gabin as railroad engineer Jacques Lantier. August 13, 2008 2:12 PM by anyfreebies |
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Le Jour Se Leve (1939) Le Jour se lève is another doom-laden tale which sprang from the combined genius of director Marcel Carné and screenwriter Jacques Prévert. August 13, 2008 2:12 PM by anyfreebies |
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The Rules of the Game (1939) Its Paris opening in 1939 was a disaster: the film was withdrawn, recut, and eventually banned by the occupying forces for its "demoralizing" effects. It was not shown again in its complete form until 1965, when it became clear that here, perhaps, was the greatest film ever made. August 13, 2008 2:12 PM by anyfreebies |
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La Belle et la Bete (1946) Jean Cocteau's adaptation of Beauty and the Beast (originally released in France as La Belle et la Bête) stars Josette Day as Beauty and Jean Marais as the Beast. August 13, 2008 2:13 PM by anyfreebies |
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Boudu Saved From Drowning (1932) aka Boudu Sauve des Eaux. Depressed by the loss of his pet dog, Boudu, a tramp, throws himself into the Seine. He is rescued and nursed back to health by a kindly bookdealer, Monsieur Lestingois. Instead of being grateful, however, Boudu maintains that his savior is now responsible for his well-being. August 13, 2008 2:13 PM by anyfreebies |
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Les Enfants du Paradis (1945) Also known as Children of Paradise, is the undisputed grande dame of French cinema: majestic, imperious, and undiminished in its seductive allure. Epic yet intimate, earthy yet refined, exuberant yet restrained, this film clasps to its rapturous breast the tumultuous variety of emotions and contradictions that beat within the elusive human heart. August 13, 2008 2:13 PM by anyfreebies |
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Sciuscia (1947) Alternate Titles: Shoe-Shine, Shoeshine. Vittorio DeSica's Shoeshine (Sciuscia) is a must-see example of Italian neorealist cinema, ranking with such other neorealist classics as DeSica's Bicycle Thieves (1948) and Umberto D. (1952) and Roberto Rossellini's Rome, Open City (1945) August 13, 2008 2:14 PM by anyfreebies |
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Monsieur Vincent (1948) An inspiring chronicle of the life of St. Vincent de Paul, who established a lifeline between the fortunes of the rich and the misfortunes of the poor. August 13, 2008 2:14 PM by anyfreebies |
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Ladri di biciclette (1948) English Title: The Bicycle Thief. A heartbreakingly simple story set amidst the rubble of war-ravaged Rome: a man and his son desperately comb the city streets for a stolen bicycle. August 13, 2008 2:14 PM by anyfreebies |
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The Walls of Malapaga (1950) Highly regarded in its day: it won an honorary Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film and both Clément and Miranda won awards at the Cannes Film Festival. August 13, 2008 2:15 PM by anyfreebies |
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Diary of a Country Priest (1950) Robert Bresson's bleak but richly photographed film is about the suffering and downfall of a young, critically ill priest (Claude Laydu) who struggles in vain to gain some kind, any kind, of ecclesiastical foothold in a rural area bent on circumventing him and the church August 13, 2008 2:15 PM by anyfreebies |
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Rashômon (1951) This landmark film is a brilliant exploration of truth and human weakness. It opens with a priest, a woodcutter, and a peasant taking refuge from a downpour beneath a ruined gate in 12th-century Japan. August 13, 2008 2:15 PM by anyfreebies |
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Forbidden Games (1951) This is a beautiful film, a love story between two children, a love that is in no way carnal but does not cease being love because of that. August 13, 2008 2:16 PM by anyfreebies |
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Jeux interdits (1952) Also Known As:. Forbidden Games. A young French girl orphaned in a Nazi air attack is befriended by the son of a poor farmer, and together they try to come to terms with the realities of death. August 13, 2008 2:16 PM by anyfreebies |
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The Earrings of Madame de (1953) Also known as Diamond Earrings or Madame de, one of the most mannered and contrived love movies ever filmed. It glitters and dazzles, and beneath the artifice it creates a heart, and breaks it. The film is famous for its elaborate camera movements, its graceful style, its sets, its costumes and of course its jewelry. August 13, 2008 2:16 PM by anyfreebies |
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Europa '51 (1952) In Europa ‘51, Roberto Rossellini subverts his own neo-realism roots to indict the complacency and ignorance of the post war elite, church, and bureaucracy. August 13, 2008 2:16 PM by anyfreebies |
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The Golden Coach (1952) The late Francois Truffaut proclaimed that this work, a profound meditation on art and life, illusion and reality, may be Renoir's masterpiece, though other critics may come up with their own list of Renoir masterpieces (I, for one, prefer Rules of the Game"), since the French maestro directed so many sublime films. August 13, 2008 2:17 PM by anyfreebies |
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Ikiru (1952) Akira Kurosawa's brilliant 1952 film Ikiru (which means "to live" in English) is one of filmdom's most important and moving essays on what it means to be truly alive. August 13, 2008 2:17 PM by anyfreebies |
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Tokyo Story (1953) Tokyo Monogatari, No story could be simpler. An old couple come to the city to visit their children and grandchildren. August 13, 2008 2:17 PM by anyfreebies |
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Ugetsu (1953) Ugetsu Monogatari or Tales of a Pale Moon After the Rain: With the country ravaged by civil war, two couples in sixteenth century Japan are damaged by greed and ambition and then come into contact with violence and the supernatural. Classic from Kenji Mizoguchi August 13, 2008 2:18 PM by anyfreebies |
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Gate of Hell (1954) After remaining loyal to his emperor during an unsuccessful uprising, Samurai Moritoh (Kazuo Hasegawa) is offered his choice of rewards. He asks for the beautiful but already-married Lady Kesa (Machiko Kyo), and will stop at nothing to win her love. August 13, 2008 2:18 PM by anyfreebies |
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Les Diabolique (1954) One of the outstanding mystery shockers of recent years, this French-language picture is certain to receive critical praise and strong word-of-mouth that will make it one of the top French imports. August 13, 2008 2:18 PM by anyfreebies |
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Senso (1954) Though first impressions may hint towards a simple matinee romance, Senso is subversive in the extreme. August 13, 2008 2:19 PM by anyfreebies |
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Sansho Dayu/Sansho the Bailiff (1954) On its French release in 1960, Sansho the Bailiff was ranked by Cahiers du cinéma as the best film of the year, topping such classics as Breathless, L'avventura, and Psycho. Critics were struck by the film's gorgeous photography, elegant camerawork, and exotic settings and by Kenji Mizoguchi's signature use of imagery that quietly evokes a spiritual transcendence above the suffering of the material world. August 13, 2008 2:19 PM by anyfreebies |
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The Seven Samurai (1954) “Seven Samurai” is a masterpiece that has spurred many foolhardy imitators. The American western “The Magnificent Seven” has been the only movie to ever approach “Seven’s” greatness, and it was able to achieve this by transplanting the samurai to the Wild West. August 13, 2008 2:20 PM by anyfreebies |
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Samurai 1: Musashi Miyamoto (1955) The first installment of Hiroshi Inagaki's Samurai trilogy, Samurai 1: Musashi Miyamoto expertly balances action, plot, and character development, and perfectly sets the stage for the rest of the series August 13, 2008 2:31 PM by anyfreebies |
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Lola Montes (1955) The film tells the tragical story of the life of Lola Montes who was a great adventurer and stopped being the attraction of her circus after having been the lover of various important men. August 13, 2008 2:31 PM by anyfreebies |
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Night and Fog (1955) This lyrical and graphic documentary--one of the first cinematic reflections on the Holocaust's horror- |