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Which are you favorite non-English movies, series etc?

If not favorite, ones that touched you in some way.

I’ll start by mentioning some movies from my mother tongue(Malayalam of Kerala, India):

  • Mumbai Police
    A crime thriller (Came out almost 2 decades ago n was very striking for the time)
  • KammaraSambhavam Political/Historic satire/drama (The main actor has some cases on him, but the movie is quite good)
  • Kathavasheshan
  • Devasuram
    Conservative sigma male upper class Kerala dude getting character development. I really liked how the transformation happened in it
  • Maheshinte Parthikaaram (Mahesh’s Revenge)
    Not an action movie.

From my country, but not in my mother tongue:

  • Enthiran (Robot), a Tamil movie
    Has over the top stuff, but is fun to watch
  • Viduthalai(Liberation), another Tamil movie
  • Agent Vinod - A Hindi spy-comedy movie

The anime that I like are Hunter x Hunter, Parasyte, Samurai Flamenco, Gintama.

scytale ,

For Korean media:

TV shows:

  • Beyond Evil
  • Moving
  • D.P.

Movies:

  • The Handmaiden
  • Parasite
  • Decision to Leave
  • Old Boy
shinigamiookamiryuu ,

Portuguese Dragon Ball Z ranks up there.

Zagorath ,
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For a serious drama: Jean de Florette and Manon des Sources, a shockingly good pair of French films that start when an idealistic city dweller moves out to the countryside to start farming on some valuable land that the locals would rather went to them.

Much less seriously: Le Concert. A French comedy-drama about a Russian conductor forced out of his prestigious role after a falling out with the Soviet leadership, who many years later gets an opportunity to re-form his orchestra out of a rag-tag group who haven’t played in years, and travel with them to Paris to give the eponymous concert, performing the same piece that he was conducting at the moment a KGB agent stormed in to strip him of his title. There are some more layers to it that give the movie some brilliant genuine heart, in addition to the hilarious hijinks of the premise.

I’ll just add an extra one that doesn’t really fit, but is kinda close. Death and the Maiden, by Ariel Dorfman. Doesn’t fit both because it’s a play rather than a movie or TV show, and because it might be originally English (I’m honestly not sure and have seen contrary answers about it—even in my copy of the play itself it’s unclear, with references to the “world premiere” in England being after it “was staged and opened in…Chile”). But regardless of the original language, it’s very much not from an anglo perspective, being written by a Chilean and set in post-Pinochet Chile (technically, it’s described as being potentially any country post dictatorship, but it’s primarily written for Chile). It’s about a husband who accidentally welcomes into their home a man whom his wife swears was her warden and rapist while she was imprisoned by the dictatorial regime, and the play is all centred around “is she right, and will her husband believe her?”

Churbleyimyam ,

Thanks for reminding me about Manon Des Sources. I remember being totally captivated by it but can’t remember any details!

Churbleyimyam ,

Cinema Paradiso

tetris11 ,
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  • Bangkok Dangerous, the original one not with Nicage.
unce ,

I enjoyed Dark(German), Deutschland 83(German), and Gomorrah(Italian)

tetris11 ,
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I liked the idea of Dark, I just disliked having to pull up a convoluted family tree hastily constructed from Reddit so that I could work out who was screwing who whilst visiting themselves.

ProfessorOwl_PhD ,
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The Good, The Bad, and the Weird (좋은 놈, 나쁜 놈, 이상한 놈) is a fantastic slapstick take on the classic western that has a lot of fun with the setting.
Trollhunter (Trolljegeren) is a great horror-mockumentary done in a found footage style.
Basically anything by Kurosawa.

tiefling ,

Does Pan’s Labyrinth count?

Drusas ,

Why wouldn't it?

FergleFFergleson ,

Series:

  • Dark: I love this series. It’s complex and smart and isn’t afraid to let the viewer think and not hold our hand. I re-watch this at least once a year, sometimes more. The show runners also made another series, 1899, which I liked - but didn’t love - and Netflix killed it after only one season.
  • Alta Mar/High Seas: The first season especially just captured my heart. It’s a fun murder-on-a-cruise-liner scenario with absolutely lavish set dressing, costumes, etc. The cast is a delight. There are a few unnecessary twists and the subsequent seasons didn’t grab me as hard, but this is one I happily come back to periodically.
  • Paranormal: This is, in some ways, only an “okay” series if I’m honest. The stories are solid, but mid-tier, the effects are pretty low grade, and the episodes didn’t connect well. But why I still have a fondness for this one: This series wasn’t just set in Egypt, it was an Egyptian production. So you don’t have some of the baggage of Hollywood/the U.S. or even other, major media countries. It’s refreshing to get a different cultural view occasionally.
  • Control-z: This was a fun, stylish mystery series set in a Mexican high-school. Not terribly deep and after the first season the quality drops pretty quickly, but it was enjoyable.
  • Squid Game: Who doesn’t love a game? :)
  • Post Mortem: No One Dies in Skarnes: Not very long series but it was enjoyable if you like the possibly over used trope of someone coming back from the dead and the challenges they encounter.
  • Katla: A short Icelandic supernatural series. Creepy vibes aplenty.
  • Money Heist: Spanish bank heist series. Good, not great, but good. A little predictable in places, a little unpredictable in places. Went for several seasons and spawned a couple of spin-offs.
  • Fallet: An interestingly little series from Sweden. The premise is a stretch, but the characters were kind of endearing. I enjoyed it.

Movies:
I know I’ve watched a lot more foreign films recently that I liked than this, but I’m having a hard time recalling any that stand out. Here’s still a few I felt like mentioning:

Classics: Pan’s Labyrinth, Run Lola Run, Seven Samurai.

A few you might not have heard of:

  • Errementari: a stylish, enjoyable fable of a blacksmith and the devil
  • The Little Switzerland: A silly little comedy set in Spain. Not a lot of depth, but entertaining.
Nemo ,

Life Is Beautiful

MicrowavedTea ,

I had totally forgotten about 1899. I think it had as much potential as Dark, just didn’t have a great first season. And the multiple languages was an interesting concept.

sanguinepar ,
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One more mention for Dark, absolutely the best thing on Netflix IMO.

Others:

  • Neuvas Rienas (9 queens) - an excellent Argentinian heist/scam film with quite a cool look. Like a mix of Ocean’s Eleven (plotwise) and the Bourne films (visually).
  • Intacto - interesting Spanish movie about people who are able to steal others’ luck. I could imagine Christopher Nolan doing an English language remake.
  • Le Havre - fun French film about an old man helping shelter a child who is in the country illegally. Very funny.
  • Akira - obviously
  • Ringu - original Japanese version. Terrifying.
  • Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon - quite an obvious choice, but it absolutely blew me away when it came out.
  • The Killing - Danish TV show. Not seen the American remake, but the original is amazing
  • Oldboy - Korean movie, as above, remade, but I’ve only seen this. I suspect this one is better!
  • Godzilla Minus One - monsters! And the suffering of post WW2 Japan! Odd mix, but it works!
  • 8 Femmes - very funny French murder mystery. Recently remade (pretty well) in Italian as 7 Women and a Murder.
  • Duet for Cannibals - very strange Swedish film I saw recently about two couples and some strange living/working arrangements.
  • Rashomon - classic Japanese movie, where we see the same event from 3 different perspectives
  • Taxi - brilliant French heist/crime/driving movie, with some superb car chases

So many more, but this list is getting too long!

MicrowavedTea ,

There are many good thriller/horror movies in spanish.

  • La piel que habito
  • REC
  • Los ojos de julia
  • La cara oculta (I think this one’s from Colombia)

Shutter is also a great Thai horror movie.

From my country Murderess (Φόνισσα - Greek) from last year is pretty impactful.

Truffle ,

Have you watched “Historias para no dormir”? It was series of Spanish horror movies, I think four or five. My favorite from that series was “La habitación del niño” such a good story! I am a horror buff and it is always refreshing to watch something that surprises me in a good way.

MicrowavedTea ,

Oh I hadn’t heard of those, added to the watch list

lemuria ,

Pridyider, the Filipino movie about a haunted fridge. Haven’t been able to find a copy of it in years unfortunately.

Pronell ,

City of Lost Children, and to a slightly lesser extent, Delicatessen and Amelie, all directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet.

I’ve yet to see worldbuilding as effortless as it is in the first two movies.

Drop you in blind, explain nothing, get very weird, and tell a fantastic story.

HK65 ,

A tanú (The Witness) - Hungarian comedy of communism

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