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Which are your 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:

  • Super Deluxe - A Tamil movie that I recently watched, quite unique
  • 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.

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.

flambonkscious ,

Yeah, these guys are great. I love seeing some of the same faces in completely different roles)

HK65 ,

A tanú (The Witness) - Hungarian comedy of communism

EfreetSK ,
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When it comes to Christmas movies my most favorite ones are:

  • Joulutarina (Finnish)
  • Listy do M (Polish)
CommissarVulpin ,

Joyeux Noel. It’s a French/German/English language film about the Christmas Truce during WW1. Very moving film in my opinion.

Trollivier ,

I agree!

Philote ,

City of God, (Portuguese/Brazil) One of my all time favorite movies period. Gangster/Crime lord style movie about kids running the Favelas in Rio

Elite Squad 1 and 2 also (Portuguese/Brazilian) Top notch Cop/shoot out movie really reinvigorated the Sicario and John Wick style films.

Oldboy (Korean) The WTF twist is an early stand out of what the amazing Korean producers are now famously known for.

Truffle ,

City of god was a great movie

trolololol ,

Reminder that city of God and elite squad are based on historical facts.

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.

PeterLossGeorgeWall ,

Deutschland 83! Loved it. I’ll add Babylon Berlin.

unce ,

Oh nice I’ll have to check that one out

RandomStickman ,
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Shaolin Soccer for sure

Trollivier ,

Yes!

Fizz ,
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RRR the movie is so good

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

iturnedintoanewt ,
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I didn’t watch the rest after the first episode… It felt so… Forced.

Truffle ,

I guess you are talking about the tv series? Because that was, indeed, kind of not so good. I watched a couple of episodes.

The movies, at least for me, were good in a general sense but La habitación del niño was great in my opinion.

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.

terrifyingtuba ,

I loved Drive My Car. Incredible soundtrack, well paced, and incredibly moving.

Randomgal ,

RRR, this shit has everything. Great fights, cool story, great landscapes from all over India, amazing VFX and art direction. Great musical interludes too. Absolutely recommended.

TheCannonball ,

Came to say this. The movie also won an Oscar for best original song.

Aurenkin ,

Pretty intense but I thought the Seediq Bale films were really good.

jaxxed ,

Not Turkish, but Hot Skull was a great watch. At the risk of speaking on behalf of Turks, I think that the premises run deep into the culture.

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