Thursday, July 21, 2016

35 Must-Watch Foreign Language Films (My Personal Favourites)



1. The Double Life of Veronique [French: La double vie de Véronique] (1991) 
    Languages: French, Polish; Director: Krzysztof Kieślowski

 
2. Blue is the warmest colour [French: La Vie d'Adèle – Chapitres 1 & 2] (2013)
   Language: French; Director: Abdellatif Kechiche
 
3. Contempt (French: Le Mépris) (1963)
    Language: French; Director: Jean-Luc Godard

4. Autumn Sonata [Swedish: Höstsonaten] (1978)
    Language: Swedish; Director: Ingmar Bergman

5. Pietà (2012)
    Language: Korean; Director: Kim Ki-Duk

6. Three Colours: Blue [French: Trois couleurs: Bleu] (1993)
    Language: French; Director: Krzysztof Kieślowski
 
7. Three Colours: Red [French Trois couleurs: Rouge] (1994)
    Language: French; Director: Krzysztof Kieślowski
 
8. A Short Film About Love [Polish: Krótki film o miłości] (1988)
    Language: Polish; Director: Krzysztof Kieślowski
 
9. Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring (2003)
    Language: Korean; Director: Kim Ki-Duk
 
10. The Virgin Spring [Swedish: Jungfrukällan] (1960)
      Language: Swedish; Director: Ingmar Bergman

11. Nostalghia (1983)
      Language: Russian; Director: Andrei Tarkovsky

12. Dreams (1990)
      Language: Japanese; Director: Akira Kurosawa
 
13. The Return (2003)
      Language: Russian; Director: Andrey Zvyagintsev

14. Leviathan (2014)
      Language: Russian; Director: Andrey Zvyagintsev
 
15. The Hunt [Spanish: La Caza]  (1966)
      Language: Spanish; Director: Carlos Saura

16. Winter Sleep (2014)
      Language: Turkish; Director: Nuri Bilge Ceylan

17: Climates (2006)
      Language: Turkish; Director: Nuri Bilge Ceylan
 
18. When Evening Falls on Bucharest or Metabolism (2013)
      Language: Romanian; Director: Corneliu Porumboiu

19. Children of Heaven (1997)
      Language: Persian; Director: Majid Majidi

20. Corn Island (2014)
      Languages: Abkhaz, Georgian, Russian
      Director: Giorgi Ovashvili
 
21. The Colour of Paradise (1999)
      Language: Persian; Director: Majid Majidi
 
22. The Tree [Slovene: Drevo] (2014)
      Language: Slovene; Director: Sonja Prosenc

23. Taste Of Cherry (1997)
      Language: Persian, Director: Abbas Kiarostami

24. Through The Olive Trees (1994)
      Language: Persian; Director: Abbas Kiarostami
 
25. Cinema Paradiso [Italian: Nuovo Cinema Paradiso] (1988)
      Language: Italian; Director: Giuseppe Tornatore
 
26. Malèna (2000)
      Language: Italian; Director: Giuseppe Tornatore
 
27. Things To Come [French: L'avenir] (2016)
      Language: French; Director: Mia Hansen-Løve

28. Train To Busan (2016)
      Language: korean; Director: Yeon Sang-ho

29. Eternity And A Day (1998)
      Language: Greek; Director: Theo Angelopoulos

30. The Great Passage (2013)
      Language: Japanese; Director: Yuya Ishii

31. Elevator To The Gallows [French: Ascenseur pour l'échafaud] (1958)
      Language: French; Director: Louis Malle

32. 3-Iron (2004)
      Language: Korean; Director: Kim Ki-Duk
 
33. The Isle (2000)
      Language: Korean; Director: Kim Ki-Duk
 
34. Two Days, One Night [French: Deux jours, une nuit] (2014)
      Language: French; Directors: The Dardenne Brothers

35. Joanna (2010)
      Language: Polish; Director: Feliks Falk

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