Not a complete list, but lots of great suggestions for things to go watch.

Everything I was looking for made the list. Good list. City of God is one of the best films ever made.

The Dreamers is also quite good, but I have to make special note for it being literally the hottest thing ever filmed. I got more turned on by this movie than any porn ever. Eva Green is straight sex through 90% of it.

My only problem with his list is Irreversible. Not that it's not higher or anything, though it should be, but rather that he said it had a kind of happy ending. The hell it does! That films end is incredibly sad. The whole film has the impact it does because of how the end puts everything in perspective.

The movie is just a regular movie if shot in a more traditional order.

Oddly enough I saw most of them granted now I have to watch the rest on that list..

Hero made the list but no Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon?

debug: Hero made the list but no Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon?

Crouching Tiger was 2000 - I think this was just the past 10 years. Otherwise we would have expected Amelie, or Spirited Away to be on the list as well.

/Happy to see Goodbye Lenin on the list.

See, stuff like this is why I find it hard to dislike Den of Geek. Lots of good movies on there if you're unfamiliar.

"Pan's Labyrinth" deservedly high on the list. I seriously can not say enough good things about that film. And I actually don't like movies. at all, really.

I will definitely be watching most of those. One I thought would be there but was not was Mongol: The Rise of Genghis Khan (new window)

List fails without The City Of Lost Children, that one haunted me for months.

Pretty fair list. However, to use the parlance of our times, it fails without:

(Dead Snow)

Good list. I've seen about 20 of those (including 8 of the top 10) and have another four on my current Netflix queue. Looks like I'll be adding several more.

I think Pan's Labyrinth was well done, but I had a hard time sympathizing with Ofelia. She spent the entire film doing the very things everyone/thing warned her not to do.

I saw Timecrimes on a recommendation in another Fark thread a couple of years ago ("best time travel movies"), great film.

Of course the ending to Infernal Affairs was better than The Departed.

And Oldboy... just wow.

Cache was awful. The plot and the gimmick were tired about 5 minutes in. The acting was pretty much the only thing that it had going for it. If you want to watch a well made film starring Juliette Binoche, watch Certified Copy. Much better than anything that the "genius" Haneke puts out.

The Lives of Others is also fantastic but I wouldn't put it at the top of the list. However, a Prophet is amazing and if you haven't seen it you should see it right now. I think if I were making the list, it would be number one because not only is it well made but also has mass appeal.

The list fails without: Certified Copy; The World; 3-Iron; Spring Summer Fall Winter and Spring; Revanche; The Secret of the Grain; Vengeance (Johnnie To); and Sparrow (Johnnie To).

JasonOfOrillia: Here is was scrolling through the list hoping that Lives of Others wouldn't be there so I could do the whole "List Failed" thing but there it was at number one.

That's exactly what I was thinking. It's the best movie I've ever seen, glad it's at #1.

What about Salo (new window, maybe NSFW). As bad as the premise was, I thought it was a good adaption of 120 Days of Sodom and the horrors of the Italian Fascist Regime.

Almost forgot the obligatory addition to the list. I hereby submit The Good, the Bad and the Weird for consideration.

I liked Letters from Iwo Jima.

Oh, Incendies was good too. Messed up film. The person who suggested I watch it said it haunted him for days afterwards.

While I agree that The Triplets of Belleville deserves to be on such a list, you can't include it and ignore The Illusionist, which I thought was just as good.

I would add Verhoeven's Black Book.

That list is mixed bag tending toward depressing and suck. The Host and Let the Right One In came highly recommended based on my preferences and I hated both. Casshern was just a mess. Not worth it for the visuals. You can get better plot and visuals in a FF game, and that's not saying much. Night Watch I had to turn off after 15 minutes. Trollhunter was sort of fun but could have been much better. Pan's Labyrinth, Hero, and Lives of Others are decent, but the only one I've seen that I would really recommend is Kung Fu Hustle.

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Seconded. Brutal and came with just a bit of unexplained weirdness.



Got this recommendation on Netflix after 13 Assassins. I don't usually enjoy quirky/slow build stuff, but this comes together so well I couldn't help smiling for hours afterwards.

Artcurus: List fails without The City Of Lost Children, that one haunted me for months.

The City of Lost Children is older than ten years. Seventeen to be honest. This list is of movies no older than ten years.

City of God is easily one of the best films ever made.

Although people who like foreign movies tend to be way overly Hipster....some of these I would even consider seeing.

Saw Persepolis recently. Excellent story that actually does have moments of humor...but mainly is a sad and depressing cartoon (yes, cartoon) of oppression in Iran. Modern-tech geeks will not like its old skool animation...but that's part of its greatness.

I really didn't like The Dreamers.Too up it's own ass.

Night Watch is really good and damn strange.

I can't seem to get on with any Studio Ghibli films. They're really, really beautifully animated, but they don't work for me.

Belleville Rendez-vous is great.

I loved Downfall.

And if you've not seen Oldboy and Pan's Labyrinth, do so. Both masterpieces.

Two other suggestions (not "must see" but worth a look if you see them on TV or download): The Counterfeiters and The Page Turner.

Couldn't watch Pan's Labyrinth because it was in Spanish. I usually enjoy watching subtitled foreign films, but for some reason Spanish just irritates the shiat out of me.

Came here just to make sure City of God was listed, leaving happily with a long list of films to watch.

This Is England, like most other Shane Meadows films are really over-rated. Only Dead Man's Shoes warrants any great critical praise. The rest are like Ken Loach-lite attempts at social commentary and are overly sentimental and innocuously bland.

Nothing by the Dardennes? Lame.
Also, Dogtooth farkin rocks!

How can this list be without "The Extraordinary Adventures of Adele Blanc Sec"? Sorry but I'm going to have to say FAIL!

mbromhead: How can this list be without "The Extraordinary Adventures of Adele Blanc Sec"? Sorry but I'm going to have to say FAIL!

I bought that as I thought it was worth a look (Steampunk + Besson). Thought it was OK, but not particularly good.

I saw six movies on that list. Would have been seven but it was easier to read the book for TGWTDT than it was to try to watch the movie.

High Tension had a shiatty ending that nearly made me hate the rest of the film.

Let The Right One In I couldn't get into. Some of my friends said it's the best vampire movie in years, but I found it to be slow and boring.

bikkurikun: I would add Verhoeven's Black Book.

Agreed!! That was definitely one of the best Dutch language films I have seen. De Zaak Alzheimer would also have fit in on the list - one of the only Flemish films I have liked.

I would add "The White Ribbon" to the list. Very good German film from a couple of years back....nominated for Best Foreign Language film (didn't win, iirc).

seen a lot of those, and majority are good rec's.
Surprised they had Hero so high though. Honestly would have replaced it with Mongol.

How is Paradise Now not on this list?

I'd also throw in Die Welle.

50. TrollHunter (Norway, 2010)
49. Kung Fu Hustle (China, 2004)
48. Lilya 4 Ever (Sweden, 2002)
47. Casshern (Japan, 2004)
46. Innocence (France, 2004)
45. The Edukators (Germany/Austria, 2004)
44. The Dreamers (France/Italy/UK, 2003)
43. Russian Ark (Russia, 2002)
42. Maria Full Of Grace (Colombia, 2004)
41. Lust/Caution (Taiwan, 2007)
40. Dogtooth (Greece, 2009)
39. Chico & Rita (Spain, 2010)
38. 4 Months, 3 Weeks And 2 Days (Romania, 2007)
37. Switchblade Romance/High Tension (France, 2003)
36. The Holy Girl (Argentina, 2004)
35. Tell No One (France, 2006)
34. [REC] (Spain, 2007)
33. The Consequences Of Love (Italy, 2004)
32. Etre Et Avoir (France, 2002)
31. Night Watch (Russia, 2004)
30. Irreversible (France, 2002)
29. Howl's Moving Castle (Japan, 2004)
28. The Orphanage (Spain, 2007)
27. The Beat That My Heart Skipped (France, 2005)
26. TimeCrimes (Spain, 2007)
25. Devdas (India, 2002)
24. At Five In The Afternoon (Iran, 2003)
23. The Host (South Korea, 2006)
22. Belleville Rendezvous/The Triplets Of Belleville (France/CANADA, 2003)
21. Lebanon (Israel, 2009)
20. The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (Sweden, 2009)
19. Tsotsi (South Africa, 2005)
18. Gomorrah (Italy, 2008)
17. Persepolis (France, 2007)
16. Goodbye Lenin! (Germany, 2003)
15. The Motorcycle Diaries (Argentina, 2004)
14. Downfall (Germany, 2004)
13. Volver (Spain, 2006)
12. Hero (China, 2002)
11. Waltz With Bashir (Israel, 2008)
10. The Secret In Their Eyes (Argentina, 2009)
9. Infernal Affairs (Hong Kong, 2002)
8. Let The Right One In (Sweden, 2008)
7. 2046 (Hong Kong, 2004)
6. A Prophet (France, 2009)
5. Hidden/Cache (Austria/France, 2005)
4. Pan's Labyrinth (Mexico, 2006)
3. Oldboy (South Korea, 2003)
2. City Of God (Brazil, 2002)
1. The Lives Of Others (Germany, 2006)

Not a bad list (despite the inclusion of Irreversible, one of the crappiest films I've ever seen) but I'm surprised there are no Québec films aside from Triplettes de Belleville (a France/Canada co-production.) Incendies? J'ai Tué Ma Mère? No?

I can vouch for the ones I have seen, all via netflix.

I like all except Oldboy:
TrollHunter ( Highly recommended)
Russian Ark (got through it, didn't hate it)
Maria Full Of Grace
Lust/Caution
Dogtooth
Night Watch
Irreversible (brutal violence)
Howl's Moving Castle (great for kids old enough to follow the plot) Highly recommended
The Host
Belleville Rendezvous/The Triplets Of Belleville (just great) Highly recommended

The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (some brutality, but a great movie) Highly recommended. Watch the entire trilogy if you can. I actually bought the set after watching it, it is that good.

Downfall (some chilling scenes) Highly recommended
Hero
Infernal Affairs
Let The Right One In (the original please) Highly recommended
Pan's Labyrinth (get the uncensored one, no real difference, just on principle) Highly recommended
Oldboy ( I gave it 2 stars on Netflix, which means I probably got through it but did not really like it)


I could not find "At Five In The Afternoon" on netflix, is it streaming anywhere else?

I added all the rest to my queue on netflix. Non-U.S. cinema can be very interesting. The difference of view towards things, and how the U.S. is portrayed in some, can really get you thinking. And Asian fantasy is far more weird than European-centered fantasy. The monsters and demons alone are worth checking out.

Waltz With Bashir is a stunning film. Very beautiful, very powerful. Can't recommend it enough.