Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
What are your top ten foreign language films? (non-English speaking films)?
Mine are:
1. Pan’s Labyrinth – (2006) Spain – dir Guillermo del Toro
2,Seven Samurai (1954) Japan- dir Akira Kurosawa
3. Hard Boiled – (1992 ) Hong Kong- dir John Woo
4. Das Boot – (1981) Germany -dir Wolfgang Petersen
5.The House of the Flying Daggers (2004) China – dir Zhang Yimou
6. Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon – (2000) China – dir Ang Lee
7. City of God (2002) -Brazil- dir Fernando Meirelles
8.Ran (1985) -Japan -dir Akira Kurosawa
9. The Killers (1989) Hong Kong – dir John Woo
10. Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx (1972) Japan-dir Kenji Misumi
Hi All thanks for all the great answers, there are certainly some that I missed that may have may have made my list now that you mentioned i.e The Orphanage, Ameile, Internal Affairs, Lives of Others and the Tony Jaa movies. I’ll be sure to check out some of the great movies on your list thanks again, Sorry I could choose you all as best answers!!
Great top 10. Mine is:
01. Brotherhood: Taegukgi (2004) [Korean] South Korea – dir. Kang Je-gyu – also my favourite film ever of any kind/language
02. The Lives Of Others (2006) [German] Germany – dir. Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
03. Chocolate (2008) [Thai] Thailand – dir. Prachya Pinkaew
04. [Rec] (2007) [Spanish] Spain – dir. Jaume Balagueró & Paco Plaza
05. Amelie (2001) [French] France – dir. Jean-Pierre Jeunet
06. Memories Of Matsuko (2006) [Japanese] Japan – dir. Tetsuya Nakashima
07. Infernal Affairs (2002) [Cantonese] Hong Kong – dir. Lau Wai-keung & Alan Mak
08. Let The Right One In (2008) [Swedish] Sweden – dir. Tomas Alfredson
09. Thirst (2009) [Korean] South Korea – dir. Park Chan-wook
10. District 13 [French] France – dir. Pierre Morel
All the ones up to Let The Right One In are in my top 10 films ever in any language.
CROUCHING TIGER HIDDEN DRAGON – 2000 – TRAILER
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Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000 Film)
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