Great Foreign films that are worth watching

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo was a pretty good film, but was pretty drawn out and slow at times. The two sequels are also on Netflix but I haven’t given them a watch yet. There is also an American version in production.

Zatoichi (US title; The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0363226/?c=1
I’ve watched this now a few times and I’ve yet to tire of it. I would say it’s more light-hearted than Ip Man below, if you’re in a mood for something not so intense.

Ip Man

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1220719/

Without question my favourite Chinese film to date. If you’re any sort of Bruce Lee fan you need to know who Yip Man was.

Than L/L, i’ll try to check at least one of em out this week.

hmm good foreign movies lets see there is:
Trainspotting
Valhalla Rising
The new Sherlock series was only 3 episodes long but each were 1 1/2 hours long
Clockwork Orange
Billy Elliot
Stone of Destiny
The Match
Neds
Gregory’s Girl

dont think netflix has it but a pretty good aussie move is Tomorrow, When The War Began

L/L knows the deal.

these are some Blu Rays that i have and are also on Netflix.

Red Cliff (look for the international version or one that says Part 1 and Part 2, this is a 6 hour epic….and it lives up to the genre’s name)

The Warlords
13 Assassins
Goemon
Ichi (kind of a spin of Zatoichi)
Shinobi – Heart Under Blade
Sukiyaki Western Django
Ichi The Killer
Audition

Kamui Gaiden is an ok movie too.
Donnie Yen has a lot of movies on Netflix too so you should look for those too.

other movies that arent Chinese and Japanese Martial Arts or Horrorish titles that you should check out are

Together ( saw this movie a very long ass time ago on PBS at 3 am. I was excited when i saw it on Netflix)

Run Lola Run is another classic movie that i’ve seen on IFC years ago.

Ever watch the TV show called Outsourced? it’s based off a movie with the same name and it’s really good.