Five Foreign Movies Every American Should See

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ckmlb said:

NJ5 said:
Pan's labyrinth was crap IMO.

Why was it crap? Not saying you have to like it, but what didn't you enjoy about it?

I Recommended recent movies because they are fresh in my mind and they're easy to get into, while older movies might put some people off. The Kurosawa movie I liked the most was Yojimbo, did not get into Seven Samurai for whatever reason.

I like some of Takashi Miike's other films (besides Audition), but more as an appreciation of the weird and unexpected than as best movies that I've seen.

Other foreign movies I'd recommend that I didn't see in other posts:

The Professional or Leon (France, 1994)

Follows a professional hitman and an adolescent girl he saves from being killed by mobsters.

Waltz With Bashir (Israel, 2008)

The Israeli invasion of Lebanon as told by a few Israeli soldiers, it's an animated movie. The name Bashir refers to Israel's main ally in Lebanon at that time.

Paradise Now (Palestine/France 2005)

Two young Palestinians and life long friends are tasked with becoming suicide bombers. The two have very different opinions on what they are supposed to do.

Persepolis (France, 2007)

Another animated film, this one centers around the lives of a little girl and her family as the Islamic Revolution takes place in Persia (now Iran).

I liked number 1 a lot, saw a large part on tv but Ive havent seen it complete yet, sometimes I just forget.

Number 4, Persepolis I also wanted to watch it but havent yet, I saw it on a tv program and then in some newspaper claiming it to be one of the best 20 animated movies ever.