Recommend sleeper/foreign/uncommon movies

[dalegg 143]

This movie - Shaolin Soccer, from Hong Kong is a freakin riot.

[pedroh 21]

This movie - Shaolin Soccer, from Hong Kong is a freakin riot.

omg shaolin soccer is teh roxxorz! I love that movie

[Alex+R 0]

S'nJ, I love your movie taste.

Let's see. I recommend Kuch Kuch Hota Hai. It was my first Bollywood experience, and it led to a longtime fascination with the industry. If you have not seen Bollywood before, this is a good introduction to how deliciously bad it is.

[one...two...tree 2,762]

This one might offend some people here, but I caught it on cable one night and was pulled into it - ended up staying awake until 3am to see what happened in the end. I was shocked. I don't want to give the plot away, but if you like documentaries such as Spinaltap, you'll enjoy this one.

[Nessa 23]

This one might offend some people here, but I caught it on cable one night and was pulled into it - ended up staying awake until 3am to see what happened in the end. I was shocked. I don't want to give the plot away, but if you like documentaries such as Spinaltap, you'll enjoy this one.

that so reminds me of cavemanm anyway, i was an american in a previous life i love american bs, last i watched was K-PAX, oh yeah!

[ingiogbecca 0]

My all time favorite movie is Der Himmel über Berlin (Wings of Desire) by Wim Wenders.

[mendeleev 68]

Psychedelic Glue Sniffing Hillbillies

The title is pretty relevant to the actual film!

Would that be a documentary?

[CarolineM 0]

If Lucy Fell...

Actually has Sarah Jessica Parker and elle McPherson in it but it was lesser known for sure. It's a GREAT movie although a bit of a chick flick. It was written and directed by Erik Shaeffer....

THIS IS A GREAT MOVIE Quirky but good....

[Risto 0]

Talk to her" by Pedro Almodovar

Underground" by Emir Kusturica

[nayalamb 0]

if you like HAPPENSTANCE...you'll love AMELIE. also, if you like Audrey Tatou you can see her in a small role in L`Auberge Espagnole (I thought this was a fun movie to watch.)

amelie is one of my all-time favorites... just watched it again last night actually

l'auberge espagnole (the spanish apartment) also has a sequel out called 'russian dolls'. i think audrey has a bigger part this time. but of course, to see it you'll have to find a tiny obscure theater or wait for the dvd. or go to france.

This movie - Shaolin Soccer, from Hong Kong is a freakin riot.

i liked kung fu hustle as well...

i like movies that have food, dancing and/or subtitles so how about:

tampopo, mostly martha, feast at midnight (great for kids), the company (if you like ballet)

[wherezdabearz 0]

Tatie Danielle - French film by female sirector whose name I've forgotten - about an evil old lady who moves in with her relatives.

[Lewis 0]

Psychedelic Glue Sniffing Hillbillies

The title is pretty relevant to the actual film!

Would that be a documentary?

Pseudo documentary. Parts of the film show the actual demented hillbillies ranting next to a mountain of beer cans by their trailer. These scenes are interspersed with cheesy psychedelic and Americana imagery and twisted music (some cuts by Charles Manson and Helios Creed). In this one scene a crazed hillbilly who lives in the basement is bragging about his masculinity and actually slaps the guy while he's filming. Probably can't find this one, it was made by a film student friend of a friend. I think I still have a copy on VHS though. It's a great party short, we would always show it.

[Fischkoepfin 1]

I enjoy watching a lot of foreign films. This movie is one of the scariest movies I've seen in long time.

Directed by Guillermo Del Toro

During the last days of the Spanish Civil War, Twelve-year old Carlos is abruptly dropped off at the Santa Lucia School for safekeeping. The school, which is more of a compound, houses orphans of The Republican Militia soldiers killed during the war. Once Carlos settles in, he immediately makes some friends, as well as some enemies. As the days pass, Carlos learns there is far more going on here than the schooling of orphaned boys.

If you're perusing your local video store or belong to Netflix, I'd highly recommend this one.

Great movie!

[Fischkoepfin 1]

Thanks for starting this thread, btw. I love movies, especially foreign and independent movies.

Stuff I recently watched and can recommend (American or British movies):

NBT - Never been thawed (Mocumentary about frozen food collectors, very funny)

Thumbsucker (hilarious, about a high schooler who tries to overcome his thumb-sucking)

The Whale and the Squid (somewhat sobby drama about children going through their parents divorce, but well-made movie)

Matchpoint (latest Woody Allen, set in England about a guy who is in love with two women. Surprising take at the subject with an even more surprising end)

Transamerica (about a transsexual women who goes on a road-trip with her son)

Ladies in Lavender (about two English sister who save a foreigner from drowning during WW2)

Junebug (about a recently married women who is suddenly confronted with her Southern inlaws, funny and sad, but well done)

Everything is illuminated (funny movie about the journey of a young American to Ukraine trying to find out about his families roots. The Ukrainian guide is mind-blowingly funny...)

Foreign movies:

The Edukators (German movie about a group of young people who break into people's houses to make a point about consumer culture until they suddenly meet one of the owners and kidnap him. Weird movie but well done, sometimes funny and suspenseful)

Good-Bye Lenin (German movie about a young man who decides to keep his mother, who has awaken from a coma, from finding out that the wall came down. Funny in parts and interesting historically)

Winter Sleepers (German movie about revenge (among other things)).

The Princess and the Warrior (Another German movie, about a woman who is saved by a small-time crook and consequently becomes involved in his life. Somewhat fantastic and surreal, but good).

Cote d'Azur (French romantic comedy at its best. Funny and sexy and lots of confusion)

Monsieur Ibrahim (French movie about a Jewish boy who moves in with his Muslim neighbor. Funny, but only to a certain degree. Stars Omar Sharif)

Look at me (French movie about young woman who grows up in the shadow of her dad, a famous writer, and her attempts to garner some attention for something else than being her dad's daughter. Interesting and well-made)

Distant (Turkish movie about solitude or rather isolation. Focuses on a photographer who is visited by his country-cousin. Beautiful images).

Cuckoo (Finish movie set in Lappland during WW2)

[Hilarious Clinton 452]

This movie - Shaolin Soccer, from Hong Kong is a freakin riot.

You should see Kung Fu Hustle. Great follow up movie!!!!!

Another movie I just saw. A drama... #18 on IMDB top 250.... City of God