Obscure and/or foreign films that you would recommend.

By foreign I mean anything non-American and non-British. You can also list American/British films that are not mainstream.

I love me some non-mainstream films.

I'll start

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo series, original Swedish versions, naturally. All three films are excellent.
White Masai
Cairo Time

 

El Vampiro (The Vampire) Mexico 1957
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The Lives of others. One of the best films ever, 4real.

 

Hut I think you'd like a movie called Mondays In The Sun. It's with Javier Bardem, about laid off dock workers in the north of Spain.

 

:bears:

 

Costa Gavras political thrillers: Z (1969) and STATE OF SEIGE(1972)

 

Just foreign, but in no way Obscure... a pair of Ingmar Bergman movies... Wild Strawberries and The Seventh Seal, both from 1957

 

awesome, thanks. I'll amazon it.

 

This probably doesn't count as 'obscure' but i imagine its one most won't have seen it (or ever considered seeking it out to watch) - Reign over Me with adam sandler and Don Cheadle. Proper 10/10 movie, believe it or not. It'd be in my top 5.

 

can't get it on UK DVD. I'm thinking of buying a dvd player that plays other formats though because this is happening to me more and more

 

Not an obscure film by any stretch of the imagination, but not many people have watched that delightful French film Amelie which you can watch on Netflix.

 

If anyone hasn't watched Man Bites Dog they obviously ought to go watch it, yesterday

 

It does not feature any dragons or sword fighting, I'm not sure you'll like it D&M.

 

"Run Lola Run" has always been a favorite of mine. Still watch it when I run across it on cable.

 

I'm pretty sure Sly would love La Haine

 

Loft

The original foreign version is better than the American version.

Ip Man was entertaining.

 

I love Battle Royale. And Black Book is a very good watch.

MTF

 

Let the right one in was good.

 

with a nod to Noble who mentioned it in the other thread - do UK films count as foreign for you North American dewds?

Anyway, if you havent watched sexy beast you should its possibly the best gangster movie ever, imo