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  1. Officer Doofy Come to me, human man Gold Member

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    Feel like this would be a decent thread to suggest some films that most of us would never hear about.

    I've only watched a handful myself but I've been lucky with the ones I've picked as they've all been really good. Oldboy, The Raid (1&2), Battle Royale and The Hunt.

    Anyone a fan of watching foreign films?
     
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  2. Bunk Moreland

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    Two Japanese ones about street racing are decent if you're into cars and stuff, Wangan Midnight and Initial D.
     
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    Was lucky enough to watch 8 1/2 at a film festival before and it was * amazing, probably my favourite foreign film. The Fifth Seal is a great Hungarian film set at the end of WW2. Anything involving Ingmar Bergman is genius. Some more recent ones are La Haine (1995), Amelie (2001), A Prophet (2009) & Leviathan (2014). Would recommend them all. Seen The Hunt a while back and thought that is was great, felt bad fr the guy, that's one of the reasons I'd never work with children!
     
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    City of * is really really excellent
     
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  6. Officer Doofy Come to me, human man Gold Member

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    Aye, that's fantastic. Heartbreaking story and it's scary how easily something like that can happen.
     
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  7. Officer Doofy Come to me, human man Gold Member

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    City of *? Been meaning to watch that.

    *, quick edit.:smiley-laughing002:
     
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  8. This Charming Man

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    One film you might want to challenge yourself with is this:
    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0111341/

    It's 7 hours and 30 minutes long :56:

    Critics went mad for it but I can't see myself ever watching it.
     
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  9. Officer Doofy Come to me, human man Gold Member

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    That's the thing, I coach clubs throughout the school terms so I'm working with kids. That film terrified me.:smiley-laughing002:
     
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    Das Boot
    Stalingrad
    Che pt 1&2
    Mongol
     
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    * *, makes GWTW look like a 20 min short ........ :smiley-laughing002:
     
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    City of * is one of the best films ive seen, only other ones I can think of are Y Tu Mama Tambien and Rec, both are good, first one especially.
     
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    Stalingrad, REC and Assembly are the ones that stick out. House of Flying Daggers as well.

    Assembly is a good one, set in the Chinese civil war.
     
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  14. Officer Doofy Come to me, human man Gold Member

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    Going to watch City of * in an hour or so.
     
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    Now I think I watched another Brazilian film, which I think was from the early 90s or something but set in like the 70s which was really good as well but i've mostly forgot about it.
     
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    It's so realistic, you'll think you're watching a documentary.
     
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    City of * is genuinely one of the best films ever made

    Y Tu Mama Tambien and Pan's Labyrinth are two good Spanish language films

    The South Koreans make good movies, but will have to google some of them

    The Good, The Bad and The Weird, that was one

    Oh yea and Vincent Cassel is in some decent French movies. La Haine is probably the best.
     
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  18. Officer Doofy Come to me, human man Gold Member

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    *, how did I forget Pan's Labyrinth? One of the best films I've seen. Fantastic.
     
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  20. Officer Doofy Come to me, human man Gold Member

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    That's definitely on the list. Watched the remake a couple of years ago before I knew it was a remake. It was alright but I've read that the original is far better.
     
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