/r/ForeignMovies

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/r/ForeignMovies is the place to recommend, review, or discuss international films that have not been shot in English. (Check our sidebar for other subreddits that are dedicated to specific countries or regions.)

Post any reviews, questions, or discussions regarding “foreign-language films” in this subreddit.

Films that have been shot in English do generally not belong here (Please take a look at the separate entry regarding justifiable exceptions to that rule).

You can post about two-/three-parters or short mini-series as well, if you feel they belong here, but for longer series and shows you have to head over to /r/ForeignTvShows.

 

related subreddits (discussions in these subreddits are generally in English, unless stated otherwise):

African Films

Asian Films
more Asian Films
and yet more Asian Films
Films from the Philippines
Japanese Films
more Japanese Films
Korean Films
more Korean Films

Indian Films
Bollywood
Regional Indian Cinema
Malayalam Films
Telugu Films
Tamil Films
more Tamil Films
Kannada Films [mixed language subreddit]

French Films
more French Films
German Films [German language subreddit]
Films from Portugal [Portuguese language subreddit]

Brazilian films [Portuguese language subreddit]

 

French New Wave
Ingmar Bergman
Luis Bunuel
Federico Fellini
Werner Herzog
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Akira Kurosawa
Takeshi Kitano
Andrei Tarkovsky
and more Andrei Tarkovsky

 

Further film-related subreddits are linked in the WIKI.

 

/r/ForeignMovies

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Anatomy of a Fall Movie Review

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2024/04/17
10:11 UTC

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Looking for Star Wars OT in French

I’m looking for the Star Wars original trilogy’s French dub, La Guerre des Étoiles, so I can practice my French, does anyone know where I can watch it online?

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2024/04/16
13:38 UTC

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[HORROR] The Deadlights Podcast - "Martyrs" (2008) | Chicago's #1 horror podcast witnesses true depravity in this French torture flick...VIEW DISCRETION ADVISED! | (NSFW)

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2024/04/15
16:28 UTC

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2024 Cannes Film Festival - Official Selection Films in Competition

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2024/04/12
20:09 UTC

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Why have we forgotten Roma (2018)? {x-post}

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2024/04/09
03:48 UTC

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Zato Ichi - Darkness Is His Ally (1989) The 26th & final entry in the original run of Zato Ich films - IMO one of the best (and bloodiest!) finales in the entire series - Tarantino salivates over this one

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2024/04/08
17:39 UTC

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The Big Heat (1988) Brutal like Robocop, visually stunning like a John Woo film - My favorite action movie ever

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2024/04/07
20:06 UTC

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Revanchist (1994) The first half of the 1990's felt like a wuxia golden age - Great films like The Heroic Trio series, The Blade, Burning Paradise In Hell, Iron Monkey, 21 Red List, & Revanchist

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2024/04/05
12:09 UTC

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Hello :3

I really want to watch a japanese movie birdsong ( 2019 ) i cant find it anywhere : ( ( I would really really like to watch it with original language and english sub . This movie means a lot to me and any help would be amazing . On the side note im also very bad with computers

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2024/04/04
17:47 UTC

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Why is Marlene Dietrich the most iconic German movie star? Especially as a beauty symbol?

To the point that she's not only the international face of Germany in cinema and the German equivalent of academy awards is nicknamed the LOLA after her most famous film role........ But in Germany even among young non-cinemaphiles she overshadows a lot of pre-90s if even pre-2000s movie stars such as Margit Carstensen and Tobias Schenke? Even remaining a more remembered beauty icon in the country while most deceased even if not evens till alive but and now old stars like Dana Vávrová and Nastassja Kinski no longer get frequent attention among the general public (like posters hanging around at rstaurants and use of their likeness in and even barely any reruns of their old movies and TV shows) except maybe Diane Kruger and Romney Schneider?

What kept Dietrich's imagery relatively alive compared to practically all other German stars no longer in the peak of their careers especially as status as gorgeous celebrity? I swear I saw a lot more paraphernalia of Dietrich than any other German movie star across restaurants, stores, homes, hotels, and other public places. The only other stars I saw a lot in public posters and stuff of that nature was Romy Schneider and maybe a pic of Diane Kruger quite sparingly. I did not for example come across a photo of Elke Sommer hanging on the wall of a bar and same with finding Iris Berben posters at the malls in Germany that aren't specifically focused on cinema!

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2024/04/02
08:05 UTC

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The Magic Of The Kite (1958) Trailer - A very obscure French children's film that comes off unsettling & strange as much as anything

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2024/03/25
12:35 UTC

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Leontine Sagan's Mädchen in Uniform - Compassion Against Fascism

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2024/03/25
11:29 UTC

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Decapitation Of An Evil Woman (1977) Even the obscure Japanese cult directors of the late 1960's & 1970's were adept at visually stunning, top-tier cinematography

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2024/03/21
13:31 UTC

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The Second Is A Christian (1985) Japan's ever-excellent Etsuko Shihomi stars as a women torn between being a nun & a sword wielding badass - Overall uneven but worth it for Shihomi's excellent performance alone

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2024/03/18
20:16 UTC

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where to watch with english subtitles?

Hey everyone!

I wanted to ask how do you watch foreign movies? I tried to find websites but none of them have english subtitles.

I also downloaded the subtitles to put them but few websites let you put the subtitles to a movie.

Or even if not in original language, I can settle for english dub😭

Does anyone know websites/ platforms? Any help is appreciated!

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2024/03/18
19:07 UTC

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Mambo Man (2020)

Recently watched Mambo Man (2020) and wanted to see if anyone else had seen it and what their thoughts were. I found it really moving, the soundtrack complemented it perfectly, transporting me to Cuba - thoughts?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8wnEHAAqt0

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2024/03/15
14:41 UTC

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Evil Does Not Exist: A Tale About Greedy Capitalism

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2024/03/15
08:37 UTC

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Taiwanese Indie Film OLD FOX will be released on 3/29 in the States!

Updated: The Official release date is on 4/12 in the States. For more theater locations please check here: https://www.movies.815pictures.net/oldfox

Chinese Title: 老狐狸 | Director: Hsiao Ya-chuan | Starring: Bai Run-yin, Liu Kuan-ting, Akio Chen, Eugenie Liu | Genre(s): Drama, Family

Official Trailer:

https://reddit.com/link/1bdxzlk/video/wm8zwfz1nwrc1/player

Old Fox ended up being one of the big winners at 2023’s Golden Horse Awards, Taiwan’s equivalent of the Oscars. The film garnered four awards—including Best Director for Hsiao Ya-chuan, who is a protege of noted Taiwan New Wave director Hou Hsiao-hsien.

Set in the 1980s, Old Fox centers on a single father and his son, who wish to buy a house of their own. However, economic circumstances and a heartless landlord get in the way of this dream. The movie is a dark and thoughtful exploration of working-class life; its depiction of a father-son relationship is also quite moving. Even if it’s set in the 80s, the film perhaps remains resonant to many audiences today given Taiwan continues to experience challenges around home affordability and low wages.

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2024/03/13
17:56 UTC

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Cinematography Of Perfect Days

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2024/03/12
18:15 UTC

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Curse Of The God Dog (1977) A visually striking paranormal Japanese horror classic directed by Shunya Ito, director of the first three Female Prisoner Scorpion films - Available from Mondo Macabro

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2024/03/12
11:26 UTC

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This movie changed my life.

This movie defined a huge part of my life. I saw it when I was young and made me realize that was something special about cinema, about the way you could tell a story. A few years later It was the first movie I show to my highschool girlfriend, she love it and we talk a lot about it and we were always making references to it. I used to call her "my princcipesa". Fast forward 20 years, we met, we start talking. We grew closer and closer. She was married to a husband who beat her and abuse her. He was a police officer in the local town, he control everything she did and her phone. She decided to leave him and come live we me. The day she was ready, this scene was the signal she posted in FB for me to go get her :) we've been together for two years now, and we will forever, I still call her " my princcipesa" every day.

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2024/03/10
18:06 UTC

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Plain Jane to the Rescue (1982) Intro - "Totally bonkers, showing John Woo’s gift for editing and sharp eye. Josephine Siao is in peak form (and Siao is a treasure the world should appreciate more), one of Ricky Hui best parts, somehow manages to gets more nuts by the reel."

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2024/03/07
20:10 UTC

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