#The best international films?

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Need recs for films that are not English or were based in America

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# subtle vortex Need recs for films that are not English or were based in America

https://letterboxd.com/film/wings-of-desire/

Wings of Desire (1987)

Two angels, Damiel and Cassiel, glide through the streets of Berlin, observing the bustling population, providing invisible rays of hope to the distressed but never interacting with them. When Damiel falls in love with lonely trapeze artist Marion, the angel longs to experience life in the physical world, and finds -- with some words of wisdom f...

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https://letterboxd.com/film/yojimbo/

Yojimbo (1961)

A nameless ronin, or samurai with no master, enters a small village in feudal Japan where two rival businessmen are struggling for control of the local gambling trade. Taking the name Sanjuro Kuwabatake, the ronin convinces both silk merchant Tazaemon and sake merchant Tokuemon to hire him as a personal bodyguard, then artfully sets in motion a ...

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https://letterboxd.com/film/army-of-shadows/

Army of Shadows (1969)

Betrayed by an informant, Philippe Gerbier finds himself trapped in a torturous Nazi prison camp. Though Gerbier escapes to rejoin the Resistance in occupied Marseilles, France, and exacts his revenge on the informant, he must continue a quiet, seemingly endless battle against the Nazis in an atmosphere of tension, paranoia and distrust.

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https://letterboxd.com/film/the-400-blows/

The 400 Blows (1959)

For young Parisian boy Antoine Doinel, life is one difficult situation after another. Surrounded by inconsiderate adults, including his neglectful parents, Antoine spends his days with his best friend, Rene, trying to plan for a better life. When one of their schemes goes awry, Antoine ends up in trouble with the law, leading to even more confli...

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https://letterboxd.com/film/a-summers-tale/

A Summer's Tale (1996)

A shy maths graduate takes a holiday in Dinard before starting his first job. He hopes his sort-of girlfriend will join him, but soon strikes up a friendship with another girl working in town. She in turn introduces him to a further young lady who fancies him. Thus the quiet young lad finds he is having to do some tricky juggling in territory ne...

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https://letterboxd.com/film/my-night-at-mauds/

My Night at Maud's (1969)

The Catholic Jean-Louis runs into an old friend, the Marxist Vidal, in Clermont-Ferrand around Christmas. Vidal introduces Jean-Louis to the modestly libertine, recently divorced Maud and the three engage in conversation on religion, atheism, love, morality and Blaise Pascal's life and writings on philosophy, faith and mathematics. Jean-Louis en...

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https://letterboxd.com/film/the-sea-inside/

The Sea Inside (2004)

The Sea Inside is about Spaniard Ramón Sampedro, who fought a 30-year campaign to win the right to end his life with dignity. It is the story of Ramón’s relationships with two women: Julia a lawyer who supports his cause, and Rosa, a local woman who wants to convince him that life is worth living.

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The Count of Monte Cristo (2024)

Edmond Dantes becomes the target of a sinister plot and is arrested on his wedding day for a crime he did not commit. After 14 years in the island prison of Château d’If, he manages a daring escape. Now rich beyond his dreams, he assumes the identity of the Count of Monte-Cristo and exacts his revenge on the three men who betrayed him.

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Ikiru (1952)

Director: Akira Kurosawa
Runtime: 143 mins
Genres: Drama
Rating: 4.52 (132.87K)
Stats: watched 179.81K • list 111.63K • liked 75.32K
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https://letterboxd.com/film/kisapmata/

Kisapmata (1981)

A retired police sergeant has an unnatural stranglehold over his wife and daughter. His claustrophobically enclosed world is threatened when his daughter Mila finds herself pregnant and was forced to marry Noel. He attempts to extend his influence over his son-in-law, who resists; there is a confrontation.

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https://letterboxd.com/film/neptune-frost/

Neptune Frost (2021)

In the hilltops of Burundi, a group of escaped coltan miners form an anti-colonialist computer hacker collective. From their camp in an otherworldly e-waste dump, they attempt a takeover of the authoritarian regime exploiting the region's natural resources – and its people. When an intersex runaway and an escaped coltan miner find each other thr...

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https://letterboxd.com/film/ran/

Ran (1985)

With Ran, legendary director Akira Kurosawa reimagines Shakespeare's King Lear as a singular historical epic set in sixteenth-century Japan. Majestic in scope, the film is Kurosawa's late-life masterpiece, a profound examination of the folly of war and the crumbling of one family under the weight of betrayal, greed, and the insatiable thirst for...

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https://letterboxd.com/film/the-handmaiden/

The Handmaiden (2016)

1930s Korea, in the period of Japanese occupation, a new girl, Sookee, is hired as a handmaiden to a Japanese heiress, Hideko, who lives a secluded life on a large countryside estate with her domineering Uncle Kouzuki. But the maid has a secret. She is a pickpocket recruited by a swindler posing as a Japanese Count to help him seduce the Lady to...

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Spanish films by the director Almodóvar, such as "Todo sobre mi madre", "La mala Educación" and "Volver" https://boxd.it/2b9c

All About My Mother (1999)

Following the tragic death of her teenage son, Manuela travels from Madrid to Barcelona in an attempt to contact the long-estranged father the boy never knew. She reunites with an old friend, an outspoken transgender sex worker, and befriends a troubled actress and a pregnant, HIV-positive nun.

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Pendatang (2023)

Director: Ken Kin Ng
Runtime: 99 mins
Genres: Thriller
Rating: 3.26 (726)
Stats: watched 872 • list 147 • liked 173

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You can get this full on YT

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Love & Pop (1998)

Director: Hideaki Anno
Runtime: 112 mins
Genres: Drama
Rating: 4.12 (21.88K)
Stats: watched 29.88K • list 15.75K • liked 13.7K

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mental cedar
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I'm still here, The boy and the world(o menino e o mundo), Central Station, i think are the easiest brazilian movies to find with subtitles

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trail quiver
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maiden oasis
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best one-shot movie you'll ever see

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