Name a non American film you consider a masterpiece
Wednesday, 12 Mar 2025
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“City of God” would be my pick
In the Mood for Love
Seven Samurai
Das Boot
City of Lost Children
Contact High
Magical Mystery
Dante 01
Hard to be a God
Oldboy
Trainspotting.
La Haine
Pan’s Labyrinth. A beautiful film.
Run Lola, Run!
28 days later
Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon
Shaun of the Dead is my perfect comedy
Shallow Grave. Efficient story telling in 93 minutes.
LA Femme Nikita (French)
Seven Samurai (Japanese)
The Good, The Bad and The Ugly (Italian)
Parasite
Spirited Away (Japan)
The Fifth Element.
French production filmed in England and Egypt.
Denis Villeneuve, Incendies.
Mad Max: Fury Road.
Too many. So many non-American masterpieces over the years, where to start?
This is England is great.
My top two British films:
Withnail & I
Dead Man’s Shoes
Battleship Potemkin. So many modern movies have stolen from it. Looking at you, de Palma
Cinema Paradiso 😭
Amores perros. Brilliant film all around.
Attack the block
Grave of the Fireflies. It’s the most poignant anti-war film I’ve ever seen and I still cry each time I watch it.
Brotherhood of the Wolf
Der Untergang
**Amélie**.
The Lives of Others
Y tu mama tambien
Motorcycle diaries
Parasite
Another round
Hero
Old boy
Train to Busan
Life is Beautiful, Cinema Paradiso, City of God, Trainspotting, every John LeCarre adaptations. England has about 100 spy movies that are better than anything.
Infernal Affairs
Kung Fu Hustle
lock, stock and 2 smoking barrels
Man Bites Dog
Amelie and many of the Studio Ghibli films
Kikujiru
Children of men
Sexy Beast
Hunt for the Wilderpeople is one of my favorites ever.