Europe Films Recommendations?

PWEI · 21-02-2005 7:57pm #1

Could anybody recommend some European dvds particularly German or French.I've grown tired of Asian films lately and want to build up a little
European dvd collection.I have Amelie, Delicatessen,City Of Lost Children,Run Lola Run and Das Experiment already.Thanks.

radiospan · 21-02-2005 8:02pm

I'd be interested in similar films, but not necessarily available on DVD, esp. Scandinavian ones.
I've seen Lola Rennt, Absolute Giganten, 101 Reykjavík, Amelie.

herobear · 21-02-2005 8:28pm

check out anything by Julio Medem(spanish director)
german movies you should check out include goodbye lenin! and the edukators
amores perros is a good mexican film(its in spanish).
french films you should see include taxi, taxi 2 and la haine, if you liked amelie you should check out a very long engagement
italian films you should see are best of youth andgood morning, night
also a really awesome hungarian film to see is kontroll

Redleslie2 · 21-02-2005 9:05pm

The Devil's Backbone.
A Self Made Hero.

Etain · 21-02-2005 9:47pm

Wings of Desire (German)
Danton
Brotherhood of the Wolf
Jean de Florette
The Return of Martin Guerre
Ridicule
Pauline and Paulette (Flemish) Not French or German, but European and VERY good.

Karl Hungus · 22-02-2005 1:14am

Redleslie2 wrote:

The Devil's Backbone.

I second this.

Pierrot Le Fou is also worth checking out.

teck-x5 · 22-02-2005 1:37am

La Haine

Karl Hungus · 22-02-2005 1:43am

The Seventh Seal

Can't believe I forgot to mention this! Absolute masterpeice!

simu · 22-02-2005 2:23am

Scandinavian: Fúcking Amal (a.k.a. Show me love)

Other countries:

Trois couleurs: Bleu/Three Colours: Blue
Trois couleurs: Blanc/Three Colours: Red
Trois couleurs: Rouge/Three Colours: White

Roma città aperta/Rome Open City

La mala educación/Bad education

Das Kabinet Des Dr. Caligari/The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

A bout de souffle/Breathless

Tu Ridi/You laugh

Solaris (the Russian one)

Those are just off the top of my head - there are many more worth seeing

BlitzKrieg · 22-02-2005 2:24am

Just saw an amzing italian film called the conformist absoloutly brilliant!

Pigman II · 22-02-2005 11:30am

Otto e Mezzo ( 8 1/2)

Redleslie2 · 22-02-2005 1:47pm

Karl Hungus wrote:

I second this.

Pierrot Le Fou is also worth checking out.

Ta, I forgot about Godard. Also Alphaville. Saw it in the IFC some years ago by accident.

In a war kind of vein, Idi I Smotri (Come And See) It was on tv ages ago.

Pigman II · 22-02-2005 2:04pm

Speaking of Godard chec out 'Bande A Parte' and 'À bout de souffle' too.

ObeyGiant · 22-02-2005 2:10pm

simu wrote:

Scandinavian: Fúcking Amal (a.k.a. Show me love)

Lukas Moodysson's other movies, Together and Lilya 4-Ever are both spectacular. Even if Lilya 4-Ever has this nasty way of destroying your faith in humanity. Take it from me, don't watch this movie on a Sunday afternoon with a hangover.

Brenner · 22-02-2005 6:04pm

Diner Des Cons - The Dinner of Idiots - French (spelt?)

Great comedy of errors and loads of unexpected twists - great french comedy

mycroft · 22-02-2005 6:34pm

Truffant's the 400 blows, the battle of Algiers, Cyrano De Bergerac

radiospan · 22-02-2005 8:45pm

simu wrote:

Scandinavian: Fúcking Amal (a.k.a. Show me love)

Thanks simu, I'll get this. I had heard of it a while ago and meant to get it but I had forgotten about it.

Seems to be along the lines of My Summer of Love?

PWEI · 24-02-2005 8:53pm

Thanks for all the recommendations.I'll definitely be checking out a few especially The Devil's Backbone which I've heard about before.Thanks!

Dr Bolouswki · 24-02-2005 9:10pm

Le Haine is amazing

A few others

Poland
A short film about killing
A short film about love
(both directed by Krzysztof Kieslowski)

Italy
Mediterraneo
(Gabriele Salvatores)

France
L'appartment
(Giles Mamouni)
Subway
(Luc Besson)
Diva
(Can't remember director circa 1981)

Belgium
Man bites dog
(Remy Belvaux)

Raoul Duke · 25-02-2005 1:19pm

I was in the same boat towards the end of last year. I got a bit tired of all the Asian films I was watching and decided to dig into what Europe had to offer. Some of these have already been mentioned but these are what I've found to be masterpieces:

Last night I watched Ballad of a Soldier - a Russian film. Brilliant.
The 400 Blows
Amélie
Stalker - Andrei Tarkovsky
The Battle Of Algiers
Das Boot
Amarcord
Fúcking Åmål and every other Moodysson (having seen his latest yet though)
Good bye, Lenin! - Maybe not a masterpiece but very watchable
La Grande illusion
Irreversible
À bout de souffle
Bande à part
Lars von Trier's tv series - Riget (The Kingdom)
A Short Film About Killing
M
Jean de Florette
Nid de guêpes - not a masterpiece but it never get's mentioned anywhere and is a very good action film.
The Return
Rififi
Run Lola Run
Le Samouraï
The Wages of Fear
The Bicycle Thief

etc. etc. etc....

mycroft · 25-02-2005 1:52pm

Just a heads up, Pretty Village, Pretty Flame is an excellent film about the Yugoslavian conflict.

TerrorFirmer · 25-02-2005 2:03pm

Yes! Pretty Village Pretty Flame - I'd almost forgotten I'd seen that one - you are right, excellent film.

Another film I loved was a German film called "The bridge", little older, but excellent movie. About a few young teenagers called up to fight in the last few days of World War II. Anti-war movie slightly reminding me of All quiet on the western front.

simu · 28-02-2005 7:39pm

Europa by Lars Von Trier - saw this last night for the first time and it's excellent.

PWEI · 28-02-2005 7:54pm

I watched Das Experiment at the weekend.All I can say is Wow!One of the most powerful films I've seen since Requiem for a Dream.I can't believe it was actually based on a true story.A must see for everybody!

Karl Hungus · 28-02-2005 8:07pm

PWEI wrote:

I watched Das Experiment at the weekend.All I can say is Wow!One of the most powerful films I've seen since Requiem for a Dream.I can't believe it was actually based on a true story.A must see for everybody!

Indeed, it's an extremely tense thriller, but that "Based on a true story" thing should be taken with a pinch of salt. The concept for the film was based on the Stanford Prison Experiment, but it's purely a fictional work as reguards to the exents that happen in the film.

pickarooney · 02-03-2005 12:46am

Anythign by François Ozon, especially Sitcom, 8 Femmes and Gouttes d'Eau sur Pierres Brûlantes. Lovely dark comedy. *checks collection* There are tons of excellent French comedies, though I don't know how funny they'd be with subtitles. Les Invasion Barbares is a very nice Canadian film. Kirikou is a beautiful cartoon in a non-Disney stylee.

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