A List of Fantastic Foreign Films
76I am a fervent movie viewer and I enjoy watching almost all types of movies but my favourite kind is foreign romantic period films. Most Foreign films are not in English so unless you know that language you need to turn on the English subtitle option. Below, I have listed a number of very well structured foreign films which are not only confined to the romantic genre. If you are an ardent foreign movie fanatic like me, you should already know that the language is no barrier here. If a movie is good, after watching it you would not even be able to recall whether it was in English or not as you get so engrossed with the good storyline and cinematography that it stops mattering.
IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE TRAILER
Mad love (Juana la Loca) (2001)
Director: Vicente Aranda
Language: Spanish
Genre: Drama; History; Romance
Lead Actor: Pilar Lopez de Ayala
Queen margot (1994)
Director:Patrice Chereau
Language: French; Italian
Genre: Drama; History; Romance
Lead actor: Isabelle Adjani; Vincent Perez
In the mood for love (2000)
Director: Kar Wai Wong
Language: Cantonese; Shanghaines; French
Genre: Drama; Romance
Lead Actor: Maggie Cheung; Tony Leung Chiu Wai
La belle Noiseuse (1991)
Director: Jacques Rivette
Language: French; English
Genre: Drama; Art
Lead Actor: Emmanuelle Béart; Michel Piccoli
Malena (2000)
Director: Gieseppe Tornatore
Language: Italian; Sicilian; English; Latin
Genre: Comedy; Drama; War; Romance
Lead actor: Monica Bellucci; Giuseppe Sulfaro
Irreversible
Director: Gaspar Noe
Language: French; Spanish; Italian; English
Genre: Crime; Drama; Mystery
Lead actor: Monica Bellucci; Vincent Cassel
The unbearable lightness of being
Director: Philip Kaufman
Language: English
Genre: Drama; Romance
Lead Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis; Juliette Binoche; Lina Olin
L’Appartement
Director: Gilles Mimouni
Language: French; English; Japanese
Genre: Romance; Drama; Mystery
Lead Actor: Monica Bellucci; Vincent Cassel; Romane Bohringer
Malena
Dangerous beauty (1998)
Director: Marshall Herskovitz
Language: English
Genre: Drama; Historical Romance
Lead Actor: Catherine McCormack; Rufus Sewell;
Pan’s Labyrinth (2006)
Director: Guillermo del Toro
Language: Spanish
Genre: Fantasy; Drama; Mystery
Lead Actor: Ivana Baquero; Sergi López
Volver (2006)
Director: Pedro Almodóvar
Language: Spanish
Genre: Comedy; Crime; Drama
Lead Actor: Penélope Cruz
Dangerous Beauty
Lolita (1997) – based on Vladimir Nabokov’s novel
Director: Adrian Lyne
Language: English
Genre: Drama; Romance
Lead Actor: Jeremy Irons; Melanie Griffith; Dominique Swain
Perfume (2006)
Director: Tom Tykwer
Language: English
Genre: Drama; Thriller; Crime
Lead Actor: Ben Whishaw
Stealing beauty (1996)
Director: Bernardo Bertolucci
Language: Englsih; French; Spanish; Italian; German
Genre: Romance; Drama
Lead Actor: Jeremy Irons; Liv Tyler
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oh that's great to know that you and I share similar taste in movies Miss Goody-Goody. I am totally crazy about foreign films...and this list is not conclusive...i have a lot of other favourite foreign films on my mind.
In the mood for love! Definitely I will look into that. I speak Cantonese so it is not foreign to me, LOL. Thanks.
In the mood for love is a beautiful movie...it's visually very pleasing :D
Thanks for the list, I'm gonna bookmark and try and work my way through!
you are most welcome...and if you are a fan of Period films then keep a look out cause I'll be writing one hub on Period films soon ... Cheers!
In the mood for love is one of my fav romantic films too. I just saw 2046 recently and for me it was even better, visually stunning, brutally sad and the same haunting score. Kar-Wai Wong is a genius.
I will definitely remember to watch 2046 too. Thanks for informing me Reilly :D
nicee
I am glad that you included Almodovar and Bertolucci in your list.
Recently, I posted a comparative essay regarding Federico Fellini and Russ Meyer which might be of interest to you. It is titled "La Dolce Pussycat".
Thank you Michael Rudnick for stopping by at my hub. I am glad that you are glad :). Bertolucci is one of my favourite directors so how could I not add him in my list. I will definitely read your hub L a Dolce Pussycat. Sounds interesting already. Cheers
What a great list: I've seen Queen Margot and loved it. Have you considered 'dangerous liaisons'?
Dear Ivona, thanks for commenting. Queem Margot is one of my favourite movies and let me confess something, it has very much to do with the Beautiful and gorgeous Isabelle Adjani!
I have already watched Dangerous liaison.
Miss Goody-Goody 2 years ago
great hub Kiss! i am movie crazy too. i love most of the movies you posted here.we seem to have kinda same taste:)