I cannot believe no one has mentioned "Man on a Train". It has a very famous actor, whom I can't remember, but also Johnny Halladay, the pop singer from the 60s in France. This is a great movie. My husband and I disagree on the ending...alive or dead? Anyone have an opinion?

kiki, that was the great actor Jean Rochefort playing opposite Hallyday, who by the way was excellent in this role. Yes, he dies.

My netflix queue is growing by leaps and bounds.

We saw Millions last night. We liked it, but It's most unusual. It's an English movie. I loved the cinematography...very very different. And the plot about a young boy who finds money keeps you entranced.

The Girl on the Bridge, is a French movie, done in black and white.. It's about a knife thrower and a girl he rescues from suicide. Sounds dismal, doesn't it, but it held my attention throughout.

Lois, that is the French singer Vanessa Paradis, the mothr of Jonny Depp's children :) they live in Provence as well as Paris!

Some foreign movies I liked:
Cinema Paradiso (Italy)
Central Station (Brasil)
To Live (China)
Motorcycle Diaries (Argentina, I believe)
Amélie (France)
There are some great French classic movies that came in the Le Monde and Le Figaro for 3 Euros like: Les Parapluies de Cherbourg and Les Demoisselles de Rochefort.
Shaolin Soccer (China) was really funny. I saw it dubbed in Mandarin with English subtitles.
A World Without Thieves (China): was touching at the end but wasn't the best.
I'm watching El Norte in Spanish class, but don't find it to be very great.

For Spanish, try 'Cria" and "The Spirit of the Beehive."

Today we saw <b>Elevator to the Gallows</b> . Louis Malle, with Jeanne Moreau and Maurice Ronet.
Perfect French Film noir.

How did you lik the Miles Davis sound track? I think it's great.
Maurice Ronet was a favorite(R.I.P.) I have a vid where the background music is Saties Gynopeedia(Sp?) He's a decadent guy who commits suicide.

Oh my Cig...johnny depp's wife?...I can't see them together but....

She is just beautiful and a wonderful actress.

yes, but have not actually married but are a solid couple.

I would love to see Amores Perros but I have heard it has scenes with dogs that are troubling...since i am an animal and dog lover, I wonder if anyone has seen it and what the comments are..

I loved the music. We really like Miles Davis and it was the perfect moody soundtrack ..

loisco, you will not like the movie if the dog fight scenes bother you. I didn't like it at all. I know it is a movie, but some things bother me even so.

SamE here, but did do some research and found that this Mexican film had the vets muzzle the dogs, make-up applied to show injuries, that everything waS SIMULATED. ..BUT RAVE REVIEWS ON THIS FILM THAT i'VE HELD BACK FROM SEEING UNTIL FRIEND TELLS ME MORE. sORRY, STICKING KEYS AGAIN.

Ran (Japanese)
Kirosowa's Dreams (J)
Seven Samurai (J)
Jules et Jim (French)
Z (F)
The Bride Wore Black (F)
Beauty and the Beast (F)
Rider on the Rain (F)
M (German)
The Threepenny Opera (G)
The Blue Angel (G)
Nosferatu (G)
La Strada (Italian)
The Clowns (Italian)
The Man in the White Suit (British)
Our Man in Havana (B)
Lord Love a Duck (B)
Clockwork Orange (B)
Georgie Girl (B)
If (B)
Help! (B)
Mad Max, the Road Warrior (Australia)


And, of course, the best war movie ever made: The Grand Illusion (Multinational)

GOOD selection, Al, I'v seen all of them. The &quot;M&quot;was the first pediphile subject movie I had ever seen. Road Warrier , my first Mel Gibson,
Georgie girl, my first Charlotte Rumpling,
Rider on th rain, the first film that Bronson did out of his usual stick. The rest miost know, I think?

I also would recommend &quot;Z&quot; for those who like political movies.


I thought &quot;A Very Long Engagement&quot; was very long.

No one has mentioned the French films by Yves Robert: &quot;My Mother's Castle/My Father's Glory&quot;.

Also French and quite funny was &quot;The Closet&quot; about a man pretending to be gay in order not to be layed off work (his bosses don't want to be accused of discrimination).

I liked &quot;Millions&quot; a lot and have been waiting for &quot;Dear Frankie&quot; to be in stock at the video store.

Years ago there was a really good Australian movie called &quot;We Of The Never Never&quot; about a woman going to live in the Outback at the turn of the 20th Century.


&quot;This Is My Father&quot; was made by Aidan Quinn but takes place in Ireland with a largely Irish cast. And let's not forget The Magdalene Sisters&quot;. Both movies were very sad.

The most impressive thing about M is that all of the horrific violence is unseen, yet the impact is intense. Best scene: The balloon floats away.