FOREIGN MOVIE POLL 2 of 2
Added 2024-04-29 21:40:02 +0000 UTCThank you all so much for all your suggestions last week about options for a foreign movie poll! There was so many we are going to do TWO polls, then the top 2 of each to go on to a final champions poll! I think these are going to be fun!
go vote on the other poll here
Comments
Where’s “Society of the Snow”? Is a must
Marcelo
2024-07-29 23:49:57 +0000 UTCCouldn't disagree more that the 2011 version is better than the original.
Cade
2024-05-10 04:16:41 +0000 UTCNot by Fincher. The one from 2009 is the original (and much better) version in Swedish.
Cade
2024-05-10 04:14:55 +0000 UTCIt's a goal of mine. 😁
Above Average Dave
2024-05-08 20:22:06 +0000 UTClol You crack me up Dave
Rose
2024-05-08 19:42:04 +0000 UTCYeah, that was my vote too. The last bit is so good.
David Blount
2024-05-05 17:30:42 +0000 UTCToo late to vote, but don't miss Cinema Paradiso. For cinema lovers.
Martie
2024-05-04 19:54:11 +0000 UTCIf you ever get around to Girl With The Dragon Tattoo. exercise caution I love that movie but it can be very tough to watch I would say the darkest film Fincher has done.
Christopher
2024-05-04 12:49:02 +0000 UTCShould watch a director’s entire work
AC5555
2024-05-03 15:47:07 +0000 UTCits on the other poll! i voted for that one
Cassie
2024-05-02 18:38:33 +0000 UTCIf Intouchables(2011) isn't on it, I'm not interested
Nick Parker
2024-05-02 03:03:31 +0000 UTCThe original. And it did have sub titles, I meant non dubbed.
JackTupp
2024-05-01 23:39:51 +0000 UTCCassie is Canadian/American, so the rest of the world's films would be foreign to her.
Richard Maurer
2024-05-01 21:56:16 +0000 UTCHey Cassie, if you watch the movie "Das Boot", it's best to watch the director's cut from 1997. It's even more intense than the theatrical version
Daniel Fuchs
2024-05-01 18:11:45 +0000 UTC..at least 3 🙂
Björn Karlsson
2024-05-01 17:03:07 +0000 UTCWhat’s the classification of a foreign movie when PiB has a worldwide audience?
LDC7080
2024-05-01 16:16:42 +0000 UTCDas boot looks good. It was in Original German and English Dub when it came out. My parents had both versions.
Kyle Prince
2024-05-01 13:28:45 +0000 UTC....or a certain year from a certain country. Lets say (totally random) 1998 and Sweden 😅😉
Björn Karlsson
2024-05-01 09:03:43 +0000 UTCYou saw the Fincher remake then went to the theater for the sequels? Or you saw the Swedish GWTDT?
Chris Thom
2024-05-01 08:07:48 +0000 UTCFor a first time viewing of Cinema Paradiso, if you have a choice I recommend that you watch the shorter 124 minute version. This is the original international theatrical release which won at Cannes and the Academy Awards.
Richard Mouritzen
2024-05-01 05:48:01 +0000 UTCOoooh, nice!
Philip Alan
2024-05-01 05:40:11 +0000 UTCSo many jokes I could make here, but political comments aren't allowed.
Richard Maurer
2024-05-01 04:36:02 +0000 UTCWhat a tough choice! Back when Netflix was actually still good, I was introduced to The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo... non subbed. I loved that movie so much I eventually went to an art house showing of The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest. Never done anything like that before or since. Das Boot, on the other hand, an old roommate basically said here, have you seen this, so I watched it. It was really dated but so gripping and compelling. I honestly couldn't believe I watched the whole thing.
JackTupp
2024-05-01 03:37:30 +0000 UTCDownfall is excellent.
Clay F
2024-05-01 02:09:42 +0000 UTCHaven't seen many foreign to be honest. Ashamed to say. Maybe 25-30 tops. Excluding English, Australian and some South African. Last real foreign thing I saw was My Brilliant Friend on HBO. Enjoyed that one quite a bit.
Chris Thom
2024-05-01 02:02:12 +0000 UTC2014 was a fine year, but saying " first" goes beyond that. I used to be quite the regular $hit poster on aintitcoolnews and it was de rigueur to have first "first" comments on a thread. Cassie herself has done it. And it's all good fun.
rakesh
2024-04-30 22:27:05 +0000 UTCRose Knows™! 😁
Above Average Dave
2024-04-30 21:01:36 +0000 UTCCinema Paradiso is wonderful. Have you seen the silent classic “The Passion of Joan of Arc”? If you have, then you’ve already seen a “landmark of cinema.” If not, then you’re in for a riveting cinematic experience. The full English version is uploaded on YT (see Public Domain Diary channel) with the Voices of Light score - Renée Jeanne “Maria” Falconetti gives a performance of a lifetime - arguably the greatest performance ever captured on film.
Rose
2024-04-30 20:57:33 +0000 UTCif there's enough buzz about CP - I would hope Cassie / Carly will watch it anyway and love every second of it. It's EXACTLY what they want out of a movie; romance, flashbacks, tender moments about a boy growing up and finding his first love....it won an Oscar for Best Foreign Film in 1990 for a reason!!!!
KJ
2024-04-30 20:50:38 +0000 UTCI don't want to take away from Downfall, this is a very good movie that Bruno Ganz who played Hitler should have a Academy Award for. I was blown away. I am very fluent in German so, I didn't even need subtitles. Just because one scene in the movie gets recreated over and over again all over YOUTUBE doesn't mean anything. It shouldn't take away from anyone's choice.
Zachary K. (Verified Swiftie)
2024-04-30 20:15:29 +0000 UTCThey are similar in that they are both submarine movies. That's it. Totally, completely different movies though.
Johnny
2024-04-30 20:00:42 +0000 UTCHaven't seen it. But I want to. Looks like classic Oscar Bait...and I kinda dig that.
Chris Thom
2024-04-30 19:45:53 +0000 UTCSaw some clips online. Looks great. Italian movies are great.
Chris Thom
2024-04-30 19:45:01 +0000 UTCHad never heard of Cinema Paradiso before, but just watched the trailer and it looks really good. Going to try to find that on a streamer. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo could be a fun...thriller reactions are some of the best on the channel in my reaction. But if you're going to watch that one I think it should be the Fincher version. It's the superior version in almost every way.
Chris Thom
2024-04-30 19:43:37 +0000 UTCI voted The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (2009), Das Boot (1981), and Downfall (2004).
Clay F
2024-04-30 19:23:20 +0000 UTCdragon tattoo is excellent. Cassie said she very much liked the Starz Outlander TV series. ENews on Outlander: "the most graphic and disturbing rape scenes ever to air in the history of television."
Clay F
2024-04-30 19:20:22 +0000 UTCWas. He died in 2019. Great actor in a amazing performance
Bill Maurer
2024-04-30 18:24:07 +0000 UTCYes
Bill Maurer
2024-04-30 18:23:32 +0000 UTCDownfall is an amazing movie. Bruno Ganz portrayal of Adolf Hitler was completely unexpected. Being able to convey that even the worst kind of person in the world has some semblance of humanity is powerful. Ganz should've been nominated for an Oscar that year. Kevin Bacon gave a similar performance that same year in The Woodsman.
Zane From Canada
2024-04-30 17:00:53 +0000 UTCDon't worry about it. I cancelled my membership two or so weeks ago. I feel PiB has gotten too big. I don't participate as much. It wasn't worth the expense. I can still enjoy Cassie on YouTube.
Jeffrey Schmidbauer
2024-04-30 16:54:16 +0000 UTCI think Kung Fu Hustle will fall into the same reaction category as Big Trouble in Little China. Just a guess.
Above Average Dave
2024-04-30 16:47:44 +0000 UTCTo be serious (for a moment, anyway) - As a lifelong horror fan, holocaust films while important, are way more traumatizing than horror films.
Richard Maurer
2024-04-30 16:43:40 +0000 UTCWell, if we're going to do anime, I'd include "I Want to Eat Your Pancreas." Romantic, but sad.
Stephen Dias
2024-04-30 16:39:31 +0000 UTCNot horror It's history,it's about remembrance and it did happen,I've visited Amsterdam and the 'Anne Frank' house,that day had a huge affect on me..
Celeste McAllister
2024-04-30 16:38:06 +0000 UTCI've seen my share of foreign movies, but have only seen three of these. To be fair, I can't really count "Das Boot": it was a midnight showing and I fell asleep. It will be interesting to see which are chosen.
Stephen Dias
2024-04-30 16:32:26 +0000 UTCWell you, for one. but there must be other people.
Richard Maurer
2024-04-30 16:29:28 +0000 UTCIn case my rant below has nothing to do with why you're cancelling (since you didn't say), please disregard. Why are people canceling in the foreign film polls? Did you honestly think the older classic ones would win? Older movies will never beat newer ones, maybe once in a great while, at best. Why do you think I'm always pushing for a classics only horror poll? Because they have no shot against newer horror films, in case you didn't know the answer. Before I even voted I knew the two leaders in this poll would be GWtDT and Das Boot. The fact that Gojira is in 2nd place in the other poll was pleasant surprise, but probably has more to do with name recognition for most people.
Richard Maurer
2024-04-30 16:22:59 +0000 UTCThrow in "The Seven Beauties".
KJ
2024-04-30 16:21:36 +0000 UTCAgreed - this is perfect for her and Carly to react to. Has all the elements they want; flashbacks, romanticism and young love.
KJ
2024-04-30 16:18:16 +0000 UTCAnd she didn't like it that much.
KJ
2024-04-30 16:16:03 +0000 UTCAGREED! This is has all the elements of a love story her and Carly want; flashbacks, romanticism and young love. They need to see this movie!
KJ
2024-04-30 16:13:34 +0000 UTCEXACTLY. Her and Carly would love it.
KJ
2024-04-30 16:11:38 +0000 UTCHey-ho: c'est la vie!😬
Chris Clarke
2024-04-30 16:06:38 +0000 UTCI haven't watched the movie. Your opinion and feelings are irrelevant and not for debate when you post spoilers. You could have easily explained your displeasure without resorting to such tactics and your reaction to continue to provoke instead of doing what you should have done at the begining and edit your comment tells me all I need to know about you.
rakesh
2024-04-30 16:02:22 +0000 UTCOh, das Boot, finally. Was wondering about that ever since your Hunt for Red October reaction. It's by far the best submarine movie ever made, and it shows a side of WW2 most americans never think about. So it has my vote!
Shanwyn Nightfox
2024-04-30 15:58:18 +0000 UTCYou make 2014 sound so long ago. To me, it feels like yesterday. It's a matter of perspective.
Jeffrey Schmidbauer
2024-04-30 15:52:26 +0000 UTCNo sign of the 3 I suggested.
Richard Maurer
2024-04-30 15:50:09 +0000 UTCAnd they say the horror fans are the ones who want to traumatize Cassie ;-)
Richard Maurer
2024-04-30 15:47:32 +0000 UTCToday is my last day here anyway. I cancelled my subscription to PiB.
Jeffrey Schmidbauer
2024-04-30 15:38:28 +0000 UTCPlease remove spoiler. It’s one of Cassie’s top no-no’s.
Just Plain Bob
2024-04-30 15:35:33 +0000 UTCit might be worth noting, for those unaware, that Run Lola Run will be getting a re-release in theaters this summer with 4k restoration, since it's the 25th anniversary.
AzraRillian
2024-04-30 13:46:01 +0000 UTCThis poll was basically designed to give GWtDT the win. It and Das Boot are the only two films in the poll most average movie fans have heard of.
Richard Maurer
2024-04-30 12:41:31 +0000 UTCSpoiling a movie is always wrong, no matter what your feelings about the movie being spoiled are.
Richard Maurer
2024-04-30 12:36:55 +0000 UTCGreat idea, but unlikely to happen because YT exists.
Richard Maurer
2024-04-30 12:32:22 +0000 UTCMaybe "modern version" was incorrect to say. But is it not a similar movie? I haven't seen Das Boot and U-571 in a very long time, but when U-571 came out I know a lot of people were saying it's a "rip-off" of Das Boot since they tell a similar kind of story with similar plot points and some similar scene shots. I do remember people saying Das Boot was a more dramatic film but U-571 was more entertaining which is why they liked it better.
Alberto Gramatges
2024-04-30 12:26:21 +0000 UTCOne day you'll actually be first and then the sky's the limit!
Richard Maurer
2024-04-30 12:26:02 +0000 UTCso youre one of the bros that want to bring garbage to this channel.
zynjams
2024-04-30 12:16:16 +0000 UTCDragon Tatoo is a very difficult movie to watch.
David
2024-04-30 11:55:04 +0000 UTCYeah i havent. TBH the only ones I voted for are the ones i've seen and really enjoyed which is run lola run and downfall
rakesh
2024-04-30 10:30:50 +0000 UTCRemove spoiler.
rakesh
2024-04-30 10:29:29 +0000 UTCNo,No,No 😉
Eddie
2024-04-30 07:30:02 +0000 UTCIt was very clever but your favorite? The Cape Fear episode will forever be at the top. Bake him away, toys!
Shehab Dawoud
2024-04-30 07:25:38 +0000 UTC100% agreed. THAT SCENE (we all know which one, well both of them with those characters really) is one where Cassie absolutely will not be able to watch it.
Stranger2Reality
2024-04-30 07:11:52 +0000 UTCIt's great, but I actually prefer the sequel SANJURO.
Stick Figure Studios
2024-04-30 07:06:46 +0000 UTCYeah, TGWTDT is gonna be a tough sit.
Stick Figure Studios
2024-04-30 07:06:21 +0000 UTCGanz is a treasure.
Stick Figure Studios
2024-04-30 07:05:02 +0000 UTCI'd say BICYCLE THIEVES myself, but there are a lot of truly excellent films in this poll.
Stick Figure Studios
2024-04-30 07:04:39 +0000 UTCWhy is Girl with a Dragon Tattoo winning, another wasted poll.
Biggman83
2024-04-30 07:01:24 +0000 UTCIt's the one movie on ther I haven't seen.
Stick Figure Studios
2024-04-30 06:58:33 +0000 UTCI'm gonna submit that nobody who has actually seen both movies argues that U-571 is better than DAS BOOT.
Stick Figure Studios
2024-04-30 06:57:37 +0000 UTCWell, she's already seen SEVEN SAMURAI.
Stick Figure Studios
2024-04-30 06:55:08 +0000 UTCThese and so many more.
Stick Figure Studios
2024-04-30 06:53:29 +0000 UTCMy guess is the majority of the patrons haven't seen it.
Stick Figure Studios
2024-04-30 06:53:05 +0000 UTCThey're on there, but at the bottom of the pile.
Stick Figure Studios
2024-04-30 06:52:20 +0000 UTCIt's German!
sarCC
2024-04-30 06:51:32 +0000 UTCCinema Paradiso is right up your alley! It's a shame it doesn't get more votes
Lachrisho
2024-04-30 05:10:16 +0000 UTCVoted Rashomon, GWtDT, while good, is still somewhat overrated and is part of a trilogy anyway. And what's with the people saying to watch the Fincher version? You do understand this a FOREIGN movie poll, right? Same with Gojira (Japanese) vs Godzilla (American/Japanese).
Richard Maurer
2024-04-30 05:06:16 +0000 UTCNever thought I’d see the day when ‘Bicycle Thieves’ and ‘Yojimbo’ are on a poll. Great must see movies! Shame they’re not going to win.
Biggman83
2024-04-30 04:59:54 +0000 UTCHouse of Flying Daggers, The Raid...I wish.
Richard Maurer
2024-04-30 04:56:03 +0000 UTCA future Martial Arts poll would be great, but if Enter the Dragon is in it the poll is over before it begins.
Richard Maurer
2024-04-30 04:53:46 +0000 UTCHow is Cinema Pardiso not polling higher? It's an absolute materpiece
Rich H
2024-04-30 03:30:21 +0000 UTCHad a friend that was into that movie. Is it Russian?
Chris Thom
2024-04-30 03:14:37 +0000 UTCWhere is “The Worst Person in the World “?
Joe M
2024-04-30 03:00:54 +0000 UTCThree Colors is amazinf
AC5555
2024-04-30 02:44:07 +0000 UTCIt’s a Cassie film.
AC5555
2024-04-30 02:43:14 +0000 UTCIkiru/Living as a double feature pack 😂
AC5555
2024-04-30 02:42:57 +0000 UTCEvery single one of these films needs to be seen. And many more.
AC5555
2024-04-30 02:42:30 +0000 UTCToo relatable for me. Being ultra romantic. Loving films. Leaving home and everything I’ve ever known to be a filmmaker.
AC5555
2024-04-30 02:41:44 +0000 UTCAll of these need to be watched on her channel. Let’s be real. 😌
AC5555
2024-04-30 02:40:39 +0000 UTCThat's the plan, 😏🤫
Moe howard
2024-04-30 02:16:29 +0000 UTCFor a truly awful example of it, try the Warrior and the Sorceress with David Carradine, lol
John
2024-04-30 02:05:41 +0000 UTCI think Yojimbo could be a week of it and clones, the way the Sevens week was, since that plot has been used many different times. Have it, the first Leone spaghetti Western with Eastwood, A Fistful of Dollars, and Last Man Standing, the Bruce Willis gangster movie together.
John
2024-04-30 02:01:50 +0000 UTCShall We Dansu? should be on this list as well. Beautiful film. Also, Pan’s Labyrinth.
Brian Lowery
2024-04-30 01:26:50 +0000 UTCI wish Like Water for Chocolate would have made this list. Great Mexican love story
zynjams
2024-04-30 01:26:38 +0000 UTCBrutal rape scenes is not my form of entertainment, dragon tattoo is horrendous
zynjams
2024-04-30 01:24:35 +0000 UTCSeconded about The Lives of Others.
Cinco DeNio
2024-04-30 01:18:31 +0000 UTCAgreed.
Stick Figure Studios
2024-04-30 01:00:49 +0000 UTCMe too. Maybe in a future martial arts poll?
Stick Figure Studios
2024-04-30 01:00:31 +0000 UTCThe most iconic works in cinema getting the lowest votes is the standard operating procedure around here.
Stick Figure Studios
2024-04-30 00:59:26 +0000 UTCBummed Your Name wasn't on this
Philip G.
2024-04-30 00:58:42 +0000 UTCYeah, I agree with Stick Figure on this one. Maybe next time have it be Pre-2000 and post 2000 at least.
Damien beatty
2024-04-30 00:48:42 +0000 UTCI know romantic comment is your favorite and cinema Paradiso is so beautiful award-winning and a gorgeous musical score by Ennio Morricone. You’ve got to watch cinema Paradiso and you will cry …a lot
Galen Prenevost
2024-04-30 00:46:57 +0000 UTChttps://youtu.be/K-UDABxrlEI?si=mR8WMF_SslOCHKiM
Lamar Smith
2024-04-30 00:40:48 +0000 UTCI saw a particularly funny news piece about a German-speaking Swiss boy who came to America for a year of foreign exchange. He wanted to go out for American football and Coach was going to have to cut him for his own safety. Until the young man came out and showed off his soccer prowess by kicking 50 yard field goals. Clearly Coach had a QUICK change of heart. So, he gets going and his teammates assign him the nickname ‘Das Boot.’ The confused Swiss boy went to Coach asking, “Why are they calling me ‘The Boat.’ Coach chuckled and set him straight.
Lamar Smith
2024-04-30 00:39:12 +0000 UTCLe Samourai and Run Lola Run are two of my favourite movies so it’s an easy vote. Dragon Tattoo is a rough watch.
Jacob King
2024-04-30 00:37:07 +0000 UTCIts wayyy too "rapey" for Cassie. I think the people that are voting for that are being cruel
Kuskesh Haramzadeh
2024-04-30 00:37:04 +0000 UTCI absolutely agree with you but ‘Das Boot’s’ dub is particularly abysmal.
Lamar Smith
2024-04-30 00:34:48 +0000 UTCThat's a very solid list.
2-Can
2024-04-30 00:24:15 +0000 UTCWith all the great classic foreign films in these two polls, I'm disappointed that the titles leading are a) the most recent and b) they darkest and/or scariest. Sigh. :-/
Stick Figure Studios
2024-04-30 00:23:39 +0000 UTCThis poll is impossible to pick from, they are all so good.
Christopher B.
2024-04-30 00:08:07 +0000 UTC…oh and Alain Delon in Le Samurai is just the epitome of continental cool.
Ria Grix
2024-04-30 00:06:50 +0000 UTC@David Blount it always makes me so emotional!
Allison
2024-04-30 00:04:00 +0000 UTCYep. Some veeeery good suggestions in here. Just the first four alone are absolute essential viewing.
Ria Grix
2024-04-30 00:03:20 +0000 UTCThe original Swedish version of Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is one of my all-time favorites. I love that movie. Das Boot would be great, too, but it's pretty darn long. One movie I'd love to see added is The Lives of Others. Freaking amazing movie. Also, Hara Kiri would be a great choice.
John Neiberger
2024-04-29 23:59:28 +0000 UTCSad to see some of the most iconic and absolute legends of cinema getting such low votes. Bicycle Thieves is quite literally one of the most influential films in cinema history, I can’t count the amount of times movie directors and actors quote it as being one their favourites. Voted No.2 in BBC Culture's poll of 209 critics in 43 countries for the greatest foreign-language film of all time. Rashomon is the movie that really broke Japanese cinema into the west and consistently appears in all time greatest movie charts. Like Top 100 Essential Films of All Time by the National Society of Film Critics. Clint Eastwood probably owes Toshiro Mifune’s Yojimbo as the starting point for his entire career. Certainly every cowboy and San Francisco based cop he ever played was heavily influenced by Mifune.
Ria Grix
2024-04-29 23:58:43 +0000 UTCTruly one of the greatest films ever made.
Stick Figure Studios
2024-04-29 23:53:42 +0000 UTCNot me.
Stick Figure Studios
2024-04-29 23:52:46 +0000 UTCthose are of course excellent akira Kurosawa films but id start you off with Ikiru.
ExploreWinnipeg
2024-04-29 23:52:44 +0000 UTCIt won't win, unfortunately, but I voted for it. I think Cassie would love it.
Stick Figure Studios
2024-04-29 23:52:19 +0000 UTCbut it's the feel good movie of the year!
Matt Rose
2024-04-29 23:52:07 +0000 UTCIf you haven't seen Downfall. please watch this clip ( spoilers obviously) and change your vote. https://www.captiongenerator.com/v/2299719/vote-for-downfall-in-the-pib-foreign-movie-poll
rakesh
2024-04-29 23:48:24 +0000 UTCIt’s great to see her starting to pay more attention to foreign films
AC5555
2024-04-29 23:46:13 +0000 UTCMy opinion but it’s a film 101 movie and for good reason. I’ve seen it so many times now and there’s still nothing I can dislike about it. 🤷🏻♂️ It hurts me emotionally in general.
AC5555
2024-04-29 23:45:53 +0000 UTCWe should push for it to win.
AC5555
2024-04-29 23:44:19 +0000 UTCAgree. And the last 20 minutes of the movie are soooooo good.
David Blount
2024-04-29 23:43:16 +0000 UTCThe Kite Runner
James
2024-04-29 23:20:09 +0000 UTCCinema Paradiso isn't going to win but I think you would love it. A lovely and touching movie about movies. And Rashomon is so important for its influence on so many other films that came after it.
Allison
2024-04-29 23:20:02 +0000 UTCI'm the other. :-) For those unfamiliar with it: It's a French comedy from 1973, starring the great actor Louis de Funes. It's a broad farce, very much of its time. Plot: a bigoted and irascible French bourgeois finds himself on the run and having to disguise himself as a Hassidic rabbi, together with an Arab revolutionary. Hilarity ensues.
Happy Hanukkah
2024-04-29 23:13:36 +0000 UTCAlthough it probably won’t win, I know you and Carly would love Cinema Paradiso.
Philip Herman
2024-04-29 23:13:19 +0000 UTCNo body.
Johnny
2024-04-29 23:09:23 +0000 UTCLOL - No, It's not the modern version of Das Boot. It's not even remotely the same movie, and it is NO WAY better than Das Boot.
Johnny
2024-04-29 23:08:59 +0000 UTCI'm delighted to see one of my votes in the middle of the pack rather than near the bottom!
Bert Towle
2024-04-29 23:08:30 +0000 UTCPeople sleeping on Run Lola Run.
Farbod
2024-04-29 23:05:33 +0000 UTCI don't think one is clearly superior to the other, I think it's interesting to see the different choices each one made in adapting the book.
Patrick Egan
2024-04-29 23:03:41 +0000 UTCToo many good choices. I want to see Dragon Tattoo, but I know that it is going to be a tough watch for Cassie.
ArsTropica
2024-04-29 23:03:38 +0000 UTCRUN LOLA RUN!! Let's GOOOO! :)
Philip Alan
2024-04-29 22:59:16 +0000 UTCAlso it's surely the only film that has a section on its Wikipedia page about how the wife of the film's publicity agent protested its release by hijacking a plane (!!!) and getting killed over it. Crazy stuff
Henry Graham
2024-04-29 22:57:34 +0000 UTCRashomon, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Das Boot... decisions, decisions.
Bill Hayden
2024-04-29 22:56:08 +0000 UTC......and so many genres
Björn Karlsson
2024-04-29 22:55:18 +0000 UTCWho thinks U 571 is better than Das Boot?
Hiraoka Toru
2024-04-29 22:52:30 +0000 UTCOne of the best movies of the amazing French comedian Louis de Funès.
Gábor Árki
2024-04-29 22:49:41 +0000 UTCDisappointed not to see Hero (2002) not on either poll
Sean Stuart
2024-04-29 22:47:38 +0000 UTCI'm the one who suggested Das Boot, but if that does get picked I wonder if Cassie should at some point down the road also watch U-571. Which is a more modern version of the same movie with differences. Some people argue it is better then than Das Boot.
Alberto Gramatges
2024-04-29 22:46:47 +0000 UTCCassie should seriously consider starting a monthly foreign movie reaction. She could start with the top four in each of the two polls she’s currently running. There’s just far too many superb foreign films to only watch one or two a year.
Just Plain Bob
2024-04-29 22:43:39 +0000 UTCI feel the same way. The only thing that was an improvement, in my opinion, was the opening title sequence with Karen O's cover of "Immigrant Song."
sarCC
2024-04-29 22:43:20 +0000 UTCI'm just happy that a) there are foreign movie polls, and b) Cinema Paradiso is on one and getting some love, if not many votes.
Richard Mouritzen
2024-04-29 22:39:13 +0000 UTCDownfall all the Way. An excellent movie
Matt Atkinson
2024-04-29 22:35:36 +0000 UTCI watched this in a film class in college. No subtitles. It was the worst grade I got in the semester. It was excruciating to watch, lol. Though Rosemary's Baby was probably the most disturbing of all the films we watched.
Matt Rowland
2024-04-29 22:33:36 +0000 UTCOriginal language plus subtitles are always better.
Uncle Phoenix
2024-04-29 22:33:21 +0000 UTCI voted for The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob because.... what the heck even is that?!
Henry Graham
2024-04-29 22:32:38 +0000 UTCI was able to vote for “all that apply,” so I went with TGWTDT as well as Bicycle Thieves and Cinema Paradiso.
Marja
2024-04-29 22:32:31 +0000 UTCI prefer Cassie to watch the David Fincher version with Daniel Craig. She likes DC!!
BoyNamed_Sue
2024-04-29 22:31:22 +0000 UTCI’m peeved the Three Colors trilogy is not one of the options (having said that LOS DAS BOOT!!!)
Rosario Cicero
2024-04-29 22:30:15 +0000 UTCIt won't win but you should totally see Bicycle Thieves. I watched that in a film class in college, and let me say, I want as many people to experience those 90 minutes of excruciating boredom as I had to sit through. It's a right of passage! LOL 🤣
Matt Rowland
2024-04-29 22:29:52 +0000 UTCAbsolutely yes it would be,add 'Life is Beautiful' 'The Devil's Arithmetic' 'Conspiracy' 'The Grey Zone' 2001...
Celeste McAllister
2024-04-29 22:29:14 +0000 UTC100
Uncle Phoenix
2024-04-29 22:28:45 +0000 UTCDavid Fincher is so good.
Uncle Phoenix
2024-04-29 22:27:38 +0000 UTCI do it only to piss you off.
Jeffrey Schmidbauer
2024-04-29 22:27:29 +0000 UTCHad to vote for RASHOMON because it was my introduction to Japanese film.
Uncle Phoenix
2024-04-29 22:26:44 +0000 UTCThe throwaway Rashomon joke on "The Simpsons" is possibly my favorite Simpsons moment.
Paul Stelter
2024-04-29 22:24:46 +0000 UTCPersonally I think they're both trash, but at least Fincher knows what he's doing with a camera.
Henry Graham
2024-04-29 22:22:41 +0000 UTCI voted for the bicycle thieves, even though I know it will lose. It’s an excellent film however, at the risk of sounding critical Italian neo realism (which influenced generations of filmmakers around the world) begins with Rossellini‘s open city, which he began filming in the streets of Rome days after the German army had left the city. It is ultimately I think a more important film than a bicycle thieves.
Thomas Thompson
2024-04-29 22:21:28 +0000 UTCWhy do you make this 2014 comment on almost every post? It was cringe-worthy then and has only gotten worse.
Mike Lemon
2024-04-29 22:21:18 +0000 UTCIt's of course very good, but that's going to be a rough watch if it wins.
Paul Stelter
2024-04-29 22:19:00 +0000 UTCI don’t think I’d recommend The Girl With the Dragon tattoo to Cassie. That said, Swedish version is better. The extended version (40 mins longer) is even better. The pacing, story and the reveals are done better than the American ver. It’s also more graphic. Personally I love the Swedish version and thought the American version was a cash grab too afraid to tell such a brutal story.
John Rando
2024-04-29 22:18:11 +0000 UTCCassie has already seen that one off-channel
Dave
2024-04-29 22:17:20 +0000 UTCWhile I would normally vote for the original Dragon Tattoo, Run Lola Run is one of my all-time favorite films. So inventive, smart, creative, funny, thrilling and romantic. It's definitely one I always look forward to showing someone who hasn't seen it. It's just amazing. I do hope you eventually watch it.
sarCC
2024-04-29 22:16:20 +0000 UTCHave to go with Das Boot, even though I'm highly claustrophobic. (And yes I saw it in a theater; it was almost as rough for me as for the people on screen...) The theatrical version is 150 minutes, but if you watch the Director's Cut (209 minutes) probably best to break it into two uploads.
Paul Stelter
2024-04-29 22:15:50 +0000 UTCDas Boot. In original German version please. English dubbed version loses very much feeling and emotion. Original German version has subtitles.
Eugene Hahn
2024-04-29 22:14:27 +0000 UTC"män som hatar kvinnor" or The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is a great first movie in the millenium series you almost need to commit to all 6 movies to get the best experience IMO the Akira Kurosawa movies are masterpieces but you really need to get into a slow movies that teels a story vidually as much in the action about a time vhere Japan was very poor and famine ruled the lands
Ulf Jerlström
2024-04-29 22:14:23 +0000 UTCWell, at least it's not the Fincher one.
sarCC
2024-04-29 22:11:36 +0000 UTCNo sign of the one I suggested...😞
Chris Clarke
2024-04-29 22:11:11 +0000 UTCYou guys are so mean voting for the girl with the dragon tattoo.. Cassie DO NOT
Neil Varma
2024-04-29 22:10:50 +0000 UTC"On the day of the film's release, October 18, 1973, while Georges Cravenne, the film's publicity agent, was promoting the film, his second wife Danielle Cravenne [fr] hijacked an Air France B727 which was en route from Paris to Egypt.[6] Armed with a .22 long rifle and a fake pistol, she threatened to destroy the plane if the film was not banned. Cravenne declared herself to be a member of the solidarity movement for the French-Israeli-Arab reconciliation and considered the film's release unacceptable as it was being released during the Yom Kippur War.[7] Cravenne agreed to let the plane land in Marseille to refuel. French police disguised as maintenance workers boarded the plane and shot and killed her. Cravenne was 35 years old. The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob was still released." - I WANT TO WATCH THIS NOW!
rakesh
2024-04-29 22:10:33 +0000 UTCWould this be a good time to recommend, Sophie’s Choice (1982)?
Larry Darrell
2024-04-29 22:09:59 +0000 UTCHere. :D I was one of 2(?) who suggested it. I knew it doesn't have any chance, just wanted to give some recognition to the great Louis de Funès. His movies are huge around this part of the world, they are always on TV and almost everyone knows who he is.
Gábor Árki
2024-04-29 22:07:11 +0000 UTCExcellent, excellent suggestions. I haven't seen all of these but the ones that I have are all worthy. TOKYO STORY, in particular, is an absolute must see. I'd also suggest ANOTHER ROUND.
Matt Rose
2024-04-29 22:05:51 +0000 UTCBeyond embarrassing that The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is going to win this poll.
Henry Graham
2024-04-29 22:05:47 +0000 UTCDearest Cassie, if ‘Das Boot’ wins, you don’t need the extended edition and they’ll offer you to watch it in VERY bad dubbed English. Skip that entirely. Do German with subtitles, you’ll be glad you did.
Lamar Smith
2024-04-29 22:05:12 +0000 UTCI rate them about the same. There are superior elements in each version of the film.
Matt Rose
2024-04-29 22:04:18 +0000 UTCProbably due to the American version, but Dragon Tattoo feels like the most American choice of the lot. It's a good movie, but hoping for another choice.
Pickupthepieces76
2024-04-29 22:03:37 +0000 UTCToo many good ones in both of these polls. I'm going to throw my weight behind BICYCLE THIEVES as a film that you absolutely must see.
Matt Rose
2024-04-29 22:03:32 +0000 UTCI'm pulling for 'The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo' I can personally vouche for this movie..Can we get a HOLOCAUST POLL ? 'The Boy in the stripped pajamas' 'The Diary of Anne Frank'.⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Celeste McAllister
2024-04-29 22:00:55 +0000 UTCMy choice is Cinema Paradiso; among the leaders Das Boot. I wonder who saw Rabbi Jacob here (I did) :-)
René Ferland
2024-04-29 21:59:55 +0000 UTCThanks Cassie, for including Le Samourai on this poll. It is not well known enough to win or get many views on YouTube, but its influence on modern action/crime films in many countries is unmistakable. After seeing it filmmaker John Woo dressed as the protagonist in Le Samourai for about a year, he thought him so authentic an anti-hero. Thanks again for a worthy attempt to include it. I hope just its inclusion on this poll will lead some potential fans to see it. 😊
Steve Holton
2024-04-29 21:59:28 +0000 UTCDownfall and Das Boot are both very excellent movies. Both horrifying for different reasons.
Laura Thornley
2024-04-29 21:59:15 +0000 UTCDid you mean Amelie? If so, she’s already reacted to it.
Justtired
2024-04-29 21:59:07 +0000 UTCWhere is the love for CINEMA PARADISO???
_tragicmike
2024-04-29 21:58:15 +0000 UTCI have a suggestion for a foreign film to check out. Pan’s Labyrinth. Imo, Guillermo del Toro’s best work. Highly recommend it.
Movieguru88
2024-04-29 21:56:31 +0000 UTCFor future polls I’d add Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019) 🇫🇷, Let the Right One In (2008) 🇸🇪, The Worst Person in the World (2021) 🇳🇴, Tokyo Story 🇯🇵, The Hunt 🇩🇰, The Cranes are Flying (1957) 🇷🇺, Come and See (1985) 🇷🇺, Rohmer’s Tale of Four Seasons, Boyfriends and Girlfriends, and Green Ray 🇫🇷 , Shoplifters, Like Father Like Son or Nobody Knows 🇯🇵 , The Virgin Spring , Autumn Sonata, Scenes from a Marriage, The Seventh Seal 🇸🇪 , Broken Embraces (2009) 🇪🇸, Close (2022), Mustang (2015) 🇹🇷, El Sur (1993) 🇪🇸, Kisses (2008) 🇮🇪, Quiet Girl (2022) 🇮🇪, Where is the Friend’s House (1987) 🇮🇷, 400 Blows (1959) 🇫🇷 , High Hopes & Life is Sweet 🇬🇧, Memories of Murder 🇰🇷, Cleo from 5 to 7 🇫🇷, War and Peace 🇷🇺
AC5555
2024-04-29 21:54:28 +0000 UTCDas Boot is the best movie on that list.
Johnny
2024-04-29 21:54:12 +0000 UTCI’m going with one of the Akira Kurosawa films! Love them both but picking Rashomon! All the choices are great!
Mark Ultimatemusings
2024-04-29 21:53:53 +0000 UTC"Downfall" has probably one of the best acting performances I have ever seen in any movie. Bruno Ganz's performance as the World's worst human being is mesmerizing. Great, great acting
Bill Maurer
2024-04-29 21:53:48 +0000 UTCIt didn't refresh fast enough.
Jeffrey Schmidbauer
2024-04-29 21:53:10 +0000 UTCAmile, Infernal Affairs 2, Elite Squad, House of Flying Daggers, The Raid...
pinkdino99
2024-04-29 21:52:33 +0000 UTCDas Boot is a timeless classic, a real gem, Very fine, powerful work
Pat Cecil
2024-04-29 21:51:42 +0000 UTCThe Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. "I forgot to ask you, you like **** ***?" 🤣🤣🤣
William Bryan
2024-04-29 21:51:33 +0000 UTCI love this idea! Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi is up there as a fun movie too, one day!
JennP
2024-04-29 21:49:08 +0000 UTCStill early but Rashomon doing so poorly is very disappointing. Maybe most people here haven’t seen or heard of it but its influence on cinema can’t be understated.
Shehab Dawoud
2024-04-29 21:48:55 +0000 UTCAu contraire mon frere
rakesh
2024-04-29 21:48:28 +0000 UTCFincher's remake of Dragon Tattoo is better
Odd Thomas
2024-04-29 21:48:15 +0000 UTCThe Girl with a Dragon Tattoo would be a popular one on Youtube i would imagine.
Adam Doyle
2024-04-29 21:47:40 +0000 UTCDownfall was such a good film, but I think Rashomon has such a lasting imprint on the films we watch today, which I wont say for potential spoilers.
Blake Evans
2024-04-29 21:47:38 +0000 UTCCinema Paradiso is one of my favorite films of all time. I cry at the end. Every. Time.
Above Average Dave
2024-04-29 21:47:27 +0000 UTCDragon Tattoo no contest
Nathan Jasper, the Artist Formerly Known as Primary
2024-04-29 21:46:55 +0000 UTCI think Cassie is going to be squirming all over the place during Girl With the Dragon Tattoo if that wins. Run Lola Run is a lot of fun, but I also think Downfall is a very good, very important movie.
Stranger2Reality
2024-04-29 21:45:22 +0000 UTCDownfall wasn't that Hitler movie were everyone and their mother recreated it? Like Ohio State not beating Michigan or Kansas losing to UNI just to name 2 of like hundreds.
Zachary K. (Verified Swiftie)
2024-04-29 21:45:17 +0000 UTCNothing a particularly wish to vote for on 2 of 2, so instead a "write in": Patrik, Age 1.5 (2008) Swedish with subtitles, 72% on Rotten Tomatoes
Chris Brown
2024-04-29 21:44:46 +0000 UTCYojimbo is one of my favorite films
Jacob Wagner
2024-04-29 21:44:46 +0000 UTCOh man, I want to vote for “The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo” because it’s such a great movie, but I’m genuinely concerned that some scenes are gonna be too much for you.
Patrick Egan
2024-04-29 21:43:58 +0000 UTCI saw all the Swedish originals first, and IMO it's one of the rare instances where the English remake was far superior, but that's largely because David Fincher is such a fantastic director.
Stranger2Reality
2024-04-29 21:43:56 +0000 UTCCassie, please watch Cinema Paradiso regardless of what happens in this poll. It’s Entirely up your alley. It’s a love letter to romantic love, cinema and Italy. It’s influenced me and made me feel better after moving away from home to study film and become a filmmaker. The score is by ennio Morricone. Aside from that, nothing else much to say. Great choices here. Bicycle Thieves is perfect too. As are Yojimbo, Das Boot and Rashomon.
AC5555
2024-04-29 21:43:44 +0000 UTCThe girl with the dragon tattoo is one of those rare exceptions where the American remake is far far superior
Thomas Thompson
2024-04-29 21:43:10 +0000 UTCDas Boot should really be watched as the series - the film leaves too much out
John Drake
2024-04-29 21:42:59 +0000 UTCDownfall. Please! It's soooooooo good
rakesh
2024-04-29 21:42:40 +0000 UTCFond memories of Cinema Paradiso when my roommie was taking Italian in college.
Jennifer Medicus
2024-04-29 21:42:24 +0000 UTCFirst!
Jeffrey Schmidbauer
2024-04-29 21:42:04 +0000 UTCI’ve never seen “The Girl with Dragon Tattoo” and I want to. That’s my vote.
Ike
2024-04-29 21:41:49 +0000 UTCSo many great options!
Benny Kuster
2024-04-29 21:41:41 +0000 UTC
