Favourite European Films

[Northern_Sun]

Europe has a long history of producing original, artistic, and diverse films. Every European country has greatly contributed to this body of work, so it would be great to see what some of our favourites are! List any European movie that you like or recently saw. Multiple country production qualify, as long as one country is part of the European Film Academy(example: French/American, German/Argentine productions).

Also, Georgian, Armenian, Turkish, and Azerbaijani films qualify according to the European Film Academy and European Convention on Cinematographic Co-Production, so no whining! :mad: Have fun and share your favourites! :D

[Northern_Sun]

I will just start with some recent ones I have seen.

Melancholia (2011) Denmark(and some other countries).


http://www.student-weekly.com/031011/PiX/Melancholia-Poster.jpg

These are some Swedish favourites off the top of my head.

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (2009)


http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uMI2ooZ6cZI/S8YGccP1T2I/AAAAAAAAAFY/qB2FPKhKRE4/s1600/the-girl-with-a-dragon-tattoo-swedish-version.jpg

The Girl Who Played With Fire (2009)


http://bestthrillers.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/the-girl-who-played-with-fire-movie-poster.jpg

I have not seen the American version, but originals are always the best. I just need to see the last one The Girl who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest(2009).

One of my all-time favourite movies.

The Seventh Seal (1957) Sweden


http://images.screenrush.co.uk/r_760_x/medias/nmedia/18/63/28/67/18782384.jpg

United Kingdom has so many films to list, so I’ll start with a classic.


http://klaxxon-torrents.735129.n2.nabble.com/file/n2457804/Monty_Python_And_The_Holy_Grail_2_Disc_Special_Edi tion_R1-%5Bcdcovers_cc%5D-front.jpg

[Pellonpekko]

http://www.radioshopen.com/shop2/spl/janiksen_DVD_300.jpg

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076252/

http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMTUwNzkwMTk5Nl5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTYwMDAzMDI5._V1._ SY317_CR3,0,214,317_.jpg

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0211915/

[Pellonpekko]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/45/Gomorra.jpg/220px-Gomorra.jpg

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0929425/

[StonyArabia]

Well if Turkish is included as European my favorite would be these two:

http://s17.postimage.org/774g4dzm7/Valley.jpg (http://postimage.org/)
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http://s14.postimage.org/7drbyynht/valley2.jpg (http://postimage.org/)
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[Chronos]

"Also, Georgian, Armenian, Turkish, and Azerbaijani films qualify according to the European Film Academy "

Heres an idea: make a thread with only European films, and another with only pan-european (turkish, armenian) films. Keeps everyone happy.

Other than that (minor) major annoyance, this is indeed an excellent thread idea.

[rhiannon]

I will just start with some recent ones I have seen.

Melancholia (2011) Denmark(and some other countries).
http://www.student-weekly.com/031011/PiX/Melancholia-Poster.jpg


A fantastically dark ending on that one:) Something you tend to see less of in American films.

I like that dark side.;)

[Northern_Sun]

http://www.radioshopen.com/shop2/spl/janiksen_DVD_300.jpg

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076252/

http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMTUwNzkwMTk5Nl5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTYwMDAzMDI5._V1._ SY317_CR3,0,214,317_.jpg

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0211915/

I'm going to download this one it sounds interesting from the description!:thumb001:

[Pellonpekko]

For "Jäniksen Vuosi" (Year of the hare), it´ll be nearly impossible to find english subtitles though :( The dvd contains only finnish and swedish subtitles. Canadians made somekind of a remake of the movie with Christopher Lambert (lol, Highlander), but i doubt it´s anywhere near the original :)

[Northern_Sun]

"Also, Georgian, Armenian, Turkish, and Azerbaijani films qualify according to the European Film Academy "

Heres an idea: make a thread with only European films, and another with only pan-european (turkish, armenian) films. Keeps everyone happy.

Other than that (minor) major annoyance, this is indeed an excellent thread idea.

No whining. :cool: This is not a thread about whether they are European countries. European Film Academy accepts those four countries for Award Nominations and shows their films at European Film festivals, so we will include them for that purpose here. Don't like it take it up with The Council of Europe in Strasbourg.

http://conventions.coe.int/Treaty/Commun/ChercheSig.asp?NT=147&CM=&DF=&CL=ENG

[Northern_Sun]

For "Jäniksen Vuosi" (Year of the hare), it´ll be nearly impossible to find english subtitles though :( The dvd contains only finnish and swedish subtitles. Canadians made somekind of a remake of the movie with Christopher Lambert (lol, Highlander), but i doubt it´s anywhere near the original :)

Will not watch a remake. I can probably get the grasp of what it's about without subtitles. Maybe...:confused:

[purple]

The Lives of Others (2006). This movie is the greatest movie of the 00s, but was robbed at the dumb Oscars:mad:

https://files.nyu.edu/shk347/public/Pictures/das-leben-der-anderen.jpg

Also, Brigada, best Russian mafia Tv film.
http://www.cinefish.bg/data/movies_images/109/p_109564.jpg

Another Russian movie.
http://bt.eutorrents.com/imagehost/images/poster1brat1.jpg

Human trafficking. Russian-Swedish.
http://divxplanet.com/bigcover/0300140.jpg
Serbian.
http://i.dir.bg/kino/bposters/pos3357.gif

Romanian.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/41/4months3weeks%262days_poster.jpg

From BG ''Orchestra Without a Name'' (1982)
http://www.gamacan.com/tv/stranicifilmi/Orkestarbezime.jpg


I recommend them all:p

[Northern_Sun]

The Lives of Others (2006). This movie is the greatest movie of the 00s, but was robbed at the dumb Oscars:mad:

https://files.nyu.edu/shk347/public/Pictures/das-leben-der-anderen.jpg

Also, Brigada, best Russian mafia Tv film.
http://www.cinefish.bg/data/movies_images/109/p_109564.jpg

Another Russian movie.
http://bt.eutorrents.com/imagehost/images/poster1brat1.jpg

Human trafficking. Russian-Swedish.
http://divxplanet.com/bigcover/0300140.jpg
Serbian.
http://i.dir.bg/kino/bposters/pos3357.gif

Romanian.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/41/4months3weeks%262days_poster.jpg

From BG ''Orchestra Without a Name'' (1982)
http://www.gamacan.com/tv/stranicifilmi/Orkestarbezime.jpg


I recommend them all:p


I have not seen these. Great I will have something to watch! :thumb001::D

[purple]

Keep in mind that if you're American these movies can be little difficult to understand, since most of them are not even English or French or Italian but Eastern European and deal with harsh situations. Most of them are about the collapse of the communist regime:D But watch them and tell what you think:thumb001:

[Northern_Sun]

Keep in mind that if you're American these movies can be little difficult to understand, since most of them are not even English or French or Italian but Eastern European and deal with harsh situations. Most of them are about the collapse of the communist regime:D But watch them and tell what you think:thumb001:

Thanks! I will watch them. Don't worry they will not be too foreign for me as I am a duel citizen of EU-USA(I won't say what country as I don't look like I'm from there)! :thumb001:

[rhiannon]

Romanian.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/41/4months3weeks%262days_poster.jpg

I recommend them all:p

Another excellent selection...although parts of it were very disturbing to watch:cool:

I would love to see more foreign films....but one of the problems for me as a person who speaks English only is that a fair amount of a scene's original meaning tends to get lost when you are stuck reading a bunch of subtitles on the bottom of the screen. Sometimes you cannot even tell who has said what. I HATE that!!

This happens to me a lot with foreign films, and is one of the reasons I tend not to watch that many of them....much to my own chagrin:(

(I do know some German leftover from college years...but having not had a chance to use it much....the whole use it or lose it phenomena has, unfortunately, held fast)

[Hevneren]

Max Manus
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Kongen av Bastøy
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Elling
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Kautokeinopprøret
http://elvran.com/eil/bilder/EUL/kautokeino-opproeret.jpg

Das Experiment
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Die Welle
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Lola rennt
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Pan's Labyrinth
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[Nairi]

Have seen quite a few mentioned movies so far...

and mine will be...


http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMTUwNzkwMTk5Nl5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTYwMDAzMDI5._V1._ SY317_CR3,0,214,317_.jpg

movies of Almodovar
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_bNnndJErdUA/SLNhxUbPYWI/AAAAAAAAGrA/nC1koDXVJIA/s400/volver_dvd_penelope_cruz__large_.jpg

http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRZn1iUxrCnWGvvoIn0uA0QoJEzuEf9l pFDlHgPJzLi0efSQOtV7JlNDSvIxg

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WkKZJVG5wTk/TPDgxGd9TqI/AAAAAAACyBM/V6m0w8bz1iw/s1600/live_flesh.jpg

[Eva]

Malena -Romantic drama, an Italian movie by Giuseppe Tornatore, stars Monica Bellucci.

Her beauty is worth watching :thumb001:

http://1.fwcdn.pl/po/03/88/30388/6900358.3.jpg?l=1188875833000

http://www.metroactive.com/papers/metro/01.04.01/gifs/malena-0101.jpg

http://media.sbs.com.au/films/upload_media/site_28_rand_1094263181_malena_maxed.jpg

[eviline]

well because georgian films are allowed these are my favorites
repentance http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWgxbkAUuzw
tree of desires http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6L3_qEzf0E
iavnanga http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLGx6VD4yFo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zu3PsdSg7lw

[Stegura]

German

http://ts4.mm.bing.net/images/thumbnail.aspx?q=1619433296087&id=fc7ae1935b8f39bd70bcf3709b8fcd99

http://sharetv.org/images/posters/stalingrad_1993.jpg

http://www.outeredgemag.com.au/images/uploads/outeredge/reviews/DVD_north-face-movie.jpg

http://chinoisfacileparis.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/john-rabe.jpg

http://www.vanguardcinema.com/coverart/asfarasmyfeetwillcarryme.jpg


Russian

http://twitchfilm.com/reviews/9thCompany.jpg


Norwegian

http://ts2.mm.bing.net/images/thumbnail.aspx?q=1623595560269&id=61e37798979b69f41bbca0848271eb16

[Loddfafner]

France: La Grande Illusion (Renoir)
Sweden: anything by Ingmar Bergman
Spain: anything by Bunuel or Almodovar
England: anything with skinheads in it

[cilicia]

http://infolab.stanford.edu/~prasanna/dmc/rlr2-web.jpg


http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Leon-poster.jpg/220px-Leon-poster.jpg

[Northern_Sun]

Some French Favourites! I will probably think of more later! :p


http://meaghansmith.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/315__35708_zoom.jpg

http://thecia.com.au/reviews/m/images/moliere-moliere-ou-le-comedien-malgre-lui-poster-0.jpg

http://www.moviegoods.com/Assets/product_images/1020/270837.1020.A.jpg

http://img.soundtrackcollector.com/movie/large/Cyrano_de_Bergerac_(1990).jpg

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxeb5cUvWc1qdykedo1_500.jpg

And a comedy for a change...


http://www.bestfrenchfilms.com/p_lacage.jpg

French-American-Australian Production.


http://www.movieposter.com/posters/archive/main/45/MPW-22744

[Leadchucker]

http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMjE5Mzk5OTQ0Nl5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTYwNzUwMTQ5._V1._ SY317_.jpg

Issabelle Huppert :D
http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMTYzODg2MzYyN15BMl5BanBnXkFtZTYwNzk0MTI5._V1._ SY317_CR6,0,214,317_.jpg

Jean Reno :thumbs up
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[sydvice]

favorite european film is spanish movie rec i , advice all to see this film :cool:

[Teyrn]

Der Untergang.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Downfall_(film)

[devothcka]

http://images4.fanpop.com/image/photos/18100000/Amelie-amelie-18155575-800-600.jpg

One of my favs

[Incal]

The Lives of Others (2006). This movie is the greatest movie of the 00s, but was robbed at the dumb Oscars:mad:

https://files.nyu.edu/shk347/public/Pictures/das-leben-der-anderen.jpg

Romanian.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/41/4months3weeks%262days_poster.jpg


I liked these 2 movies a lot.

Some others that come to mind in no particular order:

http://images.coveralia.com/audio/b/BSO_Cinema_Paradiso--Frontal.jpg

http://dfrente.cl/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/Lock-Stock-Soundtrack.jpg

http://www.moviegoods.com/Assets/product_images/1020/189848.1020.A.jpg

http://www.jonathanrosenbaum.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/europa-europa-poster.jpg

http://www.refoyo.com/weblog/imagenes/LeSamourai0322b.jpg

http://pics.filmaffinity.com/REC-273731015-large.jpg

http://fotos0.mundofotos.net/2009/06_03_2009/cinemastars1236363947/el-dia-de-la-bestia.jpg

http://de10.com.mx/img/promos/tesis-cinta-3.jpg

http://rskentertainment.co.uk/prodimg/MMS08022.jpg

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-tR_CClS9uFY/TsARHYtYpGI/AAAAAAAAAc8/u01aNvCmUOU/s1600/stalkerfrenchB.jpg

http://imagenes.subadictos.net/afiche/8304.jpg

http://www.alterexa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/la-haine.jpg

[Teyrn]

How could I forget Wicker Man (the original)? :O

[Caismeachd]

Recently watched the movie "Trois Colouers Rouge" a movie about solidarity compassion and chance. It was ok.

My favorite films, though, are.

"Army of Shadows" a movie about the French Resistance in WW2.

Not really European but I love Andrei Tarkovsky's film.

Similar director from Hungary is Bela Tarr. Most of their movies are quite good.

Wicker Man is also a great film. Haven't watched it in a while but have two different versions of the sound track.

[Gamera]

The Lives of the Others still blows me away every time I watch it. And I've watched it like 10 times already.

[Caismeachd]

That's the 2nd movie my friend suggested to me after Trois Colouers Rogue. Bot have a similar theme as well.

[devothcka]

http://muyociosos.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/297386_1020_A.jpg

Trainspotting

[Caismeachd]

I'm Scottish. We're no like that movie ken the new och aye.

[RoyBatty]

How could I forget Wicked Man (the original)? :O

That sounds like a porno? :p

Perhaps you're referring to The Wicker Man? :D

[Caismeachd]

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[Caismeachd]

HkRiKeg7TPg Robert Burns poem. Very beautiful.

[Ivo Arandur]

I haven't watched many European movies recently but some nice ones that I can remember off the top of my head are: "Innocence" by Lucile Hadzihalilovic, "Amelie", Julio Medem's "Sex and Lucia", one Turkish movie - "Issiz Adam", "Let the right one in" was also nice (I mean the Danish original not the remake)...

[Teyrn]

That sounds like a porno? :p

Perhaps you're referring to The Wicker Man? :D

Eh, yes. I changed the typo. :p

[EirikTheRed]

'Cvetje v Jeseni' or 'Blossoms in Autumn' is a good Slovenian film
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069936/

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BN2UwNWM3OGMtMTU5Mi00OTg2LWExN2EtNzdjYWY3Mzg0ZD VjXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMTQ0MjgzODU@._V1_UY1200_CR105,0, 630,1200_AL_.jpg

[InfamousAngel99]

I haven’t seen many European films besides horror films, so this list will only be horror films. More will be French, because I speak conversational French, so I don’t have to look at the subtitles as much:
- Suspiria (Italy)
- Viy/Вий (Only horror film released in the Soviet Union)
- Them/Ils (France/Romania)
- Eyes Without A Face/Les Yeux sans Visage (France/Italy)
- Diabolique/Les Diaboliques (France)

Can’t really think of anymore tbh. I know I’ve seen more, but…

[Lis3]

I haven’t seen many European films besides horror films, so this list will only be horror films. More will be French, because I speak conversational French, so I don’t have to look at the subtitles as much:
- Suspiria (Italy)
- Viy/Вий (Only horror film released in the Soviet Union)
- Them/Ils (France/Romania)
- Eyes Without A Face/Les Yeux sans Visage (France/Italy)
- Diabolique/Les Diaboliques (France)

Can’t really think of anymore tbh. I know I’ve seen more, but…

I really like that you mention Eyes Without a Face! I love that film. Such a great mix of horror and fairy tale elements.

[Smitty]

I've mentioned this one before, but Los Ojos de Julia (Spain, obviously) is one of the best horror movies I've seen.

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51v1hZzAbhL._AC_.jpg

[Ford]

https://tr.web.img4.acsta.net/pictures/14/06/05/12/02/003302.jpg

[Tsuin]

An Orange Clockwork (Britain)
Trainspotting (Scotland)
Suspiria (Italy)

[TheMaestro]

The Hunt good psychological movie that shows consequences of a gossip.

https://i.imgur.com/Ht451Fz.jpg

[Incal]

A must see:

https://mrtns.eu/tovar/_l/282/l282603.jpg?v=1604400262