Top 5 Foreign Films You Need To See
by stephenalder1 | created - 03 Feb 2013 | updated - 03 Feb 2013 | Public- Instant Watch Options
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1. Battle Royale (2000)
Not Rated | 114 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
In the future, the Japanese government captures a class of ninth-grade students and forces them to kill one another under the revolutionary "Battle Royale" act.
Director: Kinji Fukasaku | Stars: Tatsuya Fujiwara, Aki Maeda, Tarô Yamamoto, Chiaki Kuriyama
Votes: 194,543
A stylistic yet controversial picture from acclaimed Japanese director Kinji Fukasaku. This demonstrates gore and violence to a whole new extreme and really puts forward the notion. What limits would you go to survive? This is my favorite foreign film to date. It has an engaging story, good, bad and psychotic characters and an overall story that leaves the viewer satisfied. Rivaling Gladiator for film of the year. 5/5
2. Shaun of the Dead (2004)
R | 99 min | Comedy, Horror
The uneventful, aimless lives of a London electronics salesman and his layabout roommate are disrupted by the zombie apocalypse.
Director: Edgar Wright | Stars: Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Kate Ashfield, Lucy Davis
Votes: 594,410 | Gross: $13.54M
This Truely is the best zombie comedy to date. 2004's Shaun Of The Dead was the film that Britain can hold dear to their hearts. It's witty humor, good-hearted characters and rewatchability. This truly is a special film that has set the standards in which zombie movies must attempt to defeat. 5/5
3. Seven Samurai (1954)
Not Rated | 207 min | Action, Drama
Farmers from a village exploited by bandits hire a veteran samurai for protection, who gathers six other samurai to join him.
Director: Akira Kurosawa | Stars: Toshirô Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Keiko Tsushima, Yukiko Shimazaki
Votes: 367,067 | Gross: $0.27M
The most notable Kurosawa film and in my opinion his best. The dialogue, action and overall story makes this film hard to look away from. Its shot beautifully and is the best way to get introduced to Kurosawa's work. 5/5
4. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009)
R | 152 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A journalist is aided by a young female hacker in his search for the killer of a woman who has been dead for forty years.
Director: Niels Arden Oplev | Stars: Michael Nyqvist, Noomi Rapace, Ewa Fröling, Lena Endre
Votes: 223,400 | Gross: $10.10M
One of the greatest films I have ever seen. It has so many elements to it. We have a murder mystery, an intensely engaging thriller aspect, while having moments of savage and gruesome brutality I love the Swedish Millennium Trilogy, but this one for me was the staple of epicness and lived up to my expectations completely. 5/5
5. The Horde (2009)
Not Rated | 90 min | Action, Horror
An end of the world battle between gangsters, cops and zombies.
Directors: Yannick Dahan, Benjamin Rocher | Stars: Claude Perron, Jean-Pierre Martins, Eriq Ebouaney, Aurélien Recoing
Votes: 16,400
A film that alot of people generally have not heard and it's a shame. I found this to be incredibly engaging, with some incredible fight choreography and even gets you behind the survivors of this zombie apocalypse who are primarily criminals and killers. I find this film entertaining and enjoy it more with repeat viewings. While not perfect by any means, its a film I love to watch. 4/5
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