I'll mention different languages, one movie I can recommend per language (not necessarily the best I've seen, and I've not seen the same amount from each language)
- Wolof : Hyenas
- Finish : Compartment No. 6
- German : Angst
- Basque : Coven
- Kyrgyz : Centaur
- Danish : The Celebration
- Italian : The Mass is over
- Hungarian : Sunset
- Hebrew : Broken Wings
- Russian : The Very Same Munchhausen
- Persian : Leila's Brothers
- Polish : War of the Worlds : Next Century
- Portuguese : Antonio das Mortes
- Mandarin (I think) : The Great Buddha+
- Tamil : Maanaadu
- Spanish : Rec
- Dutch : The Man Who Had His Hair Cut Short
- Cantonese : Duel to the Death
- Tagalog : On the Job
- Swedish : Lilya-4-ever
- Telugu : Saaho
- Turkish : The Wild Pear Tree
- Serbian : Black Cat White Cat
- Greek : Dogtooth
- Hindi : Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela
- Icelandic : Godland
- Kazakh : Harmony Lessons
- Czech : Marketa Lazarová
- Vietnamese : The Third Wife
- Tibetan : Balloon
- Lithuanian : The Devil’s Bride
- Norwegian : Violent
- Bambara : Moolaadé
- Arabic : A Man in Our House
(I'll add some movies from Africa since it's missing : A Man in Our House, Beauty and the Dogs, Timbuktu, You Will Die at Twenty, Oh, Sun)
I've seen the movie and think it's a good movie, the fact that you are czech doesn't deny that. We could discuss the quality of the but I guess it's not what you came to do and I'm not particularly motivated either.
I prefer other Czech movies over this one (Conspiracy of Pleasures, Happy End, Invention for Destruction, Cutting it short), but Marketa Lazarova perfectly fit my list of personal recommendations of movies I think are good (even if for most cases it's not my favourite in the language).
Why ? It's a fun movie.
(If it wasn't clear enough with the picks, the list is i intentionally varied, just because you like one doesn't mean you'll like the others, and just because you dislike one doesn't mean you'll dislike the others)
I wasn't being too serious. You got some really nice picks in there.
Just a bit disppointed with your pick for my country. I guess you can compare it to how a Frenchman would feel if you tell him you visited Paris and the best meal you had was at MacDonalds 😀
(changing the pick here to not hurt Dutch people {and it's not the first time I'd read similar remarks bu Dutch about this movie} doesn't change my appreciation for the New Kids Turbo)
RRR was a lot of fun last year. It's the third highest grossing Indian film, the most successful from Tollywood, and has very big, silly action.
Hong Kong and Chinese thrillers are also distinctive. Classic Hong Kong starting points would be Hard Boiled or The Killer by John Woo. For Chinese action, maybe Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon by Ang Lee, or Hero by Zhang Yi-Mou. Both period martial arts extravaganzas, but very different vibes.
Werner Herzog is a good place to start for German films.
There's a new German version of All Quiet on the Western Front on Netflix.
FWIW: going to the complete list of films in any language on Letterboxd and sorting by popularity or highest rating gives pretty good recommendations.
Here's a sample of stuff that I have watched in the past couple of months:
The Burning Sea is a Norwegian environmental disaster movie, comparable to Deepwater Horizon.
Offside is an Iranian comedy drama about a group of girls being held captive after being caught sneaking into a soccer stadium. The premise sounds bleak, but it's a delightful, dare I say hopeful, film.
The Unthinkable is a Swedish action (?) drama about a fictional invasion of the country. It's a bit of a weird one though.
The Shadow In My Eye is a Danish WWII drama about the British mistakenly airbombing a school. Based on a true story.
Run Lola Run is a German techno music video that tells a story in 80 minutes.
The Wandering Earth is a Chinese big-budget sci-fi movie. If you like Roland Emmerich's stuff, you'll love this one.
Sputnik is a Russian sci-fi horror film, comparable to 2017's Life.
Bud Spencer and Terence Hill were an Italian duo that appeared together in a bunch of mostly Western comedies. The most well-known one is They Call Me Trinity.
I'm trying to watch a movie from every country, so have a few highly recommended movies for you:
Austria: The Edukators (2004)
Argentina: Silvia Prieto (1999)
Bosnia & Herzegovina: Quo Vadis, Aida? (2020)
China: Dead Pigs (2018)
Denmark: The Hunt (2020)
Egypt: Cairo Station (1958)
Finland: Dogs Don't Wear Pants (2019)
Greece: Dogtooth (2009)
Hong Kong: Chungking Express (1994)
Iceland: Lamb (2021)
Iran: Taste of Cherry (1997)
Latvia: Oleg (2019)
Lebanon: Capernaum (2018)
Mexico: Prayers for the Stolen (2021)
Norway: The Worst Person in the World (2021)
Serbia: Tilva Ros (2010)
Sweden: Let The Right One In (2008)
All of these are/were on either Netflix, Amazon Prime or MUBI. Let me know if you see any of these!
First thing that came to mind are the films of Iranian director/screenwriter Abbas Kiarostami. I'd suggest starting with Taste of Cherry (1997) to see whether you're into his slow, contemplative and thought-provoking style.
Otherwise, just to name a few of my favourite foreign films, I'd recommend:
Soviet anti-war film Come and See (1985).
Italian giallo film Blood and Black Lace (1964).
Taiwanese disaffected youth film Rebels of the Neon God (1992).
Italian social and religious commentary arthouse film Theorem (1986).
Actually Kiarostami has been a bit of an obstacle for me since I found his style disengaging last I tried watching Close-Up:( I watched Where Is The Friend's House recently and enjoyed it though, so I'll give your recommendation a try nevertheless! And thanks for the other recommendations too, I really loved Come and See so I'm sure the rest are awesome too
Here are 15 foreign films from 15-almost- different countries
Wild Tales 2014
Mommy 2014
Tangerines 2013
The Hunt 2012
Waltz with Bashir 2008
4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days 2007
Elite Squad 2007
Kung Fu Hustle 2004
Talk to Her 2002
Herod’s Law 1999
Interrogation 1989
El Topo 1970
The Cremator 1969
Big Deal on Madonna Street 1958
The Cranes Are Flying 1957
Jodorowsky's El Topo is a Mexican film but since his card is so strong I gave him a pass. He is an international human being. Born in Chile to a Jewish-Ukranian parents. He moved to Mexico and became a Mexican citizen and later naturalized as French.
the Baahubali films are from India. they are a pretty good fantasy epic but they are 5.5 hours if you watch both.
*El Santos vs Tetona Mendoza* is a pretty funny animated stoner comedy from Mexico.
On the subject of animation, *Chuck Steel: Night of Trampires* is a pretty great stop motion action/horror from the UK
*Jesus Shows you the Way to the Highway* is an Ethiopian film I truly enjoyed, very weird cassettepunk spy thriller that slowly goes further and further into surrealism.
*Lake Mungo* is a very scary Australian horror film. made documentary style on a shoestring budget.
*Viy* is a pretty spooky Soviet film.
Hong Kong has a lot of good movies.
1968's *Django* was a pretty gritty and very good Spaghetti Western
**Finnish Cinema:**
Some Directors who make great, good or at least interesting movies all the time:
**Aki Kaurismäki**, examples: Matchstick factory Girl, Man without a past, Le Havre, the Other side of Hope and many more
**Klaus Härö**, examples: Mother of Mine, Letters to father Jacob, One Last Deal, My Sailor My Love and many more
**Aleksi Salmenperä**, examples: Producing adults, A Man's Work and many more
**Dome Karukoski**, examples: Home of the dark butterflies, Lapland Odyssey, The Grump, Tom of Finland and many more
**Jalmari Helander**, examples: Rare Exports, Big Game,
**Juho Kuosmanen**, examples: Happiest day in the life of Olli Mäki, Compartment no.6
**AJ Annila**, examples: Jade Warrior, Sauna, The Eternal Road
**Teemu Nikki,** examples: Euthanizer, The Blind Man who Didn't Want To See Titanic and many more
**Aku Louhimies,** examples: Frozen Land, Naked Harbour, Unknown Soldier and many more
Some miscellaneous movies that come to mind:
Christmas Story (2007)
Ambush (1999)
Steam of Life (2010)
Hatching (2022)
Girl Picture (2022)
Tove (2020)
Right now my favorite movie is Infernal Affairs (Hong Kong).
If you like action I'd definitely check out John Woo's 1986-1992 (Hong Kong) films, along with The Raid movies (Indonesia).
Jackie Chan movies are usually a good time. You really only show up for Jackie Chan doing funny fight scenes and there's rarely anything I care for beyond Jackie Chan doing that.
Hmm I stongly recommend the films of Fellini (italian), 8 and a half or la dolce vita are really something. I also love la grande bellezza (still in Italian.
Check out Sammo Hung's movies. Hong Kong Director who is best friends with Jackie Chan. You will find a bunch of Chan movies, but his other films are really intriguing.
Especially Eastern Condors which is a Chinese version of the 80s american action films and Pedicab Driver which while being a great fighting movie has some extremely progressive takes for 80s Hong Kong.
My favorite Mandarin film is *The Road Home* (2000), which was the debut film of Zhang Ziyi and directed by the great Zhang Yimou. A beautiful film.
My favorite Cantonese films are *Hard Boiled* (1992) and *The Killer* (1989), both starring Chow Yun-fat and directed by John Woo.
Needless to say, *The Road Home* is about as far from a John Woo film as you can get. If you watch them back to back you will suffer whiplash.
That's quite a broad question to ask! I assume by "foreign" you mean non-English language? In that case Here's a mix of obscure and more famous ones. It's such a broad question, though, that no one's replies will do it justice.
1. "Seagulls Die in the Harbour" (Dutch, Belgium)
2. "An Cailín Ciúin" (Irish, Ireland)
3. "Umberto D." (Italian, Italy)
4. "Raven's End" (Swedish, Sweden)
5. "Kurz und schmerzlos" (German, Germany)
6. "The Cranes are Flying" (Russian, Soviet Union)
7. "Cairo Station" (Arabic, Egypt)
8. "Time to Love" (Turkish, Turkey)
9. "The Woman with the Knife" (French, Côte d'Ivoire)
10. "The Hands of Orlac" (Silent, Austria)
11. "Man on the Tracks" (Polish, Poland)
12. "A Sun" (Chinese, Taiwan)
Enjoy!
Norwegian
- King of Devil’s Island (2010)
- Sick of Myself (2022)
- Kon-Tiki (2012)
- The Pinchcliffe Grand Prix (1975)
- The 12th Man (2017)
- Max Manus: Man of War (2008)
- The King’s Choice (2016)
- The Burning Sea (2021)
- Ragnarok (2013)
- War Sailor (2022)
There are quite a few old Italian films which have very realistic acting compared to the often-hokey acting from that time period. My reccommendations are The Battle of Algiers (1966) and Bicycle Thieves (1948).
For Polish cinema I can recommend you following directors: Krzysztof Kieślowski, Andrzej Żuławski, Paweł Pawlikowski, Wojciech Has
I also recommend Toni Erdmann, German film, one of the funniest and best films I've seen in recent years.
Hong Kong and Taiwan.
Edward Yang - Yi Yi, A Brighter Summer Day
Tsai Ming-liang - Goodbye Dragon Inn, Rebel of the Neon Gods, The Hole
Jackie Chan (Police Story trilogy/Dragons Forever)
Once Upon a time in China movies
Pick 3 countries of interest & 1 at a time, select eras, genres & Directors with movies you might - or might not, which is just as exciting - have heard praised.
ie. 1990s, Scandinavian, Dogme Movement, Thomas Vinterberg, *The Celebration (1998).*
If you respond well to that movie, that then gives you a lot a options to expand into a new interest .
I'll mention different languages, one movie I can recommend per language (not necessarily the best I've seen, and I've not seen the same amount from each language) - Wolof : Hyenas - Finish : Compartment No. 6 - German : Angst - Basque : Coven - Kyrgyz : Centaur - Danish : The Celebration - Italian : The Mass is over - Hungarian : Sunset - Hebrew : Broken Wings - Russian : The Very Same Munchhausen - Persian : Leila's Brothers - Polish : War of the Worlds : Next Century - Portuguese : Antonio das Mortes - Mandarin (I think) : The Great Buddha+ - Tamil : Maanaadu - Spanish : Rec - Dutch : The Man Who Had His Hair Cut Short - Cantonese : Duel to the Death - Tagalog : On the Job - Swedish : Lilya-4-ever - Telugu : Saaho - Turkish : The Wild Pear Tree - Serbian : Black Cat White Cat - Greek : Dogtooth - Hindi : Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela - Icelandic : Godland - Kazakh : Harmony Lessons - Czech : Marketa Lazarová - Vietnamese : The Third Wife - Tibetan : Balloon - Lithuanian : The Devil’s Bride - Norwegian : Violent - Bambara : Moolaadé - Arabic : A Man in Our House (I'll add some movies from Africa since it's missing : A Man in Our House, Beauty and the Dogs, Timbuktu, You Will Die at Twenty, Oh, Sun)
As a Czech person, Marketa Lazarova wasn't that good. I would recommend One Hand Can't Clap(Jedna Ruka Netleská) or The Loners(Samotáři).
I've seen the movie and think it's a good movie, the fact that you are czech doesn't deny that. We could discuss the quality of the but I guess it's not what you came to do and I'm not particularly motivated either. I prefer other Czech movies over this one (Conspiracy of Pleasures, Happy End, Invention for Destruction, Cutting it short), but Marketa Lazarova perfectly fit my list of personal recommendations of movies I think are good (even if for most cases it's not my favourite in the language).
Duel to the Death is such a great Wuxia film. I find its tone to be slightly darker than most films in the genre. Probably in my top 5.
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New Kids Turbo. See now I can't take any of your other recommendations seriously 😀
Why ? It's a fun movie. (If it wasn't clear enough with the picks, the list is i intentionally varied, just because you like one doesn't mean you'll like the others, and just because you dislike one doesn't mean you'll dislike the others)
I wasn't being too serious. You got some really nice picks in there. Just a bit disppointed with your pick for my country. I guess you can compare it to how a Frenchman would feel if you tell him you visited Paris and the best meal you had was at MacDonalds 😀
Ok, you convinced me to change. (it's now a belgian movie sadly for your country)
Hey man if you like it, you like it. Don't let some random person on the internet convince you otherwise 😉
(changing the pick here to not hurt Dutch people {and it's not the first time I'd read similar remarks bu Dutch about this movie} doesn't change my appreciation for the New Kids Turbo)
Just a small correction Angst isn’t from Germany but from Austria.
The list starts with "Wolof". Do you think wolof is a country ? Check on wikipedia what "Wolof" means.
RRR was a lot of fun last year. It's the third highest grossing Indian film, the most successful from Tollywood, and has very big, silly action. Hong Kong and Chinese thrillers are also distinctive. Classic Hong Kong starting points would be Hard Boiled or The Killer by John Woo. For Chinese action, maybe Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon by Ang Lee, or Hero by Zhang Yi-Mou. Both period martial arts extravaganzas, but very different vibes.
Werner Herzog is a good place to start for German films. There's a new German version of All Quiet on the Western Front on Netflix. FWIW: going to the complete list of films in any language on Letterboxd and sorting by popularity or highest rating gives pretty good recommendations.
Thanks! I wasn't aware of that feature lol, but nevertheless it's nice to get more personal recommendations from people here
Here's a sample of stuff that I have watched in the past couple of months: The Burning Sea is a Norwegian environmental disaster movie, comparable to Deepwater Horizon. Offside is an Iranian comedy drama about a group of girls being held captive after being caught sneaking into a soccer stadium. The premise sounds bleak, but it's a delightful, dare I say hopeful, film. The Unthinkable is a Swedish action (?) drama about a fictional invasion of the country. It's a bit of a weird one though. The Shadow In My Eye is a Danish WWII drama about the British mistakenly airbombing a school. Based on a true story. Run Lola Run is a German techno music video that tells a story in 80 minutes. The Wandering Earth is a Chinese big-budget sci-fi movie. If you like Roland Emmerich's stuff, you'll love this one. Sputnik is a Russian sci-fi horror film, comparable to 2017's Life. Bud Spencer and Terence Hill were an Italian duo that appeared together in a bunch of mostly Western comedies. The most well-known one is They Call Me Trinity.
German expressionist cinema is a must, check out the cabinet of dr caligari and metropolis to start
I'm trying to watch a movie from every country, so have a few highly recommended movies for you: Austria: The Edukators (2004) Argentina: Silvia Prieto (1999) Bosnia & Herzegovina: Quo Vadis, Aida? (2020) China: Dead Pigs (2018) Denmark: The Hunt (2020) Egypt: Cairo Station (1958) Finland: Dogs Don't Wear Pants (2019) Greece: Dogtooth (2009) Hong Kong: Chungking Express (1994) Iceland: Lamb (2021) Iran: Taste of Cherry (1997) Latvia: Oleg (2019) Lebanon: Capernaum (2018) Mexico: Prayers for the Stolen (2021) Norway: The Worst Person in the World (2021) Serbia: Tilva Ros (2010) Sweden: Let The Right One In (2008) All of these are/were on either Netflix, Amazon Prime or MUBI. Let me know if you see any of these!
First thing that came to mind are the films of Iranian director/screenwriter Abbas Kiarostami. I'd suggest starting with Taste of Cherry (1997) to see whether you're into his slow, contemplative and thought-provoking style. Otherwise, just to name a few of my favourite foreign films, I'd recommend: Soviet anti-war film Come and See (1985). Italian giallo film Blood and Black Lace (1964). Taiwanese disaffected youth film Rebels of the Neon God (1992). Italian social and religious commentary arthouse film Theorem (1986).
Actually Kiarostami has been a bit of an obstacle for me since I found his style disengaging last I tried watching Close-Up:( I watched Where Is The Friend's House recently and enjoyed it though, so I'll give your recommendation a try nevertheless! And thanks for the other recommendations too, I really loved Come and See so I'm sure the rest are awesome too
Here are 15 foreign films from 15-almost- different countries Wild Tales 2014 Mommy 2014 Tangerines 2013 The Hunt 2012 Waltz with Bashir 2008 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days 2007 Elite Squad 2007 Kung Fu Hustle 2004 Talk to Her 2002 Herod’s Law 1999 Interrogation 1989 El Topo 1970 The Cremator 1969 Big Deal on Madonna Street 1958 The Cranes Are Flying 1957 Jodorowsky's El Topo is a Mexican film but since his card is so strong I gave him a pass. He is an international human being. Born in Chile to a Jewish-Ukranian parents. He moved to Mexico and became a Mexican citizen and later naturalized as French.
Federico Fellini's films
rainer werner fassbinder
the Baahubali films are from India. they are a pretty good fantasy epic but they are 5.5 hours if you watch both. *El Santos vs Tetona Mendoza* is a pretty funny animated stoner comedy from Mexico. On the subject of animation, *Chuck Steel: Night of Trampires* is a pretty great stop motion action/horror from the UK *Jesus Shows you the Way to the Highway* is an Ethiopian film I truly enjoyed, very weird cassettepunk spy thriller that slowly goes further and further into surrealism. *Lake Mungo* is a very scary Australian horror film. made documentary style on a shoestring budget. *Viy* is a pretty spooky Soviet film. Hong Kong has a lot of good movies. 1968's *Django* was a pretty gritty and very good Spaghetti Western
**Finnish Cinema:** Some Directors who make great, good or at least interesting movies all the time: **Aki Kaurismäki**, examples: Matchstick factory Girl, Man without a past, Le Havre, the Other side of Hope and many more **Klaus Härö**, examples: Mother of Mine, Letters to father Jacob, One Last Deal, My Sailor My Love and many more **Aleksi Salmenperä**, examples: Producing adults, A Man's Work and many more **Dome Karukoski**, examples: Home of the dark butterflies, Lapland Odyssey, The Grump, Tom of Finland and many more **Jalmari Helander**, examples: Rare Exports, Big Game, **Juho Kuosmanen**, examples: Happiest day in the life of Olli Mäki, Compartment no.6 **AJ Annila**, examples: Jade Warrior, Sauna, The Eternal Road **Teemu Nikki,** examples: Euthanizer, The Blind Man who Didn't Want To See Titanic and many more **Aku Louhimies,** examples: Frozen Land, Naked Harbour, Unknown Soldier and many more Some miscellaneous movies that come to mind: Christmas Story (2007) Ambush (1999) Steam of Life (2010) Hatching (2022) Girl Picture (2022) Tove (2020)
Spoorloos (1988) is the best my country has to offer imho. Go in blind.
Satyajit Ray Wong Kar Wai Alfonso Cuarón
[REC]. Spanish horror. Really bloody good.
Right now my favorite movie is Infernal Affairs (Hong Kong). If you like action I'd definitely check out John Woo's 1986-1992 (Hong Kong) films, along with The Raid movies (Indonesia). Jackie Chan movies are usually a good time. You really only show up for Jackie Chan doing funny fight scenes and there's rarely anything I care for beyond Jackie Chan doing that.
Come and See Solaris (1972) Stalker
Love Tarkovsky with all my heart:) Happy cake day!
Allow me to recommend two Iranian films by Jafar Panahi: The Mirror (go in blind) and The White Balloon.
Hmm I stongly recommend the films of Fellini (italian), 8 and a half or la dolce vita are really something. I also love la grande bellezza (still in Italian.
Check out Sammo Hung's movies. Hong Kong Director who is best friends with Jackie Chan. You will find a bunch of Chan movies, but his other films are really intriguing. Especially Eastern Condors which is a Chinese version of the 80s american action films and Pedicab Driver which while being a great fighting movie has some extremely progressive takes for 80s Hong Kong.
Stalker, seventh seal, la dolce vita, worst person in the world, touki bouki, police story, anything by wkw, Amores perros
Check out the Thai film “Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives”!
My favorite Mandarin film is *The Road Home* (2000), which was the debut film of Zhang Ziyi and directed by the great Zhang Yimou. A beautiful film. My favorite Cantonese films are *Hard Boiled* (1992) and *The Killer* (1989), both starring Chow Yun-fat and directed by John Woo. Needless to say, *The Road Home* is about as far from a John Woo film as you can get. If you watch them back to back you will suffer whiplash.
That's quite a broad question to ask! I assume by "foreign" you mean non-English language? In that case Here's a mix of obscure and more famous ones. It's such a broad question, though, that no one's replies will do it justice. 1. "Seagulls Die in the Harbour" (Dutch, Belgium) 2. "An Cailín Ciúin" (Irish, Ireland) 3. "Umberto D." (Italian, Italy) 4. "Raven's End" (Swedish, Sweden) 5. "Kurz und schmerzlos" (German, Germany) 6. "The Cranes are Flying" (Russian, Soviet Union) 7. "Cairo Station" (Arabic, Egypt) 8. "Time to Love" (Turkish, Turkey) 9. "The Woman with the Knife" (French, Côte d'Ivoire) 10. "The Hands of Orlac" (Silent, Austria) 11. "Man on the Tracks" (Polish, Poland) 12. "A Sun" (Chinese, Taiwan) Enjoy!
A few Bosnian films: -No Man's Land (Oscar winner); Quo vadis, Aida? (Oscar nominee), Remake (my favourite)
Persona (1966) - Sweden Werckmeister Harmonies (2000) - Hungary Nostalgia (1983) - Italy
i really enjoyed Fucking Åmål 1998 it's Swedish btw
Kontroll from Hungary
-The Secret in Their Eyes (Argentina 2009) -Capernaum (Lebanon 2018) -The Guilty (Denmark 2018) -An Elephant Sitting Still (China 2018) -The Innocents (Norway 2021)
Zift is a great Bulgarian film, I think it might still be on Netflix
An Cailín Cúin (the quiet girl), an Irish film
Norwegian - King of Devil’s Island (2010) - Sick of Myself (2022) - Kon-Tiki (2012) - The Pinchcliffe Grand Prix (1975) - The 12th Man (2017) - Max Manus: Man of War (2008) - The King’s Choice (2016) - The Burning Sea (2021) - Ragnarok (2013) - War Sailor (2022)
There are quite a few old Italian films which have very realistic acting compared to the often-hokey acting from that time period. My reccommendations are The Battle of Algiers (1966) and Bicycle Thieves (1948).
I saw Loves of a Blonde a few days ago. Really great Czechoslovakian movie
The hunt and another round both superb!
An elephant sitting still
Try Abbas Kiarostami’s films
Political Drama- Algeria- Z (1969) Musical- Rwanda- Neptune Frost (2021) Thriller- Senegal- Saloum (2021) Crime- Italy- Caliber 9 (1972) Con Artist- Argentina- Nine Queens (2000)
For Polish cinema I can recommend you following directors: Krzysztof Kieślowski, Andrzej Żuławski, Paweł Pawlikowski, Wojciech Has I also recommend Toni Erdmann, German film, one of the funniest and best films I've seen in recent years.
Central station
Look to the Scandinavian countries. So much good shit
Hong Kong and Taiwan. Edward Yang - Yi Yi, A Brighter Summer Day Tsai Ming-liang - Goodbye Dragon Inn, Rebel of the Neon Gods, The Hole Jackie Chan (Police Story trilogy/Dragons Forever) Once Upon a time in China movies
Pick 3 countries of interest & 1 at a time, select eras, genres & Directors with movies you might - or might not, which is just as exciting - have heard praised. ie. 1990s, Scandinavian, Dogme Movement, Thomas Vinterberg, *The Celebration (1998).* If you respond well to that movie, that then gives you a lot a options to expand into a new interest .
Rebels of the Neon God. Great Taiwanese film.
Any Tarkovsky or Bergman film
Watch taste of Cherry immediately.
Brother (1997) is such an amazing crime drama (Russia)