Realistic Foreign Movies

Screwston

 
Banned
Brother - Russian movie that was filmed in St. Petersburg in the mid to late 90's on a $10,000 budget. It's about a young man who goes to live with his brother and becomes a hitman like him. It was entertaining and gives a good glimpse of how the people live every day over there.
 

Sourcecode

Crow
Gold Member


Check out the devils double
Its almost like a old style mobster movie "portraying" the struggles between saddams player son Uday and is body double.

Supposedly the body double lied about all this.
But alot of udays actions are suppose to be close to real life.

Dude liked to cruise around and pick up young girls off the street..rape and mutilate them with a drunk coked up dick and then toss them,
or just kill because he was in a bad mood.

Apparently he was so wild even his own dad didnt want him in power.

dvd link online
It was only in limited theatres..and the sundance festival..but its already go a leak online
 

Screwston

 
Banned
The Man of the Year - Brazilian film about an everyday guy who bleaches his hair because of a bet. He ends up killing someone who makes fun of it and becomes a hired steet vigilante by the rich. Also ends up banging a 15 yr old and killing his wife. Kind of slow towards the end but its worth checking out.

Steal - This one was filmed in Montreal. Its a stupid movie about a group of bank robbers who are forced to rob banks and armored trucks by the police and give up the money. It has some good shots of the city though. Thumbs down for the movie but thumbs up for the shots.
 

Screwston

 
Banned
Roosh - I accidentaly rated my own thread 1 star!! Any way you can change it to 5?


Mesrine: Part 2: Public Enemy #1 - French movie. I wrote up the review for part 1 earlier in the thread. This one doesn't have as much action as part 1. Decent movie. My review hasn't changed after watching both.

The Robber - German movie that was shot in Austria. Based on a true story of an Austrian marathon runner who starts robbing banks. Decent movie. A little slow for me, but I would say check it out.

As Far As My Feet Will Carry Me - German movie. This one was pretty cool. True story of a German POW who escapes from a Siberian labor camp during WWII and travels more than 8,000 miles back to his family in Germany.

Kidulthood - British movie. I liked this one, because it reminded me of my younger days haha. It's kind of like the American movie KIDS if anyone has seen that. A group of high school kids in West London have the day off, because a classmate hung herself. Drugs, violence, and sex are the main topics in this. I wish the director would of made this more realistic (a guy is snorting line after line yet somehow can get his dick hard, kids get their asses kicked yet don't have any bruises or marks on face, etc). I still highly recommend checking this one out. Very entertaining.

Night Watch - Russian movie. Horrible movie about vampires and other supernatural shit. I fell asleep about 3 times during this one, and didn't even finish it.

Police, Adjective - Romanian movie. A cop is assigned to watch a high school kid who is suspected of dealing weed. He's clearly not dealing, just getting high with his friends. The lawman doesn't want to arrest him, because this would ruin the young man's future but his superior is insistent. This is a cool drama. I forgot how serious weed is in some countries and it gave me goosebumps because I was doing the same thing in high school. 2 thumbs up.
 

Alfonzo

Robin
Quebec movies: -Monsieur Lazard
- Incendie
- 7 jours du talion or 7 days in english
- Crazy

French movies: all Marcel pagnol movies( jean de florette,manon des sources,la gloire de mon père,
le château de mon père .)
-Le dîner de con
- Les choristes
-L'immortel
-Les valseuses
- Cyrano de bergerac
- Ma 6t va cra-k(movie on the '' banlieu'')
- A prophete

Italian: -Gomorrah
- Cinema paradisio
-Life is beautiful

Brazilian:- the director is brazilian , the movie is in spanish - Motorcycle diaries, it's the life of Che Guevara in his early years .

- City of God
 

Luvianka

Kingfisher
houston said:
What are some good, realistic movies from other countries? I'm trying to find films that show how it really is in everyday life so I can tease myself some more.

Colombia: La Virgen de los Sicarios.
Mexico: Los Olvidados.
 

The Fantasist

Pelican
Gold Member
Realism in foreign film.....Look no further then Russian gangster thriller 'Brat' ( Brother ). It gives it you all in bucket loads. Young army dude ( played by the excellent Sergei Bodrov Jnr. ) heads to St.Peter to stay with his brother,ultra violence ensues. Cult film everyone who has spent time in Russia has seen. Great soundtrack. Unforgettable. It's also up on Youtube with English subs. You won't regret watching it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmzUJkrKq5Q
 

The Fantasist

Pelican
Gold Member
BrownBear said:
Great russian movies
Brat
Brat 2
Brigada-TV series
The Italian
The Thief
The Return
Bumer
Bumer 2

I don't know if I can agree with Brat 2. The first was excellent but the second one lacked the realism of the first.
The Thief was a great film. Heard lots about Bumer but not seen it yet.

A few great Russian films that are not gangsterish but still excellent:
Driver for Vera
Taxi Blues
ASSA
Little Vera
Prisoner of the mountains

Love Russian films.
 

The Fantasist

Pelican
Gold Member
houston said:
I wish streaming Netflix had the full selcection like when you order. I want to watch more Russian ones, but there's not many.

There are loads of Russian films uploaded to Youtube with English subs. Have a look as there is enough stuff on there to keep a Russian film fan happy for months.
 

trey

Sparrow
I watched 'A Prophet' yesterday after the rec in this thread. Now I'll return the favor to you gents.

'A Separation' is a good Iranian drama. Heavy on dialogue but good story/acting and a cool glimpse into Iran.
www.imdb.com/title/tt1832382/

If you don't mind a healthy dose of fucked-up, watch a (I believe) French-Canadian movie called Incendies.
www.imdb.com/title/tt1255953/

The original Japanese version of Shall We Dance, called Shall We Dansu, is very good and a good look at Japanese culture.
www.imdb.com/title/tt0117615/

Also, not so much 'realistic' but worthy of this thread would be 2 South Korean films:

Oldboy
www.imdb.com/title/tt0364569/

3-Iron
www.imdb.com/title/tt0423866/
 

Greek kamaki

 
Banned
For Serbia.Rane.(the whole film here).



For Czech Republic.I served the King of England(typical Czech humor).



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For Russia.Cargo 200.(you can find the english subtitles).

 
trey said:
I watched 'A Prophet' yesterday after the rec in this thread. Now I'll return the favor to you gents.

'A Separation' is a good Iranian drama. Heavy on dialogue but good story/acting and a cool glimpse into Iran.
www.imdb.com/title/tt1832382/

If you don't mind a healthy dose of fucked-up, watch a (I believe) French-Canadian movie called Incendies.
www.imdb.com/title/tt1255953/

The original Japanese version of Shall We Dance, called Shall We Dansu, is very good and a good look at Japanese culture.
www.imdb.com/title/tt0117615/

Also, not so much 'realistic' but worthy of this thread would be 2 South Korean films:

Oldboy
www.imdb.com/title/tt0364569/

3-Iron
www.imdb.com/title/tt0423866/

Good recommendations, all these movies are solid. I'm into Korean ones these days, they seem to make the best thriller/dramas.

Check out 'Memories Of Murder,' based on true events, great movie.
Also, 'The Chaser,' about a cop/pimp and his murdered hookers.
 

Cookie

Woodpecker
Russia:

Tycoon - it's a bit like the Godfather but set in the 90's and based around Russia's new found capitalism.

Brother - Another crime film that focuses on the collapse of the USSR and the problematic era that follwed, it's kind of dated. I still enjoyed it though.
 

Caligula

Ostrich
Been watching a Russian series called Brigada about a group of friends who rise through the Moscow underworld in the 90s. It's good stuff, shame about the subtitles being very poor. You can find many of the full episodes on youtube:

 

Screwston

 
Banned
Human Traffic - British movie. Weak movie about a young group of friends and the club/drug scene that they love going to on the weekends to escape their boring jobs. One of the guys has an erection problem yet ends up with the girl he has a crush on. Awww! 2 thumbs down.

Dead Snow is actually a Norwegian film. I said it was German on page 3.

Sin Nombre - Mexican film. This one is pretty cool. A ms-13 member kills a fellow gang member and is on a train headed to the US to try and escape other members looking for him. Highly recommended.

Sugarhouse - British movie. A middle class man tries to buy a gun from a crackhead. Crackhead stole it from his dealer and he's on the hunt for him now. It was alright. Catch if it's on TV but don't go looking for this one.

Ultimate Heist - French movie. This is one about a French family full of gangsters. The son of the boss man wants to get out but his father comes up with a plan for an ultimate heist. I expected more action in this one. Some nice shots and views of France, but it wasn't to good.

Doghouse - British film. Group of guys go to a secluded village to help a buddy get over his divorce. They find out that all of the women are man haters and man eating zombies though. This one is a British horror comedy. I enjoyed it a lot...real entertaining and funny!

The Chaser - South Korean movie. A detective turned pimp (lmao!) loses some hoes who haven't payed him his money. He tries to track them down and discovers that they all went to the same guy last. Now he's looking for the guy who's playing with his money. This is a bad ass flick!

Weirdsville - Canadian.
You know when your girlfriend's OD'd on stolen drugs and you decide to avoid the police by burying her body yourself, but you're interrupted by a cult of Satan worshippers intent on performing a ritual sacrifice? And just when you think it can't get worse, the dealer of the stolen drugs shows up to claim the money you owe -- but don't have -- so you flee and must rely on the help of an army of mini Medieval knights for protection while you plan a burglary to get the money to pay off the dealer who wants to kill you? Well, this is a story about one of those nights...only weirder.
I didn't really know how to explain this one. Wasn't feeling it though. Check it out if you like goofy, black comedy movies.

Shadow - English language movie that was filmed in Italy. An Iraq war veteran is going on an European biking trip through mountains, but crosses paths with 2 Australian(?) rednecks who try to kill him. He avoids death with them, but ends up in a creepy butcher's dungeon. Not to bad. The butcher scared the shit out of me...ugly ass muthafucka!

Rampage - Canadian movie that is set in Oregon. A young guy sick of everything and everyone goes on a killing spree. I liked it! It was like a real life version of Grand Theft Auto.

The Vanished Empire - Russian film. This movie is set in Moscow sometime in the 70's. It revolves around a young man, his friend and a girl they both like. It sounds lame, but it's pretty good. I recommend it.
 
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