Top Foreign Language Movies

Just plain brilliant.

One of the most moving films I can remember seeing. A lovely little poignant affair and it's hand-drawn animation for adults that isn't emulating that exact same style that all anime is in! Yay!
It's a wonderful coming of age story about a somewhat unique main character who's life also serves as an educational exploration of cultures as well as human beings in general.
Basically, it's bloody good.

Personal enjoyment: 8/10
Actual quality as a film: 9/10

Deep, meaningful stuff, this one, especially how it goes full circle at the end.

Forget the over-rated Cloverfield, THIS film is the "giant pussy that eats YOU out!".
Possibly the scariest film I have ever seen, certainly the most tense. I'm yet to find a film that properly scares me, but this one got my heart going for most of it's running time.
I couldn't give one about any of the characters if I'm honest. And unlike Cloverfield, that works here because the film doesn't seem too fussed about them either and they're realistic enough for me to feel for them simply as human beings in a crisis. Just because I don't care for them doesn't mean I want them to die, you know?
The zombie origins are handled brilliantly in a fairly original twist on the usual formula of zombie movies.
There's very little to separate this from the countless other zombie films out there, other than it makes such effective use of it's zombies. The film is all about jump-scares, and that's fine here. That's all the film is meant to be taken as, a wild-roller-coaster ride of a movie. And allmost all of the film's scares are incredibly obvious. You see them coming a mile-off, BUT they're still just as effective as a normal jump-scare, if not more effective because by making you wait for it, the film forces even more tension upon you.
That said, the film is far from perfect. There's a period of about 20 minutes where it just drags sort of after the middle. This is when the zombie crisis starts to kick off. It's just boring because all the characters seem to be doing is running in circles and shouting alot. However, it soon stabalises back into being fantastic for it's final moments (although the ending is abrupt and frankly a bit dissapointing).
The dragging moments would have lost this film a point, giving it 7/10, however I felt the need to give it an extra point for being the most tense movie I've ever encountered. As such...

Personal enjoyment: 8/10
Actual quality as a film: 7/10

Just like The Dark Knight, this film isn't 'the greatest movie ever made' like too many people make it out to be. However, again like The Dark Knight, it's bloody brilliant all the same.
A rather unique subject matter for a film (or at least setting as the basic themes are the same as countless gangster movies and such). It's somewhat educational and has a really raw kind of energy. Plus it's nice to see something so low budget with such scope, including how it's shot (Scorsese techniques are ten a penny here).

Personal enjoyment: 8/10
Actual quality as a film: 9/10

There's a certain sick pleasure to be had in watching 40 studients fight to the death.

Energetic, messed up, original, it's all good.

There's something so endearing about Hong Kong's sense of humour. This film, whilst no masterpiece, is a great bit of fun.
Almost every character is candidate for the most 2-dimensional character I have ever seen and some of the dialogue is awful, however, I have a sneaking suspicion this is due to the dub I watched as opposed the film itself (couldn't get a subtitled copy). Especially as some parts of the dialogue are great and really witty.
It's a very strangely structured film, starting off almost like if Stephen Chow had directed Mallrats and soon turning into a typical straight-to-video zombie film (except it's good) before moving on to a dark ending. But for some reason that works here. Zombie films are often weirdly structured after all.
Overall, it's incredibly enjoyable, but if you can, go for the subtitled option. The two main characters are very likeable and there's some great humour. Also, it's the first film or anything that I've ever seen suggest the notion of human sushi, which is in my opinion something for it to be proud of.

Personal enjoyment: 7/10
Actual quality as a film: 6/10

Only the 2nd anime I've ever seen that I genuinely enjoyed alot.

Didn't scare me in the slightest, but it's a well made, cool little story.

Absolute shite animation as is the normal for anime, but a decent movie if you don't mind that. Still, horrible, horrible animation.

Meh, it's French so it's already off to a bad start, but it's just so cheesey and uninvolving.