Favourite Non British Film

[Ragamuffin]

You don't have to go all the way across the Atlantic to find a classic, how about the captivating - Jean de Florette with the equally as good sequel Manon des sources.

Quote - Cesar Soubeyran: He's such a bigot he might confess other people's sins,

some how I couldn't see this story line fit well into a British film.

[Nita St. James]

Les Diabolique

Wings of Desire

Murder My Sweet

Double Indemnity

Laura

Sunset Blvd

La Belle et la Bête

Frida

Vertigo

Rear Window

The Trouble With Harry

[stevie boy]

Potrait of Jennie, superb

[christoph404]

Im quite partial to the films of French film maker Jean Pierre Melville and his inclusion of Americana in his Parisian underworld films. Much of the style and iconography of his films has been borrowed by modern day film makers and transposed back to the US . I would recommend "le Cercle Rouge" (1970) with Yves Montand and Alain Delon,for its depiction of a diamond heist in "Place de Voges" in Paris, its superbly done with very little dialogue in the whole film and stunning visuals, its not a well known film in the UK or US but its been ripped off thousands of times!

[dremble wedge]

name='christoph404']Im quite partial to the films of French film maker Jean Pierre Melville

Army of Shadows is excellent too.

[batman]

name='dremble wedge']Army of Shadows is excellent too.

As are Bob Le Flambeur and Le Doulos, the latter features what is IMHO Jean Paul Belmondo's best performance.

[petandav]

Thinking of America, I don't think anyone's mentioned It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World. For me, it owes so much to the performance of British actor Terry Thomas - in particular, I love his exposition as to what he thinks is wrong with America!

Across the channel, rather than the atlantic, so many good films have come from France. The wonderful Jean de Florette and Manon des Sources have already been mentioned, but how about La Gloire de Mon Pere, Le Chateau de ma Mere, Plein Soleil, La Cage aux Folles, Au Revoir les Enfants, Tatie Danielle, Le Diner des Cons and Le Placard to name but a few.

[christoph404]

name='petandav']Thinking of America, I don't think anyone's mentioned It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World. For me, it owes so much to the performance of British actor Terry Thomas - in particular, I love his exposition as to what he thinks is wrong with America!

Across the channel, rather than the atlantic, so many good films have come from France. The wonderful Jean de Florette and Manon des Sources have already been mentioned, but how about La Gloire de Mon Pere, Le Chateau de ma Mere, Plein Soleil, La Cage aux Folles, Au Revoir les Enfants, Tatie Danielle, Le Diner des Cons and Le Placard to name but a few.

Ah yes, La Cage aux Folles, hilarious! the US remake was awful, it just didn't translate at all.

[petandav]

Funnily enough I did like the American remake (The Birdcage) even though they usually spoil everything they do remake.

My one regret is that I've never been able to find La Cage aux Folles 3 (The Wedding) in anything other than a dubbed version. The first and second films are easily available with subtitles that preserve the original. But the dubbing on the third film (which, admittedly is a poorer film as well) is just awful.