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Foreign Films
(Listed by country.  Italics indicates Academy Award winner)

A Jewish family flees Germany in the 1930's to work a farm in Kenya, where they must make some major adjustments.

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Enemy soldiers enter a no man's land and fight for their lives in the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

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Set in 19th-century China, two master warriors are faced with their greatest challenge when the treasured Green Destiny sword is stolen. A young aristocratic woman prepares for an arranged marriage, but soon reveals her superior fighting talents and her romantic past. As each warrior battles for justice, they come face-to-face with their worst enemy, and the enduring power of love.

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Daigo Kobayashi is a devoted cellist in an orchestra that has just been dissolved and finds himself without a job. He decides to move back to his old hometown with his wife to look for work and start over. He answers a classified ad entitled 'Departures' thinking it is an advertisement for a travel agency. He discovers that the job is actually for a 'Nokanshi' or 'encoffineer,' a funeral professional who prepares deceased bodies for burial and entry into the next life. While his wife and others despise the job, Daigo takes a certain pride in his work and begins to perfect the art, acting as a gentle gatekeeper between life and death, between the departed and the family of the departed.

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A young man running with a criminal gang on the streets of Johannesburg, Tsotsi - a nickname meaning thug - is immersed in a world of violence that seems to leave him unaffected, until he discovers an infant in the backseat of a car he has stolen.

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Raimunda lives in Madrid with her daughter Paula and her drunk husband Paco. Her sister, Sole, is separated and works clandestinely as a hairstylist for women. Years ago, in the sisters birth village, they lost their parents in a fire in La Mancha. Their aunt, Paula, still lives in the village and continues to speak about her sister Irene, mother of the two sisters, as if she were still alive. When the old aunt dies the situation changes and the past returns (volver).

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12-year-old Oscar is a fragile and bullied boy who finds love and revenge when he meets Eli. Eli is a beautiful but peculiar girl he befriends. She has moved into his building. Oscar does not know that she and her father are vampires. When strange disappearances and murders start happening in the town, suspicions mount from her neighbors and police. Eli must move on to stay alive or stay to help Oscar the only way she knows how.

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Germany, 1936. Salomon "Sally" Sorowitsch is the king of counterfeiters. He lives a life of cards, booze, and women. Suddenly his luck runs dry when he is arrested by Superintendent Friedrich Herzog. He is immediately thrown into the Mauthausen concentration camp. There, Salomon exhibits exceptional skills and is soon transferred to the upgraded camp of Sachsenhausen. Upon his arrival, he once again comes face to face with Herzog, who is there on a secret mission. Hand-picked for his unique skill, Salomon and a group of professionals are forced to produce fake foreign currency under the program Operation Berhard. The team, which also includes detainee Adolf Burger, is given luxury barracks for their assistance. Salomon attempts to weaken the economy of Germany's opponents. But, Adolf refuses to use his skills for Nazi profit and would like to do something to stop the operation. Now faced with a moral dilemma, Salomon must decide whether his actions are ultimately the right ones. But, Adolf refuses to use his skills for Nazi profit and would like to do something to stop the operation. Now faced with a moral dilemma, Salomon must decide whether his actions are ultimately the right ones.




 

     Africa:  Cape of Good Hope   ▪    Endgame   ▪   Nowhere in Africa   ▪   Yesterday

Examines the varying personal politics - economic and sexual - at play among an aging group of friends, lovers, and ex-spouses. Remy and Louise are divorced. Their son Sebastien lives in capitalist splendor in London. Their estranged daughter sails boats throughout the world. But the slightly estranged family is brought together by Remy's losing battle with terminal cancer, and the hedonistic, ex-radical father and straight-laced son have to overcome their differences.

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A 1984 East Berlin simple surveillance assignment: Capt. Gerd Wiesler, a Stasi officer and a specialist in surveillance, has been assigned to keep an eye on Georg Dreyman, a respected playwright, and his actress girlfriend, Christa-Maria Sieland. Though Dreyman is known to associate with blacklisted director Albert Jerska, a known dissident, Dreyman's record is spotless. Wiesler discovers that Minister Hempf has an ulterior motive in spying on this seemingly upright citizen. Wiesler's sympathies shift from the government to its people - or at least to this one particular person.

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Guido's gifted imagination and sense of humor has won the heart of the woman he loved and created a beautiful life for his young family. When the life is threatened by WW II, Guido must rely on those very same strengths to save his beloved wife and son from an unthinkable fate.

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Ramón Sampedro wants to end his life because a diving accident 28 years before that turned him into a quadriplegic. For most of those years he made the most of it: writing, developing a close relationships with his family, who all help to care for him. While grateful to his family and friends for their help, Ramón was always an active person. He has come to see his life as frustrating and pointless and wishes to die with what remains of his dignity. Gené is a friend who works with a "Right to Die" organization who introduces Ramón to Julia, a lawyer he hopes will help him persuade the courts to let him end his own life. As Ramón and Julia work together on his case, Ramón finds himself falling in love with his attorney, but Ramón remains convinced that the greatest gift to him would be an end to his life.

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Told through the eyes of Alexander and his sister Fanny, we see the exuberant and colorful Ekdahl household in a Swedish town early in the twentieth century. Their parents, Oscar and Emilie, are the director and the leading lady of the local theatre company. Oscar's mother and brother are its chief patrons. After Oscar's early death, his widow marries the bishop and moves with her children to his austere and forbidding chancery. The children are immediately miserable, but befriend a local Jewish merchant whose odd household becomes the children's refuge.

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Opens with an ambitious politician fleeing a hit-and-run accident in the dead of night. Afraid of hurting his election chances, he pays off his chauffeur Eyüp to take the rap. While Eyüp stews in jail, this devil's bargain takes its toll on his brooding son Ismail and restless wife Hacer, who falls into an illicit affair with the politician. Ismail's discovery of his mother's infidelity and Eyüp's suspicions after he gets out of jail crank up the simmering tensions in a household already haunted by hidden ghosts.

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A young restaurant worker does whatever it takes to become a millionaire, only to realize that by accomplishing his goal he has wound up in prison.

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Delves into the dramatic and harrowing early years of the ruler who was born as Temudgin in 1162. Follows Temudgin from his perilous childhood to the battle that sealed his destiny. Shows the future conqueror and revealing him not as the evil brute, but as an inspiring, fearless and visionary leader.













 

 
    Algeria:  The Battle of Algiers  ▪  Of Gods and Men new! ▪   Outside the Law
    Argentina:  The Aura   ▪   A King and His Movie    ▪  The Official Story   ▪   The Secret in Their Eyes
    Australia:   Australia  ▪  Black Sheep  ▪  Rogue  ▪  Black Water  ▪  Muriel's Wedding  ▪  Romper Stomper
 
    Austria:  The Counterfeiters  ▪  Revanche
 
    Belgium:  JCVD  ▪  Private Property
 
    Bosnia:  No Man's Land
 
    Brazil:  Bus 174   ▪    City of Men   ▪   The House of Sand   ▪   The Year My Parents Went on Vacation
 
    Canada:  Barbarian Invasions   ▪   Congorama  ▪  A Silent Love   ▪   Jesus of Montreal

    China:  Children of Huang Shi ▪ Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon ▪ Curse of the Golden Flower ▪ Confucius
      Eat Drink Man Woman ▪   Flowers of Shanghai  ▪   The Good, the Bad, and the Weird ▪  Hero  ▪  House of Flying Daggers 
     Ip Man ▪  Ip Man 2  ▪  Kung Fu Hustle ▪  Raise the Red Lantern  ▪  Red Cliff Part I & I  ▪  Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles 
       Seven Swords ▪   Shaolin Soccer  ▪  Still Life    ▪    The Warlords   ▪    2046
 
    Columbia:  Maria Full of Grace
 
    Cuba:   The Silly Age
 
    Czech Republic:  I Served the King of England   ▪   Up and Down
    Dominican Republic:  Sugar (takes place in U.S. but main character is from the Dominican Republic)
 
    Denmark:  After the Wedding  ▪  The Inheritance   ▪   Submarino new!
 
    Ecuador:  Cronicas
 
    France:  8 Women  ▪ 13  ▪ Amelie  ▪  Angel-A  ▪ Au Revoir les Enfants  ▪  Barbarian Invasions  ▪ The Beat That My Heart Skipped
    Belle de Jour new!  ▪ Blame It On Fidel ▪ Bob, le Flambeur  ▪  Bon Cop, Bad Cop  ▪  Brotherhood of the Wolf  ▪ Breathless ▪ The Bridesmaid        Cache ▪  Changing Times    ▪    The Chorus   ▪    A Christmas Tale     ▪   The Class    ▪    Coco Avant Chanel    ▪    Days of Glory  
     The Diving Bell and the Butterfly ▪ Flight of the Red Balloon  ▪  The Girl on the Train   ▪  Grocer's Son  ▪  A Heart in Winter  ▪  Home
         I've Loved You So Long   ▪  Jesus of Montreal    ▪   Joyeux Noel   ▪   Mademoiselle Chambon     ▪   Man on the Train 
    Moliere ▪  Monsieur N.  ▪  La Moustache  ▪  Mozart's Sister new! ▪  Nathalie  ▪ Paris ▪ Outside the Law ▪  Le Petit Lieutenant  ▪  Priceless   
       Private Fears in Public Places  ▪  A Prophet   ▪   Queen to Play   ▪  The Red Balloon  ▪  Rules of the Game  
     The Science of Sleep  ▪  Seraphine   ▪  The Story of Marie and Julien   ▪   Summer Hours   ▪  Tamara Drew Triplets of Belleville  
      Taking of Power by Louis XIV ▪ Tell No One ▪ Very Long Engagement ▪ The Valet ▪ When the Sea Rises ▪ Willow Tree
   
    Greece:  Dogtooth
 
    Germany: Anatomy  ▪  Baader Meinhoff Complex  ▪  Cherry Blossoms  ▪  The Counterfeiters ▪  Das Boot  ▪  Downfall
        Europe Europa ▪ Goodbye Lenin!  ▪ The Lives of  Others  ▪  North Face  ▪  Nowhere in Africa  ▪  Run Lola Run   ▪  Sophie Scholl 
         Soul Kitchen   ▪  White Ribbon   ▪   Yella
    Herzegovina:  No Man's Land
    Hungary:  Kontroll    ▪   Fateless  ▪   Long Weekend in Pest and Buda
 
    India:  Before the Rains (shelved with regular feature films)  ▪  Bride and Prejudice  ▪  Guru  ▪  Lagaan  ▪  Like Stars on Earth 
                   Monsoon Wedding      ▪     Omkara     ▪     Water   ▪   The Warrior
 
    Iran:    Delbaran  ▪   Offside    ▪   Song of Sparrows   ▪   The Stoning of Soraya M.   ▪   The Willow Tree
 
    Iraq:  Turtles Can Fly

    Israel:  The Band's Visit   ▪    Beaufort   ▪    For My Father   ▪    My Father My Lord    ▪   Paradise Now  ▪  Ushpizin

    Italy:  Age of the Medici ▪ Battle of Algiers ▪ Cartesius ▪ Cinema Paradiso ▪  Divorce Italian Style ▪ Fiorile ▪  Il Generale della Rovere 
     Good Morning Night new!  ▪   Keys to the House   ▪  Life is Beautiful   ▪   Night of the Shooting Stars   ▪   The Son's Room
  The Wedding Director  ▪   The Unknown Woman ▪  Vincere
 
    Japan: Ballad of Narayama ▪ Cafe Lumierre ▪ Case Closed, One Truth Prevails ▪ Death Note ▪ Death Note 2: The Last Name
     Death Note 3: L Change the World  ▪  Departures   ▪   Grave of the Fireflies   ▪   Love.com   ▪  Metropolis   ▪   Paprika     
        Rashomon  ▪  Rhapsody in August   ▪   Ringu  ▪   Seven Samurai   ▪   Thirteen Assassins  ▪   Tokyo Drifter new! ▪   Tokyo Godfathers
   
    Korea: The Host  ▪   Mother  ▪  Oldboy   ▪  R-Point (Korean)  ▪  Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter and Spring  ▪  Time 
                    Thirst    ▪    Woman on the Beach   
   
    Lebanon:  Waltz With Bashir
 
    Mexico:  The Crime of Padre Amaro    ▪  Nora's Will new!  ▪  Rudo y Cursi    ▪    Y Tu Mama Tambien
 
    Mongolia:  Mongol   ▪   The Story of the Weeping Camel
 
    Netherlands:  Black Book    ▪    Moscow, Belgium   ▪    Karakter   ▪   Twin Sisters
 
    Norway:  Dead Snow   ▪   O'Horten  ▪  Trollhunter new!
 
    Peru:  Fitzcarraldo
 
    Poland:  Katyn  

    Portugal:   Mysteries of Lisbon new!  ▪  The Strange Case of Angelica new!
   
    Romania:  4 Months, 3 Weeks, & 2 Days    ▪    Death of Mr. Lazarescu
   
    Russia:  Absurdistan  ▪  Alexandra  ▪  Day Watch ▪  Dersu Uzala   ▪    The Italian    ▪     Night Watch  
   
    Slovenia:  Landscape No. 2
   
    South Africa:  Cape of Good Hope  ▪   District Nine  ▪  The Power of One   ▪    Tsotsi 
   
    Spain:  All About My Mother   ▪  Awakening From a Dream  ▪  Biutiful   ▪  Broken Embraces  ▪  The Devil's Backbone  ▪  Dot the I    
      Julia's Eyes new!  ▪  Limits of Control ▪  The Orphanage  ▪  Pan's Labyrinth   ▪  The Sea Inside  ▪  Talk to Her  ▪  Time Crimes   ▪  Volver   
   
    Sweden:  Arn the Knight Templar  ▪ As It Is in Heaven ▪ Fanny and Alexander  ▪  Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest  ▪  Rare Exports new!
       The Girl Who Played With Fire ▪ The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo ▪  Let the Right One In  ▪  The Seventh Seal  ▪  The Swimsuit Issue
   
    Syria:  The Syrian Bride
   
    Thailand:   Chocolate   ▪   Ong-Bak    ▪    Ong-Bak 2   ▪  Ong-Bak 3 ▪   Wonderful Town
   
    Turkey:  Climates    ▪    Three Monkeys    ▪    Times and Winds
   
    Uruguay:  The Pope's Toilet
 

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Updated: December 8, 2011

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