List Hero Recommends: 14 Foreign Language Films

#1 Delicatessen

1991

French

Directors: Marc Caro & Jean-Pierre Jeunet

Imdb Rating: 7.8

#2 City of God

2002

Brazilian

Directors: Fernando Meirelles & Kátia Lund

Imdb Rating: 8.7

#3 The Skin I Live In

2011

Spanish

Director: Pedro Almodovar

Imdb Rating: 7.6

#4 The Secret in Their Eyes

2009

Argentine

Director: Juan José Campanella

Imdb Rating: 8.3

#5 The Hunt

2012

Danish

Director:  Thomas Vinterberg

Imdb Rating: 8.3

#6 Oldboy

2003

South Korean

Director:  Chan-Wook Park

Imdb Rating: 8.4

#7 Dogtooth

2009

Greek

Director:  Giorgos Lanthimos

Imdb Rating: 7.2


#8 Pan's Labyrinth

2006

Spanish

Director:  Guillermo Del Toro

Imdb Rating: 8.3

#9 A Prophet

2009

French

Director:  Jacques Audiard

Imdb Rating: 7.9

#10 The Lives of Others

2006

German

Director:  Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck

Imdb Rating: 8.5

#11 The Closet

2001

French

Director:  Francis Veber

Imdb Rating: 7.1

#12 House of Flying Daggers

2004

Chinese

Director:  Yimou Zhang

Imdb Rating: 7.6

#13 Amelie

2001

French

Director:  Jean-Pierre Jeunet

Imdb Rating: 8.5

#14 The Devil's Backbone

2001

Spanish

Director:  Guillermo Del Toro

Imdb Rating: 7.5