Watching foreign movies resembles travelling in many aspects: you get to see new cities and surroundings, hear new languages or accents, and be exposed to new ideas, issues, and ways of thinking. The only difference between travelling and foreign films may just be that the latter doesn’t cost nearly as much.
Sounds great, right? Except that this is also exactly the reason we don’t watch them. We don’t want to spend two hours struggling to understand, or trying to develop new interests, when what we want from a movie most of all is to relax and be entertained.
This is a misconception, and it came either from stereotypes or weird movie viewing in language classes. Most good foreign movies are in fact as agreeable as any American movie, if not more.
So here is the deal: we are not asking you to take our word for how mind-blowingly great foreign films can be, instead, we have gathered 10 of the best films on Netflix, watch any one of them, and let us know.
All 10 are highly-rated on IMDb and Rotten Tomatoes and are widely recognized as “good”, like all movies on agoodmovietowatch.
"My husband and I stumbled on to this treasure--love, life and death treated with care and subtle humor. An absolute surprise and one of our favorite foreign films."
Sharron"LOVE IT!!!!!"
huehuehue"it's just hard not to get mind blown by the end of it. Absolute must-watch."
ClintMcChuckles"At the beginning I watched this film just for my interest in the medical condition of the main actor. but after its first five minutes i realized that it is a highly professional, tender and heart touching movie not just another copy from movies that discuss miserable cases and let you cry in sympathy without getting the message. i love that... Jean dominique is an ordinary guy not a hero or act like angel ,he cheated on his wife he deprived his children from care ,also he cry and feel sorrow about many deeds,,, the angle of photographing is great like you see by jean's eyes .. many lovely scenes and a lot of philosophical conversations .. this movie is a highly recommended one."
Sara Osama"Original does not mean good and weird does not mean special. So much weird stuff with no storytelling purpose, this show is trying way too hard to be something, that its nothing. In summation - Not that good, but also not bad."
William Crookes"I thought this was an excellent film, but in no way would I have called this a "comedy," even for adults. You *might* stretch it into a "feel-good" film, but that's one heckuva shocker at the end without a content/trigger warning."
LMcK"Not convincing."
joostas"This coming of age show swept me off my feet. The characters are so likeable you want to keep binging from start to end. Forbes said this is the best show Netflix has ever made, and they are right in my opinion. Just give it a go if you like the genre, you won't be disappointed."
Michael from Belgium"Spooky! And so well done. Highly recommend"
cstonerun"Absolutely amazing!"
cstonerun"Great movie!! A must see. Tim Roth is the best."
Roxann Gudewicz"Ex Machina is a fantastic film focusing on A.I. It's not hard to follow, it's easy to see the flaws in such intelligence and also in the humans who make them. I highly recommend!"
Harrison Zeiders