60 Best Foreign Movies on Plex Right Now

60 Best Foreign Movies on Plex Right Now

October 27, 2024

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When you can stream films for free, all in exchange for a few ads, it can be hard to believe that this wouldn’t come with some drawbacks, like only having a few films available in the library. Yet, the streaming service Plex is able to do this, being the first and only streaming platform to offer movies, shows, and live TV together for free. Some of the films in their library come from all over the world, so for viewers wanting to watch something outside their comfort zone, without having yet to shell out some money, here’s some of the best foreign films available to stream on Plex:

31. Klown (2011)

7.6

Country

Denmark

Director

Mikkel Nørgaard

Actors

Anne Moen, Barbara Zatler, Bent Fabricius-Bjerre, Björn Gustafsson

There is no shortage of offensive jokes in this comedy about a man who tries to prove to his girlfriend that he is dad-material. Think Borat, but Danish, and with brothels.

The man in question tries to change his lifestyle after his girlfriend, not thinking he is responsible enough, hides the fact that she is pregnant. To prove her wrong, he takes his nephew on a canoeing trip with his equally as disastrous friend.

32. The World of Us (2016)

7.6

Country

South Korea

Director

Female director, Yoon Ga-eun

Actors

Choi Soo-in, Jang Hye-jin, Lee Seo-yeon, Ri Woo-jin

Moods

Discussion-sparking, Lighthearted, Lovely

The World of Us is a vibrant, colourful movie that follows the story of Lee Sun, a shy and sweet fifth grader who meets Ji Ah, a new girl in town. The movie is innocent, light and relatable, centered around two new friends playing in the summertime. But behind its vibrant colors, there is a very realistic commentary on how children can grow up to realise they are not of equal wealth and social status. The World of Us is not only about the fun of childhood, but also shows its bitterness. It perfectly captures the feeling of being left out by the ones who are supposed to be our friends. The movie shows that children can feel pain and jealousy toward others too, and it encapsulates the highs and lows of being young in the best way possible.

33. Baraka (1992)

7.6

Country

United States of America

Director

Ron Fricke

Actors

Patrick Disanto

Moods

Challenging, Original, Raw

Slow, contemplative, but captivating, Baraka uses no narration, dialogue, or text to connect its images. The documentary stitches together shots with different subjects from different locations around the world. At first, it seems very peaceful—gorgeous, high-definition shots of nature paired with a soothing, resonant score that lulls you into hypnosis—but as the film progresses, director and cinematographer Ron Fricke presents more scenes with people, from the cities to the countryside, to places rarely documented on film. Depending on how you look at it, Baraka will either feel like just a compilation of screensavers or a profound meditation on how intrinsically connected everything is. It’s totally breathtaking either way.

34. The Forest for the Trees (2004)

7.6

Country

Germany

Director

Female director, Maren Ade

Actors

Daniela Holtz, Eva Löbau, Heinz Röser-Dümmig, Ilona Schulz

Moods

Character-driven, Funny, Raw

More than a decade before she made Toni Erdmann, German filmmaker Maren Ade turned her eye on a small-town school, a socially awkward teacher, and the inarticulate in between. Even with her debut, Ade showcased a talent for spotting the hidden comic potential of situations that can be wounding, turning vulnerabilities into power through comedy. The Forest For the Trees is a dilemma-film, in the ways in which it both invites and rejects identification with Melanie. A frighteningly optimistic person, she misreads most if not all social cues and finds herself in embarrassing situations. Even more, her devotion to making it all work, after moving away from the big city for said teaching job, is something a lot of viewers can recognize and support, but her borderline unlikeability is sometimes too hard to ignore. However, a majestic finale crowns the film with a scene that is worth rewatching again and again, like a dream you wish to appropriate for yourself.

35. Stray (2021)

7.6

Country

Turkey, United States of America

Director

Elizabeth Lo, Female director

Moods

Original, Slice-of-Life, Thought-provoking

Beautifully directed and blessed to be led by the wonderfully gentle and curious dog Zeytin, Stray commits to its unique point of view by reimagining Istanbul as a place made up of cars, torsos, and trash on the street. Such constraints on one’s filmmaking might make it seem like director Elizabeth Lo is in the perfect position to manipulate her animal characters in order to get the “story” she wants, but it genuinely never feels that way. If anything, Zeytin is the one who pulls Lo into orbit, and there’s a sense that the director is simply recording what the dog is revealing to us about human beings’ daily rituals and how they end up creating structure, culture, and (sadly) outcasts from this culture.

36. Let the Right One In (2008)

7.5

Country

France, Germany, Norway

Director

Tomas Alfredson

Actors

Anders T. Peedu, Henrik Dahl, Ika Nord, Johan Sömnes

Moods

Raw, Slow

Somehow an art house film, horror, and romance all in one, Let the Right One In explores the boundaries of its genres with unprecedented finesse, and offers a stunning alternative for those disappointed with recent vampire love stories. From its haunting minimalist imagery to its incredible score, it is persistently beautiful. The film follows twelve-year-old Oskar and Eli, drawing on numerous aspects of traditional undead lore, and still manages an impressive feat in feeling entirely fresh and devoid of cliche. Those in search of a terrifying movie might need to look elsewhere, but if what you’re looking for is simply a great watch, don’t pass this one up.

37. Polytechnique (2009)

7.5

Country

Canada

Director

Denis Villeneuve

Actors

Adam Kosh, Alexandre St-Martin, Alexis Lefebvre, Anne Trudel

Moods

Intense, True-story-based

Polytechnique directed by Denis Villeneuve, is a dramatization of the 1989 Montreal massacre of multiple female engineering students. This film focuses on a male student navigating the massacre for the majority of the film’s run time. The performances and minimal dialogue in this film certainly make this an unnerving film to watch. Littered with the screams of the actors portraying the engineering students, this could be mistaken as a gaudy horror film. However, this is far from a fictionalized horror.

This Villeneuve classic is undoubtedly one of the most emotionally brutal films of the 2000s, yet I appreciate the honesty of the storytelling. Polytechnique encourages its audience to ask itself if it truly understands the truth of misogyny. 

38. Long Way North (2015)

7.5

Country

Denmark, France

Director

Rémi Chayé

Actors

Audrey Sablé, Boris Rehlinger, Bruno Magne, Christa Théret

Moods

Lovely, Sunday, Warm

There isn’t a single moment of unnecessarily exaggerated emotion or comedy in this French-Danish animated film, which may keep its world very small compared to its peers, but it portrays everything with arguably more depth and beauty. Long Way North moves with a stately pace, giving it more dramatic heft and allowing us to take in all of the film’s painterly surfaces and soft silhouettes. But it’s not just the art style that sets the film apart; it also avoids what we expect from a traditional adventure, keeping the most important character beats private and internal. This may make the movie feel a little more distant than it should be, but the feeling that it leaves you with is undeniable—a sense that everything is connected, and those who are lost will always find a way home.

39. Be with You (2018)

7.5

Country

South Korea

Director

Lee Jang-hoon

Actors

Bae Yoo-ram, Gong Hyo-jin, Jo Ha-seok, Kim Hyun-soo

Moods

Character-driven, Emotional, Heart-warming

When a woman that looks like the love of your life randomly shows up at an empty train station, but strangely has no memory of you, maybe you should try to confirm their identity first– doppelgangers do exist, after all. But aside from this detail, there’s a certain charm in the way Be With You unfolds, as the family gets a second chance to cherish a loved one, and as Woo-jin indulges in sharing their love story, a story that Woo-jin understandably doesn’t want to forget. Be With You doesn’t reinvent the entire genre, and it would inevitably be compared to the 2004 Japanese original, but this Korean remake does it so well, celebrating the way love transcends lifetimes.

40. Breathe (2014)

7.4

Country

France

Director

Female director, Julien Lambroschini

Actors

Alejandro Albarracin, Anne Marivin, Camille Claris, Carole Franck

Moods

Thrilling, Touching

Mélanie Laurent both directed and wrote this, her fifth movie.

She offers an impressive display of deft film-making and honest, insightful storytelling. Charlie is a teenage high school student, there’s seemingly nothing unusual about her. When Sarah, a Nigerian girl, joins her school, they quickly form a transformative friendship.

Breathe sometimes veers to darkness, which helps to make its portrayal of the bond between two teenagers genuine, and unexpectedly fun.

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