100 Best Foreign Movies on Tubi Right Now

100 Best Foreign Movies on Tubi Right Now

April 25, 2025

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When you get free streaming, all in exchange for just a few ads, it can be a little hard to believe that Tubi would have a great selection. Yet, for some reason, their library, one of the largest among all streaming sites, is packed with rare, hidden gems that you can’t find anywhere else. And on top of these, these films aren’t just limited to American-made films, the selection includes great titles from all over the world. So if you’re willing to get over the subtitles and watch something out of your comfort zone, all for free, here’s the best foreign films on Tubi:

71. Marshland (2014)

7.4

Genres

Crime, Mystery, Thriller

Director

Alberto Rodríguez

Actors

Adelfa Calvo, Ana Tomeno, Ángela Vega, Antonio de la Torre

Moods

Challenging, Character-driven, Dark

When a regime falls, what follows isn’t a clean slate– it lingers, and it haunts those that were able to survive, part due to what was done to them and part to what they have done. Marshland ostensibly is a police procedural investigating a series of women murdered in rural Spain, but it’s also a clash of ideologies between New Spain, that wants to unearth the injustices that haven’t been acknowledged, and Old Spain, that wants to let sleeping dogs lie. The two plot threads don’t weave together as neatly as it could be, but La Isla Minima still works on both fronts, recreating that feeling of betrayal within that key transition period of Spain.

72. The Maid (2009)

7.4

Genres

Comedy, Drama

Director

Sebastián Silva

Actors

Agustín Silva, Alejandro Goic, Andrea García-Huidobro, Anita Reeves

Moods

Challenging, Character-driven, Discussion-sparking

No one likes to be replaced. Even when it gets difficult, hardwork and years put in effort to take and keep these roles makes it feel precious, and that’s exactly how househelp Raquel feels in The Maid. It’s a funny domestic comedy, with a scowling Catalina Saavedra ready to protect the role she’s held onto for years, but Saavedra and writer-director Sebastián Silva crafts an empathetic, realistic character study of a woman so worn down from poverty, power imbalance, and having had no breaks that the rare instance of compassion feels like a threat. La Nana doesn’t quite critique the entire system that keeps Raquel in her role, but it’s a rare film that acknowledges the importance of rest and empathy in order to feel human.

73. Insomnia (1997)

7.4

Genres

Crime, Mystery, Thriller

Director

Erik Skjoldbjærg

Actors

Bjørn Floberg, Bjørn Moan, Frode Rasmussen, Gisken Armand

Moods

Challenging, Character-driven, Discussion-sparking

In a few seconds, a mistake can change your life forever. Insomnia is centered on a Swedish detective trying to solve a murder while trying desperately to cover a mistake made from the difficult mix of the fog and human exhaustion, but in doing so, his guilt, shame, and suspicion that no one would believe him due to past mistakes, weigh down on him, twisting the police procedural upon itself. Stellan Skarsgård holds an incredibly restrained performance throughout the entire film, and it’s well-framed by writer-director Erik Skjoldbjærg, whose use of cold white light in this debut feature eventually became the staple of on-screen Scandinavian noir.

74. Drug War (2012)

7.4

Genres

Action, Crime, Drama

Director

Johnnie To, Johnnie To Kei-Fung

Actors

Berg Ng Ting-Yip, Cheng Taishen, Eddie Cheung Siu-Fai, Gan Ting Ting

Moods

Character-driven, Gripping, Intense

At first glance, Drug War is basically just what it says on the tin– cops crack down on kingpins, lords, and lackeys to save regular people from illegal addictive substances. Even the drug lord-cop dynamic would be a familiar plotline for crime thriller fans. But through this familiar plotline, Hong Kong director Johnnie To takes his first mainland China production to subtly comment on the dynamics between his native region and the larger country, taking the contrast to craft simmering tension each time Choi Tin-ming lies to his allies to save his skin. It’s less action-packed than To’s usual, but the subtext and the shift in style makes Drug War a surprisingly dynamic take on the crime thriller scene.

75. Ne Zha (2019)

7.4

Genres

Drama

21 wins & 24 nominations total

76. Ne Zha (2019)

7.4

Genres

Drama

21 wins & 24 nominations total

77. Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms (2018)

7.4

Genres

Adventure, Animation, Drama

Director

Female director, Mari Okada

Actors

Ai Kayano, Yoko Hikasa

Moods

Character-driven, Emotional, Lovely

When it comes to fantasy anime between two races, usually there would be some sort of romance between the leads. But Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms does it differently. Instead, between the humans and the immortal humanoid lorph race that weaves a chronicle of their history is a mother-son relationship, with the human son set to out-age his mom. It’s a surprising heartbreak to contemplate love, mortality, memory, and greed, and it happens to be paired with downright beautiful animation that easily brings tears to the eye. While it didn’t garner similar popularity as Your Name or A Silent Voice, Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms nonetheless is an ambitious directorial debut with an equally bittersweet ending.

78. Drunken Master (1978)

7.4

Genres

Action, Comedy, Drama

Director

Yuen Woo-Ping

Actors

Jackie Chan

Moods

Action-packed, Funny, Grown-up Comedy

Martial arts is awesome, comedy is awesome, but the idea of putting them together wasn’t really explored until the late 1970s, when a young Jackie Chan made his breakthrough. One of the films he starred in was The Drunken Master, where Chan’s mischievous character goes under the tutelege of the titular teacher to fight against his father’s assassin. It’s a funny film, one that presents a different, more playful side to a real-life master, but the hilarious, perfectly choreographed fights eventually formed the foundation for Chan’s action-packed slapstick style, and even moved the entire martial arts genre into a new direction. The Drunken Master hinted at the cinema that was to come.

79. Monsieur Lazhar (2012)

7.4

Genres

Comedy, Drama

Director

Philippe Falardeau

Actors

André Robitaille, Brigitte Poupart, Daniel Gadouas, Danielle Proulx

Moods

Depressing, Dramatic

After the sudden death of a teacher, 55-year-old Algerian immigrant Bachir Lazhar is hired at an elementary school in Montreal. Struggling with a cultural gap between himself and his students at first, he helps them to deal with the situation, revealing his own tragic past. A strong portrait without any weird sentimentality. 11-year-old actress Sophie Nélisse makes her brilliant debut.

80. The Cave of the Yellow Dog (2005)

7.3

Genres

Drama

Director

Byambasuren Davaa, Female director

Actors

Babbayar Batchuluun, Batchuluun Urjindorj, Buyandulam Daramdadi, Nansal Batchuluun

Moods

Lighthearted, Lovely, Slow

Vivid, sweeping landscapes surround the simple beauty of a Mongolian family navigating the pressures of globalization while still practicing their traditional nomadic lifestyle. Ostensibly it’s about the charming, captivating relationship that forms between a young girl, Nansal, and a dog that she finds. However, the magic of this slow, enthralling film is that it captures the brilliance of familial relationships and power of culture and stories through this simple backdrop. And it is a simple film; everything you can learn from this film comes through its gentle storytelling that invites you to recognize the beauty and profundity that exists in everyday lives.

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