Movies I watched and rated (others)
by svipdag | created - 07 Jan 2013 | updated - 4 months ago | PublicAll movies neither from english-speaking countries nor from Germany I watched since I started to rate them. 5 Stars: Brilliant 4 Stars: Recommended to watch 3 Stars: Good 2 Stars: (Below) Average 1 Star: Not recommended to watch 0 Stars: Horrible
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1. The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob (1973)
G | 95 min | Adventure, Comedy
A bigoted Frenchman finds himself forced to impersonate a popular rabbi while on the run from a group of assassins - and the police.
Director: Gérard Oury | Stars: Louis de Funès, Miou-Miou, Suzy Delair, Marcel Dalio
Votes: 14,784 | Gross: $0.95M
5 Stars
2. Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At! (1966)
G | 132 min | Adventure, Comedy, War
Several ordinary Frenchmen go on an epic voyage through the occupied country to the free zone as they help British pilots avoid German captivity.
Director: Gérard Oury | Stars: Bourvil, Louis de Funès, Claudio Brook, Andréa Parisy
Votes: 20,232
5 Stars
3. Operation 'Y' & Other Shurik's Adventures (1965)
TV-G | 95 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Three stories about Shurik - a young student. He fights against criminals, falls in love, confuses apartments, passes exams - he lives after all.
Director: Leonid Gaidai | Stars: Aleksandr Demyanenko, Mikhail Pugovkin, Aleksei Smirnov, Vladimir Basov
Votes: 14,824
5 Stars
4. The Little World of Don Camillo (1952)
107 min | Comedy
A determined priest and a Communist mayor develop a grudging friendship in spite of their official rivalry.
Director: Julien Duvivier | Stars: Fernandel, Gino Cervi, Vera Talchi, Franco Interlenghi
Votes: 4,850
5 Stars
5. Difret (2014)
Unrated | 99 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
A young lawyer travels to an Ethiopian village to represent Hirut, a 14-year-old girl who shot her would-be husband as he and others were practicing one of the nation's oldest traditions: abduction into marriage.
Director: Zeresenay Mehari | Stars: Meron Getnet, Tizita Hagere, Abel Abebe, Shitaye Abraha
Votes: 1,376 | Gross: $0.04M
4 Stars
6. Little Miracles (1997)
PG | 106 min | Drama
Rosalía is a cashier at a supermarket. She lives alone, loves reading fairy tales and hides in a magic fantasy world in order to survive living in the real one. She thinks she is a fairy ... See full summary »
Director: Eliseo Subiela | Stars: Héctor Alterio, Antonio Birabent, Mónica Galán, Julieta Ortega
Votes: 294
4 Stars
7. The Miser (1980)
125 min | Comedy
An incredible miser fights against the whole world to multiply his wealth.
Directors: Louis de Funès, Jean Girault | Stars: Louis de Funès, Franck Cabot-David, Hervé Bellon, Georges Audoubert
Votes: 5,179
4 Stars
8. Amélie (2001)
R | 122 min | Comedy, Romance
Despite being caught in her imaginative world, Amelie, a young waitress, decides to help people find happiness. Her quest to spread joy leads her on a journey where she finds true love.
Director: Jean-Pierre Jeunet | Stars: Audrey Tautou, Mathieu Kassovitz, Rufus, Lorella Cravotta
Votes: 794,474 | Gross: $33.23M
4 Stars
9. Jan Hus (2015– )
240 min | Biography, Drama, History
The life of Czech pre-Reformation priest Jan Hus, who inspired the Protestant Reformation.
Stars: Matej Hádek, Václav Neuzil, Petr Lnenicka, Marika Soposká
Votes: 82
4 Stars
10. Little Spirou (2017)
86 min | Comedy, Family
Little Spirou, like all his family before him, has a career destiny all traced. When his mother announces that he will integrate the grooms school at the beginning of the next school year, ... See full summary »
Director: Nicolas Bary | Stars: Sacha Pinault, Lila Poulet-Berenfeld, Mahé Laridan, Timothée Moffen
Votes: 473
4 Stars
11. Two Is a Family (2016)
118 min | Comedy, Drama
A bachelor enjoys his sweet life on the French Riviera until a one-night stand tells him, he's dad to Gloria and leaves her with him. He moves to London with Gloria. Mom turns up 8 years later.
Director: Hugo Gélin | Stars: Omar Sy, Clémence Poésy, Antoine Bertrand, Ashley Walters
Votes: 28,631
4 Stars
12. Brandvägg (2006)
170 min | Crime, Thriller
The plot revolves around an attempt to disable all the financial systems in the Western world by idealists who believe that it will change the world and correct its imbalances, notably the poverty in Africa.
Stars: Rolf Lassgård, Marie Richardson, Lars Melin, Kerstin Andersson
Votes: 799
4 Stars
13. Undercover (2005)
85 min | Comedy
Director: Sabine Boss | Stars: Viktor Giacobbo, Anna Schinz, Nana Krüger, Hanns Zischler
Votes: 90
4 Stars
14. Leningrad (2009)
R | 110 min | Drama, War
Winter, 1941. World War II rages on as Nazi troops invade the Soviet Union and besiege the devastated city of Leningrad. Foreign journalists are quickly evacuated, but in the chaos that ensues, Kate Davies is left behind.
Director: Aleksandr Buravskiy | Stars: Mira Sorvino, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Olga Sutulova, Gabriel Byrne
Votes: 4,797
4 Stars
15. Act of Vengeance (2010)
Not Rated | 119 min | Action, Drama
In Istanbul, terrorists abduct executives, blow-up the car of a journalist and plan five great attacks to the city. The violent police officer Firat Baran interrogates a terrorist and ... See full summary »
Director: Mahsun Kirmizigül | Stars: Haluk Bilginer, Danny Glover, Gina Gershon, Mahsun Kirmizigül
Votes: 15,538
4 Stars
16. Asoka (2001)
R | 180 min | Action, Biography, Drama
The epic tale of King Asoka's life is recounted.
Director: Santosh Sivan | Stars: Shah Rukh Khan, Kareena Kapoor, Danny Denzongpa, Hrishitaa Bhatt
Votes: 15,223 | Gross: $0.70M
4 Stars
17. Camille (I) (2019)
Not Rated | 90 min | Biography, Drama, War
The story of Camille Lepage, a French photojournalist who was killed at age 26 in the Central African Republic.
Director: Boris Lojkine | Stars: Nina Meurisse, Fiacre Bindala, Bruno Todeschini, Grégoire Colin
Votes: 642
3 Stars
18. Akte Grüninger (2014)
96 min | Drama, History, War
1938. Austria has been annexed by Nazi Germany, and Switzerland has closed its borders for Jewish refugees - a death sentence for thousands. But not all Swiss officials observe this inhuman order.
Director: Alain Gsponer | Stars: Stefan Kurt, Maximilian Simonischek, Anatole Taubman, Helmut Förnbacher
Votes: 317
3 Stars
19. Vitus (2006)
PG | 123 min | Drama, Music
A twelve-year-old piano prodigy who suffocates from his parent's big dreams for him decides to make his escape--and with the aid of his grandfather--chase his own dreams instead.
Director: Fredi M. Murer | Stars: Fabrizio Borsani, Bruno Ganz, Teo Gheorghiu, Julika Jenkins
Votes: 5,190 | Gross: $0.19M
3 Stars
20. Black Cat, White Cat (1998)
R | 127 min | Comedy, Crime, Romance
Matko and his son Zare live on the banks of the Danube river and get by through hustling and basically doing anything to make a living. In order to pay off a business debt Matko agrees to marry off Zare to the sister of a local gangster.
Director: Emir Kusturica | Stars: Bajram Severdzan, Srdjan 'Zika' Todorovic, Branka Katic, Florijan Ajdini
Votes: 56,409 | Gross: $0.35M
3 Stars
21. Rashomon (1950)
Not Rated | 88 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The rape of a bride and the murder of her samurai husband are recalled from the perspectives of a bandit, the bride, the samurai's ghost and a woodcutter.
Director: Akira Kurosawa | Stars: Toshirô Mifune, Machiko Kyô, Masayuki Mori, Takashi Shimura
Votes: 180,563 | Gross: $0.10M
3 Stars
22. In Your Hands (2018)
105 min | Drama, Romance
The music is the secret of Mathieu Malinski (Jules Benchetrit), a subject about which he dare not speak in his neighborhood, where it lags behind with his friends. While a small burglary ... See full summary »
Director: Ludovic Bernard | Stars: Lambert Wilson, Kristin Scott Thomas, Jules Benchetrit, Karidja Touré
Votes: 1,747
3 Stars
23. A Fistful of Dollars (1964)
R | 99 min | Action, Drama, Western
A wandering gunfighter plays two rival families against each other in a town torn apart by greed, pride, and revenge.
Director: Sergio Leone | Stars: Clint Eastwood, Gian Maria Volontè, Marianne Koch, Wolfgang Lukschy
Votes: 232,828 | Gross: $14.50M
3 Stars
24. Gotthard (2016)
120 min | Drama, History
Switzerland, 1873. Men from all over Europe are flocking to a tiny village to work on the biggest and most spectacular construction site of modern times: the Gotthard tunnel! The town is ... See full summary »
Stars: Maxim Mehmet, Pasquale Aleardi, Miriam Stein, Carlos Leal
Votes: 296
3 Stars
25. The Story of Vickie (1954)
108 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
England, the 19th century. Young Victoria is crowned to be the queen of England. She aims to do her best in order to help her country prosper. However, the family and her trustful advisor, ... See full summary »
Director: Ernst Marischka | Stars: Romy Schneider, Adrian Hoven, Magda Schneider, Karl Ludwig Diehl
Votes: 1,102
3 Stars
26. This is Our Land (2017)
PG | 117 min | Drama
An engaged but apolitical nurse gets involved in a far-right political party. Based on numerous recent events in France, it becomes about how Front National operates and how it is perceived by the French.
Director: Lucas Belvaux | Stars: Émilie Dequenne, André Dussollier, Guillaume Gouix, Catherine Jacob
Votes: 1,154 | Gross: $0.01M
3 Stars
27. The Last Metro (1980)
PG | 131 min | Drama, Romance, War
In occupied Paris, an actress married to a Jewish theater owner must keep him hidden from the Germans while doing both of their jobs.
Director: François Truffaut | Stars: Catherine Deneuve, Gérard Depardieu, Jean Poiret, Andréa Ferréol
Votes: 15,830
3 Stars
28. Beyto (2020)
TV-MA | 98 min | Drama
Talented swimmer, motivated apprentice-- Beyto is in the midst of life, with a bright future ahead of him. But when the only son of a Turkish migrant family falls in love with his coach Mike, an ideal world falls to pieces.
Director: Gitta Gsell | Stars: Burak Ates, Dimitri Stapfer, Ecem Aydin, Beren Tuna
Votes: 1,432
3 Stars
29. Princesses (2005)
109 min | Drama
Friendship and love in the world of prostitution in Madrid.
Director: Fernando León de Aranoa | Stars: Candela Peña, Micaela Nevárez, Mariana Cordero, Llum Barrera
Votes: 5,617 | Gross: $0.03M
3 Stars
30. Wolf Totem (2015)
PG-13 | 121 min | Adventure, Drama
During China's Cultural Revolution, a young urban student is sent to live with Mongolian herders, where he adopts a wolf cub.
Director: Jean-Jacques Annaud | Stars: Shaofeng Feng, Shawn Dou, Ankhnyam Ragchaa, Zhusheng Yin
Votes: 6,233 | Gross: $0.21M
3 Stars
31. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009)
R | 152 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A journalist is aided by a young female hacker in his search for the killer of a woman who has been dead for forty years.
Director: Niels Arden Oplev | Stars: Michael Nyqvist, Noomi Rapace, Ewa Fröling, Lena Endre
Votes: 223,380 | Gross: $10.10M
3 Stars
32. Light the Fuse... Sartana Is Coming (1970)
Not Rated | 99 min | Western
After breaking a gambler who has been framed for murder out of prison, Sartana helps him to trace the whereabouts of a cache of missing gold.
Director: Giuliano Carnimeo | Stars: Gianni Garko, Nieves Navarro, Massimo Serato, Piero Lulli
Votes: 1,259
3 Stars
33. Lady Chatterley (2006)
R | 168 min | Drama, Romance
A French adaptation of the second (and much less well-known) version of D.H. Lawrence's erotic tale.
Director: Pascale Ferran | Stars: Marina Hands, Jean-Louis Coulloc'h, Hippolyte Girardot, Hélène Alexandridis
Votes: 4,772 | Gross: $0.69M
3 Stars
34. The Party (1980)
PG | 100 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
This is the story about a teenage girl's first love experiences.
Director: Claude Pinoteau | Stars: Claude Brasseur, Brigitte Fossey, Sophie Marceau, Denise Grey
Votes: 10,578
3 Stars
35. Invincible Masked Rider (1963)
96 min | Adventure
In 17th century Spain, the evil, corrupt Don Luis intends to marry his ward, Carmencita, to his stepson, Don Diego. A peasant revolt, fueled by a plague, complicates matters, as does the arrival of a Masked Avenger.
Director: Umberto Lenzi | Stars: Pierre Brice, Daniele Vargas, Hélène Chanel, Massimo Serato
Votes: 107
2 Stars
36. Junction 48 (2016)
Not Rated | 95 min | Action, Biography, Crime
Set against a backdrop of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Palestinian rapper Kareem and his singer girlfriend Manar struggle, love and make music in their crime-ridden ghetto and Tel Aviv's hip-hop club scene.
Director: Udi Aloni | Stars: Tamer Nafar, Samar Qupty, Salwa Nakkara, Said Dasuki
Votes: 738 | Gross: $0.01M
2 Stars
37. I Am the Keeper (2014)
88 min | Drama, Romance
Small town guy «Goalie» lands in prison for not ratting out his childhood friend Ueli to the police. After a year spent in jail, he heads back to his hometown Schummertal. He sets for a ... See full summary »
Director: Sabine Boss | Stars: Marcus Signer, Sonja Riesen, Pascal Ulli, Michael Neuenschwander
Votes: 464
2 Stars
38. Den 5:e kvinnan (2002)
229 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A florist is found strangled in the woods. Wallander has to track down the killer.
Stars: Rolf Lassgård, Marie Richardson, Lars Melin, Christer Fant
Votes: 623
2 Stars
39. Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra (2002)
PG | 107 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
Asterix and Obelix go to Egypt to help architect Edifis who is building a palace for Cleopatra.
Director: Alain Chabat | Stars: Gérard Depardieu, Christian Clavier, Jamel Debbouze, Monica Bellucci
Votes: 57,871 | Gross: $3.12M
2 Stars
40. The 100 Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared (2013)
R | 114 min | Adventure, Comedy
After living a long and colorful life, Allan Karlsson finds himself stuck in a nursing home. On his 100th birthday, he leaps out a window and begins an unexpected journey.
Director: Felix Herngren | Stars: Robert Gustafsson, Iwar Wiklander, David Wiberg, Mia Skäringer
Votes: 42,651 | Gross: $1.08M
2 Stars
41.
Collection Fred Vargas (2007– )
Episode:
Sous les vents de Neptune
(2008)
180 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Director: Josée Dayan | Stars: Jean-Hugues Anglade, Jacques Spiesser, Hélène Fillières, Jeanne Moreau
Votes: 105
2 Stars
42. A Heavenly Vintage (2009)
R | 121 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
In 19th century France, a peasant winemaker endeavors to create the perfect vintage.
Director: Niki Caro | Stars: Jérémie Renier, Keisha Castle-Hughes, Vania Vilers, Eric Godon
Votes: 982
2 Stars. Despite the original language being English, it's a french movie with a mostly french cast, so it's in this list.
43. The Intouchables (2011)
R | 112 min | Comedy, Drama
After he becomes a quadriplegic from a paragliding accident, an aristocrat hires a young man from the projects to be his caregiver.
Directors: Olivier Nakache, Éric Toledano | Stars: François Cluzet, Omar Sy, Anne Le Ny, Audrey Fleurot
Votes: 930,029 | Gross: $13.18M
2 Stars
44. My Favorite Fabric (2018)
96 min | Drama
Upon the Arabic Spring a young woman rents a room in the neighbor's brothel where she can dream about her sexual desires and identity.
Director: Gaya Jiji | Stars: Manal Issa, Thuraya Baghdadi, Ula Tabari, Mariah Tannoury
Votes: 581
2 Stars
45. Sennentuntschi: Curse of the Alps (2010)
Not Rated | 115 min | Horror, Mystery
Three lonely herdsmen starved of female companionship creates the girl of their dreams, from a broom, some straw and a few rags. The creation - Sennentuntschi, lives and breathe to cook, clean and look after the three.
Director: Michael Steiner | Stars: Roxane Mesquida, Nicholas Ofczarek, Andrea Zogg, Carlos Leal
Votes: 3,277
2 Stars
46. Behind the Blue Door (2016)
99 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
After a serious car accident, Lukasz discovers that the blue door in his new room leads to alternate reality.
Director: Mariusz Palej | Stars: Dominik Kowalczyk, Ewa Blaszczyk, Magdalena Niec, Michal Zebrowski
Votes: 1,499
2 Stars
47. Captain Alatriste: The Spanish Musketeer (2006)
145 min | Adventure, Drama, History
Viggo Mortensen plays the Spanish soldier-turned-mercenary Captain Alatriste, a heroic figure from the country's 17th century imperial wars.
Director: Agustín Díaz Yanes | Stars: Viggo Mortensen, Elena Anaya, Unax Ugalde, Eduard Fernández
Votes: 13,879
2 Stars
48. The Page Turner (2006)
Unrated | 85 min | Drama, Music, Thriller
After failing the audition to a prestigious music school because of the rude behavior of one of the testers, a girl takes revenge by gaining the trust of the same woman some years later and becoming indispensable for her.
Director: Denis Dercourt | Stars: Catherine Frot, Déborah François, Pascal Greggory, Clotilde Mollet
Votes: 7,381 | Gross: $0.21M
2 Stars
49. Mario (I) (2018)
124 min | Drama, Romance, Sport
Two young football players get caught up between the politics of the game and the politics of love.
Director: Marcel Gisler | Stars: Max Hubacher, Aaron Altaras, Jessy Moravec, Jürg Plüss
Votes: 5,264
2 Stars
50. Wondrous Boccaccio (2015)
120 min | Comedy, Drama, History
10 young friends hide out from a deadly disease in the countryside during the 1300s.
Directors: Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani | Stars: Lello Arena, Paola Cortellesi, Carolina Crescentini, Flavio Parenti
Votes: 995
1 Star
51. XXY (2007)
Not Rated | 86 min | Drama, Romance
The story of an intersex fifteen-year-old. She lives with her parents, who have to cope with the challenges of her medical condition.
Director: Lucía Puenzo | Stars: Ricardo Darín, Valeria Bertuccelli, Germán Palacios, Carolina Pelleritti
Votes: 14,931 | Gross: $0.05M
1 Star
52. Spagat (2020)
110 min | Drama
A high school teacher's double life begins to come apart at the seams when well-hidden secrets gradually emerge.
Director: Christian Johannes Koch | Stars: Rachel Braunschweig, Aleksey Serebryakov, Masha Demiri, Nellie Hächler
Votes: 91
1 Star
53. The Ornithologist (2016)
Unrated | 117 min | Adventure, Drama, Mystery
Fernando, a solitary ornithologist, is looking for black storks when he is swept away by the rapids. Rescued by a couple of Chinese pilgrims, he plunges into an eerie and dark forest, trying to get back on his track.
Director: João Pedro Rodrigues | Stars: Paul Hamy, João Pedro Rodrigues, Xelo Cagiao, Han Wen
Votes: 3,757 | Gross: $0.05M
1 Star
54. Duel of the Titans (1961)
Not Rated | 89 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Twin brothers revolt against tyranny in pre-Roman Italy and then come to a parting of the ways as they lead their people toward the founding of a new city.
Director: Sergio Corbucci | Stars: Steve Reeves, Gordon Scott, Virna Lisi, Franco Volpi
Votes: 967
1 Star
55. Nessuno è perfetto (1981)
105 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Guerrino, a prematurely widowed businessman, falls in love with Chantal, a former paratrooper in the German army who changed sex a few years earlier.
Director: Pasquale Festa Campanile | Stars: Ornella Muti, Renato Pozzetto, Felice Andreasi, Massimo Boldi
Votes: 297
1 Star
56. How Much Do You Love Me? (2005)
Not Rated | 95 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
An ordinary clerk hires a gorgeous prostitute for one night. When that night is over, he doesn't want to let her go. She agrees to stay with him, but her boss wants her back.
Director: Bertrand Blier | Stars: Monica Bellucci, Bernard Campan, Gérard Depardieu, Jean-Pierre Darroussin
Votes: 7,710
1 Star
57. The Avenger (1962)
95 min | Adventure, Drama
Aeneas leads escapees from the Trojan war to new land in Italy, and must deal with new threats to his people.
Director: Giorgio Venturini | Stars: Steve Reeves, Giacomo Rossi Stuart, Carla Marlier, Mario Ferrari
Votes: 477
1 Star
58. Oscar and the Lady in Pink (2009)
105 min | Drama
Listening in to a conversation between his doctor and parents, 10-year-old Oscar learns what nobody has the courage to tell him. He only has a few weeks to live. Furious, he refuses to ... See full summary »
Director: Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt | Stars: Michèle Laroque, Amir Ben Abdelmoumen, Max von Sydow, Amira Casar
Votes: 1,618
1 Star
59. Plötzlich Deutsch (2014 TV Movie)
Comedy
Director: Robert Ralston | Stars: Martin Rapold, Urs Jucker, Anika Baumann, Maja Stolle
Votes: 56
1 Star
60. Womit haben wir das verdient? (2018)
91 min | Comedy
Wanda's world has been turned upside down when her teenage daughter Nina suddenly turns up in a hijab. Nina has secretly converted to Islam.
Director: Eva Spreitzhofer | Stars: Caroline Peters, Simon Schwarz, Emily Cox, Chantal Zitzenbacher
Votes: 589
1 Star
61. For a Few Dollars Less (1966)
95 min | Comedy, Western
A bank clerk and his cousin, a "general", join forces to track down a Mexican outlaw.
Director: Mario Mattoli | Stars: Lando Buzzanca, Elio Pandolfi, Gloria Paul, Lucia Modugno
Votes: 116
When the movie is over, one of the characters says: "Finally". I couldn't agree more. 1 Star
62. Lengmo weiyang lengmo (2019)
61 min | Drama
Director: Guangrong Rong | Stars: Yue Lin Bai, Lei Wang
1 Star
63. Death in a French Garden (1985)
R | 101 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A magnate and his younger wife hire David to teach guitar to their teenage daughter. The wife quickly seduces David, and simultaneously he strikes up an acquaintance with the family's ... See full summary »
Director: Michel Deville | Stars: Anémone, Richard Bohringer, Nicole Garcia, Christophe Malavoy
Votes: 1,812
0 Stars
64. Like Water for Chocolate (1992)
R | 105 min | Drama, Romance
When tradition prevents her from marrying the man she loves, a young woman discovers she has a unique talent for cooking.
Director: Alfonso Arau | Stars: Marco Leonardi, Lumi Cavazos, Regina Torné, Mario Iván Martínez
Votes: 18,848 | Gross: $21.67M
0 Stars
65. The Dove and the Wolf (2019)
106 min | Drama
Displaced by the violence that swept their town, Paloma and Lobo survive trying to love each other. Through thirst, fear and nostalgia, Paloma wishes to go back home but Lobo lives tied to a memory that stops him from returning.
Director: Carlos Lenin | Stars: Paloma Petra, Armando Hernández, Mónica Del Carmen, Pablo Mendoza
Votes: 107
0 Stars
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