BOT's Top Foreign Films of All Time Poll Deadline July 12th, for realsies this time, that is the final deadline

[peludo]

FYC

 

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Spirited Away (2001) - Hayao Miyazaki (Japan)

 

Plácido (1961) - Luis García Berlanga (Spain)

 

Martín (Hache) (1997) - Adolfo Aristarain (Argentina)

 

Bicycle thief (1948) - Vittorio de Sica (Italy)

 

Es geschah am hellichten Tag (1958) - Ladislao Vajda (Switzerland)

(English title: It happened in broad daylight)

 

Trois couleurs - Rouge (1994) - Krzysztof Kieslowski (France)

(English title: Three colors - Red)

 

El secreto de sus ojos (2009) - Juan José Campanella (Argentina)

(English title: The secret in their eyes)

 

Los lunes al sol (2002) - Fernando León de Aranoa (Spain)

(English title: Mondays in the sun)

 

Truman (2015) - Cesc Gay (Spain)

 

Belle de jour (1967) - Luis Buñuel (France)

 

Los olvidados (1950) - Luis Buñuel (Mexico)

(English title: The young and the damned)

 

 

[baumer]

On 5/26/2020 at 4:12 PM, Plain Old Tele said:

Folks here might know it by its alt title, MUD AND CHICKENS. 

 

@baumer

 

My number one foreign film.  Mud and Chickens is a masterpiece.

[chasmmi]

FYC:

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Tower]

I started watching Foreign films and already have one for you to consider:

wonderful film, I should see more from Kusturica before the deadline.

[Jake Gittes]

1 hour ago, Tower said:

I started watching Foreign films and already have one for you to consider:

wonderful film, I should see more from Kusturica before the deadline.

Underground is an all-timer.

[DAR]

For anyone bitching about HBO Max there seems to be a selection of films that could qualify for this list

[chasmmi]

Obviously getting any sort of cinematic release in the USA is not in any way a prerequisite for this list. 

 

[chasmmi]

On 5/26/2020 at 3:15 AM, lorddemaxus said:

How about films that are a combination of english and a foreign language like Certified Copy and Call Me By Your Name? Like what would be considered predominantly foreign language?

 

If there are scenes / characters that involve foreign language, that is probably not a foreign film. 

If there are whole acts / 75% Plus of the runtime in a foreign language, that is probably a foreign film. 

 

If you think it counts, put it on the list and if enough people do that to the extent it makes the top xxx, I'll make a further judgement at that point. 

 

(e.g. For me, Lion was the kind of film I was questioning whether it could count as the first half of it is pretty much all in Indian (I say Indian because there are at least two languages being used in those acts), but then I kind of accepted that I was basically trying to find a way to shoehorn it onto my list as opposed to genuinely thinking it should qualify.  

[Daxtreme]

So glad I didn't miss this, chasmmi have you considered tagging a bunch of people?

 

I'll be posting a top 100 for sure. Expect lots of Hong Kong representation   

 

[Jake Gittes]

On 5/25/2020 at 11:01 PM, chasmmi said:

 

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Multiple Vote Bonuses: (Total)

 

2 Votes - 30pts

4 votes - 36pts

6 votes - 42pts

8 votes - 50pts

10 votes - 60pts

12 votes - 72pts

Every subsequent 2 votes - 12pts 

 

Surely this will only put the lesser-seen films at an even greater disadvantage than they're already at? Rewarding big #s of points with even more points works for summer game which is a test of knowledge but it really doesn't here, imo. It's just gonna turn this into much more of a popularity contest. 

[Daxtreme]

I agree, lesser-known films are already struggling enough as it is in these lists.

[Daxtreme]

Tentative top 25 right now

 

1. Pan's Labyrinth (2006) - Spain 

2. Peking Opera Blues (1986) - Hong Kong 

3. A Prophet (2009) - France

4. Sympathy for Lady Vengeance (2005) - South Korea

5. City of God (2002) - Brazil

6. Cinema Paradiso (1988) - Italy

7. Spirited Away (2001) - Japan

8. Eastern Condors (1987) - Hong Kong

9. Police Story 3: Supercop (1992) - Hong Kong

10. Ip Man (2008) - Hong Kong

11. The Lives of Others (2006) - Germany

12. Amélie (2001) - France

13. The Chorus (2004) - France

14. Bicycle Thieves (1948) - Italy

15. Police Story (1985) - Hong Kong

16. La Femme Nikita (1990) - France

17. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000) - Hong Kong/Taiwan

18. Hard Boiled (1992) - Hong Kong

19. Ong-Bak (2003) - Thailand

20. Iron Angels (1987) - Hong Kong

21. In the Line of Duty 4 (1989) - Hong Kong

22. Memories of Murder (2003) - South Korea

23. Web of Deception (1989) - Hong Kong

24. The Raid (2011) - Indonesia

25. Infernal Affairs (2002) - Hong Kong

 

Obviously, FYC ^

[RealLyre]

nobody is going to watch these but FYC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[chasmmi]

Two weeks until the point where the deadline gets extended.

[charlie Jatinder]

22 hours ago, RealLyre said:

FYC

 

this seems interesting. will check it out.

[Jake Gittes]

The Fool is pretty good.

[Jake Gittes]

On 6/11/2020 at 10:59 AM, chasmmi said:

Two weeks until the point where the deadline gets extended.

I see you deleted the scoring system from the OP. You gonna post an updated one?

[charlie Jatinder]

On 5/25/2020 at 11:38 PM, charlie Jatinder said:

A suggestion,
Since many users would have watched limited films, you can use weight system.

Like there will be users who list 100 films as usual but some may list 10, 15 or even random numbers like 33 films. 

For such lists, take the number of films listed and divide by 100. Use the ratio to weight the films ranked in list.

For instance. No. 1 film is 50 points, no. 2-5 40 points, 6-10 35 points, 11-15 30 points and so on.

And someone give 13 films. 13/100. His 1st film will have 50*13/100 = 6.5 points, 2-5 films 5.2 points and so on.

That way, a person who has watched only limited films won't be impacting the Ranking more than it should.

13 hours ago, Jake Gittes said:

I see you deleted the scoring system from the OP. You gonna post an updated one?

I think my suggestion was good.

 

[Daxtreme]

I think Jake was more referring to the other system that was in the OP which gave more weight to movies that popped on several lists.

 

Like in the Derby. But Jake's and my opinion is that popular movies already benefit enough from being popular and showing up on several lists, no need to give them even more scoring weight.

[RealLyre]

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