Europe, Latin America, Australia
by gregorymaria-51553 | created - 22 Feb 2022 | updated - 4 months ago | PublicNon-Hollywood, non-Indian, and non-Russian movies that I like.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
See my other lists:
• My India
Bookmarked Indian films with the links to watch
• Hollywood Gems
American movies I like
• Russia, Belarus, USSR
• South Korean Thrillers
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Instant Watch Options
- Genres
- Movies or TV
- IMDb Rating
- In Theaters
- Release Year
- Keywords
1. Life Is Beautiful (1997)
PG-13 | 116 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
When an open-minded Jewish waiter and his son become victims of the Holocaust, he uses a perfect mixture of will, humor and imagination to protect his son from the dangers around their camp.
Director: Roberto Benigni | Stars: Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, Giorgio Cantarini, Giustino Durano
Votes: 743,405 | Gross: $57.60M
2. The Pianist (2002)
R | 150 min | Biography, Drama, Music
During WWII, acclaimed Polish musician Wladyslaw faces various struggles as he loses contact with his family. As the situation worsens, he hides in the ruins of Warsaw in order to survive.
Director: Roman Polanski | Stars: Adrien Brody, Thomas Kretschmann, Frank Finlay, Emilia Fox
Votes: 912,624 | Gross: $32.57M
3. Hotel Rwanda (2004)
PG-13 | 121 min | Biography, Drama, History
Paul Rusesabagina, a hotel manager, houses over a thousand Tutsi refugees during their struggle against the Hutu militia in Rwanda, Africa.
Director: Terry George | Stars: Don Cheadle, Sophie Okonedo, Joaquin Phoenix, Xolani Mali
Votes: 372,321 | Gross: $23.53M
4. The Class (2007)
99 min | Drama
An average Estonian high-schooler decides to defend his bullied classmate. This starts war between him and the informal leader of the class. As teenagers' honour is a touchy thing, everything ends in bloodshed.
Director: Ilmar Raag | Stars: Vallo Kirs, Pärt Uusberg, Lauri Pedaja, Paula Solvak
Votes: 15,858
Original title: Klass ▶ ok.ru/video/2152757004998 (English subs) ▶ ok.ru/video/1980027636448 (Spanish subs) ▶ ok.ru/video/3969897925212 (Greek subs)
5. The Chorus (2004)
PG-13 | 97 min | Drama, Music
Pierre, a successful orchestra conductor, returns home when his mother dies. He stumbles upon an old diary and recollects the childhood school memories and his music teacher Clement Mathieu.
Director: Christophe Barratier | Stars: Gérard Jugnot, François Berléand, Jean-Baptiste Maunier, Kad Merad
Votes: 67,185 | Gross: $3.64M
Original title: Les Choristes
6. Knockin' on Heaven's Door (1997)
Not Rated | 87 min | Action, Crime, Comedy
Two terminally ill patients escape from a hospital, steal a car and rush towards the sea.
Director: Thomas Jahn | Stars: Til Schweiger, Jan Josef Liefers, Thierry van Werveke, Moritz Bleibtreu
Votes: 33,697 | Gross: $0.00M
"Достучаться до небес"
▶ youtu.be/6WRClPmppUE
7. Bangkok Hilton (1989)
90 min | Drama, Thriller
The story of Kat Stanton, an Australian woman searching for her father who, whilst travelling back from London to Australia via Thailand, makes friends with Arkie Ragan, a photographer. Kat... See full summary »
Stars: Nicole Kidman, Denholm Elliott, Hugo Weaving, Joy Smithers
Votes: 5,140
▶ youtu.be/yHkTRIXTOZw
8. Madly in Love (1981)
102 min | Comedy, Romance
Barnaba, a rude bus driver who enjoys the attention of women, one day meets Principessa Cristina, the princess of a local principality.
Directors: Franco Castellano, Giuseppe Moccia | Stars: Adriano Celentano, Ornella Muti, Adolfo Celi, Milla Sannoner
Votes: 4,242
Original title: Innamorato Pazzo
▶ ok.ru/video/3472228223557
9. The Quack (1982)
128 min | Drama, Romance
Abandoned by his wife and daughter, a famous surgeon starts drinking, hurts his head and loses his memory. His medical knowledge gradually resurfaces and he becomes a village healer, not remembering who he is.
Director: Jerzy Hoffman | Stars: Jerzy Binczycki, Anna Dymna, Tomasz Stockinger, Bernard Ladysz
Votes: 3,735
Original title: Znachor
10. Maria Full of Grace (2004)
R | 101 min | Crime, Drama
A pregnant Colombian teenager becomes a drug mule to make some desperately-needed money for her family.
Director: Joshua Marston | Stars: Catalina Sandino Moreno, Guilied Lopez, Orlando Tobón, Virginia Cristina Ariza
Votes: 36,186 | Gross: $6.52M
a.k.a. María, llena eres de gracia
▶ fsharetv.co/movie/_uid09072023-maria-full-of-grace-episode-1-tt0390221
11. The Hidden Face (2011)
R | 97 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Shattered by the unexpected news of their irreversible break-up, an aspiring orchestra conductor is puzzled by his girlfriend's mysterious and seemingly inexplicable case of disappearance. But can he look beyond the facts?
Director: Andrés Baiz | Stars: Quim Gutiérrez, Martina García, María Soledad Rodríguez, Jose Luis Garcia
Votes: 46,305
Original title La Cara Oculta
12. Sleep Tight (2011)
Not Rated | 102 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Cesar, a miserable man who works as an apartment concierge, takes a special interest in an attractive woman who lives there. He goes to great lengths to trouble her.
Director: Jaume Balagueró | Stars: Luis Tosar, Marta Etura, Alberto San Juan, Petra Martínez
Votes: 46,702
Original title Mientras Duermes
13. The Round Up (2010)
Not Rated | 115 min | Drama, History, War
A faithful retelling of the 1942 "Vel' d'Hiv Roundup" and the events surrounding it.
Director: Rose Bosch | Stars: Jean Reno, Mélanie Laurent, Gad Elmaleh, Raphaëlle Agogué
Votes: 9,372
Original title La Rafle "Облава"
14. Belle & Sebastian (2013)
104 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
A six-year-old boy and his dog look to foil a Nazi effort to capture French Resistance fighters.
Director: Nicolas Vanier | Stars: Félix Bossuet, Tchéky Karyo, Margaux Chatelier, Dimitri Storoge
Votes: 5,567
▶ Amazon Prime
15. Fanny's Journey (2016)
94 min | Drama, War
Fanny and her sisters attempt to escape Nazi occupied France but many dangers are ahead of them.
Director: Lola Doillon | Stars: Léonie Souchaud, Fantine Harduin, Juliane Lepoureau, Ryan Brodie
Votes: 1,621
16. Narcos (2015–2017)
TV-MA | 50 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
A chronicled look at the criminal exploits of Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar, as well as the many other drug kingpins who plagued the country through the years.
Stars: Pedro Pascal, Wagner Moura, Boyd Holbrook, Alberto Ammann
Votes: 470,531
17. The Island (2010–2011)
45 min | Drama
Alexis wants to learn everything about her mother's past. To her surprise, she finds out that her family is connected with the isolated island of Spinaloga - the former settlement of lepers. The adaption of the best-selling novel, "The Island", by Victoria Hislop.
Stars: Stelios Mainas, Grigoris Orfanoudakis, Tasos Nousias, Maria Protopappa
Votes: 2,992
Original title: Το Νησί
18. The Taming of the Scoundrel (1980)
107 min | Comedy, Romance
A grouchy farmer, known around his small Italian town as being wonderful to his employees, but actively driving everyone else away, is in for a surprise when a beautiful girl from the city,... See full summary »
Directors: Franco Castellano, Giuseppe Moccia | Stars: Adriano Celentano, Ornella Muti, Edith Peters, Pippo Santonastaso
Votes: 9,634
Original title: Il Bisbetico Domato
▶ ok.ru/video/4774480841263
Settings --> Subtities
19. Sexmission (1984)
122 min | Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Two scientists are placed into a 3-year hibernation, but when they wake up, it turns out to have been 50 years, and they are the only two males in a new underground society composed exclusively of women.
Director: Juliusz Machulski | Stars: Wieslaw Michnikowski, Jerzy Stuhr, Olgierd Lukaszewicz, Dorota Stalinska
Votes: 14,427
▶ vk.com/video Search "Seksmisja Новые амазонки (на польском ) (1983) английские субтитры"
20. Kamilla og tyven (1988)
106 min | Drama, Family
Orphan Kamilla moves in with her rich uncle who lives in Kristiansand, Norway in the early 1900, Norway. Her uncles wife however does not approve of Kamilla and want to send her to a ... See full summary »
Director: Grete S. Hynnekleiv | Stars: Veronika Flåt Tjelle, Dennis Storhøi, Agnete G. Haaland, Morten Harket
Votes: 566
I initially watched it for Morten Harket (my crush ❤️), but the movie itself is great as well.
21. Kamilla og tyven II (1989)
97 min | Drama, Family
Kamilla goes on fighting to get Sebastian accepted, both while in jail and after being released. She's the only one believing that he wills top stealing. Is her support enough to keep him away from that?
Director: Grete S. Hynnekleiv | Stars: Veronika Flåt Tjelle, Dennis Storhøi, Agnete G. Haaland, Silje Trones Lønseth
Votes: 322
a sequel
22. Retribution (2015)
Not Rated | 102 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A banker and his kids are held hostage in their own speeding car by a bomb-making extortionist.
Director: Dani de la Torre | Stars: Luis Tosar, Javier Gutiérrez, Elvira Mínguez, Fernando Cayo
Votes: 11,101
Original title: El Desconocido
23. Common Wealth (2000)
R | 110 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
The accidental discovery of a big fortune hidden in the apartment of a deceased man will fill the heart of a real estate agent with greed and dreams of a luxurious life, but the neighbours think otherwise.
Director: Álex de la Iglesia | Stars: Carmen Maura, Eduardo Antuña, María Asquerino, Jesús Bonilla
Votes: 12,877
24. La Chèvre (1981)
91 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
A daughter of a millionaire, distinguished by incredible bad luck, goes missing. The idea how to find her is either insane or brilliant - to send after her an equally unlucky person.
Director: Francis Veber | Stars: Pierre Richard, Gérard Depardieu, Pedro Armendáriz Jr., Corynne Charbit
Votes: 10,634
25. 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: 10,574
26. Taxi (I) (1998)
Not Rated | 89 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
To work off his tarnished driving record, a hip taxi driver must chauffeur a loser police inspector on the trail of German bank robbers.
Director: Gérard Pirès | Stars: Samy Naceri, Frédéric Diefenthal, Marion Cotillard, Manuela Gourary
Votes: 89,423 | Gross: $0.27M
27. Three Wishes for Cinderella (1973)
88 min | Drama, Fantasy, Family
Life changes dramatically for a Czech housemaid when the family coachman gives her three magical hazelnuts.
Director: Václav Vorlícek | Stars: Libuse Safránková, Pavel Trávnícek, Carola Braunbock, Rolf Hoppe
Votes: 11,646
28. The Closet (2001)
R | 84 min | Comedy
A man spreads the rumor of his fake homosexuality with the aid of his neighbor, to prevent his imminent firing at his work.
Director: Francis Veber | Stars: Daniel Auteuil, Gérard Depardieu, Thierry Lhermitte, Michèle Laroque
Votes: 18,333 | Gross: $6.68M
Tell Your Friends