2001 Foreign Language Films
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1. Slogans (2001)
90 min | Comedy, Drama
Andre starts as a teacher in a remote mountain village in Albania. His first task is to choose one of two communist slogans. He picks the shorter one, which is appreciated by his class, ... See full summary »
Director: Gjergj Xhuvani | Stars: David Elmasllari, Marko Bitraku, Mirjana Dedi, Artur Gorishti
Votes: 464
Albania
2. Inch'Allah dimanche (2001)
Not Rated | 98 min | Biography, Drama
Zouina is a woman who is torn from her home in Algeria. With her 3 children and her mother-in-law, she rejoins her husband in a foreign, unaccommodating land.
Director: Yamina Benguigui | Stars: Fejria Deliba, Rabia Mokeddem, Amina Annabi, Anass Behri
Votes: 578
Algeria
3. Son of the Bride (2001)
R | 123 min | Comedy, Drama
A dissatisfied 40-year-old, separated and without time for his own daughter and girlfriend must rethink his life when his father decides to marry his mother, who suffers from Alzheimer's disease, by church.
Director: Juan José Campanella | Stars: Ricardo Darín, Héctor Alterio, Norma Aleandro, Eduardo Blanco
Votes: 16,499 | Gross: $0.62M
Argentina
4. Symphony of Silence (2001)
110 min | Drama
Today, Mel Divan is a successful American businessman with a terminal illness. But long ago he was an infamous criminal who escaped from a mental institution in Communist Armenia. With the ... See full summary »
Director: Vigen Chaldranyan | Stars: Michael Poghosian, Karen Dzhanibekyan, Jean-Pierre Nshanian, Nino Kasradze
Votes: 92
Armenia
5. La spagnola (2001)
87 min | Comedy, Drama
Lola, a hot-blooded Spaniard, is deserted by her husband for a cool and calculating Aussie blonde. Lola is pregnant again but she and their daughter Lucia are left to starve while Ricardo ... See full summary »
Director: Steve Jacobs | Stars: Lola Marceli, Alice Ansara, Lourdes Bartolomé, Silvio Ofria
Votes: 477
Australia
6. The Piano Teacher (2001)
R | 131 min | Drama, Music
A young man romantically pursues his masochistic piano teacher.
Director: Michael Haneke | Stars: Isabelle Huppert, Annie Girardot, Benoît Magimel, Susanne Lothar
Votes: 71,658 | Gross: $1.90M
Austria
7. Pauline & Paulette (2001)
PG | 78 min | Comedy, Drama
Pauline is a 'little girl of 66 years old'. She is intellectually disabled and been cared after by her sister Martha. When Martha dies, her two younger sisters, Paulette and Cecile have to ... See full summary »
Director: Lieven Debrauwer | Stars: Dora van der Groen, Ann Petersen, Rosemarie Bergmans, Julienne De Bruyn
Votes: 1,828 | Gross: $0.14M
Belgium
8. No Man's Land (I) (2001)
R | 98 min | Comedy, Drama, War
Bosnia and Herzegovina during 1993 at the time of the heaviest fighting between the two warring sides. Two soldiers from opposing sides in the conflict, Nino and Ciki, become trapped in no man's land, whilst a third soldier becomes a living booby trap.
Director: Danis Tanovic | Stars: Branko Djuric, Rene Bitorajac, Filip Sovagovic, Georges Siatidis
Votes: 48,803 | Gross: $1.06M
Bosnia and Herzegovina
9. Behind the Sun (2001)
PG-13 | 105 min | Drama
When ordered by his father to avenge the death of his older brother, a young man questions the tradition of violence between two rival families.
Director: Walter Salles | Stars: José Dumont, Rodrigo Santoro, Rita Assemany, Luiz Carlos Vasconcelos
Votes: 7,398 | Gross: $0.06M
Brazil
10. Fate as a Rat (2001)
75 min | Comedy, Crime
It is a story about a group of friends who live in a small seaport town. Their lifestyle is rigorous, their joys are simple and their sex life is raw. Their concepts of man's dignity, ... See full summary »
Director: Ivan Pavlov | Stars: Ivaylo Hristov, Hristo Garbov, Valentin Tanev, Alexander Doynov
Votes: 29
Bulgaria
11. Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner (2001)
R | 172 min | Drama
The telling of an Inuit legend of an evil spirit causing strife in the community and one warrior's endurance and battle of its menace.
Director: Zacharias Kunuk | Stars: Natar Ungalaaq, Sylvia Ivalu, Peter-Henry Arnatsiaq, Lucy Tulugarjuk
Votes: 6,859 | Gross: $3.79M
Canada
12. A Cab for Three (2001)
Unrated | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A taxi driver is given a difficult choice from 2 small time crooks: drive them around while they rob, or get locked up in the trunk.
Director: Orlando Lübbert | Stars: Alejandro Trejo, Fernando Gómez Rovira, Daniel Muñoz, Elena Milea
Votes: 1,128
Chile
13. Our Lady of the Assassins (2000)
R | 101 min | Crime, Drama
The writer F. Vallejo returns to Medellin after an absence of over 30 years. He meets 16-year-old Alexis. Alexis is the kind of killer who knocks people off on command. The two are immediately attracted to each other.
Director: Barbet Schroeder | Stars: Germán Jaramillo, Anderson Ballesteros, Juan David Restrepo, Manuel Busquets
Votes: 4,273 | Gross: $0.53M
Colombia
14. Queen of the Night (2001)
95 min | Drama, Sport
Osijek, Yugoslavia- 1968. 17-year old Tomo is the great hope for the city of Osijek in the junior rowing cup that Chairman Tito is scheduled to open in that city. However, Tomo's main ... See full summary »
Director: Branko Schmidt | Stars: Luka Dragic, Barbara Vickovic, Mustafa Nadarevic, Gordana Gadzic
Votes: 249
Croatia
15. Dark Blue World (2001)
R | 112 min | War, Drama, Action
The friendship of two men becomes tested when they both fall for the same woman.
Director: Jan Sverák | Stars: Ondrej Vetchý, Krystof Hádek, Tara Fitzgerald, Charles Dance
Votes: 6,090 | Gross: $0.26M
Czech Republic
16. Italiensk for begyndere (2000)
R | 112 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Several lonely hearts in a semi-provincial suburb of a town in Denmark use a beginner's course in Italian as the platform to meet the romance of their lives.
Director: Lone Scherfig | Stars: Anders W. Berthelsen, Ann Eleonora Jørgensen, Anette Støvelbæk, Peter Gantzler
Votes: 13,842 | Gross: $4.45M
Denmark
17. Karu süda (2001)
124 min | Drama, Romance
A young Estonian goes to the Siberian Taiga to live as a hunter in a remote forest hut. He hopes to find his true self far from civilisation. The natives he meets introduce him to the myths... See full summary »
Director: Arvo Iho | Stars: Rain Simmul, Dinara Drukarova, Ilyana Pavlova, Külli Teetamm
Votes: 320
Estonia
18. Joki (2001)
104 min | Drama, Romance
Episodic study of feelings where six stories intertwine over one Saturday in a small town. Two boys save a young woman, Anni, and her baby from suicide by drowning. Esa, a down-on-his-luck ... See full summary »
Director: Jarmo Lampela | Stars: Sanna Hietala, Antti Ikkala, Jyri Ojansivu, Antti Mikkola
Votes: 849
Finland
19. 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: 793,667 | Gross: $33.23M
France
20. The Migration of the Angel (2001)
77 min | Drama
A metaphoric depiction of post-Soviet countries. The artificial environment of the USSR, built on an ideology that was not possible outside of theory has crumbled, but in its place the new ... See full summary »
Director: Nodar Managadze | Stars: Amiran Chichinadze, Dimitri Jaiani, Nino Koridze, Zurab Kandelaki
Votes: 10
Georgia
21. The Experiment (2001)
R | 120 min | Drama, Thriller
For two weeks, 20 male participants are hired to play prisoners and guards in a prison. The "prisoners" have to follow seemingly mild rules, and the "guards" are told to retain order without using physical violence.
Director: Oliver Hirschbiegel | Stars: Moritz Bleibtreu, Christian Berkel, Oliver Stokowski, Wotan Wilke Möhring
Votes: 96,071 | Gross: $0.14M
Germany
22. In Good Company (2000)
96 min | Comedy
A convict out of prison to visit his mother, followed by two policemen. A lunatic out of the asylum, followed by two doctors. Their meeting is the beginning of the most hilarious situations, as they begin their quest for freedom.
Director: Nikos Zapatinas | Stars: Giorgos Kimoulis, Nikos Kalogeropoulos, Evelina Papoulia, Mimis Hrysomallis
Votes: 359
Greece
23. Fulltime Killer (2001)
R | 102 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Two very different hitmen find themselves to be in each other's way. They use all their skill to solve the problem.
Directors: Johnnie To, Ka-Fai Wai | Stars: Andy Lau, Takashi Sorimachi, Kelly Lin, Simon Yam
Votes: 6,772 | Gross: $0.01M
Hong Kong
24. Torzók (2001)
100 min | Drama
Áron is a happy child in his family. But at some point things take a different turn, and his mother starts to lose her health rapidly. As this happens, the man in charge decides what's best... See full summary »
Director: Árpád Sopsits | Stars: Tamás Mészáros, Szabolcs Csizmadia, Attila Zsilák, Péter Müller
Votes: 614
Hungary
25. The Seagull's Laughter (2001)
Unrated | 102 min | Comedy, Drama
Post-war provincial Iceland: around 1950, Freyja, who'd been a plump teen, returns from America, a widow with a 20-inch waist, seven suitcases of dresses, and a list of who ever wronged or ... See full summary »
Director: Ágúst Guðmundsson | Stars: Margrét Vilhjálmsdóttir, Ugla Egilsdóttir, Heino Ferch, Hilmir Snær Guðnason
Votes: 697
Iceland
26. Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India (2001)
PG | 224 min | Drama, Musical, Sport
The people of a small village in Victorian India stake their future on a game of cricket against their ruthless British rulers.
Director: Ashutosh Gowariker | Stars: Aamir Khan, Raghubir Yadav, Gracy Singh, Rachel Shelley
Votes: 120,621 | Gross: $0.91M
India
27. Baran (2001)
PG | 94 min | Drama, Romance
In a building site in present-day Tehran, Lateef, a 17-year-old Turkish worker is irresistibly drawn to Rahmat, a young Afghan worker. The revelation of Rahmat's secret changes both their lives.
Director: Majid Majidi | Stars: Hossein Abedini, Zahra Bahrami, Mohammad Amir Naji, Hossein Mahjoub
Votes: 8,957 | Gross: $0.13M
Iran
28. Late Marriage (2001)
Unrated | 102 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Zaza is a 31-year old Israeli bachelor, handsome and intelligent, and his family wants to see him married. But tradition dictates that Zaza has to choose a young virgin. She must be ... See full summary »
Director: Dover Koshashvili | Stars: Lior Ashkenazi, Ronit Elkabetz, Moni Moshonov, Lili Koshashvili
Votes: 3,544 | Gross: $1.55M
Israel
29. The Son's Room (2001)
R | 99 min | Drama
A psychoanalyst and his family go through profound emotional trauma when their son dies in a scuba-diving accident.
Director: Nanni Moretti | Stars: Nanni Moretti, Laura Morante, Jasmine Trinca, Giuseppe Sanfelice
Votes: 21,427 | Gross: $1.01M
Italy
30. Go (2001)
122 min | Drama, Romance
Sugihara, born in Japan but with North Korean parents, falls in love with a Japanese girl after changing from a North Korean school to a Japanese school. His boxer dad teaches him boxing - skills used a lot.
Director: Isao Yukisada | Stars: Yôsuke Kubozuka, Kô Shibasaki, Tarô Yamamoto, Hirofumi Arai
Votes: 3,008
Japan
31. Maimil (2001)
90 min | Drama
A teenager in a Kirgiz provincial town passes the time between his work at the railroad and hanging out with his friends before he has to join the military service.
Director: Aktan Arym Kubat | Stars: Mirlan Abdykalykov, Dzylykcy Dzakypov, Sergey Golovkin, Alexandra Mitrokhina
Votes: 130
Kyrgyzstan
32. Violet Perfume: Nobody Hears You (2001)
PG-13 | 90 min | Drama
The history of friendship of two females teenagers and how it's cracked up by misinformation about sexual education and violence against women.
Director: Marisa Sistach | Stars: Ximena Ayala, Nancy Gutiérrez, Arcelia Ramírez, María Rojo
Votes: 1,651
Mexico
33. The Moving True Story of a Woman Ahead of Her Time (2001)
110 min | Biography, Drama, History
Frisian-spoken costume drama about the turbulent marriage between a writer and a socialist politician.
Director: Pieter Verhoeff | Stars: Monic Hendrickx, Jeroen Willems, Peter Tuinman, Rients Gratama
Votes: 521
Netherlands
34. Elling (2001)
R | 89 min | Comedy, Drama
When his mother, who has sheltered him his entire 40 years, dies, sensitive would-be poet Elling is sent to live in a state institution. There he meets Kjell Bjarne, a gentle giant and ... See full summary »
Director: Petter Næss | Stars: Per Christian Ellefsen, Sven Nordin, Marit Pia Jacobsen, Jørgen Langhelle
Votes: 15,847 | Gross: $0.31M
Norway
35. In the Bosom of the Enemy (2001)
101 min | Drama, War
Set in WWII Philippines during the Japanese occupation. This is the story of Pilar, a young woman who is both a loving wife and a wet nurse for the enemy's child. In the course of the war, her true devotion is put to the test.
Director: Gil Portes | Stars: Jomari Yllana, Mylene Dizon, Kenji Motoki, Mario Magallona
Votes: 39
Philippines
36. Quo vadis (2001)
165 min | Drama, History, Romance
Marcus Vinicius meets Lygia in Rome and falls in love. But she is Christian and doesn't want anything to do with him. Marcus decides to kidnap her but Ursus, her bodyguard, catches Marcus. ... See full summary »
Director: Jerzy Kawalerowicz | Stars: Pavel Delong, Magdalena Mielcarz, Boguslaw Linda, Michal Bajor
Votes: 2,285
Poland
37. Camarate (2001)
100 min | Drama, History
Luisa, a Portuguese Supreme Court Judge, is given the Camarate File, the investigation of the accident that led to the death of Portuguese Prime-Minister and his accompanists on December ... See full summary »
Director: Luís Filipe Rocha | Stars: Maria João Luís, Virgílio Castelo, Filipe Ferrer, Cândido Ferreira
Votes: 171
Portugal
38. 12 horas (2001)
R | 89 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
A night in the life of a cab driver in San Juan.
Director: Raúl Marchand Sánchez | Stars: Jaime Bello, Marcos Betancourt, Modesto Lacen, Cielomar Cuevas
Votes: 114
Puerto Rico
39. Romanovy: Ventsenosnaya semya (2000)
140 min | Biography, Drama, History
The story of the last year and a half of Tsar Nicholas II and his family from the February Revolution of 1917 to their execution in July 1918.
Director: Gleb Panfilov | Stars: Aleksandr Galibin, Lynda Bellingham, Vladimir Grachyov, Yuliya Novikova
Votes: 360
Russia
40. Bread and Milk (2001)
68 min | Comedy, Drama
Because of a doctor's strike, Ivan is released a day early from an alcoholic treatment program. He returns to his wife Sonja and his 16-year-old son Robi. His first afternoon at home is ... See full summary »
Director: Jan Cvitkovic | Stars: Peter Musevski, Sonja Savic, Tadej Troha, Perica Radonjic
Votes: 465
Slovenia
41. Mad Love (2001)
R | 115 min | Biography, Drama, History
The love story that transformed Juana, Queen of Spain, into Juana "the Mad". A story of passions, lies and jealousy with a political motive behind.
Director: Vicente Aranda | Stars: Pilar López de Ayala, Daniele Liotti, Rosana Pastor, Giuliano Gemma
Votes: 4,050 | Gross: $0.28M
Spain
42. Jalla! Jalla! (2000)
88 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Roro, a foreign worker in Swedish parks, loves his girlfriend and wants to marry her, but he is about to marry another girl to prevent her from being sent back to her homeland, Lebanon. ... See full summary »
Director: Josef Fares | Stars: Fares Fares, Torkel Petersson, Tuva Novotny, Laleh Pourkarim
Votes: 14,644
Sweden
43. In Praise of Love (2001)
PG | 97 min | Drama
An author works on a project on the subject of love, and, in the process, crosses paths with a former love in his life.
Director: Jean-Luc Godard | Stars: Bruno Putzulu, Cécile Camp, Jean Davy, Françoise Verny
Votes: 3,018 | Gross: $0.25M
Switzerland
44. The Cabbie (2000)
94 min | Comedy, Romance
Ah Quan is a taxi driver who enjoys his life as a driver. One day he meets and falls in love with a pretty cop. The only way to get the cop's attention is to get as many tickets as possible on purpose.
Directors: Hwa-Kun Chang, Yi-Wen Chen | Stars: Rie Miyazawa, Chung-Heng Chu, Tai-Bo, Joyce H. Cheng
Votes: 371
Taiwan
45. Maangamizi: The Ancient One (2001)
110 min | Drama
An American woman doctor comes to Tanzania to work at a hospital for the mentally disturbed, with her Tanzanian lover. There, she meets a sometimes catatonic patient, Samahe, who seems to ... See full summary »
Directors: Martin Mhando, Ron Mulvihill | Stars: Barbarao, Amandina Lihamba, Samahani Kejeri, Waigwa Wachira
Votes: 79
Tanzania
46. 14 tula, songkram prachachon (2001)
107 min | Biography, Drama, History
The Moonhunter tells a true story of two young Thai revolutionaries. Seksan Prasertkul, a fearless student leader, who, in October 1973, commanded the biggest mass demonstration in modern ... See full summary »
Director: Bhandit Rittakol | Stars: Punu Suwanno, Pimpan Chanta, Kriangkrai Fookasem, Supalak Chaowayuth
Votes: 87
Thailand
47. Büyük Adam Küçük Ask (2001)
120 min | Drama
The paths of 75-year-old retired judge Rifat Bey and little Hejar, who was left with a relative because he lost all his relatives in the operation carried out in his village, cross paths in Istanbul.
Director: Handan Ipekçi | Stars: Sükran Güngör, Dilan Erçetin, Füsun Demirel, Yildiz Kenter
Votes: 1,817
Turkey
48. Oed Yr Addewid (2001)
89 min | Drama
Maureen has her hands full at home and can't take care of her father William, who may be suffering from Alzheimer's. Her brothers - Alun, an alcoholic trumpet player, and John, an ... See full summary »
Director: Emlyn Williams | Stars: Caroline Berry, Romolo Bruni, Catrin Dafydd, Dyfan Dwyfor
Votes: 19
United Kingdom
49. In This Tricky Life (2001)
Not Rated | 103 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Montevideo, Uruguay. In this comedic drama, Elisa, 27, dreams of opening her own hairdressing salon in one of the rich districts of the Uruguayan capital. A bit of a rebel, one day Elisa ... See full summary »
Director: Beatriz Flores Silva | Stars: Mariana Santangelo Goldman, Silvestre, Josep Linuesa, Andrea Fantoni
Votes: 541
Uruguay
50. A House with a View of the Sea (2001)
93 min | Drama
In the foothills of the Andes, the dreams of a widowed father and his son shelter their quiet relationship from the cruelty of neighbors, until a desperate act of violence tears them apart.... See full summary »
Director: Alberto Arvelo | Stars: Imanol Arias, Gabriel Arcand, Leandro Arvelo, Manuela Aguirre
Votes: 161
Venezuela
51. War Live (2000)
101 min | Comedy, Drama, War
In 1999 Belgrade, producer Sergei and his film crew are in a disastrous situation: The film they're making is under threat; there's no money, the crew are dissatisfied, and NATO bombing is ... See full summary »
Director: Darko Bajic | Stars: Dragan Bjelogrlic, Srdjan 'Zika' Todorovic, Aleksandar Bercek, Dubravka Mijatovic
Votes: 977
Yugoslavia
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