Originally Posted by jayeff

Pedro Almodovar has several movies worth watching: Talk to Her and Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown being two which come to mind. A French movie called Amelie is one of the best foreign-language movies ever. Something of a chick-flick certainly, but so well done it can be forgiven that

But generally my non-english favorites are from the 50's through the 80's... Bergman, Kurosawa, Fellini, Truffaut, etc.