Foreign Language Films
Possibly Alice's strongest collection are the Foreign Language Films. Here you can totally immerse yourself in a veritable feast of titles from around the globe. We have divided this section into regional categories. There are many great films to be discovered within and they make for a preferred alternative to the steady input of Hollywood fodder that generally permeates our screens.
Right: The wonderful "Manon Des Sources" ("Jean de Florette" Part 2)
Minari (2020)
7.5/10
Director: Lee Isaac Chung
Starring: Steven Yeun, Yeri Han, Will Patton
Yearning to own a small patch of land and be more than a chicken sexer, the ambitious paterfamilias, Jacob Yi, relocates his Korean-American family: s... Read more
Minari (Blu-ray) (2020)
7.5/10
Director: Lee Isaac Chung
Starring: Steven Yeun, Yeri Han, Will Patton
Yearning to own a small patch of land and be more than a chicken sexer, the ambitious paterfamilias, Jacob Yi, relocates his Korean-American family: s... Read more
Minor Mishaps (2001)
6.6/10
Director: Annette K Olesen
Starring: Jorgen Kiil, Maria Wurgler Rich, Jannie Faurschou
Annette K Olesen's entertaining comedy drama combines filmmaking elements from the Dogme manifesto with Mike Leigh's improvisational method. Following... Read more
Miracles (The Canton Godfather) (1989)
7/10
Director: Jackie Chan
Starring: Jackie Chan
A country boy becomes the head of a gang through the purchase of some lucky roses from an old lady. He and a singer at the gang's nightclub try to do... Read more
Mississippi Mermaid (1969)
7.1/10
Director: Francois Truffaut
Starring: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Catherine Deneuve
Beauty is by no means rare on the lush, tropical Isle de Reunion. Yet when island resident and tobacco tycoon Louis Mahe (Jean-Paul Belmondo) first me... Read more
Modus (2015)
6.8/10
During a snowy Christmas season in Sweden, psychologist and profiler Inger Johanne Vik finds not only herself but also her autistic daughter drawn int... Read more
Moloch (1999)
6.8/10
Director: Alexander Sokurov
Starring: Leonid Mozgovoy, Elena Rufanova
A 1942 weekend at Adolf Hitler's mountain retreat of Berchtesgaden is the setting for Russian director Alexander Sokurov's controversial character stu... Read more
Monsieur Batignole (2002)
7/10
Director: Gerard Jugnot
Starring: Jules Sitruk, Gerard Jugnot, Jean-Paul Rouve, Michele Garcia
Summer 1942, Paris is under German occupation. Edmond, a butcher whose future son-in-law is an active collaborator, inadvertently takes part in the de... Read more
Monsieur Ibrahim (2003)
7.5/10
Director: Francois Dupeyron
Starring: Omar Sharif, Pierre Boulanger
Set against the backdrop of 1960s Paris, this wondrous French drama details the relationship between a disconnected Jewish teen and a kindly Muslim de... Read more
Monster (2023)
7.8/10
Director: Hirokazu Kore-eda
Starring: Sakura Ando, Eita Nagayama, Soya Kurokawa
When her young son Minato starts to behave strangely, his mother feels that there is something wrong. Discovering that a teacher is responsible, she s... Read more