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)
The Magician (1959)
7.5/10
Director: Ingmar Bergman
Starring: Max von Sydow, Ingrid Thulin, Gunnar Bjornstrand
Set in the 1840s in Stockholm, the mystery and enigma of life and death itself are embodied in Vogler, the magician who runs "Vogler's Magnetic Health... Read more
The Magnificent Bodyguard (1978)
Director: Lo Wei
Starring: Jackie Chan
One of Jackie Chan's earliest vehicles before his comic adventure films made him an internatial star features the martial arts legend as a warrior who... Read more
The Man In The Basement (2021)
5.6/10
Director: Philippe Le Guay
Starring: Francois Cluzet, Jeremie Renier, Berenice Bejo, Jonathan Zaccai, Patrick Descamp...
Simon and Helen live in Paris together, they decide to sell a basement in their building. The man who buys it has a troubled past and the couple's lif... Read more
The Man In The Hat (2020)
6.3/10
Director: John Paul Davidson
Starring: Ciaran Hinds, Stephen Dillane, Maiwenn Le Besco, Muna Otaru
The Man in the Hat journeys through France in a Fiat 500 accompanied by a framed photograph of an unknown woman. He is pursued by five angry men in a... Read more
The Man on the Train ( L'Homme Du Train ) (2002)
7.5/10
Director: Patrice Leconte
Starring: Johnny Hallyday, Jean Rochefort
Travelling to a small village to rob the local bank, an ageing criminal (Johnny Hallyday) strikes up an unlikely friendship with a retired poetry prof... Read more
The Man Who Loved Women (1977)
7.5/10
Director: Francois Truffaut
Starring: Charles Denner, Brigitte Fossey, Nelly Borgeaud, Nathalie Baye, Leslie Caron
Renowned French director Francois Truffaut is at the top of his form with this whimsical, lively story about an eccentric casanova (Charles Denner) wh... Read more
The Mark of Cain (2000)
6.5/10
Director: Alix Lambert
Alix Lambert's ground-breaking documentary overtly examines the dying art of Russian prison tattooing, while at the same time, more covertly, showing... Read more
The Marquise of O (1976)
7.3/10
Director: Eric Rohmer
Starring: Bruno Ganz, Edith Clever
Faithful to the Heinrich von Kleist novella, this German-made drama from French filmmaker Eric Rohmer stars Edith Clever as the widowed German noblewo... Read more
The Marriage of Maria Braun (1978)
7.9/10
Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Starring: Hanna Schygulla, Klaus Lowitsch, Ivan Desny
Hanna Schygulla shines in her role as a penniless soldier's wife who builds an industrial empire after the end of WW II. The first of Fassbinder's thr... Read more
The Match (2020)
6/10
Starring: Franco Nero, Caspar Phillipson, Armand Assante
Inspired by true events from the spring of 1944 when the Nazis organized a football match between a team of camp inmates and an elite Nazi team on Ado... Read more