Favorite German-language Films

I have seen very few of these. What others should I try to see?

Lola Rennt (Run Lola Run)

directed by Tom Tykwer

This is so clever and inventive, it's hard not to enjoy.

Das Boot (The Boat)

directed by Wolfgang Petersen

The greatest submarine movie ever made. I'm convinced that this is what diesel boats were like in WWII, and I'm glad I never set foot in one.

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Favorite Japanese-language Films

I've seen many more of these.

大病人 (Daibyonin or The Last Dance)

directed by 伊丹 十三 (Juzo Itami)

This was the first film I saw in Japan where I got the gist of every conversation. It gave me more confidence in my Japanese. Then I saw お葬式 (The Funeral) by the same director and was completely lost. I think that was due to the Kansai dialect. The film is about the last year in the life of an old actor dying of cancer. It's about telling patients the truth about their illnesses, which was not always done in Japan at the time.

天空の城ラピュタ (Laputa, Castle in the Sky)

directed by 宮崎 駿 (Hayao Miyazaki)

In the film, Jonathan Swift's Laputa is a real place. A castle floating in the air. Some international intrigue results in some young people actually going to it. Miyazaki has made several very good films, but this is still my favorite of all of them.

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What about the rest of you? Any good films in a language other than your first that made a big impression?

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