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Great indie movies, foreign language films, or documentaries to rent?

I really enjoyed City of God and Let the Right One In those two are must see (and quite possible on netflix Instant). Tampopo is a japanese film that is awesome but a little hard to find (and not even remotely close to The Departed). Amelie and Entre Nous are two french films that I thought were great. Amelie is more of the happy go lucky kind of film and Entre Nous take place in post WWII France.

While I'm not generally a big fan of vampire stories in my haunted cinema course we watched several and Nadja and Shadow of the Vampire were two that really stood out. Shadow of the Vampire is great because it takes the idea of what if movies that we accept as fiction were really a "documentary". Its the "behind the scenes" story of Nosferatu and has some great moments.

And while not necessarily an indie film, Francis Ford Coppola's The Conversation is often overlooked/forgotten by many but is probably one of my all time favorite films. Nominated for best picture the same year Coppola did the Godfather Part II and definitely worth a watch.
 
IlliniJazzFan said:
I really enjoyed City of God and Let the Right One In those two are must see (and quite possible on netflix Instant). Tampopo is a japanese film that is awesome but a little hard to find (and not even remotely close to The Departed). Amelie and Entre Nous are two french films that I thought were great. Amelie is more of the happy go lucky kind of film and Entre Nous take place in post WWII France.

While I'm not generally a big fan of vampire stories in my haunted cinema course we watched several and Nadja and Shadow of the Vampire were two that really stood out. Shadow of the Vampire is great because it takes the idea of what if movies that we accept as fiction were really a "documentary". Its the "behind the scenes" story of Nosferatu and has some great moments.

And while not necessarily an indie film, Francis Ford Coppola's The Conversation is often overlooked/forgotten by many but is probably one of my all time favorite films. Nominated for best picture the same year Coppola did the Godfather Part II and definitely worth a watch.
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Thanks man. I've seen The Conversation and didn't love it. I probably need to see it again. I've seen SOTV. That's with Defoe, right? I just added Let the Right One In, Terribly Happy and another whose name escapes me.
 
KrazeeEyezKilla said:
Just signed up for NF. $8.99/month is cheap. How does it work though? I only get one at a time and as soon as I return it, the next one will come? How many can I put in queue? Right now, I have:

1) Infernal Affairs
2) City of God
3-6) Dexter Season One (even though from what I've seen I think it's just okay)
7-9) Breaking Bad Season One
10) 51 Birch Street
11) Cinema Paradiso
12) The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
13) Rashomon
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You can also watch movies instantly, streamed through any number of devices including a PS3, xbox360, computer, some TV's.

Look up some Korean Films --> I'd recommend Oldboy first and foremost considering it's a crime drama.

other great Korean Movies that I've seen:

Thirst
Shiri
Joint Security Area (JSA)
Memories of a Murder
The Host
Sympathy for Lady Vengeance
Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance
Tae Guk Gi
The Good, The Bad, and the Weird

If you'd like more suggestions I can provide them for you :)
 
I just added a couple more. Larry Sanders Show Season One...anyone know if the other seasons are available for viewing or purchase anywhere? I also added the British mini-series State of Play which I heard amazing things about.
 
How long does it take for me to get my first disc in queue from Netflix typically?

If it's a disc that's in high demand and I have say a two week wait, will they just send me the next disc I have in queue? Thanks.
 
The Thin Blue Line was the one that immediately came to mind when I saw your thread title. Definitely worth watching.

Persepolis was a very interesting movie. I'm not sure what I expected, but that wasn't it. Again, definitely worth watching (but not one I would ever want to watch a second time).
 
A fantastic documentary that everyone should see is Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills. It came out in 1996, so you might have already seen it, but it is really powerful stuff.
 
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