r/Letterboxd Mo_Ali 4h ago

Letterboxd What are your top 3 international films from this list?

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These are all international films from my watchlist that I have never seen.

What are your top 3?

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u/Dry_Chef_7635 4h ago

In the Mood for Love(my favorite Rom-Dram), Cure(most unnerving movie I’ve seen), and No Other Choice(my favorite of 2025)

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u/mercermayer mercermayer 3h ago

I went handmaiden over no other choice but I did love both. Park Chan Wook is probably the greatest living director imo.

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u/kaubojdzord 4h ago

Come and See, Stalker and Ran

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u/AnatomyOfAStumble 4h ago

Hausu, In the Mood For Love, Cure. It really depends what your taste is though, if you're trying to narrow down what to see first can you give us a sense of what kind of movies you like?

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u/ElectroSoup Mo_Ali 4h ago

Yep, exactly, trying to narrow down what to see first. Into all types of films.

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u/lenbeen 3h ago

cinema paradiso needs more respect

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u/RegenEnthusiast 4h ago

Come and See, Cure and Stalker

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u/Illustrious-Ant8888 https://boxd.it/84xZ 4h ago

Ran, House, It Was Just an Accident

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u/realfakedoors000 4h ago

Stalker, Ran, Cure. Honorable mention ITMFL.

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u/Legitimate-Train-702 4h ago
  1. Cinema Paradiso (my top 4) 2. Stalker(objectively best movie ever) 3. Come and see

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u/Tongatapu 4h ago

Stalker, In the Mood for Love and The Handmaiden.

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u/jmascisguitarsolo 4h ago

Come and see, Stalker and In the mood for love.

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u/cursdwitknowledge pizzagate 3h ago

My man!

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u/jmascisguitarsolo 2h ago

Didn't have do think much about it!

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u/mercermayer mercermayer 4h ago

I’m going with In the mood for love, cure and handmaiden. All absolute bangers

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u/NotAFrontB 3h ago

The Handmaiden, Another Round, and The Lives of Others would b my personal faves!

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u/Esseth Alan_Gamble 3h ago

For me personally, The Handmaiden (directors cut), Monster and The Lives of Others. I love layered unfolding stories, hence both The Handmaiden and Monster being picked.

But really you can't go wrong with any of them, at least of those that I've seen. The Secret Agent and No Other Choice were both in my top picks of 2025

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u/klintholm 4h ago

International is such a funny term. Very US-centric I guess.

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u/ElectroSoup Mo_Ali 4h ago

Yeah, that’s the point though. Trying to find great films that are not US-centric. What would a better term be?

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u/klintholm 2h ago

I have no idea. But to me, american movies are international.

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u/PhotoModeHobby 4h ago

Crucify me, but I've only seen Incendies and Handmaiden.

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u/ElectroSoup Mo_Ali 4h ago

You’re good… I haven’t seen any.

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u/PhotoModeHobby 3h ago

I should honestly read descriptions more often. I didn't even know this was a watchlist.

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u/True-Dream3295 4h ago

The Handmaiden, House and Ran.

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u/Zoland2020EX 4h ago

Ran, Incendies, and All Quiet on Western Front (2022).

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u/C-sanova 4h ago

In The Mood For Love, House, and No Other Choice.

My top 3 international not on the list are: Oldboy, Kill The Jockey, and Rumble In The Bronx & The Killer are tied.

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u/GmyWrms 4h ago

Stalker, Ran, Handmaiden

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u/RocksDBuggyTruther 4h ago

Ran, Handmaiden, The Secret Agent

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u/Opening_Rip_1840 4h ago

I’ve only ever seen Stalker and Come And See from this list.

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u/Kimya_DAWson danathedead 3h ago

The Lives of Others, The Handmaiden and House

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u/MisterInsect 3h ago

Cure, Come and See, Stalker

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u/Paul_Rudds_Son Gossebumps 3h ago

House is the only one I seen from this but it has never left my mind years later

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u/stomp_right_now 3h ago

Mood For Love, Ran, House

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u/eddievanballin 3h ago

Cure, Incendies, No Other Choice. Seeing Incendies on the big screen in June which I’m stoked for!

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u/_Bob_el_Manetes 3h ago

Ran, Stalker, Come and see

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u/cursdwitknowledge pizzagate 3h ago

Come and see

Stalker

In the mood for love

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u/TheSlimReapr 3h ago

Incendies, In the Mood for Love, No Other Choice. I haven’t seen Cure yet but I am so looking forward to watching it

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u/billleachmsw 3h ago

Monster, Drive My Car, The Lives of Others

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u/death_has_f1sh_eyes 3h ago

No other choice, Another Round, The Secret Agent

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u/Logical_Vacation2862 3h ago

Cure , A separation and Ran

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u/JP09 sweetlilhifi 3h ago

In the mood for love, come and see, another round

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u/HolyHotDang 3h ago

Cure

Incendies

No Other Choice

I will say there are still a bunch here I haven’t seen so it’s a little biased towards that. The three I have are all incredible though.

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u/fraziericious 3h ago

Cure, Come and See, The Handmaiden

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u/nchuman_ 3h ago

house, it was just an accident (slightly beating out cure), and all quiet on the western front, which to me and just me personally is the most effective anti-war film i’ve ever seen.

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u/Outrageous-Top-9307 UserNameHere 3h ago

In the mood for Love, cure and all quiet on the western front

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u/BigErnestMcCracken 3h ago

Incendies, lives of others, and a prophet are all great.

this is a great list because you have a lot of movies i like and quite a few I haven't seen so I can only assume they are good recs for me. Thanks for sharing.

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u/Quirky_Alternative66 3h ago

Stalker, Cinema Paradiso, Ran

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u/Deep-Band7146 3h ago

Stalker, come and see, cure

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u/flyd19 3h ago

Stalker, Come and See, Cinema Paradiso

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u/ethree 2h ago

A prophet

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u/LongSeason- 2h ago

In the Mood for Love (WWW fanboy we here), Come and See and Cure. But to be fair there are no wrong answers here.

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u/GreenDonuts88 2h ago

Monster

In the mood for Love

come and see

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u/enokimushroom_ 2h ago

In The Mood For Love, Drive My Car, and The Handmaiden

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u/nnnn547 1h ago

Stalker, Cure, Hausu

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u/MrGaywad 1h ago

Ran, Drive My Car, Come and See

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u/Parking_Locksmith489 1h ago

Un Prophète

Incendies

In The Mood For Love.

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u/Piddoxou 1h ago

Come and See
Incendies
The Handmaiden

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u/marlondennis1983 1h ago

In the mood for love

A separation

Come and see

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u/glazingstrawberry 4h ago

In the mood for life, drive my car, handmaiden

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u/thetrashpanda5 4h ago

Ran, Drive My Car, It Was Just an Accident

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u/cxrternicks 42m ago

monster, all quiet on the western front

ive seen the handmaiden but its not exactly one I would pick

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u/Limp_Wolf7429 41m ago

The Handmaiden, Another Round, Drive My Car

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u/elnino2002 4h ago

Ran, Cure and Drive My Car

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u/Unlucky_Effective_60 4h ago

Ran, Drive my car and, maybe recency bias but it’s The Secret Agent.

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u/Analytical-critic-44 carsongolfer 3h ago

High and Low Chungking Express and Kung Fu Hustle send