Julie in MO Posted February 6, 2010 Share Posted February 6, 2010 My family just enjoyed watching "The Secret of Roan Innish," a movie set in Ireland. We loved it. Does anyone have other suggestions for movies "off the beaten path?" Particularly ones that highlight other countries? Blessings, Julie :lurk5:to go with the movie! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elegantlion Posted February 6, 2010 Share Posted February 6, 2010 Dear Frankie, which is based in Scotland Bride and Prejudice, India I watched Hotel Rwanda last night, but it's not really light family fare, although a very powerful film. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stripe Posted February 6, 2010 Share Posted February 6, 2010 (edited) I'm not entirely sure what you mean by "off the beaten path" but....Shipping News? Gabbeh? Whale Rider? My Father's Glory? Cold Comfort Farm? Children of Heaven? Eighth Day? The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (miniseries on HBO, available on DVD)? Edited February 6, 2010 by stripe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erica in OR Posted February 6, 2010 Share Posted February 6, 2010 I'd second Bride and Prejudice. It's got great dancing and music numbers, and is likable even if you don't know the whole Pride and Prejudice story background. Erica in OR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tutor Posted February 6, 2010 Share Posted February 6, 2010 Whale Rider is one of our family's favorites! Others we like: The Visitor (Brooklyn - deals with Immigration) Waking Ned Devine (Ireland) Arranged (Brooklyn - deals with Jewish and Islamic traditions of arranged marriage) Big Night (NJ - deals with recent immigrant Italians opening a restaurant - excellent movie!) Ushpizin (Israel) Babette's Feast (Denmark) Everlasting Peace (Ireland) Paradise Now (Palestine) Joyeux Noel (France - WWI front lines involving French, Scottish, & German troops) Millions (Britain) Obviously, read-up on or preview these before deciding whether or not your children are mature enough for them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BridgeTea Posted February 6, 2010 Share Posted February 6, 2010 Are you all finding these on Netflix? I may need to start an account... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helena Posted February 6, 2010 Share Posted February 6, 2010 Rabbit Proof Fence was good, it had a couple of scenes that were to mature for my 8 and 10 yo though. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rB-jkydqADg The Princes' Quest is awesome! I just read a bad review of this movie, if you don't want your kids to see breast feeding, then you won't like this movie. There is a boob in the movie at one point :). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garga Posted February 6, 2010 Share Posted February 6, 2010 I'm so glad someone started this! My dh rarely goes to the movies, so when he does go, he ends up going to movies he liked as a teenager. But he's no longer a teenager. He's 42. So, he ends up hating every movie he sees and says, "They only make movies where everything gets blown up through the whole thing." Well, yeah, if you only go to movies directed to teens and twenties. I've been trying to come up with more mature movies for him to watch. Movies that rely solely on plot and not on action or special effects. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elegantlion Posted February 6, 2010 Share Posted February 6, 2010 Are you all finding these on Netflix? I may need to start an account... Yes, for me at least. Another thing I've started doing is watching the previews before the DVD and writing down the title before it slips my mind. I've found many wonderful movies that way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samba Posted February 6, 2010 Share Posted February 6, 2010 We just watched Under the Sun (foreign). We really liked it. Dh said the previews were very misleading...there was no love triangle. It was pretty straightforward from the get-go. Sometimes it's hard to know what to recommend...do you like foreign, Sundance, indie, ect.? Carolyn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tutor Posted February 6, 2010 Share Posted February 6, 2010 Are you all finding these on Netflix? I may need to start an account... LOL! Some of them, but we joke that my dh has an implant in his brain so Hollywood can inform him of cinema updates instantly. :lol: We're a family of cinema nerds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samba Posted February 6, 2010 Share Posted February 6, 2010 Tutor, Your movie list looks like our "already watched" and Netflix queue. Any other suggestions? I don't want to hijack, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenny in Atl Posted February 7, 2010 Share Posted February 7, 2010 (edited) You need to become my Neflix friend. I have tons of movies from off the beaten path. Here are just a few of my recent favs. Bright Star Sequins (French) How Art Made the World (British... but about all over) Departures (Japanese) Herb & Dorothy (US... but very off the beaten path) Lemon Tree (Israeli) Paper Heart (US/Canadian) Gomorrah (Italian) Let the Right One In (Swedish) O'Horten (Norwegian) Sunshine Cleaning (US.. but also off the beaten path). Edited February 7, 2010 by Jenny in Atl Adding country info Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LibraryLover Posted February 7, 2010 Share Posted February 7, 2010 (edited) :) That movie is one of the first movies my children ever saw! This well before Netflix lol. We happened upon it at our library. If you have netflix, there are lots of areas to search- "classic', 'indie', 'foreign' etc. A couple of years ago our family watched Billy Elliot about 5 times in one weeked! lol This one is more for adults- but older kids/teen will find it hilarious, although not for more religious folks, as there there is swearing and nudity. It's called The Full Monty and we love it. Have you ever seen any 'Bollywood' movies from India. lol Could be fun. :) Edited February 7, 2010 by LibraryLover Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alphabetika Posted February 7, 2010 Share Posted February 7, 2010 Kitchen Stories - Norway Lagaan - India (this one is about 4 hours long, great for a rainy day!) Papillon - France To Be and to Have - France Once Upon a Time in the Midlands (this one is nitty-gritty, but it features Robert Carlyle, whom I really enjoy) King of Masks - China Pauline and Paulette - Belgium Love the selection of foreign movies on Netflix. We're having a foreign movie festival all year because of dd's cultural geography studies, but we love them anyway. Netflix has been great in this regard because when our local Blockbuster remodeled they got rid of the majority of their foreign films. Love this thread! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poke Salad Annie Posted February 7, 2010 Share Posted February 7, 2010 I loved Australia with Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman. I'm not sure if that's off the beaten path, but the scenery was amazing, and the story line was great too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebecca VA Posted February 7, 2010 Share Posted February 7, 2010 "The Adventures of Prince Achmed" is a very unusual movie. It was made in the 1920s or 1930s, and it's a silent movie featuring gorgeous paper cutouts telling the story of an Arabian prince and his adventures. You can watch this online (though Netflix also has it) -- just google "The Adventures of Prince Achmed." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lolly Posted February 7, 2010 Share Posted February 7, 2010 You need to become my Neflix friend. I have tons of movies from off the beaten path. Here are just a few of my recent favs. Bright Star Sequins How Art Made the World Departures Herb & Dorothy Lemon Tree Paper Heart Gomorrah Let the Right One In O'Horten Sunshine Cleaning We just watched Departures recently. I highly recommend it! Now, gonna hafta try some of these others... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stacy in NJ Posted February 7, 2010 Share Posted February 7, 2010 Local Hero: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085859/ Muriel's Wedding: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110598/ Spirited Away: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0245429/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lauracolumbus Posted February 7, 2010 Share Posted February 7, 2010 We just watched The Kid, with Charlie Chaplin because my kids had a hard time believing that there was a time when movies had no sound. They really enjoyed it and it was good for them to see how well someone can convey a message w/o talking. Plus, the hard luck story was meaningful as well. The story is based on a woman having a child either out of wedlock or w/o her husband. It went over my kids' heads, though, but I wish I had known before we started watching it. I figured it was so old there could be little objectionable. The Secret of Roan Inish is one of my all time favorites. Laura Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abbeyej Posted February 7, 2010 Share Posted February 7, 2010 Two movies that I think of as having a similar style and energy to Roan Inish are Agniezska Holland's version of The Secret Garden (1993 or 94, I think) and Fairy Tale, both set in England. For another Irish film, check out Into the West... Other suggestions that I didn't notice above (though I could certainly second some of those listed) would be... The Man from Snowy River (Australia) Anna and the King (Thailand / British colonialism) Fly Away Home (Canada) A Far Off Place (Africa, Kalahari desert) (You might also like another early Reese Witherspoon movie, The Man in the Moon -- but it's more a teen+ movie, whereas mostof the others I've listed are kid-friendly) (oops, being called by family... no more for now!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heather in Neverland Posted February 7, 2010 Share Posted February 7, 2010 I just watched "My Sassy Girl" and loved it...it was in Korean but had English subtitles. Fantastic movie! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julie in MO Posted February 7, 2010 Author Share Posted February 7, 2010 Thanks so much for all the suggestions. I don't have Netflix, but will learn more about it now! I was just happy to have found The Secret of Roan Innish at Target for $5! We saw that movie years ago in a little whole in the wall theater (and loved it!) I'll keep a running list of what's been suggested! Julie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jilly Posted February 7, 2010 Share Posted February 7, 2010 I am always trying to get my kids to watch foreign films. We all loved The Secret of Roan Innish. Other films we have enjoyed are Vitus, which you can read about and see a clip of on my blog, and The Color of Paradise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cindy in the NH Woods Posted February 8, 2010 Share Posted February 8, 2010 I am David~ quirky, intense, redeeming values My Family and Other Animals~ hilarious The Water Horse~ just cute Roan Innish is such a sweet movie... "Jamie... Jamie"...:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julie in Monterey Posted February 8, 2010 Share Posted February 8, 2010 The Fountain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SproutMamaK Posted February 8, 2010 Share Posted February 8, 2010 Just one, my all-time favorite The Power of One (South Africa at the time of Apartheid) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
secular_mom Posted February 8, 2010 Share Posted February 8, 2010 Target has The Secret of Roan Innish for $5 right now. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stripe Posted February 8, 2010 Share Posted February 8, 2010 We just watched The Kid, with Charlie Chaplin because my kids had a hard time believing that there was a time when movies had no sound. They really enjoyed it and it was good for them to see how well someone can convey a message w/o talking. Plus, the hard luck story was meaningful as well. I just watched Baran, which is about (illegal) Afghan refugees in Iran in the present day, and more about the relationship between people. It is almost silent. I am not sure I really liked the movie, but it definitely had a mood about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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