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«It's one of the major foreign films of the year.»

Hayao Miyazaki) Japanese animé master Hayao Miyazaki's latest girl's fable is the magnificent Spirited Away, easily the best animated and foreign film of this year and, without question, the longest of long shots to even be nominated for either category come Oscar time.

My favorite foreign film of the year the indie Vampire flick Let The Right One In took Foreign Language film.

While Foxtrot did earn the distinction of being named The National Board of Review's best foreign film of the year, it was unfortunately not chosen as one of the Oscar nominated five.

In fact, I was so impressed that I named that action - oriented directorial debut by Pierre Morel the # 1 foreign film of the year.

Beyond that, A Fantastic Woman and Foxtrot are two of the most critically acclaimed foreign films of the year.

Hoberman («emerges from the mists of time... as a career - capping epic tragedy») to the New Yorker's Anthony Lane («lovers of cinema should reach for their fedoras, turn up the collars of their coats, and sneak to this picture through a mist of rain») to Newsweek's David Ansen («the best foreign film of the year»), critics from across the spectrum, who almost never agreed, rallied around Melville's neglected masterpiece.

The category's dysfunctional rules have resulted in a nominee field that ignores some of the best foreign films of the year.

Not exact matches

Best foreign language film of the year «The Broken Circle Breakdown» Belgium «The Great Beauty» Italy * WINNER «The Hunt» Denmark «The Missing Picture» Cambodia «Omar» Palestine

China only allows a certain number of foreign films to showcase in the country each year, however the backing of companies in its own country could mean The Last Race is one of the select few which gets shown.

As with the documentary category, the Academy previously released a foreign film shortlist in December, and at that time the omissions of films such as the widely praised Two Days, One Night, Winter Sleep (which won the Palme d'Or at Cannes last year), and Mommy were considered major snubs.

Another distributor that goes for the quantity and quality approach, Magnolia had one of the year's most popular documentaries in Blackfish and one of critics» favorite foreign films in The Hunt, even as its percentage of films receiving positive reviews dropped from 50 % in 2012 to 45 % last year.

That's an impressive feat, especially since 2015 could almost be considered a down year for the studio, since it secured just one Oscar nomination (for the acclaimed foreign - language film Son of Saul) after collecting 18 nominations the previous year.

Lelio, who also directed the excellent «Gloria» and last year's Oscar winner for best foreign film, «A Fantastic Woman,» never shortchanges the desire or the faith, a neat balancing act between the competing elements at the heart of Disobedience, and the success of which makes it so compelling and worthwhile.

Foreign - language films and documentaries are Kino Lorber's twin specialties, though this year it also released a trio of British dramas (which doesn't quite count as a foreign - language) from director Joanna Hogg: Archipelago, Unrelated, and ExhiForeign - language films and documentaries are Kino Lorber's twin specialties, though this year it also released a trio of British dramas (which doesn't quite count as a foreign - language) from director Joanna Hogg: Archipelago, Unrelated, and Exhiforeign - language) from director Joanna Hogg: Archipelago, Unrelated, and Exhibition.

Even with the presence of a rare outright misfire (Third Person, from Crash director Paul Haggis), SPC managed to boost its already - high average Metascore by a few points last year, thanks to widely praised films like Mr. Turner (the year's # 2 drama, behind Boyhood), Leviathan (2014's best - reviewed foreign - language film), and Sundance hit Whiplash.

This isn't just the best foreign language release in 2006, it's one of the best films of the the year.

Only three of the six studios were able to capitalize on growing foreign appetites for American films, however, with Paramount leading the pack with a 60 % increase in foreign receipts compared to the previous year.

Sure, this film possesses a better pedigree than most movies of its type — director Fatih Akin is rated higher in international film circles than «Death Wish» remake director Eli Roth, Diane Kruger won the Best Actress prize at Cannes for her performance and the movie is Germany's entry for this year's Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film — and its intentions may be nobler, but, at its heart, it is not markedly different from its genre brethren.

A few additional distributors did release at least 7 films in the U.S. last year but are not listed because most or all of their films do not have Metascores (these were mainly films in foreign languages).

A few additional distributors did release at least 7 films in the U.S. last year but are not listed because some or all of their films do not have Metascores (these were mainly films in foreign languages).

With it's stellar MRQE Metric currently at 91, it's clear where this film stands, but what are the rest of the best from this year's Foreign Cinema?

A newcomer to our year - end report cards, Cohen releases foreign films and a variety of low - budget English - language indies.

Sony also had the lowest per - film average gross of the six major distributors in 2011, and its foreign box office growth (which includes a nice total for The Adventures of Tintin, for which Sony held the foreign distribution rights) didn't prevent the studio from finishing fifth in global market share for the second straight year.

Poland's candidate for the best foreign film Oscar - it has a real chance of winning on Sunday - deals with real - life events in the city of Lvov, in the last year of the German occupation.

The studio also boasted one of the year's most varied lineups of films, with everything from documentaries to horror films to foreign imports to art house fare.

Since first citing year - end cinematic achievements in 1929, NBR has recognized a vast selection of outstanding studio, independent, foreign - language, animated and documentary films, often propelling recipients such as George Miller's visionary 2015 Best Film winner MAD MAX: FURY ROAD into the larger awards conversation.

(1) The Intouchables, an $ 11.5 million dramedy, based on a true story, that was co-written and co-directed by Olivier Nakache and Eric Toledano and has become the second highest - grossing French film of all - time in France and grossed more than $ 355 million internationally (more than any other French film and, for that matter, any non-English-language film, save for The Passion of the Christ); and (2) Rust and Bone, a fictional drama that was co-written and directed by Jacques Audiard, a best foreign language film Oscar nominee three years ago for France's Un Prophet, and features tour - de-force performances from Marion Cotillard, the best actress Oscar winner five years ago, and Matthias Schonaerts, the star of last year's Belgian nominee Bullhead.

INDEPENDENT & FOREIGN FILMS The Hunting Party (Unrated) Fact - based drama about the return to Bosnia of three journalists (Richard Gere, Terrence Howard and Jesse Eisenberg) five years after the ethnic cleansing to track down the most wanted war criminal (Ljubomir Kerekes) still at - large.

This is one of the best openings for a foreign language film this year, a category that includes Music Box Films» The Innocents, which is currently approaching a $ 1 million U.S. gross.»

This year, when the Oscar nominations were announced I had yet to see any of the films nominated for Best Foreign Language Film.

Asghar Farhadi's 2009 film About Elly — only released in the U.S. four years after the triumph of Farhadi's 2011 Best Foreign Film Oscar - winner A Separation — was praised for, among other things, its canny self - positioning in relation to the history of European art cinema.

Thanks to mainstream America's huffy dismissal of subtitles when it comes to cinema, we continue with another unnecessary remake of a foreign film, Secret in Their Eyes, an English language, celebrity studded face - lift of Argentinean Juan Jose Campanella's 2009 title (which won an Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film thatforeign film, Secret in Their Eyes, an English language, celebrity studded face - lift of Argentinean Juan Jose Campanella's 2009 title (which won an Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film thatForeign Language Film that year).

The lineup for this year's Cannes Film Festival (or as they call it in France, Festival de Cannes) has been announced and it is robust with Oscar bait, highly - anticipated premieres, star - studded features, and a lot of foreign and obscure films that if watched, will make you feel cinematically superior to everyone else.

Some (a couple of foreign films, a documentary) are officially from 2016 but didn't make their way to theaters in the United States until this year.

The association voted THE SQUARE as the best foreign - language film of the year.

The association voted BLUE IS THE WARMEST COLOR as the best foreign - language film of the year.

Always one of the toughest categories to pick, the foreign language film category has some very strong entries this year.

The association voted FORCE MAJEURE as the best foreign - language film of the year.

Animated feature «The Croods» «Despicable Me 2» WINNER: «Frozen» «Monsters University» «The Wind Rises» Action movie «The Hunger Games: Catching Fire» «Iron Man 3» WINNER: «Lone Survivor» «Rush» «Star Trek Into Darkness» Actor in an action movie Henry Cavill — «Man of Steel» Robert Downey Jr. — «Iron Man 3» Brad Pitt — «World War Z» WINNER: Mark Wahlberg — «Lone Survivor» Actress in an action movie WINNER: Sandra Bullock — «Gravity» Jennifer Lawrence — «The Hunger Games: Catching Fire» Evangeline Lilly — «The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug» Gwyneth Paltrow — «Iron Man 3» Comedy WINNER: «American Hustle» «Enough Said» «The Heat» «This Is the End» «The Way Way Back» «The World's End» Actor in a comedy Christian Bale — «American Hustle» WINNER: Leonardo DiCaprio — «The Wolf of Wall Street» James Gandolfini — «Enough Said» Simon Pegg — «The World's End» Sam Rockwell — «The Way Way Back» Actress in a comedy WINNER: Amy Adams — «American Hustle» Sandra Bullock — «The Heat» Greta Gerwig — «Frances Ha» Julia Louis - Dreyfus — «Enough Said» Melissa McCarthy — «The Heat» Sci - fi / horror movie «The Conjuring» WINNER: «Gravity» «Star Trek Into Darkness» «World War Z» Foreign language film WINNER: «Blue Is the Warmest Color» «The Great Beauty» «The Hunt» «The Past» «Wadjda» Documentary feature «The Act of Killing» «Blackfish» «Stories We Tell» «Tim's Vermeer» WINNER: «20 Feet from Stardom» Song «Atlas» — Coldplay — «The Hunger Games: Catching Fire» «Happy» — Pharrell Williams — «Despicable Me 2» WINNER: «Let It Go» — Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson - Lopez — «Frozen» «Ordinary Love» — U2 — «Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom» «Please Mr. Kennedy» — Justin Timberlake, Oscar Isaac and Adam Driver — «Inside Llewyn Davis» «Young and Beautiful» — Lana Del Rey — «The Great Gatsby» Score WINNER: Steven Price — «Gravity» Arcade Fire — «Her» Thomas Newman — «Saving Mr. Banks» Hans Zimmer — «12 Years a Slave»

Best motion picture of the year «Amour» «Argo» «Beasts of the Southern Wild» «Django Unchained» «Les Misérables» «Life of Pi» «Lincoln» «Silver Linings Playbook» «Zero Dark Thirty» Performance by an actor in a leading role Bradley Cooper in «Silver Linings Playbook» Daniel Day - Lewis in «Lincoln» Hugh Jackman in «Les Misérables» Joaquin Phoenix in «The Master» Denzel Washington in «Flight» Performance by an actress in a leading role Jessica Chastain in «Zero Dark Thirty» Jennifer Lawrence in «Silver Linings Playbook» Emmanuelle Riva in «Amour» Quvenzhané Wallis in «Beasts of the Southern Wild» Naomi Watts in «The Impossible» Performance by an actor in a supporting role Alan Arkin in «Argo» Robert De Niro in «Silver Linings Playbook» Philip Seymour Hoffman in «The Master» Tommy Lee Jones in «Lincoln» Christoph Waltz in «Django Unchained» Performance by an actress in a supporting role Amy Adams in «The Master» Sally Field in «Lincoln» Anne Hathaway in «Les Misérables» Helen Hunt in «The Sessions» Jacki Weaver in «Silver Linings Playbook» Achievement in directing «Amour,» Michael Haneke «Beasts of the Southern Wild,» Benh Zeitlin «Life of Pi,» Ang Lee «Lincoln,» Steven Spielberg «Silver Linings Playbook,» David O. Russell Best foreign language film of the year «Amour,» Austria «Kon - Tiki,» Norway «No,» Chile «A Royal Affair,» Denmark «War Witch,» Canada Best animated feature film of the year «Brave,» Mark Andrews and Brenda Chapman «Frankenweenie,» Tim Burton «ParaNorman,» Sam Fell and Chris Butler «The Pirates!

I've seen four of the five foreign film nominations this year and they are so gloriously diverse, hold such promise for the future that you could do worse than starting your Oscar viewing here.

The Globe nominations were kind to other films coming out later this year: Both «The Wolf of Wall Street,» the account of a win - at - all - costs stockbroker premiering on Christmas, and «Her,» a dystopian tale of severed interpersonal relationships opening Dec. 18, received multiple nominations from the Hollywood Foreign Press Assn., including selections alongside «American Hustle» for best comedy or musical motion picture.

Chinese director Jia Zhangke took home the best screenplay award at Cannes last year, and many stateside critics — including the L.A. Times» Kenneth Turan — put it on their lists of top foreign films for 2013.

And while it's an art that has already yielded our first magnum opus of the year, the 100 Most Anticipated Movies Of 2014, (and we should probably be awarded the rest of January off as a result) there's still a category of film we've left unmined: those movies that we saw and reviewed in 2013 at festivals or sneak screenings or parts foreign tha t won't be in theaters until 201of the year, the 100 Most Anticipated Movies Of 2014, (and we should probably be awarded the rest of January off as a result) there's still a category of film we've left unmined: those movies that we saw and reviewed in 2013 at festivals or sneak screenings or parts foreign tha t won't be in theaters until 201Of 2014, (and we should probably be awarded the rest of January off as a result) there's still a category of film we've left unmined: those movies that we saw and reviewed in 2013 at festivals or sneak screenings or parts foreign tha t won't be in theaters until 201of January off as a result) there's still a category of film we've left unmined: those movies that we saw and reviewed in 2013 at festivals or sneak screenings or parts foreign tha t won't be in theaters until 201of film we've left unmined: those movies that we saw and reviewed in 2013 at festivals or sneak screenings or parts foreign tha t won't be in theaters until 2014.

A - A Separation Rated PG - 13 for mature thematic material Available on DVD and Blu - ray Persian with English Subtitles Winning the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film this year was this amazing Iranian film about a husband and wife who are going through a divorce because she wants to leave Iran and take their daughter and he needs to stay in Iran to take care of his ailing father.

It shot last August, so it should be ready in time, and it's certainly one of the most eagerly anticipated foreign - language films of the year.

INDEPENDENT & FOREIGN FILMS I for India (Unrated) Sandhya Suri explores the issue of assimilation in this bittersweet memoir about her family's migration from India to England in 1965, well documented due to her father's having filmed them for the past 40 years with the help of a couple of Super 8 cameras and a tape recorder.

Amour was voted best foreign - language film, Searching for Sugar Man best documentary, and ParaNorman the best animated film of the year.

And consider the astonishing four nominations (director, screenplay, cinematography, editing) for the Brazilian film «City of God,» which was ineligible in last year's foreign film category because the Brazilians refused to nominate their brilliant and angry film.