Top ten films

Swedish movies? I would ad "Songs from the 2nd Floor" - quite unique. And Bergman of course ... you guys know about him, right?!

On the other hand, I don't recall seing anything Dutch. In fact, I think I have seen movies from just about everywhere but Holland... Stefan, enlighten me!

Yesterday I watched "Bronson". Recommended! Even though Time Out seems to hate it.

Try The Vanishing (Spoorloos), which is excellent. I remember being told about an early Paul Verhoeven film called Turkish something or over which was the most popular film in Holland. He has done other Dutch language films, Black Books springs to mind. Son't like him much myself. Can't think of anything else.

Turkse Fruit is the one you are thinking of Dr O.

Plenty of good Dutch films and lots of truly terrible ones too. They just never make it out of Holland I think.

I hardly ever watch films so can't make any recomendations though Tirza, based on a book by Arnon Grunberg, is being submitted for an Oscar I believe.
The trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgijR7y27gE

Swedish cinema is synonymous with Ingmar Bergman, one of the most influential directors of all time. He was a master of gloom and dared his films to be entirely devoid of action with his cinematographic vision conjuring emotion. His films are not as widely known as they deserve, they are critic pleasers rather than crowd pleasers - for the arthouse. However, his influence is widespread. Films like American Beauty, for example, owe a lot to him. As does Woody Allen. And he is responsible for one of the most iconic scenes in cinema - that chess scene. Even Monty Python's Holy Grail acknowledges him.

As for other Swedish cinema: My Life As A Dog, very Bergmanesque. But I don't know much else.

I thought of two more Dutch films. Amsterdamned - which is worth seeing for excellent canal chase action scenes. And Flodder (plus sequels), which is not worth seeing. Unless you are Dutch, as I seem to remember it making shedloads of money as a local pick-up in Holland for the distribution company I worked for.

But I'm definitely all out of Dutch films now.

Lots of Dutch films, though not a very up-to-date list:

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The Dutch Film Festival is an annual event, starting September 22 this year: link

Edits: problems with the links

I can't get that first link to work for some reason. I tried again in this post and it still won't work. Sorry.

Try this one - not so many films listed but still relevant:

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Think this is what you wanted: link

The problem is the : followed by D - the forum makes it a smiley face so you have to use %3A instead of the colon. All a bit Techhy.

forgot those two.

Twin Sisters link is also good, it's about two twins that get separated in WWII and when they get old find each other again.

Flodder and it's sequels are best forgotten Stefan

Indeed but I liked the series though.

Thanks for the update on Dutch movies. I doubt I will get a chance to see any of them except Paul Verhoeven ... but then, I'm still not convinced that I'm missing out on much

I have some friends who lived in Holland for some years I'll ask if they got anything.

1. goodfellas
2. the godfather part 1 & 2
3. casino
4. Saving Private Ryan
5. ice age all of em lol
6. Silence of the Lambs
7. 15 mines (Robert de Nero)
8. true grit
9. the shootist
10. jaws 1
there all great

Well I watched Casshern, wasn't super though but interesting.
I've made a start with Avalon but I couldn't keep my eyes open so tired was I
The director of the film is Mamoru Oshii, he has made some movies I really like (Ghost in the Shell & The Sky Crawlers).
Avalon is quite strange, it is produced and directed by a Japanese crew but the filming and the staff was all done by a Polish company and actors.
I hope they mix well

1. Shawshank Redemption
2. Silence of the lambs
3 Aliens
4 L.O.T.R trilogy
5 The Birdcage
6 Sleepers
7 Amadeus
8 Twelve Monkeys
9 Jaws 1 (Yes I am serious)
10 The Tailor of Panama