The Best Foreign Language Movies 2022


10 R.M.N.

R.M.N.

A non-judgmental analysis of the driving forces of human behavior when confronted with the unknown, of the way we perceive the other and on how we relate to an unsettling future.

Director: Cristian Mungiu
Writer:
Cristian Mungiu
Starring:
Marin Grigore, Judith State, Macrina Barladeanu
Country:
Romania, France, Belgium, Sweden
Box office:
$571 000

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9 Decision to Leave (Hyeeojil gyeolsim | 헤어질 결심)

Hyeeojil gyeolsim

From a mountain peak in South Korea, a man plummets to his death. Did he jump, or was he pushed? When detective Hae-joon arrives on the scene, he begins to suspect the dead man’s wife Seo-rae. But as he digs deeper into the investigation, he finds himself trapped in a web of deception and desire.

Director: Park Chan-wook
Writers:
Jeong Seo-gyeong, Park Chan-wook
Starring:
Park Hae-il, Tang Wei, Lee Jeong-hyeon
Country:
South Korea
Budget:
$10 000 000
Box office:
$22 995 000

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8 Irréductible

Irréductible

Vincent has always enjoyed the benefits of his family’s status. When the government votes on a massive savings plan, Vincent is pushed out. When he is transferred to the North Pole, he meets Eva and finds love. It’s time for him to choose.

Director: Jérôme Commandeur
Writers:
Jérôme Commandeur, Xavier Maingon, Checco Zalone
Starring:
Jérôme Commandeur, Laetitia Dosch, Christian Clavier
Country:
France
Box office:
$5 727 000

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7 The Bombardment (Skyggen i mit øje)

Skyggen i mit øje

On March 21st, 1945, the British Royal Air Force set out on a mission to bomb Gestapo’s headquarters in Copenhagen. The raid had fatal consequences as some of the bombers accidentally targeted a school and more than 120 people were killed, 86 of whom were children.

Director: Ole Bornedal
Writer:
Ole Bornedal
Starring:
Bertram Bisgaard Enevoldsen, Ester Birch, Ella Josephine Lund Nilsson
Country:
Denmark, Belgium

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6 RRR

RRR

During the British era, Malli, a small tribal girl, is taken away by British governor Scott Buxton and his wife Catherine against the wishes of her mother. Rama Raju is an Indian cop who works for the British army; for him duty comes first, and he is very ruthless to revolutionary Indians but is never given his due by British government. The British government find that a tribal Komaram Bheem, who considers Malli his sister, has started his search for her and could be an obstacle for the British army. The governor and his wife announce a special post for any officer who can bring Bheem to them. Rama Raju decides to take the matters into his own hands and promises the government to bring him in dead or alive. Bheem by now has reached he city in search of Malli and pretends to be a mechanic, Akhtar. During a train accident on a lake he and Rama Raju risk their lives and save a kid and become best of friends. But each man will clash with the other and will thirst for each other’s blood in order to complete their missions.

Director: S.S. Rajamouli
Writers:
S.S. Rajamouli, Sai Madhav Burra, Madhan Karky
Starring:
Ram Charan Teja, NTR Jr., Olivia Morris
Country:
India
Budget:
$69 000 000
Box office:
$150 121 000

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5 Close

Close

The intense friendship between two thirteen-year old boys Leo and Remi suddenly gets disrupted. Struggling to understand what has happened, Léo approaches Sophie, Rémi’s mother. “Close” is a film about friendship and responsibility.

Director: Lukas Dhont
Writers:
Lukas Dhont, Angelo Tijssens
Starring:
Léa Drucker, Eden Dambrine, Émilie Dequenne
Country:
Belgium, Netherlands, France
Box office:
$5 141 000

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4 Triangle of Sadness

Triangle of Sadness

In Ruben Östlund’s wickedly funny Palme d’Or winner, social hierarchy is turned upside down, revealing the tawdry relationship between power and beauty. Celebrity model couple, Carl and Yaya, are invited on a luxury cruise for the uber-rich, helmed by an unhinged boat captain. What first appeared instagrammable ends catastrophically, leaving the survivors stranded on a desert island and fighting for survival.

Director: Ruben Östlund
Writer:
Ruben Östlund
Starring:
Harris Dickinson, Charlbi Dean, Zlatko Buric
Country:
Sweden, France, United Kingdom, Germany, Turkey, Greece, USA, Denmark, Switzerland, Mexico
Box office:
$25 622 000

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3 Argentina, 1985

Argentina, 1985

Argentina, 1985 is a feature inspired by the true story of Julio Strassera, Luis Moreno Ocampo and their young legal team of unlikely heroes in their David-vs-Goliath battle in which, under constant threat, they dared to prosecute Argentina’s bloodiest military dictatorship against all odds and in a race against time to bring justice to the victims of the junta.

Director: Santiago Mitre
Writers:
Mariano Llinás, Martín Mauregui, Santiago Mitre
Starring:
Ricardo Darín, Gina Mastronicola, Francisco Bertín
Country:
Argentina, United Kingdom, USA
Box office:
$905 000

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2 The Roundup (Beomjoе dosi 2 | 범죄도시2)

Beomjoе dosi 2

“You feeling it? We have to get this guy” 4 years after the events of Garibong district round up operation, Geumcheon Police’s Major Crimes Unit is given a mission to repatriate a fugitive who fled to Vietnam. Beast cop Ma Seok-do and Capt. Jeon Il-man intuitively realize that there’s something wrong with the suspect’s willingness to turn himself in and uncover crimes committed by a terrifying killer named Kang Hae-sang. Ma and his unit begin their investigation across two countries and follow the bloody breadcrumbs left behind by Kang… No borders in catching the bad! Another exciting and tension-filled round up!

Director: Lee Sang-yong
Writer:
Kim Min-seong
Starring:
Ma Dong-seok, Son Seok-goo, Choi Gwi-hwa
Country:
South Korea
Budget:
$9 000 000
Box office:
$102 135 000

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1 All Quiet on the Western Front (Im Westen nichts Neues)

Im Westen nichts Neues

All Quiet on the Western Front tells the gripping story of a young German soldier on the Western Front of World War I. Paul and his comrades experience first-hand how the initial euphoria of war turns into desperation and fear as they fight for their lives, and each other, in the trenches. The film from director Edward Berger is based on the world renowned bestseller of the same name by Erich Maria Remarque.

Director: Edward Berger
Writers:
Edward Berger, Lesley Paterson, Ian Stokell
Starring:
Felix Kammerer, Albrecht Schuch, Aaron Hilmer
Country:
Germany, USA, United Kingdom

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