Your Favorite Foreign-Language Film of 1980 - Blu-ray Forum

SelwynMcGinty · 05-08-2025, 10:58 PM

No one asked for it, but here we have the 9th in a series of random-year polls honoring the rich history of World Cinema, and finding the forum's favorite non-English language films of all-time.

The endeavor here is to choose films with absolutely none, or a very bare minimum, of English being spoken. That means not including most British, Australian, English Canadian or New Zealand films, unfortunately.

In any case, any feedback or discussion about these World Cinema titles would still be greatly appreciated.

History has shown 1980 to be a solid international year - Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears was the Academy's choice, while Kagemusha shared the Cannes prize with 1979's All That Jazz. So it's up to us to settle this for eternity.

Cheers, and thanks for participating!

Cremildo · 05-08-2025, 11:20 PM

My American Uncle.

It needs a Blu-ray release in the US or the UK, by the way.

RFK · 05-08-2025, 11:29 PM

Pixote.

View Poll Results: Your Favorite Foreign-Language Film of 1980
The Age of the Earth (Brazil, Glauber Rocha)	0	0%
The Beast to Die (Japan, Toru Murakawa)	1	16.67%
Bye Bye Brazil (Brazil, Carlos Diegues)	0	0%
City of Women (Italy, Federico Fellini)	0	0%
Confidence (Hungary, Istvan Szabo)	0	0%
Csontvary (Hungary, Zoltan Huszarik)	0	0%
Every Man for Himself (France, Jean-Luc Godard)	0	0%
Kagemusha (Japan, Akira Kurosawa)	3	50.00%
The Last Metro (France, Francois Truffaut)	0	0%
A Leap in the Dark (Italy, Marco Bellocchio)	0	0%
Loulou (France, Maurice Pialat)	0	0%
Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears (USSR, Vladimir Menshov)	0	0%
My American Uncle (France, Alain Resnais)	1	16.67%
Navajeros (Spain/Mexico, Eloy de la Iglesia)	0	0%
The Nest (Spain, Jaime de Arminan)	0	0%
Pixote (Brazil, Hector Babenco)	1	16.67%
Qurbani (India, Feroz Khan)	0	0%
Return to the 36th Chamber (Hong Kong, Lau Kar-leung)	0	0%
Simone Barbes or Virtue (France, Marie-Claude Treilhou)	0	0%
The Smuggler (Contraband) (Italy, Lucio Fulci)	0	0%
Spetters (Netherlands, Paul Verhoeven)	0	0%
La terrazza (The Terrace) (Italy/France, Ettore Scola)	0	0%
Other (please specify)	0	0%
Voters: 6. You may not vote on this poll

05-08-2025, 10:58 PM	#1
SelwynMcGinty Blu-ray Guru Member since:Jun 2024 Location:California	Your Favorite Foreign-Language Film of 1980 No one asked for it, but here we have the 9th in a series of random-year polls honoring the rich history of World Cinema, and finding the forum's favorite non-English language films of all-time. The endeavor here is to choose films with absolutely none, or a very bare minimum, of English being spoken. That means not including most British, Australian, English Canadian or New Zealand films, unfortunately. In any case, any feedback or discussion about these World Cinema titles would still be greatly appreciated. History has shown 1980 to be a solid international year - Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears was the Academy's choice, while Kagemusha shared the Cannes prize with 1979's All That Jazz. So it's up to us to settle this for eternity. Cheers, and thanks for participating!

05-08-2025, 11:20 PM	#2
Cremildo Blu-ray Archduke Member since:Jul 2011 Location:Brazil 4K collection:165 Blu-ray collection:1050 Trading Score:51	My American Uncle. It needs a Blu-ray release in the US or the UK, by the way.

05-08-2025, 11:29 PM	#3
RFK Blu-ray Guru Member since:Apr 2015	Pixote.

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