15 Best Foreign Films On Netflix Right Now, Ranked

Last Updated: May 1st

With each passing 12 months — with each passing week — Netflix inches nearer to a future through which the service streams solely unique content material and eschews exterior programming utterly. But till that apocalypse arrives, off-the-beaten-path picks proceed to hold robust within the under-explored International part of the ever-expanding library. The pickings favor the latest over the time-tested, however a neophyte trawling for one thing novel to look at can nonetheless get a reasonably diverse crash course on world cinema. Who wants the status pageant circuit? Give Cannes, Berlin and Venice the slip by making an attempt out among the best overseas movies on Netflix proper now.

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15. The Lobster (2015)

Run Time: 119 min | IMDb: 7.1/10

Colin Farrell and Rachel Weisz star on this darkish, absurdist comedy a few man looking for love below some very unusual circumstances. Farrell performs David, a person whose spouse just lately left him. David is distributed to a lodge the place he’s advised he should discover a mate inside 45 days or be changed into an animal. While there, David witnesses unusual rituals and should observe strict guidelines with a view to discover love, nevertheless it’s not till he ventures into the woods, the place the “loners” dwell that he pairs up with a girl (Weisz) who could also be his soulmate. It’s bizarre, eccentric, and the proper Farrell-starring car.

14. Train To Busan (2016)

Run Time: 118 min | IMDb: 7.5/10

Zombie motion pictures have been performed to demise, introduced again to life, and repeated just a few extra occasions. But that doesn’t imply there nonetheless aren’t entertaining tales to be discovered within the style. Train To Busan doesn’t convey something exceptionally unique to the strolling undead, nevertheless it’s no much less of an exhilarating experience. An overworked dad is driving the rails along with his uncared for daughter when a Z-word outbreak strikes, inflicting savagery from corpse and dwelling alike. Its fast-moving, contorted foes are genuinely freaky within the film’s cramped setting, making the story really feel like a zombified Snowpiercer. It’s a enjoyable motion flick with a barely heavy-handed however stable emotional core that’s unsurprisingly getting an English remake.