Not sure what you'll think of foreign action movies and thrillers? The movie reviews here will be helpful. But Let's face this reality first...

We Americans love beating the crap out of bad guys unless we're blowing them up into tiny bits first.

"How barbaric!" I hear you say. "Isn't that why people in other countries think we're such war-mongers?"

Oh please.

You'll find that some of those "other countries" make the most thrilling and creative action movies imaginable!

Like the ones made in Hollywood, international movies are often pure escapist fun. But since they are the product of the culture in which they were produced, other countries have their own ways of filming shoot-outs, fist fights, and outrageous vehicle collisions.

Some directors are subtle and sensitive, while others might have been on crack over the entire course of their shooting schedules (or lives).

So as you're getting accustomed to subtitles, let's accept the universal truth that people all over the world, regardless of race, class, education, and underwear size, appreciate the sight of a good on-screen ass-kicking!

Click on the foreign film titles below for movie reviews. You've probably never heard of many of them...but a number will DEFINITELY be for you! This list is frequently updated, so visit again soon!

The Aura (El Aura)
The Bank Job
The Bodyguard from Beijing (中南海保鑣)
The Crimson Rivers (Les Rivières Pourpes)
The Crimson Rivers 2 (Les Rivières Pourpres 2)
Death Note (デスノート)
Death Note 2: The Last Name (デスノート 2)
The Devil's Backbone (El Espinozo del Diablo)
District B13 (Banlieue 13)
Elevator to the Gallows (Ascenseur pour l'échafaud)
Empire of the Wolves (L'Empire des Loups)
The Enforcer (給爸爸的信)
Exiled (放 逐)
La femme Nikita
Fist of Legend (精武英雄)
Fulltime Killer (全職殺手)
Goal!
Hard Boiled (辣手神探)
The Host (괴물)
I'll Sleep when I'm Dead
The Killer (喋血雙雄)
Kontroll
Layer Cake
Man Bites Dog (C'est arrivé près de chez vous)
Natural City (내츄럴 시티)
Night Watch (Ночной дозор)
Day Watch (Дневной дозор)
Nine Queens (Nueve Reinas)
The Orphanage (El Orfanato)
Prince Caspian
Pusher
Pusher 2: With Blood on my Hands
Pusher 3: I'm the Angel of Death
Rabbit on the Moon (Conejo en la Luna)
Revolver
Run Lola Run (Lola Rennt)
Running Out of Time (暗戰)
Shinobi: Heart under Blade
A Tale of Two Sisters (장화, 홍련)
Them (Ils)
Uno Bianca

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