Oh, I couldn't watch Pans Labyrinth. My friend is learning Spanish and wanted me to go to watch it with him, but I just couldn't. I'd seen those trailers with that 'thing' with eyes in its hands and that *totally* freaked me out.

Haven't seen the other two, but I'll look out for them now.

Here are a few of my favourites (independent/low budget/non-English language films):

* I like the Three Colours trilogy by the Polish bloke something-owksi? My favourite of those is Blue.
* La Haine. Fantastic.
* Lan Yu (a Chinese film, think a Chinese Brokeback Mountain but without the mountains and horses and cowboys, if you get my drift... don't want to offend anyone)
* Beijing Bicycle
* Wong Kai's In the Mood for Love - stunning cinematography, beautifully shot.
* Donnie Darko and also Garden State (US low budget)
* Snowcake - starring Sigourney Weaver as an austistic woman, with Alan Rickman, quite surreal in a strange, every day kind of way
* American Beauty - it was such a break away from the usual one dimensional story telling
* Little Miss Sunshine
* Sideways
* Amelie
* Buena Vista Social Club
* Le Nombril du Monde
* Life is Beautiful
* Havana Blues