Tag: 2018 Most Anticipated Foreign Films List
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2018: #1. Claire Denis’ High Life
High Life
French auteur Claire Denis has become one of the most prolific and revered international auteurs over the past thirty years, beginning with her...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2018: #2. Lars Von Trier’s The House That Jack Built
The House That Jack Built
Despite recently weathering accusations of sexual assault against Bjork during the filming of his Palme d’Or winning Dancer in the...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2018: #3. Paul Verhoeven’s Blessed Virgin
Blessed Virgin
Paul Verhoeven famously returned from a decade long absence with a bang in 2016, unveiling the controversial Elle (read ★★★★ review) at the Cannes...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2018: #4. Leos Carax’s Annette
Annette
It will have been six years since Leos Carax’s 2012 masterpiece Holy Motors (read review) was unveiled at the Cannes Film Festival—itself a break from...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2018: # 5. Mia Hansen-Løve’s Maya
Maya
After winning Best Director at the 2016 Berlinale thanks to her exquisite Isabelle Huppert starrer Things to Come (read review), French director Mia Hansen-Løve finally...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2018: #6. Andrey Konchalovsky’s Il Peccato
Il Peccato
A titan of Russian cinema, Andrey Konchalovsky famously cut his teeth as a writer for Tarkovsky (Ivan’s Childhood; Andrei Rublev) before breaking out...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2018: #7. Carlos Reygadas’ Where Life is Born
Where Life is Born
Carlos Reygadas remains at the forefront of a new wave of Mexican auteurs who examine contemporary social ills while blending elements...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2018: #8. Christian Petzold’s Transit
Transit
The most internationally recognized member of the Berlin School of filmmakers, Christian Petzold and his frequent collaborator, Nina Hoss, have presented some of contemporary...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2018: #9. Jia Zhangke’s Ash is Purest White
Ash is Purest White
Chinese auteur Jia Zhangke has been internationally renowned since 2000’s Platform, which also was the auteur’s first collaboration with his wife,...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2018: #10. Peter Strickland’s In Fabric
In Fabric
British director Peter Strickland is responsible for three formidably distinct genre tinged recuperations of the past decade---and remains frustratingly underrated. Arriving with 2009’s...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2018: #11. Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s Wild Pear Tree
Wild Pear Tree
Turkish auteur Nuri Bilge Ceylan returns with his first project since winning the Palme d’Or for 2014’s Winter Sleep. His eighth film,...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2018: #12. Lee Chang-dong’s Burning
Burning
About a year prior, South Korean auteur Lee Chang-dong was about to begin production on his sixth feature, Burning before abruptly announcing the project...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2018: #13. Benoît Jacquot’s Eva
Eva
Several months after premiering his Don DeLillo adaptation Never Ever out of competition in Venice 2016, the prolific Benoît Jacquot returned to work with...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2018: #14. Abdellatif Kechiche’s Pray for Jack
Pray for Jack
Controversy and contention have followed French-Tunisian director Abdellatif Kechiche ever since winning the Palme d’Or in 2013 for Blue is the Warmest...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2018: # 15. Ilya Khrzhanovsky’s Dau
Dau
A contemporary cinematic legend, Russian director Ilya Khrzhanovsky’s Dau has been a highly anticipated film project for the past decade. Now over twelve years...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2018: #16. Olivier Assayas’ E-Book
E-Book
Juliette Binoche has a stellar slate lined up for 2018. She’s been so booked, she dropped out of Mia Hansen-Love’s Maya, who is married...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2018: #17. Mike Leigh’s Peterloo
Peterloo
British auteur Mike Leigh should be all set with his long-gestating Peterloo in 2018. His latest serves as a striking departure from his recent...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2018: #18. Asghar Farhadi’s Everybody Knows
Everybody Knows
Asghar Farhadi has quickly become the most prominent Iranian filmmaker over the past decade. After winning the Golden Bear at the 2011 Berlinale...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2018: #19. Miroslav Slaboshpitsky’s Luxembourg
Luxembourg
We’ve been tracking Luxembourg going on three years now and news has been scarce on its status for the past year. Ukrainian director Miroslav...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2018: #20. Luca Guadagnino’s Suspiria
Suspiria
Dario Argento’s 1977 giallo Suspiria is one of the most beloved horror films of all time, an eerie splash of old European glamour, decadent...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2018: #21. Bruno Dumont’s Coincoin and the Extra Humans
Coincoin and the Extra Humans
While enjoying the critical success of his innovative and unique 2017 film Jeannette, the Childhood of Joan of Arc (read review),...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2018: #22. Paolo Sorrentino’s Loro
Loro
Paolo Sorrentino has quickly become one of the most notable Italian auteurs over the past decade. Competing six times at Cannes (he won the...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2018: #23. Pawel Pawlikowski’s Cold War
Cold War
Polish auteur Pawel Pawlikowski began making films in the late 1990s with The Stringer (1998) before moving into several UK productions, including 2000’s...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2018: #24. Jacques Audiard’s The Sisters Brothers
The Sisters Brothers
One of 2018’s most highly anticipated items is Jacques Audiard’s English language debut The Sisters Brothers, his first project since winning the...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2018: #25. Fabrice du Welz’s Adoration
Adoration
Belgian genre auteur Fabrice du Welz has been fast-tracking the third installment of his Ardennes Trilogy, which began with his delightfully macabre 2004 debut...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2018: #26. Jennifer Kent’s The Nightingale
The Nightingale
Responsible for one of the most successful debuts over the past decade with 2014’s The Babadook (read ★★★★ review), Australia’s Jennifer Kent is ready...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2018: # 27. Laszlo Nemes’ Sunset
Sunset
Anticipation is high for the sophomore film from Hungary’s Laszlo Nemes following his grueling Holocaust drama Son of Saul (interview), which took home the Grand...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2018: #28. Naomi Kawase’s Vision
Vision
Japanese auteur Naomi Kawase is a veritable fixture at the Cannes Film Festival since 1997’s Suzaku (which premiered in Directors’ Fortnight), but whose films...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2018: #29. Jean-Luc Godard’s Le livre d’image
Le livre d'image
The latest film from Jean-Luc Godard is still shrouded in mystery, and apparently has been re-titled Le livre d'image or the English...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2018: #30. Matteo Garrone’s Dogman
Dogman
Pinocchio seems to be a cursed property. With both Guillermo Del Toro and Matteo Garrone’s plans derailed for a new adaptation of the famed...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2018: #31. Corneliu Porumboiu’s Gomera
Gomera
A key member of the Romanian New Wave, Corneliu Porumboiu remains a tad obscured by the likes of fellow countrymen Cristian Mungiu and Cristi...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2018: #32. Ulrich Seidl’s Evil Games
Evil Games
Since premiering his masterpiece Paradise trilogy across 2012 and 2013, the Austrian auteur Ulrich Seidl has returned to heavy documentary subjects with 2014’s...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2018: #33. Yorgos Lanthimos’ The Favourite
The Favourite
Fox Searchlight Pictures already owns the distribution rights for Yorgos Lanthimos’ next feature, The Favourite, which is described as a bawdy tale of...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2018: #34. Neil Jordan’s The Widow
The Widow
Irish auteur Neil Jordan has been absent from cinemas since 2012’s vampire flick Byzantium (read review). Helming and fostering a couple successful television series...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2018: # 35. Alice Rohrwacher’s Lazzaro Felice
Lazzaro Felice
Italian director Alice Rohrwacher, also known as the sister of acclaimed actress Alba Rohrwacher, has quietly become one of the most prominent contemporary...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2018: #36. Christophe Honoré’s Plaire
Plaire
In the 2000s, French auteur Christophe Honoré was a prominent international figure on the festival circuit. A blazing star by mid-decade with his 2007...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2018: #37. Sebastian Schipper’s Caravan
Caravan
Since his 2015 breakout Victoria (read ★★★½ review), the two-hour plus single-shot romantic drama/heist thriller premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival (and took home...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2018: #38. Erick Zonca’s Fleuve noir
Fleuve noir
French director Erick Zonca scored his most critically acclaimed hit with his 1998 debut The Dreamlife of Angels, which competed in the Cannes...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2018: #39. Nadav Lapid’s Synonymes
Synonymes
Israeli director Nadav Lapid, who broke out with 2011 debut Policeman at the Locarno Film Festival (where it won the Special Jury Prize) should...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2018: #40. Joanna Hogg’s The Souvenir: Part I
The Souvenir: Part 1
British director Joanna Hogg has remained one of the UK’s most underrated auteur assets since breaking out of television in the...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2018: #41. Alice Winocour’s Proxima
Proxima
Cesar Award Winning writer-director Alice Winocour (Best Screenplay for 2015’s Mustang, shared with Deniz Gamze Erguven) landed a Special Screening at Cannes for her...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2018: #42. Terry Gilliam’s The Man Who Killed Don Quixote
The Man Who Killed Don Quixote
There are few doomed cinematic projects sharing the trajectory of Terry Gilliam’s troubled The Man Who Killed Don Quixote,...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2018: #43. Malgorzata Szumowska’s Mug
Mug
Polish director Malgorzata Szumowska has been steadily making features since 2000, but her 2011 film Elles (read review) was an initial international breakout thanks to...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2018: #44. Wash Westmoreland’s Colette
Colette
American Wash Westmoreland makes a rare entry in our world cinema line-up with his latest feature, Colette, his first solo outing after the passing...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2018: #45. Alfonso Cuaron’s Roma
Roma
We’ve been waiting five years for the next project from Alfonso Cuaron after his Oscar winning 2013 big budget Gravity. Intriguingly, Cuaron is returning...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2018: #46. Gabriel Mascaro’s Overgod
Overgod
Brazil’s Gabriel Mascaro broke into international success with his provocative sophomore film Neon Bull (read review) in 2015, where it won a Special Jury Prize...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2018: #47. Romain Gavras’ Mr. Freeze
Mr. Freeze
Director Romain Gavras (son of Costa, brother of Julie) graduated from notable music director to film with his 2010 debut Our Day Will...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2018: #48. Eva Ionesco’s Une jeunesse dorée
Une jeunesse dorée
Eva Ionesco, daughter of Romanian-French photographer Irina Ionesco, documented her incendiary tell-all of her tumultuous relationship with her mother in the 2011...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2018: #49. Terrence Malick’s Radegund
Radegund
American auteur Terrence Malick makes our foreign films list with the German produced Radegund, which documents the exploits of conscientious objector Franz Jagerstatter (August...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2018: #50. Markus Schleinzer’s Angelo
Angelo
Austrian director Markus Schleinzer broke into the main competition at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival with his provocative 2011 debut, Michael (which plays like...
