Greatest Foreign Language Film Trilogies of All Time
Which of these acclaimed foreign language (non-English) live action film trilogies do you think is the greatest?
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- DirectorSatyajit RayStarsKanu BannerjeeKaruna BannerjeeSubir BanerjeeImpoverished priest Harihar Ray, dreaming of a better life for himself and his family, leaves his rural Bengal village in search of work.Apu Trilogy (India)
List of Films:
1. Pather Panchali (1955) (Song of the Little Road)
2. Aparajito (1956) (The Unvanquished)
3. The World of Apu (1959) (The World of Apu)
Director: Satyajit Ray - DirectorPark Chan-wookStarsSong Kang-hoShin Ha-kyunBae DoonaA recently laid off factory worker kidnaps his former boss' friend's daughter, hoping to use the ransom money to pay for his sister's kidney transplant.Vengeance Trilogy (South Korea)
List of Films:
1. Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (2002) (Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance)
2. Oldboy (2003) (Oldboy)
3. Lady Vengeance (2005) (Lady Vengeance)
Director: Park Chan-wook - DirectorKrzysztof KieslowskiStarsJuliette BinocheZbigniew ZamachowskiJulie DelpyA woman struggles to find a way to live her life after the death of her husband and child.Three Colors Trilogy (France, Poland, Switzerland)
List of Films:
1. Three Colors: Blue (1993) (Three Colors: Blue)
2. Three Colors: White (1994) (Three Colors: White)
3. Three Colors: Red (1994) (Three Colors: Red)
Director: Krzysztof Kieslowski - DirectorNiels Arden OplevStarsMichael NyqvistNoomi RapaceEwa FrölingA journalist is aided by a young female hacker in his search for the killer of a woman who has been dead for forty years.Millennium Trilogy (Sweden)
List of Films:
1. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009) (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo)
2. The Girl Who Played with Fire (2009) (The Girl Who Played with Fire)
3. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest (2009) (The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest)
Director: Niels Arden Oplev, Daniel Alfredson - DirectorAndrew LauAlan MakStarsAndy LauTony Leung Chiu-waiAnthony Chau-Sang WongA story between a mole in the police department and an undercover cop. Their objectives are the same: to find out who is the mole, and who is the cop.Infernal Affairs Trilogy (Hong Kong)
List of Films:
1. Infernal Affairs (2002) (Infernal Affairs)
2. Infernal Affairs II (2003) (Infernal Affairs II)
3. Infernal Affairs III (2003) (Infernal Affairs III)
Director: Andrew Lau, Alan Mak - DirectorIngmar BergmanStarsHarriet AnderssonGunnar BjörnstrandMax von SydowRecently released from a mental hospital, Karin rejoins her emotionally disconnected family in their island home, only to slip from reality as she begins to believe she is being visited by God.Trilogy of Faith or Silence of God Trilogy (Sweden)
List of Films:
1. Through a Glass Darkly (1961) (Through a Glass Darkly)
2. Winter Light (1963) (Winter Light)
3. The Silence (1963) (The Silence)
Director: Ingmar Bergman - DirectorYasujirô OzuStarsChishû RyûSetsuko HaraYumeji TsukiokaSeveral people try to talk 27-year-old Noriko into marrying, but all she wants is to keep on caring for her widowed father.Noriko Trilogy (Japan)
List of Films:
1. Late Spring (1949) (Late Spring)
2. Early Summer (1951) (Early Summer)
3. Tokyo Story (1953) (Tokyo Story)
Director: Yasujirô Ozu - DirectorAbbas KiarostamiStarsBabek Ahmed PoorAhmed Ahmed PoorKhodabakhsh DefaeiEight-year-old Ahmed has mistakenly taken his friend Mohammad's notebook. He wants to return it, or else his friend will be expelled from school. The boy determinedly sets out to find Mohammad's home in the neighbouring village.Koker Trilogy (Iran)
List of Films:
1. Where Is the Friend's House? (1987) (Where is the Friend's Home?)
2. And Life Goes On (1992) (Life and Nothing More...)
3. Through the Olive Trees (1994) (Through the Olive Trees)
Director: Abbas Kiarostami - DirectorMichael HanekeStarsBirgit DollDieter BernerLeni TanzerA European family who plan on escaping to Australia seem caught up in their daily routine, only troubled by minor incidents. However, behind their apparent calm and repetitive existence, they are actually planning something sinister.Glaciation Trilogy (Austria)
List of Films:
1. The Seventh Continent (1989) (The Seventh Continent)
2. Benny's Video (1992) (Benny's Video)
3. 71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance (1994) (71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance)
Director: Michael Haneke - DirectorAki KaurismäkiStarsKati OutinenKari VäänänenElina SaloThe recession hits a couple in Helsinki.Finland Trilogy (Finland)
List of Films:
1. Drifting Clouds (1996) (Drifting Clouds)
2. The Man Without a Past (2002) (The Man Without a Past)
3. Lights in the Dusk (2006) (Lights in the Dusk)
Director: Aki Kaurismäki - DirectorRainer Werner FassbinderStarsHanna SchygullaKlaus LöwitschIvan DesnyMaria marries Hermann Braun in the last days of World War II, only for him to go missing in the war. Alone, Maria puts to use her beauty and ambition in order to find prosperity during Germany's "economic miracle" of the 1950s.BRD Trilogy (Germany)
List of Films:
1. The Marriage of Maria Braun (1979) (The Marriage of Maria Braun)
2. Veronika Voss (1982) (Veronika Voss)
3. Lola (1981) (Lola)
Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder - DirectorSatyajit RayStarsDhritiman ChatterjeeAsgar AliArabinda BanerjeeA young college graduate is struggling to find a job. He lives in a flat with his younger, employed sister, revolutionary brother and widowed mother. The strain of the situation ultimately causes him to hallucinate.Calcutta Trilogy (India)
List of Films:
1. Pratidwandi (1970) (The Adversary)
2. Seemabaddha (1971) (Company Limited)
3. Jana Aranya (1975) (The Middleman)
Director: Satyajit Ray - DirectorMichelangelo AntonioniStarsGabriele FerzettiMonica VittiLea MassariA woman disappears during a Mediterranean boating trip. During the search, her lover and her best friend become attracted to each other.Trilogy on Modernity and Its Discontents or Alienation Trilogy (Italy)
List of Films:
1. L'Avventura (1960) (The Adventure)
2. La Notte (1961) (The Night)
3. L'Eclisse (1962) (Eclipse)
Director: Michelangelo Antonioni - DirectorKar-Wai WongStarsLeslie CheungMaggie CheungAndy LauA man tries to find out who his real mother is after the woman who raised him tells him the truth.Days of Being Wild Trilogy (Hong Kong)
List of Films:
1. Days of Being Wild (1990) (Days of Being Wild)
2. In the Mood for Love (2000) (In the Mood for Love)
3. 2046 (2004) (2046)
Director: Kar-Wai Wong - DirectorFritz LangStarsRudolf Klein-RoggeAud Egede-NissenGertrude WelckerArch-criminal Dr. Mabuse sets out to make a fortune and run Berlin. Detective Wenk sets out to stop him.Dr. Mabuse Trilogy (Germany)
List of Films:
1. Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler (1922) (Dr. Mabuse the Gambler)
2. The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (1933) (The Testament of Dr. Mabuse)
3. The 1,000 Eyes of Dr. Mabuse (1960) (The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse)
Director: Fritz Lang - DirectorHsiao-Hsien HouStarsTony Leung Chiu-waiShu-Fen HsinSung-Young ChenThe story of a family embroiled in the "White Terror" that was wrought on the Taiwanese people by the Kuomintang government after their arrival from mainland China in the late 1940s.Taiwan Trilogy (Taiwan)
List of Films:
1. A City of Sadness (1989) (A City of Sadness)
2. The Puppetmaster (1993) (In the Hands of a Puppet Master)
3. Good Men, Good Women (1995) (Good Men, Good Women)
Director: Hsiao-Hsien Hou - DirectorPier Paolo PasoliniStarsFranco CittiNinetto DavoliJovan JovanovicAn adaptation of nine stories from Boccaccio's "Decameron".Trilogy of Life (Italy)
List of Films:
1. The Decameron (1971) (The Decameron)
2. The Canterbury Tales (1972) (The Canterbury Tales)
3. Arabian Nights (1974) (Arabian Nights)
Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini - DirectorSatyajit RayStarsTapan ChatterjeeRabi GhoshAjoy BanerjeeGoopy wants to sing, and Bagha wants to play the dhol. They meet accidentally and are helped by King of Ghosts. With newly endowed abilities, they land in kingdom of Shundi, where their adventure begins.Goopy-Bagha Trilogy (India)
List of Films:
1. Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne (1969) (Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne)
2. The Kingdom of Diamonds (1980) (Kingdom of Diamonds)
3. Goopy Bagha Phire Elo (1991) (The Return of Goopy Bagha)
Director: Satyajit Ray, Sandip Ray - DirectorNicolas Winding RefnStarsKim BodniaZlatko BuricLaura DrasbækA drug pusher grows increasingly desperate after a botched deal leaves him with a large debt to a ruthless drug lord.Pusher Trilogy (Denmark)
List of Films:
1. Pusher (1996) (Pusher)
2. Pusher II (2004) (Pusher II: With Blood on My Hands)
3. Pusher III (2005) (Pusher III: I'm the Angel of Death)
Director: Nicolas Winding Refn - DirectorBigas LunaStarsPenélope CruzStefania SandrelliAnna GalienaWhen a mother disapproves of her son's lover, she hires an underwear model and former bullfighter to seduce her away.Iberian Trilogy (Spain)
List of Films:
1. Jamón, Jamón (1992) (Ham, Ham)
2. Golden Balls (1993) (Golden Balls)
3. The Tit and the Moon (1994) (The Tit and the Moon)
Director: Bigas Luna - DirectorRoy AnderssonStarsLars NordhStefan LarssonBengt C.W. CarlssonWhere are we humans going? A film poem inspired by the Peruvian poet César Vallejo. We meet people in the city. People trying to communicate, searching compassion and get the connection of small and large things.Living Trilogy (Sweden)
List of Films:
1. Songs from the Second Floor (2000) (Songs from the Second Floor)
2. You, the Living (2007) (You, the Living)
3. A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence (2014) (A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence)
Director: Roy Andersson - DirectorMasaki KobayashiStarsTatsuya NakadaiMichiyo AratamaChikage AwashimaA Japanese pacifist, unable to face the dire consequences of conscientious objection, is transformed by his attempts to compromise with the demands of war-time Japan.The Human Condition Trilogy (Japan)
List of Films:
1. The Human Condition I: No Greater Love (1959) (No Greater Love)
2. The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity (1959) (Road to Eternity)
3. The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer (1961) (A Soldier's Prayer)
Director: Masaki Kobayashi - DirectorHiroshi InagakiStarsToshirô MifuneMariko OkadaRentarô MikuniDepicts the early life of the legendary warrior Musashi Miyamoto; his years as an aspiring warrior, an outlaw and finally a true samurai.Samurai Trilogy (Japan)
List of Films:
1. Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto (1954) (Musashi Miyamoto)
2. Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple (1955) (Duel at Ichijoji Temple)
3. Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island (1956) (Duel at Ganryu Island)
Director: Hiroshi Inagaki - DirectorRitwik GhatakStarsSupriya ChoudhuryAnil ChatterjeeGyanesh MukherjeeA selfless young woman (Supriya Choudhury) sacrifices her own happiness for her unappreciative family.Refugee Trilogy (India)
List of Films:
1. The Cloud-Capped Star (1960) (The Cloud-Capped Star)
2. Komal Gandhar (1961) (A Soft Note on a Sharp Scale)
3. Subarnarekha (1965) (The Golden Thread)
Director: Ritwik Ghatak - DirectorTheodoros AngelopoulosStarsVangelis KazanKostas PavlouThanos GrammenosWhen a trade unionist is murdered in broad daylight, the suspects rounded up include Sofianos, who doggedly maintains his innocence. When a minister visits his cell, he tricks his warders and takes the man hostage, threatening to kill him.Trilogy of History (Greece)
List of Films:
1. Days of '36 (1972) (Days of '36)
2. The Travelling Players (1975) (The Travelling Players)
3. Oi kynigoi (1977) (The Hunters)
Director: Theodoros Angelopoulos - DirectorTheodoros AngelopoulosStarsManos KatrakisMary HronopoulouDionysis PapagiannopoulosAn old communist returns to Greece after 32 years in the Soviet Union. However, things aren't the way he had hoped for.Trilogy of Silence (Greece)
List of Films:
1. Voyage to Cythera (1984) (Voyage to Cythera)
2. The Beekeeper (1986) (The Beekeeper)
3. Landscape in the Mist (1988) (Landscape in the Mist)
Director: Theodoros Angelopoulos - DirectorTheodoros AngelopoulosStarsMarcello MastroianniJeanne MoreauGregory Patrick KarrA reporter stuck in a border town with an overcrowding of refugees sees a man he believes to be a long lost politician.Trilogy of Borders (Greece)
List of Films:
1. The Suspended Step of the Stork (1991) (The Suspended Step of the Stork)
2. Ulysses' Gaze (1995) (Ulysses' Gaze)
3. Eternity and a Day (1998) (Eternity and a Day)
Director: Theodoros Angelopoulos