Foreign Movies on Netflix
Last updated July 27, 2025
Thérèse
2012 | NR | 3.2 out of 5 StarsIn southwest France in the 1920s, two wealthy families are joined by an arranged marriage between the dull Bernard and the restless Thérèse. Desperately bored and longing for meaning in her life, Thérèse concocts a drastic solution to her problems.
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Dangerous Liaisons
2012 | NR | 3.2 out of 5 StarsTwo experts in seduction, Mo Jieyu and her ex-lover Xie Yifan, decide to entertain themselves with a wager involving the innocent beauty Du Fenyu. But when Xie begins falling in love with Du, the cruel erotic game begins to backfire on the players.
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4 Assassins
2012 | NR | 3.2 out of 5 StarsFour professional assassins share an elaborate dinner together in Hong Kong and reflect on their best work over the years. But as they share stories and resolve unfinished business, they ponder whether the emotional cost of their job is worth it.
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Son of Sardaar
2012 | NR | 3.2 out of 5 StarsJassi returns to his hometown and stumbles into a long-simmering family feud. When the opposing family's patriarch unwittingly invites Jassi into his home but then learns his identity, Jassi resorts to humorous shenanigans to escape the man's wrath.
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Matru ki Bijlee ka Mandola
2013 | NR | 3.2 out of 5 StarsBijlee falls in love with fellow student Badal while at Oxford and is delighted when her business tycoon father consents to their marriage. But Bijlee's announcement stuns her father's longtime aide, with whom she's always had a special relationship.
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I, Me aur Main
2013 | NR | 3.2 out of 5 StarsNarcissistic music producer Ishaan is indulged by all the adoring women in his life until, finally, his long-suffering girlfriend kicks him out. Can a cute new neighbor prompt this bad boy to take responsibility for his ne'er-do-well ways?
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Karakara
2012 | NR | 3.2 out of 5 StarsPierre has decided to pare down his life, renouncing sex and dedicating himself to achieving spiritual peace. But when Junko, a young Japanese woman, shows up at his hotel seeking refuge from an abusive husband, things don't go as planned.
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The Gangster
2012 | NR | 3.2 out of 5 StarsBased on a true story and set in 1950s and '60s Bangkok, this Thai crime drama tells the tale of Jod, a promising young gangster moving through the ranks of the city's mafia as he battles for turf against rival gangs and the Chinese triads.
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Antares
2004 | NR | 3.1 out of 5 StarsAustrian director Gotz Spielmann's stark drama examines the lives of three couples living in the same high-rise apartment complex. As Alex (Andreas Kiendl) and Nicole (Martina Zinner) try to move on after a painful divorce, Sonja (Susanne Wuest) hopes a new baby will ease a gnawing jealousy of her fiance, Marco (Dennis Cubic). Meanwhile, married nurse Eva (Petra Morze) explores her passions with a visiting physician (Andreas Patton).
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Antonia
2006 | NR | 3.1 out of 5 StarsWide-eyed with the collective dream of turning their all-girl rap group into a viable enterprise, four Sao Paulo friends (Negra Li, Cindy Mendes, Leilah Moreno and Jacqueline Simão) embark on an all-or-nothing quest to succeed in a cutthroat industry.
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Madeinusa
2006 | NR | 3.1 out of 5 StarsAs her Peruvian village prepares to celebrate the Holy Day festival of Sin -- a raucous fiesta just days before Easter Sunday -- Madeinusa (Magaly Solier) finds an unlikely suitor in a traveling laborer (Carlos J. de la Torre) who's been arrested by her mayor father (Juan Ubaldo Huamàn). Meanwhile, amid the bubbling chaos, young Madeinusa struggles to find a sense of identity under a cloud of abuse in this Spanish-language drama.
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Jhoom Barabar Jhoom
2007 | NR | 3.1 out of 5 StarsSparks fly when strangers Rikki and Alvira strike up a conversation while waiting for their significant others at a train station. After they part ways, both realize they've just met their soul mate. But will these true romantics ever get together?
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Tulpan
2008 | NR | 3.1 out of 5 StarsFreshly discharged from the Russian navy, young Asa (Askhat Kuchencherekov) returns to the arid Kazakh steppe to find a bride and become a shepherd. But his plans go awry when Tulpan, the only eligible bachelorette around, rejects him because his ears are too big. What's more, Asa turns out to be a lousy shepherd. Can his persistence win Tulpan's love, the respect of his flock and the life he dreams of? Documentarian Sergei Dvortsevoy directs.
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Kidnap
2008 | NR | 3.1 out of 5 StarsPowerful tycoon Vikrant is forced to participate in a dangerous scavenger hunt when the daughter he hasn't seen in eight years is kidnapped by a mysterious stranger, who's threatening to kill her.
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The Beautiful Person
2008 | NR | 3.1 out of 5 StarsAfter transferring to a new high school, beautiful Junie (Léa Seydoux) starts dating fellow student Otto (Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet), but she soon finds herself falling for Nemours (Louis Garrel), an Italian teacher already entangled in secret affairs with a pupil and colleague. Loosely based on Madame de Lafayette's novel La Princesse de Clèves, this French drama explores the great pain that often accompanies love.
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Dream Home
2010 | NR | 3.1 out of 5 StarsCheung (Josie Ho) will do anything to own her perfect little dream home -- anything. And with a mix of cold-hearted determination and homicidal tendencies, the title and deed do become hers. But who will have to pay the price for Cheung's outrageous methods? Anthony Wong Chau-Sang, Eason Chan, Lawrence Chou, Michelle Ye Suen and Juno Mak co-star in this shocking slasher from director Ho-Cheung Pang.
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Shadow
2009 | NR | 3.1 out of 5 StarsThe horrors of combat pale in comparison to what awaits Iraq War veteran David (Jake Muxworthy) when he sets off on a European biking adventure, only to ride into a nightmare after crossing paths with a sadistic butcher named Mortis (Nuot Arquint). Taken captive by the bloodthirsty psycho -- who's eager to inflict atrocities more twisted than anything the soldier saw on the battlefield -- David soon finds himself in a desperate fight for his life.
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The Assassin Next Door
2009 | NR | 3.1 out of 5 StarsTwo apartment-dwelling neighbors -- and virtual strangers -- on the rough side of town discover that they share more than an address: They're both looking for an escape from their tortured lives and are willing to go to great lengths to find one. Under duress, Galia (Olga Kurylenko) escalates from prostitution to murder-for-hire, while Elinor (Ninette Tayeb) is trapped under the thumb of an abusive husband ... but all that's about to change.
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Lebanon
2009 | NR | 3.1 out of 5 StarsIn the Israel-Lebanon conflict of the 1980s, four Israeli soldiers command a tank amid a tense, chaotic situation. Confined to the stark interiors of the tank, the men wrestle with fear, anger and their own consciences in the face of possible death.
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The Door
2009 | NR | 3.1 out of 5 StarsDown-and-out artist David Andernach (Mads Mikkelsen) gets a chance to travel back in time and set things right after his young daughter, Leonie, drowns in the family pool in this gripping thriller based on Akif Pirinçci's terrifying novel. Five years after the tragedy, the guilt-racked David -- who was bedding his mistress as Leonie died -- steps through a time portal leading to the day of her death. Can he save Leonie, or is it all an illusion?
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Higanjima
2009 | NR | 3.1 out of 5 StarsThough Akira's (Hideo Ishiguro) brother, Atsushi (Dai Watanabe), has gone missing, the recovery of his ID card puts Akira and his friends on a trail that leads to the haunted isle of Higanjima, where bloodthirsty vampires await the unsuspecting. In this live-action adaptation of Koji Matsumoto's horror manga, Akira finds Atsushi, now a vampire hunter, sound if not safe, and together they fight to escape a land from which no human has returned.
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7 Khoon Maaf
2011 | NR | 3.1 out of 5 StarsSpiced liberally with black comedy, this Bollywood drama from director Vishal Bhardwaj follows the lethal love life of Susanna Anna-Marie Johannes, who marries numerous men -- only to find them flawed. The solution? Death.
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Blades of Blood
2010 | NR | 3.1 out of 5 StarsIn 1592, Korea is fractured by political infighting and threatened by Japanese invasion. Brave fighter Mong-hak Lee tries to overthrow the king, but his bloody revolution is opposed by his old friend, blind swordsman Jung-hak Hwang. Joining the intrigue and bloodletting are young Gyeong-ja, whose father was killed by Lee, and courtesan Baek-ji, who has her own powerful motives for revenge against Lee.
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Death Bell
2008 | NR | 3.1 out of 5 StarsStunning visuals highlight this intense horror film about 20 South Korean high school students whose study session is interrupted when they are trapped in their school by a fiendish killer intent on proving his -- or her -- superior intelligence. The kids are forced to answer complicated questions correctly or watch one of their number be murdered in brutal, complex traps. Unable to leave the building, the kids must work together to survive.
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Le Dernier pour la Route
2009 | NR | 3.1 out of 5 StarsAfter nearly destroying his career, his health and his relationship with his family, journalist Hervé finally acknowledges that he is an alcoholic and begins the hard work of rebuilding his life in this insightful drama.
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