20 best foreign films that every cinephile should watch

17) Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

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Ang Lee's Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon is visually marvelous and a martial arts movie beyond the genre in emotional depth and elegant choreography. It is set against a backdrop of 19th-century China, with the thread of a stolen sword uniting heroes' destinies and their unrequited loves. The sweeping scenes of action, with which it is so liberally including the spectacular use of wire-fu, are as breathtaking as any scene in the movie detailing loyalty, duty, or freedom. International success helped raise the profile of wuxia cinema worldwide.

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