>>Another "not so new" (2002) one I saw this year (but that's not "foreign" to me), was the Brazilian movie "City of God". I saw it was #18 on the Top 250 list on the IMDB and decided to check it out. Loved it.

Do follow Latin Cinema? Some I recommend:
- The Sea Inside (actually uplifting, not depressing) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0369702/
- Frida http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120679/
- Diarios de motocicleta http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0318462/
- Y tu mamá también http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0245574/
- Central do Brasil http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0140888/
- Before Night Falls http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0247196/
- Maria Full of Grace http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0390221/