>And I have a bet against myself here, so...
>
>what was the best foreign movie (that is, from a country speaking a different language than yours) that you saw this year?

Some of the most interesting I saw during the year where actually not in English and not in Spanish:

Hak se wui (Election), Johnny To - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0434008
Daai si gin (Breaking News), Johnny To - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0414931
Crimen Ferpecto (Ferpect Crime), Alex de la Iglesia (well, this is in Spanish) - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0395125
Salinui chueok (Memories of Murder), Joon-ho Bong (korean masterpiece!) - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0353969
Irréversible, Gaspar Noé - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0290673
Cidade de Deus (City of God), Fernando Meirelles - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0317248
Ichi the Killer, Takashi Miike - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0296042
Tre Colori: Film Blu (Three colors: Blue), Krzysztof Kieslowski - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108394
Tre colori - Film Bianco (Three colors: White), Krzysztof Kieslowski - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0111507
Tre colori - Film Rosso (Three colors: Red), Krzysztof Kieslowski - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0111495
Stalker, Andrei Tarkovsky - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079944 (I saw it again this year)
Le Repos du guerrier (The rest of the warrior), Roger Vadim - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056404

Well, trying to discard original titles in English and Spanish is too restrictive...

By the way, if anyone is interested, I keep a list of all the movies I have at home (a small but significant part of what I actually see) at http://www.salias.com.ar/films.asp
A few of them films have a small comment, but I never take the time to complete the rest...

Regards,