#26 Movie Time: Angels & Demons (2009)

▶️ Today’s movie is a mystery thriller set in Rome, and more specifically in the 🇻🇦Vatican City (=smallest independent country in the world, seat of the Catholic church). The pope (=highest office in the Catholic church) suddenly dies and several bishops (=high-ranking Catholic officials) are brutally murdered. Watch how Tom Hanks as a knowledgeable historian unravels (=understands sth mysterious or complicated) the plot (=story of a film or novel) and catches the baddie (=bad guy, esp. in a film) in the end.

👉@afandi_english👈 #movie #international_films #drama

#32 Movie Time: Animals Are Beautiful People (1974)

▶️ Today’s movie is a family-friendly (=suitable for children) 🇿🇦South African nature documentary film with a comedy twist (=an unexpected characteristic). The animals of the Kalahari Desert are quite entertaining, see for yourself!

👉@afandi_english👈 #movie #international_films #comedy

#35 Movie Time: 3 Idiots (2009)

▶️ Today’s movie is a 🇮🇳Bollywood (=Indian movie industry) comedy-drama about three engineering students at an Indian elite (=best of the best) university. Get an almost accurate impression of education in India and watch how three students stick together through thick and thin (=be together in good and bad times).

🔤 Subtitles provided.

👉@afandi_english👈 #movie #international_films #comedy

#36 Movie Time: Remember (2015)

▶️ Today’s movie is a 🇨🇦Canadian-🇩🇪German drama-thriller about old survivors of World War 2. An old Jewish man sets out on a journey to find the old Nazi who killed his family in Auschwitz, Nazi Germany’s most notorious (=famously bad) concentration camp (=prison camp for political prisoners). See how he manages to find the culprit (=bad guy) in a surprising final showdown (=argument or fight that settles a long disagreement).

🔤 Subtitles provided.

👉@afandi_english👈 #movie #international_films #american_films #drama

#40 Movie Time: The Other Son (2012)

▶️ Today’s movie is a 🇫🇷French drama set in 🇮🇱Israel. It’s about an Israeli and an Arab family whose sons were accidentally swapped (=exchanged) at the time of their birth. They find out many years later when the sons have grown up. See how the story unfolds (=the story is told) and what “blood is thicker than water” really means.

🔤 Subtitles provided.

👉@afandi_english👈 #movie #international_films #drama

#52 Movie Time: Rush Hour 1 (1998)

▶️ Today’s film is an action comedy with 🇭🇰Hong Kong martial arts superstar Jackie Chan and 🇺🇸Afro-American comedian Chris Tucker as a police officer dream team (=people working together very well). It’s the first movie of the Rush Hour trilogy (=series of three movies or novels).

🔤 Subtitles provided.

👉@afandi_english👈 #movie #american_films #international_films #comedy

#53 Movie Time: Bridget Jones’s Diary (2001)

▶️ Today’s film is a romantic comedy from the 🇬🇧UK. It’s about a charming young lady who in her early 30s and still can't decide who she wants to be with. Watch how she keeps getting into embarrassing situations and finally chooses the right guy.

🔤 Subtitles provided.

👉@afandi_english👈 #movie #british_films #international_films #comedy

#56 Movie Time: Rush Hour 2 (2001)

▶️ Today’s film is the second movie of the Rush Hour trilogy (=series of three movies or novels) with 🇭🇰Hong Kong martial arts superstar Jackie Chan and 🇺🇸Afro-American comedian Chris Tucker.

Watch Rush Hour 1

🔤 Subtitles provided.

👉@afandi_english👈 #movie #american_films #international_films #comedy

#57 Movie Time: Chicken Run (2000)

▶️ Today's film is a 🇬🇧British cartoon classic about a bunch (=large group) of rebellious (=protesting, taking the power) chickens trying to escape from their farm. Watch how they team up (=cooperate) and do it!

🔤 Subtitles provided.

👉@afandi_english👈 #movie #british_films #international_films #comedy #cartoon

#61 Movie Time: Children of Heaven (1997)

▶️ Today’s film is a heart-melting drama from 🇮🇷Iran about a boy who struggles to put things right after losing his sister’s shoes. Watch how one problem leads to another until he finally breaks free.

🔤 Subtitles provided.

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Movie Time #63: The Hundred-Foot Journey (2014)

▶️ Today’s film is a comedy-drama about an 🇮🇳Indian family of chefs that ends up (=get an unplanned result) somewhere in the 🇫🇷French countryside. Watch how good food transcends (=goes beyond, overcomes) cultural differences and leads to a happy multicultural ending.

🔤 Subtitles provided.

👉@afandi_english👈 #movie #comedy #drama #european_films #international_films

▶️ Afandi English is over 4 years old now and there’s a ton of stuff you’ve missed. Here are some hashtags for posts about movies & videos:

#american_films
Pick your favouries from the home country of movies.

#british_films
Feel very British with the best of British cinema.

#cartoon
Let yourself be entertained and watch cartoons in English.

#comedy
Learn English while laughing!

#documentary
Get knowledge and academic vocab at the same time.

#drama
Stay closer to real life with dramas.

#european_films
Realise that Europeans make great movies, too.

#good_laugh
Watch the funniest of them all.

#international_films
Check out movies from all corners of the globe!

#karaoke
Use the most enjoyable way to learn English.

#movie
Don’t be choosy and watch them all. With subtitles.

#must_watch
Make sure you don’t miss out.

#short_film
Watch movies even when you don’t have time.

#special_day
Enjoy festivals with Afandi English.

#youtube
Get the most out of YouTube with channel recommendations.

Movie Time #72: Forgotten (2017)

▶️ Today’s film is a thriller from 🇰🇷South Korea about a man who doesn’t quite know his past and takes the viewer through a series of shocking surprises. Watch till the end!

🔤 English subtitles provided.

👉@afandi_english👈 #movie #drama #international_films

Movie Time #73: Tanna (2015)

▶️ Today’s film is based on a true forbidden love story from the small Pacific island nation of 🇻🇺Vanuatu in a co-production with 🇦🇺Australia. Plunge (=fall suddenly and deeply) into another world as you experience this epic (=very impressive) struggle between love marriage and arranged marriage.

🔤 English subtitles provided.

👉@afandi_english👈 #movie #drama #international_films

Movie Time #77: Life of Pi (2012)

▶️ Here’s an Oscar-winning, epic (=long exciting story) adventure film about a young Indian man surviving a shipwreck (=a ship that has sunk) on a lifeboat with a tiger.

🔤 Subtitles provided.

👉@afandi_english👈 #movie #drama #international_films

Movie Time #78: My Life Without Me (2003)

▶️ This film is set in the 🇺🇸US but actually a 🇨🇦Canadian-🇪🇸Spanish co-production. It tells the true story of a young mother who is terminally ill (=soon dying from a disease) but doesn’t tell her family about it. Watch how she cleverly plans everything for the time after her death.

🔤 Subtitles provided.

👉@afandi_english👈 #movie #drama #international_films #american_films

Movie Time #79: Human (2015)

▶️ Here’s a cinematic (=about movies) collection of fascinating and touching interviews with people from pretty much every country on earth. It's another masterpiece from French filmmaker Yann Arthus-Bertrand, just as the movie Home. Watch it and feel what it means to be human.

🔤 Subtitles provided.

👉@afandi_english👈 #movie #documentary #international_films

Movie Time #83: Minari (2020)

▶️ Today’s movie is an Oscar-winning drama about a Korean immigrant family in 1980s America. See their very modest lives and how, against all odds (=unlikely), they try to make a living (=earn enough money to live) from a piece of land.

🔤 Subtitles provided.

👉@afandi_english👈 #movie #drama #international_films #american_films