The Most Captivating Foreign Films to Watch on Netflix This Weekend

Through foreign films, the entire world is simply a "play" button away and Netflix is currently streaming some of the best of the bunch. Follow up your binge-watches of Netflix's Spanish-language and French-language TV series with these international movies, ranging from award show darlings to chilling thrillers.

The only question, of course, is where to travel to first—via cinema, of course. Will it be India, where vibrant Bollywood movies often intersperse song-and-dance breaks amid the action? Or Italy, the setting of the eerie fable Happy As Lazzaro? This list has movies set in Iran, Spain, Mexico, South Korea, and beyond. In addition to geographic and cultural diversity, Netflix's international fare also spans genres, from the supernatural love story of Atlantics to the all-too-relevant dystopia depicted in The Platform.

While all of the picks listed below come with English subtitles, some also offer English dubbing. Ready to escape? Here are the top foreign films available on Netflix.