- Iceman (1984)
- Pontypool (2010)
- Ghost Warrior (1984)
- Ball of Fire (1941)
- Enemy Mine (1985)
- My Fair Lady (1964)
- Nell (1994)
- Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001)
- Stargate (1994)
- Windtalkers (2002)
- Finding Nemo (2016)
- Youth without Youth (2008)
- The Statue (1971)
- The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser / Jeder für sich und Gott gegen alle (1974)
- On Top of the Whale / Het dak van de Walvis (1982)
- The Wild Child / L’enfant sauvage (1969)
- Truly, Madly, Deeply (1990)
- The Miracle Worker (1962)
- The Linguists (2008)
- The Grammar of Happiness (2012)
- The Passion of the Christ (2004)
- Apocalypto (2006)
- The Interpreter (2005)
- Last of the Mohicans (1992)
- The Sleeping Dictionary (2003)
BONUS MOVIES: Other movies suggested by readers:
Still Alive (2014)
Arrival (2016)
The 13th Warrior (1999) (famous for this scene where Antonio Banderas learns Old Icelandic by «listening»): Link to YouTube Video
Spanglish (2004)
Dances with Wolves (Kevin Costner learns Lakota)
Bon Cop, Bad Cop (2006) (showcases Quebec French)
Babel (2006) (movie with four stories each filmed in a different language)
Oscar (1991) (dialectologist asked to teach proper language)
Chan is Missing (1982) (includes a lecture on sociolinguistics)
A Thousand Clowns (1965) (features a man who can identify dialects)
