I find it best to watch the movie first in your language, and then in the foreign language. When you know the context already, you are more apt to grasp the words when watching it again. For instance, I watched The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo in English, and then out of curiosity I watched the Swedish version and I was surprised (not knowing any Swedish) at how much I understood by the similarity of Swedish and English words alone. If I'd been studying Swedish, I would have understood 60% from context.

If you can understand the movie without subtitle, I suggest watching without subtitle, which is really helpful. I did so to improve my listening. If you need the subtitle, you can watch the movie in your own language first, then watch it with subtitle. Try to pay attention to pronunciation and word choice. I mean, if you really want to learn a language with the help of movie, you really need to watch it for many times. It is boring but it is how it works.

My experience, first you watch movies with subtitles, as soon as you are more confident with the language you are learning, you can watch the original version,without subtitles.For example, concerning to russian/soviet films, the ones made for TV,are the easiest to understand.You can also try, foreig TV films, dubbed( I don´t know if ithis is correct) to the languaje you are learning.While learning portuguese,I watch mexican series,in portuguese,they are terrible,but I can learn a lot!

gud u try

As for me, it is better to make learning language as comfortable as possible. So, if you prefer not to stop, it's good for you :)