The Best Foreign Language Movies Of All-time
“What are the Best Foreign Language Movies Of All-time?” We looked at 640 of the top Foreign films, aggregating and ranking them so we could answer that very question!
The top 76 films, all appearing on 4 or more “Best Foreign Language” movie lists, are ranked below by how many times they appear. The remaining 550+ movies, as well as the sources we used, are in alphabetical order on the bottom of the page.
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Top 76 Foreign Language Movies Of All-Time
76 .) Andrei Rublev (1966) directed by Andrei Tarkovsky
Lists It Appears On:
- Eddie On Film
- Empire Online
- The Guardian
- Time Out
An expansive Russian drama, this film focuses on the life of revered religious icon painter Andrei Rublev. Drifting from place to place in a tumultuous era, the peace-seeking monk eventually gains a reputation for his art. But after Rublev witnesses a brutal battle and unintentionally becomes involved, he takes a vow of silence and spends time away from his work. As he begins to ease his troubled soul, he takes steps towards becoming a painter once again.
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75 .) Au Hasard Balthazar (1966) directed by Robert Bresson
Lists It Appears On:
- Eddie On Film
- Gear Patrol
- IMDB 2
- Time Out
The story of a mistreated donkey and the people around him. A study on saintliness and a sister piece to Bresson’s Mouchette.
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74 .) Belle de Jour (1967) directed by Luis Bunuel
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- Eddie On Film
- Empire Online
- Film Site
- Night Hawk News
Beautiful young housewife Séverine Serizy cannot reconcile her masochistic fantasies with her everyday life alongside dutiful husband Pierre. When her lovestruck friend Henri mentions a secretive high-class brothel run by Madame Anais, Séverine begins to work there during the day under the name Belle de Jour. But when one of her clients grows possessive, she must try to go back to her normal life.
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73 .) Delicatessen directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Lists It Appears On:
- Empire Online
- Life Hack
- Ranker
- The Guardian
This bizarre surrealistic black comedy takes place in a small fictitious post-apocalyptic town where food is scarce and butcher Clapet has the macabre business of using human flesh to feed his customers. Yet when his daughter falls in love with his next slaughter victim things turn into chaos.
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72 .) Dogtooth (2009) directed by Yorgos Lanthimos
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- Den Of Geek
- Den Of Geek
- The Playlist
- Wikipedia
Three teenagers are confined to an isolated country estate that could very well be on another planet. The trio spend their days listening to endless homemade tapes that teach them a whole new vocabulary. Any word that comes from beyond their family abode is instantly assigned a new meaning. Hence ‘the sea’ refers to a large armchair and ‘zombies’ are little yellow flowers. Having invented a brother whom they claim to have ostracized for his disobedience, the uber-controlling parents terrorize their offspring into submission.
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71 .) Forbidden Games (1951) directed by Rene Clement
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- Eddie On Film
- Film Site
- Night Hawk News
- Wikipedia
Orphaned after a Nazi air raid, Paulette, a young Parisian girl, runs into Michel, an older peasant boy, and the two quickly become close. Together, they try to make sense of the chaotic and crumbling world around them, attempting to cope with death as they create a burial ground for Paulette’s deceased pet dog. Eventually, however, Paulette’s stay with Michel’s family is threatened by the harsh realities of wartime.
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70 .) Hero directed by Zhang Yimou
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- Den Of Geek
- Night Hawk News
- Taste Of Cinema
- Wikipedia
One man defeated three assassins who sought to murder the most powerful warlord in pre-unified China.
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69 .) Hidden/Cache directed by Michael Haneke
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- Den Of Geek
- Empire Online
- The Guardian
- The Playlist
A married couple is terrorized by a series of videotapes planted on their front porch.
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68 .) Ida (2013) directed by Paweł Pawlikowski
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- BFI
- The Playlist
- The Playlist
- Wikipedia
Anna, a young novitiate in 1960s Poland, is on the verge of taking her vows when she discovers a family secret dating back to the years of the German occupation.
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67 .) Incendies (2010) directed by Denis Villeneuve
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- List Challenges
- Taste Of Cinema
- The Playlist
- Wikipedia
A mother’s last wishes send twins Jeanne and Simon on a journey to Middle East in search of their tangled roots. Adapted from Wajdi Mouawad’s acclaimed play, Incendies tells the powerful and moving tale of two young adults’ voyage to the core of deep-rooted hatred, never-ending wars and enduring love.
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66 .) Kagemusha (1980) directed by Akira Kurosawa
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- Gear Patrol
- IMDB 2
- Night Hawk News
- Wikipedia
When a warlord dies, a peasant thief is called upon to impersonate him, in order to protect his clan from appearing weak and vulnerable. But he finds himself haunted by the warlord’s spirit as well as his own ambitions.
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65 .) Le Samouraï directed by Jean-Pierre Melville
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- Eddie On Film
- Empire Online
- Flick Chart
- Ranker
Hitman Jef Costello is a perfectionist who always carefully plans his murders and who never gets caught.
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64 .) Leviathan (2014) directed by Andrey Zvyagintsev
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- BFI
- Taste Of Cinema
- The Playlist
- Wikipedia
In a Russian coastal town, Kolya is forced to fight the corrupt mayor when he is told that his house will be demolished. He recruits a lawyer friend to help, but the man’s arrival brings further misfortune for Kolya and his family.
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63 .) Memories of Murder (2003) directed by Bong Joon-ho
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- Gear Patrol
- IMDB 2
- List Challenges
- The Playlist
1986 Gyunggi Province. The body of a young woman is found brutally raped and murdered. Two months later, a series of rapes and murders commences under similar circumstances. And in a country that had never known such crimes, the dark whispers about a serial murderer grow louder. A special task force is set up in the area, with two local detectives Park Doo-Man and Jo Young-Goo joined by a detective from Seoul who requested to be assigned to the case.
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62 .) Pather Panchali (1955) directed by Satyajit Ray
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- Gear Patrol
- IMDB 2
- The Guardian
- Time Out
The film is a coming-of-age story of a young boy named Apu, and life in his small Indian village in the early years of the 20th century. Apu is born to a poor Brahmin family in Bengal. His father Harihar is a priest who dreams of becoming a successful poet and a playwright; he does not earn enough, but the mother Sarbajaya keeps the family going. Because of their limited resources, Sarbajaya resents having to share her home with Harihar’s elderly cousin: the old and helpless cripple Indir. Apu’s sister Durga is always getting into trouble for stealing guavas from the neighbour’s orchards for Indir. She cares for Apu like a good older sister but loves to affectionately tease him. Together, they make do with what they have and enjoy the simple joys of life.
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61 .) Persepolis (2007) directed by Vincent Paronnaud and Marjane Satrapi
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- Den Of Geek
- Empire Online
- Night Hawk News
- Ranker
In 1970s Iran, Marjane ‘Marji’ Statrapi watches events through her young eyes and her idealistic family of a long dream being fulfilled of the hated Shah’s defeat in the Iranian Revolution of 1979. However as Marji grows up, she witnesses first hand how the new Iran, now ruled by Islamic fundamentalists, has become a repressive tyranny on its own.
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60 .) Raise the Red Lantern directed by Zhang Yimou
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- Eddie On Film
- Empire Online
- Night Hawk News
- Wikipedia
China in the 1920s. After her father’s death, 19 year old Songlian is forced to marry the much older lord of a powerful family. With three wives already, each living in a separate house within the great castle, there is fierce competition for his attention and the privileges that are gained. This competition gets out of hand…
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59 .) Ran directed by Akira Kurosawa
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- Eddie On Film
- Empire Online
- Night Hawk News
- The Guardian
In Medieval Japan, an elderly warlord retires, handing over his empire to his three sons. However, he vastly underestimates how their new-found power will corrupt them.
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58 .) Sansho the Bailiff (1954) directed by Kenji Mizoguchi
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- Eddie On Film
- Gear Patrol
- IMDB 2
- Time Out
In medieval Japan a compassionate governor is sent into exile. His wife and children try to join him, but are separated, and the children grow up amid suffering and oppression.
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57 .) Solaris (1972) directed by Andrei Tarkovsky
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- Empire Online
- IMDB
- List Challenges
- Ranker
A psychologist is sent to a space station orbiting a planet called Solaris to investigate the death of a doctor and the mental problems of cosmonauts on the station. He soon discovers that the water on the planet is a type of brain which brings out repressed memories and obsessions.
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56 .) The Intouchables (2011) directed by Eric Toledano, Olivier Nakache
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- Fluent U
- IMDB
- IMDB 2
- List Challenges
A true story of two men who should never have met – a quadriplegic aristocrat who was injured in a paragliding accident and a young man from the projects.
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55 .) The Wages of Fear directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot
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- Eddie On Film
- Empire Online
- Flick Chart
- IMDB
In the South American jungle, supplies of nitroglycerine are needed at a remote oil field. The oil company pays four men to deliver the supplies in two trucks. A tense rivalry develops between the two sets of drivers on the rough remote roads where the slightest jolt can result in death.
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54 .) Throne of Blood (1957) directed by Akira Kurosawa
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- Eddie On Film
- Gear Patrol
- IMDB 2
- Night Hawk News
Returning to their lord’s castle, samurai warriors Washizu and Miki are waylaid by a spirit who predicts their futures. When the first part of the spirit’s prophecy comes true, Washizu’s scheming wife, Asaji, presses him to speed up the rest of the spirit’s prophecy by murdering his lord and usurping his place. Director Akira Kurosawa’s resetting of William Shakespeare’s “Macbeth” in feudal Japan is one of his most acclaimed films.
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53 .) Viridiana (1961) directed by Luis Buñuel
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- Eddie On Film
- Gear Patrol
- IMDB 2
- Time Out
Viridiana, a young nun about to take her final vows, pays a visit to her widowed uncle at the request of her Mother Superior.
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52 .) Yi Yi (2000) directed by Edward Yang
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- Eddie On Film
- Indie Wire
- The Playlist
- Time Out
Each member of a family in Taipei asks hard questions about life’s meaning as they live through everyday quandaries.
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51 .) A Prophet (2009) directed by Jacques Audiard
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- Den Of Geek
- Empire Online
- Life Hack
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- Wikipedia
Sentenced to six years in prison, Malik El Djebena (Tahar Rahim) is alone in the world and can neither read nor write. On his arrival at the prison, he seems younger and more brittle than the others detained there. At once he falls under the sway of a group of Corsicans who enforce their rule in the prison. As the ‘missions’ go by, he toughens himself and wins the confidence of the Corsican group.
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50 .) Come and See (1985) directed by Elem Klimov
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- Eddie On Film
- Empire Online
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- Ranker
- The Guardian
The invasion of a village in Byelorussia by German forces sends young Florya into the forest to join the weary Resistance fighters, against his family’s wishes. There he meets a girl, Glasha, who accompanies him back to his village. On returning home, Florya finds his family and fellow peasants massacred. His continued survival amidst the brutal debris of war becomes increasingly nightmarish, a battle between despair and hope.
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49 .) Das Boot directed by Wolfgang Peterson
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- Eddie On Film
- Empire Online
- IMDB
- Night Hawk News
- Smashing Lists
A German submarine hunts allied ships during the Second World War, but it soon becomes the hunted. The crew tries to survive below the surface, while stretching both the boat and themselves to their limits.
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48 .) Fanny and Alexander (1982) directed by Ingmar Bergman
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- Eddie On Film
- Film Site
- Night Hawk News
- The Guardian
- Wikipedia
Through the eyes of ten-year-old Alexander, we witness the delights and conflicts of the Ekdahl family, a sprawling bourgeois clan in turn-of-the-twentieth-century Sweden.
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47 .) High and Low (1963) directed by Akira Kurosawa
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- Eddie On Film
- Flick Chart
- Gear Patrol
- IMDB 2
- Night Hawk News
An executive of a shoe company becomes a victim of extortion when his chauffeur’s son is kidnapped and held for ransom.
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46 .) Infernal Affairs (2002) directed by Alan Mak, Andrew Lau
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- Den Of Geek
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Chan Wing Yan, a young police officer, has been sent undercover as a mole in the local mafia. Lau Kin Ming, a young mafia member, infiltrates the police force. Years later, their older counterparts, Chen Wing Yan and Inspector Lau Kin Ming, respectively, race against time to expose the mole within their midst.
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45 .) Jules and Jim (1962) directed by Francois Truffaut
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- Eddie On Film
- Empire Online
- Film Site
- Night Hawk News
- The Guardian
In Paris, before WWI, two friends, Jules (Austrian) and Jim (French) fall in love with the same woman, Catherine. But Catherine loves and marries Jules. After the war, when they meet again in Germany, Catherine starts to love Jim… This is the story of three people in love, a love which does not affect their friendship, and about how their relationship evolves with the years.
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44 .) L’Avventura (1960) directed by Michelangelo Antonioni
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- Eddie On Film
- Empire Online
- Film Site
- IMDB 2
- Time Out
In Michelangelo Antonioni’s classic of Italian cinema, two lovely young women, Claudia and Anna, join the latter’s lover, Sandro, on a boat trip to a remote volcanic island. When Anna goes missing, an extensive search is launched. In the meantime, Sandro and Claudia become involved in a romance despite Anna’s disappearance, though the relationship suffers from the guilt and tension brought about by the looming mystery.
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43 .) La Strada (1954) directed by Federico Fellini
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- Eddie On Film
- Gear Patrol
- IMDB
- IMDB 2
- Wikipedia
A traveling strongman, Zampano, repays the death of Rosa, his assistant, by offering the same job to little sister Gelsomina, whose mother receives compensation in return.
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42 .) Run Lola Run (1998) directed by Tom Tykwer
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- Eddie On Film
- Empire Online
- Gear Patrol
- IMDB 2
- Ranker
Lola receives a phone call from her boyfriend Manni. He lost 100,000 DM in a subway train that belongs to a very bad guy. She has 20 minutes to raise this amount and meet Manni. Otherwise, he will rob a store to get the money. Three different alternatives may happen depending on some minor event along Lola’s run.
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41 .) The Hunt (2012) directed by Thomas Vinterberg
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- IMDB
- List Challenges
- Taste Of Cinema
- The Playlist
- Wikipedia
A teacher lives a lonely life, all the while struggling over his son’s custody. His life slowly gets better as he finds love and receives good news from his son, but his new luck is about to be brutally shattered by an innocent little lie.
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40 .) Wings of Desire directed by Wim Wenders
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- Eddie On Film
- Empire Online
- Night Hawk News
- Ranker
- The Guardian
Two angels, Damiel and Cassiel, glide through the streets of Berlin, observing the bustling population, providing invisible rays of hope to the distressed but never interacting with them. When Damiel falls in love with lonely trapeze artist Marion, the angel longs to experience life in the physical world, and finds — with some words of wisdom from actor Peter Falk — that it might be possible for him to take human form.
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39 .) Z (1969) directed by Constantin Costa-Gavras
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- Eddie On Film
- Gear Patrol
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- Wikipedia
Repression is the rule of the day in this film that skewers Greek governance of the 1960s. Z, a leftist rabble rouser, is killed in what appears to be a traffic accident. But given the political climate, the death of such a prominent activist raises troubling questions. Though it’s too late to save Z’s life, a postmortem examination suggests that the ruling party was behind his death. As the facts leak out, those who tell the truth pay the price for their honesty.
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38 .) A Separation (2011) directed by Asghar Farhadi
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- BFI
- Gear Patrol
- IMDB
- IMDB 2
- The Playlist
- Wikipedia
A married couple are faced with a difficult decision – to improve the life of their child by moving to another country or to stay in Iran and look after a deteriorating parent who has Alzheimer’s disease.
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37 .) All About My Mother directed by Pedro Almodovar
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- Eddie On Film
- Empire Online
- Night Hawk News
- Ranker
- The Guardian
- Wikipedia
A single mother in Madrid sees her only son die on his birthday as he runs to seek an actress’ autograph. Beside herself with grief, she returns to Barcelona to tell the boy’s father about the death of the son he never knew he had.
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36 .) Amores Perros (2000) directed by Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
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- Eddie On Film
- IMDB
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- Smashing Lists
- Wikipedia
Three different people in Mexico City are catapulted into dramatic and unforeseen circumstances in the wake of a terrible car crash: a young punk stumbles into the sinister underground world of dog fighting; an injured supermodel’s designer pooch disappears into the apartment’s floorboards; and an ex-radical turned hit man rescues a gunshot Rotweiler.
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35 .) Good Bye Lenin! (2003) directed by Wolfgang Becker
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- Empire Online
- Fluent U
- Gear Patrol
- IMDB 2
- List Challenges
- Ranker
An affectionate and refreshing East/West-Germany comedy about a boy who’s mother was in a coma while the Berlin wall fell and when she wakes up he must try to keep her from learning what happen (since she was an avid communist supporter) to avoid shocking her which could lead to another heart attack.
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34 .) La Haine (1995) directed by Mathieu Kassovitz
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- Empire Online
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- The Guardian
Aimlessly whiling away their days in the concrete environs of their dead-end suburbia, Vinz, Hubert, and Said — a Jew, African, and an Arab — give human faces to France’s immigrant populations, their bristling resentment at their social marginalization slowly simmering until it reaches a climactic boiling point.
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33 .) Let The Right One In directed by Tomas Alfredson
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- Den Of Geek
- Empire Online
- Life Hack
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Set in 1982 in the suburb of Blackeberg, Stockholm, twelve-year-old Oskar is a lonely outsider, bullied at school by his classmates; at home, Oskar dreams of revenge against a trio of bullies. He befriends his twelve-year-old, next-door neighbor Eli, who only appears at night in the snow-covered playground outside their building.
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32 .) Life Is Beautiful (1997) directed by Roberto Benigni
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A touching story of an Italian book seller of Jewish ancestry who lives in his own little fairy tale. His creative and happy life would come to an abrupt halt when his entire family is deported to a concentration camp during World War II. While locked up he tries to convince his son that the whole thing is just a game.
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31 .) Spirited Away (2001) directed by Hayao Miyazaki
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- Eddie On Film
- Empire Online
- Indie Wire
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- Night Hawk News
- The Guardian
A young girl, Chihiro, becomes trapped in a strange new world of spirits. When her parents undergo a mysterious transformation, she must call upon the courage she never knew she had to free her family.
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30 .) Wild Strawberries (1957) directed by Ingmar Bergman
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- Eddie On Film
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- The Guardian
- Time Out
Crotchety retired doctor Isak Borg travels from Stockholm to Lund, Sweden, with his pregnant and unhappy daughter-in-law, Marianne, in order to receive an honorary degree from his alma mater. Along the way, they encounter a series of hitchhikers, each of whom causes the elderly doctor to muse upon the pleasures and failures of his own life. These include the vivacious young Sara, a dead ringer for the doctor’s own first love.
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29 .) Yojimbo (1961) directed by Akira Kurosawa
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- Eddie On Film
- Flick Chart
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- IMDB 2
- Night Hawk News
- Time Out
A nameless ronin, or samurai with no master, enters a small village in feudal Japan where two rival businessmen are struggling for control of the local gambling trade. Taking the name Sanjuro Kuwabatake, the ronin convinces both silk merchant Tazaemon and sake merchant Tokuemon to hire him as a personal bodyguard, then artfully sets in motion a full-scale gang war between the two ambitious and unscrupulous men.
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28 .) Aguirre: The Wrath of God (1972) directed by Werner Herzog
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- Eddie On Film
- Empire Online
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A few decades after the destruction of the Inca empire, a Spanish expedition leaves the mountains of Peru and goes down the Amazon river in search of gold and wealth. Soon, they come across great difficulties and Don Aguirre, a ruthless man who cares only about riches, becomes their leader. But will his quest lead them to “the golden city”, or to certain destruction?
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27 .) Breathless (1960) directed by Jean-Luc Godard
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- Eddie On Film
- Film Site
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- Time Out
A young car thief kills a policeman and tries to persuade a girl to hide in Italy with him.
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26 .) Ikiru (1952) directed by Akira Kurosawa
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- Eddie On Film
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Kanji Watanabe is a middle-aged man who has worked in the same monotonous bureaucratic position for decades. Learning he has cancer, he starts to look for the meaning of his life.
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25 .) The Battle of Algiers (1966) directed by Gillo Pontecorvo
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Tracing the struggle of the Algerian Front de Liberation Nationale to gain freedom from French colonial rule as seen through the eyes of Ali from his start as a petty thief to his rise to prominence in the organisation and capture by the French in 1957. The film traces the rebels’ struggle and the increasingly extreme measures taken by the French government to quell the revolt.
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24 .) The Conformist (1970) directed by Bernardo Bertolucci
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A weak-willed Italian man becomes a fascist flunky who goes abroad to arrange the assassination of his old teacher, now a political dissident.
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23 .) The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972) directed by Luis Bunuel
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In Luis Buñuel’s deliciously satiric masterpiece, an upper-class sextet sits down to dinner but never eats, their attempts continually thwarted by a vaudevillian mixture of events both actual and imagined.
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22 .) Three Colors directed by Krzysztof Kieslowski
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Part-time model Valentine meets a retired judge who lives in her neighborhood after she runs over his dog. At first the judge gifts Valentine with the dog, but her possessive boyfriend won’t allow her to keep it. When she returns with the dog to the judge’s house, she discovers him listening in on his neighbors’ phone conversations. At first Valentine is outraged, but her debates with the judge over his behavior soon leads them to form a strange bond.
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21 .) Persona (1966) directed by Ingmar Bergman
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A young nurse, Alma, is put in charge of Elisabeth Vogler: an actress who is seemingly healthy in all respects, but will not talk. As they spend time together, Alma speaks to Elisabeth constantly, never receiving any answer. Alma eventually confesses her secrets to a seemingly sympathetic Elisabeth and finds that her own personality is being submerged into Elisabeth’s persona.
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20 .) The Secret in Their Eyes (2009) directed by Juan José Campanella
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A retired legal counselor writes a novel hoping to find closure for one of his past unresolved homicide cases and for his unreciprocated love with his superior – both of which still haunt him decades later.
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19 .) Tokyo Story (1953) directed by Yasujirō Ozu
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- The Guardian
- Time Out
An old couple visit their children and grandchildren in the city, but the children have little time for them.
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18 .) 8½ (1963) directed by Federico Fellini
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- Eddie On Film
- Empire Online
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With 8½ Frederico Fellini leaves a self-portrait where dreams and reality are a mix. With help from a most excellent cast and unique scenery this self reflecting film is one of his master works.
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17 .) Amélie (2001) directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet
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- Eddie On Film
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- Smashing Lists
- Taste Of Cinema
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At a tiny Parisian café, the adorable yet painfully shy Amélie (Audrey Tautou) accidentally discovers a gift for helping others. Soon Amelie is spending her days as a matchmaker, guardian angel, and all-around do-gooder. But when she bumps into a handsome stranger, will she find the courage to become the star of her very own love story?
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16 .) Cinema Paradiso (1988) directed by Giuseppe Tornatore
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A filmmaker recalls his childhood, when he fell in love with the movies at his village’s theater and formed a deep friendship with the theater’s projectionist.
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15 .) Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000) directed by Ang Lee
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- Eddie On Film
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Two warriors in pursuit of a stolen sword and a notorious fugitive are led to an impetuous, physically-skilled, teenage nobleman’s daughter, who is at a crossroads in her life.
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14 .) M (1931) directed by Fritz Lang
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In this classic German thriller, Hans Beckert, a serial killer who preys on children, becomes the focus of a massive Berlin police manhunt. Beckert’s heinous crimes are so repellant and disruptive to city life that he is even targeted by others in the seedy underworld network. With both cops and criminals in pursuit, the murderer soon realizes that people are on his trail, sending him into a tense, panicked attempt to escape justice.
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13 .) Oldboy (2003) directed by Park Chan-wook
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- Den Of Geek
- Empire Online
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- IMDB 2
- Indie Wire
- Smashing Lists
- The Guardian
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With no clue how he came to be imprisoned, drugged and tortured for 15 years, a desperate businessman seeks revenge on his captors.
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12 .) Rashomon (1950) directed by Akira Kurosawa
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- Eddie On Film
- Empire Online
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- IMDB 2
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- Ranker
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- Wikipedia
Brimming with action while incisively examining the nature of truth, “Rashomon” is perhaps the finest film ever to investigate the philosophy of justice. Through an ingenious use of camera and flashbacks, Kurosawa reveals the complexities of human nature as four people recount different versions of the story of a man’s murder and the rape of his wife.
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11 .) Seven Samurai (1954) directed by Akira Kurosawa
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- Eddie On Film
- Empire Online
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- IMDB
- Night Hawk News
- Ranker
- Smashing Lists
- The Guardian
- Time Out
A samurai answers a village’s request for protection after he falls on hard times. The town needs protection from bandits, so the samurai gathers six others to help him teach the people how to defend themselves, and the villagers provide the soldiers with food. A giant battle occurs when 40 bandits attack the village.
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10 .) The 400 Blows (1959) directed by Francois Truffaut
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- Eddie On Film
- Flick Chart
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- IMDB 2
- Night Hawk News
- Ranker
- The Guardian
- Time Out
For young Parisian boy Antoine Doinel, life is one difficult situation after another. Surrounded by inconsiderate adults, including his neglectful parents, Antoine spends his days with his best friend, Rene, trying to plan for a better life. When one of their schemes goes awry, Antoine ends up in trouble with the law, leading to even more conflicts with unsympathetic authority figures.
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9 .) Y Tu Mamá También (2001) directed by Alfonso Cuaron
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- Eddie On Film
- Empire Online
- Gear Patrol
- IMDB 2
- Indie Wire
- List Challenges
- Night Hawk News
- Ranker
- The Playlist
In Mexico, two teenage boys and an attractive older woman embark on a road trip and learn a thing or two about life, friendship, sex, and each other.
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8 .) City of God (2002) directed by Fernando Merielles
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- Den Of Geek
- Eddie On Film
- Empire Online
- IMDB
- List Challenges
- Night Hawk News
- Ranker
- Smashing Lists
- The Guardian
- The Playlist
Cidade de Deus is a shantytown that started during the 1960s and became one of Rio de Janeiro’s most dangerous places in the beginning of the 1980s. To tell the story of this place, the movie describes the life of various characters, all seen by the point of view of the narrator, Buscapé. Buscapé was raised in a very violent environment. Despite the feeling that all odds were against him, he finds out that life can be seen with other eyes…
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7 .) Downfall (2004) directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel
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- Den Of Geek
- Empire Online
- Fluent U
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- Indie Wire
- Night Hawk News
- Smashing Lists
- The Guardian
- The Playlist
In April of 1945, Germany stands at the brink of defeat with the Russian Army closing in from the east and the Allied Expeditionary Force attacking from the west. In Berlin, capital of the Third Reich, Adolf Hitler proclaims that Germany will still achieve victory and orders his generals and advisers to fight to the last man. When the end finally does come, and Hitler lies dead by his own hand, what is left of his military must find a way to end the killing that is the Battle of Berlin, and lay down their arms in surrender.
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6 .) Pan’s Labyrinth (2006) directed by Guillermo Del Toro
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- Den Of Geek
- Empire Online
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- Indie Wire
- Life Hack
- Night Hawk News
- Smashing Lists
- Taste Of Cinema
- The Guardian
- The Playlist
Living with her tyrannical stepfather in a new home with her pregnant mother, 10-year-old Ofelia feels alone until she explores a decaying labyrinth guarded by a mysterious faun who claims to know her destiny. If she wishes to return to her real father, Ofelia must complete three terrifying tasks.
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5 .) La Dolce Vita (1960) directed by Federico Fellini
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- Eddie On Film
- Empire Online
- Film Site
- Gear Patrol
- IMDB
- IMDB 2
- Night Hawk News
- Ranker
- The Guardian
- Time Out
Episodic journey of an Italian journalist scouring Rome in search of love.
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4 .) The Lives of Others (2006) directed by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
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- Den Of Geek
- Fluent U
- Gear Patrol
- IMDB
- IMDB 2
- Life Hack
- List Challenges
- Ranker
- The Playlist
- Wikipedia
A tragic love story set in East Berlin with the backdrop of an undercover Stasi controlled culture. Stasi captain Wieler is ordered to follow author Dreyman and plunges deeper and deeper into his life until he reaches the threshold of doubting the system.
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3 .) In the Mood for Love (2000) directed by Wong Kar-wai
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- Eddie On Film
- Empire Online
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- IMDB 2
- Indie Wire
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- Ranker
- The Guardian
- The Playlist
- Time Out
A melancholy story about the love between a woman and a man who live in the same building and one day find out that their husband and wife had an affair with each other. More and more the two meet during their daily lives as they determine that they both don’t want to be lonely in their marriage.
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2 .) The Seventh Seal (1957) directed by Ingmar Bergman
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- Eddie On Film
- Empire Online
- Flick Chart
- Gear Patrol
- IMDB
- IMDB 2
- Night Hawk News
- Ranker
- The Guardian
- Time Out
When disillusioned Swedish knight Antonius Block returns home from the Crusades to find his country in the grips of the Black Death, he challenges Death to a chess match for his life. Tormented by the belief that God does not exist, Block sets off on a journey, meeting up with traveling players Jof and his wife, Mia, and becoming determined to evade Death long enough to commit one redemptive act while he still lives.
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1 .) Bicycle Thieves (1948) directed by Vittorio De Sica
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- Eddie On Film
- Empire Online
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- IMDB
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- Ranker
- The Guardian
- Wikipedia
- Film Site
- Gear Patrol
- Life Hack
- Night Hawk News
Antonio, an unemployed man in the depressed post-WWII economy of Italy, at last finds a good job hanging up posters, the only requirement for which is that he must have his own bicycle. When Antonio’s bicycle is stolen, he and his son are forced to walk the streets of Rome in search of it, or else face ruin.
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The 550+ Additional Best Foreign Language Films of All-Time
# | Movie | Director | Lists |
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77 | Amarcord | Federico Fellini | Eddie On Film |
Night Hawk News | |||
Wikipedia | |||
78 | Au Revoir Les Enfants (Goodbye, Children) | Louis Malle | Night Hawk News |
Taste Of Cinema | |||
Wikipedia | |||
79 | Band of Outsiders (1964) | Eddie On Film | |
Gear Patrol | |||
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80 | Battle Royale (2000) | Empire Online | |
List Challenges | |||
Ranker | |||
81 | Battleship Potemkin | Empire Online | |
Ranker | |||
The Guardian | |||
82 |
Celine and Julie Go Boating (1974)
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Eddie On Film | |
Film Site | |||
Time Out | |||
83 | Cyrano De Bergerac | Empire Online | |
The Guardian | |||
Wikipedia | |||
84 | Day for Night | Francois Truffaut | Eddie On Film |
Night Hawk News | |||
Wikipedia | |||
85 | Farewell My Concubine | Empire Online | |
Ranker | |||
Wikipedia | |||
86 | Grand Illusion (1937) | Eddie On Film | |
Flick Chart | |||
Time Out | |||
87 | Irreversible (2002) | Den Of Geek | |
Den Of Geek | |||
The Playlist | |||
88 | Knife in the Water | Roman Polanski | Empire Online |
Night Hawk News | |||
Wikipedia | |||
89 | La Belle et la Bete (1946) | Jean Cocteau | Empire Online |
Film Site | |||
Night Hawk News | |||
90 | Metropolis | Fritz Lang | Empire Online |
Night Hawk News | |||
Ranker | |||
91 | My Neighbor Totoro | Hiyao Miyazaki | Empire Online |
Night Hawk News | |||
Ranker | |||
92 | My Night at Maud’s (1969) | Eddie On Film | |
Time Out | |||
Wikipedia | |||
93 | Nights of Cabiria | Federico Fellini | Eddie On Film |
Night Hawk News | |||
Wikipedia | |||
94 | Nosferatu | F.W. Murnau | Empire Online |
Night Hawk News | |||
Ranker | |||
95 | Rififi | Eddie On Film | |
Empire Online | |||
Ranker | |||
96 | Rome, Open City (1945) | Empire Online | |
Ranker | |||
Time Out | |||
97 | Talk to Her | Pedro Almodovar | Eddie On Film |
IMDB | |||
Night Hawk News | |||
98 | The Decalogue (1988) | Eddie On Film | |
Film Site | |||
Time Out | |||
99 |
The Rules of the Game (1939)
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Flick Chart | |
Gear Patrol | |||
IMDB 2 | |||
100 |
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964)
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Eddie On Film | |
Time Out | |||
Wikipedia | |||
101 | Waltz With Bashir (2008) | Den Of Geek | |
Taste Of Cinema | |||
Wikipedia | |||
102 | Wild Tales (2014) | IMDB | |
List Challenges | |||
Wikipedia | |||
103 | Woman in the Dunes | Eddie On Film | |
Taste Of Cinema | |||
Wikipedia | |||
104 | Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown | Pedro Almodovar | Empire Online |
Night Hawk News | |||
Wikipedia | |||
(Films Appear On 2 List Each) | |||
105 | 3 Idiots (2009) | Gear Patrol | |
IMDB 2 | |||
106 |
4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days
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Indie Wire | |
The Playlist | |||
107 | A Nous la Liberte (1931) | Rene Clair | Film Site |
Night Hawk News | |||
108 |
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1974)
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Eddie On Film | |
Time Out | |||
109 | Army of Shadows | Jean-Pierre Melville | Eddie On Film |
Night Hawk News | |||
110 | Ashes and Diamonds (1958) | Empire Online | |
Film Site | |||
111 |
Battle of Algiers (La Battaglia di Algeri)
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Empire Online | |
Gear Patrol | |||
112 | Biutiful (2010) | List Challenges | |
Wikipedia | |||
113 |
Blue Is the Warmest Color (2013)
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List Challenges | |
The Playlist | |||
114 | Central Station | The Guardian | |
Wikipedia | |||
115 | Children Of Heaven | Ranker | |
Wikipedia | |||
116 | Children of Paradise | Marcel Carne | Eddie On Film |
Night Hawk News | |||
117 | Contempt (1963) | Eddie On Film | |
Film Site | |||
118 | Cries and Whispers | Ingmar Bergman | Eddie On Film |
Night Hawk News | |||
119 | Day of Wrath (1943) | Eddie On Film | |
Time Out | |||
120 | Diabolique | Henri-Georges Clouzet | IMDB |
Night Hawk News | |||
121 | Flame & Citron (2008) | Gear Patrol | |
IMDB 2 | |||
122 | Gate of Hell | Teinosuke Kinugasa | Night Hawk News |
Wikipedia | |||
123 | Ghost In The Shell | Empire Online | |
Ranker | |||
124 | Girlhood (2014) | Indie Wire | |
The Playlist | |||
125 | Grave of the Fireflies | Isao Takahata | Night Hawk News |
Ranker | |||
126 | Harakiri | Masaki Kobayashi | Flick Chart |
Night Hawk News | |||
127 |
Hiroshima Mon Amour (1959)
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Eddie On Film | |
Time Out | |||
128 | Holy Motors (2012) | Indie Wire | |
The Playlist | |||
129 | House of Flying Daggers | Zhang Yimou | Empire Online |
Night Hawk News | |||
130 | Il Postino | Michael Radford | Night Hawk News |
The Guardian | |||
131 | Intouchables | Gear Patrol | |
Life Hack | |||
132 |
Jean de Florette/ Manon des Sources
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Empire Online | |
The Guardian | |||
133 | L’Atalante (1934) | Eddie On Film | |
Film Site | |||
134 | L’Eclisse (1962) | Eddie On Film | |
Film Site | |||
135 | La Grande Illusion | Empire Online | |
IMDB | |||
136 | La Règle du Jeu | Empire Online | |
The Guardian | |||
137 | Lagaan | Empire Online | |
Wikipedia | |||
138 |
Last Year at Marienbad (1961)
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Eddie On Film | |
Film Site | |||
139 | Loves of a Blonde | Empire Online | |
Wikipedia | |||
140 | Mommy (2014) | Indie Wire | |
The Playlist | |||
141 | Mother India | Empire Online | |
Wikipedia | |||
142 | Night Watch | Den Of Geek | |
Empire Online | |||
143 | No (2012) | The Playlist | |
Wikipedia | |||
144 |
Nostalgia for the Light (2010)
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Gear Patrol | |
IMDB 2 | |||
145 | Nowhere in Africa | Caroline Link | Night Hawk News |
Wikipedia | |||
146 | Orpheus | Eddie On Film | |
Ranker | |||
147 | Playtime (1967) | Eddie On Film | |
Time Out | |||
148 | Poetry (2010) | BFI | |
The Playlist | |||
149 | Princess Mononoke | Hayao Miyazaki | Night Hawk News |
Ranker | |||
150 | Ringu | Hideo Nakata | Empire Online |
Night Hawk News | |||
151 | Russian Ark (2002) | Den Of Geek | |
Time Out | |||
152 | Scenes from a Marriage | Ingmar Bergman | Eddie On Film |
Night Hawk News | |||
153 | Shoot the Piano Player | Francois Truffaut | Eddie On Film |
Night Hawk News | |||
154 | Smiles of a Summer Night | Ingmar Bergman | Eddie On Film |
Night Hawk News | |||
155 | Suspiria | Eddie On Film | |
Empire Online | |||
156 | Tabu (2012) | BFI | |
The Playlist | |||
157 |
That Obscure Object of Desire
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Taste Of Cinema | |
Wikipedia | |||
158 | The Barbarian Invasions | Denys Arcand | Night Hawk News |
Wikipedia | |||
159 |
The Beat That My Heart Skipped (2005)
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Den Of Geek | |
The Playlist | |||
160 |
The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant (1972)
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Film Site | |
Time Out | |||
161 | The Blue Angel (1930) | Eddie On Film | |
Film Site | |||
162 | The Bridge | Bernhard Wicki | Night Hawk News |
Wikipedia | |||
163 | The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari | Robert Wiene | Night Hawk News |
Ranker | |||
164 | The Class | Fluent U | |
Wikipedia | |||
165 | The Cranes are Flying | Mikhail Kalatozov | Eddie On Film |
Night Hawk News | |||
166 |
The Double Life of Veronique (1991)
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Eddie On Film | |
Film Site | |||
167 |
The Earrings of Madame De… (1953)
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Film Site | |
Time Out | |||
168 |
The Gospel According to St. Matthew (1964)
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Eddie On Film | |
Film Site | |||
169 | The Host (2006) | Den Of Geek | |
Empire Online | |||
170 | The Red Balloon (1956) | Gear Patrol | |
IMDB 2 | |||
171 |
The Spirit of the Beehive (1973)
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Ranker | |
Time Out | |||
172 |
The Triplets of Belleville (2003)
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Gear Patrol | |
IMDB 2 | |||
173 | The Virgin Spring | Ingmar Bergman | Night Hawk News |
Wikipedia | |||
174 | Through a Glass Darkly | Ingmar Bergman | Night Hawk News |
Wikipedia | |||
175 | Toni Erdmann | Indie Wire | |
Wikipedia | |||
176 | Tsotsi (2005) | Den Of Geek | |
Wikipedia | |||
177 |
Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (2010)
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BFI | |
Indie Wire | |||
178 | Volver (2006) | Den Of Geek | |
The Playlist | |||
(Films Appear On 1 List Each) | |||
179 | 10 | Empire Online | |
180 | [REC] | Den Of Geek | |
181 | 13 Assassins | Fluent U | |
182 | 2046 (Hong Kong, 2004) | Den Of Geek | |
183 | 35 Shots of Rum | Indie Wire | |
184 | 38′ | Wikipedia | |
185 | 8 Women | Francois Ozon | Night Hawk News |
186 | A Bout de Souffle | Empire Online | |
187 | A Chef in Love | Wikipedia | |
188 | A Fantastic Woman | Wikipedia | |
189 |
A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night” (2014)
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The Playlist | |
190 | A Man and a Woman | Wikipedia | |
191 | A Man Called Ove | Wikipedia | |
192 |
A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence
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Indie Wire | |
193 | A Place in the World | Wikipedia | |
194 | A Royal Affair | Wikipedia | |
195 | A Simple Story | Wikipedia | |
196 | A Special Day | Wikipedia | |
197 | A Touch of Zen (1969) | Time Out | |
198 | A Very Long Engagement | Jean-Pierre Jeunet | Night Hawk News |
199 | A War | Wikipedia | |
200 | Ådalen 31 | Wikipedia | |
201 | After the Wedding | Wikipedia | |
202 | Ajami | Wikipedia | |
203 | Akira | Empire Online | |
204 | All Things Fair | Wikipedia | |
205 | Alsino and the Condor | Wikipedia | |
206 | Amour | Wikipedia | |
207 | And Your Mother Too | Fluent U | |
208 | Angry Harvest | Wikipedia | |
209 | Antonia’s Line | Wikipedia | |
210 | Apu trilogy | Ranker | |
211 | Arms and the Man | Wikipedia | |
212 | As It Is in Heaven | Wikipedia | |
213 |
At Five In The Afternoon (Iran, 2003)
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Den Of Geek | |
214 | Autumn Sonata | Ingmar Bergman | Night Hawk News |
215 | Babel (2006) | List Challenges | |
216 | Babette’s Feast | Wikipedia | |
217 | Bamako” (2006) | The Playlist | |
218 | Bande A Part | Empire Online | |
219 | Battle of Neretva | Wikipedia | |
220 | Beaufort | Wikipedia | |
221 | BEAUTY AND THE BEAST | Eddie On Film | |
222 | Before the Rain | Wikipedia | |
223 | Belle Epoque | Wikipedia | |
224 |
Belleville Rendezvous/The Triplets Of Belleville (France, 2003)
|
Den Of Geek | |
225 | Betty Blue | Wikipedia | |
226 | Bewitched Love | Wikipedia | |
227 | Beyond Silence | Wikipedia | |
228 | Beyond the Walls | Wikipedia | |
229 | Black and White in Color | Wikipedia | |
230 | Black Orpheus | Wikipedia | |
231 | Blood on the Land | Wikipedia | |
232 | Blow Up | Ranker | |
233 | BLUE | Eddie On Film | |
234 |
Boudu Saved From Drowning (1932)
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Film Site | |
235 | BPM | Indie Wire | |
236 | Bullhead | Wikipedia | |
237 | Burnt by the Sun | Wikipedia | |
238 | Camila | Wikipedia | |
239 | Camille Claudel | Wikipedia | |
240 | Carmen | Wikipedia | |
241 | Casshern | Den Of Geek | |
242 | Cats’ Play | Wikipedia | |
243 | Central Do Brasil | Empire Online | |
244 | Certified Copy” (2010) | The Playlist | |
245 | Character | Wikipedia | |
246 | Chico & Rita | Den Of Geek | |
247 | Children of Nature | Wikipedia | |
248 | Christiane F. (1981) | List Challenges | |
249 | CHUNGKING EXPRESS | Eddie On Film | |
250 | CLEO FROM 5 TO 7 | Eddie On Film | |
251 | Close to Eden | Wikipedia | |
252 | Close-Up (1990) | Time Out | |
253 | Closely Observed Trains | Empire Online | |
254 | Closely Watched Trains | Wikipedia | |
255 | Cold Fish | Fluent U | |
256 | Colonel Redl | Wikipedia | |
257 | Confidence | Wikipedia | |
258 | Consequences Of Love | Den Of Geek | |
259 |
Coup de Torchon (‘Clean Slate’)
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Wikipedia | |
260 | Course Completed | Wikipedia | |
261 | Cousin Cousine | Wikipedia | |
262 | Cria! (1975) | Film Site | |
263 | Daens | Wikipedia | |
264 | Dangerous Liaisons | Fluent U | |
265 | Dangerous Moves | Wikipedia | |
266 | Days of Glory | Wikipedia | |
267 | Dear John | Wikipedia | |
268 | Dekalog | Empire Online | |
269 | Departures | Wikipedia | |
270 | Dersu Uzala | Wikipedia | |
271 | Devdas | Empire Online | |
272 | Devdas (India, 2002) | Den Of Geek | |
273 |
Diary of a Country Priest (1950)
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Film Site | |
274 | Divided We Fall | Wikipedia | |
275 | Dodes’ka-den | Wikipedia | |
276 | Double Feature | Wikipedia | |
277 | Dr. Mabuse | Film Site | |
278 | Dust of Life | Wikipedia | |
279 | Earth (1930) | Film Site | |
280 | East-West | Wikipedia | |
281 | Eat Drink Man Woman | Wikipedia | |
282 | Eden” (2014) | The Playlist | |
283 | Electra | Wikipedia | |
284 | Elevator to the Gallows | Louis Malle | Night Hawk News |
285 | Elle (2016) | List Challenges | |
286 | Elling | Wikipedia | |
287 | Embrace of the Serpent | Wikipedia | |
288 | Entre Nous | Wikipedia | |
289 | Etre Et Avoir | Den Of Geek | |
290 | Europa ’51 (1952) | Film Site | |
291 | Europa Europa | Agnieszka Holland | Night Hawk News |
292 | Everybody’s Famous! | Wikipedia | |
293 | Everyone Else” (2009) | The Playlist | |
294 | Evil | Wikipedia | |
295 | EYES WITHOUT A FACE | Eddie On Film | |
296 | Face to Face | Ingmar Bergman | Night Hawk News |
297 | Farinelli: Il Castrato | Wikipedia | |
298 | Fat Girl | The Playlist | |
299 | Faust | F.W. Murnau | Night Hawk News |
300 | Festen | Empire Online | |
301 | First Love | Wikipedia | |
302 | Flight of the Eagle | Wikipedia | |
303 | Floating Weeds (1959) | Film Site | |
304 | Flowers of Shanghai (1998) | Time Out | |
305 | Footnote | Wikipedia | |
306 | Force Majeure | Indie Wire | |
307 | Four Days in September | Wikipedia | |
308 |
Gangs of Wasseypur – Part 1
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Ranker | |
309 | Gates of Paris | Wikipedia | |
310 | Gertrud (1965) | Film Site | |
311 | Gervaise | Wikipedia | |
312 | Get Out Your Handkerchiefs | Wikipedia | |
313 | Godzilla | Empire Online | |
314 | Gomorrah (Italy, 2008) | Den Of Geek | |
315 | Goodbye First Love (2011) | BFI | |
316 |
Goodbye Lenin! (Germany, 2003)
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Den Of Geek | |
317 | Goodbye to Language | Indie Wire | |
318 | Hanussen | Wikipedia | |
319 | Hard Boiled | Empire Online | |
320 | Harp of Burma | Wikipedia | |
321 | Harry and the Butler | Wikipedia | |
322 | Hedd Wyn | Wikipedia | |
323 | Heimat | Empire Online | |
324 | High Tension | Den Of Geek | |
325 | Himalaya | Wikipedia | |
326 | Hoa-Binh | Wikipedia | |
327 | Hotaru No Haka (1988) | List Challenges | |
328 | Howl’s Moving Castle | Den Of Geek | |
329 | Hungarians | Wikipedia | |
330 | I Even Met Happy Gypsies | Wikipedia | |
331 | I Love You Rosa | Wikipedia | |
332 | I Wish | The Playlist | |
333 | Il Conformista | Empire Online | |
334 | Immortal Love | Wikipedia | |
335 | In a Better World | Wikipedia | |
336 | In Darkness | Wikipedia | |
337 | Indochine | Wikipedia | |
338 | Inglourious Basterds (2009) | List Challenges | |
339 | Innocence | Den Of Geek | |
340 |
Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion
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Wikipedia | |
341 | Iphigenia | Wikipedia | |
342 | Iron Monkey | Empire Online | |
343 | Ivan the Terrible Part I | Sergei Eisenstein | Night Hawk News |
344 | Ivan’s Childhood | Andrei Tarkovsky | Night Hawk News |
345 | Jacob the Liar | Wikipedia | |
346 |
Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975)
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Time Out | |
347 | Jesus of Montreal | Wikipedia | |
348 |
Jodai-E Nader Az Simin (2011)
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List Challenges | |
349 | Journey of Hope | Wikipedia | |
350 | Joyeux Noël | Wikipedia | |
351 | Ju Dou | Wikipedia | |
352 | Kapò | Wikipedia | |
353 | Katyń | Wikipedia | |
354 |
Keeper of Promises (The Given Word)
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Wikipedia | |
355 | Kolya | Wikipedia | |
356 | Kon-Tiki | Wikipedia | |
357 | Korol Lir | Grigori Kozintsev | Night Hawk News |
358 | Kung Fu Hustle | Den Of Geek | |
359 | Kwaidan | Wikipedia | |
360 | L’Invitation | Wikipedia | |
361 | L’Avventura | Gear Patrol | |
362 | La Chienne (1931) | Film Site | |
363 | La Jetée (1962) | Time Out | |
364 | La Venganza | Wikipedia | |
365 | La Vérité | Wikipedia | |
366 | Lacombe, Lucien | Wikipedia | |
367 | Lamerica (1994) | Film Site | |
368 | Land of Mine | Wikipedia | |
369 |
Landscape in the Mist (1988)
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Film Site | |
370 | LATE SPRING | Eddie On Film | |
371 | Le Bal | Wikipedia | |
372 | Le Boucher (1969) | Film Site | |
373 | Le Jour Se Leve (1939) | Film Site | |
374 | Lebanon (Israel, 2009) | Den Of Geek | |
375 | Leningrad Cowboys | Empire Online | |
376 | Les Diabolique (1955) | Film Site | |
377 | Les Enfants du Paradis | The Guardian | |
378 | Les Miserables | Claude Lelouch | Night Hawk News |
379 | Les Quatres Cent Coups | Empire Online | |
380 |
Letters From Iwo Jima (2006)
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List Challenges | |
381 | Letters from Marusia | Wikipedia | |
382 | Like Someone in Love | Indie Wire | |
383 | Like Water for Chocolate | Fluent U | |
384 | Linda Linda Linda | Fluent U | |
385 | Live for Life | Wikipedia | |
386 | Lola (1961) | Film Site | |
387 | Los Tarantos | Wikipedia | |
388 | Loveless | Wikipedia | |
389 | Lust/Caution | Den Of Geek | |
390 | M. Hulot’s Holiday | Empire Online | |
391 | Macario | Wikipedia | |
392 | MADAME DE | Eddie On Film | |
393 | Madame Rosa | Wikipedia | |
394 | Mama Turns 100 | Wikipedia | |
395 | Man of Iron | Wikipedia | |
396 | Man On Wire | Life Hack | |
397 | Manon of the Spring | Claude Berri | Night Hawk News |
398 | Maria Full Of Grace | Den Of Geek | |
399 | Marriage Italian Style | Wikipedia | |
400 | MASCULIN/FEMININ | Eddie On Film | |
401 | Mediterraneo | Wikipedia | |
402 | Mephisto | Wikipedia | |
403 | Millennium Mambo” (2001) | The Playlist | |
404 | Mina Tannenbaum | Martine Dugowson | Night Hawk News |
405 | Miss Julie | Alf Sjoberg | Night Hawk News |
406 | Mongol | Wikipedia | |
407 | Monsieur Lazhar | Wikipedia | |
408 | Monsieur Vincent | Wikipedia | |
409 | Monsoon Wedding | The Playlist | |
410 |
Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears
|
Wikipedia | |
411 | Mother | Indie Wire | |
412 | Muddy River | Wikipedia | |
413 | Mustang | Wikipedia | |
414 | My Dearest Señorita | Wikipedia | |
415 | My Sweet Little Village | Wikipedia | |
416 | My Uncle | Wikipedia | |
417 |
Neighbouring Sounds (2012)
|
BFI | |
418 | Nights and Days | Wikipedia | |
419 | Nine Lives | Wikipedia | |
420 | No Man’s Land | Wikipedia | |
421 | Nobody Knows | Life Hack | |
422 | Not One Less | Fluent U | |
423 | O Quatrilho | Wikipedia | |
424 | Omar | Wikipedia | |
425 | On Body and Soul | Wikipedia | |
426 |
Once Upon a Time in Anatolia
|
Indie Wire | |
427 | OPEN CITY | Eddie On Film | |
428 | Open Doors | Wikipedia | |
429 | Operation Thunderbolt | Wikipedia | |
430 | ORDET | Eddie On Film | |
431 | Orphee | Empire Online | |
432 | Outside the Law | Wikipedia | |
433 | Paradise Now | Wikipedia | |
434 | Pathfinder | Wikipedia | |
435 | Paw | Wikipedia | |
436 | Peace in the Fields | Wikipedia | |
437 | Pelle the Conqueror | Wikipedia | |
438 | Pharaoh | Wikipedia | |
439 | Phoenix | Indie Wire | |
440 | PICKPOCKET | Eddie On Film | |
441 | PIERROT LE FOU | Eddie On Film | |
442 | Pierrot le Fou (1965) | Time Out | |
443 | Plácido | Wikipedia | |
444 | Portrait of Chieko | Wikipedia | |
445 | Prisoner of the Mountains | Wikipedia | |
446 | Private Life | Wikipedia | |
447 | Pulse” (2001) | The Playlist | |
448 | Qivitoq | Wikipedia | |
449 | Raven’s End | Wikipedia | |
450 | RED | Eddie On Film | |
451 | Reprise” (2006) | The Playlist | |
452 | Revanche | Wikipedia | |
453 | Ridicule | Wikipedia | |
454 | Rules of the Game | Jean Renoir | Night Hawk News |
455 | Salaam Bombay! | Wikipedia | |
456 | Sallah Shabati | Wikipedia | |
457 |
Samurai, The Legend of Musashi
|
Wikipedia | |
458 | Sandakan No. 8 | Wikipedia | |
459 | Saraband | Ingmar Bergman | Night Hawk News |
460 | SATANTANGO | Eddie On Film | |
461 | Scent of a Woman | Wikipedia | |
462 | Schtonk! | Wikipedia | |
463 | Secrets of the Heart | Wikipedia | |
464 | Seven Beauties | Wikipedia | |
465 | Shoah (1985) | Time Out | |
466 | Shoe-Shine | Wikipedia | |
467 | Show Me Love | Den Of Geek | |
468 | Sin City | Den Of Geek | |
469 |
Sky Captain And The World Of Tomorrow
|
Den Of Geek | |
470 | Solomon and Gaenor | Wikipedia | |
471 | Solyaris | Andrei Tarkovsky | Night Hawk News |
472 | Son of Saul | Wikipedia | |
473 | Son of the Bride | Wikipedia | |
474 |
Songs From The Second Floor
|
The Playlist | |
475 |
Sophie Scholl – The Final Days
|
Wikipedia | |
476 | Spirit of the Beehive | Empire Online | |
477 | Stalker | Ranker | |
478 | Stolen Kisses | Wikipedia | |
479 |
Stranger By The Lake” (2013)
|
The Playlist | |
480 | Strawberry and Chocolate | Wikipedia | |
481 | Stray Dog | Akira Kurosawa | Night Hawk News |
482 | Summer Hours” (2008) | The Playlist | |
483 | Sundays and Cybele | Wikipedia | |
484 | Switchblade Romance | Den Of Geek | |
485 |
Sympathy for Lady Vengeance (2005)
|
List Challenges | |
486 |
Syndromes And A Century” (2006)
|
The Playlist | |
487 | Tangerines | Wikipedia | |
488 | Tango | Wikipedia | |
489 | Tanna | Wikipedia | |
490 | Tchaikovsky | Wikipedia | |
491 | Tell No One | Den Of Geek | |
492 | Ten Canoes | Empire Online | |
493 | The Act of Killing | Indie Wire | |
494 | The American Friend (1977) | Film Site | |
495 | The Apu Trilogy | Empire Online | |
496 | The Artist (2011) | List Challenges | |
497 | The Assault | Wikipedia | |
498 |
The Baader Meinhof Complex
|
Wikipedia | |
499 | The Bad Sleep Well | Akira Kurosawa | Night Hawk News |
500 | The Battleship Potemkin | Sergei Eisenstein | Night Hawk News |
501 | The Beast in the Heart | Wikipedia | |
502 | The Boat Is Full | Wikipedia | |
503 | The Boys of Paul Street | Wikipedia | |
504 |
The Broken Circle Breakdown
|
Wikipedia | |
505 | The Brothers Karamazov | Wikipedia | |
506 | The Burmese Harp (1956) | Film Site | |
507 | The Captain of Köpenick | Wikipedia | |
508 |
The Children of Paradise (1945)
|
Film Site | |
509 | The Chorus | Wikipedia | |
510 | The Consequences Of Love | Den Of Geek | |
511 | The Counterfeiters | Wikipedia | |
512 | The Crime of Father Amaro | Wikipedia | |
513 | The Dawns Here Are Quiet | Wikipedia | |
514 |
The Death of Mr. Lazarescu (2005)
|
Time Out | |
515 |
The Decline of the American Empire
|
Wikipedia | |
516 | The Deluge | Wikipedia | |
517 | The Devil Strikes at Night | Wikipedia | |
518 |
The Diving Bell And The Butterfly” (2007)
|
The Playlist | |
519 | The Edukators | Den Of Geek | |
520 | The Elementary School | Wikipedia | |
521 | The Emigrants | Wikipedia | |
522 |
THE EXTERMINATING ANGEL
|
Eddie On Film | |
523 |
The Eyes Without a Face (1960)
|
Film Site | |
524 | The Family | Wikipedia | |
525 | The Firemen’s Ball | Wikipedia | |
526 | The Four Days of Naples | Wikipedia | |
527 |
The Four Hundred (400) Blows (1959)
|
Film Site | |
528 | The Fourth Man | Empire Online | |
529 |
The Garden of the Finzi Continis
|
Wikipedia | |
530 |
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (Sweden, 2009)
|
Den Of Geek | |
531 | The Girl with the Pistol | Wikipedia | |
532 | The Glass Cell | Wikipedia | |
533 | The Golden Coach (1952) | Film Site | |
534 |
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly 1966, 161 min.
|
Flick Chart | |
535 | The Grand Illusion | Jean Renoir | Night Hawk News |
536 | The Grandfather | Wikipedia | |
537 | The Great Beauty | Wikipedia | |
538 | The Great War | Wikipedia | |
539 | The Handmaiden (2016) | List Challenges | |
540 |
The Headless Woman” (2008)
|
The Playlist | |
541 | The Hidden Fortress | Akira Kurosawa | Night Hawk News |
542 |
The House on Chelouche Street
|
Wikipedia | |
543 | The Idiots | Empire Online | |
544 | The Important Man | Wikipedia | |
545 | The Insult | Wikipedia | |
546 | The Killer (1989) | Time Out | |
547 | The Kingdom (1994) | Film Site | |
548 | The Last Laugh | F.W. Murnau | Night Hawk News |
549 | The Last Metro | Wikipedia | |
550 | THE LEOPARD | Eddie On Film | |
551 | The Maids of Wilko | Wikipedia | |
552 | The Man Without a Past | Wikipedia | |
553 | The Milk of Sorrow | Wikipedia | |
554 | The Missing Picture | Wikipedia | |
555 |
The Motorcycle Diaries (Argentina, 2004)
|
Den Of Geek | |
556 | The Music Teacher | Wikipedia | |
557 | The Nasty Girl | Wikipedia | |
558 | The Nest | Wikipedia | |
559 | The New Land | Wikipedia | |
560 | The Ninth Circle | Wikipedia | |
561 | The Official Story | Wikipedia | |
562 | The Orphanage | Den Of Geek | |
563 | The Other Side of Sunday | Wikipedia | |
564 | The Ox | Wikipedia | |
565 |
The Passion of Joan of Arc 1928, 110 min.
|
Flick Chart | |
566 | The Pedestrian | Wikipedia | |
567 | The Policeman | Wikipedia | |
568 |
The Power of Kangwon Province (1989)
|
Time Out | |
569 | The Princess and the Warrior | Tom Tykwer | Night Hawk News |
570 | The Promised Land | Wikipedia | |
571 | The Red Lanterns | Wikipedia | |
572 | The Revolt of Job | Wikipedia | |
573 | The Road a Year Long | Wikipedia | |
574 |
THE RULES OF THE GAME
|
Eddie On Film | |
575 | The Salesman | Wikipedia | |
576 | The Scent of Green Papaya | Wikipedia | |
577 | The Sea Inside | Wikipedia | |
578 | The Shop on Main Street | Wikipedia | |
579 | The Square | Wikipedia | |
580 | The Star Maker | Wikipedia | |
581 | The Taste of Others | Wikipedia | |
582 | The Thief | Wikipedia | |
583 | The Tin Drum | Wikipedia | |
584 | The Truce | Wikipedia | |
585 | The Turin Horse (2012) | BFI | |
586 | The Twilight Samurai | Wikipedia | |
587 |
The Usual Unidentified Thieves
|
Wikipedia | |
588 | The Vanishing | Empire Online | |
589 | The Village on the River | Wikipedia | |
590 | The Walls of Malapaga | Wikipedia | |
591 | The Wave | Life Hack | |
592 | The Wedding Banquet | Wikipedia | |
593 | The White Ribbon | Wikipedia | |
594 | The World of Apu | Satyijat Ray | Night Hawk News |
595 | Theeb | Wikipedia | |
596 | This Is Not a Film | Indie Wire | |
597 | Three | Wikipedia | |
598 | Three Brothers | Wikipedia | |
599 | Three Men and a Cradle | Wikipedia | |
600 | Timbuktu | Wikipedia | |
601 | TimeCrimes | Den Of Geek | |
602 | Tlayucan | Wikipedia | |
603 | To Begin Again | Wikipedia | |
604 | To Forget Venice | Wikipedia | |
605 | Touki Bouki | Empire Online | |
606 | Tristana | Wikipedia | |
607 | TrollHunter | Den Of Geek | |
608 |
Tuesday, after Christmas (2010)
|
BFI | |
609 | Turkish Delight | Wikipedia | |
610 | Twin Sisters | Wikipedia | |
611 | Twin Sisters of Kyoto | Wikipedia | |
612 |
Two Days, One Night” (2014)
|
The Playlist | |
613 | UGETSU MONOGATARI | Eddie On Film | |
614 | UMBERTO D | Eddie On Film | |
615 | Un Chien Andalou | Empire Online | |
616 | Under the Sun | Wikipedia | |
617 | Vampyr | Carl Thedor Dreyer | Night Hawk News |
618 | Viva Italia! | Wikipedia | |
619 | Wadjda | The Playlist | |
620 | Waltzing Regitze | Wikipedia | |
621 | War and Peace | Wikipedia | |
622 | War Witch | Wikipedia | |
623 | Wartime Romance | Wikipedia | |
624 | Water | Wikipedia | |
625 | Way of the Dragon | Empire Online | |
626 | Welcome to the Sticks | Fluent U | |
627 | What Happened to Santiago | Wikipedia | |
628 |
What Time Is It There?” (2001)
|
The Playlist | |
629 |
When a Woman Ascends The Stairs (1960)
|
Time Out | |
630 |
When Father Was Away on Business
|
Wikipedia | |
631 | White Bim Black Ear | Wikipedia | |
632 | White Material” (2009) | The Playlist | |
633 |
Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?
|
Fluent U | |
634 | Winter Light | Ingmar Bergman | Night Hawk News |
635 | Xala | Empire Online | |
636 | Yeelen | Empire Online | |
637 | Yesterday | Wikipedia | |
638 |
Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
|
Wikipedia | |
639 | Želary | Wikipedia | |
640 | Zus & Zo | Wikipedia |
21 Best Non-English Films Of All Time Sources/Lists
Source | Article |
BFI | 10 great foreign-language films of the decade so far | BFI |
Den Of Geek | The Top 50 Foreign Films of the Last Decade | Den of Geek |
Eddie On Film | The Ray Memorial 100 |
Empire Online | The 100 Best Films Of World Cinema, Feature | Movies – Empire |
Film Site | 100 Greatest Foreign Films from Movieline Magazine – Filmsite |
Flick Chart | The Best Foreign Language Films of All Time – Flickchart |
Fluent U | 15 of the Best Foreign Movies for Popcorn-popping Language … |
Gear Patrol | 50 Best Foreign Language Movies of All Time – Gear Patrol |
IMDB | The 25 Best Foreign-Language Movies of All Time – IMDb |
IMDB 2 | The 50 Best Foreign Language Movies – IMDb |
Indie Wire | The 25 Best Foreign-Language Movie Scenes of the 21st Century … |
Life Hack | 12 Best Foreign Movies Of All Time That Will Expand Your Worldview |
List Challenges | The 50 Best Foreign-Language Movies of All Time – – List Challenges |
Night Hawk News | Outside the Scope of AFI: The 100 Best Foreign Language Films … |
Ranker | Best World Cinema Movies | List of Top Foreign Language Films |
Smashing Lists | Top 10 Foreign Language Movies – Top Ten Lists |
Taste Of Cinema | 10 Great Movies That Should Have Won the Oscar for Best Foreign … |
The Guardian | As chosen by you … the greatest foreign films of all time | Film | The … |
The Playlist | The 50 Best Foreign Language Movies Of the 21st Century So Far |
Time Out | 50 Best Foreign Films of All Time Ranked and Reviewed – Time Out |
Wikipedia | List of Academy Award winners and nominees for Best Foreign … |