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Foreign Language Films   (2,415 Most Notable)

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 RANK   TITLE   YEAR   DIRECTOR  COUNTRY MEDIA
4 The Rules of the Game 1939 Renoir, Jean France D
6 Seven Samurai 1954 Kurosawa, Akira Japan D
10 The 400 Blows 1959 Truffaut, François France D
12 Bicycle Thieves 1948 De Sica, Vittorio Italy D
13 Rashômon 1950 Kurosawa, Akira Japan D
16 Breathless 1960 Godard, Jean-Luc France D
18 8 1/2 1963 Fellini, Federico Italy / France DUS
21 Raise the Red Lantern 1991 Zhang, Yimou China / Hong Kong / Taiwan DS
23 M 1931 Lang, Fritz Germany D
28 The Conformist 1970 Bertolucci, Bernardo Italy / France / West Germany DS
29 La Dolce Vita 1960 Fellini, Federico Italy / France DS
30 Belle de jour 1967 Buñuel, Luis France / Italy D
31 The World of Apu 1959 Ray, Satyajit India D
36 Tokyo Story 1953 Ozu, Yasujiro Japan D
37 The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie 1972 Buñuel, Luis France / Italy / Spain D
38 Metropolis 1927 Lang, Fritz Germany DUPS
42 Persona 1966 Bergman, Ingmar Sweden D
44 Ugetsu 1953 Mizoguchi, Kenji Japan D
45 Children of Paradise 1945 Carné, Marcel France D
47 Jules and Jim 1962 Truffaut, François France DS
49 Nosferatu 1922 Murnau, F.W. Germany DU
51 L'Atalante 1934 Vigo, Jean France DS
52 L'Avventura 1960 Antonioni, Michelangelo Italy / France D
53 Ran 1985 Kurosawa, Akira Japan / France D
54 Ikiru 1952 Kurosawa, Akira Japan D
55 Aguirre, The Wrath of God 1972 Herzog, Werner West Germany / Peru / Mexico D
60 Fanny & Alexander 1982 Bergman, Ingmar Sweden / France / West Germany D
61 Wings of Desire 1987 Wenders, Wim West Germany / France DS
64 Sansho the Bailiff 1954 Mizoguchi, Kenji Japan D
65 Contempt 1963 Godard, Jean-Luc France / Italy DS
67 Zéro de conduite 1933 Vigo, Jean France V
68 The Decalogue 1989 Kieslowski, Krzysztof Poland D
69 Playtime 1967 Tati, Jacques France / Italy D
71 Forbidden Games 1952 Clément, René France D
72 The Passion of Joan of Arc 1928 Dreyer, Carl Theodor France D
74 Ashes and Diamonds 1958 Wajda, Andrzej Poland D
79 Diabolique 1955 Clouzot, Henri-Georges France D
80 The Gospel According to St. Matthew 1964 Pasolini, Pier Paolo France / Italy D
83 Viridiana 1961 Buñuel, Luis Mexico / Spain D
84 Diary of a Country Priest 1951 Bresson, Robert France D
85 Beauty and the Beast 1946 Cocteau, Jean / Clément, René France / Luxembourg D
86 Weekend 1967 Godard, Jean-Luc Italy / France D
88 Rocco and His Brothers 1960 Visconti, Luchino France / Italy DS
94 Smiles of a Summer Night 1955 Bergman, Ingmar Sweden D
97 Solaris 1972 Tarkovsky, Andrei Soviet Union D
98 L'Âge d'Or 1930 Buñuel, Luis France Y
99 The Blue Angel 1930 von Sternberg, Josef Germany DS
102 Tristana 1970 Buñuel, Luis France / Italy / Spain V
106 The Earrings of Madame de... 1953 Ophüls, Max France / Italy D
109 À nous la liberté 1931 Clair, René France D
111 Last Year at Marienbad 1961 Resnais, Alain France / Italy Y
113 Pather Panchali 1955 Ray, Satyajit India D
120 Throne of Blood 1957 Kurosawa, Akira Japan D
121 Pandora's Box 1929 Pabst, Georg Wilhelm Germany D
129 Murmur of the Heart 1971 Malle, Louis France / Italy / West Germany D
132 Le Boucher 1970 Chabrol, Claude France / Italy D
138 Earth 1930 Dovzhenko, Aleksandr Soviet Union DU
143 Grand Illusion 1937 Renoir, Jean France D
144 Celine and Julie Go Boating 1974 Rivette, Jacques France Y
146 Napoléon 1927 Gance, Abel Sweden / Italy / France / Czechoslovakia / Germany V
147 Le Jour se lève 1939 Carné, Marcel France V
148 The Seventh Seal 1957 Bergman, Ingmar Sweden D
152 Le Million 1931 Clair, René France D
154 Shame 1968 Bergman, Ingmar Sweden Y
155 The Umbrellas of Cherbourg 1964 Demy, Jacques France / West Germany DUS
157 Lamerica 1994 Amelio, Gianni Italy / France DS
158 The Spirit of the Beehive 1973 Erice, Víctor Spain D
159 The American Friend 1977 Wenders, Wim West Germany / France Y
162 Lola Montès 1955 Ophüls, Max France / West Germany Y
163 Pierrot le fou 1965 Godard, Jean-Luc France / Italy D
165 Night of the Shooting Stars 1982 Taviani, Paolo / Taviani, Vittorio Italy D
167 Strike 1925 Eisenstein, Sergei M. Soviet Union DU
171 La Chienne 1931 Renoir, Jean France Y
172 Dr. Mabuse - The Gambler 1922 Lang, Fritz Germany D
173 Un Chien Andalou 1928 Buñuel, Luis France D
177 The Burmese Harp 1956 Ichikawa, Kon Japan D
179 Day for Night 1973 Truffaut, François France / Italy DS
181 Landscape in the Mist 1988 Angelopoulos, Theo France / Greece / Italy D
184 Aparajito 1957 Ray, Satyajit India D
188 Floating Weeds 1959 Ozu, Yasujiro Japan D
192 1900 1976 Bertolucci, Bernardo France / Italy / West Germany DS
193 L'Eclisse 1962 Antonioni, Michelangelo Italy / France Y
194 La Strada 1954 Fellini, Federico Italy DS
196 Through a Glass Darkly 1961 Bergman, Ingmar Sweden Y
199 The Double Life of Véronique 1991 Kieslowski, Krzysztof France / Poland / Norway DS
203 Two English Girls 1971 Truffaut, François France YS
205 Boudu Saved from Drowning 1932 Renoir, Jean France D
206 Red Desert 1964 Antonioni, Michelangelo Italy / France Y
208 Open City 1945 Rossellini, Roberto Italy YU
209 Gertrud 1964 Dreyer, Carl Theodor Denmark Y
212 Battleship Potemkin 1925 Eisenstein, Sergei M. / Aleksandrov, Grigori Soviet Union DU
218 Masculin, féminin 1966 Godard, Jean-Luc France / Sweden D
219 Cría cuervos 1976 Saura, Carlos Spain D
223 Red 1994 Kieslowski, Krzysztof Poland / France / Switzerland YS
228 Vampyr 1932 Dreyer, Carl Theodor France / Germany DU
229 Los Olvidados 1950 Buñuel, Luis Mexico Y
244 Europa '51 1952 Rossellini, Roberto Italy
248 Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors 1964 Parajanov, Sergei Soviet Union D
254 The Kingdom 1994 von Trier, Lars / Arnfred, Morten Denmark / France / Germany / Sweden D
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258 Lola 1961 Demy, Jacques Italy / France Y
261 Yojimbo 1961 Kurosawa, Akira Japan D
263 The Man with the Movie Camera 1929 Vertov, Dziga Soviet Union DUS
271 Amarcord 1973 Fellini, Federico Italy / France DS
275 Umberto D. 1952 De Sica, Vittorio Italy Y
277 The Spider's Stratagem 1970 Bertolucci, Bernardo Italy Y
278 Night and Fog 1955 Resnais, Alain France Y
278 The Red and the White 1967 Jancsó, Miklós Hungary / Soviet Union Y
281 Wild Strawberries 1957 Bergman, Ingmar Sweden D
289 La Notte 1961 Antonioni, Michelangelo Italy / France Y
296 Farewell My Concubine 1993 Chen, Kaige China / Hong Kong DS
297 Y tu mamá también 2001 Cuarón, Alfonso Mexico / USA D
298 The Battle of Algiers 1965 Pontecorvo, Gillo Algeria / Italy YS
309 Cries and Whispers 1972 Bergman, Ingmar Sweden Y
310 The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant 1972 Fassbinder, Rainer Werner West Germany Y
311 Eyes Without a Face 1960 Franju, Georges France / Italy Y
311 La Roue 1923 Gance, Abel France D
316 Nights of Cabiria 1957 Fellini, Federico Italy / France DUS
318 The Marriage of Maria Braun 1979 Fassbinder, Rainer Werner West Germany D
319 Au Revoir, Les Enfants 1987 Malle, Louis France / West Germany D
320 Talk to Her 2002 Almodóvar, Pedro Spain D
323 The Wages of Fear 1953 Clouzot, Henri-Georges France / Italy D
333 All About My Mother 1999 Almodóvar, Pedro Spain / France DS
337 Yi Yi 2000 Yang, Edward Taiwan / Japan D
355 Hiroshima, mon amour 1959 Resnais, Alain France / Japan Y
356 City of God 2002 Meirelles, Fernando / Lund, Kátia Brazil / France / USA Y
358 Mr. Hulot's Holiday 1953 Tati, Jacques France DS
368 Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 2000 Lee, Ang Taiwan / Hong Kong / USA / China YU
372 Mon oncle 1958 Tati, Jacques Italy / France Y
380 In the Mood for Love 2000 Wong, Kar Wai Hong Kong / France / Thailand DS
383 The Celebration 1998 Vinterberg, Thomas Denmark / Sweden D
383 Closely Watched Trains 1966 Menzel, Jirí Czechoslovakia D
388 Z 1969 Costa-Gavras Algeria / France Y
389 Woman in the Dunes 1964 Teshigahara, Hiroshi Japan D
399 Ordet 1955 Dreyer, Carl Theodor Denmark Y
409 The Barbarian Invasions 2003 Arcand, Denys Canada / France D
411 Stolen Kisses 1968 Truffaut, François France D
417 L'Argent 1983 Bresson, Robert France / Switzerland Y
418 Andrei Roublev 1969 Tarkovsky, Andrei Soviet Union Y
421 Pickpocket 1959 Bresson, Robert France D
427 Pixote 1981 Babenco, Hector Brazil Y
438 Knife in the Water 1962 Polanski, Roman Poland Y
446 Triumph of the Will 1935 Riefenstahl, Leni Germany YUP
450 Au hasard Balthazar 1966 Bresson, Robert France / Sweden Y
456 The Garden of the Finzi-Continis 1970 De Sica, Vittorio Italy / West Germany Y
457 Mon Oncle d'Amérique 1980 Resnais, Alain France Y
463 Cinema Paradiso 1989 Tornatore, Giuseppe Italy / France DS
470 Jean de Florette 1986 Berri, Claude France / Switzerland / Italy DS
475 Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown 1988 Almodóvar, Pedro Spain D
477 The Exterminating Angel 1962 Buñuel, Luis Mexico Y
479 Amélie 2001 Jeunet, Jean-Pierre France / Germany DS
481 Paisan 1946 Rossellini, Roberto Italy Y
485 Le Samouraï 1967 Melville, Jean-Pierre France / Italy D
487 Kagemusha 1980 Kurosawa, Akira Japan Y
492 Spirited Away 2001 Miyazaki, Hayao Japan DS
512 Lacombe Lucien 1974 Malle, Louis France / West Germany / Italy D
520 The Tin Drum 1979 Schlöndorff, Volker West Germany / France / Poland / Yugoslavia YS
522 Ali: Fear Eats the Soul 1974 Fassbinder, Rainer Werner West Germany Y
525 Olympia Part One:
Festival of the Nations		 1938 Riefenstahl, Leni Germany D
531 Amores perros 2000 Iñárritu, Alejandro González Mexico YU
532 Taste of Cherry 1997 Kiarostami, Abbas France / Iran Y
535 Alexander Nevsky 1938 Eisenstein, Sergei M. / Vasilyev, Dmitri Soviet Union Y
537 Juliet of the Spirits 1965 Fellini, Federico Italy / France / West Germany YS
544 Diva 1981 Beineix, Jean-Jacques France DS
546 Orpheus 1949 Cocteau, Jean France Y
547 El Norte 1983 Nava, Gregory USA / UK
548 Europa Europa 1990 Holland, Agnieszka Germany / France / Poland Y
549 The Cranes Are Flying 1957 Kalatozishvili, Mikheil Soviet Union Y
552 Blue 1993 Kieslowski, Krzysztof France / Poland / Switzerland / UK Y
555 Das Boot 1981 Petersen, Wolfgang West Germany Y
557 Pan's Labyrinth 2006 del Toro, Guillermo Mexico / Spain / USA DB
561 Loves of a Blonde 1965 Forman, Milos Czechoslovakia Y
562 My Life to Live 1962 Godard, Jean-Luc France Y
568 Cyrano de Bergerac 1990 Rappeneau, Jean-Paul France Y
571 Bob le flambeur 1955 Melville, Jean-Pierre France Y
583 My Night at Maud's 1969 Rohmer, Eric France D
587 That Obscure Object of Desire 1977 Buñuel, Luis France / Spain Y
589 The Shop on Main Street 1965 Kadár, Ján / Klos, Elmar Czechoslovakia Y
594 Two or Three Things I Know About Her 1967 Godard, Jean-Luc France Y
597 The Story of Qiu Ju 1992 Zhang, Yimou China / Hong Kong D
602 Olympia Part Two:
Festival of Beauty		 1938 Riefenstahl, Leni Germany D
603 Red Sorghum 1987 Zhang, Yimou China Y
604 Life Is Beautiful 1997 Benigni, Roberto Italy Y
607 The Tree of Wooden Clogs 1978 Olmi, Ermanno Italy / France Y
615 Pelle the Conqueror 1987 August, Bille Denmark / Sweden D
622 The Sorrow and the Pity 1969 Ophüls, Marcel France / Switzerland / West Germany Y
622 Wild Reeds 1994 Téchiné, André France DU
628 War and Peace 1968 Bondarchuk, Sergei Soviet Union D
629 Manon of the Spring 1986 Berri, Claude Italy / France / Switzerland DS
630 A Sunday in the Country 1984 Tavernier, Bertrand France Y
633 Shoot the Piano Player 1960 Truffaut, François France DS
635 The Last Laugh 1924 Murnau, F.W. Germany D
639 La Terra trema 1948 Visconti, Luchino Italy Y
642 Tampopo 1985 Itami, Juzo Japan Y
643 Ivan the Terrible, Part One 1945 Eisenstein, Sergei M. Soviet Union YU
652 Close-up 1990 Kiarostami, Abbas Iran Y
657 No Man's Land 2001 Tanovic, Danis Bosnia-Herzegovina / Slovenia / Italy / France / UK / Belgium D
658 Rififi 1955 Dassin, Jules France Y
662 The Unfaithful Wife 1969 Chabrol, Claude Italy / France D
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676 WR - Mysteries of the Organism 1971 Makavejev, Dusan Yugoslavia / West Germany D
677 Fellini Satyricon 1969 Fellini, Federico Italy / France YS
681 Claire's Knee 1970 Rohmer, Eric France D
694 A Man Escaped 1956 Bresson, Robert France Y
696 Black Orpheus 1959 Camus, Marcel Brazil / France / Italy Y
700 Day of Wrath 1943 Dreyer, Carl Theodor Denmark D
701 The Lives of Others 2006 von Donnersmarck, Florian Henckel Germany DBU
705 La Belle Noiseuse 1991 Rivette, Jacques France / Switzerland Y
707 Rosetta 1999 Dardenne, Jean-Pierre / Dardenne, Luc France / Belgium Y
711 To Live 1994 Zhang, Yimou Hong Kong / China D
714 Vagabond 1985 Varda, Agnès France / UK D
718 Man of Iron 1981 Wajda, Andrzej Poland Y
722 The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser 1975 Herzog, Werner West Germany Y
726 Ju Dou 1990 Zhang, Yimou / Yang, Fengliang Japan / China D
727 Berlin Alexanderplatz 1980 Fassbinder, Rainer Werner Italy / West Germany D
731 Run Lola Run 1998 Tykwer, Tom Germany DB
733 Chungking Express 1994 Wong, Kar Wai Hong Kong Y
735 The Dreamlife of Angels 1998 Zonca, Erick France D
736 The Baker's Wife 1938 Pagnol, Marcel France Y
740 Ossessione 1943 Visconti, Luchino Italy Y
741 This Man Must Die 1969 Chabrol, Claude France / Italy Y
742 Scenes from a Marriage 1973 Bergman, Ingmar Sweden Y
743 The Last Metro 1980 Truffaut, François France YS
744 White 1994 Kieslowski, Krzysztof France / Poland / Switzerland / UK YS
745 The Fast Runner 2001 Kunuk, Zacharias Canada Y
751 The Phantom of Liberty 1974 Buñuel, Luis Italy / France Y
759 The Testament of Orpheus 1960 Cocteau, Jean France DS
761 Salaam Bombay! 1988 Nair, Mira UK / India / France Y
765 Swept Away 1974 Wertmüller, Lina Italy D
767 Divorce Italian Style 1961 Germi, Pietro Italy Y
768 Les Vampires 1915 Feuillade, Louis France YU
773 Volver 2006 Almodóvar, Pedro Spain DB
777 The Mother and the Whore 1973 Eustache, Jean France Y
784 Jour de fête 1949 Tati, Jacques France
789 The Diving Bell and the Butterfly 2007 Schnabel, Julian France / USA D
793 Jesus of Montreal 1989 Arcand, Denys Canada / France Y
794 Partie de campagne 1936 Renoir, Jean France
804 Delicatessen 1991 Caro, Marc / Jeunet, Jean-Pierre France D
810 The Official Story 1985 Puenzo, Luis Argentina Y
822 Bed and Board 1970 Truffaut, François France / Italy D
825 Kolya 1996 Sverák, Jan Czech Republic Y
826 Babette's Feast 1987 Axel, Gabriel Denmark YUP
828 The Color of Pomegranates 1968 Parajanov, Sergei Soviet Union D
834 Gate of Hell 1953 Kinugasa, Teinosuke Japan Y
836 Dark Eyes 1987 Mikhalkov, Nikita Italy YS
838 Kwaidan 1964 Kobayashi, Masaki Japan Y
851 Face to Face 1976 Bergman, Ingmar Sweden
854 The Clockmaker 1974 Tavernier, Bertrand France D
860 Before the Rain 1994 Manchevski, Milcho Rep of Macedonia / France / UK DS
866 Letters from Iwo Jima 2006 Eastwood, Clint USA DBU
870 Peking Opera Blues 1986 Tsui, Hark Hong Kong
873 My Life as a Dog 1985 Hallström, Lasse Sweden Y
875 Two Women 1960 De Sica, Vittorio Italy / France Y
877 La Ronde 1950 Ophüls, Max France D
882 Yeelen 1987 Cissé, Souleymane Mali / Burkina Faso / France / West Germany Y
888 Pépé le Moko 1937 Duvivier, Julien France D
892 The Wild Child 1970 Truffaut, François France Y
899 The Killer 1989 Woo, John Hong Kong D
903 The Blue Kite 1993 Tian, Zhuangzhuang China / Hong Kong Y
904 The Magician 1958 Bergman, Ingmar Sweden Y
905 Late Spring 1949 Ozu, Yasujiro Japan D
909 The Hidden Fortress 1958 Kurosawa, Akira Japan Y
909 Ivan the Terrible, Part Two 1958 Eisenstein, Sergei M. / Filimonova, M. Soviet Union YU
921 The Nasty Girl 1990 Verhoeven, Michael West Germany Y
925 The Man Without a Past 2002 Kaurismäki, Aki Finland / Germany / France Y
929 2046 2004 Wong, Kar Wai China / France / Germany / Hong Kong D
938 Miracle in Milan 1951 De Sica, Vittorio Italy Y
939 Soldier of Orange 1977 Verhoeven, Paul Belgium / Netherlands Y
942 The Assault 1986 Rademakers, Fons Netherlands Y
947 Oldboy 2003 Park, Chan-wook South Korea DB
951 October (Ten Days That Shook the World) 1928 Eisenstein, Sergei M. / Aleksandrov, Grigori Soviet Union YU
952 The Damned 1969 Visconti, Luchino Italy / Switzerland / West Germany YS
952 The Son's Room 2001 Moretti, Nanni Italy / France Y
953 El Topo 1970 Jodorowsky, Alejandro Mexico D
961 Un Coeur en hiver 1992 Sautet, Claude France D
964 General della Rovere 1959 Rossellini, Roberto Italy / France Y
974 The Circle 2000 Panahi, Jafar Iran / Switzerland / Italy Y
980 The Sea Inside 2004 Amenábar, Alejandro Spain / France / Italy D
983 Ballad of a Soldier 1959 Chukraj, Grigori Soviet Union Y
989 Central Station 1998 Salles, Walter Brazil / France Y
996 Army of Shadows 1969 Melville, Jean-Pierre France / Italy D
1000 The Music Room 1958 Ray, Satyajit India Y
1001 Come and See 1985 Klimov, Elem Soviet Union Y
1005 Story of Women 1988 Chabrol, Claude France Y
1009 A Touch of Zen 1969 Hu, King Taiwan Y
1011 Winter Light 1962 Bergman, Ingmar Sweden Y
1015 Sundays and Cybele 1962 Bourguignon, Serge France Y
1017 A Man and a Woman 1966 Lelouch, Claude France Y
1023 Tsotsi 2005 Hood, Gavin UK / South Africa D
1031 Monsoon Wedding 2001 Nair, Mira India / USA / France / Italy / Germany D
1035 Bad Education 2004 Almodóvar, Pedro Spain D
1037 Hero 2002 Zhang, Yimou Hong Kong / China DS
1039 The Piano Teacher 2001 Haneke, Michael France / Austria D
1042 Russian Ark 2002 Sokurov, Aleksandr Russia / Germany Y
1043 Shoe-Shine 1946 De Sica, Vittorio Italy
1044 La Cérémonie 1995 Chabrol, Claude France / Germany Y
1051 Underground 1995 Kusturica, Emir France / Fed Rep of Yugoslavia / Germany / Hungary Y
1053 Seven Beauties 1975 Wertmüller, Lina Italy DU
1055 Entre Nous 1983 Kurys, Diane France Y