mizoguchi's "200+ Essential "Foreign" films"

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I use the term "foreign" to mean not in English, as this is an English-language site, and the term is generally quite quickly understood, though of course really it’s absurd and not one i’m keen on. For instance in the UK, Welsh language films have been described as in a foreign language though Welsh is the native language of Britain

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  1. 1.
    Sansho the Bailiff
    by Kenji Mizoguchi

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  2. 2.
    Seven Samurai - Criterion Collection
    by Akira Kurosawa

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  3. 3.
    The Rules of the Game - Criterion Collection
    by Jean Renoir

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    Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

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    8 1/2 - Criterion Collection

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    The Passion of Joan of Arc - Criterion Collection
    by Carl Theodor Dreyer

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    Tokyo Story - Criterion Collection
    by Yasujiro Ozu

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  8. 8.
    Children of Paradise - Criterion Collection
    by Marcel Carné

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    Talk to Her (Hable con Ella)

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  10. 10.
    The Seventh Seal - Criterion Collection
    by Ingmar Bergman

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  11. 11.
    Cinema Paradiso
    by Giuseppe Tornatore

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    Metropolis (Restored Authorized Edition)
    by Fritz Lang

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    Bicycle Thieves (Criterion Collection)
    by Vittorio De Sica

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  14. 14.
    Spirited Away
    by Hayao Miyazaki

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  15. 15.
    Pather Panchali
    by Satyajit Ray

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  16. 16.
    City of God
    by Fernando Meirelles

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  17. 17.
    Aguirre, the Wrath of God
    by Werner Herzog

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    Amelie
    by Jean-Pierre Jeunet

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    Battleship Potemkin
    by Grigori Aleksandrov

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  20. 20.
    Three Colors Trilogy (Blue / White / Red)
    by Florence Pernel

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  21. 21.
    The Battle of Algiers - Criterion Collection
    by Gillo Pontecorvo

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    Grand Illusion - Criterion Collection
    by Jean Renoir

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    M - Criterion Collection
    by Fritz Lang

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  24. 24.
    Andrei Rublev - Criterion Collection
    by Andrei Tarkovsky

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  25. 27.
    À bout de souffle (Breathless)
    by Jean-Luc Godard

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  26. 28.
    Oldboy
    by Chan-wook Park

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  27. 29.
    Ugetsu - Criterion Collection
    by Kenji Mizoguchi

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    Nosferatu - Special Edition
    by F.W. Murnau

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    Chungking Express
    by Kar Wai Wong

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  30. 32.
    Raise the Red Lantern
    by Yimou Zhang

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    Wings of Desire

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    Persona
    by Ingmar Bergman

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  33. 35.
    Rashomon - Criterion Collection

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    L' Atalante
    by Jean Vigo

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    Y Tu Mama Tambien
    by Alfonso Cuarón

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    L'Avventura - Criterion Collection
    by Michelangelo Antonioni

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    In the Mood for Love - Criterion Collection
    by Kar Wai Wong

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  40. 42.
    Throne of Blood - Criterion Collection
    by Akira Kurosawa

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  41. 43.
    La Dolce vita
    by Federico Fellini

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    Volver
    by Pedro Almodóvar

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  43. 45.
    Celine and Julie Go Boating
    by Jacques Rivette

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    Cyrano de Bergerac
    by Jean-Paul Rappeneau

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    Come and See
    by Elem Klimov

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  46. 49.
    Yeelen
    by Souleymane Cissé

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  47. 50.
    Close-Up

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Created by mizoguchi on Dec 22, 2006.
 

Comments

Untitled — 2 years ago

Well i’ve done this quite quickly, with no preparation, so don’t read too much into the order. I’ve tried to ensure a mix of popular and more demanding arthouse favourites, and not overload the list with any director, period or country- i hope there’s a reasonable balance.