ForeignFilms.com's "Top 100 Foreign Films"

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foreignfilms.com’s 100 best movies

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Last synchronized with the source list on November 19, 2007.

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  1. 1.
    Seven Samurai - Criterion Collection
    by Akira Kurosawa

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  2. 2.
    8 1/2 - Criterion Collection

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  3. 3.
    Rashomon - Criterion Collection

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  4. 4.
    Wild Strawberries - Criterion Collection
    by Ingmar Bergman

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  5. 5.
    The Seventh Seal - Criterion Collection
    by Ingmar Bergman

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  6. 6.
    The Bicycle Thief
    by Vittorio De Sica

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  7. 7.
    Cries & Whispers - Criterion Collection
    by Ingmar Bergman

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  8. 9.
    Ran - Criterion Collection
    by Akira Kurosawa

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  9. 10.
    Amelie
    by Jean-Pierre Jeunet

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  10. 11.
    Ikiru - Criterion Collection
    by Akira Kurosawa

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  11. 12.
    Persona
    by Ingmar Bergman

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  12. 13.
    City of God
    by Fernando Meirelles

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  14. 15.
    La Dolce Vita (Deluxe Collector's Edition)
    by Federico Fellini

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  15. 16.
    Stalker (1979) (2pc) (Sub)
    by Andrei Tarkovsky

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  16. 17.
    Raise the Red Lantern
    by Yimou Zhang

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    Andrei Rublev - Criterion Collection
    by Andrei Tarkovsky

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    Yojimbo - Criterion Collection
    by Akira Kurosawa

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  19. 20.
    Throne of Blood - Criterion Collection
    by Akira Kurosawa

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  20. 21.
    Grand Illusion - Criterion Collection
    by Jean Renoir

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  21. 22.
    La Strada - Criterion Collection
    by Federico Fellini

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  22. 23.
    El Angel Exterminador
    by Luis Bunuel

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  23. 24.
    The Mirror
    by Andrei Tarkovsky

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  24. 25.
    Children of Paradise - Criterion Collection
    by Marcel Carné

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  25. 26.
    Aguirre, the Wrath of God
    by Werner Herzog

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  26. 28.
    Umberto D. - Criterion Collection
    by Vittorio De Sica

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  27. 29.
    In the Mood for Love - Criterion Collection
    by Kar Wai Wong

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  28. 30.
    Metropolis (Restored Authorized Edition)
    by Fritz Lang

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  29. 33.
    Nights of Cabiria - Criterion Collection
    by Federico Fellini

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  30. 34.
    The Rules of the Game - Criterion Collection
    by Jean Renoir

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  31. 35.
    Spirited Away
    by Hayao Miyazaki

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  32. 36.
    Nostalghia (Original Italian)
    by Andrei Tarkovsky

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  33. 37.
    The Silence - Criterion Collection
    by Ingmar Bergman

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  34. 38.
    Tokyo Story - Criterion Collection
    by Yasujiro Ozu

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  36. 40.
    Solaris - Criterion Collection
    by Andrei Tarkovsky

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  37. 41.
    Winter Light - Criterion Collection
    by Ingmar Bergman

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  38. 42.
    Viridiana - Criterion Collection
    by Luis Buñuel

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  39. 43.
    Breathless

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  40. 44.
    My Life to Live

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  41. 45.
    Nosferatu - Special Edition
    by F.W. Murnau

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  42. 46.
    Pather Panchali
    by Satyajit Ray

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  43. 47.
    Open City
    by Roberto Rossellini

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  44. 48.
    That Obscure Object of Desire - Criterion Collection
    by Luis Buñuel

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  45. 49.
    Through a Glass Darkly - Criterion Collection
    by Ingmar Bergman

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  46. 50.
    Luis Bunuel's L'Age d'Or

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Created by A L E E M 2.43 on Mar 14, 2006.
 

Comments

Mistake... — 37 weeks ago

The Killer (#86) is by John Woo, and not by someone else as mentioned in the list.


Extras — 1 year ago

Where is the Three Colours Trilogy?


marezydotes
Baltimore

A few notes... — 1 year ago

This list is comprised of an amazing set of classics. Unfortunately, it is not very well rounded…
Including so many Kurosawa, Fellini and Bunuel movies removes the chance for people to acquire knowledge of some of the other priceless foreign films that have just as much value. I would have included the rest of Satyajit Ray’s Apu Trilogy, and the Middle Man, Marcel Camus’ Orfeo Negro, Euzhan Palcy’s Rue Cases Negres, Iwai Shunji’s All About Lily Chou Chou, and Kim Ki-duk’s Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter…and Spring.

Oh, any films by female directors?

And though I worshipped Yimou Zhang through the ‘90’s I can’t see why Hero is on a list with Ikiru and Alexander Nevsky.


Everybody's got an opinion... — 2 years ago

Amelie?... Ouch!

Weekend (Godard)?
L’Eclisse (Antonioni)?
No Ozu at all?
No Fassbinder at all?

Many I would lose. Many more I would add. But a good list, nonetheless. Bravo.

J.


Untitled — 2 years ago

A pity a barbarian invading horde of anti-Japanese voters shot down Sansho the Bailiff from #1. It never had enough time or votes to recover (unlike the great + more famous Seven Samurai).


I think.. — 3 years ago

Akira should be on there…


revisions — 3 years ago

There were 15 titles on the list that weren’t on ForeginFilms.com’s list, and 15 that were missing. I also updated the order to match the official list, as of 8/23/06.