Lists of Bests: mizoguchi's "200+ Essential "Foreign" films" http://www.listsofbests.com/list/21317 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 Sat, 14 Nov 2009 18:36:14 GMT en-us 0 50 205 50 0 Sansho the Bailiff http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/562665 <div id="position">1</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Kenji Mizoguchi</div> Seven Samurai - Criterion Collection http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/41262 <div id="position">2</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/41262"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0780020685.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Akira Kurosawa</div> The Rules of the Game - Criterion Collection http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/36147 <div id="position">3</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/36147"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00005JLV6.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jean Renoir</div> Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/35901 <div id="position">4</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/35901"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00003CXR4.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> 8 1/2 - Criterion Collection http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/36299 <div id="position">5</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/36299"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00005QAPH.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> The Passion of Joan of Arc - Criterion Collection http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/47177 <div id="position">6</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/47177"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0780022343.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Carl Theodor Dreyer</div> Tokyo Story - Criterion Collection http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/36148 <div id="position">7</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/36148"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00005JLV7.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Yasujiro Ozu</div> Children of Paradise - Criterion Collection http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/43945 <div id="position">8</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/43945"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00005T30I.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Marcel Carné</div> Talk to Her (Hable con Ella) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/41891 <div id="position">9</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/41891"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00005JLQW.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> The Seventh Seal - Criterion Collection http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/35060 <div id="position">10</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/35060"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/6305174083.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ingmar Bergman</div> Cinema Paradiso http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/51935 <div id="position">11</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/51935"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/6305648522.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Giuseppe Tornatore</div> Metropolis (Restored Authorized Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/36620 <div id="position">12</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/36620"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00007L4MJ.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Fritz Lang</div> Bicycle Thieves (Criterion Collection) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2468485 <div id="position">13</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2468485"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000KRNGO0.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Vittorio De Sica</div> Spirited Away http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/23275 <div id="position">14</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/23275"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/515A2S89QHL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Hayao Miyazaki</div> Pather Panchali http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/36845 <div id="position">15</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/36845"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B0000C9JFR.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Satyajit Ray</div> City of God http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/36866 <div id="position">16</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/36866"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B0000D9PNX.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Fernando Meirelles</div> Aguirre, the Wrath of God http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/65536 <div id="position">17</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/65536"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/6305972761.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Werner Herzog</div> Amelie http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/36433 <div id="position">18</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/36433"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B0000640VO.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jean-Pierre Jeunet</div> Battleship Potemkin http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/62785 <div id="position">19</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/62785"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B0001EFTXI.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Grigori Aleksandrov</div> Three Colors Trilogy (Blue / White / Red) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/40301 <div id="position">20</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/40301"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000083C5F.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Florence Pernel</div> The Battle of Algiers - 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Criterion Collection http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/39236 <div id="position">24</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/39236"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/6305257450.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Andrei Tarkovsky</div> Jean De Florette / Manon of the Spring - 2 DVD Set [Import , in French with English Subtitles] http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2410785 <div id="position">25</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2410785"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000K9DLRK.01-A1EQCQMJX5EICV._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Claude Berri</div> Fanny and Alexander (Special Edition Five-Disc Set) - Criterion Collection http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/37355 <div id="position">26</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/37355"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000305ZYS.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> À bout de souffle (Breathless) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/95056 <div id="position">27</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jean-Luc Godard</div> Oldboy http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/50140 <div id="position">28</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/50140"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/5177K3F5Y0L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Chan-wook Park</div> Ugetsu - Criterion Collection http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/95921 <div id="position">29</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/95921"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000BB14I0.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Kenji Mizoguchi</div> Nosferatu - Special Edition http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/36053 <div id="position">30</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/36053"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000055ZB8.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by F.W. Murnau</div> Chungking Express http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/162271 <div id="position">31</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/162271"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B0001XLVZO.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Kar Wai Wong</div> Raise the Red Lantern http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/74248 <div id="position">32</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/74248"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000BBOU5O.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Yimou Zhang</div> Wings of Desire http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/56222 <div id="position">33</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/56222"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00005JKI7.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> Persona http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/46082 <div id="position">34</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/46082"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B0000YEEHG.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ingmar Bergman</div> Rashomon - 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Criterion Collection http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/39237 <div id="position">39</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/39237"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51RA3DP0KDL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Michelangelo Antonioni</div> The 400 Blows - Criterion Collection http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/333759 <div id="position">40</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/333759"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000E5LEV0.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> In the Mood for Love - Criterion Collection http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/35906 <div id="position">41</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/35906"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51626KRF46L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Kar Wai Wong</div> Throne of Blood - Criterion Collection http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/41707 <div id="position">42</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/41707"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00008RH1H.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Akira Kurosawa</div> La Dolce vita http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/77596 <div id="position">43</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/77596"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B0002VF4XU.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Federico Fellini</div> Volver http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1610272 <div id="position">44</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1610272"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00005JPBD.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Pedro Almodóvar</div> Celine and Julie Go Boating http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/247793 <div id="position">45</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/247793"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B0001GQTWQ.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jacques Rivette</div> The Decalogue (Special Edition Complete Set) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/48103 <div id="position">46</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/48103"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00009Y3OK.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> Cyrano de Bergerac http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/44316 <div id="position">47</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/44316"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B0000YEENU.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jean-Paul Rappeneau</div> Come and See http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/67085 <div id="position">48</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/67085"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B0000BWVCR.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Elem Klimov</div> Yeelen http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/620881 <div id="position">49</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/620881"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B0000D0YWS.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Souleymane Cissé</div> Close-Up http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/65898 <div id="position">50</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/65898"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000060MU4.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div>