Lists of Bests: mizoguchi's "An Introduction to "Foreign Films"" http://www.listsofbests.com/list/57620 Largely setting aside personal taste, here's a list of films i think will together make a good starting point for newcomers to world cinema- hopefully a decent and accessible mix of styles and periods Thu, 03 Dec 2009 02:02:17 GMT en-us 0 50 35 0 0 Seven Samurai - Criterion Collection - 3-Disc Remastered Edition http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1575348 <div id="position">1</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1575348"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000G8NXYG.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Akira Kurosawa</div> The White Balloon (Badkonake sefid [Non-US Format, PAL Region 2]) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2974644 <div id="position">2</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2974644"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/011-CkLZ3%2BL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jafar Panahi</div> Cinema Paradiso http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/51935 <div id="position">3</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> Pather Panchali http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/65551 <div id="position">4</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/65551"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/6304104286.01._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">5</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> Grand Illusion - Criterion Collection http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/49207 <div id="position">6</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/49207"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0780020707.01._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">7</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> The 400 Blows - Criterion Collection http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/333759 <div id="position">8</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> Pan's Labyrinth http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2763370 <div id="position">9</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2763370"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51ZrVGzfxxL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Guillermo del Toro</div> Tokyo Story - Criterion Collection http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/36148 <div id="position">10</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> Y Tu Mama Tambien http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/36132 <div id="position">11</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/36132"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00005JL57.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Alfonso Cuarón</div> The Seventh Seal - Criterion Collection http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/35060 <div id="position">12</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> Hong Gao Liang (Red Sorghum) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/336357 <div id="position">13</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Zhang Yimou</div> Metropolis (1927) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2780853 <div id="position">14</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Fritz Lang</div> Amelie http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/36433 <div id="position">15</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> My Neighbor Totoro http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/93645 <div id="position">16</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/93645"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51LvMvY0a4L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Hayao Miyazaki</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> Chungking Express http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/48328 <div id="position">18</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/48328"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000065V38.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Kar Wai Wong</div> A Man Escaped http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/293121 <div id="position">19</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/293121"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B0001Y4LE6.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Robert Bresson</div> Los Silencios del Palacio (Samt el Qusur) [NTSC/REGION 0 DVD. Import-Latin America] http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4458122 <div id="position">20</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4458122"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41txLh-PW9L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Moufida Tlatli</div> Bicycle Thieves (Criterion Collection) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2468485 <div id="position">21</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> Oldboy http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/50140 <div id="position">22</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> Children of Paradise (Les Enfants du paradis) [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.4 Import - Australia ] http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/369308 <div id="position">23</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/369308"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000A16T4A.01-A1HZSA5JUUDTUK._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Marcel Carné</div> Spirit of the Beehive - Criterion Collection http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1632665 <div id="position">24</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1632665"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000G8NXZU.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Víctor Erice</div> Sansho the Bailiff - Criterion Collection http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2726241 <div id="position">25</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2726241"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000NOK0H6.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V43485747_.jpg" /></a></div> All About My Mother - Todo Sobre Mi Madre - Original Spanish http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/79742 <div id="position">26</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/79742"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000A7K0PI.01-A20DLHEFEL3M7D._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Pedro Almodóvar</div> L'Atalante (1934) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2800184 <div id="position">27</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jean Vigo</div> Jean De Florette / Manon of the Spring http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2815415 <div id="position">28</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2815415"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/11GfxfOv92L.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Claude Berri</div> Battle Royale Directors Cut http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/675258 <div id="position">29</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/675258"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000F4LPJ6.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Kinji Fukasaku</div> Belle de Jour http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/46263 <div id="position">30</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/46263"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00005JKP9.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> Run Lola Run http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/35828 <div id="position">31</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/35828"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51BV1GZKT9L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Tom Tykwer</div> La Belle et la Bête (Beauty and the Beast) ORIGINAL FRENCH [Criterion Collection] http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/71358 <div id="position">32</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/71358"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000BG08MS.01-A20DLHEFEL3M7D._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jean Cocteau</div> The Lives of Others http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2815425 <div id="position">34</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2815425"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/11SW-+d0eWL.jpg" /></a></div> Persepolis [2007] http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2903251 <div id="position">36</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Vincent Paronnaud & Marjane Satrapi</div> 8 1/2 - Criterion Collection http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/36299 <div id="position">37</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>