Foreignfilms.com Top 100

  1. 8½ (1963; Federico Fellini), Italy
  2. The 400 Blows [Les quatre cents coups] (1959; Francois Truffaut), France
  3. L'âge d'or (1930; Luis Buñuel), France
  4. Aguirre, Wrath of God [Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes] (1972; Werner Herzog), Germany
  5. Alexander Nevsky [Aleksandr Nevskiy] (1938; Sergei M. Eisenstein, Dmitri Vasilyev), Russia
  6. All About My Mother [Todo sobre mi madre] (1999; Pedro Almodóvar), Spain
  7. Amarcord (1973; Federico Fellini), Italy
  8. Amelie [Le Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain] (2001; Jean-Pierre Jeunet), France
  9. Amores perros (2000; Alejandro González Iñárritu), Mexico
  10. Andrei Rublev [Andrey Rublyov] (1966; Andrey Tarkovskiy), Russia
  11. Au Revoir les Enfants (1987; Louis Malle), France
  12. L'Avventura (1960; Michelangelo Antonioni), Italy
  13. Battleship Potemkin [Bronenosets Potyomkin] (1925; Sergei M. Eisenstein), Russia
  14. Beauty and the Beast [La belle et la bête] (1946; Jean Cocteau, René Clément), France
  15. Belle de Jour (1967; Luis Buñuel), France
  16. The Bicycle Thief [Ladri di biciclette] (1948; Vittorio De Sica), Italy
  17. Das Boot (1981; Wolfgang Petersen), Germany
  18. Breathless [À bout de souffle] (1960; Jean-Luc Godard), France
  19. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari [Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari] (1920; Robert Wiene), Germany
  20. Central Station [Central do Brasil] (1998; Walter Salles), Brazil
  21. Un Chien Andalou (1929; Luis Buñuel), France
  22. The Children of Heaven [Bacheha-Ye aseman] (1997; Majid Majidi), Iran
  23. Children of Paradise [Les enfants du paradis] (1945; Marcel Carné), France
  24. Chungking Express [Chung Hing sam lam] (1994; Kar Wai Wong), Hong Kong
  25. Cinema Paradiso [Nuovo cinema Paradiso] (1988; Giuseppe Tornatore), Italy
  26. City of God [Cidade de Deus] (2002; Fernando Meirelles, Kátia Lund), Brazil
  27. Contempt [Le mépris] (1963; Jean-Luc Godard), France
  28. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon [Wo hu cang long] (2000; Ang Lee), Taiwan
  29. Cries and Whispers [Viskningar och rop] (1972; Ingmar Bergman), Sweden
  30. Les Diaboliques (1955; Henri-Georges Clouzot), France
  31. The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie [Le Charme discret de la bourgeoisie] (1972; Luis Buñuel), France
  32. La Dolce Vita (1960; Federico Fellini), Italy
  33. The Exterminating Angel [El ángel exterminador] (1962; Luis Buñuel), Mexico
  34. Fanny and Alexander [Fanny och Alexander] (1982; Ingmar Bergman), Sweden
  35. Fitzcarraldo (1982; Werner Herzog), Germany
  36. Grand Illusion [La grande illusion] (1937; Jean Renoir), France
  37. Hero [Yīng xióng] (2002; Yimou Zhang), China
  38. The Hidden Fortress [Kakushi-toride no san-akunin] (1958; Akira Kurosawa), Japan
  39. High and Low [Tengoku to jigoku] (1963; Akira Kurosawa), Japan
  40. Hiroshima, Mon Amour (1959; Alain Resnais), France
  41. Ikiru (1952; Akira Kurosawa), Japan
  42. In the Mood for Love [Fa yeung nin wa] (2000; Kar Wai Wong), Hong Kong
  43. Ivan's Childhood [Ivanovo detstvo] (1962; Andrey Tarkovskiy, Eduard Abalov), Russia
  44. Jean de Florette (1986; Claude Berri), France
  45. Jules and Jim [Jules et Jim] (1961; François Truffaut), France
  46. Kagemusha (1980; Akira Kurosawa), Japan
  47. The Killer [Dip huet seung hung] (1989; John Woo), Hong Kong
  48. The Leopard [Il gattopardo] (1963; Luchino Visconti), Italy
  49. Life Is Beautiful [La Vita è bella] (1997; Roberto Benigni), Italy
  50. Lovers of the Arctic Circle [Los amantes del Círculo Polar] (1998; Julio Medem), Spain
  51. M (1931 - German; Fritz Lang, Germany
  52. Manon of the Spring [Manon des sources] (1986; Claude Berri), France
  53. Metropolis (1927; Fritz Lang), Germany
  54. The Mirror [Zerkalo] (1974; Andrei Tarkovsky), Russia
  55. My Life to Live [Vivre sa vie: Film en douze tableaux] (1962; Jean-Luc Godard), France
  56. Nights of Cabiria [Le Notti di Cabiria](1957; Federico Fellini)
  57. No Man's Land (2001; Danis Tanovic), Bosnia and Herzegovina
  58. Nosferatu [Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens] (1922; FW Murnau), Germany
  59. Nostalghia (1983; Andrey Tarkovskiy), Russia
  60. La Notte (1961; Michelangelo Antonioni), Italy
  61. Open City [Roma, città aperta] (1945; Roberto Rosellini), Italy
  62. Pather Panchali (1955; Satyajit Ray), India
  63. Persona (1966; Ingmar Bergman), Sweden
  64. Pierrot le fou (1965; Jean-Luc Godard), France
  65. Princess Mononoke [Mononoke-hime] (1997; Hayao Miyazaki), Japan
  66. Raise the Red Lantern [Da hong deng long gao gao gua] (1991; Yimou Zhang), China
  67. Ran (1985; Akira Kurosawa), Japan
  68. Rashomon (1950; Akira Kurosawa), Japan
  69. The Rules of the Game [La Règle du jeu] (1939; Jean Renoir), France
  70. Run Lola Run [Lola rennt] (1998; Tom Tykwer), Germany
  71. Sanjuro [Tsubaki Sanjûrô] (1962; Akira Kurosawa), Japan
  72. Sansho the Bailiff [Sanshô dayû] (1954; Kenji Mizoguchi), Japan
  73. The Seven Samurai [Shichinin no samurai] (1954; Akira Kurosoawa), Japan
  74. The Seventh Seal [Det sjunde inseglet] (1957; Ingmar Bergman), Sweden
  75. Shoot the Piano Player [Tirez sur le pianiste] (1960; Francois Truffaut), France
  76. Show Me Love [Fucking Åmål] (1998; Lukas Moodysson), Sweden
  77. The Silence [Tystnaden] (1963; Ingmar Bergman), Sweden
  78. Smiles of a Summer Night [Sommarnattens leende] (1955; Ingmar Bergman), Sweden
  79. Solaris [Solyaris](1972; Andrei Tarkovsky), Russia
  80. Spirited Away [Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi] (2001; Hayao Miyazaki), Japan
  81. Stalker (1979; Andrey Tarkovskiy), Russia
  82. La Strada (1954; Federico Fellini), Italy
  83. Talk to Her [Hable con ella] (2002; Pedro Almodóvar) , Spain
  84. That Obscure Object of Desire [Cet obscur objet du désir] (1977; Luis Buñuel)
  85. Throne of Blood [Kumonosu-jô]] (1957; Akira Kurosawa), Japan
  86. Through a Glass Darkly [Såsom i en spegel] (1961; Ingmar Bergman), Sweden
  87. To Live [Huozhe] (1994; Yimou Zhang), China
  88. Tokyo Story [Tôkyô monogatari] (1953; Yasujiro Ozu), Japan
  89. Ugetsu [Ugetsu Monogatori] (1953; Kenji Mizoguchi), Japan
  90. Umberto D (1952; Vittorio De Sica), Italy
  91. Underground (1995; Emir Kusturica), Yugoslavia
  92. The Virgin Spring [Jungfrukällan] (1959; Ingmar Bergman), Sweden
  93. Viridiana (1961; Luis Buñuel), Spain
  94. Wages of Fear [Le Salaire de la peur] (1953; Henri-Georges Clouzot), France
  95. Wild Reeds [Les roseaux sauvages] (1994; André Téchiné), France
  96. Wild Strawberries [Smultronstället] (1957; Ingmar Bergman)
  97. Winter Light [Nattvardsgästerna] (1962; Ingmar Bergman), Sweden
  98. Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown [Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios] (1988; Pedro Almodóvar), Spain
  99. Yojimbo [Yôjinbô] (1961; Akira Kurosawa), Japan
  100. The Young and the Damned [Los Olvidados] (1950; Luis Buñuel), Mexico