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  • Seven Samurai (1954), Japan
  • directed by Akira Kurosawa
  • 8 1/2 (1963), Italy
  • directed by Federico Fellini
  • Rashomon (1951), Japan
  • directed by Akira Kurosawa
  • Wild Strawberries (1957), Sweden
  • directed by Ingmar Bergman
  • The Seventh Seal (1956), Sweden
  • directed by Ingmar Bergman
  • 1. The Bicycle Thief (1948), Italy
  • directed by Vittorio De Sica
  • Cries and Whispers (1972), Sweden
  • directed by Ingmar Bergman
  • M (1931), Germany
  • directed by Fritz Lang
  • Ran (1985), Japan
  • directed by Akira Kurosawa
  • 2. Amelie (2001), France
  • directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet
  • Ikiru (1952), Japan
  • directed by Akira Kurosawa
  • Persona (1966), Sweden
  • directed by Ingmar Bergman
  • City of God (2002), Brazil
  • directed by Fernando Meirelles
  • The 400 Blows (1959), France
  • directed by Francois Truffaut
  • La Dolce Vita (1960), Italy
  • directed by Federico Fellini
  • Stalker (1979), Russia
  • directed by Andrei Tarkovsky
  • Raise the Red Lantern (1991), China
  • directed by Yimou Zhang
  • Andrei Rublev (1966), Russia
  • directed by Andrei Tarkovsky
  • Yojimbo (1961), Japan
  • directed by Akira Kurosawa
  • Throne of Blood (1957), Japan
  • directed by Akira Kurosawa
  • 3. Grand Illusion (1937), France
  • directed by Jean Renoir
  • La Strada (1954), Italy
  • directed by Federico Fellini
  • The Exterminating Angel (1962), Mexico
  • directed by Luis Bunuel
  • The Mirror (1974), Russia
  • directed by Andrei Tarkovsky
  • Children of Paradise (1945), France
  • directed by Marcel Carne
  • Aguirre, Wrath of God (1972), Germany
  • directed by Werner Herzog
  • Los Olvidados (1950), Mexico
  • directed by Luis Bunuel
  • Umberto D (1952), Italy
  • directed by Vittorio De Sica
  • In the Mood for Love (2000), Hong Kong
  • directed by Wong Kar-Wai
  • Metropolis (1926), Germany
  • directed by Fritz Lang
  • Fanny and Alexander (1982), Sweden
  • directed by Ingmar Bergman
  • Beauty and the Beast (1946), France
  • directed by Jean Cocteau
  • Nights of Cabiria (1957), Italy
  • directed by Federico Fellini
  • The Rules of the Game (1939), France
  • directed by Jean Renoir
  • Spirited Away (2001), Japan
  • directed by Hayao Miyazaki
  • Nostalghia (1983), Russia
  • directed by Andrei Tarkovsky
  • The Silence (1963), Sweden
  • directed by Ingmar Bergman
  • 4. Tokyo Story (1953), Japan
  • directed by Yasujiro Ozu
  • The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972), France
  • directed by Luis Bunuel
  • Solaris (1972), Russia
  • directed by Andrei Tarkovsky
  • Winter Light (1962), Sweden
  • directed by Ingmar Bergman
  • Viridiana (1961), Spain
  • directed by Luis Bunuel
  • 5. Breathless (1959), France
  • directed by Jean-Luc Godard
  • My Life to Live (1962), France
  • directed by Jean-Luc Godard
  • 6. Nosferatu (1922), Germany
  • directed by F.W. Murnau
  • 7. Pather Panchali (1955), India
  • directed by Satyajit Ray
  • Open City (1945), Italy
  • directed by Roberto Rossellini
  • That Obscure Object of Desire (1977), France
  • directed by Luis Bunuel
  • Through a Glass Darkly (1961), Sweden
  • directed by Ingmar Bergman
  • L'Age d'Or (1930), France
  • directed by Luis Bunuel
  • 8. Un Chien Andalou (1928), France
  • directed by Luis Bunuel
  • Ugetsu Monogatari (1953), Japan
  • directed by Kenji Mizoguchi
  • The Wages of Fear (1953), France
  • directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot
  • Cinema Paradiso (1988), Italy
  • directed by Giuseppe Tornatore
  • All About My Mother (1999), Spain
  • directed by Pedro Almodovar
  • Sansho the Bailiff (1954), Japan
  • directed by Kenji Mizoguchi
  • 9. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1919), Germany
  • directed by Robert Wiene
  • Amarcord (1973), Italy
  • directed by Federico Fellini
  • Show Me Love (1998), Sweden
  • directed by Lukas Moodysson
  • L'Avventura (1960), Italy
  • directed by Michelangelo Antonioni
  • 10. Battleship Potemkin (1925), Russia
  • directed by Sergei Eisenstein
  • Smiles of a Summer Night (1955), Sweden
  • directed by Ingmar Bergman
  • La Notte (1961), Italy
  • directed by Michelangelo Antonioni
  • Talk to Her (2001), Spain
  • directed by Pedro Almodovar
  • Das Boot (1981), Germany
  • directed by Wolfgang Petersen
  • The Hidden Fortress (1958), Japan
  • directed by Akira Kurosawa
  • The Leopard (1963), Italy
  • directed by Luchino Visconti
  • The Children of Heaven (1997), Iran
  • directed by Majid Majidi
  • 11. Chungking Express (1994), Hong Kong
  • directed by Wong Kar-Wai
  • Princess Mononoke (1997), Japan
  • directed by Hayao Miyazaki
  • To Live (1994), China
  • directed by Yimou Zhang
  • Au Revoir les Enfants (1987), France
  • directed by Louis Malle
  • Ivan's Childhood (1962), Russia
  • directed by Andrei Tarkovsky
  • Contempt (1963), France
  • directed by Jean-Luc Godard
  • Amores Perros (2000), Mexico
  • directed by Alejandro Gonzalez Iniarritu
  • Central Station (1998), Brazil
  • directed by Walter Salles
  • Underground (1995), Yugoslavia
  • directed by Emir Kusturica
  • Fitzcarraldo (1982), Germany
  • directed by Werner Herzog
  • Hero (2002), China
  • directed by Yimou Zhang
  • Run Lola Run (1998), Germany
  • directed by Tom Tykwer
  • Shoot the Piano Player (1960), France
  • directed by Francois Truffaut
  • Sanjuro (1962), Japan
  • directed by Akira Kurosawa
  • Belle de Jour (1967), France
  • directed by Luis Bunuel
  • Alexander Nevsky (1938), Russia
  • directed by Sergei Eisenstein
  • Pierrot Le Fou (1965), France
  • directed by Jean-Luc Godard
  • The Killer (1989), Hong Kong
  • directed by John Woo
  • Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000), Taiwan
  • directed by Ang Lee
  • Hiroshima, Mon Amour (1959), France
  • directed by Alain Resnais
  • Jean de Florette (1986), France
  • directed by Claude Berri
  • Jules and Jim (1961), France
  • directed by Francois Truffaut
  • Lovers of the Arctic Circle (1998), Spain
  • directed by Julio Medem
  • High and Low (1963), Japan
  • directed by Akira Kurosawa
  • Diabolique (1954), France
  • directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot
  • Kagemusha (1980), Japan
  • directed by Akira Kurosawa
  • The Virgin Spring (1959), Sweden
  • directed by Ingmar Bergman
  • Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988), Spain
  • directed by Pedro Almodovar
  • 12. Life is Beautiful (1998), Italy
  • directed by Roberto Benigni
  • Manon of the Spring (1986), France
  • directed by Claude Berri
  • 99. The Wild Reeds (1994), France
  • directed by Andre Techine
  • 100. No Man's Land (2001), UK
  • directed by Danis Tanovic
Author Comments: 

There isn't more than a dozen of these I have seen but some are on my current Would Like to Watch List in My Head