Top 100 Foreign Films That I've Seen

Submitted by 1922 on Wed, 12/28/2005 - 11:41
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  1. Seven Samurai (1954), Japan *****
  2. 8 ½ (1963), Italy *****
  3. Rashomon (1951), Japan *****
  4. Wild Strawberries (1957), Sweden ****
  5. The Seventh Seal (1956), Sweden ****
  6. The Bicycle Thief (1948), Italy *****
  7. Cries and Whispers (1972), Sweden
  8. M (1931), Germany ****
  9. Ran (1985), Japan ****
  10. Amelie (2001), France ***
  11. Ikiru (1952), Japan ****
  12. Persona (1966), Sweden ***
  13. City of God (2002), Brazil *****
  14. The 400 Blows (1959), France *****
  15. La Dolce Vita (1960), Italy ****
  16. Stalker (1979), Russia
  17. Raise the Red Lantern (1991), China
  18. Andrei Rublev (1966), Russia
  19. Yojimbo (1961), Japan
  20. Throne of Blood (1957), Japan *****
  21. Grand Illusion (1937), France ***
  22. La Strada (1954), Italy ****
  23. The Exterminating Angel (1962), Mexico
  24. The Mirror (1974), Russia ***
  25. Children of Paradise (1945), France
  26. Aguirre, Wrath of God (1972), Germany ****
  27. Los Olvidados (1950), Mexico
  28. Umberto D (1952), Italy
  29. In the Mood for Love (2000), Hong Kong ****
  30. Metropolis (1926), Germany ***
  31. Fanny and Alexander (1982), Sweden *****
  32. Beauty and the Beast (1946), France
  33. Nights of Cabiria (1957), Italy
  34. The Rules of the Game (1939), France ***
  35. Spirited Away (2001), Japan *****
  36. Nostalghia (1983), Russia
  37. The Silence (1963), Sweden ***
  38. Tokyo Story (1953), Japan
  39. The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972), France
  40. Solaris (1972), Russia
  41. Winter Light (1962), Sweden
  42. Viridiana (1961), Spain
  43. Breathless (1959), France ***
  44. My Life to Live (1962), France
  45. Nosferatu (1922), Germany ****
  46. Pather Panchali (1955), India
  47. Open City (1945), Italy ****
  48. That Obscure Object of Desire (1977), France
  49. Through a Glass Darkly (1961), Sweden
  50. L'Age d'Or (1930), France ***
  51. Un Chien Andalou (1928), France ****
  52. Ugetsu Monogatari (1953), Japan
  53. The Wages of Fear (1953), France ***
  54. Cinema Paradiso (1988), Italy *****
  55. All About My Mother (1999), Spain
  56. Sansho the Bailiff (1954), Japan
  57. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1919), Germany ***
  58. Amarcord (1973), Italy ***
  59. Show Me Love (1998), Sweden
  60. L'Avventura (1960), Italy
  61. Battleship Potemkin (1925), Russia *****
  62. Smiles of a Summer Night (1955), Sweden
  63. La Notte (1961), Italy
  64. Talk to Her (2001), Spain ***
  65. Das Boot (1981), Germany
  66. The Hidden Fortress (1958), Japan
  67. The Leopard (1963), Italy ****
  68. The Children of Heaven (1997), Iran
  69. Chungking Express (1994), Hong Kong
  70. Princess Mononoke (1997), Japan
  71. To Live (1994), China
  72. Au Revoir les Enfants (1987), France
  73. Ivan's Childhood (1962), Russia
  74. Contempt (1963), France
  75. Amores Perros (2000), Mexico ****
  76. Central Station (1998), Brazil ****
  77. Underground (1995), Yugoslavia
  78. Fitzcarraldo (1982), Germany
  79. Hero (2002), China ****
  80. Run Lola Run (1998), Germany ****
  81. Shoot the Piano Player (1960), France
  82. Sanjuro (1962), Japan
  83. Belle de Jour (1967), France
  84. Alexander Nevsky (1938), Russia
  85. Pierrot Le Fou (1965), France
  86. The Killer (1989), Hong Kong
  87. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000), Taiwan ***
  88. Hiroshima, Mon Amour (1959), France
  89. Jean de Florette (1986), France
  90. Jules and Jim (1961), France ****
  91. Lovers of the Arctic Circle (1998), Spain
  92. High and Low (1963), Japan
  93. Diabolique (1954), France *****
  94. Kagemusha (1980), Japan
  95. The Virgin Spring (1959), Sweden
  96. Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988), Spain
  97. Life is Beautiful (1998), Italy *****
  98. Manon of the Spring (1986), France
  99. The Wild Reeds (1994), France
  100. No Man's Land (2001), UK ***
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