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The Greatest Non-English Films

The Top 100

 
1. The Rules of the Game (1939)
2. The Seven Samurai (1954)
3. M (1931)
4. 8 1/2 (1963)
5. The Bicycle Thief (1948)
6. Persona (1966)
7. Grand Illusion (1937)
8. Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972)
9. The Battle of Algiers (1966)
10. The 400 Blows (1959)
11. Fanny and Alexander (1982)
12. Tokyo Story (1953)
13. Rashomon (1950)
14. Ikiru (1952)
15. The Seventh Seal (1957)
16. Ran (1985)
17. Jules and Jim (1962)
18. The Conformist (1970)
19. La Dolce Vita (1960)
20. Contempt (1963)
21. Breathless (1960)
22. Ugetsu (1953)
23. Playtime (1967)
24. Au Hasard Balthazar (1966)
25. Andrei Rublev (1966)
26. City of God (2002)
27. In the Mood For Love (2000)
28. The Leopard (1963)
29. L'Avventura (1960)
30. Wild Strawberries (1957)
31. Le Samourai (1967)
32. Belle de Jour (1967)
33. Spirited Away (2001)
34. Children of Paradise (1945)
35. Beauty and the Beast (1946)
36. The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972)
37. L'Atalante (1934)
38. Nights of Cabiria (1957)
39. Red (1994)
40. The Wages of Fear (1953)
41. Wings of Desire (1987)
42. Cries and Whispers (1972)
43. The Decalogue (1989)
44. Yojimbo (1961)
45. Pickpocket (1959)
46. Sansho the Bailiff (1954)
47. La Strada (1954)
48. Late Spring (1949)
49. The Earrings of Madame de... (1953)
50. Raise the Red Lantern (1991)
51. High and Low (1963)
52. Umberto D (1952)
53. Y Tu Mama Tambien (2001)
54. Ordet (1955)
55. Cinema Paradiso (1988)
56. Yi Yi (2000)
57. L'Eclisse (1962)
58. Talk To Her (2002)
59. Rififi (1955)
60. Band of Outsiders (1964)
61. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
62. Blue (1993)
63. Chungking Express (1994)
64. Throne of Blood (1957)
65. The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964)
66. Celine and Julie Go Boating (1974)
67. Das Boot (1981)
68. Army of Shadows (1969)
69. Amarcord (1973)
70. Last Year At Marienbad (1961)
71. Hiroshima Mon Amour (1959)
72. Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1974)
73. Day For Night (1973)
74. Eyes Without a Face (1960)
75. My Night At Maud's (1969)
76. All About My Mother (1999)
77. Scenes From a Marriage (1973)
78. Rome, Open City (1945)
79. Suspiria (1977)
80. Smiles of a Summer Night (1955)
81. Come and See (1985)
82. Z (1969)
83. Woman In the Dunes (1964)
84. Masculine-Feminine (1966)
85. Viridiana (1961)
86. Amores Perros (2000)
87. Pierrot Le Fou (1965)
88. Shoot the Piano Player (1960)
89. Cleo From 5 To 7 (1962)
90. The Double Life of Veronique (1991)
91. Forbidden Games (1952)
92. Amelie (2001)
93. The Blue Angel (1930)
94. Orpheus (1950)
95. Run Lola Run (1998)
96. The Exterminating Angel (1962)
97. Satantango (1994)
98. The Gospel According To St. Matthew (1964)
99. Day of Wrath (1943)
100. The Cranes Are Flying (1957)

As compiled by a ballot by Edward Copeland and 173 other film experts

Nominated, but Non-winning films

 
Akira (1988)
Alexander Nevsky (1938)
Alice (1988)
Alphaville (1965)
Mark of the Devil 3 (1978)
The American Friend (1977)
The American Soldier (1970)
An Actor's Revenge (1963)
Angry Harvest (1985)
A Nous La Liberte (1931)
Antonia's Line (1995)
Ashes and Diamonds (1958)
Audition (1999)
Au Revoir Les Enfants (1987)
Babette's Feast (1987)
Ballad of a Soldier (1959)
Beau Travail (2000)
The Best Intentions (1992)
A Better Tomorrow (1986)
Betty Blue (1986)
Beware of a Holy Whore (1971)
The Bitter Tears of Petra Von Kant (1972)
Black Girl (1966)
Black Lizard (1968)
Black Orpheus (1959)
Black Peter (1964)
Black Pit of Dr. M (1959)
Black Sunday (1960)
Blissfully Yours (2002)
Blood and Black Lace (1964)
The Blood of a Poet (1930)
The Blue Kite (1993)
Boxers Omen (1983)
Boyfriends and Girlfriends (1987)
Branded To Kill (1967)
The Bride With White Hair (1993)
A Brighter Summer Day (1991)
Bullet In the Head (1990)
Burnt By the Sun (1994)
Camila (1984)
Carmen (1983)
Cat and Mouse (1975)
Festen (1998)
Central Do Brasil (1998)
Karakter (1997)
Charulata (1964)
Chere Inconnue (1980)
The Chinese Feast (1995)
A Chinese Ghost Story (1987)
The Circle (1970)
The City of Lost Children (1995)
A City of Sadness (1989)
Claire's Knee (1970)
Closely Watched Trains (1966)
The Cloud-Capped Star (1960)
Come Drink With Me (1966)
Coup De Torchon (1981)
Cria! (1976)
The Crime of Father Amaro (2002)
The Crime of Monsieur Lange (1936)
Cronos (1993)
Curious Dr. Humpp (1969)
Cyrano De Bergerac (1990)
Daisies (1966)
Dark Water (2002)
The Day a Pig Fell Into the Well (1996)
Days and Nights In the Forest (1970)
Death In Venice (1971)
Profondo Rosso (1975)
Delicatessen (1991)
Dersu Uzala (1975)
The Devil's Backbone (2001)
The Diabolical Dr. Z (1966)
Diabolique (1955)
Diary of a Country Priest (1951)
Distant Thunder (1973)
Diva (1981)
Doomed Love (1979)
Early Summer (1951)
Eat Drink Man Woman (1994)
Eight-Diagram Pole Fighter (1984)
Elevator To the Gallows (1958)
The Emigrants (2002)
The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser (1974)
Europa Europa (1990)
Europa '51 (1952)
Even Dwarfs Started Small (1970)
The Face of Another (1966)
Faithless (2000)
Farewell My Concubine (1993)
The Fast Runner (2002)
Roma (1972)
Female Prisoner Scorpion: Beast Stable (1973)
Female Prisoner Scorpion: Jailhouse 41 (1972)
Scorpion: Double Venom (1998)
Fires On the Plain (1959)
Fireworks (1997)
Fitzcarraldo (1982)
Floating Clouds (1955)
Floating Weeds (1959)
Flowers of Shanghai (1998)
Four Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle (1987)
Four Days In September (1997)
French Cancan (1954)
Funny Games (1997)
The Garden of the Finzi-Continis (1970)
Gion Bayashi (1953)
Germany: Year Zero (1948)
Giants and Toys (1958)
Girl Slaves of Morgana Le Fay (1971)
Going Places (1974)
Godzilla (1954)
Gonin (1995)
Grave of the Fireflies (1988)
The Great Silence (1968)
The Green Room (1978)
Hamsun (1996)
Buenos Aires Affair (1997)
Hard Boiled (1992)
The Hidden Fortress (1958)
The Home and the World (1984)
Hour of the Wolf (1968)
How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman (1971)
Hyenas (1992)
I Am Cuba (1964)
The Fiances (1963)
Il Posto (1961)
Incubus (1965)
India (1993)
Inferno (1980)
The Insect Woman (1963)
Insomnia (1997)
Intacto (2001)
International Gorillay (1990)
In the Realm of the Senses (1976)
Ivan (1932)
Ivan the Terrible, Part One (1944)
Ivan the Terrible, Part Two (1958)
I Vitelloni (1953)
I Was Born, But... (1932)
J'ai Pas Sommeil (1994)
Jean de Florette (1986)
Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai Du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975)
Jesus of Montreal (1989)
Jigoku (1999)
Juliet of the Spirits (1965)
Just Before Nightfall (1971)
Kanal (1957)
Kiki's Delivery Service (1989)
The Killer (1989)
The Kingdom (1973)
Kings of the Road (1976)
Knife In the Water (1962)
La Cage Aux Folles II (1980)
La Ceremonie (1995)
The Ladies of the Bois de Boulogne (1945)
La Femme Nikita (1990)
L'Age D'Or (1930)
The Great War (1959)
La Jetee (1962)
L'Amour Fou (1969)
Land of Silence and Darkness (1971)
La Notte (1961)
La Nuit Des Traquees (1980)
La Promesse (1996)
L'Argent (1983)
La Terra Trema (1948)
Law of Desire (1987)
Le Bal (1983)
Le Bonheur (1965)
Le Boucher (1970)
Le Doulos (1962)
The Fire Within (1963)
Les Experiences Erotiques De Frankenstein (1972)
Les Possedees Du Diable (1974)
Eyes Without a Face (1960)
Life Is Beautiful (1997)
Lola (1981)
Lola Montes (1955)
Los Olvidados (1950)
Love and Anarchy (1973)
A Blonde In Love (1965)
Mamma Roma (1962)
A Man and a Woman (1966)
A Man Escaped (1956)
Man Is Not a Bird (1965)
Manon of the Spring (1986)
The Marriage of Maria Braun (1979)
Master of the Flying Guillotine (1975)
Matador (1986)
Mephisto (1981)
The Merchant of Four Seasons (1971)
Millennium Mambo (2001)
Miracle In Milan (1951)
Mirror (2002)
Blind Beast (1969)
Mon Oncle (1958)
Monsoon Wedding (2001)
The Mother and the Whore (1973)
Muriel's Wedding (1994)
My Life As a Dog (1985)
My Mother's Castle (1990)
Mystics In Bali (1981)
The New Land (1972)
Night of the Shooting Stars (1982)
No Fear, No Die (1990)
No Man's Land (2001)
Don't Torture a Duckling (1972)
Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979)
Nowhere In Africa (2001)
The Official Story (1985)
Olum Savascisi (1984)
One On Top of the Other (1969)
Onibaba (1964)
Only Yesterday (1991)
Osaka Elegy (1936)
Ossessione (1943)
Out 1 (1971)
Paisan (1946)
Pale Flower (1964)
Paolo (1966)
Pather Panchali (1955)
Perceval (1978)
Perfumed Nightmare (1977)
The Phantom of Liberty (1974)
Pixote (1981)
The Pornographers (1966)
Port of Shadows (1938)
Il Postino (1994)
Princess Mononoke (1997)
Project A, Part II (1987)
In the Hands of a Puppet Master (1993)
Purana Mandir (1984)
Purple Noon (1960)
Pyaasa (1957)
Quai Des Orfevres (1947)
Red Beard (1965)
Le Cercle Rouge (1970)
Red Desert (1964)
The Red Violin (1998)
Repulsion (1965)
The Revolt of Job (1983)
The Rise of Louis Xiv (1966)
Rocco and His Brothers (1960)
Russian Ark (2002)
Salo, Or the 120 Days of Sodom (1975)
Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto (1954)
Samurai III: Duel On Ganryu Island (1956)
Santa Sangre (1989)
Seduced and Abandoned (1964)
Seven Beauties (1975)
Sex and Fury (1973)
Shall We Dance? (1996)
Shame (1968)
Shoeshine (1987)
A Short Film About Killing (1988)
The Silence (1963)
A Slave of Love (1976)
Soft Skin (1994)
Solaris (1972)
The Son (2002)
Sonatine (1993)
Songs From the Second Floor (2000)
The Son's Room (2001)
Spetters (1980)
The Spirit of the Beehive (1973)
Springtime In a Small Town (2002)
Stalker (1979)
Stolen Kisses (1968)
The Story of the Last Chrysanthemums (1939)
The Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh (1971)
Stray Dog (1949)
The Story of Adele H. (1975)
Street of Shame (1956)
Street Law (1974)
Stroszek (1977)
A Summer's Tale (1996)
Summer With Monika (1953)
A Sunday In the Country (1984)
The Sun's Burial (1960)
Swept Away (1974)
Sympathy For Mr. Vengeance (2002)
Tampopo (1985)
Tarkan: The Gold Medallion (1972)
Taste of Cherry (1997)
The 10th Victim (1965)
Tent of Miracles (1977)
Teorema (1968)
Tetsuo: The Iron Man (1989)
That Obscure Object of Desire (1977)
This Man Must Die (1969)
3 Dev Adam (1973)
Three Fantastic Supermen (1975)
Through a Glass Darkly (1961)
Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! (1990)
Time of the Gypsies (1988)
Time Out (2001)
The Tin Drum (1979)
Ikiru (1952)
Tokyo Drifter (1966)
Together (2000)
Tout Va Bien (1972)
Tristana (1970)
Twilight Samurai (2002)
Two English Girls (1971)
Two Or Three Things I Know About Her (1967)
Uzumaki (2000)
Vagabond (1985)
The Vanishing (1988)
My Life To Live (1962)
War and Peace (1967)
Week End (1967)
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs (1960)
Where Is the Friend's Home? (1987)
The Whip and the Body (1963)
White (1994)
The White Balloon (1995)
The White Rose (1982)
The White Sheik (1952)
The Wind Will Carry Us (1999)
With a Friend Like Harry (2000)
A Woman Is a Woman (1961)
Women On the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988)
Werckmeister Harmonies (2000)
Xala (1975)
A Year of the Quiet Sun (1984)
The Young Girls of Rochefort (1967)
Youth of the Beast (1963)
Zero For Conduct (1933)
Platform (2000)
Go For It, Baby! (1968)
Zu Warriors (1983)