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Empire Magazine's "100 Best Films of World Cinema" (Non-English Language) (2010)

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1. The Seven Samurai (1954)
2. Amelie (2001)
3. Battleship Potemkin (1925)
4. The Bicycle Thief (1948)
5. Pan's Labyrinth (2006)
6. The Battle of Algiers (1966)
7. City of God (2002)
8. The Seventh Seal (1957)
9. The Wages of Fear (1953)
10. Spirited Away (2001)
11. La Dolce Vita (1960)
12. Metropolis (1927)
13. The Rules of the Game (1939)
14. ---> see "Three Colors Trilogy"
15. Let the Right One In (2008)
16. Tokyo Story (1953)
17. ---> see "The Apu Trilogy"
18. Oldboy (2003)
19. Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972)
20. Y Tu Mama Tambien (2001)
21. Nosferatu (1922)
22. Rashomon (1950)
23. The Spirit of the Beehive (1973)
24. Come and See (1985)
25. Das Boot (1981)
26. Beauty and the Beast (1946)
27. Cinema Paradiso (1988)
28. Raise the Red Lantern (1991)
29. The 400 Blows (1959)
30. Infernal Affairs (2002)
31. Godzilla (1954)
32. La Haine (1995)
33. M (1931)
34. Waltz With Bashir (2008)
35. Grand Illusion (1937)
36. The Decalogue: Season 1 (1989)  (Mini-Series)
37. Rome, Open City (1945)
38. Ashes and Diamonds (1958)
39. Le Samourai (1967)
40. L'Avventura (1960)
41. My Neighbor Totoro (1988)
42. In the Mood For Love (2000)
43. Cyrano De Bergerac (1990)
44. Ikiru (1952)
45. Suspiria (1977)
46. Jules and Jim (1962)
47. Ten (2002)
48. Downfall (2004)
49. Mr. Hulot's Holiday (1953)
50. Closely Watched Trains (1966)
51. Akira (1988)
52. Touki Bouki (1973)
53. All About My Mother (1999)
54. Festen (1998)
55. Lagaan (2001)
56. Belle de Jour (1967)
57. Central Do Brasil (1998)
58. Persepolis (2007)
59. Heimat: A Chronicle of Germany (1984)
60. ---> see "Jean de Florette / Manon of the Spring"
61. Knife In the Water (1962)
62. 8 1/2 (1963)
63. A Prophet (2009)
64. Wings of Desire (1987)
65. Un Chien Andalou (1929)
66. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
67. The Vanishing (1988)
68. Solaris (1972)
69. Ringu (1998)
70. Hard Boiled (1992)
71. Persona (1966)
72. Ten Canoes (2006)
73. Cache (2005)
74. Devdas (2002)
75. Breathless (1960)
76. The Idiots (1998)
77. House of Flying Daggers (2004)
78. Women On the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988)
79. Band of Outsiders (1964)
80. Mother India (1957)
81. The Host (2006)
82. Battle Royale (2000)
83. Xala (1975)
84. Orpheus (1950)
85. The Conformist (1970)
86. Run Lola Run (1998)
87. Andrei Rublev (1966)
88. Leningrad Cowboys Go America (1989)
89. A Blonde In Love (1965)
90. Rififi (1955)
91. Good Bye Lenin! (2003)
92. Ghost In the Shell (1995)
93. The Fourth Man (1983)
94. Yeelen (1987)
95. Return of the Dragon (1972)
96. Delicatessen (1991)
97. Farewell My Concubine (1993)
98. Ran (1985)
99. Iron Monkey (1993)
100. Night Watch (2004)

Three Colors Trilogy (1993-94)

 
14-1. Blue (1993)
14-2. White (1994)
14-3. Red (1994)

The Apu Trilogy (1955-59)

 
17-1. Pather Panchali (1955)
17-2. Aparajito (1956)
17-3. The World of Apu (1959)

Jean de Florette / Manon of the Spring (1986)

 
60-1. Jean de Florette (1986)
60-2. Manon of the Spring (1986)

NOTE: List compiled by Empire Magazine and posted online June 11, 2010 of the very best feature films not in the English language (i.e. documentaries not included).

Website: http://www.empireonline.com/features/100-greatest-world-cinema-films/