Friday, 25 June 2010

Empire's 100 Best Films of World Cinema

Here's Empire Magazine's list of the 100 "greatest films not in the English language" - a suitable topic to be discussing in the middle of a World Cup. I've only seen 27 of these movies, so I definitely need to find time to watch a few more and brush up on my knowledge of world cinema...




1. Seven Samurai (1954, Japan)
2. Amelie (2000, France)
3. Battleship Potemkin (1925, Russia)
4. Bicycle Thieves (1948, Italy)
5. Pan's Labyrinth (2006, Spain)
6. Battle of Algiers (1966, France)
7. City of God (2002, Brazil)
8. The Seventh Seal (1957, Sweden)
9. The Wages of Fear (1953, France)
10. Spirited Away (2001, Japan)
11. La Dolce Vita (1960, Italy)
12. Metropolis (1927, Germany) 
13. La Regle du Jeu (1939, France)
14. Three Colours Trilogy (1993-4, Poland)
15. Let The Right One In (2008, Sweden)
16. Tokyo Story (1953, Japan)
17. The Apu Trilogy (1955 / 56 / 59, India)
18. Oldboy (2003, Korea)
19. Aguirre, Wrath of God (1972, Germany)
20. Y Tu Mama Tambien (2001, Mexico)
21. Nosferatu (1922, Germany)
22. Rashomon (1950, Japan)
23. Spirit of the Beehive (1973, Spain)
24. Come And See (1985, Russia)
25. Das Boot (1980, Germany)
26. La Belle et la Bete (1946, France)
27. Cinema Paradiso (1988, Italy)
28. Raise The Red Lantern (1991, China)
29. Les Quatres Cent Coups (1959, France)
30. Infernal Affairs (2002, Hong Kong)
31. Godzilla (1954, Japan)
32. La Haine (1995, France)
33. M (1931, Germany)
34. Waltz With Bashir (2008, Israel)
35. La Grande Illusion (1937, France)
36. Dekalog (1988, Poland)
37. Rome Open City (1945, Italy)
38. Ashes And Diamonds (1958, Poland)
39. Le Samourai (1967, France)
40. L’Avventura (1960, Italy)
41. My Neighbour Totoro (1988, Japan)
42. In The Mood For Love (2000, Hong Kong)
43. Cyrano de Bergerac (1990, France)
44. Ikiru (1952, Japan)
45. Suspiria (1977, Italy)
46. Jules et Jim (1962, France)
47. 10 (2002, Iran)
48. Downfall (2004, Germany)
49. M. Hulot’s Holiday (1953, France)
50. Closely Observed Trains (1966, Czechoslovakia)
51. Akira (1988, Japan)
52. Touki Bouki (1973, Senegal) 
53. All About My Mother (1999, Spain)
54. Festen (1998, Denmark)
55. Lagaan (2001, India)
56. Belle de Jour (1967, France)
57. Central Do Brasil (1998, Brazil)
58. Persepolis (2007, Iran)
59. Heimat (1985, Germany)
60. Jean de Florette / Manon des Sources (1986, France)
61. Knife in the Water (1962, Poland)
62. 8 1/2 (1963, Italy)
63. A Prophet (2009, France)
64. Wings of Desire (1987, Germany)
65. Un Chien Andalou (1929, Spain)
66. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000, China)
67. The Vanishing (1988, Holland)
68. Solaris (1972, Russia)
69. Ringu (1998, Japan)
70. Hard Boiled (1992, Hong Kong)
71. Persona (1966, Sweden)
72. Ten Canoes (2006, Australia)
73. Hidden (2005, Austria)
74. Devdas (2002, India) 
75. A Bout de Souffle (1960, France)
76. The Idiots (1998, Denmark)
77. House of Flying Daggers (2004, China)
78. Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988, Spain)
79. Bande A Part (1964, France)
80. Mother India (1957, India)
81. The Host (2006, Korea)
82. Battle Royale (2000, Japan)
83. Xala (1974, Senegal) 
84. Orphee (1950, France)
85. Il Conformista (1970, Italy)
86. Run Lola Run (1998, Germany)
87. Andrei Rublev (1966, Russia)
88. Leningrad Cowboys (1989, Finland)
89. Loves of a Blonde (1965, Czechoslovakia)
90. Rififi (1955, France)
91. Goodbye Lenin (2003, Germany)
92. Ghost in the Shell (1995, Japan)
93. The Fourth Man (1983, Holland)
94. Yeelen (1987, Mali)
95. Way of the Dragon (1972, Hong Kong)
96. Delicatessen (1991, France)
97. Farewell My Concubine (1993, China)
98. Ran (1985, Japan)
99. Iron Monkey (1993, China)
100. Night Watch (2004, Russia)

List of countries by number of films in list: 20, France; 12, Japan; 10, Germany; 8, Italy; 5, Russia, Spain, China; 4, Poland, India, Hong Kong; 3, Sweden; 2, Brazil, Korea, Iran, Czechoslovakia, Senegal, Denmark, Holland; 1, Mexico, Israel, Australia, Austria, Finland, Mali.

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