100 Greatest Foreign Films

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Good point, my mistake I suppose, although looking through the list now I think (hope) it's the only one that is Got a couple more Antonioni films to come, but looking at them they seem to be in Italian language
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50 - Journey to Italy (Robert Rossellini, 1954)



49 - Three Colors: Red (Krzysztof Kieślowski, 1994)



48 - Vivre Sa Vie (Jean-Luc Godard, 1962)



47 - Nosferatu (F.W. Murnau, 1922)



46 - Un Chien Andalou (Luis Buñuel, 1929)



45 - La Strada (Federico Fellini, 1954)



44 - Close-Up (Abbas Kiarostami, 1990)



43 - Gertrud (Carl Theodor Dreyer, 1964)



42 - Amarcord (Federico Fellini, 1973)



41 - Le Mépris (Jean-Luc Godard, 1963)



40 - Sansho the Bailiff (Kenji Mizoguchi, 1954)



39 - Man with a Movie Camera (Dziga Vertov, 1929)



38 - Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1974)



37 - Ordet (Carl Theodor Dreyer, 1955)



36 - The Spirit of the Beehive (Víctor Erice, 1973)



35 - Shoah (Claude Lanzmann, 1985)



34 - Ugetsu Monogatari (Kenji Mizoguchi, 1953)



33 - Pierrot le Fou (Jean-Luc Godard, 1965)



32 - Stalker (Andrei Tarkovsky, 1979)



31 - The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (Luis Buñuel, 1972)



30 - Metropolis (Fritz Lang, 1927)



29 - Eclipse (Michelangelo Antonioni, 1962)



28 - Mirror (Andrei Tarkovsky, 1975)



27 - L'Atalante (Jean Vigo, 1934)



26 - Viridiana (Luis Buñuel, 1961)



25 - The Passion of Joan of Arc (Carl Theodor Dreyer, 1928)



24 - Come and See (Elem Klimov, 1985)



23 - La Grande Illusion (Jean Renoir, 1937)



22 - Au hasard Balthazar (Robert Bresson, 1966)



21 - Battleship Potemkin (Sergei Eisenstein, 1925)





I'm guessing Tokyo Story, Seven Samurai, 8 1/2 or La Dolce Vita will be at the top spot.

Great effort, Daniel!



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It's not even my list Mr Minio, I've got put together loads of other lists to try and get as close to a 'definitive' list as I can, but this is my first effort so think of it as beta/v1, won't be perfect, but all the films on here I am interested in watching, at least the ones I haven't seen.

Whilst controversial, Salo is normally recognised as an important piece of cinema anyway, and it appears on most foreign film recommendation lists, for better or worse.

Any of you guys gonna take a guess at what you reckon will be number 1? All I will say is you'll begin recognising more films soon anyway
Breathless will be up there



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Some interesting and possible correct predictions for the top films guys

20 - Playtime (Jacques Tati, 1967)



19 - Andrei Rublev (Andrei Tarkovsky, 1971)



18 - The Battle of Algiers (Gillo Pontecorvo, 1966)



17 - Pather Panchali (Satyajit Ray, 1955)



16 - The Seventh Seal (Ingmar Bergman, 1957)



15 - The Conformist (Bernardo Bertolucci, 1970)



14 - Fanny and Alexander (Ingmar Bergman, 1982)



13 - The 400 Blows (François Truffaut, 1959)



12 - La Dolce Vita (Federico Fellini, 1960)



11 - Aguirre, the Wrath of God (Werner Herzog, 1972)




If I were to predict the top ten, in order:

The Rules of the Game
Tokyo Story
8 1/2
Seven Samurai
Breathless
Bicycle Thieves
Persona
Rashomon
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L'Avventura
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I've only seen 77, but I don't check the Apu Trilogy in my lists because that was forever ago. Several more in my queue though.
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It would be good to make a top 100 with only one movie per director, representing the director's work. Instead of some director showing up with 5-6 movies (Ingmar Bergman and Robert Bresson).



Yeah I am saying number one is going to be Seven Samurai. At least I hope it is, as 8 1/2 has a shot too.
Movies that I guess have a shot at 1st place:

- Tokyo Story
- Seven Samurai
- Persona
- Rules of the Game
- 8 1/2
- The Passion of Joan D'Arc
- Breathless
- Bicycle Thieves



If I were to predict the top ten, in order:

The Rules of the Game
Tokyo Story
8 1/2
Seven Samurai
Breathless
Bicycle Thieves
Persona
Rashomon
M
L'Avventura
You can have rep for guessing the 10 correct films, the order, well... you'll have to wait and see



Movies that I guess have a shot at 1st place:

- Tokyo Story
- Seven Samurai
- Persona
- Rules of the Game
- 8 1/2
- The Passion of Joan D'Arc
- Breathless
- Bicycle Thieves
The Passion of Joan of Arc is 25 on the list so that is ruled out.

The rest have a legit shot.