The MoFo Top 100 Foreign Language Film Countdown

Yeah, I noticed you'd voted for it @rauldc14 we really don't have a lot of overlap, do we? And yet we did a really good Psycho commentary, so when we do, it works well

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I think about the commentary days pretty often. Those were good times.

One of my favorite ones

It's a brilliant film isn't it.

Nice to see some love for Broken Circle Breakdown. Devastating but lovely film.

Absolutely. I definitely didn't expect to love it as much as I did when I first saw it. I hope it gets a Criterion release someday.

Watched The Skin I Live In

My thanks also to Thursday Next; although I have not been posting, I have been following.

This was my list:

1. Andrei Rublev (1966) (#23)
2. The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser (1974)
3. Metropolis (1927) (#31)
4. 8½ (1963) (#9)
5. The Hourglass Sanatorium (1973)
6. Stalker (1979) (#7)
7. Vampyr (1932) (#84)
8. Aguirre: The Wrath of God (1972) (#15)
9. Rashomon (1950) (#13)
10. The Seventh Seal (1957) (#4)
11. Seven Samurai (1954) (#1)
12. Eyes Without a Face (1960)
13. Persona (1966) (#2)
14. The Vanishing (1988) (#94)
15. Jules and Jim (1962)
16. The Battle of Algiers (1966) (#56)
17. Invention for Destruction (1958)
18. Blow-Up (1966)
19. Kanal (1957)
20. The Boat (1981) (#25)
21. Fanny and Alexander (1982) (#39)
22. Where Is My Friend's House? (1987)
23. Nosferatu (1922)
24. Bicycle Thieves (1948) (#6)
25. The Blue Angel (1930)

So 15 of my list made the final list, which feels like a pretty healthy percentage. A quick, and possibly not entirely accurate, count says I've seen 60 of the 100, including all of the top 20 (though I only saw Come and See for the first time this past weekend, along with Princess Mononoke). Plenty to look forward to then.

#121 Shoeshine, 45 points, 2 ballots
#122 The Spirit of the Beehive, 44 points, 4 ballots
#123 The Young Girls of Rochefort, 44 points, 4 ballots
#124 Werckmeister Harmonies, 44 points, 3 ballots
#125 Control, 44 points, 2 ballots
#126 Cries and Whispers, 43 points, 4 ballots
#127 The Fire Within, 42 points, 3 ballots
#128 Weekend, 42 points, 2 ballots
#129 Mother, 41 points, 4 ballots
#130 Castle in the Sky, 41 points, 2 ballots
= Leolo, 41 points, 2 ballots

#132 Deep Red, 41 points, 2 ballots
#133 Le Cercle Rouge, 40 points, 4 ballots
#134 Umberto D, 40 points, 4 ballots
#135 Man with a Movie Camera , 40 points, 4 ballots
#136 Mommy, 40 points, 4 ballots
#137 La Jetee, 40 points, 3 ballots
#138 The Broken Circle Breakdown, 40 points, 3 ballots
#139 The Best of Youth, 40 points, 2 ballots
#140 Perfect Blue, 39 points, 3 ballots

#141 All About My Mother, 38 points, 4 ballots
#142 Breathless, 38 points, 4 ballots
#143 Talk to her, 38 points, 3 ballots
#144 The Artist, 38 points, 2 ballots
#145 L’Avventura, 38 points, 2 ballots
#146 Y Tu Mama Tambien, 37 points, 4 ballots
#147 Christiane F, 37 points, 3 ballots
#148 The Raid, 37 points, 3 ballots
#149 A Moment of Innocence, 37 points, 2 ballots
= The Human Condition III, 37 points, 2 ballots



Keep it going....maybe someone when bored will put together a region list.

I'm a little late but here's my final list...

1. Das Boot (1981)
2. Spirited Away (2001)
3. The Lives of Others (2006)
4. In the Mood for Love (2000)
5. The Witch: Part 1. The Subversion (2018)
6. After the Storm (2016)
7. Au Revoir Les Enfants (1987)
8. Fanny and Alexander (1982)
9. Charulata (1964)
10. One Cut of the Dead (2017)
11. Grave of the Fireflies (1988)
12. Our Little Sister (2015)
13. Ring (1998)
14. Nights of Cabiria (1957)
15. Capernaum (2018)
16. Aguirre: The Wrath of God (1972)
17. Betty Blue (1986)
18. The Wages of Fear (1953)
19. The Chorus (2004)
20. The Motorcycle Diaries (2004)
21. Jean de Florette (1986)
22. Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979)
23. Brother (2000)
24. La Haine (1995)
25. Ida (2013)

Thanks Thursday for hosting it. Can't wait for the next one.

Whoops. I hadn't realized this thing was wrapped up. Is there a list of the top 25 anywhere? Thanks.

First page has entire list of 100.

Seven Samurai is the #1 voted top foreign film of all time??


I had it at #9, and I thought that was a stretch.. I think we have a lot of sword play fans on the forum..

Am I the only one who knew it would be number 1 from the getgo?

No.

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Has this list been added to the main lists section yet? I'm not seeing it there.

No not yet.

Sorry, meant to have it up Monday, just a little busier than expected. Hopefully today.

Good guess, bro.

BTW, who do you like in the 4th race at Santa Anita?..