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from the pen of Jandy Stone

Film Blogger’s 100 Favorite Foreign Films

Source: Edward Copeland on Film

I’m watching these in reverse order (from #100 to #1) and writing about them on my blog. I’ll crosspost the reviews here.

100. The Cranes are Flying (USSR 1957; Mikhail Kalatozov)
99. Day of Wrath (Denmark 1943; Carl Theodor Dreyer)
98. The Gospel According to St. Matthew (Italy 1964; Pier Paolo Pasolini)
97. Santantango (Bela Tarr) - hard to find, will watch and review it when I get the chance
96. The Exterminating Angel (Mexico 1962; Luis Buñuel)
95. Run Lola Run (Germany 1999; Tom Tykwer)
94. Orpheus (France 1950; Jean Cocteau)
93. The Blue Angel (Germany 1931; Josef von Sternberg)
92. Amelie (France 2001; Jean-Pierre Jeunet)
91. Forbidden Games (France 1952; Rene Clement)
90. The Double Life of Veronique (Poland/France 1991; Krzysztof Kieslowski)
89. Cleo from 5 to 7 (France; Angès Varda)
88. Shoot the Piano Player (France 1960; François Truffaut)
87. Pierrot le fou (France 1965; Jean-Luc Godard)
86. Amores Perros (Mexico 2001; Alejandro Gonzalez Iñarrítu)
85. Viridiana (Mexico; Luis Buñuel)
84. Masculin Feminin (France 1966; Jean-Luc Godard)
83. Woman in the Dunes (Hiroshi Teshigahara)
82. Z (France 1969; Costa-Gavras)
81. Come and See (Elem Klimov)
80. Smiles of a Summer Night (Sweden 1955; Ingmar Bergman)
79. Suspiria (Italy; Dario Argento)
78. Open City (Italy 1945; Roberto Rossellini)
77. Scenes from a Marriage (Sweden; Ingmar Bergman)
76. All About My Mother (Spain 1999; Pedro Almodovar)
75. My Night at Maud’s (France; Eric Rohmer)
74. Eyes Without a Face (France; Georges Franju)
73. Day for Night (France 1973; François Truffaut)
72. Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (Germany; Rainer Werner Fassbinder)
71. Hiroshima Mon Amour (France; Alain Resnais)
70. Last Year at Marienbad (France; Alain Resnais)
69. Amarcord (Italy 1974; Federico Fellini)
68. Army of Shadows (France; Jean-Pierre Melville)
67. Das Boot (Germany; Wolfgang Petersen)
66. Celine and Julie Go Boating (France 1974; Jacques Rivette)
65. The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (France 1964; Jacques Demy)
64. Throne of Blood (Japan; Akira Kurosawa)
63. Chungking Express (Wong Kar-Wei)
62. Blue (France 1993; Krzysztof Kieslowski)
61. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Taiwan 2000; Ang Lee)
60. Band of Outsiders (France 1964; Jean-Luc Godard)
59. Rififi (France; Jules Dassin)
58. Talk to Her (Spain 2002; Pedro Almodovar)
57. L’Eclisse (Italy; Michelangelo Antonioni)
56. Yi Yi: A One and a Two (China; Edward Yang)
55. Cinema Paradiso (Italy 1989; Giuseppe Tornatore)
54. Ordet (Denmark; Carl Theodor Dreyer)
53. Y tu mama tambien (Mexico; Alfonso Cuarón)
52. Umberto D (Italy 1952; Vittorio De Sica)
51. High and Low (Japan; Akira Kurosawa)
50. Raise the Red Lantern (China; Zhang Yimou)
49. The Earrings of Madame de… (France 1953; Max Ophüls)
48. Late Spring (Japan; Yasujiro Ozu)
47. La Strada (Italy 1956; Federico Fellini)
46. Sansho the Bailiff (Japan; Kenji Mizoguchi)
45. Pickpocket (France 1959; Robert Bresson)
44. Yojimbo (Japan; Akira Kurosawa)
43. The Decalogue (Poland; Krzysztof Kieslowski)
42. Cries and Whispers (Sweden 1978; Ingmar Bergman)
41. Wings of Desire (Germany 1988; Wim Wenders)
40. The Wages of Fear (France 1953; Henri-Georges Clouzot)
39. Red (France 1994; Krzysztof Kieslowski)
38. Nights of Cabiria (Italy 1957; Federico Fellini)
37. L’Atalante (France 1931; Jean Vigo)
36. The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (France; Luis Buñuel)
35. Beauty and the Beast (France 1946; Jean Cocteau)
34. Children of Paradise (France 1945; Marcel Carné)
33. Spirited Away (Japan; Hayao Miyazaki)
32. Belle de Jour (France; Luis Buñuel)
31. Le Samourai (France; Jean-Pierre Melville)
30. Wild Strawberries (Sweden 1960; Ingmar Bergman)
29. L’Avventura (Italy 1960; Michelangelo Antonioni)
28. The Leopard (Italy; Luchino Visconti)
27. In the Mood for Love (China 1991; Wong Kar-Wei)
26. City of God (Brazil 2003; Fernando Meirelles/Katia Lund)
25. Andrei Rublev (USSR; Andrei Tarkovsky)
24. Au Hasard Balthazar (France; Robert Bresson)
23. Playtime (France; Jacques Tati)
22. Ugetsu Monogatari (Japan; Kenji Mizoguchi)
21. Breathless (France 1959; Jean-Luc Godard)
20. Contempt (France 1963; Jean-Luc Godard)
19. La Dolce Vita (Italy 1960; Federico Fellini)
18. The Conformist (Italy 1970; Bernardo Bertolucci)
17. Jules and Jim (France 1962; François Truffaut)
16. Ran (Japan 1985; Akira Kurosawa)
15. The Seventh Seal (Sweden 1957; Ingmar Bergman)
14. Ikiru (Japan; Akira Kurosawa)
13. Rashomon (Japan 1950; Akira Kurosawa)
12. Tokyo Story (Japan 1950; Yasujiro Ozu)
11. Fanny and Alexander (Sweden 1983; Ingmar Bergman)
10. The 400 Blows (France 1959; François Truffaut)
9. The Battle of Algiers (Italy; Gillo Pontecorvo)
8. Aguirre, the Wrath of God (Germany 1972; Werner Herzog)
7. Grand Illusion (France 1937; Jean Renoir)
6. Persona (Sweden 1966; Ingmar Bergman)
5. Bicycle Thieves (Italy 1949; Vittorio De Sica)
4. 8 1/2 (Italy 1963; Federico Fellini)
3. M (Germany 1931; Fritz Lang)
2. The Seven Samurai (Japan 1956; Akira Kurosawa)
1. The Rules of the Game (France 1939; Jean Renoir)