Your Top Foreign films list!!

[The Delfonics]

Not sure if this would work in Best/Worst/Favs but we are posting reviews in here now. Its like our own little world :)

So everyone post your Top 5, Top 10, Top100 favorite foreign films!!

My Top list atm:

Y tu Mama Tambien (10/10)
Amelie (9/10)
Man Bites Dog (9/10)
Abre Los Ojos (9/10)
Battle Royale (8/10)
Thesis (8/10)
Bullet In The Head (8/10)

[eliti]

i will do a top ten i suppose

1. hiroshima mon amour (resnais)
2. contempt (godard)
3. ran (kurosawa)
4. alphaville (godard)
5. the fireman's ball (forman)
6. roshomon (kurosawa)
7. that obscure object of desire (bunuel)
8. amelie (jeunet)
9. band of outsiders (godard)
10. last year at marienbad (resnais)

[James Logan]

...but let's give it a try.

1. THE SEVEN SAMURAI, Akira Kurosawa (Japan)
2. HARD-BOILED, John Woo (Hong Kong)
3. LA DOLCE VITA, Federico Fellini (Italy)
4. AKIRA, Katsushiro Ôtomo (Japan)
5. GRAVE OF THE FIREFLIES, Isao Takahata (Japan)
6. LA VITA E BELLA, Roberto Begnini (Italy)
7. BROTHERHOOD OF THE WOLVES, Christophe Gans (France)
8. LA FEMME NIKITA, Luc Besson (France)
9. THE KILLER, John Woo (Hong Kong)
10. ONCE UPON A TIME IN CHINA, Tsui Hark (Hong Kong)

Very tough to pick only ten...very tough indeed.

[charliebobo]

AMELIE- Jeunet (France)
CARO DIARIO- Moretti (Italy)
8 WOMEN- Ozon (France)
THE 400 BLOWS- Truffaut (France)
FUCKING AMAL- Moodysson (Sweden)
LADRI DI BICICLETTE- De Sica (Italy)
THE SEVEN SAMURAI- Kurosawa (Japan)
SCIUSCIA'- De Sica (Italy)

[Masterbrain]

no order:

The Beyond (italy)
The Eye (china)
Un Chien Andalou (france)
Junk (japan)
Audition (japan)

[Hannibal21]

1. Smultronstallet (Wild Strawberries) - Spellbinding, absorbing tale that takes us deep into the conscience of the human mind like no film has done before; the astounding dream like atmosphere and beautiful acting are both unforgettable.
2. La Dolce Vita - Haunting, splendid images, beautiful, and memorable.
3. Shichinin no samurai (Seven Samurai) - As beautiful, gigantic, entertaining and masterful as far as epics and story telling goes. Great characters, made greater by the directorial style of Akira Kurosawa and the breathtaking performances of all the actors. Toshiro Mifune steals the show.
4. Persona - Symbolic and mysterious (in a very beautiful way), with that Bergman tone to it, and contains the most erotic scene ever filmed.
5. 8 1/2 - One of the definitive films about filmmaking. Tis a personal journey and sometimes VERY hard to understand, but the sequences and visuals tell the story in a provocative manner.
6. Det Sjunde inseglet (The Seventh Seal) - Great combination of fantasy, drama and horror, with blends of realism and astonishing elements.
7. Jules et Jim (Jules and Jim) - Tragic love story and depressing dramatic content, but at the end it always manages to have a lasting effect on audiences.
8. Da hong deng long gao gao gua (Raise the Red Lantern) - Flawless historical recount on Chinese histories and the lives of different concubines, in a society that we would never wish to live in.
9. Les Quatre cents coups (The 400 Blows) - Likable and endearing, with a central character that we can all relate to in the most familiar and strangest ways.
10. Huo zhe (To Live) - Excellent, but depressing and thought provoking Chinese epic.
11. Tonari no Totoro (My Neighbor Totoro) - A childhood fav, and the magic/charm is still there even after all these years.
12. Yin shi nan nu (Eat Drink Man Woman) - Charming and likable, a powerful focus on a ordinary but complicated family and the lives in which they live.
13. Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi (Spirited Away) - A dream ride into a bizarre, fantasy world, while remaining true to any child's and adult's heart.
14. Rashomon - Crime/mystery/adventure like no other filmmaker could make.....aside from the magnificent Akira Kurosawa.
15. Fanny och Alexander (Fanny and Alexander) - Not on par with some of Bergman's other films such as Persona, Wild Strawberries and The Seventh Seal, but it's entertaining to watch and a moving experience throughout.
16. Fa Yeung nin wa (In the Mood for Love) - Surrealisic, dream like atmosphere mixed with beautiful music, costumes and a doomed, tragic love story.
17. Ladri di biciclette (The Bicycle Thief) - Heart wrenching and sad, at the same time beautiful on every filmmaking aspect, as well as emotional.
18. L'Enfant sauvage (The Wild Child) - Simplistic but such a tearjerker.
19. Au revoir les enfants (Goodbye, Children) - A drama that every child should watch. Engaging and sweet to say the least.
20. Kakushi toride no san akunin (The Hidden Fortress) - Absolutely engaging adventure/comedy.

[Damned Martian]

1. AMORES PERROS - 10/10 - Mexico
2. GRAVE OF THE FIREFLIES - 9.5/10 - Japan
3. AMELIE - 9.5/10 - France
4. EXOTICA - 9.5/10 - Canada
5. HAMLET - 9/10 - UK
6. LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL - 9/10 - Italy
7. THE SWEET HEREAFTER - 9/10 - Canada
8. FUNNY GAMES - 9/10 - Austria
9. LIFE OF BRIAN - 8.5/10 - UK
10. PRINCESS MONONOKE - 8.5/10 - Japan
11. LOVE'S LABOURS LOST - 8.5/10 - UK
12. THE FULL MONTY - 8.5/10 - UK
13. SPIRITED AWAY - 8.5/10 - Japan
14. LUCIA Y EL SEXO - 8.5/10 - Spain
15. CUBE - 8.5/10 - Canada
16. IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE - 8.5/10 - Taiwan?
17. TRAINSPOTTING - 8.5/10 - UK
18. ABRE LOS OJOS - 8.5/10 - Spain
19. L'APPARTEMENT - 8.5/10 - France
20. THE EYE - 8.5/10 - Hong-Kong

[Puck Bond]

Top Foreign films...
1. Schichinin no Samurai(1954)
2. La Vita e Bella(1998)
3. Wo Hu Cang Long(2000)
4. Das Boot(1981)
5. Ladri di Biciclette(1949)
6. La Grande Illusion(1937)
7. La Femme Nikita(1991)
8. Rashomon(1951)
9. Det Sjunde Inseglet(1957)
10. Die Xue Shuang Xiong(1989)
11. A Bout de Souffle(1959)
12. Le Notti di Cabiria(1957)
13. Smultronstallet(1957)
14. Ran(1985)
15. La Dolce Vita(1960)
16. La Regle du Jeu(1939)
17. Les Quatres Cents Coups(1959)
18. 81/2(1963)
19. Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amelie Poulain(2001)
20. Amarcord(1974)

[Psychocandy]

Can't do it...I just spent an inordinate amount of time trying to whittle my way through a massive list of contenders...and that was just for the No.1 spot. The following five undoubtably ride high in my top 100 though.

Amelie
In The Mood For Love
Audition
Chungking Express
Seven Samurai

[sanshodayu]

1.Sansho the Bailiff (Mizoguchi)
2.Mirror (Tarkovsky)
3.Andrei Rublev (Tarkovsky)
4.Alice in the Cities (Wenders)
5.The Green Ray (Rohmer)
6.Maborosi (Kore-eda)
7.Seven Samurai (Kurosawa)
8.Abraham Valley (Oliveira)
9.La Regle du Jeu (Renoir)
10.Story of the Late Chrysanthemums (Mizoguchi)
11.Late Spring (Ozu)
12.Apu trilogy (Ray)
13.Tales of the Taira Clan (Mizoguchi)
14.Celine and Julie go Boating (Rivette)
15.The Colour Of Pomegranates (Paradjanov)
16.A Day in the Country (Renoir)
17.Tokyo Story (Ozu)
18.L'Atalante (Vigo)
19.Metropolis (Lang)
20.Eternity and a Day (Angelopoulos)
21.Aguirre Wrath of God (Herzog)
22.Pierrot le Fou (Godard)
23.Spirit of the Beehive (Erice)
24.Miss Oyu (Mizoguchi)
25.Pakeezah (Amrohi)

also- taking up to 100:

Ugetsu Monogatari, 8 1/2, Kings of the Road, Orphee, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Hidden Fortress, Claire's Knee, Alexander Nevsky, The Life of Oharu, Ordet, Les Enfants du Paradis, Hiroshima mon Amour, Man with a Movie Camera, Stalker, Night of the Shooting Stars, Persona, Rosetta, The Passion of Joan of Arc, Senso, Madame de, The Leopard, L'Avventura, Ulysses' Gaze, Chungking Express, My Girlfriend's Boyfriend, La Grande Illusion, The Double Life of Veronique, Battleship Potemkin, The Chess Player, Snow Woman/Hoichi the Earless, Close Up, The Gospel according to St Matthew, Madchen in Uniform, The Loyal 47 Ronin, Casque d'Or, Red Sorghum, And Life Goes On, A Short Film about Love, At the Height of Summer, Boudu Saved from Drowning, Lola Montes, Cloud-Capped Star, Raise the Red Lantern, Charulata, Mouchette, Nosferatu (Murnau), The Mascot, Marius trilogy, Early Spring, My Neighbour Totoro, Gabbeh, The Time to Live and the Time to Die, Come and See, Fanny and Alexander, Ai no Corrida, Suspiria, The Conformist, Ivan the Terrible 2, Day of Wrath, Napoleon, The Battle of Algiers, The White Balloon, Eureka, Silences of the Palace, Le Souffle au Coeur, The Ascent, Anne and Muriel, Le Plaisir, In the Mood for Love, The Sacrifice, Hana-Bi, Sex and Lucia, Talk to Her, La Dolce Vita, Spirited Away

Mizoguchi is top director with 7, Tarkovsky, Renoir, Eisenstein have 4 (as does Ray, if you count Apu trilogy as 3). 3 Dreyer, Ophuls, Rohmer. I like lots of Bunuel, but i don't love any single film by him enough for inclusion.

[blankpage]

The Seven Samurai
8 1/2
Amores Perros
Yojimbo
The Hidden Fortress
Jules et Jim
The 400 Blows
Wild Strawberries
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Suspiria

[ilovemovies]

EXOTICA
THE RED VIOLIN
CROUCHING TIGER HIDDEN DRAGON

[Fisting Ackbar]

A list of some favorites in alphabetical order, but I'm sure that I'll be forgetting a few

ABRE LOS OJOS
AMELIE
BATTLE ROYALE
THE CABINET OF DR CALIGARI
CITY OF GOD
THE EYE
GRAVE OF THE FIREFLIES
HANA BI
HARD-BOILED
IRREVERSIBLE
JU-ON
KAIRO
THE KILLER
LOS SIN NOMBRE
RINGU
SEVEN SAMURAI
SOLDIER OF ORANGE
SPIRITED AWAY
SPOORLOOS
SUSPIRIA

[Ren Hoek]

My top 50 (without US and UK releases)...

1. Jules et Jim (1962)
2. Hotaru no haka [Grave of the Fireflies] (1988)
3. Per qualche dollaro in più [For a Few Dollars More] (1965)
4. Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens (1922)
5. Russian Ark (2002)
6. Lola rennt [Run Lola Run] (1998)
7. Die xue jie tou [Bullet in the Head] (1990)
8. Y tu mamá también (2001)
9. Dancer in the Dark (2000)
10. À bout de souffle [Breathless] (1960)
11. Aleksandr Nevsky (1938)
12. Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi [Spirited Away] (2001)
13. Die xue shuang xiong [The Killer] (1989)
14. Tonari no Totoro [My Neighbor Totoro] (1988)
15. Fong Sai-Yuk (1993)
16. Das Kabinett des Doktor Caligari [The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari] (1920)
17. Turks fruit [Turkish Delight] (1973)
18. Shichinin no samurai [The Seven Samurai] (1954)
19. Das Boot (1981)
20. Der Himmel über Berlin [Wings of Desire] (1987)
21. Festen [Celebration] (1998)
22. Heavenly Creatures (1994)
23. Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo [The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly] (1966)
24. Kaïro [Pulse] (2001)
25. Lashou shentan [Hard-Boiled] (1992)
26. Les Vacances de M. Hulot (1953)
27. M (1931)
28. Metropolis (1927)
29. Mononoke Hime [Princess Mononoke] (1997)
30. Bronenosets Potyomkin [Battleship Potemkin] (1925)
31. Rashomon (1950)
32. Spoorloos [The Vanishing] (1988)
33. Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes [Aguirre, the Wrath of God] (1973)
34. Battle Royale (2001)
35. 8 1/2 (1963)
36. Delicatessen (1991)
37. Hana-Bi (1997)
38. The Piano (1993)
39. Dellamorte Dellamore [Cemetary Man] (1994)
40. Chong qing sen lin [Chungking Express] (1994)
41. Fitzcarraldo (1982)
42. Central do Brasil [Central Station] (1998)
43. La Dolce Vita (1960)
44. Les Quatre cents coups [The 400 Blows] (1959)
45. Oodishon [Audition] (1999)
46. Sonatine (1994)
47. Die Blechtrommel [The Tin Drum] (1972)
48. Tesis (1996)
49. Tokyo monogatari [Tokyo Story] (Japan 1953)
50. Soldaat van Oranje [Soldier of Orange] (1977)

:)

[Sparrow]

Some of my favorites:

Ang Lee (Chinese):

Eat Drink Man Woman

The Wedding Banquet

Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon

________________

from the Three Colors Trilogy (French):

Blue

Red
________________

Anna (Russian)

The Road Home (Chinese)

Raise the Red Lantern (Chinese)

Mostly Martha (German)

Belle Epoque (Spanish)

Danzon (Mexican)

Strawberry & Chocolate (Cuban)

Farinelli (Italian)

Il Postino (Italian)

Ciao, Professore! (Italian)

anything by French director Eric Rohmer

La Buche (French)

Un Coeur En Hiver (French)

Venus Beauty Institute (French)

La Belle Noiseuse (French)

Une liaison pornographique (French)

Le Maître de Musique (French)

The Closet (French)

The Taste of Others (French)

[cbns]

I am supprised that only one person has included Lola rennt (Run Lola Run) on their list.

I really enjoyed this movie. I'd say it's a tie between that and Amelie for my favorites. I also really enjoyed A la folie...pas de tout. The original Diabolique is up there too...great black & white old scary movie.


-juli-

[scottish-movie-freak]

In no paticular order:

Amelie
8 Women
Battle Royale
Le Fate Ignoranti (Ignorant Fairies)
La Gout Des Autres (The Taste Of Others)
Life Is Beautiful
Betty Fisher And Other Stories
The Happiness Of The Katakuris
Dark Water
The Man On The Train
Read My Lips
Irreversible
Brotherhood Of The Wolf
Perfect Blue
He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not

...are my favourites!

[Jim H]

How do we define Foreign film? I don't consider the Dollar trilogy really foreign... Man, such a grey area.

I USUALLY say Foreign LANGUAGE film to seperate them, and count English releases in the same catagory, no matter the country.

But anyways, I don't have a numbered top list. For my #1 though, just look at my fav movie :)

Some other ones...

Life is Beautiful
All About Ah Long
Tiger on Beat
Bullet in the Head

[Ren Hoek]

Originally posted by Jim H
How do we define Foreign film? I don't consider the Dollar trilogy really foreign... Man, such a grey area.
Hmmmmm, the Dollar films are all Italian/Spanish/German co-productions, shot entirely in Spain and in the Cinecitta Studios in Rome. It can't get any more foreign if you ask me... well, maybe it could if Eastwood had somehow managed to learn and speak Italian ;)

[Jim H]

Originally posted by RenHoek
Hmmmmm, the Dollar films are all Italian/Spanish/German co-productions, shot entirely in Spain and in the Cinecitta Studios in Rome. It can't get any more foreign if you ask me... well, maybe it could if Eastwood had somehow managed to learn and speak Italian ;)

So, in other words, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon could be considered a non-foreign film, right? Well, it was financed by Americans, and a lot of the crew is... Getting harder and harder to define, as the various film producing nations collaborate morea nd more.

[notchreturns]

Grave of the Fireflies
Persona
The 400 Blows
Suspiria
Audition
Yojimbo
The Sweet Hereafter
Y Tu Mama Tambien
Fucking Amal (Show Me Love)
M

[Buc_Nonsense]

Damn you guys really know your foreign films.

[QUENTIN]

In chronological order, foreign films I give 10/10:

Eyvand of The Hills
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
Nosferatu
Battleship Potemkin
Faust
Napoleon
The Passion of Joan of Arc
The Man With The Movie Camera
Un Chien Andalou
Pandora's Box
L'Age d'Or
Blood of A Poet
M
L'Atalante
La Grande Illusion *
Alexander Nevsky
La Regle de Jeu
Ivan The Terrible
Open City
Children of Paradise *
The Beauty and The Beast
The Bicycle Thief
Nora Inu *
Rashomon
Los Olvidados
Umberto D
Ikiru
Ugetsu
Tokyo Story
The Seven Samurai
La Strada
Rififi
Panther Panchali
Aparjito
Nights of Cabiria
The Seventh Seal
Wild Strawberries *
Mon Oncle
The World of Apu
Pickpocket
The 400 Blows *
L'Avventura
Shoot The Piano Player
Breathless
La Dolce Vita *
Jules et Jim
Last Year at Marienbad
Yojimbo
The Exterminating Angel
High and Low
The Leopard
8 1/2 *
A Woman in The Dunes
Pierrot Le Fou
The Shop on Main Street
Andrei Rublev
Persona *
Le Samourai
Z
The Conformist
The Garden on Finzi-Continis
Claire's Knee
The Sorrow and The Pity
The Discreet Charm of The Bourgeoisie
Aguirre: The Wrath of God *
Last Tango in Paris (for the most part)
The Emigrants
Cries and Whispers
The Mother and The Whore
Scenes From A Marriage
Every Man For Himself and God Against All
Day For Night
Kings of The Road
That Obscure Object of Desire
Stroszek
The Marriage of Maria Braun
Vengeance is Mine
Mephisto
Fitzcarraldo
Diva *
El Norte
Fanny and Alexander
Vagabond
Wings of Desire

There are 84 that I'd give 10/10 in all, there are literally thousands of others I love, but these are the perfect ones. An asterisk means it's one of my top 10 foreign films.

[pat00139]

Clarification:
16. IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE - 8.5/10
Hong Kong, not Taiwan
and
Ang Lee's movies are Taiwanese, not Chinese (very picky, but true)

Okay, now for my list of top foreign flicks, aphabetically:
Akira
Battleship Potemkin
The Bicycle Thief
La Cité Des Enfants Perdus
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Les Enfants Du Paradis
The Killer (obviously)
Metropolis
Once Upon A Time In The West
Princess Mononoke
The Seven Samourai
Suspiria

Some runners up I suppose, no real order: Running Out of Time 2, Fulltime Killer, Shiri, Spirited Away, The Road Home, Fallen Angels, the Bride with White Hair movies... and almost anything by Zhang Yimou or Wong Kar-Wai or Johnnie To.

(sanshodayu, QUENTIN, great lists by the way.)

[MickeyKnox]

1.)Aguirre: The Wrath of God
2.)The 400 Blows
3.)Jules et Jim
4.)The Seven Samurai
5.)Grave of the Fireflies
6.)Battle Royale
7.)The Killer
8.)Sonatine
9.)La Dolce Vita
10.)8 1/2

[maria_901]

1. Todo sobre mi madre
2. Hable con ella (I just love Almodovar!!)
3. La fille sur le pont
4. Princess Mononoke
5. Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain
6. The seven samurai
7. Ladri di Biciclette
8. Trainspotting
9. El hijo de la novia

[Lynn Minmei]

Well, off the top of my head, Amores Perros.

[BadCoverVersion]

20 random favourites...

Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens
Metropolis
Passion of Joan of Arc, The
Un Chien Andalou
Festen: The Celebration
Oldboy
Seventh Seal, The
La Dolce Vita
Jules et Jim
Fitzcarraldo
City of Lost Children, The
La Haine
Breaking The Waves
Dead Or Alive
Dancer in the Dark
Amores Perros
Audition
Battle Royale
Irreversible

If we're including AUSSIE flicks then Lantana, Romper Stomper and Heavenly Creatures would be on my list.

[Cronos]

in no particular order

Brotherhood of the Wolf
The Killer
Hard Boiled
Crimson Rivers
Seven Samurai
Yojimbo / Sanjuro
Les Visiteurs
Seventh Seal
Battle Royale
Princess Mononoke

[Annie Hall]

5 Random Ones I Love

La Dolce Vita
Jules et Jim
Cinema Paradiso
Fitzcarraldo
Run Lola Run

[bowieee]

The seventh Seal
Beautiful people
Fitzcarraldo
Nosferatu (both versions)
Aguirre the wrath of God
My Best Fiend
Woyzeck
THe enigma of Kasper Hauser
Little Dieter needs to fly
Even dwarves start small
Stroszek
Akira
My neighbor totoro
Grave of the fireflies
Princess mononoke
The Orphic trilogy
4oo blows
The passion of Joan of Arc
8 1/2
Nights of cabiria
Juliet of the spirits
Discreet charm of the Bourgeoisie
RAN
Dreams
Heavenly Creatures
Spirited Away
Battle Royale
Hero
Seven samurai

[fransisca]

I tried to bring it down to 10, but it was hard to choose.

1.Festen
Sonatine
The passion of Joan of Arc
Fucking Amal
Das Kabinett des Doktor Caligari
Soldaat van Oranje
Zusje
hable con ella
Tesis
La Haine

[DaveyJoeG]

My top 20(somewhat in order):


Rashomon
Seven Samurai
Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon
The Seventh Seal
For a Few Dollars More
Yojimbo
Samurai: Musashi Miyamoto
Solaris
Battle Royale
Grave of the Fireflies
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
Audition
Irreversible
Nights of Cabiria
8 1/2
Das Boot
Samurai II: Duel Ichijoji Temple
Amelie
Wild Strawberries
Fistful of Dollars

[Hannibal21]

bump

[Cronos]

Brotherhood of the Wolf
Seven Samurai
Seventh Seal
Les Visiteurs
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Ichi the Killer
Audition
Zombie
Beyond
Subway

[JCR]

1. Battle Royale
2. Rashomon
3. Metropolis
4. Fudoh: New Generation
5. Ringu
6/7 Dead or Alive 1 and 2
8. Ley lines
9. I stand alone
10. M

[jmag]

In no particular order:
Seven Samurai
Rashoman
Bicycle Thieves
Alphaville
Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
Yojimbo
M
Potemkin
Sansho
Tokyo Story

[ANavissi500]

Top 5

1. Amelie
2. City of God
3. Life is Beautiful
4. Y Tu Mama Tambien
5. Battle Royale

[MickeyKnox]

1.Aguirre:The Wrath of God
2.Fitzcarraldo
3.City of God
4.The Killer
5.Jules et Jim
6.The 400 Blows
7.Man Bites Dog
8.Battle Royale
9.Sonatine
10.Seven Samurai/Yojimbo/Ran/Audition

[Gunbuster]

i have been trying to compile a top ten for the post for a few hours now an i just cannot do it i cannot bring myself to assign numbered postions to films i adore so instead i thought i would just list some of my favorites and for this group i will ommit any anime.

Russian Arc
Seven Samurai
Throne of Blood
Amelie
Dead or Alive 1 and 2
Auditon
Divine Intervention
Zombie
Battle Royale
City Of God
Dark Water
Ringu 1 and 2

The List goes on and on i mean there are so many good foreign titles out there it make me sad for the people out there who refuse to watch anything but the garbage that is pumped out of the hollywood studios.

[Cyd V]

no order

the snapper
the terrorist
seven samurai
yojimbo
the hidden fortress
dragon inn
the comitments
snatch
lock, stock, and 2 smoking barrels
once upon atime in china

[MrScissorhands]

Probably forgetting some of the best...


Cidade de Deus (Brazil)

Irréversible (France)

Amores Perros (Mexico)

Hero (China)

Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain (France)

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (China)

Play Time (France)

Avalon (Poland/Japan)

[fevers]

.

[osklen]

At Random:

Ran *
Seven Samurai *
Ikiru
Solaris *
Stalker *
Dersu Uzala
The Hidden Fortress
Yojimbo *
Roshomon
La Doce Vitta *
Amacord *
8 1/2 *
The 400 blows *
Profession: Reporter *
Blow Up *
Persona *
Breathless *
Jules et Jim *
Je vous salou, Marie
The Seventh Seal *
Wild Strawberries *
Aguirre , the Wrath of God *
Fitzcarraldo *
Wings of Desire *
Das Boot
Pandora's Box
M
Andrei Rublev
The Conformist
Le Samourai
L' Atalante *
Deus e o Diabo na Terra do Sol
Pixote
City of God
3 color trilogy

* - top20

[Dork Knight]

2009 Lost Memories
Shiri
Friend
Volcano High
Attack the Gas Station
No Where To Run
Bad Taste
Battle Royale
Ichi the Killer
Versus
Ringu
Gen X Cops
The Killer
Hard Boiled
A Better Tomorrow 1 & 2
City on Fire
Chinese Ghost Story 1 - 3
Black Angel
Black Mask
Amelie
Le Pact de Lupe
Man Bites Dog
Fantastic Planet
Once Upon A Time In China
The Legend
Mad Max
Road Warrior
Killer Condom
Snatch
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
City of Lost Children
City of Lost Souls
Trainspotting
City Hunter
Poplice Story Series
Monty Python...all of them
Zombie
The Beyond
Bullet in the Head
Infernal Affairs 1 - 3
Dreams
Seven Samurai
Yojimbo
Chungking Express
Bride with White Hair
Full Contact
Snake and Crane Technique
Green Snake
Mr. Vampire
High and Low
Vampire Hunter D
Freeway Speedway 1 - 5
Legend of the Red Dragon
A Man Called Hero
Hero
God of Cookery
King of Comedy
Shaolin Soccer
Iron Monkey
Once A Theif
God of Gamblers...all of them
Vampire Hunters
Shoguns Ninja
Chinese Connection
Enter the Dragon
Fists of Fury
Musa
Sanctuary
Full Metal Yakuza

that's all I can think of right now...

[flowrchild]

Grave Of The Fireflies
The 400 Blows
City Of God
Run Lola Run
The Bicycle Thief
Spirited Away
Fucking Amal
Amores Perros
Trainspotting
Dancer In The Dark
Heavenly Creatures
Day For Night
Cinema Paradiso

[Golden Badtz]

Japan
Seven Samurai
Versus
Jin Roh: The Wolf Brigade

France
Hate (La Haine)
Crimson Rivers

[Gian-Sergio]

The Seven Samurai
La Dolce Vita
The Good The Bad and The Ugly
Ikiru
The Seventh Seal
Once Upon A Time In The West
The Battle Of Algiers
Amores Perros
City Of God
Jules et Jim
In The Mood For Love
Hard-Boiled
Le Cercle Rouge
Stray Dog
Wild Strawberries
Y Tu Mama Tambien
The 400 Blows
The Great Silence
Ichi The Killer
Ghost in the Shell
Thriller: a cruel picture
Happy Together
Shinjuku Triad Society

[Jake_Vig]

Top 30:

1 The Passion of Joan of Arc
2 The Bicycle Thief
3 The 400 Blows
4 Grand Illusion
5 La Strada
6 Rashômon
7 Au revoir les enfants
8 Band of Outsiders
9 That Obscure Object of Desire
10 Breathless
11 Ran
12 Metropolis
13 The Decalogue
14 Amélie
15 Contempt
16 M
17 Battleship Potemkin
18 The Battle of Algiers
19 Persona
20 The Rules of the Game
21 Wild Strawberries
22 Three Colours Trilogy
23 Les Diaboliques
24 Run Lola Run
25 Cidade de Deus
26 In the Mood for Love
27 The Dreamlife of Angels
28 Umberto D.
29 Jules et Jim
30 Yojimbo

Honorable Mention (in no order aka I'm too lazy to rank them):

The Last Laugh
The Idiots
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
All About My Mother
La Dolce vita
Hate
Spirited Away
The Crime of Monsieur Lange
Boudu Saved from Drowning
L' Avventura
Nights of Cabiria
8½
Divorce - Italian Style
Haxan
Irréversible
Le Samourai
The American Friend
Day For Night
Talk to Her
Not One Less
Seven Samurai
Napoleon (Abel Gance)
Orphee
Man with a Movie Camera
Storm Over Asia
Rosetta
Vagabond
Cleo from 5 to 7
The Gleaners
A Time for Drunken Horses
October
A Woman Is a Woman
Pierrot le fou
Shoot The Piano Player
Belle du Jour
Knife in the Water
Bullet in the Head
Akira
City of Lost Children
Faust
Z
Cries and Whispers
Dreams

[morricone]

No Order:
Ikiru
Seven Samurai
Throne of Blood
Rashomon
Ran
Yojimbo
High and Low
The Hidden Fortress
Sanjuro
Stray Dog
Tokyo Story
Kwaidan
The Samurai Trilogy
Persona
The Seventh Seal
Wild Strawberries
8½
La Dolce Vita
The 400 Blows
The Passion of Joan of Arc
Metropolis
Umberto D.
My Life to Live
Alphaville
The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
Once Upon a Time in the West
For a Few Dollars More
A Fistful of Dollars