1. The American Friend – 1977
  2. Ashes and Diamonds- 1958
  3. Belle du Jour – 1967
  4. Un Chien Andalou – 1930
  5. The Blue Angel – 1930
  6. A Nous Libetre – 1931
  7. L’Avventura – 1960
  8. The Bicycle Thief – 1948
  9. Boudu Saved From Drowning – 1932
  10. Contempt – 1963
  11. The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie – 1972
  12. Celine and Julie Go Boating – 1974
  13. La Dolce Vita – 1960
  14. L’Eclisse – 1960
  15. The Burmese Harp – 1956
  16. 8 1/5 – 1963
  17. Breathless – 1960
  18. The Double Life of Veronique – 1991
  19. Diabolique – 1955
  20. Eyes Without a Face – 1960
  21. Earth – 1930
  22. Forbidden Games – 1951
  23. Ikiru – 1952
  24. Lamerica – 1994
  25. Floating Weeds – 1959
  26. Daybreak – 1939
  27. Lola – 1961
  28. Gertrud – 1965
  29. Fanny and Alexander – 1982
  30. The 400 Blows – 1959
  31. M – 1931
  32. Murmur of the Heart – 1971
  33. Night and Fog – 1955
  34. Masculin Feminin- 1966
  35. Nosferatu – 1922
  36. Metropolis- 1927
  37. The Night of Shooting Stars – 1982
  38. Persona – 1966
  39. La Notte – 1961
  40. Playtime – 1967
  41. The Passion of Joan of Arc – 1928
  42. Ran – 1985
  43. Pandora’s Box – 1928
  44. The Red and White – 1967
  45. The Rules of the Game – 1939
  46. Repulsion – 1965
  47. Shame – 1968
  48. Jules and Jim – 1962
  49. Pierrot Le Fou – 1965
  50. The Seven Samurai- 1954
  51. Rashomon – 1950
  52. Shoah – 1985
  53. Through a Glass Darkly – 1961
  54. The Umbrellas of Cherbourg- 1964
  55. Zero for Conduct – 1933
  56. Two English Girls- 1971
  57. Throne of Blood – 1957
  58. Weekend – 1967
  59. Tokyo Story – 1953
  60. Wings of Desire – 1987
  61. Tristana – 1971
  62. Au Hasard Balthazar – 1966
  63. Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles – 1975
  64. Grand Illusion- 1937
  65. Close Up – 1990
  66. The Battle of Algiers – 1966
  67. Wild Strawberries- 1957
  68. The Virgin Spring – 1960
  69. Man with a Movie Camera- 1929
  70. Scenes from a Marriage- 1973
  71. La Strada – 1954
  72. The Nights of Cabiria – 1957
  73. Rififi – 1955
  74. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon – 2000
  75. Amour – 2012
  76. Chungking Express – 1994
  77. Amélie – 2001
  78. Children of Paradise – 1945
  79. Cries and Whispers- 1972
  80. All About My Mother – 1999
  81. Spirited Away – 2001
  82. Cinema Paradiso – 1988
  83. Oldboy – 2003
  84. The Artist – 2011
  85. Waltz with Bashir – 2008
  86. Roma – 2018
  87. The Exterminating Angel – 1962
  88. Eat Drink Man Woman- 1994
  89. My Life to Live – 1962
  90. The Lives of Others – 2006
  91. Grave of the Fireflies- 1988
  92. Battleship Potemkin – 1925
  93. A Separation – 2011
  94. Persepolis – 2007
  95. Parasite – 2019
  96. Knife In the Water – 1962
  97. Day for Night – 1973
  98. Life is Beautiful- 1997
  99. Departures – 2007
  100. My Life as a Zucchini- 2016
  101. The Triplets of Belleville- 2003

2 thoughts on “Greatest Foreign Films of All Time

  1. Wow. What a great list, Chloe. No arguments from me! There’s over a dozen of my favorites in there. Talk about perspective.

    I’ve mentioned Michelangelo Antonioni’s L’Avventura and L’Eclisse in passing in other reviews; I reviewed Chungking Express as part of a Tarantino catch-all for his Rolling Thunder imprint.

    I have a review coming up for our all-horror month at B&S for Otakar Vávra’s Witchhammer (1970) that I am really excited I was able to work into that month.

    As always, thanks for visiting and reading!

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