The Best of World Cinema

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The best non-English movies, as picked entirely subjectively by an appreciator.

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  1. 1 -

    Zwartboek

    2006 — a.k.a. Black Book, in 5 top lists Check
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    Celda 211

    2009 — a.k.a. Cell 211, in 1 top list Check
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    Das Leben der Anderen

    2006 — a.k.a. The Lives of Others, in 20 top lists Check
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    Ikiru

    1952, in 25 top lists Check
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    Abre los ojos

    1997 — a.k.a. Open Your Eyes, in 2 top lists Check
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    Mar adentro

    2004 — a.k.a. The Sea Inside, in 5 top lists Check
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    Okuribito

    2008 — a.k.a. Departures, in 8 top lists Check
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    Intouchables

    2011 — a.k.a. The Intouchables, in 7 top lists Check
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    Paradise Now

    2005, in 6 top lists Check
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    Volver

    2006, in 6 top lists Check
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    Die Fälscher

    2007 — a.k.a. The Counterfeiters, in 3 top lists Check
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    Le trou

    1960 — a.k.a. Le Trou, in 15 top lists Check
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    Noviembre

    2003 — a.k.a. November, in 0 top lists Check
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    L'auberge espagnole

    2002, in 0 top lists Check
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    Kontroll

    2003 — a.k.a. Control, in 1 top list Check
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    El secreto de sus ojos

    2009 — a.k.a. The Secret in Their Eyes, in 12 top lists Check
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    Tengoku to jigoku

    1963 — a.k.a. High and Low, in 16 top lists Check
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    Karakter

    1997 — a.k.a. Character, in 4 top lists Check
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    Cidade de Deus

    2002 — a.k.a. City of God, in 22 top lists Check
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    Antonia

    1995 — a.k.a. Antonia's Line, in 5 top lists Check
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    Rashômon

    1950 — a.k.a. Rashomon, in 34 top lists Check
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    Hachikô monogatari

    1987 — a.k.a. Hachi-ko, in 0 top lists Check
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    Shichinin no samurai

    1954 — a.k.a. Seven Samurai, in 36 top lists Check
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    Mou gaan dou

    2002 — a.k.a. Infernal Affairs, in 14 top lists Check
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    Bin-jip

    2004 — a.k.a. 3-Iron, in 9 top lists Check
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    Persepolis

    2007, in 9 top lists Check
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    De tweeling

    2002 — a.k.a. Twin Sisters, in 3 top lists Check
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    Seppuku

    1962 — a.k.a. Hara-Kiri, in 16 top lists Check
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    L'homme qui plantait des arbres

    1987 — a.k.a. The Man Who Planted Trees, in 8 top lists Check
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    Kaybedenler Kulübü

    2011 — a.k.a. Losers' Club, in 0 top lists Check
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    Das Experiment

    2001 — a.k.a. The Experiment, in 1 top list Check
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    M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder

    1931 — a.k.a. M, in 35 top lists Check
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    Ne le dis à personne

    2006 — a.k.a. Tell No One, in 1 top list Check
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    Loft

    2008, in 0 top lists Check
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    Ciske de Rat

    1984 — a.k.a. Ciske the Rat, in 1 top list Check
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    De kleine blonde dood

    1993 — a.k.a. The Little Blonde Dead, in 2 top lists Check
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    Der Untergang

    2004 — a.k.a. Downfall, in 14 top lists Check
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    Yôjinbô

    1961 — a.k.a. Yojimbo, in 19 top lists Check
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    Ip Man

    2008, in 4 top lists Check
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    Hotaru no haka

    1988 — a.k.a. Grave of the Fireflies, in 21 top lists Check
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    Pour elle

    2008 — a.k.a. Anything for Her, in 0 top lists Check
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    Batoru rowaiaru

    2000 — a.k.a. Battle Royale, in 9 top lists Check
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    Das Boot

    1981 — a.k.a. The Boat, in 15 top lists Check
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    Ladri di biciclette

    1948 — a.k.a. Bicycle Thieves, in 36 top lists Check
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    Fa yeung nin wah

    2000 — a.k.a. In the Mood for Love, in 30 top lists Check
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    Trois couleurs: Rouge

    1994 — a.k.a. Three Colors: Red, in 20 top lists Check
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    Cyrano de Bergerac

    1990, in 10 top lists Check
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    Als twee druppels water

    1963 — a.k.a. The Dark Room of Damocles, in 1 top list Check
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    Lat sau san taam

    1992 — a.k.a. Hard Boiled, in 12 top lists Check
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    Chi bi

    2008 — a.k.a. Red Cliff, in 1 top list Check
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