Empire's The 100 Best Films of World Cinema

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A list of the best films not in the English language, according to Empire magazine. Documentaries were excluded.

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  1. 12 -

    Metropolis

    1927, in 36 top lists Check
  2. 37 -

    M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder

    1931 — a.k.a. M, in 35 top lists Check
  3. 39 -

    La grande illusion

    1937 — a.k.a. The Grand Illusion, in 30 top lists Check
  4. 13 -

    La règle du jeu

    1939 — a.k.a. The Rules of the Game, in 24 top lists Check
  5. 41 -

    Roma città aperta

    1945 — a.k.a. Rome, Open City, in 23 top lists Check
  6. 4 -

    Ladri di biciclette

    1948 — a.k.a. Bicycle Thieves, in 36 top lists Check
  7. 89 -

    Orphée

    1950 — a.k.a. Orpheus, in 18 top lists Check
  8. 26 -

    Rashômon

    1950 — a.k.a. Rashomon, in 34 top lists Check
  9. 48 -

    Ikiru

    1952, in 25 top lists Check
  10. 9 -

    Le salaire de la peur

    1953 — a.k.a. The Wages of Fear, in 29 top lists Check
  11. 18 -

    Tôkyô monogatari

    1953 — a.k.a. Tokyo Story, in 27 top lists Check
  12. 1 -

    Shichinin no samurai

    1954 — a.k.a. Seven Samurai, in 36 top lists Check
  13. 95 -

    Du rififi chez les hommes

    1955 — a.k.a. Rififi, in 18 top lists Check
  14. 19 -

    Pather Panchali

    1955, in 21 top lists Check
  15. 20 -

    Aparajito

    1956 — a.k.a. The Unvanquished, in 15 top lists Check
  16. 8 -

    Det sjunde inseglet

    1957 — a.k.a. The Seventh Seal, in 25 top lists Check
  17. 85 -

    Mother India

    1957, in 9 top lists Check
  18. 42 -

    Popiól i diament

    1958 — a.k.a. Ashes and Diamonds, in 16 top lists Check
  19. 21 -

    Apur Sansar

    1959 — a.k.a. The World of Apu, in 19 top lists Check
  20. 33 -

    Les quatre cents coups

    1959 — a.k.a. The 400 Blows, in 26 top lists Check
  21. 80 -

    À bout de souffle

    1960 — a.k.a. Breathless, in 29 top lists Check
  22. 11 -

    La dolce vita

    1960 — a.k.a. La Dolce Vita, in 22 top lists Check
  23. 44 -

    L'avventura

    1960 — a.k.a. L'Avventura, in 24 top lists Check
  24. 50 -

    Jules et Jim

    1962 — a.k.a. Jules and Jim, in 21 top lists Check
  25. 66 -

    Nóz w wodzie

    1962 — a.k.a. Knife in the Water, in 14 top lists Check
  26. 67 -

    8½

    1963, in 35 top lists Check
  27. 84 new

    Bande à part

    1964 — a.k.a. Band of Outsiders, in 13 top lists Check
  28. 94 -

    Lásky jedné plavovlásky

    1965 — a.k.a. The Loves of a Blonde, in 12 top lists Check
  29. 92 -

    Andrey Rublyov

    1966 — a.k.a. Andrei Rublev, in 29 top lists Check
  30. 6 -

    La battaglia di Algeri

    1966 — a.k.a. The Battle of Algiers, in 29 top lists Check
  31. 54 -

    Ostre sledované vlaky

    1966 — a.k.a. Closely Watched Trains, in 14 top lists Check
  32. 76 -

    Persona

    1966, in 25 top lists Check
  33. 60 -

    Belle de jour

    1967 — a.k.a. Belle de Jour, in 21 top lists Check
  34. 43 -

    Le samouraï

    1967 — a.k.a. Le Samouraï, in 20 top lists Check
  35. 90 -

    Il conformista

    1970 — a.k.a. The Conformist, in 20 top lists Check
  36. 23 -

    Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes

    1972 — a.k.a. Aguirre, the Wrath of God, in 18 top lists Check
  37. 73 new

    Solyaris

    1972 — a.k.a. Solaris, in 27 top lists Check
  38. 27 -

    El espíritu de la colmena

    1973 — a.k.a. The Spirit of the Beehive, in 21 top lists Check
  39. 56 -

    Touki bouki

    1973 — a.k.a. Journey of the Hyena, in 9 top lists Check
  40. 29 -

    Das Boot

    1981 — a.k.a. The Boat, in 15 top lists Check
  41. 98 -

    De vierde man

    1983 — a.k.a. The 4th Man, in 5 top lists Check
  42. 63 -

    Heimat - Eine Chronik in elf Teilen

    1984 — a.k.a. Heimat: A Chronicle of Germany, in 10 top lists Check
  43. 28 -

    Idi i smotri

    1985 — a.k.a. Come and See, in 27 top lists Check
  44. 103 -

    Ran

    1985, in 25 top lists Check
  45. 64 -

    Jean de Florette

    1986, in 8 top lists Check
  46. 65 -

    Manon des sources

    1986 — a.k.a. Manon of the Spring, in 7 top lists Check
  47. 69 -

    Der Himmel über Berlin

    1987 — a.k.a. Wings of Desire, in 21 top lists Check
  48. 99 -

    Yeelen

    1987, in 9 top lists Check
  49. 83 -

    Mujeres al borde de un ataque de "nervios"

    1988 — a.k.a. Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, in 17 top lists Check
  50. 31 -

    Nuovo Cinema Paradiso

    1988 — a.k.a. Cinema Paradiso, in 20 top lists Check
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