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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    Zwartboek

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

    1996 — a.k.a. Thesis, in 4 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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    Hauru no ugoku shiro

    2004 — a.k.a. Howl's Moving Castle, in 18 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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    Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi

    2001 — a.k.a. Spirited Away, in 39 top lists Check
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    Kontroll

    2003 — a.k.a. Control, in 1 top list Check
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    Toki o kakeru shôjo

    2006 — a.k.a. The Girl Who Leapt Through Time, in 2 top lists 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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    Mononoke-hime

    1997 — a.k.a. Princess Mononoke, in 18 top lists Check
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    Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain

    2001 — a.k.a. Amélie, in 27 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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    La grande vadrouille

    1966 — a.k.a. La Grande Vadrouille, in 1 top list Check
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    Antonia

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

    1993 — a.k.a. The Visitors, in 1 top list Check
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    Macskafogó

    1986 — a.k.a. Cat City, in 0 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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    Lek

    2000 — a.k.a. Leak 2000, in 2 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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    Paprika

    2006, in 7 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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    Ringu

    1998, in 12 top lists Check
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    Seppuku

    1962 — a.k.a. Hara-Kiri, in 16 top lists Check
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    Nikita

    1990 — a.k.a. La Femme Nikita, in 4 top lists Check
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    Skhizein

    2008, in 0 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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    Die Abenteuer des Prinzen Achmed

    1926 — a.k.a. The Adventures of Prince Achmed, in 13 top lists 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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    Flodder

    1986, 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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