Vulture's 50 Best Foreign-Language Musicals
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"For the purposes of this list, the films and the songs therein really do have to be in a language other than English. (The South African musical Sarafina!, which is in English, with songs mostly in English, was not eligible for that reason.) Also, we excluded musical documentaries, animated films, and filmed operas, the latter due to the fact that it’s really a genre unto itself. (But a film that references opera is okay, so: no to U-Karmen, but yes to Karmen Gei.) We also decided not to give any one single director more than two spaces on this list — otherwise it would have been too easy to turn it all over to such pivotal names like Jacques Demy and Carlos Saura." - Bilge Ebiri
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Les parapluies de Cherbourg
1964 — a.k.a. The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, in 18 top lists Check -
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Dil Se..
1998, in 3 top lists Check -
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Bodas de sangre
1981 — a.k.a. Blood Wedding, in 4 top lists Check -
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Tsirk
1936 — a.k.a. The Circus, in 1 top list Check -
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Le million
1931 — a.k.a. Le Million, in 8 top lists Check -
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Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham...
2001, in 1 top list Check -
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El exilio de Gardel: Tangos
1985 — a.k.a. Tangos, the Exile of Gardel, in 3 top lists Check -
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Les demoiselles de Rochefort
1967 — a.k.a. The Young Girls of Rochefort, in 12 top lists Check -
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Une femme est une femme
1961 — a.k.a. A Woman Is a Woman, in 4 top lists Check -
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Sholay
1975 — a.k.a. Embers, in 12 top lists Check -
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Orfeu Negro
1959 — a.k.a. Black Orpheus, in 8 top lists Check -
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French Cancan
1955, in 9 top lists Check -
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Kasi az gorbehaye irani khabar nadareh
2009 — a.k.a. No One Knows About Persian Cats, in 0 top lists Check -
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Om Shanti Om
2007, in 3 top lists Check -
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Mother India
1957, in 9 top lists Check -
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Les bien-aimés
2011 — a.k.a. Beloved, in 0 top lists Check -
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Tokyo Tribe
2014, in 0 top lists Check -
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La France
2007, in 1 top list Check -
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Al-massir
1997 — a.k.a. Destiny, in 2 top lists Check -
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Stilyagi
2008 — a.k.a. Hipsters, in 0 top lists Check -
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Las cosas del querer
1989 — a.k.a. The Things of Love, in 0 top lists Check -
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Nha fala
2002 — a.k.a. My Voice, in 0 top lists Check -
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Pyaasa
1957, in 10 top lists Check -
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Crna macka, beli macor
1998 — a.k.a. Black Cat, White Cat, in 4 top lists Check -
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Víctimas del pecado
1951 — a.k.a. Victims of Sin, in 2 top lists Check -
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Der Kongreß tanzt
1931 — a.k.a. Congress Dances, in 4 top lists Check -
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Opera Jawa
2006 — a.k.a. Javanese Opera, in 4 top lists Check -
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On connaît la chanson
1997 — a.k.a. Same Old Song, in 3 top lists Check -
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Karmen Geï
2001, in 0 top lists Check -
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Ayyam wa layali
1955 — a.k.a. Days and Nights, in 0 top lists Check -
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Golden Eighties
1986, in 1 top list Check -
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Novgorodtsy
1943 — a.k.a. Men of Novgorod, in 0 top lists Check -
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¡Ay, Carmela!
1990, in 1 top list Check -
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Xiang jiang hua yue ye
1967 — a.k.a. Hong Kong Nocturne, in 0 top lists Check -
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Viktor und Viktoria
1933 — a.k.a. Victor and Victoria, in 2 top lists Check -
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3 Idiots
2009, in 3 top lists Check -
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Fado, História d'uma Cantadeira
1947 — a.k.a. Mouraria, in 0 top lists Check -
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Operetta tanuki goten
2005, in 2 top lists Check -
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Et maintenant on va où?
2011 — a.k.a. Where Do We Go Now?, in 2 top lists Check -
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Liang Shan Bo yu Zhu Ying Tai
1963 — a.k.a. The Love Eterne, in 4 top lists Check -
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Zouzou
1934, in 1 top list Check -
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Allá en el Rancho Grande
1936 — a.k.a. Out on the Big Ranch, in 1 top list Check -
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Katakuri-ke no kôfuku
2001 — a.k.a. The Happiness of the Katakuris, in 2 top lists Check -
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Ru guo · Ai
2005 — a.k.a. Perhaps Love, in 1 top list Check -
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Orfeu
1999, in 0 top lists Check -
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Zolushka
1947 — a.k.a. Cinderella, in 1 top list Check -
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Oshidori utagassen
1939 — a.k.a. Singing Lovebirds, in 1 top list Check -
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Gran Casino
1947 — a.k.a. En el viejo Tampico, in 0 top lists Check -
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8 femmes
2002 — a.k.a. 8 Women, in 2 top lists Check -
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Fatmah
1947, in 0 top lists Check
Last updated on Oct 28, 2015; source