Best Foreign Films (Rank Ordered)

Submitted by baker on Fri, 09/30/2005 - 10:14
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  1. GOLD: Akira (1988, Japan)
  2. SILVER: Grave of the Fireflies (1988, Japan)
  3. BRONZE: Persona (1966, Sweden)
  4. HONORABLE MENTION: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (1966, Italy)
  5. Cowboy Bebop: The Movie (2001, Japan)
  6. Battle Angel (1993, Japan)
  7. Spirited Away (2001, Japan)
  8. Run Lola Run (1998, Germany)
  9. City of God (2002, Brazil)
  10. Orpheus (1949, France)
  11. The Seven Samurai (1954, Japan)
  12. Talk To Her (2002, Spain)
  13. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
  14. Perfect Blue (1997, Japan)
  15. Appleseed (2004, Japan)
  16. Ninja Scroll (1993, Japan)
  17. Tenchi Forever (1999, Japan)
  18. Nuovo Cinema Paradiso (1989, Italy)
  19. Tenchi the Movie 2: The Daughter of Darkness (1998, Japan)
  20. Tenchi the Movie (1996, Japan)
  21. M (1931, Germany)
  22. High Tension (2003, France)
  23. Oldboy (2003, Japan)
  24. Ghost in the Shell (1995, Japan)
  25. Princess Mononoke (1997, Japan)
  26. Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972, Peru)
  27. Gunsmith Cats (1995, Japan)
  28. Macross Plus (1994, Japan)
  29. Monsoon Wedding (2001, India)
  30. The Professional (1994, France)
  31. Life is Beautiful (1997, Italy)
  32. Three Colors: Blue (1993, France)
  33. Amelie (2001, France)
  34. Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence (2004, Japan)
  35. Sex and Lucia (2001, Spain)
  36. Hero (2004, Japan)
  37. Three Colors: Red (1994, France)
  38. The Seventh Seal (1957, Sweden)
  39. Three Colors: White (1994, France)
  40. Wild Strawberries (1957, Sweden)
  41. Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade (1998, Japan)
  42. Steamboy (2004, Japan)
  43. Vampire Hunter D (1985, Japan)
  44. Slayers: The Motion Picture (1995, Japan)
  45. Blue Submarine No. 6 (1998, Japan)
Author Comments: 

Because Great Britain, Canada, Australia, and the United States all speak English, their movies aren't considered foreign films. So all the foreign films here are movies from any other country besides those.

I'm still trying to watch as many acclaimed foreign films as I can to get a better taste for the genre. Any recommendations?

Eli Clint Lee10/25/2009

Most people wouldn't even consider making a list chronicling the "best" of anything unless they were actually familiar with what the list concerns. To each his own, I guess.