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Empire magazine ranks 100 feature films (not documentaries) recorded in a non-English language. Country of origin is in parenths.

  • Seven Samurai (Japan)
  • Amelie (France)
  • Battleship Potemkin (Russia)
  • Bicycle Thieves (Italy)
  • Pan's Labyrinth (Mexico)
  • Battle of Algiers (France)
  • City of God (Brazil)
  • The Seventh Seal (Sweden)
  • The Wages of Fear (France)
  • Spirited Away (Japan)
  • La Dolce Vita (Italy)
  • Metropolis (Germany)
  • La Regle du Jeu (France)
  • Three Colours Trilogy (Poland)
  • Let the Right One In (Sweden)
  • Tokyo Story (Japan)
  • The Apu Trilogy (India)
  • Oldboy (Korea)
  • Aguirre, Wrath of God (Germany)
  • Y Tu Mama Tambien (Mexico)
  • Nosferatu (Germany)
  • Rashômon (Japan)
  • Spirit of the Beehive (Spain)
  • Come and See (Russia)
  • Das Boot (Germany)
  • La Belle et la Bete (France)
  • Cinema Paradiso (Italy)
  • Raise the Red Lantern (China)
  • Les Quatres Cent Coups (France)
  • Infernal Affairs (Hong Kong)
  • Godzilla (Japan)
  • La Haine (France)
  • M (Germany)
  • Waltz with Bashir (Israel)
  • La Grande Illusion (France)
  • Dekalog (Poland)
  • Rome Open City (Italy)
  • Ashes and Diamonds (Poland)
  • Le Samourai (France)
  • L'Avventura (Italy)
  • My Neighbor Totoro (Japan)
  • In the Mood for Love (Hong Kong)
  • Cyrano de Bergerac (France)
  • Ikiru (Japan)
  • Suspiria (Italy)
  • Jules et Jim (France)
  • 10 (Iran)
  • Downfall (Germany)
  • M. Hulot's Holiday (France)
  • Closely Observed Trains (Czechoslovakia)
  • Akira (Japan)
  • Touki Bouki (Senegal)
  • All About my Mother (Spain)
  • Festen (Demmark)
  • Lagaan (India)
  • Belle de Jour (France)
  • Central Do Brasil (Brazil)
  • Persepolis (Iran)
  • Heimat (Germany)
  • Jean de Florette/Manon des Sources (France)
  • Knife in the Water (Poland)
  • 8 1/2 (Italy)
  • A Prophet (France)
  • Wings of Desire (Germany)
  • Un Chien Andalou (Spain)
  • Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (China)
  • The Vanishing (Holland)
  • Solaris (Russia)
  • Ringu (Japan)
  • Hard Boiled (Hong Kong)
  • Persona (Sweden)
  • Ten Canoes (Australia)
  • Hidden (Austria)
  • Devdas (India)
  • A Bout de Souffle (France)
  • The Idiots (Denmark)
  • House of Flying Daggers (China)
  • Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (Spain)
  • Bande A Part (France)
  • Mother India (India)
  • The Host (Korea)
  • Battle Royale (Japan)
  • Xala (Senegal)
  • Orphee (France)
  • Il Conformista (Italy)
  • Run Lola Run (Germany)
  • Andrei Rublev (Russia)
  • Leningrad Cowboys (Finland)
  • Loves of a Blonde (Czechoslovakia)
  • Rififi (France)
  • Goodbye Lenin (Germany)
  • Ghost in the Shell (Japan)
  • The Fourth Man (Holland)
  • Yeelen (Mali)
  • Way of the Dragon (Hong Kong)
  • Delicatessen (France)
  • Farewell My Concubine (China)
  • Ran (Japan)
  • Iron Monkey (China)
  • Night Watch (Russia)
aug 4 2010 ∞
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