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21 Excellent Foreign Films (in no particular order…)

Seven Samurai (1954), Japan
directed by Akira Kurosawa

8 1/2 (1963), Italy
directed by Federico Fellini

Rashomon (1951), Japan
directed by Akira Kurosawa

Wild Strawberries (1957), Sweden
directed by Ingmar Bergman

The Seventh Seal (1956), Sweden
directed by Ingmar Bergman

The Bicycle Thief (1948), Italy
directed by Vittorio De Sica

Cries and Whispers (1972), Sweden
directed by Ingmar Bergman

M (1931), Germany
directed by Fritz Lang

Ran (1985), Japan
directed by Akira Kurosawa

Das Boot (1981), Germany
directed by Wolfgang Petersen

La Dolce Vita (1960), Italy
directed by Federico Fellini

Stalker (1979), Russia
directed by Andrei Tarkovsky

Raise the Red Lantern (1991), China
directed by Yimou Zhang

Grand Illusion (1937), France
directed by Jean Renoir

La Strada (1954), Italy
directed by Federico Fellini

Metropolis (1926), Germany
directed by Fritz Lang

Fanny and Alexander (1982), Sweden
directed by Ingmar Bergman

Beauty and the Beast (1946), France
directed by Jean Cocteau

Au Revoir les Enfants (1987), France
directed by Louis Malle

Pierrot Le Fou (1965), France
directed by Jean-Luc Godard

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000), Taiwan
directed by Ang Lee