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Empire's 100 Best Films of World Cinema Legolas Send a noteboard - 31/08/2010 02:50:01 PM
I came across this by accident, figured it might be interesting to some and give people a chance to discover some movies they don't know about. Certainly works for me - tons of movies that sound interesting that I didn't know about. Or we can just argue about which movies should be higher, lower, not on the list at all, were grievously snubbed, etc. Or just boast about how many (or how few) we have seen. All the fun things one can do with such a list! ;) Obviously there is more info about all the movies at the link (including a section each time on whether a remake exists or is in the works, which is just all kinds of wrong), but I'll just copy the list here (as it stands now, I understand it can change if enough people vote to change the order). Empire seems to have the strange policy of translating some titles and others, particularly the French ones, not, but I'm too lazy to do the titles properly except in the cases where I personally had never even heard of the English title, so you'll just have to deal. :P

100 Night Watch (Russia)
99 Iron Monkey (China)
98 Ran (Japan)
97 Farewell My Concubine (China)
96 Delicatessen (France)
95 Way of the Dragon (Hong Kong)
94 Yeelen (Mali)
93 The Fourth Man (Netherlands)
92 Ghost In The Shell (Japan)
91 Goodbye Lenin (Germany)
90 Rififi (France)
89 Loves of a Blonde (Czechoslovakia)
88 Leningrad Cowboys (Finland)
87 Andrei Rublev (Russia)
86 Run Lola Run (Germany)
85 Il Conformista (Italy)
84 Orphée (France)
83 Xala (Senegal)
82 Battle Royale (Japan)
81 The Host (Korea)
80 Mother India (India)
79 Bande A Part (France)
78 Women On the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (Spain)
77 House of Flying Daggers (China)
76 The Idiots (Denmark)
75 A Bout de Souffle (France)
74 Devdas (India)
73 Hidden (Austria) aka Caché
72 Ten Canoes (Australia)
71 Persona (Sweden)
70 Hard Boiled (Hong Kong)
69 Ringu (Japan)
68 Solaris (Russia)
67 The Vanishing (Netherlands)
66 Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (China)
65 Un Chien Andalou (Spain)
64 Wings of Desire (Germany) aka Der Himmel Über Berlin
63 A Prophet (France)
62 8 1/2 (Italy)
61 Knife in the Water (Poland)
60 Jean de Florette / Manon des Sources duology(France)
59 Heimat (Germany) (the first one)
58 Persepolis (according to Empire, Iran, but that seems silly; just because the author is Iranian and the story is about Iran doesn't make the movie Iranian, as it was made in France by a largely French crew and no doubt with French money)
57 Central do Brasil (Brazil)
56 Belle de Jour (France)
55 Lagaan (India)
54 Festen (Denmark)
53 All About My Mother (Spain)
52 Touki Bouki (Senegal)
51 Akira (Japan)
50 Closely Observed Trains (Czechoslovakia)
49 M. Hulot's Holiday (France)
48 Downfall (Germany)
47 10 (Iran)
46 Jules et Jim (France)
45 Suspiria (Italy)
44 Ikiru (Japan)
43 Cyrano de Bergerac (France)
42 In The Mood for Love (Hong Kong)
41 My Neighbour Totoro (Japan)
40 L'Avventura (Italy)
39 Le Samourai (France)
38 Ashes and Diamonds (Poland)
37 Rome Open City (Italy)
36 Dekalog (Poland)
35 La Grande Illusion (France)
34 Waltz With Bashir (Israel)
33 M (Germany)
32 La Haine (France)
31 Godzilla (Japan)
30 Infernal Affairs (Hong Kong)
29 Les Quatre Cents Coups (France)
28 Raise the Red Lantern (China)
27 Cinema Paradiso (Italy)
26 La Belle et la Bête (France)
25 Das Boot (Germany)
24 Come and See (Russia)
23 Spirit of the Beehive (Spain)
22 Rashomon (Japan)
21 Nosferatu (Germany)
20 Y Tu Mamá También (Mexico)
19 Aguirre, Wrath of God (Germany)
18 Oldboy (South Korea)
17 The Apu Trilogy (India)
16 Tokyo Story (Japan)
15 Let the Right One In (Sweden)
14 Three Colours Trilogy (Poland)
13 La Règle du Jeu (France)
12 Metropolis (Germany)
11 La Dolce Vita (Italy)
10 Spirited Away (Japan)
9 The Wages of Fear (France)
8 The Seventh Seal (Sweden)
7 City of God (Brazil)
6 Battle of Algiers (France)
5 Pan's Labyrinth (Mexico, according to Empire, I'd have said Spain as it's shot there with Spanish actors even if the director is Mexican...)
4 Bicycle Thieves (Italy)
3 Battleship Potemkin (Russia)
2 Amelie (France)
1 Seven Samurai (Japan)



In case anyone wants to know, I've seen a measly 17.
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Empire's 100 Best Films of World Cinema - 31/08/2010 02:50:01 PM 1537 Views
As for my quibbles with the list... - 31/08/2010 03:01:43 PM 914 Views
Hey I've only seen 21 - 31/08/2010 03:40:54 PM 823 Views
What exactly is Battle Royale doing there? - 31/08/2010 04:07:46 PM 924 Views
Juno is Canadian-American though. - 31/08/2010 07:40:20 PM 796 Views
I'm quite surprised to see that La Vita e bella (Life is Beautiful) isn't on the list. *NM* - 31/08/2010 04:51:53 PM 557 Views
Me too. Pleasantly surprised. *NM* - 31/08/2010 07:57:47 PM 420 Views
Really? I thought the movie was fantastic and well-made. *NM* - 01/09/2010 12:36:05 AM 432 Views
In fairness, Roberto Benigni being an overrated ass doesn't mean his only good film isn't good. - 01/09/2010 01:01:21 AM 859 Views
We may have to fight, now. - 01/09/2010 10:47:45 AM 803 Views
He's so ridiculously full of himself. - 01/09/2010 02:10:27 PM 838 Views
Re: He's so ridiculously full of himself. - 01/09/2010 02:15:34 PM 820 Views
I've seen 28, so nearly a third - 31/08/2010 06:50:43 PM 785 Views
I've seen Zatoichi among those you name... - 31/08/2010 07:59:14 PM 772 Views
You have no taste - 31/08/2010 08:10:26 PM 876 Views
Re: You have no taste - 31/08/2010 08:34:03 PM 853 Views
Re: You have no taste - 31/08/2010 10:02:45 PM 817 Views
Re: You have no taste - 31/08/2010 10:21:25 PM 823 Views
Re: You have no taste - 01/09/2010 10:34:14 AM 871 Views
Re: You have no taste - 01/09/2010 01:56:48 PM 793 Views
Re: You have no taste - 01/09/2010 02:55:56 PM 745 Views
I've seen a Belgian film lately - 31/08/2010 10:14:12 PM 653 Views
No, but I've heard a fair bit about it. - 31/08/2010 10:23:49 PM 821 Views
Good point - 01/09/2010 11:06:15 AM 776 Views
Only seen 8 - 31/08/2010 10:43:15 PM 762 Views
Re: Only seen 8 - 01/09/2010 12:17:17 AM 1007 Views
Re: Only seen 8 - 01/09/2010 04:27:38 AM 835 Views
Some of those films are really not Jen films - 01/09/2010 10:36:36 AM 826 Views
You might be surprised what I'll watch. - 01/09/2010 04:09:05 PM 823 Views
I wasn't suggesting you wouldn't watch them - 01/09/2010 04:38:57 PM 846 Views
You mean you have discovered movies - 01/09/2010 08:10:12 PM 816 Views
That's a lot of Asian movies... - 01/09/2010 11:54:59 AM 838 Views
Yeah, I tend to really like even the silly ones. - 01/09/2010 04:11:41 PM 1010 Views
Re: Yeah, I tend to really like even the silly ones. - 01/09/2010 04:24:34 PM 796 Views
Re: Yeah, I tend to really like even the silly ones. - 01/09/2010 04:36:54 PM 779 Views
I've seen 7 and plan to see at least 3 more! WTF?!?!?! - 01/09/2010 01:14:45 AM 855 Views
I've seen 32. - 01/09/2010 04:27:31 AM 843 Views
Nice. I agree with a lot of your assessments. - 01/09/2010 02:02:30 PM 894 Views
Re: Empire's 100 Best Films of World Cinema - 01/09/2010 11:05:17 AM 877 Views
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Re: Empire's 100 Best Films of World Cinema - 01/09/2010 02:09:20 PM 726 Views
Re: Empire's 100 Best Films of World Cinema - 01/09/2010 02:19:58 PM 755 Views
I've seen like 10 - 01/09/2010 11:35:58 AM 829 Views
I've seen eight but Cache is on tonight so I'll watch that. - 01/09/2010 03:56:31 PM 735 Views
I've seen one Haneke movie (La Pianiste), and I've decided I'm going to keep it that way. - 01/09/2010 04:08:55 PM 794 Views
I haven't seen any of his other films so I'm not sure what to expect really - 01/09/2010 04:26:40 PM 793 Views
So what did you think? *NM* - 02/09/2010 09:43:18 PM 306 Views
Same, except it was "Funny Games" that did it to me *NM* - 01/09/2010 08:30:34 PM 400 Views
8 - 02/09/2010 08:59:44 PM 809 Views
I sense a few amazon.com orders coming soon. - 19/11/2010 06:20:53 AM 856 Views

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