Best Foreign Language Films by Rank
5
1
1939
Jean Renoir
Marcel Dalio, Nora Gregor, Jean Renoir, Julien Carette, Tony Corteggiani
Comedy / Drama
France
French
6
2
1948
Vittorio De Sica
Lamberto Maggiorani, Enzo Staiola, Lianella Carell, Gino Saltamerenda
Drama
Italy
Italian
11
3
1954
Akira Kurosawa
Takashi Shimura, Toshirô Mifune, Yoshio Inaba, Seiji Miyaguchi
Action / Drama / Period Film
Japan
Japanese
16
4
1963
Federico Fellini
Anouk Aimée, Marcello Mastroianni, Bruno Agostini, Guido Alberti
Drama / Comedy
Italy / France
Italian
18
5
1950
Akira Kurosawa
Toshirô Mifune, Machiko Kyô, Masayuki Mori, Takashi Shimura
Crime / Drama / Mystery / Thriller / Period Film
Japan
Japanese
19
6
1959
François Truffaut
Jean-Pierre Léaud, Albert Rémy, Claire Maurier, Guy Decomble
Crime / Drama
France
French
20
7
1960
Jean-Luc Godard
Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jean Seberg, Daniel Boulanger, Jean-Pierre Melville
Crime / Drama / Romance / Gangster
France
French
22
8
1953
Yasujiro Ozu
Chishu Ryu, Chieko Higashiyama, Setsuko Hara, Haruko Sugimura, Sô Yamamura
Drama
Japan
Japanese
32
9
1927
Fritz Lang
Alfred Abel, Brigitte Helm, Gustav Fröhlich, Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Fritz Rasp
Sci-Fi / Drama
Germany
German (Silent)
35
10
1960
Federico Fellini
Marcello Mastroianni, Anita Ekberg, Anouk Aimée, Yvonne Furneaux
Drama / Comedy
Italy / France
Italian
37
11
1970
Bernardo Bertolucci
Jean-Louis Trintignant, Stefania Sandrelli, Gastone Moschin, Enzo Tarascio
Drama
Italy / France / West Germany
Italian
39
12
1931
Fritz Lang
Peter Lorre, Ellen Widmann, Inge Landgut, Otto Wernicke, Theodor Loos
Crime / Thriller / Detective / Pre-Noir / Cult
Germany
German
40
13
1966
Ingmar Bergman
Bibi Andersson, Liv Ullmann, Margaretha Krook, Gunnar Björnstrand
Drama
Sweden
Swedish
44
14
1962
François Truffaut
Jeanne Moreau, Oskar Werner, Henri Serre, Vanna Urbino, Boris Bassiak
Drama / Romance / Period Film
France
French
46
15
1960
Michelangelo Antonioni
Gabriele Ferzetti, Monica Vitti, Lea Massari, Dominique Blanchar, Renzo Ricci
Drama / Mystery / Romance / Adventure
Italy / France
Italian
47
16
1967
Luis Buñuel
Catherine Deneuve, Jean Sorel, Michel Piccoli, Geneviève Page
Drama
France / Italy
French
49
17
1991
Yimou Zhang
Li Gong, Caifei He, Cuifen Cao, Jingwu Ma, Qi Zhao, Lin Kong, Jin Shuyuan
Drama / Period Film
China / Hong Kong / Taiwan
Mandarin
51
18
1959
Satyajit Ray
Soumitra Chatterjee, Sharmila Tagore, Alok Chakravarty, Swapan Mukherjee
Drama
India
Bengali
52
19
1972
Luis Buñuel
Fernando Rey, Paul Frankeur, Delphine Seyrig, Bulle Ogier, Stéphane Audran
Comedy / Drama / Fantasy / Experimental
France / Italy / Spain
French
53
20
1972
Werner Herzog
Klaus Kinski, Helena Rojo, Del Negro, Ruy Guerra, Peter Berling, Cecilia Rivera
Adventure / Drama / History / Epic / Cult
West Germany / Peru / Mexico
German
54
21
1937
Jean Renoir
Jean Gabin, Dita Parlo, Pierre Fresnay, Erich von Stroheim, Julien Carette
Drama / War / Adventure / Comedy
France
French
58
22
1955
Satyajit Ray
Kanu Bannerjee, Karuna Bannerjee, Subir Bannerjee, Uma Das Gupta, Chunibala Devi
Drama
India
Bengali
62
23
1952
Akira Kurosawa
Takashi Shimura, Shinichi Himori, Haruo Tanaka, Minoru Chiaki, Miki Odagiri
Drama
Japan
Japanese
63
24
1987
Wim Wenders
Bruno Ganz, Solveig Dommartin, Otto Sander, Curt Bois, Peter Falk
Fantasy / Drama / Romance / Religion
West Germany / France
German
67
25
1957
Ingmar Bergman
Gunnar Björnstrand, Max von Sydow
Drama / Fantasy / Experimental / Period Film
Sweden
Swedish
68
26
1982
Ingmar Bergman
Pernilla Allwin, Bertil Guve, Gunn Wållgren, Börje Ahlstedt
Drama / Fantasy / Mystery / Period Film
Sweden / France / West Germany
Swedish
70
27
1945
Marcel Carné
Arletty, Jean-Louis Barrault, Pierre Brasseur, Pierre Renoir, María Casares
Drama / Romance / Period Film
France
French
71
28
1922
F.W. Murnau
Max Schreck, Gustav von Wangenheim, Greta Schröder, Alexander Granach
Horror / Cult
Germany
German (Silent)
73
29
1985
Akira Kurosawa
Tatsuya Nakadai, Akira Terao, Jinpachi Nezu, Daisuke Ryu, Mieko Harada
Drama / War / Epic / History / Period Film
Japan / France
Japanese
74
30
1925
Sergei M. Eisenstein, Grigori Aleksandrov
Aleksandr Antonov, Vladimir Barsky, Grigori Aleksandrov, Ivan Bobrov
Drama / War / Experimental / History
Soviet Union
Russian (Silent)
82
31
1934
Jean Vigo
Michel Simon, Dita Parlo, Jean Dasté, Gilles Margaritis, Louis Lefebvre
Comedy / Drama / Romance / Adventure
France
French
90
32
1953
Kenji Mizoguchi
Masayuki Mori, Machiko Kyô, Kinuyo Tanaka, Eitarô Ozawa, Ikio Sawamura
Drama / Thriller / Fantasy / Romance / Period Film
Japan
Japanese
98
33
1945
Roberto Rossellini
Anna Magnani, Aldo Fabrizi, Marcello Pagliero, Vito Annichiarico, Nando Bruno
Drama / War
Italy
Italian
102
34
1928
Carl Theodor Dreyer
Maria Falconetti, Eugene Silvain, André Berley, Maurice Schutz
Drama / History / Biography / Religion
France
French (Silent)
107
35
1958
Andrzej Wajda
Zbigniew Cybulski, Ewa Krzyzewska, Waclaw Zastrzezynski, Adam Pawlikowski
Drama / War
Poland
Polish
112
36
1946
Jean Cocteau, René Clément
Jean Marais, Josette Day, Mila Paré, ly, Nane Germon, Michel Auclair
Drama / Fantasy / Experimental / Romance
France / Luxembourg
French
114
37
1954
Kenji Mizoguchi
Kinuyo Tanaka, Yoshiaki Hanayagi, Kyôko Kagawa, Eitarô Shindô
Drama / Period Film
Japan
Japanese
119
38
1973
François Truffaut
François Truffaut, Jacqueline Bisset, Valentina Cortese, Jean-Pierre Aumont
Drama / Comedy
France / Italy
French
120
39
1951
Robert Bresson
Claude Laydu, Jean Riveyre, André Guibert, Rachel Bérendt
Drama / Religion
France
French
123
40
1965
Gillo Pontecorvo
Brahim Haggiag, Jean Martin, Yacef Saadi, Samia Kerbash, Ugo Paletti
Drama / War
Algeria / Italy
French
126
41
1954
Federico Fellini
Anthony Quinn, Giulietta Masina, Richard Basehart, Aldo Silvani, Marcella Rovere
Drama / Romance
Italy
Italian
127
42
1929
Dziga Vertov
Documentary / Experimental
Soviet Union
Russian (Silent)
129
43
1963
Jean-Luc Godard
Brigitte Bardot, Michel Piccoli, Jack Palance, Giorgia Moll, Fritz Lang
Drama
France / Italy
French
131
44
1973
Víctor Erice
Fernando Fernán Gómez, Teresa Gimpera, Ana Torrent
Drama
Spain
Spanish
132
45
1967
Jacques Tati
Jacques Tati, Barbara Dennek, Rita Maiden, France Rumilly, France Delahalle
Comedy / Drama
France / Italy
French
135
46
1961
Luis Buñuel
Silvia Pinal, Francisco Rabal, Fernando Rey, José Calvo, Margarita Lozano
Drama / Religion / Comedy
Mexico / Spain
Spanish
140
47
1956
Satyajit Ray
Pinaki Sengupta, Smaran Ghosal, Kanu Bannerjee, Karuna Bannerjee
Drama
India
Bengali
144
48
2000
Ang Lee
Yun-Fat Chow, Michelle Yeoh, Ziyi Zhang, Chen Chang, Sihung Lung, Pei-pei Cheng
Adventure / Drama / Action / Fantasy / Romance / Period Film
Taiwan / Hong Kong / USA / China
Mandarin
150
49
2000
Kar Wai Wong
Maggie Cheung, Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Ping Lam Siu, Tung Cho 'Joe' Cheung
Romance / Drama / Period Film
Hong Kong / France / Thailand
Cantonese
153
50
1955
Ingmar Bergman
Ulla Jacobsson, Eva Dahlbeck, Harriet Andersson, Margit Carlqvist
Comedy / Romance
Sweden
Swedish
155
51
1994
Krzysztof Kieslowski
Irène Jacob, Jean-Louis Trintignant
Drama / Romance
Poland / France / Switzerland
French
157
52
1999
Pedro Almodóvar
Cecilia Roth, Marisa Paredes, Candela Peña, Penélope Cruz
Drama / Comedy
Spain / France
Spanish
159
53
2002
Fernando Meirelles, Kátia Lund
Alexandre Rodrigues, Leandro Firmino
Drama / Crime / Thriller / Period Film
Brazil / France / USA
Portuguese
163
54
1964
Pier Paolo Pasolini
Enrique Irazoqui, Margherita Caruso, Susanna Pasolini, Marcello Morante
Drama / Religion
France / Italy
Italian
166
55
1960
Luchino Visconti
Alain Delon, Renato Salvatori, Annie Girardot, Katina Paxinou
Drama
France / Italy
Italian
169
56
1993
Kaige Chen
Leslie Cheung, Fengyi Zhang, Li Gong, Qi Lu, Da Ying, You Ge, Chun Li
Drama / Romance / Period Film / Epic
China / Hong Kong
Mandarin
170
57
1953
Jacques Tati
Jacques Tati, Nathalie Pascaud, Micheline Rolla, Valentine Camax, Louis Perrault
Comedy
France
French
171
58
2001
Alfonso Cuarón
Maribel Verdú, Gael García Bernal, Diego Luna, Diana Bracho
Comedy / Drama / Romance / Adventure
Mexico / USA
Spanish
172
59
1953
Henri-Georges Clouzot
Yves Montand, Charles Vanel, Peter van Eyck, Antonio Centa, Folco Lulli
Thriller / Adventure / Action / Drama
France / Italy
French
173
60
1966
Andrei Tarkovsky
Anatoli Solonitsyn, Ivan Lapikov, Nikolai Grinko, Nikolai Sergeyev
Drama / War / History / Biography / Epic / Period Film
Soviet Union
Russian
178
61
1972
Andrei Tarkovsky
Natalya Bondarchuk, Donatas Banionis, Jüri Järvet, Vladislav Dvorzhetsky
Drama / Sci-Fi / Adventure / Cult
Soviet Union
Russian
179
62
1950
Luis Buñuel
Alfonso Mejía, Estela Inda, Miguel Inclán
Drama / Experimental
Mexico
Spanish
180
63
1961
Alain Resnais
Delphine Seyrig, Giorgio Albertazzi, Sacha Pitoëff
Drama / Mystery / Romance / Experimental
France / Italy
French
185
64
1952
René Clément
Georges Poujouly, Brigitte Fossey, Amédée, Laurence Badie
Drama / War
France
French
200
65
1989
Krzysztof Kieslowski
Miroslaw Baka, Henryk Baranowski, Artur Barcis, Aleksander Bardini
Drama
Poland
Polish
201
66
1955
Henri-Georges Clouzot
Simone Signoret, Véra Clouzot, Paul Meurisse, Charles Vanel, Jean Brochard
Mystery / Thriller / Horror / Film-Noir
France
French
201
66
1957
Akira Kurosawa
Toshirô Mifune, Minoru Chiaki, Isuzu Yamada, Takashi Shimura
War / Drama / Action / Thriller / Period Film / Crime
Japan
Japanese
205
67
1933
Jean Vigo
Jean Dasté, Robert le Flon, Du Verron, Delphin, Léon Larive
Comedy / Short / Drama
France
French
208
68
1928
Luis Buñuel
Simone Mareuil, Pierre Batcheff
Short / Fantasy / Experimental / Cult
France
French (Silent)
218
69
2001
Hayao Miyazaki
Miyu Irino, Rumi Hîragi, Mari Natsuki, Takashi Naitô
Adventure / Animation / Fantasy / Drama / Family
Japan
Japanese
219
70
1988
Giuseppe Tornatore
Philippe Noiret, Salvatore Cascio, Marco Leonardi, Jacques Perrin, Antonella Attili
Drama
Italy / France
Italian
220
71
1957
Ingmar Bergman
Victor Sjöström, Bibi Andersson, Ingrid Thulin
Drama
Sweden
Swedish
227
72
1973
Federico Fellini
Pupella Maggio, Armando Brancia, Magali Noël, Ciccio Ingrassia, Nando Orfei
Drama / Comedy
Italy / France
Italian
228
73
1970
Luis Buñuel
Catherine Deneuve, Fernando Rey, Franco Nero, Lola Gaos, Antonio Casas
Drama
France / Italy / Spain
Spanish
229
74
1930
Josef von Sternberg
Emil Jannings, Marlene Dietrich, Kurt Gerron, Rosa Valetti, Hans Albers
Drama / Musical
Germany
German
233
75
1929
Georg Wilhelm Pabst
Louise Brooks, Fritz Kortner, Francis Lederer, Carl Goetz, Krafft-Raschig
Drama / Cult
Germany
German (Silent)
234
76
2006
Guillermo del Toro
Ivana Baquero, Sergi López, Maribel Verdú, Ariadna Gil, Doug Jones
Drama / Fantasy / Horror / Thriller / War / Period Film
Mexico / Spain / USA
Spanish
235
77
1930
Luis Buñuel
Gaston Modot, Lya Lys, Caridad de Laberdesque, Max Ernst
Drama / Romance / Comedy / Fantasy / Experimental
France
French
239
78
2001
Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Audrey Tautou, Mathieu Kassovitz, Rufus, Lorella Cravotta, Serge Merlin
Comedy / Drama / Romance
France / Germany
French
240
79
1966
Jirí Menzel
Václav Neckár, Josef Somr, Vlastimil Brodský
Comedy / Drama / War
Czechoslovakia
Czech
245
80
1927
Abel Gance
Albert Dieudonné, Vladimir Roudenko, Edmond Van Daële
Drama / War / Epic / History / Biography
Sweden / Italy / France / Czechoslovakia / Germany
French (Silent)
248
81
1967
Jean-Luc Godard
Mireille Darc, Jean Yanne, Jean-Pierre Kalfon, Valérie Lagrange
Drama / Comedy / Experimental
Italy / France
French
256
82
1967
Jean-Pierre Melville
Alain Delon, François Périer, Nathalie Delon
Thriller / Crime / Drama / Post-Noir / Gangster
France / Italy
French
266
83
1950
Jean Cocteau
Jean Marais, François Périer, María Casares
Fantasy / Drama / Romance / Experimental
France
French
268
84
1959
Alain Resnais
Emmanuelle Riva, Eiji Okada, Stella Dassas, Pierre Barbaud, Bernard Fresson
Drama / Romance / War
France / Japan
French
271
85
1939
Marcel Carné
Jean Gabin, Jules Berry, Arletty, Mady Berry, René Génin
Drama / Thriller / Crime / Romance
France
French
272
86
1998
Thomas Vinterberg
Ulrich Thomsen, Henning Moritzen, Thomas Bo Larsen, Paprika Steen
Drama / Comedy
Denmark / Sweden
Danish
273
87
1972
Ingmar Bergman
Harriet Andersson, Liv Ullmann, Kari Sylwan, Ingrid Thulin, Anders Ek
Drama
Sweden
Swedish
274
88
1969
Costa-Gavras
Yves Montand, Irene Papas, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Jacques Perrin, Charles Denner
Thriller / Drama / Mystery
Algeria / France
French
277
89
1957
Federico Fellini
Giulietta Masina, François Périer
Drama
Italy / France
Italian
278
90
1970
Claude Chabrol
Stéphane Audran, Jean Yanne, Antonio Passalia, Pascal Ferone, Mario Beccara
Drama / Thriller / Horror
France / Italy
French
282
91
1952
Vittorio De Sica
Carlo Battisti, Maria-Pia Casilio, Lina Gennari, Ileana Simova, Elena Rea
Drama
Italy
Italian
285
92
1953
Max Ophüls
Charles Boyer, Danielle Darrieux, Vittorio De Sica, Jean Debucourt
Drama / Romance / Period Film
France / Italy
French
286
93
1931
René Clair
Raymond Cordy, Henri Marchand, Rolla France, Paul Ollivier, Jacques Shelly
Comedy / Musical
France
French
294
94
1988
Pedro Almodóvar
Carmen Maura, Antonio Banderas, Julieta Serrano, María Barranco
Comedy / Drama
Spain
Spanish
295
95
2000
Edward Yang
Nien-Jen Wu, Elaine Jin, Issei Ogata, Kelly Lee, Jonathan Chang
Drama
Taiwan / Japan
Mandarin
299
96
1979
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Hanna Schygulla, Klaus Löwitsch, Ivan Desny, Gisela Uhlen
Drama / War
West Germany
German
300
97
1964
Jacques Demy
Catherine Deneuve, Nino Castelnuovo, Anne Vernon, Marc Michel, Ellen Farner
Drama / Musical / Romance
France / West Germany
French
309
98
1959
Robert Bresson
Martin LaSalle, Marika Green, Jean Pélégri, Dolly Scal
Crime / Drama
France
French
316
99
1990
Jean-Paul Rappeneau
Gérard Depardieu, Anne Brochet
Drama / Romance / Period Film
France
French
318
100
2006
Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
Martina Gedeck, Ulrich Mühe, Sebastian Koch, Ulrich Tukur, Thomas Thieme
Drama / Thriller / Period Film
Germany
German
320
101
2002
Pedro Almodóvar
Javier Cámara, Dario Grandinetti
Drama / Romance
Spain
Spanish
325
102
1981
Wolfgang Petersen
Jürgen Prochnow, Herbert Grönemeyer, Klaus Wennemann, Hubertus Bengsch
Drama / War / Adventure
West Germany
German
331
103
1955
Jules Dassin
Jean Servais, Carl Mohner
Crime / Thriller / Caper / Gangster / Film-Noir
France
French
332
104
1965
Milos Forman
Hana Brejchová, Vladimír Pucholt
Comedy / Romance / Drama
Czechoslovakia
Czech
335
105
1962
Roman Polanski
Leon Niemczyk, Jolanta Umecka
Drama / Thriller
Poland
Polish
336
106
1966
Robert Bresson
Anne Wiazemsky, François Lafarge, Philippe Asselin
Drama
France / Sweden
French
337
107
1930
Aleksandr Dovzhenko
Stepan Shkurat, Semyon Svashenko, Yuliya Solntseva, Yelena Maksimova
Drama
Soviet Union
Russian (Silent)
339
108
1971
Louis Malle
Lea Massari, Benoît Ferreux, Daniel Gélin, Michael Lonsdale
Drama
France / Italy / West Germany
French
347
109
1987
Louis Malle
Gaspard Manesse, Raphael Fejtö
Drama / War
France / West Germany
French
358
110
1955
Max Ophüls
Martine Carol, Peter Ustinov, Anton Walbrook, Henri Guisol
Drama / Period Film / Biography
France / West Germany
French
359
111
1945
Sergei M. Eisenstein
Nikolai Cherkasov, Lyudmila Tselikovskaya, Serafima Birman
Drama / Epic / History / Biography
Soviet Union
Russian
368
113
1961
Akira Kurosawa
Toshirô Mifune, Eijirô Tono, Tatsuya Nakadai
Drama / Action / Crime / Thriller / Adventure
Japan
Japanese
371
114
1974
Jacques Rivette
Juliet Berto, Dominique Labourier, Bulle Ogier, Marie-France Pisier
Drama / Fantasy / Experimental
France
French
377
115
1931
René Clair
Annabella, René Lefèvre, Jean-Louis Allibert, Paul Ollivier
Musical / Comedy
France
French
382
116
1993
Krzysztof Kieslowski
Juliette Binoche, Benoît Régent, Florence Pernel
Drama / Music / Romance
France / Poland / Switzerland / UK
French
388
117
1965
Jean-Luc Godard
Jean-Paul Belmondo, Anna Karina, Graziella Galvani
Drama / Crime / Experimental / Romance
France / Italy
French
392
118
1985
Elem Klimov
Aleksei Kravchenko, Olga Mironova, Liubomiras Lauciavicius
Drama / War
Soviet Union
Russian
396
119
1962
Michelangelo Antonioni
Monica Vitti, Alain Delon, Francisco Rabal, Lilla Brignone, Rossana Rory
Drama
Italy / France
Italian
400
120
1964
Hiroshi Teshigahara
Eiji Okada, Kyôko Kishida
Drama / Experimental
Japan
Japanese
404
121
2007
Julian Schnabel
Mathieu Amalric, Emmanuelle Seigner, Marie-Josée Croze, Anne Consigny
Biography / Drama
France / USA
French
406
122
1925
Sergei M. Eisenstein
Ivan Klyukvin, Aleksandr Antonov, Grigori Aleksandrov, Mikhail Gomorov
Drama / History / Epic
Soviet Union
Russian (Silent)
408
123
1922
Fritz Lang
Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Aud Egede Nissen
Crime / Horror / Thriller / Mystery / Detective
Germany
German (Silent)
414
124
1958
Jacques Tati
Jacques Tati, Jean-Pierre Zola, Adrienne Servantie
Comedy
Italy / France
French
415
125
1938
Sergei M. Eisenstein, Dmitri Vasilyev
Nikolai Cherkasov, Nikolai Okhlopkov, Andrei Abrikosov
War / Action / Drama / History / Epic / Biography
Soviet Union
Russian
417
126
1970
Vittorio De Sica
Lino Capolicchio, Dominique Sanda
Drama / War
Italy / West Germany
Italian
427
128
2000
Alejandro González Iñárritu
Emilio Echevarría, Gael García Bernal
Thriller / Drama
Mexico
Spanish
435
129
1955
Carl Theodor Dreyer
Preben Lerdorff Rye, Birgitte Federspiel, Emil Hass Christensen
Drama / Religion
Denmark
Danish
438
130
1935
Leni Riefenstahl
Adolf Hitler, Hermann Göring, Rudolf Hess, Josef Goebbels, Heinrich Himmler
Documentary / Experimental / War
Germany
German
441
131
1932
Jean Renoir
Michel Simon, Charles Granval, Marcelle Hainia
Comedy
France
French
442
132
2012
Michael Haneke
Jean-Louis Trintignant, Emmanuelle Riva, Isabelle Huppert, Alexandre Tharaud
Drama
France / Germany / Austria
French
443
133
1986
Claude Berri
Yves Montand, Gérard Depardieu, Daniel Auteuil, Elisabeth Depardieu
Drama / Period Film
France / Switzerland / Italy
French
444
134
1962
Jean-Luc Godard
Anna Karina, Sady Rebbot, André S. Labarthe
Drama
France
French
445
135
2003
Denys Arcand
Rémy Girard, Stéphane Rousseau, Dorothée Berryman
Drama / Comedy
Canada / France
French
446
136
1974
Werner Herzog
Bruno S., Walter Ladengast, Brigitte Mira, Willy Semmelrogge
Drama / Crime / Biography / Period Film
West Germany
German
447
137
1979
Volker Schlöndorff
Mario Adorf, David Bennent, Angela Winkler, Katharina Thalbach, Daniel Olbrychski
Drama / Period Film / War
West Germany / France / Poland / Yugoslavia
German
451
138
1980
Akira Kurosawa
Tatsuya Nakadai, Tsutomu Yamazaki
Drama / War / Epic / History
Japan
Japanese
453
139
1931
Jean Renoir
Michel Simon, Janie Marese, Georges Flamant, Roger Gaillard
Drama
France
French
461
140
1977
Luis Buñuel
Fernando Rey, Carole Bouquet, Ángela Molina, Julien Bertheau
Drama / Comedy
France / Spain
French
462
141
1961
Ingmar Bergman
Gunnar Björnstrand, Harriet Andersson
Drama
Sweden
Swedish
463
142
1997
Abbas Kiarostami
Homayon Ershadi, Abdolrahman Bagheri, Afshin Khorshid Bakhtiari, Safar Ali Moradi
Drama
France / Iran
Persian
467
143
1956
Robert Bresson
François Leterrier, Charles Le Clainche, Maurice Beerblock, Roland Monod
Adventure / Drama / War
France
French
467
143
1938
Leni Riefenstahl
Jesse Owens, Adolf Hitler, Rudolf Hess, Leni Riefenstahl
Documentary / Sports / History
Germany
German
468
144
2008
Tomas Alfredson
Kåre Hedebrant, Lina Leandersson, Per Ragnar, Henrik Dahl, Karin Bergquist
Drama / Horror / Romance
Sweden
Swedish
473
145
1959
Yasujiro Ozu
Ganjiro Nakamura, Machiko Kyô, Ayako Wakao, Hiroshi Kawaguchi
Drama
Japan
Japanese
474
146
2019
Joon-ho Bong
Kang-ho Song, Yeo-jeong Jo, So-dam Park, Woo-sik Choi, Sun-kyun Lee, Seo-joon Park
Comedy / Drama / Thriller
South Korea
Korean
476
147
1960
François Truffaut
Charles Aznavour, Marie Dubois, Nicole Berger
Drama / Thriller / Romance / Crime / Comedy / Post-Noir
France
French
478
148
2003
Chan-wook Park
Min-sik Choi, Ji-tae Yu, Hye-jeong Kang, Dae-han Ji, Dal-su Oh, Byeong-ok Kim
Action / Mystery / Thriller / Drama
South Korea
Korean
483
149
1991
Krzysztof Kieslowski
Irène Jacob, Halina Gryglaszewska, Kalina Jedrusik, Aleksander Bardini
Drama / Fantasy / Romance
France / Poland / Norway
French
487
150
1964
Carl Theodor Dreyer
Nina Pens Rode, Bendt Rothe, Ebbe Rode, Baard Owe
Drama
Denmark
Danish
489
151
1962
Luis Buñuel
Silvia Pinal, Enrique Rambal, Claudio Brook
Drama / Comedy / Mystery / Fantasy / Experimental
Mexico
Spanish
491
152
1956
Jean-Pierre Melville
Isabelle Corey, Roger Duchesne, Daniel Cauchy, Howard Vernon, Guy Decomble
Crime / Drama / Caper / Gangster / Film-Noir / Detective
France
French
496
154
1969
Marcel Ophüls
Georges Bidault, Matthäus Bleibinger, Charles Braun
Documentary / War / History
France / Switzerland / West Germany
French
499
155
1994
Krzysztof Kieslowski
Zbigniew Zamachowski, Julie Delpy, Janusz Gajos, Jerzy Stuhr
Comedy / Drama
France / Poland / Switzerland / UK
Polish
503
156
1977
Wim Wenders
Dennis Hopper, Bruno Ganz, Lisa Kreuzer, Gérard Blain
Crime / Mystery / Thriller / Drama / Post-Noir / Gangster
West Germany / France
German
504
157
1966
Sergei Bondarchuk
Lyudmila Savelyeva, Vyacheslav Tikhonov, Gennadi Ivanov, Irina Gubanova
Drama / War / Epic / History / Romance
Soviet Union
Russian
506
158
1968
François Truffaut
Jean-Pierre Léaud, Claude Jade
Drama / Romance / Comedy
France
French
507
159
1974
Louis Malle
Pierre Blaise, Aurore Clément
Drama / War / Romance
France / West Germany / Italy
French
509
160
1938
Leni Riefenstahl
Rolf Wernicke, Glenn Morris
Documentary / Sports / History
Germany
German
513
161
1971
François Truffaut
Jean-Pierre Léaud, Kika Markham, Stacey Tendeter
Romance / Drama / Period Film
France
French
514
162
1980
Alain Resnais
Gérard Depardieu, Nicole Garcia
Drama / Comedy
France
French
521
163
1994
Gianni Amelio
Enrico Lo Verso, Michele Placido, Piro Milkani, Carmelo Di Mazzarelli
Drama / Adventure
Italy / France
Italian
522
164
1991
Jacques Rivette
Michel Piccoli, Jane Birkin, Emmanuelle Béart
Drama / Romance
France / Switzerland
French
525
165
2009
Jacques Audiard
Niels Arestrup, Alaa Oumouzoune, Tahar Rahim, Gilles Cohen, Farid Elouardi
Crime / Drama / Gangster
France / Italy
French
539
166
1924
F.W. Murnau
Emil Jannings, Maly Delschaft, Max Hiller, Emilie Kurz, Hans Unterkircher
Drama
Germany
German (Silent)
543
167
1986
Claude Berri
Yves Montand, Emmanuelle Béart, Daniel Auteuil
Drama
Italy / France / Switzerland
French
546
168
1969
Eric Rohmer
Jean-Louis Trintignant, Françoise Fabian, Marie-Christine Barrault
Drama / Comedy / Romance
France
French
551
169
1956
Kon Ichikawa
Rentaro Mikuni, Shôji Yasui, Jun Hamamura
Drama / War
Japan
Japanese
552
170
1978
Ermanno Olmi
Luigi Ornaghi, Francesca Moriggi, Omar Brignoli, Antonio Ferrari, Teresa Brescianin
Drama
Italy / France
Italian
553
171
1943
Luchino Visconti
Clara Calamai, Massimo Girotti, Dhia Cristiani, Elio Marcuzzo
Drama / Crime / Thriller
Italy
Italian
554
172
2008
Ari Folman
Ron Ben-Yishai, Ronny Dayag, Ari Folman, Dror Harazi, Yehezkel Lazarov, Mickey Leon
Animation / Biography / Drama / War / History
Israel / Germany / France
Hebrew
556
173
2018
Alfonso Cuarón
Yalitza Aparicio, Marina de Tavira, Diego Cortina Autrey, Carlos Peralta
Drama
Mexico / USA
Spanish
559
174
1983
Robert Bresson
Christian Patey, Sylvie Van den Elsen, Vincent Risterucci
Crime / Drama
France / Switzerland
French
561
175
1970
Eric Rohmer
Jean-Claude Brialy, Aurora Cornu, Béatrice Romand, Laurence de Monaghan
Drama / Romance / Comedy
France
French
565
176
1943
Carl Theodor Dreyer
Thorkild Roose, Lisbeth Movin, Sigrid Neiiendam
Drama / Period Film
Denmark
Danish
568
177
2011
Asghar Farhadi
Peyman Moaadi, Leila Hatami, Sareh Bayat, Shahab Hosseini, Sarina Farhadi
Drama
Iran
Persian
571
178
1990
Abbas Kiarostami
Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Hossain Sabzian, Abolfazl Ahankhah
Documentary / Drama
Iran
Persian
572
179
1998
Walter Salles
Fernanda Montenegro, Vinícius de Oliveira
Drama
Brazil / France
Portuguese
573
180
1981
Jean-Jacques Beineix
Frédéric Andréi, Wilhelmenia Fernandez
Action / Drama / Mystery / Romance / Thriller / Music / Gangster / Cult
France
French
576
181
1976
Carlos Saura
Geraldine Chaplin, Mónica Randall, Florinda Chico
Drama / Crime / Mystery / Thriller
Spain
Spanish
578
182
2004
Oliver Hirschbiegel
Bruno Ganz, Alexandra Maria Lara, Corinna Harfouch, Ulrich Matthes
Drama / History / War / Biography
Germany / Italy / Austria
German
580
183
1982
Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani
Omero Antonutti, Margarita Lozano, Claudio Bigagli, Miriam Guidelli
Drama / Fantasy / War
Italy
Italian
584
184
1984
Bertrand Tavernier
Sabine Azéma, Louis Ducreux, Michel Aumont, Geneviève Mnich
Drama / Period Film
France
French
588
185
2009
Michael Haneke
Ulrich Tukur, Susanne Lothar, Burghart Klaußner, Josef Bierbichler
Drama / Period Film
Austria / France / Germany
German
591
186
1997
Roberto Benigni
Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi
Comedy / Romance / Drama / War
Italy
Italian
593
187
1998
Tom Tykwer
Franka Potente, Moritz Bleibtreu, Herbert Knaup, Nina Petri
Action / Crime / Drama / Romance / Thriller
Germany
German
595
188
1980
François Truffaut
Catherine Deneuve, Gérard Depardieu
Drama / Romance / War
France
French
603
189
1957
Mikhail Kalatozov
Tatyana Samojlova, Aleksei Batalov
Drama / Romance / War
Soviet Union
Russian
606
190
1973
Jean Eustache
Bernadette Lafont, Jean-Pierre Léaud
Drama
France
French
614
191
1961
Jacques Demy
Anouk Aimée, Marc Michel, Jacques Harden, Alan Scott, Elina Labourdette
Drama / Romance
Italy / France
French
616
192
1981
István Szabó
Klaus Maria Brandauer, Krystyna Janda
Drama
West Germany / Hungary / Austria
Hungarian
620
193
1932
Carl Theodor Dreyer
Julian West, Maurice Schutz, Rena Mandel, Sybille Schmitz, Jan Hieronimko
Horror
France / Germany
German
621
194
1965
Sergei Parajanov
Ivan Mikolajchuk, Larisa Kadochnikova, Tatyana Bestayeva
Drama / Romance / Period Film
Soviet Union
Ukrainian
623
195
1976
Bernardo Bertolucci
Robert De Niro, Gérard Depardieu, Dominique Sanda, Francesca Bertini
Drama / War / Period Film
France / Italy / West Germany
Italian
624
196
1974
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Brigitte Mira, El Hedi ben Salem, Irm Hermann, Elma Karlowa
Drama / Romance
West Germany
German
631
197
1965
Federico Fellini
Giulietta Masina, Sandra Milo
Comedy / Drama / Fantasy / Romance
Italy / France / West Germany
Italian
635
198
2001
Ashutosh Gowariker
Aamir Khan, Raghuvir Yadav, Gracy Singh, Rachel Shelley
Musical / Drama / Romance / Comedy / Sports / Period Film
India
Hindi
640
199
1988
Theo Angelopoulos
Tania Palaiologou, Michalis Zeke, Dimitris Kaberidis
Drama
France / Greece / Italy
Greek
645
200
1991
Marc Caro, Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Pascal Benezech, Dominique Pinon, Marie-Laure Dougnac, Jean-Claude Dreyfus
Comedy / Sci-Fi / Romance / Fantasy / Cult
France
French
647
201
1969
Jean-Pierre Melville
Lino Ventura, Paul Meurisse, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Simone Signoret, Claude Mann
Drama / War
France / Italy
French
651
202
1952
Roberto Rossellini
Ingrid Bergman, Alexander Knox, Ettore Giannini, Giulietta Masina
Drama
Italy
Italian
661
203
1967
Jean-Luc Godard
Joseph Gehrard, Marina Vlady, Anny Duperey, Roger Montsoret
Drama
France
French
672
204
1987
Gabriel Axel
Stéphane Audran, Birgitte Federspiel, Jarl Kulle, Jean-Philippe Lafont
Comedy / Drama / Period Film
Denmark
Danish
675
205
1987
Bille August
Pelle Hvenegaard, Max von Sydow, Erik Paaske, Björn Granath, Astrid Villaume
Drama / Period Film
Denmark / Sweden
Danish
677
206
1985
Juzo Itami
Tsutomu Yamazaki, Nobuko Miyamoto, Ken Watanabe, Kôji Yakusho
Comedy
Japan
Japanese
678
207
1988
Mira Nair
Shafiq Syed, Hansa Vithal, Chanda Sharma, Sarfuddin Quarrassi, Raghuvir Yadav
Drama
UK / India / France
Hindi
684
208
1969
Sergei Parajanov
Sofiko Chiaureli, Melkon Aleksanyan, Vilen Galstyan, Giorgi Gegechkori
Drama / Experimental / Period Film
Soviet Union
Armenian
698
209
1966
Jean-Luc Godard
Jean-Pierre Léaud, Chantal Goya, Marlène Jobert
Drama
France / Sweden
French
701
210
1969
Federico Fellini
Martin Potter, Hiram Keller, Max Born, Salvo Randone
Drama / Period Film / Fantasy / History
Italy / France
Italian
710
211
2005
Michael Haneke
Daniel Auteuil, Juliette Binoche, Maurice Bénichou, Annie Girardot
Drama / Thriller
France / Austria / Germany / Italy
French
711
212
2007
Vincent Paronnaud, Marjane Satrapi
Catherine Deneuve, Danielle Darrieux, Simon Abkarian, Tilly Mandelbrot
Animation / Drama / Comic
France
French
717
213
2013
Abdellatif Kechiche
Adèle Exarchopoulos, Léa Seydoux, Jeremie Laheurte
Drama / Comic / Romance
France
French
729
216
1987
Yimou Zhang
Li Gong, Wen Jiang, Rujun Ten, Liu Jia, Cunhua Ji
Drama / War / Period Film
China
Mandarin
730
217
1961
Michelangelo Antonioni
Marcello Mastroianni, Jeanne Moreau, Monica Vitti, Bernhard Wicki
Drama
Italy / France
Italian
735
218
1990
Agnieszka Holland
Marco Hofschneider, René Hofschneider
Drama / War / Comedy
Germany / France / Poland
German
739
219
1960
Georges Franju
Pierre Brasseur, Edith Scob, Alida Valli, Juliette Mayniel
Horror / Thriller
France / Italy
French
745
221
1948
Luchino Visconti
Luchino Visconti, Antonio Arcidiacono, Giuseppe Arcidiacono, Venera Bonaccorso
Drama
Italy
Italian
748
222
1949
Yasujiro Ozu
Chishu Ryu, Setsuko Hara, Yumeji Tsukioka, Haruko Sugimura
Drama
Japan
Japanese
749
223
1936
Jean Renoir
Sylvia Bataille, Georges D'Arnoux, Jane Marken
Drama / Short / Romance / Comedy
France
French
753
224
1937
Julien Duvivier
Jean Gabin, Line Noro, Mireille Balin, Lucas Gridoux, Gabriel Gabrio
Crime / Drama / Romance / Gangster
France
French
755
225
1971
Dusan Makavejev
Milena Dravic, Ivica Vidovic, Jagoda Kaloper, Tuli Kupferberg
Drama / Comedy / Fantasy
Yugoslavia / West Germany
Serbo-Croatian
757
226
1964
Michelangelo Antonioni
Monica Vitti, Richard Harris, Carlo Chionetti, Xenia Valderi, Rita Renoir
Drama
Italy / France
Italian
768
227
1965
Ján Kadár, Elmar Klos
Ida Kaminska, Jozef Kroner, Hana Slivková
Drama / War
Czechoslovakia
Slovak
782
228
1973
Ingmar Bergman
Liv Ullmann, Erland Josephson, Anita Wall, Jan Malmsjo
Drama
Sweden
Swedish
783
229
1987
Souleymane Cissé
Issiaka Kane, Aoua Sangare, Niamanto Sanogo
Fantasy / Adventure / Drama
Mali / Burkina Faso / France / West Germany
French
784
230
1959
Marcel Camus
Breno Mello, Marpessa Dawn, Marcel Camus, Fausto Guerzoni, Lourdes de Oliveira
Drama / Comedy / Romance / Fantasy
Brazil / France / Italy
Portuguese
790
231
1980
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Günter Lamprecht, Elisabeth Trissenaar, Karin Baal
Drama / Epic / Period Film / History
Italy / West Germany
German
792
232
1938
Marcel Pagnol
Raimu, Ginette Leclerc, Robert Vattier, Robert Bassac
Comedy / Drama
France
French
795
233
1985
Lasse Hallström
Anton Glanzelius, Tomas von Brömssen, Anki Lidén
Drama / Comedy / Family
Sweden
Swedish
798
234
1984
Edgar Reitz
Marita Breuer, Edgar Reitz, Gudrun Landgrebe
Drama / History / Epic
West Germany
German
802
235
2001
Danis Tanovic
Branko Djuric, Rene Bitorajac, Filip Sovagovic, Georges Siatidis
War / Drama / Comedy
Bosnia-Herzegovina / Slovenia / Italy / France / UK / Belgium
Serbo-Croatian
804
236
2004
Yimou Zhang
Takeshi Kaneshiro, Andy Lau, Ziyi Zhang, Dandan Song
Action / Drama / Romance / Period Film
China / Hong Kong
Mandarin
805
237
1964
Masaki Kobayashi
Rentarô Mikuni, Michiyo Aratama, Misako Watanabe, Kenjirô Ishiyama
Horror / Fantasy / Period Film
Japan
Japanese
812
238
1950
Max Ophüls
Anton Walbrook, Simone Signoret, Serge Reggiani, Simone Simon
Drama / Comedy
France
French
814
239
2001
Zacharias Kunuk
Natar Ungalaaq, Sylvia Ivalu, Peter-Henry Arnatsiaq
Drama / Fantasy / Adventure / Romance / Period Film
Canada
Inuktitut
815
240
1998
Erick Zonca
Élodie Bouchez, Natacha Régnier, Grégoire Colin
Drama
France
French
817
241
1992
Yimou Zhang
Li Gong, Peiqi Liu, Liuchun Yang, Quesheng Lei
Comedy / Drama
China / Hong Kong
Mandarin
818
242
1989
John Woo
Yun-Fat Chow, Danny Lee, Sally Yeh, Kong Chu, Kenneth Tsang, Fui-On Shing
Action / Crime / Drama / Thriller / Gangster / Detective
Hong Kong
Cantonese
821
243
1974
Luis Buñuel
Jean-Claude Brialy, Adolfo Celi
Comedy / Drama / Experimental
Italy / France
French
823
244
1970
Bernardo Bertolucci
Giulio Brogi, Alida Valli, Pippo Campanini, Franco Giovanelli
Drama / Mystery
Italy
Italian
825
245
1938
Marcel Carné
Jean Gabin, Michel Simon, Michèle Morgan
Drama / Romance / Crime / Gangster / Pre-Noir
France
French
833
246
1988
George Sluizer
Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu, Gene Bervoets, Johanna ter Steege
Horror / Mystery / Thriller / Drama
Netherlands / France
Dutch
834
247
1964
Jean-Luc Godard
Anna Karina, Claude Brasseur, Danièle Girard, Louisa Colpeyn
Crime / Drama / Romance
France
French
837
248
2016
Maren Ade
Peter Simonischek, Sandra Hüller, Michael Wittenborn, Thomas Loibl
Comedy / Drama
Germany / Austria
German
848
249
2002
Abbas Kiarostami
Mania Akbari, Amin Maher, Roya Arabshahi, Katayoun Taleidzadeh
Drama / Documentary / Experimental
France / Iran / USA
Persian
849
250
1970
François Truffaut
Jean-Pierre Léaud, Claude Jade, Hiroko Berghauer
Comedy / Drama / Romance
France / Italy
French
849
250
1952
Kenji Mizoguchi
Kinuyo Tanaka, Tsukie Matsuura, Ichirô Sugai
Drama / Period Film
Japan
Japanese
851
251
1989
Denys Arcand
Lothaire Bluteau, Catherine Wilkening
Drama / Religion
Canada / France
French
853
252
1994
Kar Wai Wong
Brigitte Lin, Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Faye Wong, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Valerie Chow
Drama / Mystery / Romance
Hong Kong
Cantonese
855
253
1985
Agnès Varda
Sandrine Bonnaire, Setti Ramdane, Francis Balchère
Drama
France / UK
French
862
254
2001
Michael Haneke
Isabelle Huppert, Annie Girardot, Benoît Magimel, Susanne Lothar
Drama
France / Austria
French
866
255
1983
Gregory Nava
Zaide Silvia Gutiérrez, David Villalpando, Ernesto Gómez Cruz
Drama / Adventure
USA / UK
Spanish
867
256
2003
Sylvain Chomet
Béatrice Bonifassi, Lina Boudreault, Michèle Caucheteux
Animation / Adventure / Comedy / Gangster / Sports
France / Belgium / Canada / UK
French
869
257
1983
Paul Verhoeven
Jeroen Krabbé, Renée Soutendijk
Thriller / Comedy / Drama
Netherlands
Dutch
872
258
1999
Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne
Émilie Dequenne, Fabrizio Rongione, Anne Yernaux
Drama
France / Belgium
French
875
259
1969
Luchino Visconti
Dirk Bogarde, Ingrid Thulin, Helmut Griem, Helmut Berger
Drama / War
Italy / Switzerland / West Germany
Italian
876
260
2000
Béla Tarr, Ágnes Hranitzky
Lars Rudolph, Peter Fitz, Hanna Schygulla, János Derzsi, Djoko Rosic
Drama / Horror
Hungary / Italy / Germany / France
Hungarian
878
261
1974
Bertrand Tavernier
Philippe Noiret, Jean Rochefort, Jacques Denis, Yves Afonso, Julien Bertheau
Crime / Drama
France
French
882
262
1965
Jean-Luc Godard
Eddie Constantine, Anna Karina, Akim Tamiroff
Mystery / Sci-Fi / Drama / Romance / Thriller
France / Italy
French
885
263
1972
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Margit Carstensen, Hanna Schygulla, Katrin Schaake, Eva Mattes
Drama
West Germany
German
888
264
2003
Wolfgang Becker
Daniel Brühl, Katrin Saß, Chulpan Khamatova
Comedy / Drama
Germany
German
894
266
2013
Pawel Pawlikowski
Agata Kulesza, Agata Trzebuchowska, Joanna Kulig, Dawid Ogrodnik, Adam Szyszkowski
Drama / Religion
Poland / Denmark
Polish
896
267
2014
Andrey Zvyagintsev
Elena Lyadova, Vladimir Vdovichenkov, Aleksey Serebryakov, Roman Madyanov
Drama / Documentary
Russia
Russian
897
268
1969
Claude Chabrol
Stéphane Audran, Michel Bouquet, Michel Duchaussoy, Maurice Ronet
Drama / Thriller / Crime / Post-Noir
Italy / France
French
905
269
2005
Gavin Hood
Presley Chweneyagae, Mothusi Magano, Israel Makoe, Percy Matsemela
Crime / Drama / Gangster
UK / South Africa
Zulu
919
271
1994
Lars von Trier, Morten Arnfred
Ernst-Hugo Järegård, Kirsten Rolffes, Holger Juul Hansen
Drama / Horror / Mystery / Comedy / Cult
Denmark / France / Germany / Sweden
Danish
921
272
1962
Agnès Varda
Corinne Marchand, Antoine Bourseiller, Dominique Davray
Drama
France / Italy
French
921
272
1977
Paul Verhoeven
Rutger Hauer, Jeroen Krabbé
War / Drama / Thriller
Belgium / Netherlands
Dutch
933
273
1953
Teinosuke Kinugasa
Kazuo Hasegawa, Machiko Kyô, Isao Yamagata, Yataro Kurokawa
Drama / Period Film
Japan
Japanese
935
274
1969
King Hu
Hsu Feng, Pai Ying, Tien Peng, Roy Chiao, Shih Chun
Action / Adventure / Drama
Taiwan
Mandarin
937
275
2009
Juan José Campanella
Ricardo Darín, Soledad Villamil, Pablo Rago, Javier Godino
Crime / Drama / Mystery / Romance / Thriller
Argentina / Spain
Spanish
938
276
1969
Claude Chabrol
Michel Duchaussoy, Caroline Cellier, Jean Yanne, Anouk Ferjac
Drama / Crime / Thriller
France / Italy
French
940
277
1998
Lars von Trier
Bodil Jørgensen, Jens Albinus, Anne Louise Hassing, Troels Lyby
Comedy / Drama
Denmark / Sweden / France / Netherlands / Italy
Danish
941
278
1976
Nagisa Oshima
Tatsuya Fuji, Eiko Matsuda, Aoi Nakajima, Yasuko Matsui, Meika Seri
Drama / Adult / Romance
Japan / France
Japanese
944
279
1960
Jean Cocteau
Jean Cocteau, Pablo Picasso, Yul Brynner, Charles Aznavour, Claudine Auger
Drama / Experimental
France
French
947
280
1961
Pietro Germi
Marcello Mastroianni, Daniela Rocca
Comedy
Italy
Italian
949
281
1999
Takashi Miike
Ryo Ishibashi, Eihi Shiina, Tetsu Sawaki, Jun Kunimura, Renji Ishibashi
Drama / Horror / Romance / Thriller
South Korea / Japan
Japanese
955
282
2018
Pawel Pawlikowski
Joanna Kulig, Tomasz Kot, Borys Szyc, Agata Kulesza, Cédric Kahn
Drama / Music / Romance / History / Period Film
Poland / UK / France
Polish
957
283
1994
Yimou Zhang
You Ge, Li Gong, Ben Niu, Xiao Cong, Deng Fei, Tao Guo, Wu Jiang, Zhang Lu
Drama
Hong Kong / China
Mandarin
963
284
1955
Jean Renoir
Jean Gabin, Françoise Arnoul, María Félix
Comedy / Musical / Drama / Romance
France / Italy
French
965
285
2006
Pedro Almodóvar
Penélope Cruz, Carmen Maura, Lola Dueñas, Blanca Portillo
Comedy / Drama
Spain
Spanish
967
286
1987
Nikita Mikhalkov
Marcello Mastroianni, Marthe Keller, Yelena Safonova, Pina Cei, Vsevolod Larionov
Comedy / Romance / Drama
Italy
Italian
971
287
1995
Claude Chabrol
Isabelle Huppert, Sandrine Bonnaire
Drama / Crime
France / Germany
French
975
288
2002
Yimou Zhang
Jet Li, Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Maggie Cheung, Ziyi Zhang, Daoming Chen
Action / Drama / Adventure / Romance / History / Epic
Hong Kong / China
Mandarin
977
289
1982
Serif Gören, Yilmaz Güney
Tarik Akan, Serif Sezer, Halil Ergün
Drama
Turkey / Switzerland / France
Turkish
978
290
1958
Sergei M. Eisenstein, M. Filimonova
Nikolai Cherkasov, Serafima Birman, Pavel Kadochnikov
Drama / Epic / History / Biography
Soviet Union
Russian
982
291
2001
Nanni Moretti
Nanni Moretti, Laura Morante, Jasmine Trinca, Giuseppe Sanfelice
Drama
Italy / France
Italian
984
292
1952
Jacques Becker
Simone Signoret, Serge Reggiani, Claude Dauphin
Crime / Drama / Romance / Period Film
France
French
986
293
1999
Raoul Ruiz
Catherine Deneuve, Emmanuelle Béart, Vincent Perez, John Malkovich
Drama / Period Film / Romance
France / Italy / Portugal
French
988
294
1990
Michael Verhoeven
Lena Stolze, Hans-Reinhard Müller
Comedy / Drama
West Germany
German
989
295
1974
Lina Wertmüller
Giancarlo Giannini, Mariangela Melato, Riccardo Salvino, Isa Danieli
Comedy / Drama / Romance
Italy
Italian
992
296
1957
Mehboob Khan
Nargis, Sunil Dutt, Rajendra Kumar, Raaj Kumar
Drama / Musical / Family / Epic
India
Hindi
993
297
1955
Alain Resnais
Michel Bouquet, Adolf Hitler, Heinrich Himmler, Julius Streicher
Documentary / Short / History / War
France
French
1010
298
1998
Hideo Nakata
Nanako Matsushima, Miki Nakatani, Hiroyuki Sanada, Yuko Takeuchi, Hitomi Sato
Horror / Mystery / Thriller
Japan
Japanese
1015
299
1928
Sergei M. Eisenstein, Grigori Aleksandrov
Vladimir Popov, Vasili Nikandrov, Layaschenko, Chibisov, Boris Livanov
Drama / History / Epic
Soviet Union
Russian (Silent)
1019
300
1962
Yasujiro Ozu
Chishu Ryu, Shima Iwashita, Keiji Sada, Mariko Okada
Drama / Comedy / Romance
Japan
Japanese
1024
301
1949
Jacques Tati
Guy Decomble, Jacques Tati, Paul Frankeur, Santa Relli
Comedy
France
French
1028
302
1976
Ingmar Bergman
Liv Ullmann, Erland Josephson
Drama / Fantasy / Horror / Mystery
Sweden
Swedish
1029
303
1954
Roberto Rossellini
Ingrid Bergman, George Sanders, Leslie Daniels, Natalia Ray
Drama
Italy / France
Italian
1032
304
1924
Fritz Lang
Margarete Schön, Gertrud Arnold, Theodor Loos, Hans Carl Mueller
Drama / Adventure / Fantasy / War / Epic
Germany
German (Silent)
1032
304
1975
Andrei Tarkovsky
Margarita Terekhova, Ignat Daniltsev, Larisa Tarkovskaya
Drama / Experimental
Soviet Union
Russian
1037
305
1968
Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
Sergio Corrieri, Daisy Granados, Eslinda Núñez
Drama
Cuba
Spanish
1039
306
2002
Aleksandr Sokurov
Sergei Dontsov, Mariya Kuznetsova, Leonid Mozgovoy
Drama / Fantasy / War / Experimental
Russia / Germany
Russian
1041
307
1967
Miklós Jancsó
József Madaras, Tibor Molnár
Drama / War
Hungary / Soviet Union
Hungarian
1047
308
1923
Abel Gance
Severin-Mars, Ivy Close, Gabriel de Gravone, Pierre Magnier
Drama
France
French (Silent)
1049
309
1970
François Truffaut
François Truffaut, Jean-Pierre Cargol
Drama / Period Film / Biography
France
French
1052
310
1988
Hayao Miyazaki
Noriko Hidaka, Hitoshi Takagi, Chika Sakamoto, Shigesato Itoi
Animation / Family / Fantasy / Adventure
Japan / USA
Japanese
1054
311
2018
Hirokazu Koreeda
Lily Franky, Kirin Kiki, Sôsuke Ikematsu, Sakura Andô, Mayu Matsuoka
Crime / Drama
Japan
Japanese
1055
312
1990
Yimou Zhang, Fengliang Yang
Li Gong, Wei Li, Baotian Li, Zhang Yi, Ji-an Zheng
Drama / Period Film / Romance
Japan / China
Mandarin
1058
313
1981
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Barbara Sukowa, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Mario Adorf
Drama
West Germany
German
1063
314
1966
Claude Lelouch
Anouk Aimée, Jean-Louis Trintignant
Drama / Romance
France
French
1064
315
1975
Lina Wertmüller
Giancarlo Giannini, Fernando Rey, Shirley Stoler
Comedy / Drama / War
Italy
Italian
1066
316
1976
Wim Wenders
Rüdiger Vogler, Hanns Zischler, Lisa Kreuzer
Drama
West Germany
German
1071
318
1988
Isao Takahata
Tsutomu Tatsumi, Ayano Shiraishi, Yoshiko Shinohara, Akemi Yamaguchi
Animation / War / Drama
Japan
Japanese
1071
318
1982
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Rosel Zech, Hilmar Thate, Cornelia Froboess, Annemarie Düringer
Drama
West Germany
German
1072
319
2006
Clint Eastwood
Ken Watanabe, Kazunari Ninomiya, Shido Nakamura, Tsuyoshi Ihara, Ryo Kase
Drama / War / History
USA
Japanese
1077
320
1970
Alejandro Jodorowsky
Alejandro Jodorowsky, Brontis Jodorowsky, José Legarreta, Alfonso Arau
Western / Experimental / Cult
Mexico
Spanish
1077
320
1915
Louis Feuillade
Musidora, Edouard Mathé, Marcel Lévesque
Crime / Thriller / Drama / Fantasy / Mystery / Gangster / Serial / Horror / Comedy
France
French (Silent)
1078
321
1994
Milcho Manchevski
Katrin Cartlidge, Rade Serbedzija, Grégoire Colin
Drama / War
Rep of N Macedonia / France / UK
Macedonian
1082
322
1991
Edward Yang
Chang Chen, Lisa Yang, Guozhu Zhang, Elaine Jin, Wang Juan, Zhang Han
Drama / Romance
Taiwan
Mandarin
1086
323
2001
Mira Nair
Naseeruddin Shah, Lillete Dubey, Shefali Shetty, Vijay Raaz, Tilotama Shome
Drama / Romance / Comedy
India / USA / France / Italy / Germany
Hindi
1087
324
2003
Marco Tullio Giordana
Luigi Lo Cascio, Alessio Boni, Adriana Asti, Sonia Bergamasco
Drama / Period Film
Italy
Italian
1093
325
2008
Matteo Garrone
Salvatore Abruzzese, Salvatore Ruocco, Gianfelice Imparato, Maria Nazionale
Crime / Drama / Gangster
Italy
Italian
1094
326
1983
Andrzej Wajda
Gérard Depardieu, Wojciech Pszoniak, Anne Alvaro
Drama / History / Period Film / Biography
France / Poland / West Germany
French
1096
327
1977
Andrzej Wajda
Jerzy Radziwilowicz, Krystyna Janda, Tadeusz Lomnicki, Jacek Lomnicki
Drama
Poland
Polish
1105
328
2004
Pedro Almodóvar
Gael García Bernal, Fele Martínez, Lluís Homar
Drama / Thriller / Mystery / Post-Noir
Spain
Spanish
1111
329
1959
Grigori Chukraj
Vladimir Ivashov, Zhanna Prokhorenko
Drama / Romance / War
Soviet Union
Russian
1114
330
1986
Fons Rademakers
Derek de Lint, Marc van Uchelen
Drama / War
Netherlands
Dutch
1116
331
2021
Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
Hidetoshi Nishijima, Tôko Miura, Reika Kirishima, Yoo-rim Park, Dae-Young Jin
Drama
Japan
Japanese
1121
332
1985
Emir Kusturica
Emir Kusturica, Moreno D'E Bartolli
Drama / Comedy
Yugoslavia
Serbo-Croatian
1124
333
2004
Ousmane Sembene
Fatoumata Coulibaly, Maimouna Hélène Diarra
Drama
Senegal / France / Burkina Faso / Cameroon / Morocco / Tunisia
Bambara
1125
334
1960
Vittorio De Sica
Sophia Loren, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Eleonora Brown, Carlo Ninchi
Drama / War
Italy / France
Italian
1126
335
1979
Werner Herzog
Klaus Kinski, Isabelle Adjani, Bruno Ganz, Roland Topor
Horror
West Germany / France
German
1131
336
1994
Michael Radford
Massimo Troisi, Philippe Noiret, Maria Grazia Cucinotta
Drama / Romance / Period Film
France / Italy / Belgium
Italian
1133
337
1988
Krzysztof Kieslowski
Miroslaw Baka, Krzysztof Globisz, Jan Tesarz, Zbigniew Zapasiewicz
Drama / Crime
Poland
Polish
1137
338
1958
Ingmar Bergman
Max von Sydow, Ingrid Thulin, Gunnar Björnstrand, Naima Wifstrand
Drama
Sweden
Swedish
1138
339
1958
Louis Malle
Jeanne Moreau, Alain Cuny, Jean-Marc Bory, Judith Magre
Drama / Romance
France
French
1146
340
1993
Zhuangzhuang Tian
Tian Yi, Wenyao Zhang, Xiaoman Chen, Liping Lu
Drama
China / Hong Kong
Mandarin
1152
341
2004
Kar Wai Wong
Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Li Gong, Takuya Kimura, Faye Wong, Ziyi Zhang
Drama / Romance / Sci-Fi
China / France / Germany / Hong Kong
Cantonese
1153
342
2002
Aki Kaurismäki
Markku Peltola, Kati Outinen
Comedy / Fantasy / Drama / Romance
Finland / Germany / France
Finnish
1153
342
1951
Vittorio De Sica
Emma Gramatica, Francesco Golisano
Drama / Fantasy / Comedy
Italy
Italian
1155
343
1993
Hsiao-hsien Hou
Tianlu Li, Giong Lim, Chung Lin, Yang Liyin, Xin Shufen
Drama / Documentary / Biography
Taiwan
Mandarin
1157
344
1986
Denys Arcand
Dominique Michel, Dorothée Berryman, Louise Portal
Comedy / Drama
Canada
French
1158
345
1976
François Truffaut
Nicole Félix, Chantal Mercier
Comedy / Drama
France
French
1160
346
1962
Chris Marker
Jean Négroni, Hélène Chatelain, Davos Hanich
Sci-Fi / Short / Experimental / Romance / Fantasy
France
French
1161
347
2017
Robin Campillo
Nahuel Pérez Biscayart, Arnaud Valois, Adèle Haenel, Antoine Reinartz
Drama / Romance
France
French
1171
348
1972
Eric Rohmer
Bernard Verley, Zouzou, Françoise Verley, Daniel Ceccaldi, Malvina Penne
Drama
France
French
1172
349
1989
Patrice Leconte
Michel Blanc, Sandrine Bonnaire, Luc Thuillier
Crime / Thriller / Drama / Post-Noir
France
French
1175
350
1933
Fritz Lang
Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Otto Wernicke, Gustav Diessl, Wera Liessem
Crime / Horror / Mystery / Thriller / Detective
Germany
German
1176
351
2004
Alejandro Amenábar
Javier Bardem, Belén Rueda, Lola Dueñas, Mabel Rivera
Biography / Drama
Spain / France / Italy
Spanish
1180
352
1988
Katsuhiro Ôtomo
Mitsuo Iwata, Nozomu Sasaki, Mami Koyama, Tesshô Genda
Animation / Action / Adventure / Sci-Fi / Thriller / Cult / Comic
Japan
Japanese
1185
353
1978
Bertrand Blier
Gérard Depardieu, Carole Laure
Comedy / Drama / Romance
Belgium / France
French
1189
354
1995
Mathieu Kassovitz
Vincent Cassel, Hubert Koundé, Saïd Taghmaoui, Abdel Ahmed Ghili
Drama
France
French
1194
355
1982
Daniel Vigne
Gérard Depardieu, Nathalie Baye, Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu, Maurice Barrier
Drama / Romance / Period Film
France
French
1195
356
1902
Georges Méliès
Georges Méliès, Bleuette Bernon, Brunnet, Farjaut, Kelm
Sci-Fi / Short / Adventure / Fantasy / Action / Comedy
France
French (Silent)
1198
357
1928
René Clair
Marise Maia, Olga Tschechowa, Albert Prejean, Paul Olivier
Comedy / Experimental
France
French (Silent)
1202
358
2002
Gaspar Noé
Monica Bellucci, Vincent Cassel, Albert Dupontel, Jo Prestia, Philippe Nahon
Drama / Horror / Thriller / Crime
France
French
1211
359
2001
Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Nelofer Pazira, Hassan Tantai, Sadou Teymouri, Hoyatala Hakimi
Drama
Iran / France
Persian
1213
360
2013
Paolo Sorrentino
Toni Servillo, Carlo Verdone, Sabrina Ferilli, Carlo Buccirosso, Iaia Forte
Comedy / Drama
Italy
Italian
1217
361
2005
Hany Abu-Assad
Kais Nashef, Ali Suliman, Lubna Azabal, Amer Hlehel, Hiam Abbass, Ashraf Barhom
Crime / Drama
France / Germany / Netherlands / Israel
Arabic
1218
362
1988
Claude Chabrol
Isabelle Huppert, François Cluzet
Drama / War / Crime
France
French
1221
363
1975
Jean Charles Tacchella
Marie-Christine Barrault, Victor Lanoux
Comedy / Romance
France
French
1223
364
1983
Diane Kurys
Miou-Miou, Isabelle Huppert, Guy Marchand, Jean-Pierre Bacri
Drama / Period Film
France
French
1224
365
2006
Joon-ho Bong
Kang-ho Song, Hie-bong Byeon, Hae-il Park, Du-na Bae, Ah-sung Ko
Action / Comedy / Drama / Fantasy / Horror / Sci-Fi / Thriller
South Korea
Korean
1226
366
1964
Glauber Rocha
Othon Bastos, Maurício do Valle, Geraldo Del Rey,
Drama / Crime
Brazil
Portuguese
1231
367
1995
Claude Lelouch
Jean-Paul Belmondo, Michel Boujenah, Alessandra Martines
Drama / Romance / Epic / Period Film / War
France
French
1239
368
2007
Olivier Dahan
Marion Cotillard, Sylvie Testud, Pascal Greggory, Emmanuelle Seigner
Biography / Drama / Music
France / UK / Czech Republic
French
1240
369
1924
Fritz Lang
Gertrud Arnold, Margarete Schön, Hanna Ralph, Paul Richter, Theodor Loos
Fantasy / Drama / Adventure / Epic
Germany
German (Silent)
1245
370
1983
Chris Marker
Florence Delay, Arielle Dombasle
Documentary / Experimental
France
French
1246
371
2004
Walter Salles
Gael García Bernal, Rodrigo De la Serna, Mía Maestro
Adventure / Biography / Drama
USA / Germany / UK / Argentina / Chile / Peru / France
Spanish
1247
372
1994
Nikita Mikhalkov
Nikita Mikhalkov, Ingeborga Dapkunaite
Drama
France / Russia
Russian
1247
372
1926
Vsevolod Pudovkin
Vera Baranovskaya, Nikolai Batalov, Ivan Koval-Samborsky
Drama
Soviet Union
Russian (Silent)
1248
373
1939
Kenji Mizoguchi
Shôtarô Hanayagi, Kôkichi Takada
Drama / Period Film / Romance
Japan
Japanese
1251
374
2019
Pedro Almodóvar
Antonio Banderas, Asier Etxeandia, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Nora Navas, Julieta Serrano
Drama
Spain
Spanish
1256
375
1999
Claire Denis
Denis Lavant, Michel Subor, Grégoire Colin, Richard Courcet
Drama
France
French
1256
375
1968
François Truffaut
Jeanne Moreau, Jean-Claude Brialy, Michel Bouquet, Charles Denner, Claude Rich
Drama / Mystery / Thriller / Post-Noir
France / Italy
French
1257
376
1953
Federico Fellini
Alberto Sordi, Franco Fabrizi, Franco Interlenghi
Drama / Comedy
France / Italy
Italian
1259
377
2019
Céline Sciamma
Noémie Merlant, Adèle Haenel, Luàna Bajrami, Valeria Golino
Drama / Romance
France
French
1260
378
1980
Maurice Pialat
Isabelle Huppert, Gérard Depardieu, Guy Marchand, Humbert Balsan
Drama / Romance / Crime
France
French
1260
378
1967
Claude Berri
Michel Simon, Alain Cohen, Charles Denner, Luce Fabiole
Comedy / Drama / Period Film
France
French
1263
379
1931
Georg Wilhelm Pabst
Fritz Kampers, Alexander Granach, Ernst Busch
Drama
Germany / France
French
1264
380
1920
Paul Wegener, Carl Boese
Paul Wegener, Albert Steinrück, Lyda Salmonova, Ernst Deutsch
Fantasy / Horror / Religion
Germany
German (Silent)
1265
381
1975
Ingmar Bergman
Josef Köstlinger, Sixten Fark
Comedy / Romance / Fantasy / Musical
Sweden
Swedish
1272
382
1965
Marco Bellocchio
Lou Castel, Paola Pitagora, Marino Masé, Liliana Gerace
Drama
Italy
Italian
1274
383
2000
Agnès Varda
Agnès Varda, François Wertheimer, Bodan Litnanski
Documentary / Biography
France
French
1275
384
1997
Kar Wai Wong
Leslie Cheung, Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Chen Chang
Drama / Romance
Hong Kong
Mandarin
1277
385
1979
Andrei Tarkovsky
Aleksandr Kajdanovsky, Alisa Frejndlikh, Anatoli Solonitsyn
Mystery / Sci-Fi
West Germany / Soviet Union
Russian
1278
386
1958
Louis Malle
Jeanne Moreau, Maurice Ronet, Georges Poujouly, Yori Bertin, Jean Wall
Crime / Drama / Thriller / Romance / Post-Noir
France
French
1280
387
2006
Mel Gibson
Dalia Hernandez, Mayra Serbulo, Gerardo Taracena, Raoul Trujillo, Rudy Youngblood
Action / Adventure / Drama / Epic
USA
Maya
1282
388
1997
Aleksandr Sokurov
Aleksei Ananishnov, Gudrun Geyer
Drama
Germany / Russia
Russian
1286
389
1992
Rémy Belvaux, André Bonzel, Benoît Poelvoorde
Benoît Poelvoorde, Jacqueline Poelvoorde-Pappaert
Horror / Comedy / Crime / Drama
Belgium
French
1288
390
1986
Hark Tsui
Brigitte Lin, Sally Yeh, Cherie Chung, Mark Cheng, Kenneth Tsang, Ma Wu
Comedy / Action / Drama
Hong Kong
Cantonese
1290
391
2022
Jerzy Skolimowski
Sandra Drzymalska, Isabelle Huppert, Lorenzo Zurzolo, Mateusz Kosciukiewicz
Drama
Poland / Italy
Polish
1294
392
2000
Jafar Panahi
Nargess Mamizadeh, Maryiam Palvin Almani
Drama
Iran / Switzerland / Italy
Persian
1296
393
2010
Denis Villeneuve
Lubna Azabal, Mélissa Désormeaux-Poulin, Maxim Gaudette, Rémy Girard
Drama
Canada
French
1299
394
2016
Chan-wook Park
Min-hee Kim, Tae-ri Kim, Jung-woo Ha, Jin-woong Jo, So-ri Moon, Hae-suk Kim
Drama / Romance / Thriller
South Korea
Korean
1305
395
1975
Chantal Akerman
Chantal Akerman, Delphine Seyrig, Jan Decorte, Henri Storck
Drama / Experimental
Belgium / France
French
1307
396
1997
Pavel Chukhraj
Vladimir Mashkov, Yekaterina Rednikova
Drama / Crime
Russia / France
Russian
1312
397
1936
Jean Renoir
René Lefèvre, Florelle, Jules Berry
Comedy / Crime / Drama
France
French
1316
398
1963
Ingmar Bergman
Ingrid Thulin, Gunnel Lindblom, Birger Malmsten
Drama
Sweden
Swedish
1320
399
1993
Ang Lee
Winston Chao, May Chin, Dion Birney, Jeanne Kuo Chang
Comedy / Drama / Romance
Taiwan / USA
Mandarin
1324
400
1997
Michael Haneke
Susanne Lothar, Ulrich Mühe, Arno Frisch, Frank Giering, Stefan Clapczynski
Horror / Drama / Thriller / Crime
Austria
German
1332
401
1975
Akira Kurosawa
Maksim Munzuk, Yuri Solomin, Svetlana Danilchenko
Adventure / Drama / Period Film
Soviet Union / Japan
Russian
1338
402
1962
Andrei Tarkovsky, Eduard Abalov
Nikolai Burlyayev, Valentin Zubkov, Yevgeni Zharikov, Stepan Krylov
Drama / War
Soviet Union
Russian
1340
403
1967
Milos Forman
Jan Vostrcil, Josef Sebanek, Josef Valnoha
Comedy / Drama
Czechoslovakia / Italy
Czech
1341
404
1962
Ingmar Bergman
Ingrid Thulin, Gunnar Björnstrand, Gunnel Lindblom
Drama / Religion
Sweden
Swedish
1343
405
1978
Ingmar Bergman
Ingrid Bergman, Liv Ullmann, Lena Nyman, Halvar Björk, Marianne Aminoff
Drama / Music
France / West Germany / Sweden
Swedish
1343
405
1973
Satyajit Ray
Soumitra Chatterjee, Babita, Chitra Banerjee, Govinda Chakravarti
Drama
India
Bengali
1345
406
2017
Ruben Östlund
Claes Bang, Elisabeth Moss, Dominic West, Terry Notary
Comedy / Drama
Sweden / Germany / France / Denmark
Swedish
1348
407
1966
Alain Resnais
Yves Montand, Ingrid Thulin, Geneviève Bujold
Drama
France / Sweden
French
1358
408
1958
Satyajit Ray
Chhabi Biswas, Padmadevi, Pinaki Sengupta, Gangapada Basu
Drama
India
Bengali
1359
409
1995
Marleen Gorris
Willeke van Ammelrooy, Els Dottermans, Dora van der Groen
Comedy / Drama
Netherlands / Belgium / UK
Dutch
1365
410
1979
Francesco Rosi
Gian Maria Volontè, Paolo Bonacelli, Alain Cuny, Lea Massari, Irene Papas
Drama
France / Italy
Italian
1373
411
1964
Kaneto Shindô
Nobuko Otowa, Jitsuko Yoshimura, Kei Sato, Jukichi Uno, Taiji Tonoyama
Drama / Horror
Japan
Japanese
1378
412
1995
Emir Kusturica
Miki Manojlovic, Lazar Ristovski, Mirjana Jokovic
Drama / Comedy / War / Epic
France / Fed Rep of Yugoslavia / Germany / Hungary
Serbo-Croatian
1384
413
1994
Béla Tarr
Mihály Vig, Putyi Horváth, László Lugossy
Drama
Hungary / Germany / Switzerland
Hungarian
1385
414
2016
Paul Verhoeven
Isabelle Huppert, Laurent Lafitte, Anne Consigny, Charles Berling, Virginie Efira
Drama / Thriller
France / Germany / Belgium
French
1386
415
2012
Leos Carax
Denis Lavant, Edith Scob, Eva Mendes, Kylie Minogue, Elise Lhomeau, Jeanne Disson
Drama / Fantasy
France / Germany
French
1386
415
2017
Andrey Zvyagintsev
Maryana Spivak, Aleksey Rozin, Yanina Hope, Matvey Novikov
Drama
Russia / France
Russian
1397
416
2014
Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne
Marion Cotillard, Fabrizio Rongione, Pili Groyne, Simon Caudry
Drama
Belgium / France / Italy
French
1399
417
1975
François Truffaut
Isabelle Adjani, Bruce Robinson, Sylvia Marriott, Joseph Blatchley
Drama / Period Film / Romance / Biography
France
French
1405
418
1994
Nanni Moretti
Nanni Moretti, Giovanna Bozzolo, Sebastiano Nardone, Antonio Petrocelli
Biography / Comedy / Drama
Italy / France
Italian
1406
419
1973
Paul Verhoeven
Monique van de Ven, Rutger Hauer, Tonny Huurdeman
Romance / Drama
Netherlands
Dutch
1407
420
1963
Vittorio De Sica
Sophia Loren, Marcello Mastroianni, Aldo Giuffrè, Agostino Salvietti
Comedy / Crime / Romance / Religion
Italy / France
Italian
1410
421
1964
Mikhail Kalatozov
Sergio Corrieri, Salvador Wood, José Gallardo, Raúl García
Drama / Experimental / History / Epic
Soviet Union / Cuba
Russian
1417
422
2000
Roy Andersson
Lars Nordh, Stefan Larsson, Bengt C.W. Carlsson
Drama / Comedy
Sweden / Norway / Denmark
Swedish
1417
422
1944
Alf Sjöberg
Stig Järrel, Alf Kjellin, Mai Zetterling, Olof Winnerstrand
Drama / Romance
Sweden
Swedish
1419
423
2010
Xavier Beauvois
Lambert Wilson, Michael Lonsdale, Olivier Rabourdin, Philippe Laudenbach
Drama / Religion
France
French
1420
424
1928
Vsevolod Pudovkin
I. Dedintsev, Valéry Inkijinoff, Aleksandr Chistyakov
Action / Drama / War
Soviet Union
Russian (Silent)
1421
425
1959
Claude Chabrol
Gérard Blain, Jean-Claude Brialy, Juliette Mayniel
Drama
France
French
1421
425
1964
Luis Buñuel
Jeanne Moreau, Georges Géret, Daniel Ivernel
Drama
France / Italy
French
1422
426
1992
John Woo
Yun-Fat Chow, Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Teresa Mo, Philip Chan, Philip Kwok
Action / Crime / Drama / Thriller / Detective / Gangster
Hong Kong
Cantonese
1422
426
1986
Andrei Tarkovsky
Erland Josephson, Susan Fleetwood, Allan Edwall,
Drama / Religion
Sweden / UK / France
Swedish
1423
427
1947
Claude Autant-Lara
Micheline Presle, Gérard Philipe, Palau, Henri Gaultier
Romance / Drama
France
French
1424
428
1959
Roberto Rossellini
Vittorio De Sica, Hannes Messemer, Vittorio Caprioli
Drama / War
Italy / France
Italian
1429
429
1975
Ousmane Sembene
Seun Samb, Tierno Leye, Younous Seye, Makhouredia Gueye
Comedy
Senegal
French
1431
430
1922
Benjamin Christensen
Maren Pedersen, Clara Pontoppidan, Elith Pio, Oscar Stribolt, Tora Teje
Documentary / Horror
Denmark / Sweden
Swedish (Silent)
1435
432
2002
Wai Keung Lau, Siu Fai Mak
Andy Lau, Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Anthony Wong Chau-Sang, Eric Tsang, Kelly Chen
Crime / Drama / Thriller / Gangster
Hong Kong
Cantonese
1438
433
2002
Sanjay Leela Bhansali
Shahrukh Khan, Madhuri Dixit, Aishwarya Rai, Jackie Shroff, Kiron Kher
Romance / Drama / Musical
India
Hindi
1439
434
2021
Joachim Trier
Renate Reinsve, Anders Danielsen Lie, Mia McGovern Zaini, Maria Grazia Di Meo
Comedy / Drama / Romance
Norway / France / Sweden / Denmark
Norwegian
1440
435
1957
Andrzej Wajda
Teresa Izewska, Tadeusz Janczar, Wienczyslaw Glinski
Drama / War
Poland
Polish
1443
436
1966
Vera Chytilová
Jitka Cerhova, Ivana Karbanova, Julius Albert
Comedy / Drama / Experimental
Czechoslovakia
Czech
1448
437
2002
Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne
Olivier Gourmet, Morgan Marinne, Isabella Soupart, Remy Renaud
Drama
Belgium / France
French
1450
438
2009
Niels Arden Oplev
Michael Nyqvist, Noomi Rapace, Lena Endre, Peter Haber, Sven-Bertil Taube
Crime / Mystery / Thriller / Detective
Sweden / Denmark / Germany / Norway
Swedish
1453
439
1967
Robert Bresson
Nadine Nortier, Jean-Claude Guilbert, Maria Cardinal
Drama
France
French
1455
440
2020
Thomas Vinterberg
Mads Mikkelsen, Thomas Bo Larsen, Magnus Millang, Lars Ranthe, Maria Bonnevie
Comedy / Drama
Denmark / Sweden / Netherlands
Danish
1455
440
1928
Jean Epstein
Jean Debucourt, Marguerite Gance, Charles Lamy, Fournez-Goffard
Drama / Horror
France / USA
French (Silent)
1458
441
1974
Alain Resnais
Jean-Paul Belmondo, Charles Boyer, François Périer
Drama / Biography / Period Film
France / Italy
French
1459
442
1968
Pier Paolo Pasolini
Silvana Mangano, Terence Stamp, Massimo Girotti, Anne Wiazemsky
Drama / Religion
Italy
Italian
1463
443
1987
Tengiz Abuladze
Avtandil Makharadze, Zejnab Botsvadze, Ya Ninidze
Drama
Soviet Union
Georgian
1463
443
1953
Ingmar Bergman
Åke Grönberg, Harriet Andersson, Hasse Ekman
Drama
Sweden
Swedish
1468
444
1926
F.W. Murnau
Gösta Ekman, Emil Jannings, Camilla Horn, Frida Richard
Drama / Fantasy / Horror / Thriller
Germany
German (Silent)
1478
445
1958
Mario Monicelli
Vittorio Gassman, Renato Salvatori, Memmo Carotenuto
Comedy / Crime / Caper
Italy
Italian
1481
446
2014
Abderrahmane Sissako
Ibrahim Ahmed, Abel Jafri, Toulou Kiki, Layla Walet Mohamed, Mehdi A.G. Mohamed
Drama
France / Mauritania
French
1484
447
1998
Hirokazu Koreeda
Arata, Erika Oda, Susumu Terajima, Takashi Naitô, Kyôko Kagawa
Drama / Fantasy
Japan
Japanese
1485
448
2010
Olivier Assayas
Édgar Ramírez, Alexander Scheer, Alejandro Arroyo, Ahmad Kaabour
Biography / Crime / Drama / History / Thriller / Epic
France / Germany
French
1485
448
1992
Gianni Amelio
Enrico Lo Verso, Valentina Scalici, Giuseppe Ieracitano
Drama / Adventure
France / Switzerland / Germany / Italy
Italian
1493
449
1985
Paul Schrader
Ken Ogata, Masayuki Shionoya, Hiroshi Mikami, Junya Fukuda
Drama / Biography
USA
Japanese
1494
450
1963
Louis Malle
Maurice Ronet, Léna Skerla, Yvonne Clech, Hubert Deschamps
Drama
Italy / France
French
1495
451
2001
Laurent Cantet
Aurélien Recoing, Karin Viard, Serge Livrozet
Drama
France
French
1496
452
1931
Georg Wilhelm Pabst
G.W. Pabst, Lotte Lenya, Rudolf Forster, Carola Neher, Reinhold Schünzel
Musical / Romance / Drama
Germany
German
1502
453
1982
Franco Zeffirelli
Teresa Stratas, Plácido Domingo, Cornell MacNeil
Drama / Musical
Italy
Italian
1505
454
1988
Marcel Ophüls
Marcel Ophüls, Klaus Barbie, Claude Lanzmann
Documentary / History / Biography / War
France / USA
French
1508
455
1935
Jean Renoir
Charles Blavette, Celia Montalvan, Jenny Hélia
Drama / Crime
France
French
1513
456
1992
Alfonso Arau
Marco Leonardi, Lumi Cavazos, Regina Torné
Drama / Romance
Mexico
Spanish
1516
457
1989
Kira Muratova
Olga Antonova, Sergei Popov, Galina Zakhurdayeva, Natalya Buzko
Drama / Comedy
Soviet Union
Russian
1517
458
1994
Ang Lee
Sihung Lung, Kuei-Mei Yang, Yu-Wen Wang, Chien-Lien Wu, Sylvia Chang
Comedy / Romance / Drama
Taiwan / USA
Mandarin
1517
458
2003
Ki-duk Kim
Yeong-su Oh, Ki-duk Kim, Young-min Kim, Jae-kyeong Seo, Yeo-jin Ha, Jong-ho Kim
Drama / Religion / Crime
South Korea / Germany
Korean
1518
459
1971
Jan Troell
Max von Sydow, Liv Ullmann
Drama / Epic / Period Film
Sweden
Swedish
1520
460
1973
Djibril Diop Mambéty
Mar me Niang, Magaye Niang, Ousseynou Diop
Drama / Family / Romance
Senegal
Wolof
1525
461
1996
Olivier Assayas
Maggie Cheung, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Nathalie Richard, Bulle Ogier, Lou Castel
Drama / Fantasy / Comedy
France
French
1526
462
1955
Kenji Mizoguchi
Machiko Kyô, Masayuki Mori, Sô Yamamura
Drama / History / Epic
Japan / Hong Kong
Japanese
1531
463
2000
Lukas Moodysson
Lisa Lindgren, Michael Nyqvist, Emma Samuelsson, Sam Kessel, Gustav Hammarsten
Comedy / Drama / Period Film
Sweden / Denmark / Italy
Swedish
1532
464
1936
Anatole Litvak
Charles Boyer, Danielle Darrieux,
Romance / Drama / History / Period Film / Biography
France
French
1533
465
1938
Jean Renoir
Jean Gabin, Simone Simon, Fernand Ledoux, Blanchette Brunoy
Drama / Crime / Pre-Noir
France
French
1537
466
1970
Elio Petri, Lee Kresel
Gian Maria Volonté, Florinda Bolkan
Drama / Thriller / Crime
Italy
Italian
1537
466
2004
Joshua Marston
Catalina Sandino Moreno, Guilied Lopez, Yenny Paola Vega
Drama / Thriller / Crime
USA / Colombia
Spanish
1538
467
1983
Shohei Imamura
Ken Ogata, Sumiko Sakamoto, Aki Takejo, Tonpei Hidari, Seiji Kurasaki
Drama / Period Film
Japan
Japanese
1538
467
1970
Jean-Pierre Melville
Alain Delon, Bourvil, Gian Maria Volontè, Yves Montand, Paul Crauchet
Crime / Thriller / Caper / Post-Noir / Detective
France / Italy
French
1540
468
2012
Thomas Vinterberg
Mads Mikkelsen, Thomas Bo Larsen, Annika Wedderkopp, Lasse Fogelstrøm
Drama
Denmark
Danish
1544
469
1976
Luchino Visconti
Giancarlo Giannini, Laura Antonelli, Jennifer O'Neill, Rina Morelli
Drama / Period Film / Romance
Italy / France
Italian
1549
470
1990
Luc Besson
Anne Parillaud, Marc Duret, Patrick Fontana
Thriller / Action
France / Italy
French
1552
471
1958
Akira Kurosawa
Toshirô Mifune, Misa Uehara, Minoru Chiaki, Kamatari Fujiwara
Action / Adventure / Comedy / Epic
Japan
Japanese
1556
472
2018
Nadine Labaki
Kawthar Al Haddad, Boluwatife Treasure Bankole, Nadine Labaki, Zain Al Rafeea
Drama
Lebanon / USA
Arabic
1558
473
1954
Ishirô Honda
Akira Takarada, Momoko Kôchi, Akihiko Hirata, Takashi Shimura
Drama / Sci-Fi / Thriller / Horror / Cult
Japan
Japanese
1562
474
1992
Claude Sautet
Daniel Auteuil, Emmanuelle Béart, André Dussollier
Drama / Romance / Music
France
French
1573
475
2000
Bahman Ghobadi
Ayoub Ahmadi, Rojin Younessi, Amaneh Ekhtiar-dini
Drama / Crime
Iran
Persian
1577
476
1978
Edouard Molinaro
Ugo Tognazzi, Michel Serrault
Comedy
France / Italy
French
