This is a film diary of “international” and “parallel” films that I’ve tried to maintain. The country of production of the film, the year of release and the director’s name are given alongside. All mainstream films from Hollywood are given in the “Hollywood” page (Though a lot of discrepancies exist!). Keeping record of mainstream Indian cinema has become an impossibility for me and hence completely dropped. The movies are rated using s. The rating may vary from to . The ratings may vary over time and only reflect how good I felt they were at the time of watching. Only full length feature films are rated here. Except for the influential and groundbreaking ones, short films are omitted for simplicity.

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MOVIE

COUNTRY

DIRECTOR

YEAR

RATING

10 On Ten
Iran-France
Abbas Kiarostami
2004
10 Questions For The Dalai Lama
USA
Rick Ray
2006
13 Lakes
USA
James Benning
2004
France
Jean-Luc Godard
1967
“2000 Jahre Christentum” ( aka 2000 Years Of Christianity)
Germany
Werner Herzog
2000
35 Rhums ( aka 35 Shots Of Rum)
Germany-France
Claire Denis
2008
4 Luni, 3 Saptamâni Si 2 Zile ( aka 4 Months, 3 Weeks And 2 Days) Romania
Cristian Mungiu
2007
8½ ( aka Federico Fellini’s 8½) Italy-France
Federico Fellini
1963
À Bientôt, J’espère ( aka Be Seeing You)
France
Chris Marker
1968
France
Jean-Luc Godard
1959
A Casa (The House)
Lithuania-​France-​Portugal
Sharunas Bartas
1997
A Fost Sau N-a Fost? (aka 12:08 East Of Bucharest)
Romania
Corneliu Porumboiu
2006
A.K.
France-Japan
Chris Marker
1985
A Londoni Férfi ( aka The Man From London)
Hungary-​France-​Germany
Béla Tarr, Ágnes Hranitzky
2007
…A Valparaíso ( aka
Valparaíso)
France-​Chile
Joris Ivens
1962
A Woman Under the Influence
USA
John Cassavetes
1974
ABC Africa
Iran
Abbas Kiarostami
2001
Abhijaan ( aka The Expedition)
India
Satyajit Ray
1962
India
John Abraham
1978
West Germany-​Peru-​Mexico
Werner Herzog
1972
Ai Qing Wan Sui ( aka Vive L’Amour)
Taiwan
Tsai Ming-Liang
1994
Ajami
Germany-Israel
Scandar Copti, Yaron Shani
2009
Akahige ( aka Red Beard)
Japan
Akira Kurosawa
1965
Aksharaya ( aka A Letter Of Fire)
Sri Lanka-France
Asoka Handagama
2005
Alexandra
Russia-France
Aleksandr Sokurov
2007
France-​Germany
Jean-Luc Godard
1991
France
Jean-Luc Godard
1965
Amarcord ( aka I Remember)
Italy
Federico Fellini
1974
Amator ( aka Camera Buff)
Poland
Krzysztof Kieślowski
1979
Amores Perros ( aka Love’s A Bitch)
Mexico
Alejandro Gonzáles Iñárittu
2000
An Inconvenient Truth
USA
Davis Guggenheim
2006
Andrey Rublyov ( aka Andrei Rublev)
Soviet Union
Andrei Tarkovsky
1966
Angst Essen Seele Auf ( aka Ali: Fear Eats The Soul)
West Germany
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
1974
Antichrist
Denmark-​Germany-​France-​Sweden-​Italy-​Poland
Lars Von Trier
2009
Aparajito ( aka The Unvanquished)
India
Satyajit Ray
1956
Apur Sansar ( aka The World Of Apu)
India
Satyajit Ray
1959
¡Átame! ( aka Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!)
Spain
Pedro Almodóvar
1990
Atonement
UK-​France
Joe Wright
2007
Au Hasard Balthazar ( aka Balthazar)
France-​Sweden
Robert Bresson
1966
Auf Der Anderen Seite ( aka The Edge Of Heaven)
Germany-​Turkey-​Italy
Fatih Akin
2007
Auch Zwerge Haben Klein Angefangen ( aka Even Dwarfs Started Small)
West Germany
Werner Herzog
1970
Autohystoria
Philippines
Raya Martin
2007
Avaze Gonjeshk-ha ( aka The Song Of Sparrows )
Iran
Majid Majidi
2007
Iran
Jafar Panahi
1997
Babe
US-​Australia
Chris Noonan
1995
Babe: Pig In The City
US-​Australia
George Miller
1998
Babettes Gæstebud ( aka Babette’s Feast)
Denmark
Gabriel Axel
1987
Bacheha-Ye Aseman ( aka Children Of Heaven )
Iran
Majid Majidi
1997
Iran-France
Abbas Kiarostami
1999
Badkonake Sefid ( aka The White Balloon)
Iran
Jafar Panahi
1995
Baisers Volés ( aka Stolen Kisses)
France
François Truffaut
1968
Bakjwi ( aka Thirst)
South Korea
Chan-wook Park
2009
Bakushû ( aka Early Summer)
Japan
Yasujiro Ozu
1951
Ballade Vom Kleinen Soldaten ( aka Ballad Of The Little Soldier)
West Germany
Werner Herzog
1984
France
Jean-Luc Godard
1964
Baraka
USA
Ron Fricke
1992
Baran
Iran
Majid Majidi
2001
Batoru Rowaiaru ( aka Battle Royale)
Japan
Kinji Fukasaku
2000
Beed-e Majnoon ( aka The Willow Tree)
Iran
Majid Majidi
2005
Behinderte Zukunft? ( aka Handicapped Future)
West Germany
Werner Herzog
1971
Taiwan-Hong Kong
Hou Hsiao-Hsien
1989
Belle De Jour ( aka Beauty Of The Day)
France-Italy
Luis Buñuel
1967
West Germany
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
1980
Berlin: Die Sinfonie Der Grosstadt ( aka Berlin: Symphony Of A Great City)
Germany
Walter Ruttmann
1927
Bian Lian ( aka The King Of Masks)
China
Wu Tianming
1997
Iran
Mohsen Makhmalbaf
1987
Bigger Stronger Faster* ( aka Bigger Stronger Faster*: *The Side Effects Of Being American)
USA
Chris Bell
2008
Billy Elliot
UK
Stephen Daldry
2000
Bitter Moon
France​-UK-​USA
Roman Polanski
1992
Black Narcissus
UK
Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
1947
Blindgänger ( aka The Blindflyers)
Germany
Bernd Sahling
2004
Blizna ( aka The Scar)
Poland
Krzysztof Kieślowski
1976
Italy
Federico Fellini
1969
UK-​Italy
Michelangelo Antonioni
1966
Bob Le Flambeur ( aka Bob The Gambler)
France
Jean-Pierre Melville
1956
Bom Yeorum Gaeul Gyeoul Geurigo Bom ( aka Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter… And Spring)
South Korea-​Germany
Kim Ki-​Duk
2003
Born Into Brothels: Calcutta’s Red Light Kids ( aka The Kids Of Sonagachi)
USA
Zana Briski, Ross Kauffman
2004
Bowling For Columbine
USA-​Canada-​Germany
Michael Moore
2002
Bright Star
UK-France-​Australia
Jane Campion
2009
France-UK
Jean-Luc Godard
1970
Bronenosets Potyomkin ( aka Battleship Potemkin)
Soviet Union
Sergei Eisenstein
1925
Broken Flowers
USA-​France
Jim Jarmusch
2005
Bu San ( aka Good Bye, Dragon Inn)
Taiwan
Tsai Ming-Liang
2003
Burden Of Dreams
USA
Les Blank
1982
USA
Haile Gerima
1976
Campanadas A Medianoche ( aka Chimes At Midnight)
France-Spain-​Switzerland
Orson Welles
1965
USA
Michael Moore
2009
Carne Trémula ( aka Live Flesh)
France-Spain
Pedro Almodóvar
1997
Casa De Lava ( aka House Of Lava)
Portugal-France-​Germany
Pedro Costa
1994
Central Do Brasil ( aka Central Station)
Brazil-​France
Walter Salles
1998
C’era Una Volta Il West ( aka Once Upon A Time In The West)
Italy-USA
Sergio Leone
1968
Cerro Torre: Schrei Aus Stein ( aka Scream Of Stone)
Canada-​Germany-​France-​Belgium
Werner Herzog
1991
C’est Arrivé Près De Chez Vous ( aka Man Bites Dog)
Belgium
Rémy Belvaux, André Bonzel, Benôt Poelvoorde
1992
Chaplin
UK-​USA-​France-​Italy
Richard Attenborough
1992
Chariots Of Fire
UK
Hugh Hudson
1981
India
Satyajit Ray
1964
Chats Perchés ( aka The Case Of The Grinning Cat)
France
Chris Marker
2004
Che? ( aka What?)
Italy-West Germany-France
Roman Polanski
1972
Chelovek S Kino-Apparatom ( aka The Man With A Movie Camera)
Soviet Union
Dziga Vertov
1929
Chinesisches Roulette ( aka Chinese Roulette) West Germany-France
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
1976
Chinjeolhan Geumjassi ( aka Sympathy For Lady Vengeance)
South Korea
Chan-wook Park
2005
Chop Shop
USA
Ramin Bahrani
2007
Chung Hing Sam Lam ( aka Chungking Express)
Hong Kong
Wong Kar Wai
1994
Chun Gwong Cha Sit ( aka Happy Together)
Hong Kong
Wong Kar Wai
1997
Cidade De Deus ( aka City of God)
Brazil
Fernando Meirelles
2002
City Of Joy
UK-​France
Roland Joffé
1992
Cobra Verde ( aka Slave Coast)
Ghana-​West Germany
Werner Herzog
1987
Coffee And Cigarettes
USA-​Japan-​Italy
Jim Jarmusch
2003
Conte D’automne ( aka Autumn Tale)
France
Eric Rohmer
1998
Conte De Printemps ( aka A Tale of Springtime)
France
Eric Rohmer
1990
Conte D’été ( aka A Summer’s Tale)
France
Eric Rohmer
1996
Conte D’hiver ( aka A Winter’s Tale)
France
Eric Rohmer
1992
Covek Nije Tica ( aka Man Is Not A Bird)
Yugoslavia
Dušan Makavejev
1965
Családi Tüzfészek ( aka Family Nest)
Hungary
Béla Tarr
1979
Cul-de-sac
UK
Roman Polanski
1966
Czlowiek Z Marmuru ( aka Man Of Marble)
Poland
Andrzej Wajda
1977
Da Hong Deng Long Gao Gao Gua ( aka Raise The Red Lantern)
China-​Taiwan-​Hong Kong
Zhang Yimou
1991
Darbareye Elly ( aka About Elly)
Iran
Asghar Farhadi
2009
Das Cabinet Des Dr. Caligari. ( aka The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari)
Germany
Robert Weine
1920
Das Experiment ( aka The Experiment)
Germany
Oliver Hirschbiegel
2001
Das Leben Der Anderen ( aka The Lives Of Others)
Germany
Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
2006
Austria​-Germany​-France​-Italy
Michael Haneke
2009
Davandeh ( aka The Runner)
Iran
Amir Naderi
1985
Dayareh ( aka The Circle)
Iran-​Switzerland-​Italy
Jafar Panahi
2000
Dead Man ( aka Jim Jarmusch’s Dead Man)
USA-​Germany-​Japan
Jim Jarmusch
1995
Dekalog ( aka The Decalogue)
Poland
Krzysztof Kieślowski
1989-​90
Germany
Uli Edel
2008
West Germany-​France
Wim Wenders
1987
Der Neunte Tag ( aka The Ninth Day)
Germany-​Luxembourg-​Czech Republic
Volker Schlöndorff
2004
Der Tiger Von Eschnapur ( aka The Tiger Of Eschnapur)
France-West Germany-Italy
Fritz Lang
1959
Der Untergang ( aka Downfall)
Germany
Oliver Hirschbiegel
2004
Dersu Uzala
Japan-​Soviet Union
Akira Kurosawa
1975
Description D’un Combat ( aka Description Of A Struggle)
France-​Israel
Chris Marker
1960
Deseret
USA
James Benning
1995
Det Sjunde Inseglet ( aka The Seventh Seal)
Sweden
Ingmar Bergman
1957
France-​Switzerland
Jean-Luc Godard
1985
Deux Hommes Dans Manhattan ( aka Two Men In Manhattan)
France
Jean-Pierre Melville
1959
Diarios De Motocicleta ( aka The Motorcycle Diaries)
US-​UK-​Argentina
Walter Salles
2004
Die Bitteren Tränen Der Petra Von Kant ( aka The Bitter Tears Of Petra Von Kant)
West Germany
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
1972
Die Ehe Der Maria Braun ( aka The Marriage Of Maria Braun)
West Germany
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
1979
Die Fliegenden Ärzte Von Ostafrika ( aka The Flying Doctors Of East Africa)
West Germany
Werner Herzog
1969
Die Große Ekstase Des Bildschnitzers Steiner ( aka The Great Ecstasy Of Woodcarver Steiner)
West Germany
Werner Herzog
1974
Dog Star Man
USA
Stan Brakhage
1962-64
Thailand
Apichatpong Weerasethakul
2000
Domicile Conjugal ( aka Bed And Board)
France-Italy
François Truffaut
1970
Dong ( aka The Hole)
Taiwan-France
Tsai Ming-Liang
1998
China-Hong Kong
Jia Zhang-Ke
2006
Taiwan
Hou Hsiao-Hsien
1984
Donzoko ( aka The Lower Depths)
Japan
Akira Kurosawa
1957
Down By Law
USA – West Germany
Jim Jarmusch
1986
Duo Luo Tian Shi ( aka Fallen Angels)
Hong Kong
Wong Kar Wai
1995
Du Rififi Chez Les Hommes ( aka Rififi)
France
Jules Dassin
1954
E La Nave Va ( aka And The Ship Sails On)
Italy-​France
Federico Fellini
1983
East Is East
UK
Damien O’Donnell
1999
Philippines
Lav Diaz
2004
Echos Aus Einem Düsteren Reich ( aka Echoes From A Somber Empire )
France-​Germany
Werner Herzog
1990
Efter Brylluppet ( aka After the Wedding)
Denmark-​Sweden
Susanne Bier
2006
El Angel Exterminador ( aka The Exterminating Angel)
Mexico
Luis Buñuel
1962
El Espíritu De La Colmena ( aka The Spirit Of The Beehive)
Spain
Victor Erice
1973
El Laberinto Del Fauno ( aka Pan’s Labyrinth)
Mexico-​Spain-​USA
Guillermo Del Toro
2006
El Orfanato ( aka The Orphanage)
Mexico-​Spain
Juan Antonio Bayona
2007
El Secreto De Sus Ojos ( aka The Secret In Their Eyes)
Argentina-Spain
Juan José Campanella
2009
El Sol Del Membrillo ( aka The Dream Of Light )
Spain
Victor Erice
1992
El Sur ( aka The South)
Spain
Victor Erice
1983
Elephant
USA
Gus Van Sant
2003
Elizabeth
UK
Shekar Kapur
1998
France-​Switzerland
Jean-Luc Godard
2001
USA
Werner Herzog
2007
France
Laurent Cantet
2008
China-Hong Kong-Japan
Jia Zhang-Ke
2008
Faces ( aka The Dynosaurs)
USA
John Cassavetes
1968
Fahrenheit 9/11
USA
Michael Moore
2004
Fanny Och Alexander ( aka Fanny And Alexander)
Sweden-​France-​West Germany
Ingmar Bergman
1982
Argentina-​France-​Netherlands
Lisandro Alonso
2006
Fantasmagorie ( aka A Fantasy)
France
Émile Cohl
1908
Fata Morgana
West Germany
Werner Herzog
1971
Faustrecht Der Freiheit ( aka Fox And His Friends)
West Germany
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
1975
Fellini: Je Suis Un Grand Menteur ( aka I’m a Born Liar )
Italy-​France-UK
Damian Pettigrew
2002
Fellini – Satyricon ( aka Satyricon)
Italy-​France
Federico Fellini
1969
Taiwan
Hou Hsiao-Hsien
1983
Ferien ( aka Vacation)
Germany
Thomas Arslan
2007
Fétiche ( aka The Mascot)
France
Wladyslaw Starewicz
1934
Few Of Us
Lithuania-​France-​Germany-​Portugal
Sharunas Bartas
1996
Fireworks
USA
Kenneth Anger
1947
Fish Tank
UK
Andrea Arnold
1968
Fish, Underground ( aka A Conversation With God)
Taiwan
Tsai Ming-Liang
2001
Peru-​West Germany
Werner Herzog
1982
Iran-​Japan-​France
Abbas Kiarostami
2003
Following
UK
Christopher Nolan
1998
France-​Switzerland
Jean-Luc Godard
1996
Freedom
Lithuania-​France-​Portugal
Sharunas Bartas
2000
USA
Courtney Hunt
2008
Fuk Sau ( aka Vengeance)
Hong Kong-France
Johnnie To
2009
Iran-France
Mohsen Makhmalbaf
1996
Gandhi
UK-​India
Richard Attenborough
1982
Gasherbrum – Der Leuchtende Berg ( aka The Dark Glow Of The Mountains)
West Germany
Werner Herzog
1985
Gertrud
Denmark
Carl Theodor Dreyer
1964
Ghost Dog: The Way Of The Samurai ( aka Ghost Dog)
USA-​France-​Japan-​Germany
Jim Jarmusch
1999
Gia USA
Michael Cristofer
1998
Ginger E Fred ( aka Ginger And Fred )
Italy-West Germany-France
Federico Fellini
1986
Giulietta Degli Spiriti ( aka Juliet Of The Spirits)
Italy-​France
Federico Fellini
1965
Glaube Und Währung – Dr. Gene Scott, Fernsehprediger ( aka God’s Angry Man)
West Germany
Werner Herzog
1980
Glocken Aus Der Tiefe – Glaube Und Aberglaube In Rußland ( aka Bells From The Deep: Faith And Superstition In Russia )
Germany-​USA-Russia
Werner Herzog
1995
Gomgashtei Dar Aragh ( aka Marooned In Iraq)
Iran
Bahman Ghobadi
2002
Italy
Matteo Garrone
2008
Gong Fu ( aka Kung-​Fu Hustle)
China-​Hong Kong
Stephen Chow
2005
Goodbye, Lenin!
Germany-​France
Wolfgang Becker
2003
Goodbye Solo
USA
Ramin Bahrani
2008
Gorilla Bathes At Noon
Germany – Yugoslavia
Dušan Makavejev
1993
Goshogaoka
USA-Japan
Sharon Lockhart
1998
Grizzly Man
USA
Werner Herzog
2005
Habel Con Ella ( aka Talk To Her)
Spain
Pedro Almodóvar
2002
Hachi-​Gatsu No Kyôshikyoku ( aka Rhapsody In August)
Japan
Akira Kurosawa
1991
Hadaka No Shima ( aka The Naked Island)
Japan
Kaneto Shindô
1960
China
Jia Zhang-ke
2010
Taiwan
Hou Hsiao-Hsien
1998
Hakuchi ( aka The Idiot)
Japan
Akira Kurosawa
1951
Half Nelson
USA
Ryan Fleck
2006
Händler Der Vier Jahreszeiten ( aka The Merchant Of Four Seasons)
West Germany
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
1971
UK
Mike Leigh
2008
He Liu ( aka The River)
Taiwan
Tsai Ming-Liang
1997
Hélas Pour Moi ( aka Oh, Woe Is Me)
France-​Switzerland
Jean-Luc Godard
1993
Hei Yan Quan ( aka I Don’t Want To Sleep Alone)
Taiwan-France​-Malaysia-China​-Austria
Tsai Ming-Liang
2006
Philippines
Lav Diaz
2006
Herz Aus Glas ( aka Heart Of Glass)
West Germany
Werner Herzog
1976
Philippines
Lav Diaz
2002
Hiroshima, Mon Amour ( aka Hiroshima)
France-​Japan
Alain Resnais
1959
France
Jean-Luc Godard
1988-98
Argentina
Mariano Llinás
2008
Czech republic-​​Italy
Milos Forman
1967
Hotel Rwanda
South Africa-​UK-​Italy
Terry George
2004
Taiwan-Japan
Hou Hsiao-Hsien
1995
Howard Zinn: You Can’t Be Neutral On A Moving Train
USA
Deb Ellis, Denis Mueller
2004
How Much Wood Would A Woodchuck Chuck… – Beobachtungen Zu Winer Neuen Sprache ( aka How Much Wood Would A Woodchuck Chuck)
West Germany
Werner Herzog
1976
Hua Jai Tor Ra Nong ( aka The Adventures Of Iron Pussy)
Thailand
Apichatpong Weerasethakul
2003
Huie’s Predigt ( aka Huie’s Sermon )
West Germany
Werner Herzog
1980
Husbands ( aka Husbands: A Comedy About Life, Death And Freedom)
USA
John Cassavetes
1970
Hyderabad Blues
India
Nagesh Kukunoor
1998
India
Nagesh Kukunoor
2004
I clowns ( aka The Clowns)
Italy-West Germany-France
Federico Fellini
1970
I Vitelloni ( aka The Young And The Passionate)
Italy
Federico Fellini
1953
Ich Will Doch Nur, Daß Ihr Mich Liebt ( aka I Only Want You to Love Me )
West Germany
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
1976
Ich Will Nicht Nur, Daß Ihr Mich Liebt – Der Filmemacher Rainer Werner Fassbinder ( aka I Don’t Just Want You To Love Me – The Filmmaker Rainer Werner Fassbinder )
Germany
Hans Günther Pflaum
1993
Ici Et Ailleurs ( aka Here And Elsewhere)
France
Jean-Luc Godard
1976
Soviet Union
Elem Klimov
1985
Ikiru ( aka To Live)
Japan
Akira Kurosawa
1952
Il Bidone ( aka The Swindle)
Italy-​France
Federico Fellini
1955
Il Buono, Il Brutto, Il Cattivo ( aka The Good, The Bad And The Ugly)
Italy-Spain
Sergio Leone
1966
Il Casanova Di Federico Fellini ( aka Fellini’s Casanova)
Italy-USA
Federico Fellini
1976
Italy-​France-​West Germany
Bernardo Bertolucci
1970
Il Gattopardo ( aka The Leopard)
Italy-​France
Luchino Visconti
1963
Il Vangelo Secondo Matteo ( aka The Gospel According To St. Matthew)
Italy-France
Pier Paolo Pasolini
1964
In Bruges
UK-USA
Martin McDonagh
2008
In The Loop
UK
Armando Iannucci
2009
Ink
USA
Jamin Winans
2009
Instructions For A Light And Sound Machine
Austria
Peter Tscherkassky
2005
Intervista ( aka Fellini’s Intervista)
Italy
Federico Fellini
1987
Invincible
UK-​-​Germany-​Ireland-​USA
Werner Herzog
2001
Iraq In Fragments
USA
James Longley
2010
Irréversible ( aka Irreversible)
France
Gaspar Noé
2002
Ivan Groznyy I ( aka Ivan The Terrible, Part One)
USSR
Sergei Eisenstein
1944
Ivan Groznyy II: Boyarsky Zagovor ( aka Ivan The Terrible, Part One)
USSR
Sergei Eisenstein
1958
Ivanovo Detstvo ( aka Ivan’s Childhood)
Soviet Union
Andrei Tarkovsky
1962
Germany
Werner Herzog
1991
India
Anand Patwardhan
2001
France-​Switzerland-​UK
Jean-Luc Godard
1985
France-Belgium
Chantal Akerman
1975
Jeder Für Sich Und Gott Gegen Alle ( aka The Enigma Of Kaspar Hauser)
West Germany
Werner Herzog
1974
Jibeuro ( aka The Way Home…)
South Korea
Jeong-​Hyang Lee
2002
France
Jean-Luc Godard
1995
Jour De Fête
France
Jacques Tati
1949
Journal D’un Curé De Campagne ( aka Diary Of A Country Priest )
France
Robert Bresson
1951
Ju Dou
China-​Japan
Zhang Yimou
1989
Jules Et Jim ( aka Jules And Jim)
France
François Truffaut
1962
Julianes Sturz In Den Dschungel ( aka Wings Of Hope)
Germany
Werner Herzog
2000
France
Chris Marker
1981
Juno
USA-​Canada
Jason Reitman
2007
Juventude Em Marcha ( aka Colossal Youth)
Portugal-France-​Switzerland
Pedro Costa
2006
China-Hong Kong
Lav Diaz
2007
Kagemusha ( aka The Shadow Warrior)
Japan
Akira Kurosawa
1980
Japan
Masaki Kobayashi
1964
Kaïrat
Kazakhstan
Darezhan Omirbayev
1992
Japan
Akira Kurosawa
1958
India
Girish Kasaravalli
2010
India
Priyadarshan
2008
Kárhozat ( aka Damnation)
Hungary
Béla Tarr
1987
Kardiogramma ( aka Cardiogram)
Kazakhstan
Darezhan Omirbayev
1995
Soviet Union
Andrei Tarkovsky
1960
Keulraesik ( aka Classic)
South Korea
Jae-​Young Kwak
2003
Khane-​Ye Doust Kodjast? ( aka Where Is The Friend’s House?)
Iran
Abbas Kiarostami
1987
Khaneh Siah Ast ( aka The House Is Black)
Iran
Forugh Farrokhzad
1963
Iran
Ebrahim Golestan
1965
King Lear
France-​USA
Jean-Luc Godard
1987
King Lear ( aka The Complete Dramatic Works Of William Shakespeare: King Lear)
UK-USA
Jonathan Miller
1982
Taiwan-Japan
Hou Hsiao-Hsien
2003
Konets Sankt-Peterburga ( aka The End Of St. Petersburg )
USSR
Vsevolod Pudovkin, Mikhail Doller
1927
Koridorius (The Corridor)
Lithuania-​Germany
Sharunas Bartas
1994
Korol Lir ( aka King Lear)
USSR
Grigori Kozinstev
1971
USA
Godfrey Reggio
1982
Poland
Krzysztof Kieślowski
1988
Kumonosu Jô ( aka Throne of Blood)
Japan
Akira Kurosawa
1957
La Battaglia Di Algeri ( aka The Battle Of Algiers)
Italy-​Algeria
Gillo Pontecorvo
1966
La Batalla De Chile: La Lucha De Un Pueblo Sin Armas – Segunda Parte: El Golpe De Estado ( aka
The Battle Of Chile: Part 2 )
France-​Chile-​Cuba
Patricio Guzmán
1977
France
Jean-Luc Godard
1967
La Città Delle Donne ( aka City Of Women)
Italy-​France
Federico Fellini
1980
Italy-France
Federico Fellini
1960
La Enfant Sauvage ( aka The Wild Child)
France
François Truffaut
1970
La Femme D’à Côté ( aka The Woman Next Door)
France
François Truffaut
1981
La Grande Illusion ( aka The Grand Illusion)
France
Jean Renoir
1937
La Haine ( aka Hate)
France
Mathieu Kassovitz
1995
France
Chris Marker
1962
Argentina
Lisandro Alonso
2001
La Ley Del Deseo ( aka The Law Of Desire)
Spain
Pedro Almodóvar
1987
La Mala Educación ( aka Bad Education)
Spain
Pedro Almodóvar
2004
La Maman Et La Putain ( aka The Mother And The Whore )
France
Jean Eustache
1973
Chile-Mexico
Sebastián Silva
2009
La Passion De Jeanne D’Arc ( aka The Passion Of Joan Of Arc)
France
Carl Theodor Dreyer
1928
France-​Portugal
François Truffaut
1964
France-​Austria
Michael Haneke
2001
La Régle de jeu ( aka The Rules Of The Game)
France
Jean Renoir
1939
La Solitude Du Chanteur De Fond ( aka The Loneliness Of The Long Distance Singer)
France
Chris Marker
1974
Italy
Federico Fellini
1954
La Terra Trema ( aka The Earth Trembles)
Italy
Luchino Visconti
1947
Peru-Spain
Claudia Llosa
2009
La Vita E Bella ( aka Life Is Beautiful)
Italy
Roberto Benigni
1997
La Voce Della Luna ( aka The Voice Of The Moon )
Italy-​France
Federico Fellini
1990
Ladri Di Bicyclette ( aka The Bicycle Thief)
Italy
Vittorio De Sica
1947
L’Âge D’or ( aka The Golden Age)
France
Luis Buñuel
1930
Lakshposhtha Parvaz Mikonand ( aka Turtles Can Fly)
Iran-​France-​Iraq
Bahman Ghobadi
2004
L’ambassade ( aka Embassy)
France
Chris Marker
1973
L’amour, La Poésie ( aka Love And Poetry)
France
Luc Lagier
2004
Lancelot Du Lac ( aka Lancelot Of The Lake)
France-Italy
Robert Bresson
1974
Land Des Schweigens Und Der Dunkelheit ( aka Land Of Silence And Darkness)
West Germany
Werner Herzog
1971
USA
James Benning
1986
France
Alain Resnais
1961
L’Argent ( aka Money)
France-​Switzerland
Robert Bresson
1983
L’Armée Des Ombres ( aka Army In The Shadows)
France-Italy
Jean-Pierre Melville
1969
Lars And The Real Girl
USA
Craig Gillespie
2007
Las Hurdes ( aka Land Without Bread )
Spain
Luis Buñuel
1933
L’Atalante ( aka The Atalante)
France
Jean Vigo
1934
L’Avventura ( aka The Adventure)
France-​Italy
Michelangelo Antonioni
1960
Le Ballon Rouge ( aka The Red Balloon)
France
Albert Lamorisse
1956
Le Cercle Rouge ( aka The Red Circle)
France-Italy
Jean-Pierre Melville
1970
Le Charme Discret De La Bourgeoisie ( aka The Discreet Charm Of The Bourgeoisie)
France-​Italy-​Spain
Luis Buñuel
1972
Le Corbeau ( aka The Raven)
Germany-​France
Henri Clouzot
1943
Le Dernier Combat ( aka The Last Combat)
France
Luc Besson
1983
Le Dernier Métro ( aka The Last Metro)
France
François Truffaut
1980
Le Deuxième Souffle ( aka Second Breath)
France
Jean-Pierre Melville
1966
Le Diable Probablement ( aka The Devil, Probably)
France
Robert Bresson
1977
Le Doulos ( aka The Finger Man)
France-Italy
Jean-Pierre Melville
1962
Le Fabuleux Destin D’Amélie Poulain ( aka Amelie)
France-​Germany
Jean-​Pierre Jeunet
2001
Le Fond De L’air Est Rouge ( aka Grin Without a Cat)
France
Chris Marker
1977
Le Joli Mai ( aka
The Beautiful May)
France
Chris Marker
1963
Le Locataire ( aka The Tenant)
France
Roman Polanski
1976
France
Jean-Luc Godard
1963
Le Mystère Koumiko ( aka The Koumiko Mystery)
France
Chris Marker
1965
Le Mystère Picasso ( aka The Mystery Of Picasso)
France
Henri-Georges Clouzot
1956
Le Notti Di Cabiria ( aka Nights Of Cabiria)
Italy-​France
Federico Fellini
1957
France-​Switzerland
Jean-Luc Godard
1963
Le Rayon Vert ( aka The Green Ray)
France
Eric Rohmer
1986
Le Roman De Renard ( aka The Tale Of The Fox)
France
Irene Starewicz, Wladyslaw Starewicz
1930
France-​Italy
Henri Clouzot
1952
Le Samouraï ( aka The Godson)
France-​Italy
Jean-Pierre Melville
1967
France
Georges Franju
1949
Le Silence De La Mer ( aka The Silence Of The Sea)
France
Jean-Pierre Melville
1949
Le Souvenir D’un Avenir ( aka Remembrance Of Things To Come)
France
Chris Marker
2001
Le Tombeau D’Alexandre ( aka The Last Bolshevik)
France-​Finland
Chris Marker
1992
Le Train En Marche ( aka The Train Rolls On)
France
Chris Marker
1971
Le Trou ( aka The Hole)
France
Wolfgang Becker
1960
France
Jean-Luc Godard
1970
Le Voyage Dans La Lune ( aka Voyage to the Moon)
France
Georges Méliès
1902
France
Hou Hsiao-Hsien
2007
Lebassi Baraye Arossi ( aka A Suit For Wedding)
Iran
Abbas Kiarostami
1976
West Germany
Werner Herzog
1968
Lei Wangzi ( aka The Prince of Tears)
China-Hong Kong-Taiwan
Yonfan
2009
Lektionen In Finsternis ( aka Lessons Of Darkness)
-​France-​UK-​Germany
Werner Herzog
1992
France-Italy
Jean-Pierre Melville
1961
Les Anges Du Péché ( aka Angels Of The Streets )
France
Robert Bresson
1943
France
Jean-Luc Godard
1963
Les Dames Du Bois De Boulogne ( aka The Ladies Of The Bois De Boulogne )
France
Robert Bresson
1945
Les Deux Anglaises Et Le Continent ( aka Two English Girls)
France
François Truffaut
1971
Les Diaboliques ( aka The Diabolique)
France
Henri Clouzot
1955
France
Jean-Luc Godard
1993
Les Enfants Terribles ( aka The Terrible ones)
France
Jean-Pierre Melville
1950
Les Maîtres Fous ( aka The Mad Masters)
France
Jean Rouch
1955
Les Plages D’Agnès ( aka The Beaches Of Agnès)
France
Agnès Varda
2008
Les Quatre Cents Coups ( aka The 400 Blows)
France
François Truffaut
1959
Les Statues Meurent Aussi ( aka Statues Also Die)
France
Alain Resnais, Chris Marker
1953
Les Vampires ( aka The Vampires)
France
Louis Feuillade
1915
France
Jean-Luc Godard
1972
Lettre De Sibérie ( aka Letter From Siberia)
France
Chris Marker
1957
Letyat Zhuravli ( aka The Cranes Are Flying)
Soviet Union
Mikail Kalatozov
1957
Level Five
France
Chris Marker
1997
L’héritage De La Chouette ( aka The Owl’s Legacy)
France-​Greece
Chris Marker
1989
Taiwan
Hou Hsiao-Hsien
1986
Little Dieter Needs to Fly
-​ France-​UK-​-​Germany
Werner Herzog
1997
Argentina-​France-​Netherlands-​Germany-Spain
Lisandro Alonso
2008
Yugoslavia
Dušan Makavejev
1967
Lo Sceicco Bianco ( aka The White Sheik)
Italy
Federico Fellini
1952
Lola Rennt ( aka Run Lola Run)
Germany
Tom Tykwer
1998
Looking For Eric
UK-France​-Italy-Belgium​-Spain
Ken Loach
2009
Los Abrazos Rotos ( aka Broken Embraces)
Spain
Pedro Almodóvar
2009
USA
Thom Andersen
2003
Argentina-​France-​Netherlands-​Switzerland
Lisandro Alonso
2004
Mexico
Luis Buñuel
1950
India
Dibakar Banerjee
2010
Luci Del Varietà ( aka Variety Lights)
Italy
Federico Fellini, Alberto Lattuada
1950
Lucifer Rising
USA
Kenneth Anger
1972
Lumière Et Compagnie ( aka Lumière And Company)
France-​Denmark-​Spain-​Sweden
Various
1995
Lunch Break
USA
Sharon Lockhart
2008
M ( aka Murderers Among Us)
Germany
Fritz Lang
1931
Macbeth
Hungary
Béla Tarr
1982
Madame De… ( aka The Earrings of Madame de…)
France-Italy
Max Ophüls
1953
France
Jean-Luc Godard
1966
Madeo ( aka Mother)
South Korea
Joon-ho Bong
2009
India
Satyajit Ray
1963
Maicling Pelicula Nañg Ysañg Indio Nacional ( aka A Short Film About The Indio Nacional)
Philippines
Raya Martin
2005
UK-USA
James Marsh
2008
Man Push Cart
USA
Ramin Bahrani
2005
Manasarovar
India
Anup Kurian
2004
Manifesto
USA
Dušan Makavejev
1988
Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky And The Media
Australia-Finland-​Norway-Canada
Mark Achbar, Peter Wintonick
1992
Mar Adentro ( aka The Sea Inside)
Spain-​France-​Italy
Alejandro Amenábar
2004
Marcello, Una Vita Dolce ( aka Marcello, A Sweet Life)
Italy
Mario Canale, Annarosa Morri
2006
France
Jean-Luc Godard
1966
Iran
Abbas Kiarostami
1989
Mat ( aka Mother)
Soviet Union
Vsevolod Pudovkin
1926
Mat I Syn ( aka Mother And Son)
Russia
Aleksandr Sokurov
1997
Matador
Spain
Pedro Almodóvar
1986
Matir Moina ( aka The Clay Bird)
France-​Pakistan-​Bangladesh
Tareque Masud
2002
Matrubhoomi: A Nation Without Women ( aka Matrubhoomi)
France-​India
Manish Jha
2003
India
Kumar Shahani
1972
Melegin Düsüsü ( aka Angel’s Fall)
Greece-Turkey
Semih Kaplanoglu
2005
Mein Liebster Feind – Klaus Kinski ( aka My Best Fiend)
UK-​Germany-​Finland-​USA
Werner Herzog
1999
Philippines
Lav Diaz
2008
Meng Long Guo Jiang ( aka Way of The Dragon)
Hong Kong
Bruce Lee
1973
USSR
Artavazd Peleshian
1983
Meshes Of The Afternoon
USA
Maya Deren, Alexander Hammid
1943
USSR
Wladyslaw Starewicz
1912
Germany
Fritz Lang
1927
Mogari No Mori ( aka The Mourning Forest)
Japan-France
Naomi Kawase
2007
Mon Oncle ( aka My Uncle)
Italy-France
Jacques Tati
1958
Mondscheinkinder ( aka Children Of The Moon)
Germany
Manuela Stacke
2006
Montenegro
Sweden-UK
Dušan Makavejev
1981
Monty Python And The Holy Grail
UK
Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones
1975
Moon
UK
Duncan Jones
2009
Mossafer ( aka The Traveller)
Iran
Abbas Kiarostami
1974
USA
Stan Brakhage
1963
Mou Gaan Dou ( aka Infernal Affairs)
Hong Kong
Andrew Lau, Alan Mak
2002
Mouchette
France
Robert Bresson
1967
USA
Kenneth Anger
2004
Mr. And Mrs. Iyer
India
Aparna Sen
2002
Mujeres Al Borde De Un Ataque De Nervios ( aka Women On The Verge Of A Nervous Breakdown) Spain
Pedro Almodóvar
1988
Mulholland Dr.
USA-France
David Lynch
2001
Mutter Küsters’ Fahrt Zum Himmel ( aka Mother Küsters Goes To Heaven) West Germany
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
1975
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
USA-Germany
Werner Herzog
2010
Mystery Train
USA-​Japan
Jim Jarmusch
1989
Nachmittag ( aka Afternoon)
Germany
Angela Schanelec
2007
Taiwan
Hou Hsiao-Hsien
1996
Nanjing! Nanjing! ( aka City Of Life And Death)
China-Hong Kong
Chuan Lu
2009
Napoléon ( aka Abel Gance’s Napoléon)
France
Abel Gance
1927
Sweden
Ingmar Bergman
1963
Neerundu Nilamundu ( aka There Is Water, There Is Land)
India
Bala Kailasam
2009
Nefes: Vatan Sagolsun ( aka The Breath)
Turkey
Levent Semerci
2009
Nema-​Ye Nazdik ( aka Close-​up)
Iran
Abbas Kiarostami
1990
Nevinost Bez Zastite ( aka Innocence Unprotected)
Yugoslavia
Dušan Makavejev
1968
Next Attraction
Philippines
Raya Martin
2008
Taiwan
Hou Hsiao-Hsien
1987
Ni Na Bian Ji Dian ( aka What Time Is It There?)
Taiwan-France
Tsai Ming-Liang
2001
Night On Earth
USA-​France-​Japan-​Germany-​UK
Jim Jarmusch
1991
Nirgengwo In Afrika ( aka Nowhere In Africa)
Germany
Caroline Link
2001
No Man’s Land
Bosnia
Danis Tanović
2001
No Pongso Do Tedted No Mondo: Ang Isla Sa Dulo Ng Mundo ( aka The Island At The End Of The World)
Philippines
Raya Martin
2005
No Quarto Da Vanda ( aka In Vanda’s Room)
Portugal-Germany-​Switzerland-Italy
Pedro Costa
2000
Nora Inu ( aka Stray Dog)
Japan
Akira Kurosawa
1949
Nosferatu, Eine Symphonie Des Grauens ( aka Nosferatu)
Germany
F. W. Murnau
1922
Nosferatu: Phantom Der Nacht ( aka Nosferatu The Vampyre)
West Germany -​France
Werner Herzog
1979
Nostalghia ( aka Nostalgia)
Italy-Soviet Union
Andrei Tarkovsky
1983
Notre Musique ( aka Our Music)
France-​Switzerland
Jean-Luc Godard
2004
France-​Switzerland
Jean-Luc Godard
1990
Novecento ( aka 1900)
Italy-​France-​West Germany
Bernardo Bertolucci
1976
Nóz w Wodzie ( aka Knife In The Water)
Poland
Roman Polanski
1962
Nuit Et Brouillard ( aka Night And Fog )
France
Alain Resnais
1955
Nun Va Goldoon ( aka A Moment Of Innocence)
Iran
Mohsen Makhmalbaf
1996
Nuovo Cinema Paradiso ( aka Cinema Paradiso)
Italy-​France
Guiseppe Tornatore
1988
O Sangue ( aka The Blood)
Portugal
Pedro Costa
1989
O Thiasos ( aka The Travelling Players)
Greece
Theodoros Angelopoulos
1975
Obchod Na Korze ( aka The Shop On The Main Street)
Czech Republic
Jan Kadar, Elmar Klos
1965
Offret ( aka The Sacrifice)
Sweden-​France
Andrei Tarkovsky
1986
Offside
Iran
Jafar Panahi
2006
Ohayo ( aka Good Morning)
Japan
Yasujiro Ozu
1959
Japan
Yojiro Takita
2008
Old Boy
South Korea
Chan-wook Park
2003
Oliver!
UK
Carol Reed
1968
Oliver Twist
France​-UK-Czech Republic-​Italy
Roman Polanski
2005
India
Kamal Swaroop
1988
Brazil
José Padilha, Felipe Lacerda
2002
Opening Night
USA
John Cassavetes
1977
Ordet ( aka The Word)
Denmark
Carl Theodor Dreyer
1955
Osama
Afghanistan-​Netherlands-​Ireland-​Japan-​Iran
Siddiq Barmak
2003
Ossos ( aka Bones)
Portugal-France-​Denmark
Pedro Costa
1997
Ostre Sledované Vlaky ( aka Closely Watched Trains)
Czech Republic
Jiri Menzel
1966
Öszi Almanach ( aka Almanac Of Fall)
Hungary
Béla Tarr
1985
Où Gît Votre Sourire Enfoui? ( aka Where Does Your Hidden Smile Lie?)
Portugal-France
Pedro Costa
2001
Paisà ( aka Paisan)
Italy
Roberto Rossellini
1946
Hungary
Béla Tarr
1982
Paradise Now
Palestine-​France-​Germany-​Netherlands-​Israel
Hany Abu-Assad
2005
Partie De campagne ( aka A Day In The Country)
France
Jean Renoir
1936
Pasqualino Settebellezze ( aka Seven Beauties)
Italy
Lina Wertmüller
1975
France-​Switzerland
Jean-Luc Godard
1982
India
Satyajit Ray
1955
Iran
Majid Majidi
1996
Pepi, Luci, Bom Y Otras Chicas Del Montón ( aka Pepi, Luci, Bom)
Spain
Pedro Almodóvar
1980
Permanent Vacation
USA
Jim Jarmusch
1980
Persepolis
USA-​France
Vincent Paronnaud, Marjane Satrapi
2007
Sweden
Ingmar Bergman
1966
Pickpocket
France
Robert Bresson
1959
France
Jean-Luc Godard
1965
Pine Flat
USA
Sharon Lockhart
2005
Pink Flamingos USA
John Waters
1972
Pirates
France-Tunisia
Roman Polanski
1986
Play Time
France-Italy
Jacques Tati
1967
Romania
Corneliu Porumboiu
2009
Polytechnique
Canada
Denis Villeneuve
2009
Popiól I Diament ( aka Ashes And Diamonds)
Poland
Andrzej Wajda
1958
Porcile ( aka Pigsty)
Italy-France
Pier Paolo Pasolini
1969
Praejusios Dienos Atminimui (In Memory Of The Day Passed By)
Lithuania
Sharunas Bartas
1990
France
Jean-Luc Godard
1983
Procès De Jeanne D’Arc ( aka The Trial Of Joan Of Arc )
France
Robert Bresson
1962
Prova D’orchestra ( aka Orchestra Rehearsal)
Italy-West Germany
Federico Fellini
1978
Poland
Krzysztof Kieślowski
1987
India
Priyanandan
2006
Taiwan-France
Hou Hsiao-Hsien
2001
Qing Shao Nian Nuo Zha ( aka Rebels Of The Neon God)
Taiwan
Tsai Ming-Liang
1992
Quatre Nuits D’un Rêveur ( aka Four Nights Of A Dreamer)
France
Robert Bresson
1971
¿Qué He Hecho Yo Para Merecer Esto!! ( aka What Have I Done To Deserve This?)
Spain
Pedro Almodóvar
1984
Rad Der Zeit ( aka Wheel Of Time)
Germany-Tibet
Werner Herzog
2003
Ran
Japan-​France
Akira Kurosawa
1985
Rang-​E-​Khoda ( aka The Colour Of Paradise)
Iran
Majid Majidi
1999
Rashômon ( aka In The Woods)
Japan
Akira Kurosawa
1950
Red Shoes
UK
Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
1948
Religulous
USA
Larry Charles
2008
China-South Korea-France​-Japan
Jia Zhang-Ke
2002
UK
Roman Polanski
1965
Requiem
Germany
Hans-Christian Schmid
2006
Rescue Dawn
USA
Werner Herzog
2006
Austria
Götz Spielmann
2008
Roads Of Kiarostami
Iran
Abbas Kiarostami
2006
Rockford
India
Nagesh Kukunoor
1999
Roma ( aka Fellini’s Roma)
Italy-​France
Federico Fellini
1972
Roma, Città Aperta ( aka Open City)
Italy
Roberto Rosselini
1945
Roman Polanski: Scene by Scene
UK
Mark Cousins
2001
RR
USA-Germany
James Benning
2007
Rupa U Dusi ( aka Hole In The Soul)
UK
Dušan Makavejev
1994
Safar E Ghandehar ( aka Kandahar)
Iran-​France
Mohsen Makhmalbaf
2001
Italy
Pier Paolo Pasolini
1975
Australia
Warwick Thornton
2009
San Tiao Ren ( aka Away With Words)
Hong Kong-​Japan-​Singapore
Christopher Doyle
1999
Sang Sattawat ( aka Syndromes And A Century)
Thailand-​France-​Austria
Apichatpong Weerasethakul
2006
Sans Soleil ( aka
Sunless)
France
Chris Marker
1983
Sans Toit Ni Loi ( aka Vagabond)
France-​UK
Agnès Varda
1985
Japan
Kenji Mizoguchi
1954
China-Hong Kong
Jia Zhang-Ke
2006
Sweden
Ingmar Bergman
1961
Hungary-​Germany-​Switzerland
Béla Tarr
1994
France-​Switzerland-​Austria-​West Germany
Jean-Luc Godard
1980
Soviet Union
Sergei Parajanov
1968
Scénario Du Film ‘Passion’ ( aka Making Of The Film ‘Passion’)
France-​Switzerland
Jean-Luc Godard
1982
Scener Ur Ett Äktenskap ( aka Scenes From A Marriage)
Sweden
Ingmar Bergman
1973
USSR
Aleksandr Medvedkin
1934
Scorpio Rising
USA
Kenneth Anger
1964
Se, Jie ( aka Lust, Caution)
USA-​China-​Taiwan-​Hong Kong
Ang Lee
2007
Segodnya Uvolneniya Ne Budet ( aka There Will Be No Leave Today)
Soviet Union
Aleksandr Gordon, Andrei Tarkovsky
1959
Sen To Chihiro No Kamikakushi ( aka Spirited Away)
Japan
Hayao Miyazaki
2001
Septyni Nematomi Zmones (Seven Invisible Men)
Lithuania-​France-​Portugal-​Netherlands
Sharunas Bartas
2005
Philippines
Lav Diaz
1998
Shadows
USA
John Cassavetes
1959
Shakhmatnaya Goryachka ( aka Chess Fever)
USSR
Vsevolod Pudovkin, Nikolai Shpikovsky
1925
Shichinin No Samurai ( aka Seven Samurai)
Japan
Akira Kurosawa
1954
China-Japan-​France
Jia Zhang-Ke
2004
Shilde ( aka July)
Kazakhstan
Darezhan Omirbayev
1988
Iran
Abbas Kiarostami
2008
France
Claude Lanzmann
1985
Shubun ( aka Scandal)
Japan
Akira Kurosawa
1950
Shunya Swaroopa ( aka Contours Of The Void)
India
Himanshu Sekhar Khatua
1997
Sib ( aka The Apple)
Iran
Samira Makhmalbaf
1998
Sicko
USA
Michael Moore
2007
Simón Del Desierto ( aka Simon Of The Desert)
Mexico
Luis Buñuel
1965
Sin Nombre ( aka Without Name)
Mexico-USA
Cary Fukunaga
2009
Portugal​-France-Spain
Manoel de Oliveira
2009
Siu Lam Juk Kau ( aka Shaolin Soccer)
Hong Kong
Stephen Chow
2001
USSR
Artavazd Peleshian
1967
UK
Danny Boyle
2008
Smultronstället ( aka Wild Strawberries)
Sweden
Ingmar Bergman
1957
Soigne Ta Droite ( aka Keep Your Right Up)
France-​Switzerland
Jean-Luc Godard
1987
Sokout ( aka Silence)
Iran-​Tajikistan-​France
Mohsen Makhmalbaf
1998
Solyaris ( aka Solaris)
Soviet Union
Andrei Tarkovsky
1972
Sommarnattens Leende ( aka Smiles Of A Summer Night)
Sweden
Ingmar Bergman
1955
Son Of Rambow
France-​UK-​Germany
Garth Jennings
2007
Sonar Kella ( aka The Golden Fortress)
India
Satyajit Ray
1974
Stalker
Soviet Union
Andrei Tarkovsky
1979
Stranger Than Paradise
USA-West Germany
Jim Jarmusch
1984
Stroszek
West Germany
Werner Herzog
1977
Stumble
India
Prakash Belawadi
2003
Sud Pralad ( aka Tropical Malady)
Thailand-​France-​Germany-​Italy
Apichatpong Weerasethakul
2004
Sud Sanaeha ( aka Blissfully Yours)
Thailand​-France
Apichatpong Weerasethakul
2002
Sugata Sanshiro ( aka Judo Saga)
Japan
Akira Kurosawa
1943
Sri Lanka-France
Vimukthi Jayasundara
2005
Süt ( aka Milk)
Turkey-France-​Germany
Semih Kaplanoglu
2008
Sweet Movie
Canada-West Germany-France
Dušan Makavejev
1974
France-​UK
Jean-Luc Godard
1968
Szabadgyalog ( aka The Outsider)
Hungary
Béla Tarr
1981
Iran
Sohrab Shahid Saless
1974
Tadjrebeh ( aka Experience)
Iran
Abbas Kiarostami
1973
Tahaan ( aka Tahaan: A Boy With A Grenade)
India
Santosh Sivan
2008
Takhté Siah (aka Blackboards)
Iran-​Japan-​Italy
Samira Makhmalbaf
2001
Talaye Sorkh ( aka Crimson Gold)
Iran
Jafar Panahi
2003
Ta’m E Guilass ( aka A Taste of Cherry)
Iran
Abbas Kiarostami
1997
Tang Shan Da Xiong ( aka The Big Boss)
Hong Kong
Lo Wei
1971
Taxi 2 Germany
Gérard Krawczyk
2000
Tempo Di Viaggio ( aka Voyage In Time)
Italy
Andrei Tarkovsky, Tonino Guerra
1983
France-​Iran-​USA
Abbas Kiarostami
2002
Ten Skies
USA
James Benning
2004
Tengoku To Jigoku ( aka High And Low)
Japan
Akira Kurosawa
1963
Tess
France-UK
Roman Polanski
1979
USA-Italy​-Spain​-Argentina
Francis Ford Coppola
2009
Texas, Addio ( aka Goodbye, Texas)
Italy-Spain
Ferdinando Baldi
1966
The 39 Steps
UK
Alfred Hitchcock
1935
The Blair Witch Project
USA
Daniel Myrick, Eduardo Sánchez
1999
The Century Of The Self
UK
Adam Curtis
2002
The Coca-Cola Kid
Australia
Dušan Makavejev
1985
The Conversation
USA
Francis Ford Coppola
1974
The Cook, The Thief, His Wife And Her Lover
France-​Netherlands
Peter Greenaway
1989
The Fall
India-​UK-​USA
Tarsem
2006
The Fearless Vampire Killers ( aka Dance Of The Vampires)
UK-USA
Roman Polanski
1967
The Ghost Writer
France-Germany-UK
Roman Polanski
2010
The Heart Of The World
Canada
Guy Maddin
2000
The Hitch Hikers Guide To The Galaxy ( aka The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy)
UK
Alan J.W. Bell
1981
USA
Charles Burnett
1968
The Killing Of A Chinese Bookie
USA
John Cassavetes
1976
USA-Spain-​Japan
Jim Jarmusch
2009
The Man From Earth
USA
Richard Schenkman
2007
The Ninth Gate
France​-Spain-​USA
Roman Polanski
1999
The Old Place
France-​USA
Jean-Luc Godard
1998
The Pervert’s Guide To Cinema
UK-Austria-​Netherlands
Sophie Fiennes
2006
The Pianist
France-​Germany-​UK-​Poland
Roman Polanski
2002
The Power Of Nightmares: The Rise Of The Politics Of Fear
UK
Adam Curtis
2004
The Private Life Of A Cat
USA
Alexander Hammid
1944
The Song Of Ceylon
UK
Basil Wright
1934
The Tragedy Of Macbeth ( aka Macbeth)
UK
Roman Polanski
1971
USA
Thomas McCarthy
2007
The White Diamond
Germany
Werner Herzog
2004
The Wild Blue Yonder
UK-​USA-​France-​Germany
Werner Herzog
2005
The Wind That Shakes The Barley
Ireland-​UK-​Germany-​Italy-​Spain-​France
Ken Loach
2006
Theeviravaathi: The Terrorist ( aka The Terrorist)
India
Santosh Sivan
1999
Tian Bian Yi Duo Yun ( aka The Wayward Cloud)
Taiwan-France
Tsai Ming-Liang
2005
China
Wang Bing
2003
China
Wang Bing
2003
China
Wang Bing
2003
Tini Zabutykh Predkiv ( aka Shadows Of Our Forgotten Ancestors)
Soviet Union
Sergei Parajanov
1964
France
François Truffaut
1960
To Sleep With Anger
USA
Charles Burnett
1990
Tod Für Fünf Stimmen ( aka Gesualdo: Death For Five Voices)
Germany
Werner Herzog
1995
Spain-​France
Pedro Almodóvar
1999
Tôkyô Monogatari ( aka Tokyo Story)
Japan
Yasujiro Ozu
1953
Taiwan
Hou Hsiao-Hsien
1985
Topio Stin Omichli ( aka Landscape In The Mist)
France-Greece-​Italy
Theodoros Angelopoulos
1988
Tora No O Wo Fumu Otokotachi ( aka The Men Who Tread On Tiger’s Tail)
Japan
Akira Kurosawa
1945
Tout Va Bien ( aka All’s Well)
France-​Italy
Jean-Luc Godard
1972
Trios Couleurs: Bleu ( aka Three Colours: Blue)
France
Krzysztof Kieślowski
1993
Trios Couleurs: Rouge ( aka Three Colours: Red)
Switzerland-​France-​Poland
Krzysztof Kieślowski
1994
Triumph Des Willens ( aka Triumph Of The Will)
Germany
Leni Riefenstahl
1935
Trys Dienos (Three Days)
Lithuania
Sharunas Bartas
1991
Trzy Kolory: Bialy ( aka Three Colours: White)
France
Krzysztof Kieślowski
1993
Tsotsi ( aka Thug)
UK-South Africa
Gavin Hood
2005
Tsubaki Sanjûrô ( aka Sanjuro)
Japan
Akira Kurosawa
1962
Tueur À Gages ( aka Killer)
Kazakhstan
Darezhan Omirbayev
1998
Sweden
Ingmar Bergman
1963
India
Vikramaditya Motwane
2010
Ugetsu Monogatari ( aka Ugetsu)
Japan
Kenji Mizoguchi
1953
Ultimo Tango A Parigi ( aka Last Tango In Paris)
Italy-France
Bernardo Bertolucci
1972
Umberto D.
Italy
Vittorio De Sica
1952
Un Chant D’amour ( aka A Song of Love )
France
Jean Genet
1950
Un Chien Andalou ( aka An Andalusian Dog)
France
Luis Buñuel
1929
Un Condamné À Mort S’est Échappé Ou Le Vent Souffle Où Il Veut ( aka A Man Escaped)
France
Robert Bresson
1956
Un Flic ( aka Dirty Money)
France-Italy
Jean-Pierre Melville
1972
Un Long Dimanche De Fiançailles ( aka A Very Long Engagement)
France
Jean-​Pierre Jeunet
2004
Italy​-France
Jacques Audiard
2009
Undergångens Arkitektur ( aka The Architecture Of Doom)
Sweden
Peter Cohen
1989
Une Femme Douce ( aka A Gentle Woman )
France
Robert Bresson
1969
France
Jean-Luc Godard
1961
France
Jean-Luc Godard
1964
Une Journée D’Andrei Arsenevitch ( aka One Day In The Life Of Andrei Arsenevich)
France
Chris Marker
1999
Austria
Peter Kubelka
1966
Utazás Az Alföldön ( aka Journey On The Plain)
Hungary
Béla Tarr
1995
Israel-​Germany-​France-​USA
Ari Folman
2008
Vampyr – Der Traum Des Allan Grey ( aka Vampyr)
France-​Germany
Carl Theodor Dreyer
1932
India-​USA
Rajnesh Domalpalli
2006
Viaggio In Italia ( aka Voyage In Italy)
Italy-France
Roberto Rossellini
1954
Italy-France
Marco Bellocchio
2009
Viridiana
Mexico-Spain
Luis Buñuel
1961
Viskningar Och Rop ( aka Cries And Whispers)
Sweden
Ingmar Bergman
1972
Vivement Dimanche! ( aka Confidentially Yours)
France
François Truffaut
1982
France
Jean-Luc Godard
1962
Volver ( aka Return)
Spain
Pedro Almodóvar
2006
Vozvrashcheniye ( aka The Return)
Russia
Andrei Zvyagintsev
2003
USSR
Artavazd Peleshian
1975
W.R. – Misterije Organizma ( aka WR: Mysteries Of The Organism)
Yugoslavia-West Germany
Dušan Makavejev
1971
Philippines
Raya Martin
2009
Wallace And Grommit: The Curse Of The Were Rabbit
UK
Steve Box, Nick Park
2005
Warnung Vor Einer Heiligen Nutte ( aka Beware Of A Holy Whore)
West Germany
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
1971
Warui Yatsu Hodo Yoku Nemuru ( aka The Bad Sleep Well)
Japan
Akira Kurosawa
1960
Was Ich Bin, Sind Meine Filme ( aka I Am My Films)
West Germany
Erwin Keusch, Christian Weisenborn
1979
Water
India-​Canada
Deepa Mehta
2005
Wavelength
Canada-USA
Michael Snow
1967
France
Jean-Luc Godard
1967
Wer Früher Stirbt, Ist Länger Tot ( aka Grave Decisions)
Germany
Marcus H. Rosenmüller
2006
Hungary-​Italy-​Germany-​France
Béla Tarr
2000
Window Water Baby Moving
USA
Stan Brakhage
1962
Wo Die Grünen Ameisen Träumen ( aka Where The Green Ants Dream)
West Germany-​Australia
Werner Herzog
1984
Wo Hu Cang Long ( aka Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon)
Hong Kong-​Taiwan-​USA
Ang Lee
2000
Wodaabe – Die Hirten Der Sonne. Nomaden Am Südrand Der Sahara ( aka Wodaabe: Herdsmen Of The Sun )
France-​West Germany
Werner Herzog
1989
Austria-Germany
Michael Glawogger
2005
Worldly Desires
Thailand-South Korea
Apichatpong Weerasethakul
2005
Woyzeck
West Germany
Werner Herzog
1979
China-Hong Kong
Jia Zhang-Ke
2007
Taiwan
Hou Hsiao-Hsien
1993
China-Hong Kong
Jia Zhang-Ke
1997
Yatra ( aka Journey)
India
Goutam Ghose
2006
Yella
Germany
Christian Petzold
2007
Ying Xiong ( aka Hero)
Hong Kong-​China
Zhang Yimou
2002
Yoidore Tenshi ( aka Drunken Angel)
Japan
Akira Kurosawa
1948
Yojimbo ( aka The Bodyguard)
Japan
Akira Kurosawa
1961
Japan
Akira Kurosawa
1990
Yumurta ( aka Egg)
Turkey
Semih Kaplanoglu
2007
Z
France
Costa Gavras
1969
Taiwan
Hou Hsiao-Hsien
1983
Iran
Bahman Ghobadi
2000
Zemlya ( aka Earth)
USSR
Aleksandr Dovzhenko
1930
Zendegi Va Digar Hich ( aka Life… And Nothing More)
Iran
Abbas Kiarostami
1991
Zerkalo ( aka The Mirror)
Soviet Union
Andrei Tarkovsky
1976
Zéro De Conduite: Jeunes Diables Au Collège ( aka Zero For Conduct)
France
Jean Vigo
1933
China-Hong Kong-Japan​-France
Jia Zhang-Ke
2000
Zire Darakhatan Zeyton ( aka Through The Olive Trees)
Iran
Abbas Kiarostami
1994
Zoku Sugata Sanshiro ( aka Judo Saga II)
Japan
Akira Kurosawa
1945
Taiwan-France
Hou Hsiao-Hsien
2005
Zwartboek ( aka The Black Book)
Netherlands-​Germany-​Belgium
Paul Verhoeven
2006

8 Responses to “World Cinema”

  1. Sadanand Says:

    This is great, Shrikant. Great collection of movies. I’ve seen some of them, hunting for some! Anyway, in your main blog, instead catagorizing cinema by country, catagorize it as good and bad movies (just an opinion). I guess that should be good enough for any student of cinema. Kieslowsky’s movies are missing (I may have missed them). Double Life of Veronique, Three Colors, A short film about Love, Killing and Decalogue.
    Anyway, keep watching and encouraging good cinema.
    Cheers.


  2. Hi Sadanand,

    Thanks for visiting…Your comment reminded me that I’ve to update this page… Its been quite a while.
    I’m wary for categorizing movies as good and bad since my opinion on a film grows or deteriorates with years (one always learns). So I tried to classify using an objective yardstick.
    As for Kieslowski’s films, they are there in this page. And what you see on the main page isn’t a one to one review of all the titles found here (which will take years!)

  3. S M Rana Says:

    A provocative list with debatable ratings and lots of unfamiliar names. You seem to have a leaning towards the first quarter century since most of your full marks seem to be in that segment.


    1. Oh, that’s right, Mr. Rana. That’s because it is these films that have taght the generations to come what film is. And they stand the test of time too…

  4. Arthi V Says:

    You haven’t written about Au Hasard Balthazar. Infact none of the Bresson films that you’ve seen. I just watched it and somehow it didn’t quite click. I had to break twice before resuming. Thought may be the film has been ripped apart for good reason here….not that it’d change my perception, but wanted to read about it. Sad.


    1. Well, I better not. Understanding Bresson to a good extent entails an acquaintance with Jansenism and Determinism which I have the least idea about. Of course, I could just ramble about the surface properties of the films – about how austere the mise en scene is, about how full of with pathos the resultant work is etc. But that really wouldn’t do complete justice to the film. I recommend Senses of Cinema articles for good stuff about Bresson.

      Cheers!

  5. kkmuhamed Says:

    Thank u very much
    remarkabl,collection indeed.
    I have some movies, around 600 hundred. ready to share with who ever interested in exchange..
    Yes, somebody is already mentioned above, I found the ratings are debatable, the way u rate Indian movies and the way u rate Iranian movies.. the prejudice is more dominant than a kind of intelligent approach to cinema..
    thanks for sharing..


    1. Oh forget the ratings man, I’d like to think they’re more of a recommendation than evaluation.

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