Foreign Top 250

The Foreign Top 250 contains only foreign language titles that have been or still are on the Top 250. All titles from English speaking countries have been removed.

Rank	Title (Year)	Country	Recurrence
1.	Il Buono, il brutto, il cattivo. (1966)	Italy	100%
2.	Shichinin no samurai (1954)	Japan	100%
3.	Cidade de Deus (2002)	Brazil	99%
4.	La Vita è bella (1997)	Italy	100%
5.	Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi (2001)	Japan	99%
6.	The Pianist (2002)	France	99%
7.	Gisaengchung (2019)	South Korea	27%
8.	Hotaru no haka (1988)	Japan	98%
9.	Léon (1994)	France	100%
10.	Seppuku (1962)	Japan	31%
11.	Intouchables (2011)	France	65%
12.	Nuovo cinema Paradiso (1988)	Italy	100%
13.	C'era una volta il West (1968)	Italy	100%
14.	12th Fail (2023)	India	4%
15.	Das Leben der Anderen (2006)	Germany	89%
16.	Oldeuboi (2003)	South Korea	96%
17.	Das Boot (1981)	West Germany	100%
18.	Mononoke-hime (1997)	Japan	100%
19.	Kimi no na wa (2016)	Japan	39%
20.	Joker (2019)	Canada	26%
21.	Tengoku to jigoku (1963)	Japan	31%
22.	3 Idiots (2009)	India	63%
23.	Once Upon a Time in America (1984)	Italy	100%
24.	Capharnaüm (2018)	Lebanon	27%
25.	Idi i smotri (1985)	Soviet Union	49%
26.	Jagten (2012)	Denmark	59%
27.	Ikiru (1952)	Japan	82%
28.	Incendies (2010)	Canada	61%
29.	M (1931)	Germany	100%
30.	Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain (2001)	France	99%
31.	Jodaeiye Nader az Simin (2011)	Iran	68%
32.	Taare Zameen Par (2007)	India	54%
33.	Metropolis (1927)	Germany	100%
34.	Ladri di biciclette (1948)	Italy	100%
35.	Der Untergang (2004)	Germany	94%
36.	Dangal (2016)	India	40%
37.	Per qualche dollaro in più (1965)	Italy	95%
38.	Ran (1985)	Japan	100%
39.	El Laberinto del fauno (2006)	Spain	89%
40.	Yojimbo (1961)	Japan	100%
41.	Hauru no ugoku shiro (2004)	Japan	75%
42.	Rashômon (1950)	Japan	100%
43.	El secreto de sus ojos (2009)	Argentina	74%
44.	Klaus (2019)	Spain	25%
45.	Tonari no Totoro (1988)	Japan	77%
46.	Bacheha-Ye aseman (1997)	Iran	44%
47.	Salinui chueok (2003)	South Korea	61%
48.	Maharaja (2024)	India	2%
49.	Relatos salvajes (2014)	Argentina	49%
50.	Le Salaire de la peur (1953)	France	83%
51.	Smultronstället (1957)	Sweden	100%
52.	Tôkyô monogatari (1953)	Japan	48%
53.	Det Sjunde inseglet (1957)	Sweden	100%
54.	La Haine (1995)	France	70%
55.	La Passion de Jeanne d'Arc (1928)	France	58%
56.	Jai Bhim (2021)	India	15%
57.	Babam Ve Oglum (2005)	Turkey	41%
58.	Ah-ga-ssi (2016)	South Korea	35%
59.	La battaglia di Algeri (1966)	Italy	75%
60.	Amores perros (2000)	Mexico	100%
61.	Gangs of Wasseypur (2012)	India	30%
62.	Drishyam (2015)	India	15%
63.	Paris, Texas (1984)	West Germany	26%
Not on the current Top 250
64.	Les Quatre cents coups (1959)	France	89%
65.	Persona (1966)	Sweden	73%
66.	8½ (1963)	Italy	70%
67.	Stalker (1979)	Soviet Union	62%
68.	Les Diaboliques (1955)	France	61%
69.	Kaze no tani no Naushika (1984)	Japan	55%
70.	Mou gaan dou (2002)	Hong Kong	53%
71.	La Strada (1954)	Italy	49%
72.	Le Notti di Cabiria (1957)	Italy	47%
73.	Fa yeung nin wa (2000)	Hong Kong	44%
74.	Fanny och Alexander (1982)	Sweden	40%
75.	Rang De Basanti (2006)	India	32%
76.	Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens (1922)	Germany	32%
77.	Trois couleurs: Rouge (1994)	France	31%
78.	Tenkû no shiro Rapyuta (1986)	Japan	31%
79.	Le Scaphandre et le papillon (2007)	France	31%
80.	Eskiya (1996)	Turkey	30%
81.	Wo hu cang long (2000)	Taiwan	29%
82.	Festen (1998)	Denmark	28%
83.	Yip Man (2008)	Hong Kong	28%
84.	Andrei Rublev (1966)	Soviet Union	26%
85.	Crash (2004)	Germany	25%
86.	Per un pugno di dollari (1964)	Italy	23%
87.	Låt den rätte komma in (2008)	Sweden	20%
88.	Lola rennt (1998)	Germany	20%
89.	Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India (2001)	India	19%
90.	Kumonosu jô (1957)	Japan	17%
91.	Bom yeoreum gaeul gyeoul geurigo bom (2003)	South Korea	18%
92.	Andhadhun (2018)	India	17%
93.	Du rififi chez les hommes (1955)	France	16%
94.	Mulholland Dr. (2001)	France	16%
95.	Ying xiong (2002)	China	16%
96.	PK (2014)	India	11%
97.	Pather Panchali (1955)	India	14%
98.	Umberto D. (1952)	Italy	14%
99.	Papillon (1973)	France	14%
100.	La Grande illusion (1937)	France	14%
101.	The Straight Story (1999)	France	13%
102.	A Wednesday (2008)	India	13%
103.	La Belle et la bête (1946)	France	13%
104.	Hable con ella (2002)	Spain	13%
105.	La dolce vita (1960)	Italy	13%
106.	Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari. (1920)	Germany	12%
107.	Bronenosets Potyomkin (1925)	Soviet Union	11%
108.	Munna Bhai M.B.B.S. (2003)	India	11%
109.	Akira (1988)	Japan	10%
110.	Underground (1995)	France	9%
111.	The Artist (2011)	France	9%
112.	Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion (1997)	Japan	9%
113.	Swades: We, the People (2004)	India	9%
114.	Dersu Uzala (1975)	Soviet Union	8%
115.	Mandariinid (2013)	Estonia	8%
116.	Hera Pheri (2000)	India	6%
117.	Tropa de Elite 2 - O Inimigo Agora É Outro (2010)	Brazil	8%
118.	Koe no katachi (2016)	Japan	7%
119.	Höstsonaten (1978)	Sweden	7%
120.	Le samouraï (1967)	France	6%
121.	Contratiempo (2016)	Spain	7%
122.	The Killer (1989)	Hong Kong	7%
123.	Sholay (1975)	India	6%
124.	Portrait de la jeune fille en feu (2019)	France	6%
125.	Dogville (2003)	Denmark	6%
126.	Anand (1971)	India	6%
127.	The Message (1977)	Lebanon	6%
128.	Drishyam (2013)	India	5%
129.	Dil Chahta Hai (2001)	India	5%
130.	Kis Uykusu (2014)	Turkey	4%
131.	Ratsasan (2018)	India	4%
132.	Todo sobre mi madre (1999)	Spain	4%
133.	Les Enfants du paradis (1945)	France	4%
134.	Blood Diamond (2006)	Germany	4%
135.	Andaz Apna Apna (1994)	India	4%
136.	Mar adentro (2004)	Spain	4%
137.	Diarios de motocicleta (2004)	Argentina	4%
138.	Dahong denglong gaogao gua (1991)	China	3%
139.	X2 (2003)	Canada	3%
140.	Kimetsu no Yaiba: Mugen Ressha-Hen (2020)	Japan	3%
141.	Solyaris (1972)	Soviet Union	3%
142.	Z (1969)	France	3%
143.	Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes (1972)	West Germany	3%
144.	The Sweet Hereafter (1997)	Canada	3%
145.	Jean de Florette (1986)	France	3%
146.	Der Himmel über Berlin (1987)	West Germany	3%
147.	Central do Brasil (1998)	Brazil	3%
148.	El Ángel exterminador (1962)	Mexico	3%
149.	La leggenda del pianista sull'oceano (1998)	Italy	3%
150.	Gojira -1.0 (2023)	Japan	2%
151.	JFK (1991)	France	2%
152.	Yedinci Kogustaki Mucize (2019)	Turkey	2%
153.	Chak De! India (2007)	India	2%
154.	United 93 (2006)	France	2%
155.	Kakushi-toride no san-akunin (1958)	Japan	2%
156.	Udaan (2010)	India	2%
157.	Sanjuro (1962)	Japan	2%
158.	No Man's Land (2001)	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2%
159.	Okuribito (2008)	Japan	2%
160.	The Raid 2: Berandal (2014)	Indonesia	2%
161.	Drishyam 2 (2021)	India	2%
162.	Vikram Vedha (2017)	India	2%
163.	Secrets & Lies (1996)	France	1%
164.	Tumbbad (2018)	India	1%
165.	Zerkalo (1975)	Soviet Union	1%
166.	Taegukgi hwinalrimyeo (2004)	South Korea	1%
167.	Dancer in the Dark (2000)	Denmark	1%
168.	La Meglio gioventù (2003)	Italy	1%
169.	Call Me by Your Name (2017)	Italy	1%
170.	À bout de souffle (1960)	France	1%
171.	Amarcord (1973)	Italy	1%
172.	Crna macka, beli macor (1998)	Federal Republic of Yugoslavia	1%
173.	Lat sau san taam (1992)	Hong Kong	1%
174.	Y tu mamá también (2001)	Mexico	1%
175.	Au revoir les enfants (1987)	France	1%
176.	Tropa de Elite (2007)	Brazil	1%
177.	Fucking Åmål (1998)	Sweden	1%
178.	Laapataa Ladies (2023)	India	1%
179.	Trzy kolory: Niebieski (1993)	France	1%
180.	96 (2018)	India	1%
181.	Roma (2018)	Mexico	1%
182.	Soorarai Pottru (2020)	India	1%
183.	Delicatessen (1991)	France	1%
184.	Nikita (1990)	France	1%
185.	Il Postino (1994)	Italy	1%
186.	Le Violon rouge (1998)	Canada	1%
187.	Smoke (1995)	Germany	1%
188.	Cyrano de Bergerac (1990)	France	1%
189.	Mitt Liv Som Hund (1985)	Sweden	1%
190.	Vals Im Bashir (2008)	Israel	1%
191.	Breaking the Waves (1996)	Denmark	1%
192.	Saban Oglu Saban (1977)	Turkey	1%
193.	Trzy kolory: Bialy (1994)	France	1%
194.	La Cite des enfants perdus (1995)	France	1%
195.	Podwojne zycie Weroniki (1991)	France	1%
196.	Kahaani (2012)	India	1%
197.	Night on Earth (1991)	France	1%
198.	Diva (1981)	France	1%
199.	Yeopgijeogin geunyeo (2001)	South Korea	1%
200.	Der Name der Rose (1986)	Italy	1%
201.	Los olvidados (1950)	Mexico	1%
202.	Nefes: Vatan sagolsun (2009)	Turkey	1%
203.	Chongqing senlin (1994)	Hong Kong	1%
204.	Un long dimanche de fiançailles (2004)	France	1%
205.	Le Grand bleu (1988)	France	1%
206.	Queen (2014)	India	1%
207.	Le charme discret de la bourgeoisie (1972)	France	1%
208.	Bhaag Milkha Bhaag (2013)	India	1%
209.	The Fifth Element (1997)	France	1%
210.	Exotica (1994)	Canada	1%
211.	Manon des sources (1986)	Italy	1%
212.	Pump Up the Volume (1990)	Canada	1%
213.	Hababam sinifi (1975)	Turkey	1%
214.	Hong Faan Kui (1995)	Hong Kong	1%
215.	Lost Highway (1997)	France	1%
216.	Strange Brew (1983)	Canada	1%
217.	C'est arrive pres de chez vous (1992)	Belgium	1%
218.	Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara (2011)	India	1%
219.	Lage Raho Munna Bhai (2006)	India	1%
220.	Dawn of the Dead (1978)	Italy	1%
221.	Süt kardesler (1976)	Turkey	1%
222.	Sardar Udham (2021)	India	1%
223.	CM101MMXI Fundamentals (2013)	Turkey	1%
224.	Dil Bechara (2020)	India	1%
225.	Bawang bie ji (1993)	China	1%
226.	Como agua para chocolate (1992)	Mexico	1%
227.	Kolja (1996)	Czech Republic	1%
228.	The Last Emperor (1987)	China	1%
229.	Persepolis (2007)	France	1%
230.	Barfi! (2012)	India	?
231.	Tosun Pasa (1976)	Turkey	1%
232.	Un Coeur en hiver (1992)	France	1%
233.	OMG: Oh My God! (2012)	India	1%
234.	My Name Is Khan (2010)	India	?
235.	Selvi boylum, al yazmalim (1978)	Turkey	1%
236.	La règle du jeu (1939)	France	1%
237.	Bis ans Ende der Welt (1991)	Germany	1%
238.	Antonia (1995)	Netherlands	1%
239.	Mommy (2014)	Canada	1%
240.	Sanshô dayû (1954)	Japan	1%
241.	Hababam sinifi uyaniyor (1977)	Turkey	1%
242.	Due South (1994)	Canada	1%
243.	Anne of Green Gables (1985)	Canada	1%
244.	Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995)	India	1%
245.	Haider (2014)	India	1%
246.	Before the Rain (1994)	Republic of Macedonia	1%
247.	Bahubali: The Beginning (2015)	India	1%
248.	Jesus de Montreal (1989)	Canada	1%
249.	Shall We Dansu? (1996)	Japan	1%
250.	Kôkaku kidôtai (1995)	Japan	1%