The Ray Memorial 100
AKA Film Bloggers’ 100 Favorite Non-English Language Films
(Source - Edward Copeland on Film)
I’m watching these in reverse order (from #100 to #1) and writing about them. I’ll strike them off this list once I’ve watched them (this time; I may have seen them before) and link to the posts where I write about them.
100. The Cranes are Flying (Mikhail Kalatozov) - 11/13/07 - Review
99. Day of Wrath (Carl Theodor Dreyer) - 12/20/07 - Review
98. The Gospel According to St. Matthew (Pier Paolo Pasolini) - 12/30/07 - Review
97. Santantango (Bela Tarr) - hard to find, will watch and review it when I get the chance
96. The Exterminating Angel (Luis Buñuel) - 1/9/08 - Review
95. Run Lola Run (Tom Tykwer) - 1/28/08 - Review
94. Orpheus (Jean Cocteau) - 3/1/08 - Review
93. The Blue Angel (Josef von Sternberg) - 7/5/08 - Review
92. Amelie (Jean-Pierre Jeunet) - 4/6/08 - Review
91. Forbidden Games (Rene Clement)
90. The Double Life of Veronique (Krzysztof Kieslowski)
89. Cleo from 5 to 7 (Angès Varda) - 7/11/08
88. Shoot the Piano Player (François Truffaut)
87. Pierrot le fou (Jean-Luc Godard) - 11/17/07
86. Amores Perros (Alejandro Gonzalez Iñarrítu)
85. Viridiana (Luis Buñuel)
84. Masculin Feminin (Jean-Luc Godard)
83. Woman in the Dunes (Hiroshi Teshigahara)
82. Z (Costa-Gavras)
81. Come and See (Elem Klimov)
80. Smiles of a Summer Night (Ingmar Bergman)
79. Suspiria (Dario Argento)
78. Open City (Roberto Rossellini)
77. Scenes from a Marriage (Ingmar Bergman)
76. All About My Mother (Pedro Almodovar)
75. My Night at Maud’s (Eric Rohmer)
74. Eyes Without a Face (Georges Franju)
73. Day for Night (François Truffaut)
72. Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (Rainer Werner Fassbinder)
71. Hiroshima Mon Amour (Alain Resnais)
70. Last Year at Marienbad (Alain Resnais)
69. Amarcord (Federico Fellini)
68. Army of Shadows (Jean-Pierre Melville)
67. Das Boot (Wolfgang Petersen)
66. Celine and Julie Go Boating (Jacques Rivette)
65. The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (Jacques Demy)
64. Throne of Blood (Akira Kurosawa)
63. Chungking Express (Wong Kar-Wei)
62. Blue (Krzysztof Kieslowski)
61. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Ang Lee)
60. Band of Outsiders (Jean-Luc Godard)
59. Rififi (Jules Dassin)
58. Talk to Her (Pedro Almodovar)
57. L’Eclisse (Michelangelo Antonioni)
56. Yi Yi: A One and a Two (Edward Yang)
55. Cinema Paradiso (Giuseppe Tornatore)
54. Ordet (Carl Theodor Dreyer)
53. Y tu mama tambien (Alfonso Cuarón)
52. Umberto D (Vittorio De Sica)
51. High and Low (Akira Kurosawa)
50. Raise the Red Lantern (Zhang Yimou)
49. The Earrings of Madame de… (Max Ophüls)
48. Late Spring (Yasujiro Ozu)
47. La Strada (Federico Fellini)
46. Sansho the Bailiff (Kenji Mizoguchi)
45. Pickpocket (Robert Bresson)
44. Yojimbo (Akira Kurosawa)
43. The Decalogue (Krzysztof Kieslowski)
42. Cries and Whispers (Ingmar Bergman)
41. Wings of Desire (Wim Wenders)
40. The Wages of Fear (Henri-Georges Clouzot)
39. Red (Krzysztof Kieslowski)
38. Nights of Cabiria (Federico Fellini)
37. L’Atalante (Jean Vigo)
36. The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (Luis Buñuel)
35. Beauty and the Beast (Jean Cocteau)
34. Children of Paradise (Marcel Carné)
33. Spirited Away (Hayao Miyazaki)
32. Belle de Jour (Luis Buñuel)
31. Le Samourai (Jean-Pierre Melville)
30. Wild Strawberries (Ingmar Bergman)
29. L’Avventura (Michelangelo Antonioni)
28. The Leopard (Luchino Visconti)
27. In the Mood for Love (Wong Kar-Wei)
26. City of God (Fernando Meirelles/Katia Lund)
25. Andrei Rublev (Andrei Tarkovsky)
24. Au Hasard Balthazar (Robert Bresson)
23. Playtime (Jacques Tati)
22. Ugetsu Monogatari (Kenji Mizoguchi)
21. Breathless (Jean-Luc Godard)
20. Contempt (Jean-Luc Godard)
19. La Dolce Vita (Federico Fellini)
18. The Conformist (Bernardo Bertolucci)
17. Jules and Jim (François Truffaut)
16. Ran (Akira Kurosawa)
15. The Seventh Seal (Ingmar Bergman)
14. Ikiru (Akira Kurosawa)
13. Rashomon (Akira Kurosawa)
12. Tokyo Story (Yasujiro Ozu)
11. Fanny and Alexander (Ingmar Bergman)
10. The 400 Blows (François Truffaut)
9. The Battle of Algiers (Gillo Pontecorvo)
8. Aguirre, the Wrath of God (Werner Herzog)
7. Grand Illusion (Jean Renoir)
6. Persona (Ingmar Bergman)
5. Bicycle Thieves (Vittorio De Sica)
4. 8 1/2 (Federico Fellini)
3. M (Fritz Lang)
2. The Seven Samurai (Akira Kurosawa)
1. The Rules of the Game (Jean Renoir)





