60 Best Foreign Language Films of All Time

01

My Neighbor Totoro (1988)

IMDb ★ 8.1 RT 94% Metacritic 87

Two young sisters befriend gentle forest spirits after moving to the countryside near their ailing mother.

Directed by Hayao Miyazaki · 1h 26m · Rated G

6 wins & 2 nominations

Where to watch

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02

Amores Perros (2000)

TMDB ★ 8.1

Three stories connected by one car crash, brutal and tightly built.

Directed by Alejandro G. Iñárritu · 2h 34m · Rated R

Where to watch

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03

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007)

TMDB ★ 8.0

A magazine editor paralysed by a stroke dictates his memoir by blinking one eye.

Directed by Julian Schnabel · 1h 52m · Rated PG-13

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04

The White Ribbon (2009)

IMDb ★ 7.8 RT 85% Metacritic 84

A German village's string of unexplained cruelties hints at the fascism its children will grow into.

Directed by Michael Haneke · 2h 24m · Rated R

Nominated for 2 Oscars62 wins & 49 nominations

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05

M (1931)

IMDb ★ 8.3 RT 100%

A child murderer is hunted by both the police and Berlin's own criminal underworld.

Directed by Fritz Lang · 1h 50m

2 wins

Where to watch

Stream: HBO Max Amazon Channel, Criterion Channel, HBO Max, IndieFlix Shorts Amazon Channel · Rent or buy: Apple TV Store, Fandango At Home

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06

Raise the Red Lantern (1991)

TMDB ★ 8.0

A young concubine navigates a household's brutal internal hierarchy.

Directed by Zhang Yimou · 2h 05m

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07

To Live (1994)

TMDB ★ 8.3

One family's survival through decades of Chinese political upheaval, told with real restraint.

Directed by Zhang Yimou · 2h 13m

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08

Stalker (1979)

TMDB ★ 8.0

A guide leads two men into a forbidden zone rumoured to grant your deepest wish.

Directed by Andrei Tarkovsky · 2h 42m · Rated NR

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09

Seven Samurai (1954)

IMDb ★ 8.6 RT 100% Metacritic 98

A poor village hires seven masterless samurai to defend it from a band of marauding bandits.

Directed by Akira Kurosawa · 3h 27m · Rated NR

Nominated for 2 Oscars5 wins & 9 nominations

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10

Your Name (2016)

IMDb ★ 8.4 RT 98% Metacritic 81

Two teenagers who periodically swap bodies race to prevent a disaster only one of them remembers.

Directed by Makoto Shinkai · 1h 46m · Rated PG

17 wins & 27 nominations

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11

Princess Mononoke (1997)

IMDb ★ 8.3 RT 93% Metacritic 78

A young warrior becomes entangled in a war between forest spirits and an industrious mining settlement.

Directed by Hayao Miyazaki · 2h 14m · Rated PG-13

14 wins & 6 nominations

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12

Grave of the Fireflies (1988)

IMDb ★ 8.5 RT 100% Metacritic 94

Two siblings struggle to survive in Japan during the final devastating months of the Second World War.

Directed by Isao Takahata · 1h 29m · Rated NR

3 wins

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13

Spirited Away (2001)

IMDb ★ 8.6 RT 96% Metacritic 96

A young girl trapped in a spirit world must work in a bathhouse to save her transformed parents.

Directed by Hayao Miyazaki · 2h 05m · Rated PG

Won 1 Oscar58 wins & 31 nominations

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14

Rashomon (1950)

IMDb ★ 8.1 RT 98% Metacritic 98

Four witnesses recount the same crime with four completely irreconcilable versions of events.

Directed by Akira Kurosawa · 1h 28m · Rated NR

Nominated for 1 Oscar9 wins & 5 nominations

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15

Ikiru (1952)

IMDb ★ 8.3 RT 98% Metacritic 92

A terminally ill bureaucrat dedicates his final months to accomplishing one meaningful act of public good.

Directed by Akira Kurosawa · 2h 23m · Rated NR

Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award6 wins & 2 nominations

Where to watch

Stream: HBO Max Amazon Channel, Criterion Channel, HBO Max · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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16

Tokyo Story (1953)

IMDb ★ 8.1 RT 100% Metacritic 100

An elderly couple visits their grown children in the city, only to find themselves quietly unwelcome.

Directed by Yasujirō Ozu · 2h 17m

3 wins

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17

Parasite (2019)

IMDb ★ 8.5 RT 99% Metacritic 97

A poor family schemes its way into the lives of a wealthy household, with unforeseen consequences.

Directed by Bong Joon Ho · 2h 13m · Rated R

Won 4 Oscars309 wins & 261 nominations

Where to watch

Stream: fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential, Paramount+ Amazon Channel, Paramount+ Roku Premium Channel · Rent: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, FlixFling · Buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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18

In the Mood for Love (2000)

TMDB ★ 8.1

A repressed almost-affair between neighbours, told through glances more than dialogue.

Directed by Wong Kar-Wai · 1h 39m · Rated PG

Where to watch

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19

La Dolce Vita (1960)

TMDB ★ 8.0

A tabloid journalist drifts through Rome's high society, chasing a happiness he never quite reaches.

Directed by Federico Fellini · 2h 54m · Rated NR

Where to watch

Buy: Google Play Movies, YouTube

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20

8½ (1963)

TMDB ★ 8.0

A blocked director tries to square his private life with the film he is meant to be making.

Directed by Federico Fellini · 2h 19m · Rated NR

Where to watch

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21

The Great Beauty (2013)

TMDB ★ 7.6

An ageing writer drifts through Rome's decadent high society, searching for the beauty he once felt.

Directed by Paolo Sorrentino · 2h 22m

Where to watch

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22

Rome, Open City (1945)

TMDB ★ 7.8

Resistance fighters and ordinary Romans defy Nazi occupation in the final days of the war.

Directed by Roberto Rossellini · 1h 44m

Where to watch

Stream: HBO Max Amazon Channel, Criterion Channel, HBO Max, Artiflix · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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23

Bicycle Thieves (1948)

IMDb ★ 8.2 RT 99%

A poor father and his young son search desperately through Rome for his stolen bicycle.

Directed by Vittorio De Sica · 1h 29m · Rated NR

Nominated for 1 Oscar18 wins & 1 nomination

Where to watch

Stream: Amazon Prime Video, HBO Max Amazon Channel, HBO Max, Amazon Prime Video with Ads · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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24

Cold War (2018)

TMDB ★ 7.7

A doomed romance stretched across the Iron Curtain over more than a decade.

Directed by Paweł Pawlikowski · 1h 28m · Rated R

Where to watch

Stream: Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads

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25

A Prophet (2009)

IMDb ★ 7.8 RT 96% Metacritic 90

An illiterate young inmate climbs a prison's criminal hierarchy over several brutal years.

Directed by Jacques Audiard · 2h 35m · Rated R

Nominated for 1 Oscar52 wins & 57 nominations

Where to watch

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26

The Handmaiden (2016)

IMDb ★ 8.1 RT 96% Metacritic 85

An erotic con-artist thriller told in three perspectives, each one recontextualising the last.

Directed by Park Chan-wook · 2h 25m · Rated R

Won 1 BAFTA Award72 wins & 108 nominations

Where to watch

Stream: Amazon Prime Video · Rent: Fandango At Home

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27

Andrei Rublev (1966)

TMDB ★ 8.1

A medieval icon painter's faith is tested across decades of war, plague and political collapse.

Directed by Andrei Tarkovsky · 3h 03m · Rated R

Where to watch

Stream: Darkroom · Rent or buy: Apple TV Store, Fandango At Home

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28

Come and See (1985)

TMDB ★ 8.2

A Belarusian boy joins the resistance and witnesses the full, unrelenting horror of Nazi occupation.

Directed by Elem Klimov · 2h 22m · Rated NR

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29

Persona (1966)

TMDB ★ 8.1

A mute actress and her nurse's identities begin dissolving into each other during an isolated seaside stay.

Directed by Ingmar Bergman · 1h 25m

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30

The Seventh Seal (1957)

IMDb ★ 8.1 RT 93% Metacritic 88

A disillusioned knight returning from the Crusades challenges Death himself to a game of chess.

Directed by Ingmar Bergman · 1h 36m · Rated NR

9 wins & 2 nominations

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31

Wild Strawberries (1957)

IMDb ★ 8.1 RT 94% Metacritic 88

An elderly professor confronts memories of his past during a road trip to receive an honorary degree.

Directed by Ingmar Bergman · 1h 31m

Nominated for 1 Oscar16 wins & 4 nominations

Where to watch

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32

La Haine (1995)

IMDb ★ 8.1 RT 96%

Three young friends in a Paris housing project spend a tense day after a night of rioting.

Directed by Mathieu Kassovitz · 1h 38m · Rated NR

8 wins & 15 nominations

Where to watch

Stream: Criterion Channel · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Fandango At Home

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33

The Battle of Algiers (1966)

IMDb ★ 8.1 RT 99% Metacritic 96

Algerian rebels wage a guerrilla campaign against French colonial forces in 1950s Algiers.

Directed by Gillo Pontecorvo · 2h 02m · Rated NR

Nominated for 3 Oscars9 wins & 8 nominations

Where to watch

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34

Amélie (2001)

IMDb ★ 8.3 RT 90% Metacritic 70

A whimsical Parisian waitress quietly improves the lives of those around her.

Directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet · 2h 02m · Rated R

Nominated for 5 Oscars60 wins & 74 nominations

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35

Life Is Beautiful (1997)

IMDb ★ 8.6 RT 80% Metacritic 58

A Jewish father uses humour and imagination to shield his young son from the horrors of a concentration camp.

Directed by Roberto Benigni · 1h 56m · Rated PG-13

Won 3 Oscars72 wins & 52 nominations

Where to watch

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36

Lagaan (2001)

TMDB ★ 8.1

A cricket match against colonial tax collectors, played out over nearly four hours.

Directed by Ashutosh Gowariker · 3h 53m · Rated PG

Where to watch

Rent: Google Play Movies, YouTube

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37

Oldboy (2003)

IMDb ★ 8.3 RT 82% Metacritic 78

The hallway fight scene alone made this a reference point for action cinema worldwide.

Directed by Park Chan-wook · 2h 00m · Rated R

46 wins & 28 nominations

Where to watch

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38

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)

TMDB ★ 7.9

Two warriors and a stolen sword lead to a sweeping tale of honour, love and revenge in ancient China.

Directed by Ang Lee · 2h 00m · Rated PG-13

Where to watch

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39

Farewell My Concubine (1993)

TMDB ★ 8.2

Two Peking Opera performers' friendship stretches across five decades of upheaval.

Directed by Chen Kaige · 2h 51m

Where to watch

Stream: Hoopla, MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel, Film Movement Plus, BFI Player Amazon Channel, Film Movement Plus Amazon Channel · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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40

Chungking Express (1994)

TMDB ★ 8.0

Two heartbroken Hong Kong police officers deal with loneliness and unexpected romance in the bustling city.

Directed by Wong Kar-Wai · 1h 42m · Rated PG-13

Where to watch

Stream: HBO Max Amazon Channel, HBO Max · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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41

Winter Sleep (2014)

TMDB ★ 7.6

A former actor turned hotel owner in rural Anatolia confronts the emptiness and pretension of his own life.

Directed by Nuri Bilge Ceylan · 3h 16m

Where to watch

Stream: Kino Film Collection · Rent or buy: Apple TV Store, Fandango At Home

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42

City of God (2002)

IMDb ★ 8.6 RT 91% Metacritic 79

Two boys growing up in a violent Rio de Janeiro slum take drastically different paths in life.

Directed by Fernando Meirelles · 2h 09m · Rated R

Nominated for 4 Oscars76 wins & 50 nominations

Where to watch

Stream: Paramount Plus Essential · Rent: JustWatch TV, Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home · Buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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43

Pan's Labyrinth (2006)

IMDb ★ 8.2 RT 95% Metacritic 98

A young girl escapes the horrors of fascist Spain into a dark fantastical labyrinth ruled by a mysterious faun.

Directed by Guillermo del Toro · 1h 58m · Rated R

Won 3 Oscars109 wins & 115 nominations

Where to watch

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44

Roma (2018)

IMDb ★ 7.6 RT 96% Metacritic 96

A black-and-white memory piece about the domestic worker who raised Cuaron's own family.

Directed by Alfonso Cuarón · 2h 15m · Rated R

Won 3 Oscars256 wins & 230 nominations

Where to watch

Stream: Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads

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45

The Secret in Their Eyes (2009)

IMDb ★ 8.2 RT 89% Metacritic 80

A retired legal counsellor reopens the investigation into a decades-old rape and murder case.

Directed by Juan José Campanella · 2h 10m · Rated R

Won 1 Oscar53 wins & 43 nominations

Where to watch

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46

A Separation (2011)

IMDb ★ 8.3 RT 99% Metacritic 95

A couple's divorce drags their family into an escalating moral and legal dispute.

Directed by Asghar Farhadi · 2h 03m · Rated PG-13

Won 1 Oscar89 wins & 52 nominations

Where to watch

Stream: Hulu · Rent: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Spectrum On Demand · Buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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47

Ida (2013)

IMDb ★ 7.4 RT 95% Metacritic 91

A novice nun learns a family secret just before taking her vows, shot in stark black and white.

Directed by Paweł Pawlikowski · 1h 22m · Rated PG-13

Won 1 Oscar75 wins & 92 nominations

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48

Another Round (2020)

TMDB ★ 7.6

Four teachers test a theory that a little daily alcohol improves life, and it goes about as you'd expect.

Directed by Thomas Vinterberg · 1h 57m · Rated NR

Where to watch

Stream: Netflix, Philo, AMC+ Amazon Channel, AMC+ Roku Premium Channel, Sundance Now, Netflix Standard with Ads · Rent: Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Spectrum On Demand · Buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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49

The Lives of Others (2006)

IMDb ★ 8.4 RT 92% Metacritic 89

An East German secret police officer surveilling a playwright grows unexpectedly sympathetic to his target.

Directed by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck · 2h 17m · Rated R

Won 1 Oscar80 wins & 38 nominations

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50

Das Boot (1981)

IMDb ★ 8.3 RT 98% Metacritic 85

The crew of a German U-boat endures gruelling claustrophobia and mounting terror during the Second World War.

Directed by Wolfgang Petersen · 2h 30m · Rated R

Nominated for 6 Oscars16 wins & 12 nominations

Where to watch

Stream: fuboTV · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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51

Let the Right One In (2008)

IMDb ★ 7.8 RT 98% Metacritic 82

A vampire story that is really a quiet, unsettling friendship between two twelve-year-olds.

Directed by Tomas Alfredson · 1h 55m · Rated R

Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award76 wins & 59 nominations

Where to watch

Stream: Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, Philo, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Magnolia Selects Amazon Channel, Monsters and Nightmares Amazon Channel · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, FlixFling

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52

Talk to Her (2002)

TMDB ★ 7.9

An uncomfortable, tender drama about two men caring for women in comas.

Directed by Pedro Almodóvar · 1h 52m · Rated R

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53

Volver (2006)

TMDB ★ 7.6

Almodóvar at his warmest, built around Penélope Cruz carrying a genuinely strange family secret.

Directed by Pedro Almodóvar · 2h 01m · Rated R

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54

Les Misérables (2019)

TMDB ★ 7.5

A new cop's first day in a tense Paris suburb spirals after a drone catches police brutality on camera.

Directed by Ladj Ly · 1h 44m · Rated R

Where to watch

Stream: Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads

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Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019)

IMDb ★ 8.0 RT 98% Metacritic 95

A painter commissioned to secretly capture a reluctant bride-to-be falls for her instead.

Directed by Céline Sciamma · 2h 01m · Rated R

Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award59 wins & 155 nominations

Where to watch

Stream: HBO Max · Rent or buy: Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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56

Breathless (1960)

TMDB ★ 7.6

A small-time car thief and his American girlfriend drift towards an inevitable, doomed arrest.

Directed by Jean-Luc Godard · 1h 30m · Rated NR

Where to watch

Stream: HBO Max Amazon Channel, Darkroom, HBO Max · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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57

The 400 Blows (1959)

TMDB ★ 8.1

A neglected Parisian boy drifts into petty trouble that the adults around him keep making worse.

Directed by François Truffaut · 1h 39m · Rated NR

Where to watch

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58

Cinema Paradiso (1988)

IMDb ★ 8.5 RT 90% Metacritic 80

A filmmaker recalls his childhood friendship with the projectionist at his small Sicilian town's cinema.

Directed by Giuseppe Tornatore · 2h 04m · Rated PG

Won 1 Oscar25 wins & 33 nominations

Where to watch

Stream: MGM Plus Roku Premium Channel, MGM Plus · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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59

La Strada (1954)

TMDB ★ 8.0

A travelling strongman buys a simple young woman from her family to be his assistant.

Directed by Federico Fellini · 1h 55m · Rated NR

Where to watch

Stream: HBO Max Amazon Channel, HBO Max · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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60

Wings of Desire (1987)

TMDB ★ 7.8

An angel watching over divided Berlin falls for a mortal woman and considers giving up eternity.

Directed by Wim Wenders · 2h 08m · Rated PG-13

Where to watch

Stream: HBO Max Amazon Channel, HBO Max · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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60 Best Foreign Language Films of All Time

My Neighbor Totoro (1988)

Amores Perros (2000)

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007)

The White Ribbon (2009)

M (1931)

Raise the Red Lantern (1991)

To Live (1994)

Stalker (1979)

Seven Samurai (1954)

Your Name (2016)

Princess Mononoke (1997)

Grave of the Fireflies (1988)

Spirited Away (2001)

Rashomon (1950)

Ikiru (1952)

Tokyo Story (1953)

Parasite (2019)

In the Mood for Love (2000)

La Dolce Vita (1960)

8½ (1963)

The Great Beauty (2013)

Rome, Open City (1945)

Bicycle Thieves (1948)

Cold War (2018)

A Prophet (2009)

The Handmaiden (2016)

Andrei Rublev (1966)

Come and See (1985)

Persona (1966)

The Seventh Seal (1957)

Wild Strawberries (1957)

La Haine (1995)

The Battle of Algiers (1966)

Amélie (2001)

Life Is Beautiful (1997)

Lagaan (2001)

Oldboy (2003)

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)

Farewell My Concubine (1993)

Chungking Express (1994)

Winter Sleep (2014)

City of God (2002)

Pan's Labyrinth (2006)

Roma (2018)

The Secret in Their Eyes (2009)

A Separation (2011)

Ida (2013)

Another Round (2020)

The Lives of Others (2006)

Das Boot (1981)

Let the Right One In (2008)

Talk to Her (2002)

Volver (2006)

Les Misérables (2019)

Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019)

Breathless (1960)

The 400 Blows (1959)

Cinema Paradiso (1988)

La Strada (1954)

Wings of Desire (1987)

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