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50 Best Films From 50 Different Languages

An incomplete list, to be sure, but I tried to think of the best film from each of 50 different languages (I made an exception for four different English-language countries, and two from French languages). Feel free to use this list to add to your own, and apologies up front if I've gotten the wrong language. I tried to pick films that had more than a passing use of the language.
Here are the languages, in order:
Afrikaan
Algonquin
Arabic (EGY)
Arabic (FRE)
Aramaic
Armenian
Bambara
Basque
Bengali
Cantonese
Catalan
Czech
Danish
Dutch
English (US)
English (UK)
English (AUS)
English (CAN)
Finnish
French
French (CAN)
German
Greek
Hindi-Urdu
Hungarian
Indonesian
Italian
Japanese
Juǀ'hoan
Korean
Kurdish
Lakota
Mandarin
Maori
Mayan
Neapolitan
Norwegian
Persian
Polish
Portuguese
Russian
Serbo-Croatian
Silent
Spanish
Swahili
Swedish
Tagalog
Taiwanese
Thai
Turkish
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Tsotsi (2005)
Tsotsi (2005)
Rotten Tomatoes®   82%
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Black Robe (1991)
Black Robe (1991)
Rotten Tomatoes®   92%
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Cairo Station (1958)
Cairo Station (1958)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
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The Battle of Algiers (1966)
The Battle of Algiers (1966)
Rotten Tomatoes®   99%
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The Passion of the Christ (2004)
The Passion of the Christ (2004)
Rotten Tomatoes®   49%
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Ararat (2002)
Ararat (2002)
Rotten Tomatoes®   55%
7
Moolaadé (2004)
Moolaadé (2004)
Rotten Tomatoes®   99%
8
Giant (2017)
Giant (2017)
9
Apu Trilogy (1955)
Apu Trilogy (1955)
10
Police Story 3: Supercop (1992)
Police Story 3: Supercop (1992)
Rotten Tomatoes®   92%
11
All About My Mother (1999)
All About My Mother (1999)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
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The Fireman's Ball (1967)
The Fireman's Ball (1967)
13
Babette's Feast (1987)
Babette's Feast (1987)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
14
The Vanishing (1988)
The Vanishing (1988)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
15
Apocalypse Now (1979)
Apocalypse Now (1979)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
16
Life of Brian (1979)
Life of Brian (1979)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
17
The Castle (1997)
The Castle (1997)
Rotten Tomatoes®   87%
18
The Sweet Hereafter (1997)
The Sweet Hereafter (1997)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
19
Ariel (1988)
Ariel (1988)
20
Amélie (2001)
Amélie (2001)
Rotten Tomatoes®   89%
21
Jesus of Montreal (1989)
Jesus of Montreal (1989)
Rotten Tomatoes®   73%
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Wings of Desire (1987)
Wings of Desire (1987)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
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Zorba the Greek (1964)
Zorba the Greek (1964)
Rotten Tomatoes®   79%
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Mother India (1957)
Mother India (1957)
Rotten Tomatoes®   86%
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Son of Saul (2015)
Son of Saul (2015)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
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The Act of Killing (2012)
The Act of Killing (2012)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
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Nights of Cabiria (1957)
Nights of Cabiria (1957)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
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Tokyo Story (1953)
Tokyo Story (1953)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
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The Gods Must Be Crazy (1980)
The Gods Must Be Crazy (1980)
Rotten Tomatoes®   85%
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Oldboy (2003)
Oldboy (2003)
Rotten Tomatoes®   81%
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Yol (1982)
Yol (1982)
Rotten Tomatoes®   77%
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Dances With Wolves (1990)
Dances With Wolves (1990)
Rotten Tomatoes®   83%
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Farewell My Concubine (1993)
Farewell My Concubine (1993)
Rotten Tomatoes®   86%
34
Whale Rider (2003)
Whale Rider (2003)
Rotten Tomatoes®   91%
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Apocalypto (2006)
Apocalypto (2006)
Rotten Tomatoes®   65%
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Gomorrah (2008)
Gomorrah (2008)
Rotten Tomatoes®   91%
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The Wave (2015)
The Wave (2015)
Rotten Tomatoes®   83%
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The White Balloon (1995)
The White Balloon (1995)
Rotten Tomatoes®   81%
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Decalogue, the (1988, Krzysztof Kieslowski)
Decalogue, the (1988, Krzysztof Kieslowski)
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City of God (2002)
City of God (2002)
Rotten Tomatoes®   91%
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