*Why 51 movies instead of the usual 50? Answer below.
List #7 in a series of 10
Rankings taken from TSPDT's 2025 list. Feature length films only (sorry, "Dimensions of Dialogue").
List image from top ranked film, "Fanny and Alexander"
Film numbers by country:
Belgium—37
Brazil—18, 30
China—24, 42
France—2, 3, 5, 10, 13, 19, 27, 36, 39, 41, 43, 48
Germany—16, 31
Greece—21
Hong Kong—44
Iran—11
Israel—45
Italy—12, 17
Japan—6, 8, 20, 23, 26, 28, 46, 50
Mali—22
Poland—7, 29
Russia—4, 25, 38, 40
Spain—33, 35
Sweden—1, 14, 32
Taiwan—9, 15, 34, 47
Turkey—49
USA—51*
*"Hotel Terminus" is about half English and half French/German; I was conflicted about keeping it in or not—it's not *wholly* foreign language but it *is* multi-lingual—so I decided to include it as a bonus track, if you will, but to take it out of order (it was 47th, anyway, so that last bit wasn't really a big deal)
Previous (1970s): https://www.listchallenges.com/50-best-foreign-language-movies-1970s
