Top Five, Pre-1960
"The Bicycle Thief" (1948; Italy) Vittorio De Sica 9.77%
"The 400 Blows" (1959; France) Francois Truffaut 9.65%
"Seven Samurai" (1954; Japan) Akira Kurosawa 8.95%
"M" (1931; Germany) Fritz Lang 8.72%
"The Rules of the Game" (1939; France) Jean Renoir 8.49%

"8½" (1963; Italy/France) Federico Fellini 9.68%
"Breathless" (1960; France) Jean-Luc Godard 8.74%
"In the Mood for Love" (2000; Hong Kong/France) Wong Kar Wai 8.74%
"Jules and Jim" (1962; France) François Truffaut 8.65%
"Aguirre: The Wrath of God" (1972; Germany) Werner Herzog 7.42%
3 Comments
Marisa Torre | July 31, 2012 6:25 PM
PRE 1960: Four Days in Naples
post 1960: Seven Beauties, and the original Swept Away
Anne Thompson | July 31, 2012 4:07 PM
Yes, it's foreign language films.
No | July 31, 2012 2:47 PM
I would mostly agree with the pre-1960 list, but would have a problem with the post-1960 list. Were British films excluded because of the English language?