in 2001, I watched movies like Amelie and city of god. I realized that there werer more excellent movies besides pulp fiction, fight club or indiana Jones. I discovered wonderful gems. Three years ago, I decided to watch the best foreign movies in the last decades base on scores/reviews on websites such as rottentomatoes, metacritic and imdb. I spent several hours making this video but it was worth it. My objective is to let you know good movies to watch, enjoy, feel and think. I do not display movies before 1980 because those excellent movies have been reviewed in many list and videos.

mejores peliculas extranjeras

here is the complete list


Japan
nobody knows
ran
departures
Mononoke Hime
spirited away
audition
akira
the battle royale
twilight samurai
ghost in the shell
the grave of the buttlerfly
shall we dance
My neighbor Totoro

Taiwan
yiyi

South Korea
Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War
memories of murder
3 iron
the host
lady revenge
Sympahy for Mr. vengance
oldboy
my sassy girl
J.S.A. Joint Security Area
summer fall, winter, spring and ..summer

China Hong Kong
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (and taiwan)
Kung fu hustle
to live
Hero
the raise of the red lintern
House of Flying Daggers

Hong Kong
the killer
in the mood of love
chunking express
internal affairs

China | Italy | UK | France
the last emperaror

India
slumdog millionaire
gandhi

Iran
children Of Heaven
offside
the turttles can fly

Israel
the band's visit
broken wings

Afghanistan | Netherlands | Japan | Ireland | Iran
Osama

South Africa
Tsotsi
yesterday

Senegal | France | Burkina Faso | Cameroon | Morocco | Tunisia
Moonlade

UK | USA | Italy | South Africa hotel rwuanda

Argentina
motocycle diaries -diarios de motocicleta
la noche de los lapices
the official story la historia oficial
9 queens - 9 reainas
aura
hombre mirando al sudeste

Brazil
carandiru
central station
bus 174
city of god - Ciudade of deus

Peru
Pantaleon y las visitadoras

Colombia
Maria full of Grace - maria llena eres de gracia
La estrategia del caracol
la virgen de los sicarios
la vendedora de rosas

Mexico
y tu mama tambien
amores perros
como agua para chocolate
el mariachi

Spain / Mexico
Pan's Labyrinth - el laberinto de fausto

Cuba
strawberry and chocolate

Germany | USA | UK | France | Cuba
Buena vista Social Club

Canada
the barbarian invasion
the sweet hereafter
videodrome

Australia
Lantana
shine
mad max 2

New Zealand
Whale rider

spain
all about your mother - todo sobre tu madre
tesis
open your eyes - abre los ojos
day of the beast - el dia de la bestia
the devil backbone - el espinazo del diablo
the orphanage - el orfanato
lucia and sex - Lucia y el Sexo
mar adentro
bad education - bad education
the machinist - el maquinista

France
The divine Bell and The Butterfly
cache
Cyrano de Bergerac
Red
blue
leon
the class
the chorus
the hate - la haine
the piano teacher
persepolis
the child
Delicatessen
the city of lost children
amelie
read my lips

france and italy
nikita
the science of sleep
Jean de Florette

Germany
the life of others
good bye stanin
the experiment
nowhere in africa
das boot
edukators
Lola Run Lola
the downfall

italy
la vida es bella (life is beautiful)
The best of youth
the postman (il postino)
malena
the son's room
cinema Paradiso
Gomorrah

Finland | Germany | France
Man without a past

Czech Republic
Kolya

Sweden
let the right one in
fanny and alexander

Rumania
4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days

Iceland
Heima (sigur ros)

Rusia
the return
russian ark
come and see

Israel | Germany | France | USA | Finland | Switzerland | Belgium | Australia
vals I am Bashir
Bosnia and Herzegovina | Slovenia | Italy | France | UK | Belgium
No land's man

Netherlands | Belgium
karacter


UK | Italy | Yugoslavia
Time of the Gypsies

France | Belgium | UK
ma vie en rose

West Germany | France | UK
Paris, texas

Denmark | Sweden
the celebration

Denmark | Sweden | Norway | Finland | UK | France | Germany | Netherlands
dogville

Denmark | Sweden | France | Netherlands | Norway | Iceland
Breaking the waves

Denmark | Germany | Netherlands | Italy | USA | UK | France | Sweden | Finland | Iceland | Norway
dancer in the dark

Austria | Germany
The Counterfeiters

West Germany | France
wings of desire

Ireland
once
the crying game

France | Germany | UK | Poland
the Pianist

Italy/Spain/USA/France
the others

Canada/Uk/USA
Eastern Promises

UK
man of wire
Hot buzz
full monthy
my left foot
tha transpointting
billy elliot
love actually
this is england
brazil
lock stock and two smoking guns and barrels
Shaun of the Dead
28 days later
notes of a scandal
the queen
pride and prejudice (less info)