BBC 100 best World Cinema Films
The BBC's much-discussed recent poll of the 100 best foreign-language films included 67 different directors, from 24 countries, and in 19 languages, with 13 films from the 21st Century.
While the term 'foreign language' is a loaded one in a country with several 'native' languages besides English and a multitude of absorbed ones, the BBC did adopt an international focus in the voting, the 209 critics who took part hailing from 43 different countries and speaking a total of 41 languages
Read the run-down here, and browse a selection of top films from the poll available on DVD and Blu-ray below.
From our point of view, we're delighted that Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai tops the poll, available on BFI DVD along with a range of other titles from the great Japanese director. Browse our full Kurosawa collection here.
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Fear Eats the Soul (Blu-ray) Fear Eats the Soul (Blu-ray)
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Solaris (Blu-ray) Solaris (Blu-ray)
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The Battle of Algiers Dual Edition The Battle of Algiers Dual Edition
£24.99 -
Scenes from a Marriage Scenes from a Marriage
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Persona Persona
£12.99 -
Celine and Julie Go Boating (Blu-ray) Celine and Julie Go Boating (Blu-ray)
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In the Mood for Love In the Mood for Love
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Rashomon Rashomon
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M M
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Stalker (Blu-ray) Stalker (Blu-ray)
£21.99 -
Battleship Potemkin Battleship Potemkin
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Madame de... Madame de...
£14.99 -
Tokyo Story Tokyo Story
£9.993 - BFI Top 50 -
Ran Ran
£12.99 -
4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
£12.99 -
Les Enfants Du Paradis - The Restored Edition Les Enfants Du Paradis - The Restored Edition
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Andrei Rublev Andrei Rublev
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Stalker Stalker
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Solaris Solaris
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Nights of Cabiria Nights of Cabiria
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Pan's Labyrinth Pan's Labyrinth
£12.99 -
The Passion of Joan of Arc (Dual Format Edition) The Passion of Joan of Arc (Dual Format Edition)
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Oldboy Oldboy
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Playtime Playtime
£9.99 -
La Grande Illusion La Grande Illusion
£14.99 -
L'Eclisse L'Eclisse
£9.99 -
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Blu-ray) Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Blu-ray)
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Amelie Amelie
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La Strada La Strada
£9.99 -
Mirror Mirror
£9.9919 - BFI Top 50 -
Wild Strawberries Wild Strawberries
£9.99 -
Buñuel: The Essential Collection (Blu-ray Box Set) Buñuel: The Essential Collection (Blu-ray Box Set)
£64.99 -
Cinema Paradiso Cinema Paradiso
£9.99 -
The Conformist The Conformist
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Rififi Rififi
£9.99 -
Cleo from 5 to 7 Cleo from 5 to 7
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A Brighter Summer Day (Blu-ray) A Brighter Summer Day (Blu-ray)
£21.99 -
Metropolitan (Blu-ray) Metropolitan (Blu-ray)
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Yi Yi (Blu-ray) Yi Yi (Blu-ray)
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The Soviet Influence: Volume Two: Battleship Potemkin + Drifters (Dual Format Edition) (BFI Top 50 - Battleship Potemkin) The Soviet Influence: Volume Two: Battleship Potemkin + Drifters (Dual Format Edition) (BFI Top 50 - Battleship Potemkin)
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Metropolis (BFI Top 50) (=35) Metropolis (BFI Top 50) (=35)
£13.99 -
Bicycle Thieves (BFI Top 50) (33) Bicycle Thieves (BFI Top 50) (33)
£9.99 -
Shoah (BFI Top 50) (=29) Shoah (BFI Top 50) (=29)
£44.99 -
Le Mépris Le Mépris
£12.99 -
L'Avventura (BFI Top 50) (=21) L'Avventura (BFI Top 50) (=21)
£12.99 -
Breathless Breathless
£13.9913 - BFI Top 50 -
L'Atalante L'Atalante
£11.9912 - BFI Top 50 -
8½ (BFI Top 50) (10) 8½ (BFI Top 50) (10)
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Seven Samurai Seven Samurai
£9.9917 - BFI Top 50 -
400 Blows, The (BFI Top 50) (=39) 400 Blows, The (BFI Top 50) (=39)
£9.99 -
Celine and Julie Go Boating (DVD) Celine and Julie Go Boating (DVD)
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Ikiru (DVD) Ikiru (DVD)
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Late Spring Late Spring
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The Leopard (DVD) The Leopard (DVD)
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The Leopard (Blu-ray) The Leopard (Blu-ray)
£9.99 -
Man with a Movie Camera Man with a Movie Camera
£8.998 - BFI Top 50 -
Michael Nyman's Man With a Movie Camera Michael Nyman's Man With a Movie Camera
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Ordet Ordet
£7.9924 - BFI Top 50 -
La Regle du Jeu La Regle du Jeu
£9.994 - BFI Top 50 -
The Abbas Kiarostami Collection The Abbas Kiarostami Collection
£32.99 -
Hiroshima Mon Amour - 4k restoration Hiroshima Mon Amour - 4k restoration
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Luis Bunuel Boxset Luis Bunuel Boxset
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Farewell My Concubine Farewell My Concubine
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Ang Lee Trilogy Ang Lee Trilogy
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Spirited Away Spirited Away
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Rashômon Rashômon
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Umberto D Umberto D
£12.99 -
The Theo Angelopoulos Collection: Volume 2 The Theo Angelopoulos Collection: Volume 2
£24.99 -
City of God City of God
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Tokyo Story (Dual Format Edition) Tokyo Story (Dual Format Edition)
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The Seventh Seal The Seventh Seal
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Man With a Movie Camera (Blu-ray) Man With a Movie Camera (Blu-ray)
£9.99 -
Umbrellas of Cherbourg, The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, The
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Jules et Jim Jules et Jim
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Beau Travail Beau Travail
£12.99 -
Amour Amour
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Aguirre: Wrath of God Aguirre: Wrath of God
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Spring in a Small Town (DVD) Spring in a Small Town (DVD)
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Battle of Algiers, The (BFI Top 50) (=48) Battle of Algiers, The (BFI Top 50) (=48)
£16.99