# The greatest foreign-language films according to the BBC

Seven Samurai, Bicycle Thieves, Tokyo Story, Rashomon, The Rules of the Game, Persona, 8½, The 400 Blows, In the Mood for Love and La Dolce Vita: the top ten of BBC Culture's 2018 poll of 209 critics from 43 countries.

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- Feb 20, 2022 · msdogear
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## Top 10

1. **Seven Samurai (1954)** (83 · ▲86 ▼3) — Akira Kurosawa.
2. **Tokyo Story (1953)** (52 · ▲62 ▼10) — Yasujirō Ozu.
3. **The Rules of the Game (1939)** (52 · ▲57 ▼5) — Jean Renoir.
4. **Bicycle Thieves (1948)** (50 · ▲61 ▼11) — Vittorio De Sica.
5. **Persona (1966)** (43 · ▲57 ▼14) — Ingmar Bergman.
6. **Rashomon (1950)** (36 · ▲47 ▼11) — Akira Kurosawa.
7. **8½ (1963)** (34 · ▲46 ▼12) — Federico Fellini.
8. **The 400 Blows (1959)** (31 · ▲46 ▼15) — François Truffaut.
9. **La Dolce Vita (1960)** (29 · ▲39 ▼10) — Federico Fellini.
10. **In the Mood for Love (2000)** (13 · ▲31 ▼18) — Wong Kar-wai.

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