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25 Films You Must See Before You Die

World Movies lines up a marathon of stunning foreign flicks, and wants you to vote for the best of them.

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World Movies is set to screen a weekend marathon of “25 Films You Must See Before You Die” from November 18 (save the date guys!).

Covering nearly 100 years of cinema, the films include work from directors such as Ingmar Bergman, Federico Fellini and Pedro Almodovar, and acclaimed favourites such as Amelie, Breathless, Metropolis, 8 ½, The Seven Samurai and Cinema Paradiso.

World Movies is currently holding a viewer vote for the top film and giving away all the films on DVD with a SONY Bravia 3D TV. The number #1 voted film will screen Sunday November 20 after 8pm.

The voting closes Monday 14th November at 9am.

The top 25 films include:

· The Seventh Seal by Ingmar Bergman (Sweden, 1957)
· Amelie by Jean-Pierre Jeunet (France, 2001)
· In The Mood For Love by Wong Kar-Wai (Hong Kong, 2000)
· Y Tu Mama Tambien by Alfonso Cuaron (Mexico, 2001)
· The Seven Samurai by Akira Kurosawa ( Japan, 1954)
· Wings of Desire by Wim Wenders (Germany, 1987)
· Ring by Hideo Nakata (Japan, 1998)
· City of God by Fernando Meirelles (Brazil, 2002)
· Three Colours: Blue by Krzysztof Kieślowski (France, 1993)
· Jules et Jim by François Truffaut (France, 1962)
· Mon Oncle by Jacques Tati (France, 1958)
· Life Is Beautiful by Roberto Benigni (Italy, 1997)
· Run Lola Run by Tom Twyker (Germany, 1998)
· Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon by Ang Lee (China, 2000)
· Das Boot by Wolfgang Petersen (Germany, 1981)
· Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown by Pedro Almodovar (Spain, 1988)
· Metropolis by Fritz Lang (Germany, 1927)
· Cinema Paradiso by Giuseppe Tornatore (Italy, 1988)
· The Bicycle Thief by Vittorio di Sica (Italy, 1948)
· 8 ½ by Federico Fellini (Italy, 1963)
· Les Enfants Du Paradis by Marcel Carne (France, 1945)
· La Dolce Vita by Federico Fellini (Italy, 1960)
· The Rules of the Game by Jean Renoir (France, 1939)
· Breathless by Jean Luc Goddard (France, 1960)
· Belle De Jour by Luis Buñuel (France, 1967)

Ok given than it doesn’t include English language films I’m torn between Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Das Boot and Y Tu Mama Tambien. But shouldn’t All About My Mother and Rashomon be there?

Vote here.

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  1. Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon is really over rated. I don’t care how many Oscars it was nominated for. There are many better Chinese films, even by the same director.

    It doesn’t deserve to be in a list that includes such cinematic gems as The Seven Samurai and quirky modern classics like Amelie.

  3. Amelie is a lovely movie….not what I thought I would watch…but well worth seeing….
    Life Is Beautiful ,,,,,nominated for about 6 Oscars and won about 3…I think…and Roberto’s acceptance was just one of Oscars more memorable moments….
    The end creeped me out…..difficult to watch….
    And a few others there I also have enjoyed…

  7. Life is Beautiful is one of my top 5 best films ever. Roberto Benigni = best Oscar speech ever. I cry like a baby every time I watch it – such a beautiful film and an amazing achievement! So glad it is being acknowledged!!!

  12. You could make a case for Rashomon, but the same could be said for Hidden Fortress or Yojimbo in my opinion. It’s hard to decide when it comes to his classics.

  14. wow, such a hard-list. Of those films, Three Colours:Blue and The Seventh Seal i’d give 10/10 to, and All About my Mother if it was there.
    Then, Mon Oncle, Amelie and Woman on a Verge of a Nervous Breakdown are wonderfully quirky and just put a smile on your face.
    Then, you have In the Mood for Love, simply stunning and the revolutionary Breatless.

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