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Amelie tops 25 Films You Must See Before You Die

World Movies viewers have voted French flick Amelie as their favourite foreign film.

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After two weeks of online voting, World Movies viewers have voted Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s Amelie as their favourite foreign film from a list of 25 movies, followed by Life Is Beautiful and Cinema Paradiso.

This weekend the channel screens ’25 Films You Must See Before You Die’ marathon beginning at 8:30pm tonight.

Friday 8:30pm
Jules Et Jim

Friday 10:15pm
Y Tu Mama Tambien

Saturday 12:00am
The Rules Of The Game

Saturday 1:45am
Les Enfants Du Paradis

Saturday 4:45am
Belle De Jour

Saturday 6:25am
8 ½

Saturday 8:40am
The Bicycle Thief

Saturday 10:10am
Women On The Verge…

Saturday 11:40am
Wings Of Desire

Saturday 1:50pm
The Seventh Seal

Saturday 3:30pm
Breathless

Saturday 5:00pm
Mon Oncle

Saturday 6:55pm
La Dolce Vita

Saturday 9:45pm
In The Mood For Love

Saturday 11:25pm
Metropolis

Sunday 1:55am
Three Colours: Blue

Sunday 3:30am
Ring

Sunday 5:10am
Run Lola Run

Sunday 6:30am
Das Boot

Sunday 9:00am
Seven Samurai

Sunday 12:20pm
City Of God

Sunday 2:30pm
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

Sunday 4:30pm
Cinema Paradiso

Sunday 6:35pm
Life Is Beautiful

Sunday 8:30pm
Amélie

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  2. @chris

    I would love to make a top25 list of films – but its my opinion only. My gripe was that this list is virtually the same everytime World Movies do things like this – and its annoying to see “Amelie” on top every time just because its a recognisable film – it has nothing to do actually being a great film.

    But, this lists are desgined for discussion, and thats exactly what its done. I’m just disappointed than Pan’s Labyrinth is not included considering the amount of hype it received years ago, and the list is devoid of anything from the last few years – also I find it amazing there is only 3 Asian films (2 Japanese, 1 HK) yet an over-representation of French films. Where are the rest of the world’s cinema? No Indian films, nothing from New Zealand or Canada, Korean horror is absent and nothing from the Middle East? Please…

    And Breathless?? Please – if you want to be bored out of your brain, go ahead… I’d rather take something more progressive like Battle Royale or heck, what about In The Realm Of Senses (from the 70s)? World Movies showed a fantastic Chinese movie called “Earthquake” a few weeks ago, and it was from 2010 – that is a movie people should see that deals with issues like family ties and a mother who has to make the most horrible decision ever – and the child who resents her for it.

    In the end, its just a popular list of “foreign” (re: European cinema with a few token Asian films) movies that the latte hipsters discuss when they want to look intelligent in front of the un-washed. Move along….

  4. The list is not very inspirational, a bit on the safe site, don’t you think. What about ‘Tsotsi’ = one of my favorites. ‘Waltz with Bashir’? – ‘Amores Perros’? Or do we only appreciate ‘feel good movies’? Oh, and by the way I also love ‘Run Lola Run’!

  5. those 25 films are continually repeated on world movies, this 25 films you must see is nothing more than a huge promo for the channel, if they were serious, they should of expanded the list of options, these 25, as good and brillant as they are, a fairly dull list I have to say.

    @James, each to their own, Amelie is a masterpiece and not overrated.

  12. Some good movies on that list but, like DansDans, surprised that El Laberinto del Fauno is not on it. I also would prob have included Hero and La Cité des Enfants Perdus but concede that they have less mass appeal.

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