The Best Foreign-Language Films of 2015, According to the Criticwire Network
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The Best Foreign-Language Films of 2015, According to the Criticwire Network
(last updated: December 31st)
1. Timbuktu
A- / 59 reviews
dir. Abderrahmane Sissako
2. Wild Tales
A- / 55 reviews
dir. Damián Szifrón
3. The Tribe
A- / 46 reviews
dir. Myroslav Slaboshpytsky
4. Phoenix
A- / 45 reviews
dir. Christian Petzold
4. Son of Saul
A- / 45 reviews
dir. László Nemes
6. The Assassin
A- / 42 reviews
dir. Hou Hsiao-hsien
7. A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence
A- / 34 reviews
dir. Roy Andersson
8. Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem
A- / 28 reviews
dir. Ronit & Shlomi Elkabetz
9. About Elly
A- / 27 reviews
dir. Asghar Farhadi
10. Hard to Be a God
A- / 23 reviews
dir. Aleksei German
11. Blind
A- / 20 reviews
dir. Eskil Vogt
11. Taxi
A- / 20 reviews
dir. Jafar Panahi
11. Victoria
A- / 20 reviews
dir. Sebastian Schipper
14. Güeros
A- / 19 reviews
dir. Alonso Ruizpalacios
14. Horse Money
A- / 19 reviews
dir. Pedro Costa
14. The Second Mother
A- / 19 reviews
dir. Anna Muylaert
17. Arabian Nights
A- / 18 reviews
dir. Miguel Gomes
18. Breathe
A- / 16 reviews
dir. Mélanie Laurent
19. Li’l Quinquin
A- / 13 reviews
dir. Bruno Dumont
19. Of Horses and Men
A- / 13 reviews
dir. Benedikt Erlingsson
21. Court
A- / 10 reviews
dir. Chaitanya Tamhane
22. Mommy
B+ / 61 reviews
dir. Xavier Dolan
23. The Duke of Burgundy
B+ / 37 reviews
dir. Peter Strickland
24. Girlhood
B+ / 36 reviews
dir. Céline Sciamma
25. Eden
B+ / 34 reviews
dir. Mia Hansen-Løve
26. Jauja
B+ / 32 reviews
dir. Lisandro Alonso
27. Saint Laurent
B+ / 28 reviews
dir. Bertrand Bonello
28. Tom at the Farm
B+ / 27 reviews
dir. Xavier Dolan
29. The Wonders
B+ / 24 reviews
dir. Alice Rohrwacher
30. Mustang
B+ / 21 reviews
dir. Deniz Gamze Ergüven
31. Amour Fou
B+ / 20 reviews
dir. Jessica Hausner
31. Beloved Sisters
B+ / 20 reviews
dir. Dominik Graf
33. La Sapienza
B+ / 18 reviews
dir. Eugène Green
34. Human Capital
B+ / 15 reviews
dir. Paolo Virzi
34. The Kindergarten Teacher
B+ / 15 reviews
dir. Nadav Lapid
34. Stations of the Cross
B+ / 15 reviews
dir. Dietrich Brüggemann
37. When Marnie Was There
B+ / 14 reviews
dir. Hiromasa Yonebayashi
38. Labyrinth of Lies
B+ / 12 reviews
dir. Giulio Ricciarelli
38. A Wolf at the Door
B+ / 12 reviews
dir. Fernando Coimbra
40. 10,000 KM
B+ / 11 reviews
dir. Carlos Marques-Marcet
40. Love at First Fight
B+ / 11 reviews
dir. Thomas Cailley
40. The New Girlfriend
B+ / 11 reviews
dir. François Ozon
43. 1001 Grams
B+ / 10 reviews
dir. Bent Hamer
43. The Princess of France
B+ / 10 reviews
dir. Matías Piñeiro
43. When Evening Falls on Bucharest, or Metabolism
B+ / 10 reviews
dir. Corneliu Porumboiu
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