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FILMS SEEN
BY COUNTRY
OF ORIGIN

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  • Claire: If you're, uh, new to DVD, you might want to rent the director's cut of "Das Boot."
    It's amazing - I mean, if you don't mind subtitles.

  • Frasier: Mind them? I prefer them!

What follows is a list of all the films I've seen, catogorized by their respective countries of origin - counting only foreign films (since there'd be way too many American films to list).   I have tried to be as open as I could with the origin nations of films - most are simple (La Strada is Italian / Jules et Jim is French...and so on) - but some are more difficult - ex: Belgian Filmmaker Chantal Akerman's early films were made in Belgium, but her later films were made in France / Kiewslowski made films in Poland, while his last three films were made in France / and some films, like Kiewslowski's Double Life of Veronique, are hybrids of more than one nation / a recent example is The Motorcycle Diaries, a film made in Argentina, by a Brazilian Director, starring a Mexican Actor and funded by Germany, The US and Great Britian (this is listed under Argentina, by the way) - so I've tried to go with the prominant country of origin with these films (or with the filmmakers in certain cases) - As for The Soviet Union/Russia - Any film made during the Soviet days will be listed under USSR, as well as any post-Soviet Russian films, but any of the post-Soviet republics will be listed under their own banners (re: Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Georgia etc.) - The same goes for Yugoslavia/Serbia and all their breakaway nations - remember, this is not an exact science - anyway, here they are...

TOTALS: France (225), UK (208), Italy (70), Japan (54), Germany (43), Canada (37), USSR/Russia (25), Australia (25), China (23), Iran (23), Denmark (22), Taiwan (18), Poland (18), S. Korea (18), Spain (15), Hong Kong (14), Sweden (14), Mexico (14), Czech Rep. (12), Ireland (12), Israel (11), Hungary (10), India (8), Belgium (8), Austria (8), New Zealand (7), Argentina (6), Thailand (6), Yugo/Serbia (5), Romania (3), Norway (3), Bosnia (2), Vietnam (2), Switz. (2), Turkey (2), Cuba (2), Senegal (2), Brazil (1), Finland (1), Netherlands (1), Palestine (1), Greece (1), Portugal (1), Colombia (1), Trinidad (1), Afghanistan (1), Bhutan (1), The Phillipines (1), Egypt (1), Burkina Faso (1), Kazakhstan (1), Kyrgyzstan (1), Mali (1)

All films are listed in chronological order by when I first saw them.

Films with an (*) are films seen in a theatre (original release, re-release, retrospective or in film class)

    FRANCE - 225
1 Entre Nous Diane Kurys 1983
2 Vagabond Agnès Varda 1985
3 Last Tango in Paris Bernardo Bertolucci 1972
4 Belle de jour Luis Buñuel 1967
5 Napoléon Abel Gance 1927
6 The Name of The Rose Jean-Jacques Annaud 1986
7 'Round Midnight Bertrand Tavernier 1986
8 Le Grand bleu Luc Besson 1988
9 Trop belle pour toi (Too Beautiful for You) * Bertrand Blier 1989
10 Camille Claudel * Bruno Nuytten 1991
11 Europa Europa * Agnieszka Holland 1990
12 Madame Bovary Claude Chabrol 1991
13 Trois couleurs: Bleu Krzysztof Kieslowski 1993
14 Trois couleurs: Blanc Krzysztof Kieslowski 1994
15 Trois couleurs: Rouge * Krzysztof Kieslowski 1994
16 Léon (The Professional) * Luc Besson 1994
17 Week-End Jean-Luc Godard 1967
18 La Passion de Jeanne d'Arc Carl Th. Dreyer 1928
19 Gazon maudit (French Twist) * Josiane Balasko 1995
20 Z Costa-Gavras 1969
21 La Règle du jeu (The Rules of the Game) Jean Renoir 1939
22 Hiroshima, mon amour Alain Resnais 1959
23 La Grande illusion Jean Renoir 1937
24 L'Atalante Jean Vigo 1934
25 The Fifth Element Luc Besson 1997
26 La Vie rêvée des anges (The Dreamlife of Angels) Erick Zonca 1998
27 À bout de souffle (Breathless) Jean-Luc Godard 1960
28 Alphaville Jean-Luc Godard 1965
29 Le Dernier métro (The Last Metro) François Truffaut 1980
30 Les Carabiniers Jean-Luc Godard 1963
31 Les Quatre cents coups (The 400 Blows) François Truffaut 1959
32 Tirez sur le pianiste (Shoot the Pianist) François Truffaut 1960
33 Une femme est une femme (A Woman is a Woman) Jean-Luc Godard 1961
34 Les Mepris (Contempt) Jean-Luc Godard 1963
35 Masculin/Feminin Jean-Luc Godard 1966
36 Peirrot Le Fou Jean-Luc Godard 1965
37 Jules et Jim François Truffaut 1961
38 La Fille seule (A Single Girl) Benoit Jacquot 1995
39 Fin août, début septembre (Late August/Early September) Olivier Assayas 1998
40 LouLou Maurice Pialat 1980
41 L' École de la chair (School of Flesh) Benoît Jacquot 1998
42 La Désenchantée (The Disenchanted) Benoît Jacquot 1990
43 Va Savoir (Who Knows?) * Jacques Rivette 2001
44 Beau Travail * Claire Denis 1999
45 La Veuve de Saint-Pierre Patrice Leconte 2000
46 Irma Vep Olivier Assayas 1996
47 Le Samouraï Jean-Pierre Melville 1967
48 Sous le sable (Under the Sand) François Ozon 2000
49 Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain * Jean-Pierre Jeunet 2001
50 Le Dîner de cons Francis Veber 1998
51 Le Placard Francis Veber 2001
52 Ressources humaines (Human Resources) Laurent Cantet 1999
53 La Fille sur le pont (The Girl on the Bridge) Patrice Leconte 1999
54 L' Homme du train (The Man on the Train) Patrice Leconte 2002
55 Sur mes lèvres (Read my Lips) * Jacques Audiard 2001
56 Le Salaire de la peur (Wages of Fear) Henri-Georges Clouzot 1953
57 'Je vous salue, Marie' (Hail Mary) Jean-Luc Godard 1985
58 L'Amant (The Lover) Jean-Jacques Annaud 1992
59 Le Temps retrouvé (Time Regained) Raoul Ruiz 1999
60 On connaît la chanson (Same Old Song) Alain Resnais 1997
61 Regarde la mer (See the Sea) François Ozon 1997
62 [s] Une robe d'été (A Summer Dress) François Ozon 1996
63 JLG/JLG Jean-Luc Godard 1995
64 Les Parapluies de Cherbourg (The Umbrellas of Cherbourg) Jacques Demy 1964
65 La Pianiste (The Piano Teacher) Michael Haneke 2001
66 [s] La Jetée (The Pier) Chris Marker 1962
67 L'Anglaise et le duc (The Lady and the Duke) Eric Rohmer 2001
68 Rien ne va plus (the Swindle) Claude Chabrol 1997
69 8 femmes (8 Women) * François Ozon 2002
70 Code Inconnu: Récit incomplet de divers voyages Michael Haneke 2000
71 Éloge de l'amour (In Praise of Love) Jean-Luc Godard 2001
72 Betty Fisher et autres histoires (Alias Betty) Claude Miller 2001
73 Sitcom François Ozon 1998
74 Bon Voyage * Jean-Paul Rappeneau 2003
75 Swimming Pool * François Ozon 2003
76 Les Blessures assassines (Murderous Maids) Jean-Pierre Denis 2000
77 L'Emploi du temps (Time Out) Laurent Cantet 2001
78 Irréversible Gaspar Noé 2002
79 The Dreamers * Bernardo Bertolucci 2003
80 Gouttes d'eau sur pierres brûlantes (Water Drops on Burning Rocks) François Ozon 2000
81 Le Battement d'ailes du papillon (Happenstance) Laurent Firode 2000
82 Le Pacte des loups (Brotherhood of the Wolf) Christophe Gans 2001
83 Le Peuple migrateur (Winged Migration) Jacques Perrin 2001
84 Vendredi soir (Friday Night) Claire Denis 2002
85 Les Triplettes de Belleville * Sylvain Chomet 2003
86 Demonlover Olivier Assayas 2002
87 Satin rouge Raja Amari 2002
88 Monsieur Ibrahim et les fleurs du Coran * François Dupeyron 2003
89 Un monde presque paisible (Almost Peaceful) * Michel Deville 2002
90 [s] J'attendrai le suivant... (I'll Wait for the Next One...) * Philippe Orreindy 2002
91 Le Temps du loup (The Time of the Wolf) * Michael Haneke 2003
92 [s] Sale battars (Dirty Bastards) Delphine Gleize 1998
93 [s] Un château en Espagne (A Castle in Spain) Delphine Gleize 1999
94 Carnages Delphine Gleize 2002
95 [s] Alias Marina de Van 1999
96 [s] Psy Show Marina de Van 1999
97 Dans ma peau (In My Skin) Marina de Van 2002
98 Bande à part (Band of Outsiders) Jean-Luc Godard 1964
99 Un condamné à mort s'est échappé (A Man Escaped) Robert Bresson 1956
100 Confidences trop intimes (Intimate Strangers) Patrice Leconte 2004
101 Twentynine Palms Bruno Dumont 2003
102 Anatomie de l'enfer (Anatomy of Hell) Catherine Breillat 2004
103 Je rentre à la maison (I'm Going Home) Manoel de Oliveira 2001
104 Romance X Catherine Breillat 1999
105 Feux rouges (Red Lights) * Cédric Kahn 2004
106 À ma soeur! (Fat Girl) Catherine Breillat 2001
107 [s] 11'09"01 - September 11 [France segment] Claude Lelouch 2002
108 Moments choisis des histoire(s) du cinéma * Jean-Luc Godard 2004
109 Un long dimanche de fiançailles (A Very Long Engagement) * Jean-Pierre Jeunet 2004
110 Stupeur et tremblements (Fear and Trembling) * Alain Corneau 2003
111 Sex is Comedy Catherine Breillat 2002
112 Cavale (On The Run) Lucas Belvaux 2002
113 10e chambre - Instants d'audiences (The 10th District Court: Moments of Trials) * Raymond Depardon 2004
114 [s] Sun-Blok * Christophe le Borgne 2004
115 5x2: Fives Times Two * François Ozon 2004
116 Ma mère * Christophe Honoré 2004
117 Comme une image (Look at Me) * Agnès Jaoui 2004
118 [s] Georges Méliès
119 [s] Georges Méliès
120 [s] Georges Méliès
121 [s] Georges Méliès
122 Haute Tension (High Tension) Alexandre Aja 2003
123 The Lumière Brothers' First Films Bertrand Tavernier 1996
124 Lumière et compagnie (Lumière and Company) multiple directors 1995
125 La Magie Méliès Jacques Meny 1997
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[s] Georges Méliès
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Nue propriété (Private Property) * Joachim Lafosse 2006
Paris, je t'aime * various directors 2006
Lady Chatterley et l'homme des bois * Pascale Ferran 2006
La Môme (La Vie en rose) * Olivier Dahan 2007
La Belle et la bête (Beauty and the Beast) Jean Cocteau 1946
Les Valseuses (Going Places) Bertrand Blier 1974
Dans Paris (Inside Paris) Christophe Honoré 2006
Persepolis Marjane Satrapi & Vincent Paronnaud 2007
[s] Le Mozart des pickpockets (The Mozart of Pickpockets) * Philippe Pollet-Villard 2006
[s] Même les pigeons vont au paradis (Even Pigeons go to Heaven) * Samuel Tourneux 2007
Le Voyage du ballon rouge (Flight of the Red Balloon) [Taiwan co-production] Hou Hsiao-hsien 2007
Boarding Gate * Olivier Assayas 2007
Chansons d'amour (Love Songs) * Christophe Honoré 2007

  • [s] A TRIP TO THE MOON (1902)
  • [s] THE GOLDEN BEETLE (1907)
  • [s] THE POLICEMEN'S LITTLE RUN (1907)
  • [s] TROUBLES OF A GRASSWIDOWER (1908)
  • [s] THE FOUR TROUBLESOME HEADS (1898)
  • [s] FAT AND LEAN WRESTLING MATCH (1900)
  • [s] THE ONE MAN BAND (1900)
  • [s] BLUEBEARD (1901)
  • [s] THE MAN WITH THE RUBBER HEAD (1901)
  • [s] LE VOYAGE DANS LA LUNE (1902)
  • [s] LE MELOMANE (1903)
  • [s] THE INFERNAL CAKEWALK (1903)
  • [s] THE INFERNAL BOILING POT (1903)
  • [s] THE HILARIOUS POSTERS (1904)
  • [s] THE LIVING PLAYING CARDS (1904)
  • [s] THE UNTAMABLE WHISKERS (1904)
  • [s] T'CHIN-CHAO: THE CHINESE CONJURER (1904)
  • [s] THE COOK IN TROUBLE (1904)
  • [s] THE WONDERFUL LIVING FAN (1904)
  • [s] THE MERMAID (1904)
  • [s] LE VOYAGE A TRAVERS L'IMPOSSIBLE (1904)
  • [s] INPERCEPTABLE TRANSMUTATIONS (1904)
  • [s] THE BLACK IMP (1905)
  • [s] THE ENCHANTED SEDAN CHAIR (1905)
  • [s] THE SCHEMING GAMBLER'S PARADISE (1905)
  • [s] THE MYSTERIOUS RETORT (1906)
  • [s] GOOD GLUE STICKS (1907)
  • [s] THE ECLIPSE: COURTSHIP OF THE SUN AND MOON (1907)
  • [s] LONG DISTANCE WIRELESS PHOTOGRAPHY (1908)
  • [s] THE DEVILISH TENENT (1909)
  • A TOUTE DE SUITE (2004)
  • Au Hasard Balthazar
  • Day for Night
  • Paris qui dort
  • Sous les toits de Paris (Under the Roofs of Paris)
  • The Beat that my Heart Skipped
  • Le Charme discret de la bourgeoisie
  • Cet obscur objet du désir
  • Mouchette
  • Gabrielle
  • The Bride Wore Black
  • Cache
  • L'Intrus
  • Tout Va Bien
  • Pickpocket
  • Clean
  • La Petite Jerusalem
  • Douche Froides (Cold Showers)
  • La Moustache
  • The Science of Sleep
  • Changing Times
  • Lemming
  • Cleo 5 to 7
  • 13 (Tzameti)
  • [s] Les Matines
  • Gardens of Autumn
  • L'Innocence
  • Playtime
  • Paris Belongs to Us
  • Celine and Julie Go Boating
  • 2 or 3 Things I Know About Her
  • Le Coup du berger
  • The Nun
  • Duelle
  • Lancelot du Lac
  • Last Year at Marienbad
  • The Devil Probably
  • Out 1
  • The Case of the Grinning Cat
  • [s] Cat Listening to Music
  • [s] An Owl Is An Owl Is An Owl
  • [s] Zoo Piece
  • [s] Bullfight in Okinawa
  • [s] Slon Tango
  • L'Argent
  • The Young Girls of Rochefort
  • Joan the Maid
  • Regular Lovers
  • Comedy of Power
  • Up/Down/Fragile
  • Donkey Skin
  • Lola Montes
  • Lola
  • Trial of Joan of Arc
  • [s] Fantasmagorie
  • [s] Mobilier fidèle
  • [s] Le Songe d'un garçon de café
  • [s] Autour d'une cabine
  • Angel-A
  • Flanders
  • Exterminating Angels
    UNITED KINGDOM
    1. KIND HEARTS AND CORONETS
    2. HAMLET
    3. THE THIRD MAN
    4. THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI
    5. VICTIM
    6. LAWRENCE OF ARABIA
    7. DR. NO
    8. FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE
    9. GOLDFINGER
    10. A HARD DAYS NIGHT
    11. HELP!
    12. REPULSION
    13. MORGAN! - A SUITABLE CASE FOR TREATMENT
    14. BLOW UP
    15. ALFIE
    16. FAHRENHEIT 451
    17. YELLOW SUBMARINE
    18. 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY
    19. LET IT BE
    20. WOMEN IN LOVE
    21. A CLOCKWORK ORANGE
    22. AND NOW FOR SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT
    23. TOMMY
    24. THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW
    25. MONTY PYTHON AND THE HOLY GRAIL
    26. SHOCK TREATMENT
    27. MONTY PYTHON'S LIFE OF BRIAN
    28. CHARIOTS OF FIRE
    29. TIME BANDITS
    30. EXCALIBUR
    31. MONTY PYTHON LIVE AT THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL
    32. MOONLIGHTING
    33. MONTY PYTHON'S MEANING OF LIFE
    34. THE DRESSER
    35. A PASSAGE TO INDIA
    36. DREAMCHILD
    37. BRAZIL
    38. LADY JANE
    39. A ROOM WITH A VIEW
    40. ARIA
    41. DISTANT VOICES, STILL LIVES
    42. A FISH CALLED WANDA
    43. THE ADVENTURES OF BARON MUNCHAUSEN
    44. THE LAIR OF THE WHITE WORM
    45. HENRY V
    46. DEAD AGAIN
    47. PETER'S FRIENDS
    48. HOWARD'S END
    49. THE LONG DAY CLOSES
    50. REMAINS OF THE DAY
    51. NAKED
    52. PERSUASION
    53. THE MADNESS OF KING GEORGE
    54. PORTRAIT OF A LADY
    55. ESTHER KAHN
    56. GOSFORD PARK
    57. IRIS
    58. [s] STREET OF CROCODILES
    59. [s] THE EPIC OF GILGAMESH
    60. [s] THE CABINET OF JAN SVANKMAJER
    61. FOUR WEDDINGS AND A FUNERAL
    62. BRIDGET JONES DIARY
    63. MY NAME IS JOE
    64. EDWARD II
    65. THE PILLOW BOOK
    66. THE COOK, THE THIEF, HIS WIFE AND HER LOVER
    67. THE HOUSE OF MIRTH
    68. BILLY ELLIOT
    69. TRAINSPOTTING
    70. SNATCH
    71. SHALLOW GRAVE
    72. DR. STARNGELOVE
    73. SECRETS AND LIES
    74. ALL OR NOTHING
    75. EDUCATING RITA
    76. SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE
    77. SENSE AND SENSIBLITY
    78. 28 DAYS LATER
    79. THE COMPANY OF WOLVES
    80. THE FULL MONTY
    81. ABOUT A BOY
    82. CLOCKWISE
    83. A PRIVATE FUNCTION
    84. DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER
    85. GANDHI
    86. GASLIGHT
    87. GANGSTER NO. 1
    88. GIRL WITH THE PEARL EARRING
    89. ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE
    90. LIVE AND LET DIE
    91. THE SPY WHO LOVED ME
    92. MOONRAKER
    93. OCTOPUSSY
    94. A VIEW TO A KILL
    95. THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS
    96. WITHOUT A CLUE
    97. THE WITCHES
    98. TOMORROW NEVER DIES
    99. SEXY BEAST
    100. MONA LISA
    101. MORVERN CALLAR
    102. BARRY LYNDON
    103. BEND IT LIKE BECKHAM
    104. A BRIDGE TOO FAR
    105. EMMA
    106. ELIZABETH
    107. THE ELEPHANT MAN
    108. EYES WIDE SHUT
    109. THE KILLING FIELDS
    110. MY BEAUTIFUL LAUNDRETTE
    111. THE ENGLISH PATIENT
    112. HOPE AND GLORY
    113. ALIEN
    114. SEBASTIAN
    115. BACKBEAT
    116. THE BRIDE
    117. THE BROWNING VERSION
    118. THE DEAD
    119. THE ENGLISHMAN WHO WENT UP A HILL, BUT CAME DOWN A MOUNTAIN
    120. PARAGRAPH 175
    121. KUROSAWA
    122. TOPSY-TURVY
    123. GET BACK
    124. SHADOWLANDS
    125. FRANKENSTEIN
    126. THE BOSTONIANS
    127. DEATH AND THE MAIDEN
    128. LAST ORDERS
    129. THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST
    130. ENIGMA
    131. 24 HOUR PARTY PEOPLE
    132. SWEET SIXTEEN
    133. LOVE ACTUALLY
    134. YOUNG ADAM
    135. THE MOTHER
    136. BRIGHT YOUNG THINGS
    137. SHAUN OF THE DEAD
    138. 11'09"01 - SEPTEMBER 11 [UK SEGMENT] (2002)
    139. I'LL SLEEP WHEN I'M DEAD (2003)
    140. ENDURING LOVE (2004)
    141. VERA DRAKE (2004)
    142. STAGE BEAUTY (2004)
    143. WIMBLEDON (2004)
    144. BRIDGET JONES: THE EDGE OF REASON (2004)
    145. BRIDE & PREJUDICE (2004)
    146. FROZEN (2004)
    147. MILLIONS (2004)
    148. AE FOND KISS (2004)
    149. LAYER CAKE (2004)
    150. MY SUMMER OF LOVE (2004)
    151. [s] Snow
    152. Tristam Shandy: A Cock & Bull Story
    153. A Colour Box
    154. Kaleidescope
    155. The Birth of the Robot
    156. Rainbow Dance
    157. Trade Tattoo
    158. Colour Flight
    159. Swinging the Lambeth Walk
    160. Colour Cry
    161. Rhythm
    162. Free Radicals
    163. Particles in Space
    164. Tal Farlow
    165. The Man Who Fell to Earth
    166. Pride & Prejudice
    167. Walkabout
    168. The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes
    169. Marat/Sade
    170. The Lady Vanishes
    171. The Descent
    172. Seven Up
    173. 7 Plus Seven
    174. The Queen
    175. 21 Up
    176. 28 Up
    177. 35 Up
    178. 42 Up
    179. 49 Up
    180. [s] Lump
    181. Road to Guantanamo
    182. Notes on a Scandal
    183. The Pied Piper
    184. The Red Shoes
    185. The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner
    186. Colour Me Kubrick: A True...ish Story
    187. The Wind That Shakes the Barley
    188. Hot Fuzz
    189. Red Road
    190. 28 Weeks Later
    191. Severance
    192. Pierrepoint - The Last Hangman
    193. This is England
    194. Sunshine
    195. [s] London Can Take It!
    196. [s] Words for Battle
    197. [s] Listen to Britain
    198. Fires Were Started
    199. [s] Myra Hess
    200. [s] A Diary for Timothy
    201. [s] Family Portrait
    202. Eastern Promises [Canada co-production]
    203. Atonement
    204. Peter and the Wolf
    205. The Tonto Woman
    206. In Bruges
    207. The Bank Job
    208. Doomsday

        ITALY - 70
    1 Otto e mezzo (8½) Federico Fellini 1963
    2 La Dolce Vita * - saw in theatre during 2004 rerelease Federico Fellini 1960
    3 L'Avventura Michelangelo Antonioni 1960
    4 Ladri di biciclette (The Bicycle Thief) Vittorio De Sica 1948
    5 Oci ciornie (Dark Eyes) Nikita Mikhalkov 1987
    6 La Strada Federico Fellini 1954
    7 Le Notti di Cabiria (Nights of Cabiria) Federico Fellini 1957
    8 Umberto D.