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Updated 22 September 2006
Filmography for World Cinema:
Films Available in Memorial Library ERC
(check library web site for call number)
The following films should be available at Memorial Library and can be used as topics for the Extra Credit paper. Check the Internet Movie Database or other resources for details on each film. This is not a complete list of foreign films available on DVD in the library. If you are interested in another title, please let me know: donald.larsson@mnsu.edu
The films are usually listed by their foreign title first, along with their country of origin and director. Titles in red print are by directors whose films have been or will be seen in class. I have also listed their relationship to a class topic in purple, when appropriate.
Aguirre, The Wrath of God (Germany, Werner Herzog)
Akira (Japan, Otomo) anime
Alphaville (France, Godard)
And God Created Woman (France, Roger Vadim) France, New Wave and After
Aparijito/The Unvanquished (India, Ray, Part 2 of the Apu Trilogy)
Asoka (India, Santosh Sivan) India, Bollywood
As Tears Go By (Hong Kong, Wong Kar-Wai)
Atanarjuat/The Fast Runner (Inuit/Canadian, Zacharias Kunuk)
Autumn Sonata (Sweden, Bergman)
Baran/Rain (Iran, Mahjidi)
Bed and Board (France, Truffaut, 4th of the Antoine Doinel films) France, New Wave and after
Belleville rendez-vous/The Triplettes of Bellville (France, Sylvain Chomet)
The Blue Kite (China, Zhuangzhuang) China, 5th Generation
Breaking the Waves (Denmark, Lars von Trier)
Bride and Prejudice (India, Gurinder Chadha) India, Bollywood
Carne tremula/Live Flesh (Spain, Almodovar)
Castle in the Sky (Japan, Hayao Miyazaki)
The Castle of Cagliostro (Japan, Hayao Miyazaki)
Cleo from 5 to 7 (France, Agnes Varda) France, New Wave and after
Daresalam (France/Chad, Issa Serge Coelo) Africa
Days of Being Wild (Hong Kong, Wong Kar-Wai)
The Devil's Backbone (Spain, Guillermo del Toro)
Double Suicide (Japan, Shinoda) Japan, New Wave
Earth (India, Deepa Mehta) India
Elling (Norway, Petter Naes)
Farewell, My Concubine (China, Chen Kaige) China, 5th Generation
Fahrenheit 451 (France/UK, Truffaut) France, New Wave and after
Faithless (Sweden, Liv Ullmann)
Fallen Angels (Hong Kong, Wong Kar-Wai)
The Four Hundred Blows (France, Truffaut, first of the Antoine Doinel films) France, New Wave and after
Ghost in the Shell (Japan, Oshii) anime
The Gleaners and I (France, Agnes Varda) France, New Wave and after
Grave of the Fireflies (Japan, Takahata) anime
Habla con ella/Talk to Her (Spain, Pedro Almodovar)
Happy Together (Hong Kong, Wong Kar-Wai)
Hiroshima, Mon Amour (France, Alain Resnais) France, New Wave and after
Historia oficial/The Official Story (Argentina, Luis Puenzo) Latin America
Hyenas (Senegal, Djibril Diop Mambety) Africa
Il Gattopardo/The Leopard (Italy, Luchino Visconti) Italian Neorealism and after
In the Mood for Love (Hong Kong, Wong Kar-Wai)
Jules and Jim (France, Truffaut) France, New Wave and after
Juliet of the Spirits (Italy, Fellini) Italian Neorealism and after
Kristin Lavransdatter (Sweden, Liv Ullmann)
Love on the Run (France, Truffaut, 3rd of the Antoine Doinel films) France, New Wave and after
La Bataille d'Alger/The Battle of Algiers (Italy/Algeria, Gilo Pontecorvo) Italian Neorealism and after
La cite des enfants perdus/City of Lost Children (France, Marc Caro and Jean-Pierre Jeunet)
La Noire de . . . /Black Girl and Borom Sarete (Senegal, Ousmane Sembene) Africa
La Pianiste/The Piano Teacher (France, Michael Haneke)
L'Aventurra (Italy, Antonioni) Italian Neorealism and after
L'Eclisse/The Eclipse (Italy, Antonioni) Italian Neorealism and after
Life on a String (China, Chen Kaige) China, 5th Generation
Like Water for Chocolate (Mexico, Alfonso Arau) Latin America
Lola Rennt/Run Lola Run (Germany, Tom Tykwer)
Loves of a Blonde (Hungary, Milos Forman)
Ma vie en rose/My Life in Pink (France, Alain Berliner)
Madame Bovary (France, Claude Chabrol) France, New Wave and after
Nirgwendo in Afrika (Germany/Kenya, Caroline Link)
Nights of Cabiria (Italy, Fellini) Italian Neorealism and after
No te mueras sin diceme adonde vas/Don't Die without Telling Me Where You're Going (Argentina, Eliseo Subielo) Latin America
Ohayo/Good Morning (Japan, Ozu) Japan, postwar
O Heroi/The Hero (Angola, Zeze Gamboa) Africa
O Homem do Ano/Man of the Year (Brazil, Jose Enrique Fonseca) Latin America
Once upon a Time in China (Hong Kong, Tsui Hark) Hong Kong
Pather Panchali/The Song of the Road (India, Ray, Part I of the Apu Trilogy)
Ran (Japan, Kurosawa)
Rashomon (Japan, Kurosawa)
Rhapsody in August (Japan, Kurosawa)
Salaam, Bombay! (India, Mira Nair)
Sans toit ni loi/Vagabond (France, Agnes Varda) France, New Wave and after
Solaris (Russia/USSR, Tarkovsky) Russia/USSR
Seven Beauties (Italy, Lina Wertmuller)
Seven Samurai (Japan, Kurosawa)
Stolen Kisses (France, Truffaut, 2nd of the Antoine Doinel films) France, New Wave and after
Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! (Spain, Almodovar)
Tokyo Drifter (Japan, Seijun Suzuki) Japan, New Wave
Tokyo Story (Japan, Ozu) Japan, Postwar
Ugetsu (Japan, Kenji Mizoguchi) Japan, Postwar
Unagi/The Eel (Japan, Imamura) Japan, New Wave
Viridiana (Spain, Luis Bunuel)
The Warrior and the Princess (Germany, Tom Tykwer)
Y tu mama tambien (Mexico, Carlos Cuaron) Latin America
Yeelen/Brightness (Mali, Soulemane Cisse) Africa
Ying Xiong/Hero (China, Zhang Yimou)