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FILM COMMENT
July/August 1997
top 150 unreleased foreign language films of the nineties
part one
By Gavin Smith
photo: Nouvelle Vague
1. NOUVELLE VAGUE
Jean-Luc Godard, Switzerland/France 90 439 points
2. LES AMANTS DU PONT NEUF
Leos Carax, France 91 433
3. AND LIFE GOES ON
Abbas Kiarostami, Iran 92 425
4. COLD WATER
Olivier Assayas, France 94 386
5. DRIFTING CLOUDS
Aki Kaurismaki, Finland 96 385
6. BEYOND THE CLOUDS
Michelangelo Antonioni, Italy/France/Germany 95
341
7. CLOSE-UP
Abbas Kiarostami, Iran 90 337
8. THE PUPPET MASTER
Hou Hsiao-hsien, Taiwan 93 327
9. QUINCE TREE SUN/DREAM OF LIGHT
Victor Erice, Spain, 92 322
10. THE VALLEY OF ABRAHAM
Manuel de Oliveira, Portugal 93 306
11. GOODBYE SOUTH, GOODBYE
Hou Hsiao-hsien, Japan/Taiwan 96 255
12. BULLET IN THE HEAD
John Woo, Hong Kong 90 253
13. THE SUSPENDED STEP OF THE STORK
Theo Angelopoulos, Greece 91 236
14. A BRIGHTER SUMMER DAY
Edward Yang, Taiwan 91
226
15. ASHES OF TIME
Wong Kar-wai, Hong Kong 94 204
16. A SUMMER'S TALE
Eric Rohmer, France 96 196
17. DAYS OF BEING WILD
Wong Kar-wai, Hong Kong 91 187
18. VOICES OF THE MOON
Federico Fellini, Italy 90 184
19. ACTRESS
Stanley Kwan, Hong Kong 91 175
20. MADADAYO
Akira Kurosawa, Japan, 93 174
21. LE GARÇU
Maurice Pialat, France 95 171
22. FALLEN ANGELS
Wong Kar-wai, Hong Kong 96 167
23. PETITS ARRANGEMENTS AVEC LES MORTS
Pascale Ferran, France 94 153
24. SMOKING/NO SMOKING
Alain Resnais, France 94 146
25. A MOMENT OF INNOCENCE
Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Iran 96 145
SALAAM CINEMA
Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Iran 95 145
27. D'EST
Chantal Akerman, France/Belgium/Portugal 93 141
28. LISBON STORY
Wim Wenders, Germany 94 138
29. WHISPERING PAGES
Alexandr Sokurov, Russia/Germany
135
30. THE TROUBLES WE'VE SEEN
Marcel Ophuls, France 94 133
31. BOILING POINT
Takeshi Kitano, Japan 90 129
32. GOOD MEN, GOOD WOMEN
Hou Hsiao-hsien, Taiwan 95 126
ON THE BEAT
Ning Ying, China 95 126
34. THE WOMAN OF THE PORT
Arturo Ripstein, Mexico 91 125
35. JEANNE LA PUCELLE
Jacques Rivette, France 94 122
36. A NEW LIFE
Olivier Assayas, France 93 115
37. PORTRAIT OF A YOUNG GIRL
AT THE END OF THE 1960s
Chantal Akerman, France 94 109
38. REBELS OF THE NEON GOD
Tsai Ming-liang, Taiwan 93 105
39. FRESH BAIT
Bertrand Tavernier, France 94 104
I DON'T KISS
André Téchiné, France 92 104
41. AUTUMN MOON
Clara Law, Hong Kong/Japan 92 97
DARK SIDE OF THE HEART
Eliseo Subiela, Argentina 92 97
43. PRETTY VILLAGE, PRETTY FLAMES
Srdjan Dragojevic, Serbia 96 93
44. MAHJONG
Edward Yang, Taiwan 96 90
45. GOD'S COMEDY
Joao César Monteiro, Portugal 95 88
46. DEATH OF A NEOPOLITAN MATHEMATICIAN
Mario Martone, Italy 92 85
47. THE BRANCHES OF THE TREE
Satyajit Ray, India 90 83
NO, OR THE VAIN GLORY OF COMMAND
Manuel de Oliveira, Portugal 90 83
49. A CONFUCIAN CONFUSION
Edward Yang, Taiwan 95 80
50. QUEEN OF THE NIGHT
Arturo Ripstein, Mexico 94 79
