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Top Films from Medium-Sized Studios Outside France, North America, and the United Kingdom

Svensk Filmindustri

Rank Title Year Director(s) Overall
Rank
1 The Seventh Seal 1957 Ingmar Bergman 118
2 Persona 1966 Ingmar Bergman 122
3 Wild Strawberries 1957 Ingmar Bergman 245
4 Au hasard Balthazar 1966 Robert Bresson 365
5 Häxan: Witchcraft through the Ages 1922 Benjamin Christensen 996
6 The Virgin Spring 1960 Ingmar Bergman 1084
7 Winter Light 1963 Ingmar Bergman 1464
8 The Phantom Chariot 1921 Victor Sjöström 1476
9 Lilja 4-ever 2002 Lukas Moodysson 1544
10 My Life as a Dog 1985 Lasse Hallström 1651
11 Smiles of a Summer Night 1955 Ingmar Bergman 1663
12 The Silence 1963 Ingmar Bergman 1718
13 Through a Glass Darkly 1961 Ingmar Bergman 1845
14 Masculine Feminine 1966 Jean-Luc Godard 1948
15 Hour of the Wolf 1968 Ingmar Bergman 2086
16 Shame 1968 Ingmar Bergman 2480
17 Pelle the Conqueror 1987 Bille August 3019
18 Monika 1953 Ingmar Bergman 3048

Toho Company

Rank Title Year Director(s) Overall
Rank
1 Seven Samurai 1954 Akira Kurosawa 24
2 Akira 1988 Katsuhiro Ôtomo 175
3 Ikiru 1952 Akira Kurosawa 223
4 Yojimbo 1961 Akira Kurosawa 354
5 Godzilla1 1954 Ishirô Honda 400
6 Throne of Blood 1957 Akira Kurosawa 592
7 High and Low 1963 Akira Kurosawa 642
8 Your Name 2016 Makoto Shinkai 670
9 Woman in the Dunes1 1964 Hiroshi Teshigahara 805
10 Kwaidan 1964 Masaki Kobayashi 852
11 Ponyo 2008 Hayao Miyazaki 1092
12 The Tale of Princess Kaguya 2013 Isao Takahata 1148
13 Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters1 1985 Paul Schrader 1248
14 The Life of Oharu 1952 Kenji Mizoguchi 1299
15 Kagemusha 1980 Akira Kurosawa 1326
16 The Hidden Fortress 1958 Akira Kurosawa 1342
17 House 1977 Nobuhiko Ôbayashi 1398
18 Red Beard 1965 Akira Kurosawa 1437
19 The Wind Rises 2013 Hayao Miyazaki 1601
20 13 Assassins 2010 Takashi Miike 1685
21 Samurai Rebellion 1967 Masaki Kobayashi 1764
22 Sanjuro 1962 Akira Kurosawa 1900
23 Porco Rosso 1992 Hayao Miyazaki 1902
24 When a Woman Ascends the Stairs 1960 Mikio Naruse 2251
25 Tokyo Olympiad 1965 Kon Ichikawa 2293
26 Floating Clouds 1955 Mikio Naruse 2330
27 The Secret World of Arrietty 2010 Hiromasa Yonebayashi 2556
28 Ninja Scroll 1993 Yoshiaki Kawajiri 2574
29 A Simple Plan 1998 Sam Raimi 2587
30 Stray Dog 1949 Akira Kurosawa 2684
31 Metropolis 2001 Rintarô 2721

1 Produced or co-produced by Toho Film (Eiga) Co. Ltd.

Westdeutscher Rundfunk

Rank Title Year Director(s) Overall
Rank
1 Das Boot 1981 Wolfgang Petersen 217
2 Wings of Desire 1987 Wim Wenders 277
3 Paris, Texas 1984 Wim Wenders 353
4 Hidden 2005 Michael Haneke 501
5 Downfall 2004 Oliver Hirschbiegel 526
6 Amour 2012 Michael Haneke 551
7 Dancer in the Dark 2000 Lars von Trier 632
8 The NeverEnding Story 1984 Wolfgang Petersen 672
9 Run Lola Run 1998 Tom Tykwer 750
10 Dogville 2003 Lars von Trier 869
11 The Marriage of Maria Braun 1979 Rainer Werner Fassbinder 1007
12 Toni Erdmann 2016 Maren Ade 1541
13 Berlin Alexanderplatz 1980 Rainer Werner Fassbinder 1684
14 Yeelen 1987 Souleymane Cissé 1692
15 Kings of the Road 1976 Wim Wenders 1818
16 Good Bye Lenin! 2003 Wolfgang Becker 1877
17 World on a Wire 1973 Rainer Werner Fassbinder 1917
18 The American Friend 1977 Wim Wenders 1932
19 Alice in the Cities 1974 Wim Wenders 1943
20 Nostalgia for the Light 2010 Patricio Guzmán 2160
21 Heimat 1984 Edgar Reitz 2163
22 Eternity and a Day 1998 Theodoros Angelopoulos 2828
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