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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 119
2 Persona 1966 Ingmar Bergman 158
3 Wild Strawberries 1957 Ingmar Bergman 208
4 Au hasard Balthazar 1966 Robert Bresson 544
5 My Life as a Dog 1985 Lasse Hallström 700
6 Smiles of a Summer Night 1955 Ingmar Bergman 760
7 Pelle the Conqueror 1987 Bille August 1104
8 The Virgin Spring 1960 Ingmar Bergman 1110
9 Winter Light 1963 Ingmar Bergman 1266
10 Masculine Feminine 1966 Jean-Luc Godard 1434
11 Hour of the Wolf 1968 Ingmar Bergman 1473
12 Shame 1968 Ingmar Bergman 1585
13 Häxan: Witchcraft through the Ages 1922 Benjamin Christensen 1887
14 The Silence 1963 Ingmar Bergman 2014
15 Through a Glass Darkly 1961 Ingmar Bergman 2035

Toho Company

Rank Title Year Director(s) Overall
Rank
1 The Seven Samurai 1954 Akira Kurosawa 32
2 Akira 1988 Katsuhiro Ôtomo 302
3 Ikiru 1952 Akira Kurosawa 331
4 Yojimbo 1961 Akira Kurosawa 342
5 Throne of Blood 1957 Akira Kurosawa 712
6 Godzilla1 1954 Ishirô Honda 847
7 Woman in the Dunes1 1964 Hiroshi Teshigahara 914
8 The Life of Oharu 1952 Kenji Mizoguchi 1044
9 Kagemusha 1980 Akira Kurosawa 1061
10 High and Low 1963 Akira Kurosawa 1074
11 The Hidden Fortress 1958 Akira Kurosawa 1242
12 Red Beard 1965 Akira Kurosawa 1450
13 A Simple Plan 1998 Sam Raimi 1494
14 Tokyo Olympiad 1965 Kon Ichikawa 1570
15 Samurai 1: Musashi Miyamoto 1954 Hiroshi Inagaki 2212
16 Stray Dog 1949 Akira Kurosawa 2264
17 Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters 1985 Paul Schrader 2297

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 194
2 Wings of Desire 1987 Wim Wenders 195
3 Paris, Texas 1984 Wim Wenders 473
4 Run Lola Run 1998 Tom Tykwer 494
5 The Marriage of Maria Braun 1979 Rainer Werner Fassbinder 585
6 Downfall 2004 Oliver Hirschbiegel 600
7 Dancer in the Dark 2000 Lars von Trier 780
8 Hidden 2005 Michael Haneke 836
9 Dogville 2003 Lars von Trier 1130
10 Berlin Alexanderplatz 1980 Rainer Werner Fassbinder 1233
11 Yeelen 1987 Souleymane Cissé 1328
12 Heimat 1984 Edgar Reitz 1404
13 Kings of the Road 1976 Wim Wenders 1521
14 The American Friend 1977 Wim Wenders 1653
15 Alice in the Cities 1974 Wim Wenders 1732
16 The Kingdom 1994 Morten Arnfred and Lars von Trier 1960
17 Good Bye Lenin! 2003 Wolfgang Becker 2106
18 Croupier 1998 Mike Hodges 2275
19 Lola 1981 Rainer Werner Fassbinder 2290
20 Winged Migration 2001 Jacques Perrin 2302
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