The 100 highest-rated international feature films of the 2010s (as at 1 January 2020). This list was formerly known as The 2010s—Top Non-English Language Films.
To be included, films had to be narrative (no documentaries), be 60 minutes or longer, have a 1,000-view minimum, and a US theatrical release between 1/1/2010 and 12/31/2019 (with exceptions for films that had no US distribution). We have allowed TV movies, but excluded direct-to-video/DVD movies.
We have excluded animated narrative films—you’ll find them in the 100 highest-rated animated films of the 2010s (where almost half of that list is non-English language movies). We have included US-produced movies where more than 75% of spoken languages are non-English (so The Farewell is eligible, but Call Me…
The 100 highest-rated international feature films of the 2010s (as at 1 January 2020). This list was formerly known as The 2010s—Top Non-English Language Films.
To be included, films had to be narrative (no documentaries), be 60 minutes or longer, have a 1,000-view minimum, and a US theatrical release between 1/1/2010 and 12/31/2019 (with exceptions for films that had no US distribution). We have allowed TV movies, but excluded direct-to-video/DVD movies.
We have excluded animated narrative films—you’ll find them in the 100 highest-rated animated films of the 2010s (where almost half of that list is non-English language movies). We have included US-produced movies where more than 75% of spoken languages are non-English (so The Farewell is eligible, but Call Me By Your Name’s non-English dialogue is incidental).
There are some notable exclusions, due to not having a US release date until 2020. They are: Bacurau, System Crasher, And Then We Danced, Vitalina Varela, So Long, My Son, Kim Ji-young: Born 1982, and Two Blue Stripes. We hope to see them in the 2020s round-up.
More Statistics of Interest:
Number of Films by Year (world premiere date)
2007: 1
2008: 2
2009: 3
2010: 9
2011: 10
2012: 7
2013: 8
2014: 13
2015: 12
2016: 7
2017: 8
2018: 13
2019: 7
Highest Rated Film by Year (US release date)
2010: Love Exposure
2011: A Separation
2012: Amour
2013: The Hunt
2014: Gangs of Wasseypur - Part II
2015: Mommy
2016: The Handmaiden
2017: Nise: The Heart of Madness
2018: Shoplifters
2019: Parasite
Number of Languages Spoken, Approximately (32 films listed English as a language; it was not a disqualifier)
Spanish: 17
Korean: 15
Portuguese: 15
French: 14
Japanese: 14
German: 11
Italian: 8
Hindi: 6
Mandarin: 6
Polish: 5
Russian: 5
Turkish: 5
Arabic: 4
Hebrew: 3
Tagalog: 3
Danish: 2
Farsi: 2
Greek: 2
Hungarian: 2
Indonesian: 2
Tamil: 2
Catalan: 1
Corsican: 1
Croatian: 1
Estonian: 1
Georgian: 1
Latin: 1
Malayalam: 1
Mixtec: 1
Norwegian: 1
Serbian: 1
Slovak: 1
Swahili: 1
Swedish: 1
Taiwanese Hokkien: 1
Thai: 1
Yiddish: 1
Films with Four or More Languages Spoken:
Son of Saul: 9
Cold War: 7
La Flor: 7
Embrace of the Serpent: 5
The Great Beauty: 4
Neighboring Sounds: 4
The Raid 2: 4
Swing Kids: 4
A Taxi Driver: 4
The Wailing: 4
