ROGER EBERTS BEST FOREIGN FILMS OF 2009

My list of the year’s best foreign films contains 15 titles. Why? Because that’s how many I put on the list. Five others were on my earlier lists. Altogether now, adding my lists of documentaries and animated films, I have 50 “best films.” Does that mean I’m getting soft? No, it means I reviewed 284 films in 2009, and these 17% were the best. – Roger Ebert

Los abrazos rotos 194x300 ROGER EBERTS BEST FOREIGN FILMS OF 2009
Los Abrazos Rotos
Entre les murs 228x300 ROGER EBERTS BEST FOREIGN FILMS OF 2009
Entre les murs
Le silence de Lorna 211x300 ROGER EBERTS BEST FOREIGN FILMS OF 2009
Le Silence De Lorna
Gomorra 209x300 ROGER EBERTS BEST FOREIGN FILMS OF 2009
Gomorra
Munyurangabo 212x300 ROGER EBERTS BEST FOREIGN FILMS OF 2009
Munyurangabo
O Horten 213x300 ROGER EBERTS BEST FOREIGN FILMS OF 2009
O’ Horten
Paris 221x300 ROGER EBERTS BEST FOREIGN FILMS OF 2009
Paris
Politist adj. 208x300 ROGER EBERTS BEST FOREIGN FILMS OF 2009
Politist, adj.
Revanche 212x300 ROGER EBERTS BEST FOREIGN FILMS OF 2009
Revanche
Séraphine 225x300 ROGER EBERTS BEST FOREIGN FILMS OF 2009
Séraphine
Aruitemo aruitemo 209x300 ROGER EBERTS BEST FOREIGN FILMS OF 2009
Aruitemo Aruitemo
Heure dété L 212x300 ROGER EBERTS BEST FOREIGN FILMS OF 2009
L’ Heure d’été
Tôkyô sonata 214x300 ROGER EBERTS BEST FOREIGN FILMS OF 2009
Tôkyô Sonata
Tulpan 205x300 ROGER EBERTS BEST FOREIGN FILMS OF 2009
Tulpan

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