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Martin Scorsese’s Handpicked List of 39 Essential Foreign Films

A love letter to cinema from one of its greatest masters.

Straight from Sikelia Productions, this handwritten note accompanied a legendary list—personally curated by Martin Scorsese—to “jumpstart” someone’s film education.

Each title is a cornerstone of world cinema, a film that shaped the very language of storytelling on screen. These aren’t just movies—they’re cinematic milestones.

Here’s the full list of Scorsese’s essential foreign films:

1. Metropolis (Fritz Lang)

2. Nosferatu (F.W. Murnau)

3. Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler (Fritz Lang)

4. Napoleon (Abel Gance)

5. Grand Illusion (Jean Renoir)

6. The Rules of the Game (Jean Renoir)

7. Children of Paradise (Marcel Carné)

8. Open City (Roberto Rossellini)

9. Paisan (Roberto Rossellini)

10. La Terra Trema (Luchino Visconti)

11. The Bicycle Thief (Vittorio De Sica)

12. Umberto D (Vittorio De Sica)

13. Beauty and the Beast (Jean Cocteau)

14. Tokyo Story (Yasujirō Ozu)

15. Ikiru (Akira Kurosawa)

16. Seven Samurai (Akira Kurosawa)

17. Ugetsu (Kenji Mizoguchi)

18. Sansho the Bailiff (Kenji Mizoguchi)

19. High and Low (Akira Kurosawa)

20. Big Deal on Madonna Street (Mario Monicelli)

21. Rocco and His Brothers (Luchino Visconti)

22. The 400 Blows (François Truffaut)

23. Shoot the Piano Player (François Truffaut)

24. Breathless (Jean-Luc Godard)

25. Band of Outsiders (Jean-Luc Godard)

26. Il Sorpasso (Dino Risi)

27. L’Avventura (Michelangelo Antonioni)

28. Blow-Up (Michelangelo Antonioni)

29. Before the Revolution (Bernardo Bertolucci)

30. Le Boucher (Claude Chabrol)

31. Weekend (Jean-Luc Godard)

32. Death by Hanging (Nagisa Ōshima)

33. The Merchant of Four Seasons (Rainer Werner Fassbinder)

34. Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (Rainer Werner Fassbinder)

35. The Marriage of Maria Braun (Rainer Werner Fassbinder)

36. Kings of the Road (Wim Wenders)

37. The American Friend (Wim Wenders)

38. The Mystery of Kaspar Hauser (Werner Herzog)

39. Aguirre, the Wrath of God (Werner Herzog)

If you’re serious about cinema, this list is a rite of passage. Watch them, study them, and fall in love with the art of filmmaking all over again.

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