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The 17 Foreign Films On Netflix With The Highest Rotten Tomatoes Scores

By Jade Budowski @jadebudowski

Published July 3, 2018, 8:00 a.m. ET

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**7:19**
**Rotten Tomatoes Score:** 100%
At 7:19am on September 19, 1985, Mexico City was hit by the deadliest earthquake in the city's history. In this dramatic retelling of the catastrophic aftermath, a slew of survivors from varying social classes must band together to stay alive while they wait for their rescuers.
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**Asoka**
**Rotten Tomatoes Score:** 100%
This Bollywood hit combines a historical epic with a groovin' good time. While the musical interludes occasionally feel a random, this thrilling flick is both a visual and aural feat, and we dare you not to have a good time. It's too passionate to pass up.
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A girl whispers in front of a portrait of herself. — **Sonita**
**Rotten Tomatoes Score:** 100%
This wonderful documentary follows a young Afghani refugee living in Iran who finds solace in music after her family attempts to sell her into a marriage. It almost feels too crazy to be true, but her music video protest and the rap skills that make her world famous make for a compelling, incredible documentary bound to appeal to anyone.
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**Blind Date**
**Rotten Tomatoes Score:** 100%
This French-language romantic comedy pairs together an endearing odd couple as neighbors - a dedicated pianist and a man who needs silence to work - and lets things play out how they may. While it doesn't exactly reinvent the wheel, the palpable chemistry between the two leads makes every moment of their screen time together a total treat.
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Two men kiss. — **Esteros**
**Rotten Tomatoes Score:** 100%
This Spanish-language romantic drama follows two childhood best friends as they reconnect during their adult years and finally explore the long-repressed feelings that have existed between the two of them. The sensitive, honest film offers a unique glimpse into the complicated nature of sexual identity and is a stunning showcase for all the performers involved.
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A man looks down. — **The Fury of a Patient Man**
**Rotten Tomatoes Score:** 100%
After a man loses his family during a violent robbery and is left without anyone, he spends his days quietly plotting a vicious revenge plot against the criminals responsible and gradually becomes consumed by his resentment and anger in the meantime. This tense thriller offers twists and turns that will leave you reeling and in awe of Raúl Arévalo's directorial debut.
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**The Propaganda Game**
**Rotten Tomatoes Score:** 100%
Granted rare access by North Korean officials to the endlessly controversial nation, Alvado Longoria's fascinating documentary contrasts our typical understanding of the country with his findings as he travels within and interacts with a series of North Korean citizens.
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**The Square (Al midan)**
**Rotten Tomatoes Score:** 100%
This stunning observational documentary tells the story of six different protesters of the Egyptian Revolution and the hardships they endure to have their voices heard. The tumultuous nature of the regime they live under and the short-lived victories they experience combine to create an enlightening film that should be required viewing.
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**Who's Gonna Love Me Now?**
**Rotten Tomatoes Score:** 100%
This moving British-Israeli documentary follows Saar, a gay Israeli man who found a home with the London Gay Men's CHorus after fleeing his religious kibbutz. After learning he is HIV positive, he must face the difficult decision of whether to stay in his comfortable London life or reconcile with his estranged family in Israel.
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Five sisters in a car. — **Mustang**
**Rotten Tomatoes Score:** 98%
When five free-spirited teenage sisters are seen innocently playing on a beach with male classmates, a neighbor passing by reports their behavior to the girls' family and they are soon confined to the home and stripped of their technological devices and freedom. While their guardians plan to prepare them to become brides, the younger sisters bond together to avoid this fate and empower themselves in the process.
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Two men fight with swords. — **13 Assassins**
**Rotten Tomatoes Score:** 96%
A remake of the 1963 film of the same name, this samurai epic follows a group of assassins who band together to take down an unfathomably cruel, ruthless lord who is terrorizing 1840s Japan. Armed with some of the best fight and battle scenes that cinema has to offer, this electrifying spectacle is one you won't want to skip.
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A young girl smiles. — **Girlhood**
**Rotten Tomatoes Score:** 96%
This drama follows a lost teenager who joins a gang and reinvents herself, only to discover that this new life may not be for her after all. A beautiful exploration of the rocky road to adulthood as a young woman of color, this film is more than worth your time.
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**Hooligan Sparrow**
**Rotten Tomatoes Score:** 96%
This courageous whistleblowing documentary sees a famous women's rights activist best known as Hooligan Sparrow lead a group in protest of a convicted elementary school principal rapist set to receive a light sentence. While angry mobs and the police target these protesters and filmmakers, their fearless resolve to expose the truth of this terrible crime is absolutely necessary viewing.
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**The Look of Silence**
**Rotten Tomatoes Score:** 96%
A harrowing exploration of the Indonesian genocide, this documentary chronicles a family's emotional journey as they discover who was responsible for the murder of their son and decide to confront them. This dangerous encounter could jeopardize lives, but the dignified exchange manages to evoke powerful emotions on both sides and truly help viewers to understand the experience of living in a world where your family's killers are your neighbors.
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A group of frantic people reach for each other. — **Train to Busan**
**Rotten Tomatoes Score:** 95%
This South Korean zombie film revives an overtired genre by boarding its main characters on a high-speed train from Seoul to Busan in the midst of a zombie apocalypse. The train continues on its rapid journey while the passengers fight the zombies - and each other - for their lives. Tense, fast-paced, and absolutely exhilarating, Train to Busan is a near-perfect zombie flick.
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A woman practices singing. — **Marguerite**
**Rotten Tomatoes Score:** 95%
Set in Paris in the 1920s, this French film (which tells the same story as *Florence Foster Jenkins*) follows Marguerite Dumont, a wealthy woman with a love of music and the opera. While she cannot sing to save her life, she loves to sing for her friends, and with her husband, they continue to allow her to live out her fantasy of performance. Things change, however, when she begins performing in front of real audiences, and the rest is history.
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Two older men confront one another. — **Rams**
**Rotten Tomatoes Score:** 95%
Charming and compelling in equal measure, this Icelandic drama sees two estranged brothers forced to come together to save the thing most important to them - their sheep. Gorgeously shot and surprisingly riveting, this unique film may very well put Iceland's film industry on the map.
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Sometimes, expanding your horizons can be exactly the thing you need to revitalize your Netflix queue, and those horizons may stretch out across the Atlantic or Pacific, to far-off lands and beautiful countries and little-known spots with stories to tell. Some of the best films of the last twenty years have come out of countries from all over the world, and luckily, a lot of them are available to stream on your favorite platform!

Netflix is fully stocked with more international options than you could ever imagine; Spanish and French-language films, beloved Bollywood hits, and Korean horror are just some of the massive selection available to you. A riveting documentary might open your eyes to a whole new world, or a sweeping romance could steal your heart. All this too slow for you?! No worries, there are some wild action titles too! You can be in pretty much any mood and find something that will satisfy your streaming needs, and subtitles are bound to fade away as you get sucked into the stunning variety of cultures that await you.

Wondering where you should begin? We’re here to help. We went through Netflix’s international offerings to find the best of the best. These are the 17 best foreign films on Netflix, ranked by their Rotten Tomatoes Critic Scores. (Fun fact: all of them are ranked 95% or above!)