Introduction to the best European Movies – top 25
A list that brings all our movie top 10′s together. So if you do no not feel like going through all our best movies per country lists you can quickly see the very best European movies here. By clicking on the titles you will get access to reviews and trailers of the movies. Please feel free to leave your own reviews and do not forget to rate the movies! We hope you enjoy our best European Movies top 25. If you wish to read about all the european countries in more detail you should have a look at our European Movies per country section.
Top 25 Best European Movies
Directed by Giuseppe Tornatore.
Italy – Italian.
#1 of our best European movies! An Italian filmmaker looks back on his childhood in which he spend his time at the movie theater.
2. Le fabuleux destin d’Amélie Poulain – Amélie (2001)
Directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet.
France – French.
Amelie is a naive young girl who desperately wants to help others. On the side she fantasizes about her own love story..
3. Das Leben der Anderen – The life of Others (2006)
Directed by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck.
Germany – German.
An agent of the secret police has to observe a German writer. Communism in East-Germany.
4. El laberinto del fauno – Pan’s Labyrinth (2006).
Directed by Guillermo del Torro.
Spain – Spanish.
The daughter of a fascist army camp officer loses herself in the somewhat dark yet fascinating world of her imagination.
5. Fanny and Alexander – Fanny Och Alexander (1982)
Directed by Ingmar Bergman.
Sweden – Swedish.
It is at the beginning of the twentieth century. Two children grow up in a Swedish city while coping with the death of their father.
6. The Celebration – Festen (1998)
Directed by Thomas Vinterberg.
Denmark – Danish.
Old family secrets are revealed at the family’s patriarch’s sixtieth birthday.
7. Blackbook – Zwartboek (2006)
Directed by Paul Verhoeven.
The Netherlands ( Holland) – Dutch
A Jewish girl infiltrates the local SS-Division by starting a relationship with a German officer.
8. Pinchclifffe Grand Prix – Flåklypa Grand Prix (1975)
Directed by Ivo Caprino.
Norway – Norwegian.
In this animated Norwegian movie a bike mechanic competes with a friend who was betrayed him..
9. The Winter War – Talvisota (1989)
Directed by Pekka Parrika.
Finland – Finnish.
This great Finnish movie deals with the story of two brothers who leave their village to fight off a Russian attack on Finland in 1939.
10. 8½ (1963)
Directed by Federico Fellini.
Italy – Italian.
An Italian director delves into his memories and fantasies.
Directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel.
Germany – German.
The downfall of the thousand-year reich.
12. Los Olvidados – The Young and the Damned (1950).
Directed by Luis Bunuel.
Mexico – Spanish.
In the slums of Mexico city a group of young delinquents only strays further from the right path.
13. Le scaphandre et le papillon – The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007)
Directed by Julian Schnabel.
France – French.
The-story of Jean-Dominique Bauby who got completely paralyzed except for in his little finger.
14. Let the Right one in – Låt den rätte komma in (2008)
Directored by Tomas Alfredson.
Sweden – Swedish.
Oscar is a twelve-year-old boy living in the suburbs of Stockholm where he gets to know a vampire girl.
15. Adam’s apples – Adams æbler (2005)
Directed by Anders Thomas Jensen.
Denmark – Danish.
When Adam gets sent off for community service at a local church he meets the excentric priest Ivan.
16. Au revoir les enfants (1987)
Directed by Louis Malle
France - French
Two boys at a French private school are keeping a secret from the German occupier.
Directed by Marco Tullio Giordana
Italy – Italian.
The life story of two Italian brothers from the sixties up to 2000.
18. Das Boot (1981)
Directed by Wolfgang Petersen
German – Germany.
The movie follows a German crew on a u-boat fighting the English.
19. El secreto de sus ojos - The secret in their Eyes (2009).
Director: Juan José Campanella.
Argentina - Spanish.
A retired legal advisor reopens an investigation into a mysterious case from his past.
20. As it is in Heaven – Så som i himmelen (2004)
Director: Kay Pollak
Sweden – Swedish.
A very famous Swedish conductor trades in his busy city life for his childhood village.
21. After the Wedding – Efter bryluppet (2006)
Director: Susanne Bier
Denmark – Danish.
In order to get a donation Jacob has to go back to Denmark to visit a wedding.
22. The Man without a past – Mies vailla menneisyyttä (2002)
Director: Aki Kaurismäki
Finland – Finnish.
When a man arrives in Helsinki he gets beaten up so badly that he suffers from amnesia.
23. Simon (2004)
Director: Eddy Terstall
The Netherlands (Holland) – Dutch
The story of a Jewish gay coffee shop owner suffering from cancer.
24. Character – Karakter (1997)
Director: Mike van Diem
The Netherlands – Dutch
A very ambitious young lawyer finds out who his father is. Their relationship turns out to be rather special.
25. Reprise (2006)
Directed by Joachim Trier.
Norway – Norwegian.
Two friends with literary ambitions both struggle with adolescent life.