20 Foreign Language Movies You Must See Before You Die

20. La Dolce Vita

Country: Italy.

Plot: A paparazzi journalist drifts through his shallow, materialistic existence in Rome over the course of a week.

This famous, well-loved work from Federico Fellini is an especially memorable classic of European cinema, largely thanks to Fellini's visually superb direction, a fantastic leading performance from Marcello Mastroianni and the many surreal, terrific vignettes which make up the bulk of the film.

It has a mammoth three hour run-time but it makes those hours disappear and always holds the viewer's attention. It is very long and perhaps indulgent, but it is never, ever boring and pays off with a great conclusion as well.

This is definitely one of the key films of Italian cinema and arguably the highlight of Federico Fellini's career.