20 best foreign films that every cinephile should watch

Bicycle Thieves | Image Source: Ente Nazionale Industrie Cinematografiche
Bicycle Thieves | Image Source: Prime Video

9) Rashomon

Rashomon | Image Source: Daiei Film, RKO Pictures
Rashomon | Image Source: Daiei Film, RKO Pictures

Akira Kurosawa's Rashomon shows how truth and memory are subjective. The narrative features several witnesses narrating the same crime in different words, raising questions about human perspectives and nature. Non-linear storytelling and contrasts of perspectives were innovative for the time it came out. Rashomon brought to the fore the aspect of moral ambiguity that lies within human behavior.

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