Which is your favorite english language debut by a foreign director? - Results

Hollywood has always been attractive from filmmakers all around the world, and many with a career in their countries have also made films in english language which has helped their work to be more visible internationally, among the many who have done this we selected a group of prestigious foreign directors and asked you which of their first english language films were your favorites, the results were:

 

Farenheit 451 (1966) - Francois Truffaut - 6 votes, 23.08%

Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927) - F.W. Murnau - 3 votes, 11.54%

The Others (2001) - Alejandro Amenábar - 3 votes, 11.54%

Other - 2 votes, 7.69%

Fury (1936) - Fritz Lang - 1 vote, 3.85%

Repulsion (1965) - Roman Polanski - 1 vote, 3.85%

Blowup (1966) - Michelangelo Antonioni - 1 vote, 3.85%

The American Friend (1977) - Wim Wenders - 1 vote, 3.85%

Stroszeck (1977) - Werner Herzog - 1 vote, 3.85%

Mississippi Masala (1991) - Mira Nair - 1 vote, 3.85%

The Wedding Banquet (1993) - Ang Lee - 1 vote, 3.85%

A Little Princess (1995) - Alfonso Cuarón - 1 vote, 3.85%

21 Grams (2003) - Alejandro González Iñarritu - 1 vote, 3.85%

Dark Water (2005) - Walter Salles - 1 vote, 3.85%

The Constant Gardener (2005) - Fernando Meirelles - 1 vote, 3.85%

The Impossible (2012) - Juan Antonio Bayona - 1 vote, 3.85%

 

The english language debuts of Billy Wilder, Milos Forman, Bernardo Bertolucci, Guillermo del Toro and Susanne Bier got no votes.

The Winner: Farenheit 451



So if you have missed Truffaut's work there you have a suggestion of were to start.

A total of 26 votes were collected.