Voters select top foreign film

A poll to find the most popular foreign-language films of all time has put touching drama Cinema Paradiso at number one.

The survey conducted by and reported in the Guardian puts the Italian/French movie - which was originally released in 1989 - at the top, being the story of a film director who revisits his hometown and reminisces about a girl he fell in love with as a young man.

French romantic comedy Amelie followed in second place, starring The Da Vinci Code actress Audrey Tautou as the innocent main character who decides to try and help the people around her.

Seven Samurai, City Of God and The Battle Of Algiers made up the rest of the top five, while recent release Pan's Labyrinth was voted as the ninth most popular foreign film.

Other notable entries in the chart include French coming-of-age crime drama La Haine and Korean thriller Oldboy.

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