This writer was delighted to see Parasite pick up the Best Picture Oscar a couple of years ago, because it’s always seemed a little bonkers that the entire world’s cinema, outside of the US and UK, has to be reduced to a single Academy Award category. But that’s for another time.

Progress is finally being made, and this increased visibility and promotion of international films to western audiences has, naturally, got many of us hungry for more. But where to begin?

Do you start with the best Afghan cinema and just work your way through the alphabet? Do you take pot luck on the streaming services? Or what about a retrospective of every single Palme d’Or winner since time began?

OK, maybe that’s A LOT. Instead, we’ve put together a list of the eight best foreign-language films on Netflix. Who said so? This writer said so. Oh, and Rotten Tomatoes gives them an average rating of 91% too, in case you had any reason not to trust us…

Foreign-language films: 8 international Netflix movies everyone should see