Poll: Which language is the most expressive?

Results of 1,736 votes:

1. 1.
   

   Laurence Olivier and Eileen Herlie in Hamlet (1948)

    

   English
2. 2.
   

   Les misérables (2000)

    

   French
3. 3.
   

   Al Makida (2014)

    

   Arabic
4. 4.
   

   Gustaf Gründgens in Faust (1960)

    

   German
5. 5.
   

   #16

    

   Italian
6. 6.
   

   Brad Pitt in Troy (2004)

    

   (Modern) Greek
7. 7.
   

   El caballero Don Quijote (2002)

    

   Spanish
8. 8.
   

   #23

    

   Portuguese
9. 9.
   

   Setsuko Hara, Chieko Higashiyama, and Chishû Ryû in Tokyo Story (1953)

    

   Japanese
10. 10.
    

    Leila Hatami and Payman Maadi in A Separation (2011)

     

    Persian
11. 11.
    

    Donnie Yen in Ip Man (2008)

     

    Chinese (Cantonese)
12. 12.
    

    Christopher Plummer in The Last Station (2009)

     

    Russian
13. 13.
    

    Satantango (1994)

     

    Hungarian
14. 14.
    

    Underground (1995)

     

    Serbian
15. 15.
    

    #13

     

    Bengali
16. 16.
    

    Kati Outinen and Markku Peltola in The Man Without a Past (2002)

     

    Finnish
17. 17.
    

    Noomi Rapace and Michael Nyqvist in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009)

     

    Swedish
18. 18.
    

    Veda (2010)

     

    Turkish
19. 19.
    

    Anamaria Marinca and Laura Vasiliu in 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (2007)

     

    Romanian
20. 20.
    

    Rutger Hauer and Monique van de Ven in Turkish Delight (1973)

     

    Dutch
21. 21.
    

    The epic animated film Chaar Sahibzade depicts Sikh history at the time of Guru Gobind Singh during the 18th Century.

     

    Punjabi
22. 22.
    

    Woo Seo and Park Ji-young in The Housemaid (2010)

     

    Korean
23. 23.
    

    Danny Kaye and Noreen Corcoran in Hans Christian Andersen (1952)

     

    Danish
24. 24.
    

    Zhang Wen in Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons (2013)

     

    Chinese (Mandarin)
25. 25.
    

    #22

     

    Polish
26. 26.
    

    The Beautiful Country (2004)

     

    Vietnamese
27. 27.
    

    The Elm-Chanted Forest (1986)

     

    Croatian
28. 28.
    

    L to R: Jimi Mistry, Emil Marwa (front), Raji James, and Chris Bisson star in "East is East"

     

    Urdu
29. 29.
    

    Josef Sebánek in The Firemen's Ball (1967)

     

    Czech
30. 30.
    

    Joe Taslim and Yayan Ruhian in The Raid: Redemption (2011)

     

    Indonesian, Malay
31. 31.
    

    Peer Gynt (2009)

     

    Norwegian
32. 32.
    

    (l to r) Yehuda Levi, Eytan Fox, and Ohad Knoller

     

    Hebrew
33. 33.
    

    Nairobi Half Life (2012)

     

    Swahili
34. 34.
    

    Ong-Bak: The Thai Warrior (2003)

     

    Thai
35. 35.
    

    Metro Manila (2013)

     

    Tagalog