Must-see films? Hmmm. Let's see. Off the top of my head:
-- The Road Home (Zhang Yimou, Zhang Ziyi, pure love -- probably my all-time favourite film) -- 2046 -- In the Mood for Love -- El mar adentro (The Sea Inside) -- Abre los ojos (Open Your Eyes -- the original Vanilla Sky) -- The Return (superb Russian drama) -- Der Krieger und die Kaiserin (The Warrior and the Princess) -- Heaven (Tom Tykwer, Cate Blanchett -- a match made in heaven) -- Aro Tolbukhin: En la mente del asesino (Aro Tolbukhin: In the Mind of a Serial Killer) -- L'appartement -- Audition (not for the faint of heart) -- Eureka (brilliant three-and-a-half-hour Japanese drama about trauma) -- Nobody Knows -- Hana and Alice -- Oldboy -- Whale Rider -- Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind -- Sideways -- Apocalypse Now -- Dr Strangelove -- Magnolia -- Memento -- Almost Famous -- The Goddess of 1967 -- To Be or Not to Be (the 1942 version)
The first three Lukas Moodysson films: Fucking Amal (Show Me Love), Together and Lilya 4-ever.
And of course everything ever directed by Kim Ki-duk, if you're not familiar with his works yet (which as a Korea-lover you may well be). Start with Bin-jip (3-Iron) and Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter, and Spring and then work your towards his older, more gruesome stuff. Brilliant, original, heart-wrenching work.
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-- The Road Home (Zhang Yimou, Zhang Ziyi, pure love -- probably my all-time favourite film)
-- 2046
-- In the Mood for Love
-- El mar adentro (The Sea Inside)
-- Abre los ojos (Open Your Eyes -- the original Vanilla Sky)
-- The Return (superb Russian drama)
-- Der Krieger und die Kaiserin (The Warrior and the Princess)
-- Heaven (Tom Tykwer, Cate Blanchett -- a match made in heaven)
-- Aro Tolbukhin: En la mente del asesino (Aro Tolbukhin: In the Mind of a Serial Killer)
-- L'appartement
-- Audition (not for the faint of heart)
-- Eureka (brilliant three-and-a-half-hour Japanese drama about trauma)
-- Nobody Knows
-- Hana and Alice
-- Oldboy
-- Whale Rider
-- Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
-- Sideways
-- Apocalypse Now
-- Dr Strangelove
-- Magnolia
-- Memento
-- Almost Famous
-- The Goddess of 1967
-- To Be or Not to Be (the 1942 version)
The first three Lukas Moodysson films: Fucking Amal (Show Me Love), Together and Lilya 4-ever.
And of course everything ever directed by Kim Ki-duk, if you're not familiar with his works yet (which as a Korea-lover you may well be). Start with Bin-jip (3-Iron) and Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter, and Spring and then work your towards his older, more gruesome stuff. Brilliant, original, heart-wrenching work.
Have fun watching!