yes, i've seen those movies. I had to leave out so many. Like, tie me up, tie me down, that movies is great! have you seen cinema paradiso? I cry at the end every time, so touching!:bawl:

Hi to you too,:D. i think this is a fun forum, i love talking about movies, and i will try to find the time to keep up on my posting duties (sadesdrk is crackin' the whip):eek:

Awe mom.quit talking about cryin' whatnot at the end of movies...YOU BIG BABY! now get back to POSTIN'...move it! Lazy A**.Sheesh.:eek:

Some fantastic choices all round- Amazing list "Holden" every one is a gem.


I cant declare a fave but 10 I adore are: (Wont bother with Bergman, Kurosawa etc as I love all there films)

Fritz Lang's METROPOLIS
Jean Pierre Melvilles LE SAMOURAI (French)
F T Mous' MAN BEHIND THE SUN (Hong Kong)
Jean Luc Goddard's BREATHLESS (French)
Tom Twyker's THE PRINCESS AND THE WARRIOR (German)
Gulmerro Del Toro's CRONOS (Spanish)
Amenabar's OPEN YOUR EYES
CINEMA PARIDISO (Italian)
Chang Kaige's EMPEROR & THE ASSASIN
Kenji Mishima LONE WOLF AND CUB/ SWORD OF VENGANCE/BABY CART IN PERIL series
John Woo's THE KILLER/HARDBOILED

to many to even scratch teh surface I feel im leaving so many off but anyway thats some cool ones.

A lot of favourites here as I'm a lover of non-English language cinema, but here are some choice cuts :

Japan

Hana-Bi, Sonatine (Kitano "Beat" Takeshi)
almost every Kurosawa
Dead or Alive (Takashi Miike)
Battle Royale (Kinji Fukasaku)
Tetsuo : The Ironman (Shinja Tsukamoto)
Ringu (Hideo Nakata)

Korea

Shiri
Friend
J.S.A.

China / HK

Hard-Boiled, A Better Tommorow, The Killer (John Woo)
Project A, Drunken Master (Jackie Chan)
Once Upon a Time in China (Tsui Hark...I think)

Europe

Los Sin Nombre (The Nameless)
Abre Los Ojos (Open Your Eyes)
Kingdom (Lars von Trier, TV miniseries)
Lola Rennt
Blechtrommel (The Tin Drum)
Night Watch
Zentropa (again Von Trier)
Devil's Backbone


And probably much more, but can't think straight now.

Being a Serbian, I was force-fed with Kusturica until exhaustion point. I'm not too fond of the director - but Underground was decent...correction, it WOULD have been decent if it lasted a reasonable 120 minutes. This way, it bogs down somewhere at the 100 minute mark and just drags on, and on, and on, and on, and on, and on...

Better example of our glorious cinematic output might be Pretty Village, Pretty Flame (Lepa Sela Lepo Gore), available on DVD worldwide. Or anything <1990. you can get your hands on, sans partizan war films which served mainly as communist goverment propaganda.

Ha ! Someone else who's a fan of Kingdom...man, I'm really dreading the Stephen King remake for the US cable TV.

ANyhow, this is the part in which I plug my review for Kingdom :

http://www.spacelosers.com/review.php?id=29

Two of my favs are:

Yojimbo
The Devil's Backbone

Although I also love:

Umberto D
Seven Samurai
The Killer

etc....

Seven Samurai or Rashamon, naw Seven Samurai definatly

Amores Perros is one of my favorite

1 Brotherhood of the wolf
2 Vidoque

Both french btw

MM

1. Seven Samauri
2. Jean de Florette
3. Yojimbo
4. Seven Beauties

Cidade De Deus (City Of God)
Abre Los Ojos (Open Your Eyes)
Y Tu Mama Tambien (And Your Mother Too)
Schichin No Samurai (Seven Samurai)
Lola Rennt (Run Lola Run)


think of more later

beauty and the beast
cinema paradiso
allegro non troppo

abre los ojos
la jetee
haxan

Mad Max
Mad Max 2/Road Warrior
Return Of The Dragon
Drunken Master
Destroy All Monsters

I'm not sure what's really 'THE' best...but here's my top 10 favorites...

1. Together (2002)
2. To Live (Huozhe) (1994)
3. Bread and Tulips (2000)
4. Mostly Martha (2002)
5. The Princess and the Warrior (2000)
6. Eat Drink Man Woman( (1994)
7. Cinema Paradiso (1989)
8. Millennium Actress (2003)
9. Amélie (2001)
10. Life Is Beautiful (1998)