Sane's AsiaPac Top 100

BTW, hopefully people notice that the full movies are sometimes available from youtube and I'm embedding them where possible.

1) What is the Asia/Pacific area exactly?

2) Go faster.

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1. Dunno really I worked for a company that referred to our Sydney office as being part of AsiaPac so I just assumed it was Asia plus Oceania.

2. Trying

94. Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (2010) - Apichatpong Weerasethakul

Country: Thailand
Genre: Drama/Comedy/Fantasy?

93. Turtles Can Fly (2004) - Bahman Ghobadi

Country: Iran (Kurdish)
Genre: War

I would have thought Asia relative to the Pacific, and Oceania. But it's all good, looking forward to this list hooking me up with some recommendations.

Oh and the "go faster" is just me wanting to get a look at the list as a whole. Take your time.

You had me at Zatoichi.

Really interesting list Sane.

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92. A Touch of Sin (2013) - Jia Zhang Ke

Country: China
Genra: Drama

91. Through the Olive Trees (1994) - Abbas Kiarostami

Country: Iran
Genre: Drama

90. Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles (2005) - Zhang Yimou

Country: China
Genre: Drama

Please post the whole list when finished; my phone crashes from all the videos so I can't follow it.

Sorry, didn't think of that. I'll have the whole list at the end and I'll also have it as a collection on Criticker that people can look at.

89. Peppermint Candy (2000) - Lee Chang Dong

Country: South Korea
Genre: Drama

88. Lust, Caution (2007) - Ang Lee

Country: China
Genre: War/Thriller

87. Lady Vengeance (2005) - Park Chan Wook

Country: South Korea
Genre: Crime/Thriller

Hey, one I have seen. Lady Vengeance and I loved it.

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86. The Terrorizers (1986) - Edward Yang

Country: Taiwan
Genre: Drama

85. The Isle (2000) - Kim Ki Duk

Country: South Korea
Genre: Thiller/Romance
Note: The full movie is available on Youtube but it is definitely not a family movie so just in case Yoda wouldn't want it embedded here, this is the trailer.

It took me a long time to fully sort it out, but eventually I decided that Through the Olive Trees is probably my favorite Kiarostami film. I think that The Wind Will Carry Us, Through the Olive Trees, Life, And Nothing More, and Close-Up are four nearly equal, undeniable masterpieces. If Kiarostami had only made these four films, he'd still be one of the greatest filmmakers.

EDIT: The Terrorizers is also great, but I prefer 3 other Yang Dechang films to it

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