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Favorite Movies

Some of my most favorite not Asian movies:

There have been produced so many beautiful movies on every continent. The following list only shows the very, very most favorite movies I have seen the last years.

• Box of Moonlight, USA 1996, Tom DiCillo, >> IMDb, obtainable at Amazon.com & Amazon.de.
• Im Juli, GER 2002, Fatih Akin, >> IMDb, obtainable at Amazon.de & Amazon.com.
• 50 First Dates, USA 2004, Peter Segal, >> IMDb, obtainable at Amazon.com & Amazon.de.
• Oh Happy Day, DK / GB 2004, Hella Joof, >> IMDb, obtainable at Amazon.de & Amazon.com.
• Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind, USA 2004, Michel Gondry, >> IMDb, obtainable at Amazon.com & Amazon.de.
• 25 Degrés En Hiver, B / F / ESP 2004, Stéphane Vuillet, >> IMDb, obtainable at Amazon.com.
• Mexican Kids - Temporada de Patos, Mex 2004, Fernando Eimbcke, >> IMDb, obtainable at Amazon.com & Amazon.de.
• Slumming, AUT / CH 2006, Michael Glawogger, >> official website, obtainable at Amazon.de.

... to be continued ...          

Asian Movies:

First of all I want to tell, that I am a big admirer of the Japanese directors Takeshi Kitano, Takashi Miike and Sabu as well as the Chinese director Zhang Yimou. I like almost every movie from these directors I have seen till this day. Nevertheless I decided to list only my most favorite movies. Otherwise the list would become too long.

China/Hongkong

• Not One Less, 1999, Zhang Yimou, obtainable at Amazon.com & Amazon.de.
• The Road Home, 1999, Zhang Yimou, obtainable at Amazon.com & Amazon.de.
• Hero, 2002, Zhang Yimou, obtainable at Amazon.com & Amazon.de.
• Fulltime Killer, 2002, Johnny To, Wai Ka-Fai, obtainable at Amazon.com & Amazon.de.
• Infernal Affairs, 2002, Andrew Lau, Alan Mak, obtainable at Amazon.com & Amazon.de.
• Together, 2002, Chen Kaige, obtainable at Amazon.com & Amazon.de.
• House of Flying Daggers, 2004, Zhang Yimou, obtainable at Amazon.com & Amazon.de.
• Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles, 2005, Zhang Yimou, obtainable at Amazon.com & Amazon.de.

India

• Mashaal, 1984, Yash Chopra, obtainable at Amazon.com & Amazon.de.
• Koyla, 1997, Rakesh Roshan, obtainable at Amazon.com.
• Dil Se, 1998, Mani Rathnam, obtainable at Amazon.com & Amazon.de.
• Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, 1998, Karan Johar, obtainable at Amazon.com & Amazon.de.
• Chori Chori Chupke Chupke, 2001, Abbas-Mastan, obtainable at Amazon.com & Amazon.de.
• Lagaan - Once Upon a Time in India, 2001, Ashutosh Gowariker, obtainable at Amazon.com & Amazon.de.
• Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham, 2001, Karan Johar, obtainable at Amazon.com & Amazon.de.
• Koi...Mil Gaya, 2003, Rakesh Roshan, obtainable at Amazon.com & Amazon.de.
• Veer-Zaara, 2004, Yash Chopra, obtainable at Amazon.com & Amazon.de.
• Black, 2005, Sanjay Leela Bhansali, obtainable at Amazon.com & Amazon.de.
• Lucky: No Time for Love, 2005, Radhika Rao, Vinay Sapru, obtainable at Amazon.com & Amazon.de.

Korea

• J.S.A. - Joint Security Area, 2000, Chan-wook Park, obtainable at Amazon.com & Amazon.de.
• Musa, 2001, Sung-su Kim, obtainable at Amazon.com & Amazon.de.
• My Wife is a Gangster, 2001, Jin-gyu Cho, obtainable at Amazon.com & Amazon.de.
• My Wife is a Gangster 2, 2003, Heung-sun Jeong, obtainable at Amazon.de.
• Oldboy, 2003, Chan-wook Park, obtainable at Amazon.com & Amazon.de.
• Samaritan Girl / Samaria, 2004, Ki-duk Kim, obtainable at Amazon.com & Amazon.de.

Japan

• The Bird People in China, 1989, Takashi Miike, obtainable at Amazon.com & Amazon.de.
• Sonatine, 1993, Director: Takeshi Kitano.
• Rainy Dog, 1997, Takashi Miike, obtainable at Amazon.com & Amazon.de.
• Postman Blues, 1997, Sabu, obtainable at Amazon.de.
• Hana-Bi / Fireworks, 1997, Takeshi Kitano, obtainable at Amazon.com & Amazon.de.
• Brother, 2000, Takeshi Kitano.
• City of Lost Souls, 2000, Takashi Miike, obtainable at Amazon.com & Amazon.de.
• Dead or Alive: Final, 2002, Takashi Miike, obtainable at Amazon.com & Amazon.de.
• Twilight Samurai, 2002, Yoji Yamada, obtainable at Amazon.com & Amazon.de.
• Returner, 2002, Takashi Yamazaki, obtainable at Amazon.com & Amazon.de.
• Drive, 2002, Sabu, obtainable at Amazon.de.
• Blessing Bell, 2002, Sabu, obtainable at Amazon.de.
• Zatoichi, 2003, Takeshi Kitano, obtainable at Amazon.com & Amazon.de.
• Sky High, 2003, Ryuhei Kitamura, obtainable at Amazon.com & Amazon.de.
• Zebraman, 2004, Takashi Miike, obtainable at Amazon.com & Amazon.de.
• Survive Style 5+, 2004, Gen Sekiguchi, obtainable at Amazon.com & Amazon.de.
• Kamikaze Girls, 2004, Tetsuya Nakashima, obtainable at Amazon.com & Amazon.de.
• Casshern, 2004, Kazuaki Kiriya, obtainable at Amazon.com & Amazon.de.
• Hula Girls, 2006, Lee Sang-il, obtainable at Amazon.com.

Thailand

• Ong-Bak, 2002, Prachya Pinkaew, obtainable at Amazon.com & Amazon.de.
• The Last Life in the Universe, 2003, Pen-Ek Ratanaruang, obtainable at Amazon.com & Amazon.de.

... to be continued ...          

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