Favorite Movies
Every film that has shaped me as a cinephile and that I think is essential.
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1. All About Lily Chou Chou
Japanese Movie - 2001
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2. 3-Iron
Korean Movie - 2004
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3. Noriko's Dinner Table
Japanese Movie - 2006
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4. Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion
Japanese Movie - 1972
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5. The Foreign Duck, the Native Duck and God in a Coin Locker
Japanese Movie - 2007
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6. Confessions
Japanese Movie - 2010
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7. Memories of Murder
Korean Movie - 2003
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8. Ikiru
Japanese Movie - 1952
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9. Departures
Japanese Movie - 2008
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10. Eat Drink Man Woman
Taiwanese Movie - 1994
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11. Poetry
Korean Movie - 2010
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12. Silenced
Korean Movie - 2011
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13. Han Gong Ju
Korean Movie - 2014
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14. Nobody Knows
Japanese Movie - 2004
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15. Rurouni Kenshin
Japanese Movie - 2012
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16. Battle Royale
Japanese Movie - 2000
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17. Old Boy
Korean Movie - 2003
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18. The Man from Nowhere
Korean Movie - 2010
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19. Infernal Affairs
Hong Kong Movie - 2002
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20. Angel Dust
Japanese Movie - 1994
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21. Cure
Japanese Movie - 1997
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22. The Wailing
Korean Movie - 2016
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23. Labyrinth of Dreams
Japanese Movie - 1997
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24. August in the Water
Japanese Movie - 1995
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25. After Life
Japanese Movie - 1998
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26. Sweet Rain: Accuracy of Death
Japanese Movie - 2008
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27. Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter... and Spring
Korean Movie - 2003
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28. Dreams
Japanese Movie - 1990
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29. Crosscurrent
Chinese Movie - 2016
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30. Memoria
Thai Movie - 2021
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31. All Ears
Chinese Movie - 2023
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32. Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
Japanese Movie - 1983
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33. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Chinese Movie - 2000
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34. Postmen in the Mountains
Chinese Movie - 1999
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35. Seven Samurai
Japanese Movie - 1954
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36. Harakiri
Japanese Movie - 1962
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37. Red Cliff
Chinese Movie - 2008
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38. Fearless
Hong Kong Movie - 2006
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39. A Taxi Driver
Korean Movie - 2017
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40. The Lion Standing in the Wind
Japanese Movie - 2015
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41. Kingmaker
Korean Movie - 2022
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42. Way Back Home
Korean Movie - 2013
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43. Hanging Garden
Japanese Movie - 2005
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44. Red Family
Korean Movie - 2013
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45. Shoplifters
Japanese Movie - 2018
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46. Tokyo Sonata
Japanese Movie - 2008
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47. Parasite
Korean Movie - 2019
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48. Sympathy For Mr. Vengeance
Korean Movie - 2002
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49. The Stunt Woman
Hong Kong Movie - 1996
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50. In the Mood for Love
Hong Kong Movie - 2000
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51. Secret Sunshine
Korean Movie - 2007
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52. Parade
Japanese Movie - 2010
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53. Raise the Red Lantern
Chinese Movie - 1991
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54. Thirst
Korean Movie - 2009
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55. The Vampire Lives Next Door To Us
Korean Movie - 2015
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56. Himizu
Japanese Movie - 2012
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57. Blue Spring
Japanese Movie - 2002
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58. 46 Billion Years of Love
Japanese Movie - 2006
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59. Vital
Japanese Movie - 2004
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60. Tony Takitani
Japanese Movie - 2005
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61. Suzhou River
Chinese Movie - 2000
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62. Begin Again
Taiwanese Movie - 2015
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63. Long Day's Journey into Night
Chinese Movie - 2018
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64. Woman in the Dunes
Japanese Movie - 1964
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65. Woman of Water
Japanese Movie - 2002
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66. A Snake of June
Japanese Movie - 2003
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67. Jane
Korean Movie - 2017
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68. First Love
Japanese Movie - 2021
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69. Blue Amber
Chinese Movie - 2018
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70. Seire
Korean Movie - 2021
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71. Mountain Cry
Chinese Movie - 2016
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72. Concrete Utopia
Korean Movie - 2023
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73. Vanishing Time: A Boy Who Returned
Korean Movie - 2016
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74. 5 Minutes to Tomorrow
Chinese Movie - 2014
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75. Little Forest: Winter & Spring
Japanese Movie - 2015
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76. Actresses
Korean Movie - 2009
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77. Petal Dance
Japanese Movie - 2013
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78. Chasuke's Journey
Japanese Movie - 2015
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79. A Bride for Rip Van Winkle
Japanese Movie - 2016
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80. Snowpiercer
Korean Movie - 2013
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81. Ichi the Killer
Japanese Movie - 2001
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82. Platinum Data
Japanese Movie - 2013
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83. Prophecy
Japanese Movie - 2015
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84. A Bittersweet Life
Korean Movie - 2005
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85. Master
Korean Movie - 2016
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86. Beasts Clawing at Straws
Korean Movie - 2020
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87. Hachiko Monogatari
Japanese Movie - 1987
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88. Sunny
Korean Movie - 2011
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89. My Sassy Girl
Korean Movie - 2001
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90. Crying Out Love, in the Center of the World
Japanese Movie - 2004
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91. Hear Me
Taiwanese Movie - 2009
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92. Daisy
Korean Movie - 2006
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93. A Muse
Korean Movie - 2012
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94. Lust, Caution
Chinese Movie - 2007
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95. Okja
Korean Movie - 2017
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96. Vegetarian
Korean Movie - 2010
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97. Welcome to the Quiet Room
Japanese Movie - 2007
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98. A Liar and a Broken Girl
Japanese Movie - 2011
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99. Laundry
Japanese Movie - 2002
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100. In the Pool
Japanese Movie - 2005