311. Kisapmata (1981)

Country: The Philippines Directed by Mike de Leon A, rather unknown to the West, filipino masterpiece,Kisapmata is an very disturbing and unconfortable to watch film, that builds the tension slowly, moment to moment, minute to minute, to reach at the end almost unbearable limits of anciety for the viewer, even if it uses very low amounts of actual violence. One of the best achievements for the genre of psychological thriller ever, Kisapmata functions additionally as a socio-political commentary, as the stressful situation that depicts has a perfect analogy with the suffocating nature of Ferdinand Marco's regime, the political reality for the Philippines of that era

310. Kung Fu hustle (2004)

Country: Hong Kong Directed by Stephen Chow An unapologetically goofy film that, even if it uses real actors and settings, it imitates the feeling of cartoons and anime as much it's humanly possible, Kung Fu hustle is an orgy of unfiltered comical action and wild imagination. No wonder that it's so popular around the world as it's super fun to watch. "Bad taste" and exaggerated childish jokes rarelly looked so good on screen!

309. Harakiri (1962)

Country: Japan Directed by Masaki Kobayashi Long time passed since I watched the film however I remember clearly the huge impression that its visuals had on me: Kobayashi mastered the light, the shadows, the shapes, the architectural structures, the motion and, going farther, the rythm, the timing, the sound and the emotion. A movie that has to be studied in every film school

308. Inflatable sex doll of the wasteland (1967)

Country: Japan Directed by Atsushi Yamatoya Japanese pinku creates, as a genre, a world capturing the essence of male gaze, as much as the mainstream hardcore porn does, however Yamatoya's film (and probably one dozen of other pinku films) manages to go beyond that, to a territory that surprisingly communicates authentically with the unconscious. Inflatable sex doll of the wasteland is a poetic, art house film, a dark, nihilistic dream, where the male characters seem to suffocate under a somehow abstract existential agony that never ends, same as their enormous thirst for vulnerable naked women bodies that, unresponsive as they are,can't give to them any type of salvation

307. Earth and ashes

Country: Afghanistan Directed by Atiq Rahimi The destruction, the mourning for the ones who got killed, the trauma, the total hopelessness. Without much drama but with precision Rahimi show us the devastating face of the war and how it deprives the human spirit from any joy and dreams. The vast landscapes of Afghanistan deserts that dominate the movie are the empty souls of the unlucky ones who survived and left behind

306. The white tiger (2021)

Country: India Directed by Ramin Bahrani As an easy to follow and understand, quite entertaining and well made commercial film, The White tiger conveys successfully its message exposing the multi layered exploitation of the poor in modern India, in a socio-economical system that is identical to slavery. The film depicts the total failure of Indian society to provide a decent life for the great majority of people, touching issues as the brutality of the upper classes, in an archaic, but still powerful, cast sustem, the strong, also exploitative, family hierarchy, the massive corruption of politicians and judges, the ineffectiveness of education and healthcare, the lack of opportunities for the low social classes to improve their tragic living conditions

305. Yol (1982)

Country:Turkey Directed by Yilmaz Guney and Serif Goren Even if not without weaknesses, often existed because of the huge challenges that the creators faced during production, Yol is still a masterpiece as it captures, with a powerful, heartbreaking and accurate way, the depressing reality of Turkey during the Evren dictatorship of the early 80's when a military oppression and a suffocative state control were added to a violent patriarchal society that already was suffering from poverty, underdevelopment, low level of education,archaic local laws and behaviours,sexual starvation and lacking of any form of freedom. An all-time classic, an unforgetable landmark for world's sociopolitical cinema