78. Come drink with me (1966)

Country: Hong Kong
Directed by King Hu

One of the movies of King Hu that is a pleasure to watch and one good example of wuxia genre. As always with the films of King Hu , martial arts, Chinese opera and ballet, are mixed in a artistic , delicate result. Also comedy is mixed with violence that is never exaggerated and unnecessary. People who like the genre will appreciate for sure this film : but even if you don't like movies with swords are more things to enjoy in this film than impressive fight scenes

77. Farewell my concubine (1993)

Country: China
Directed by Chen Kaige

Fascinating, epic, impressive, exotic and colorful , with unmatched beauty , 'Farewell my concubine' is a powerful tragedy that compacts 60 years of Chinese history in its 3 hours length without to make you to feel bored even for one moment. Usually so ambitious films are pompous and heavy but is not the case for this one. Although a conversation can be held about its historical accuracy, and many years passed since I watched it (so probably i missed back then some weak points that may be I can spot now),  I remember it as a real masterpiece: is difficult for any movie with similar theme to overcome it

76. Spring in a small town (1948)

Country: China
Directed by Fei Mu

Voted as the best Chinese movie ever made 'Spring in a small town' will not make you disappointed. Even 65 years after was released is still very powerful and modern. It captures a delicate melancholy about the promises of youth that never kept, the dreams of people that ruined and portrays the unspoken human feelings , the battle between the need for personal happiness and duty, the complex human relationships. Nothing special happens in the film but still you feel tension from beginning to the end: As the sacrificed wife walks in the dessert city walls in a semi dreamy state , the film evokes weird feelings to each of the viewers: the human existence is fragile , the past often painful and the time of memory absurd

You can watch the full movie here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Yezn6TTlis

75. The cat (2011)

Country: South Korea
Directed by Byun Seung-wook

An underrated horror movie 'The cat' is one of these kind of movies that has not only an actual horror but together a psychological one that follows you even after you watched it. Taking a lot of elements from the  atmosphere but also as scenario with a movie than I presented previously ( I am talking about the Japanese 'Dark water') is a film that defines successfully the fear as something that ,even if has a face, in reality is also  around you, hidden in the nature, the darkness, the forms of objects, the life. A decent contribution to a genre that suffered a lot from identical stupid and violent pretended to be scary movies

You can watch the full movie here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqY0CZJQA-s

74. August sun (2003)

Country: Sri Lanka
Directed by Prasanna Vithanage

A low profile anti-war movie about the consequences in the people's lives of Sri Lankan civil war. Vinthanage without melodrama , without deaths and battles,  shows the cruel face of the war , narrating three stories that are running at the same time. People are loosing their homes, their relatives or lovers, their dignity. The movie doesn't have anything impressive , anything really staggering: but this modesty make it devastatingly realistic, and this simplicity make it extremely beautiful

You can watch the full movie here : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uXixEk26vg

73. Love conquers all (2006)

Country: Malaysia
Directed by Tan Chui Mui

How a movie that narrates the brutal exploitation of a girl from her boyfriend can be sweet and optimistic? The victim  is cheated and dragged to prostitution but how when the movie ends we feel that loves deserves any sacrifice and finally conquers all? The main charm of this enigmatic - at times a bit surreal -movie is that make us wonder if anything that happens is actually real : we don't have any indication from the director that part of it can be imagination but , however, we have a strong feeling that reality and 'dream' are mixed together. At the end we don't know what really happened and what no. We know just that love is beautiful , is everywhere and - anyway if you analyze it -  is always 'imaginative'

You can watch the full movie here: http://vimeo.com/73287172

72. Night and fog in Japan (1960)

Country: Japan
Directed by Nagisa Oshima

Many years passed since I watched this film so, I can't recall many details. For sure the movie did a very strong impression to me. Oshima with a very daring and neoteric form that incorporates a lot of theatrical elements, 'discuss' intensively about the political events in Japan , the social movements , the problems and splits in Japanese Communist party of that time. The movie is showing the strong influence of Marxism on Oshima but also his doubts about the direction that took the radical student movement of his era. 'Night and fog in Japan' seems to me one of the most modern movies of Japanese New Wave but in the same time goes back to forms and traditions with deep roots in the country, out of the spell of western cinema

71. A letter of fire (2005)

Country: Sri Lanka
Directed by Asoka Handagama

You can easily blame the movie as pretentious, exaggerating , unrealistic and finally pointless. However, still is interesting to watch it , especially the first 45 minutes are really good from many aspects and is daring with a way that is impossible to left out from a collection like this: with its provocative theme and boldness is a landmark of Sinhalese cinema

70. The white balloon (1995)

Country: Iran
Directed by Jafar Panahi

The first feature-film of Jafar Panahi in scenario of Abbas Kiarostami is a proof by itself about how a movie with a nice story , actors that play natural and direction without artificial dramatizing can be something really interesting to watch : as you can't relax in your chair before  the ...fate of this 7 years old girl who goes to buy a goldfish is decided,  you feel as to watch a good action movie! Something special also about the 'White balloon' is that , of course not accidentally but with a purpose, various ethnicities ,that are living together in Iran , are portrayed in there : the end of the movie says a lot

You can watch the full movie here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T02oZVtsjnA

69. Oh, protector of the gazelle (1970)

Country: Iran
Directed by Parviz Kimiavi

A 20 minutes documentary that , even I watched it without subtitles so possibly I misunderstood the intentions of the director, I consider it as a pure masterpiece. As crowds visit a famous religious site of Iran, the shrine of Imam Reza, Kimiavi captures perfectly the blind faith , lack of education, despair of the people who gather to worship the place asking for blessing. The antithesis between their miserable existence that is ruled by poverty and the brilliance of the super luxurious temple is shocking but in the same time this brilliance , this greatness of the sacred place gives you  a feeling of awe: the presence of god is dominant and humans beings too small! (Even if I disagree with it as an atheist, this feeling is given with unique way in the movie!)

You can watch the full movie here without subtitles ( don't worry for this though) : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWNgzILwZc8

68. The forbidden door (2009)

Country: Indonesia
Directed by Joko Anwar

A interesting thriller from Indonesia that produces a lot of horror/mystery movies the recent years. In this case we have a strong directing line, convincing atmosphere but most importantly a nice plot with a lot of ups and downs and -well, sort of- surprising end. A nice thing about this movie is that is playing with many genres related to the general term of horror genre been more sophisticated and styles that an average Asian movie of its kind.

You can watch the full movie here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cs82zVJWvBY 

67. Naked blood (1996)

Country: Japan
Directed by Hisayasu Sato

A well balanced , very  intense and disturbing Japanese horror movie , with a scientist who manages to invent the ultimate painkiller who turns the pain to the pleasure and he tries it ,as an experiment, to three different girls. The girls , in order to maximize the pleasure, can't avoid to get the experiment to the extreme. Classic scene is the one in the kitchen, when the girl ,who always is fascinated about food , is cooking and  ends up eating herself. Non many things to say: a must for the fans of the genre

You can watch the full movie here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBK5QZDKTpM

66. Samurai rebellion (1967)

Country: Japan
Directed by Masaki Kobayashi

A few years earlier Masaki Kobayashi got some fame in West after the brilliant 'Harakiri' that he directed. However , this movie matches Harakiri in quality , even if is unknown. Kobayashi once more explores his favorite theme: the brutal authority that ruin the life of  people and the man who has to choose between the justice and the duty. Samurai rebellion is not any less than masterpiece: the plot that reminds ancient tragedy, acting ,choreography , music, the minimal black and white photography that plays with the shadows, all are just brilliant. The ending scene of the duel is classic and highly memorable

65. As I lay dying (2007)

Country:  Malaysia
Directed by Ho Yuhang

Are just memories? Is a dream? Is the strange feeling you have when you are sick , been between reality and hallucination? Is when you begin to grow so life looks at times mysterious, threatening and scary? The young boy of the movie doesn't know yet but already can sense the painful part of existence. Ho Yuhang in this beautiful short movie , that did with almost zero budget,  with stylish and poetic way , touches something that is deep inside everyone of us, that the reason , even  very simple, his movie is so powerful.

You can watch the movie here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oaOiEgqSRDU

64. Where is the friend's home? (1987)

Country: Iran
Directed by Abbas Kiarostami

A very beautiful movie about the innocence , solidarity and healthy sense of importance that the children have when the world of adults is materialistic and selfish. However, the plot is nice by itself but at the same time is an excuse for the camera to go out to film the narrow streets and the poor neighborhoods of the city. With a very simple realistic style, without dramatization , with amateur actors and real places , Kiarostami teaches how the minimal cinema should be.

 

You can watch the full movie here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ox1cGJwr738

63. City on fire (1987)

Country: Hong Kong
Directer by Ringo Lam

Quentin Tarantino borrowed heavily in his famous 'Reservoir dogs' from this police /crime movie that is among the best of its genre in Hong Kong cinema. Without useless violence, unrealistic action scenes, supernatural characters but with a strong  interesting plot and a rather discrete directing style, 'City on fire' , even having a lot of weak points, it gives the right direction that have to go such kind of movies. Regarding the story , for once more, the movie presents a classic theme : how policemen and outlaws are the different sides of the same coin. The undercover cop of the film feels attached with the criminals that he is mixed with , as is among them much more loyalty than among the rivals inspectors of police force.

You can watch the full movie here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c27hAZpOtEI

62. A town in the fog (1978)

Country: Thailand
Directed by Permpol Choei-arun

As happened to most Thai movies of the genre that period,  this movie too is a bit of amateurish production , with very low budget , with terrible dubbing and often seems almost ridiculous when intents to be scary. However , the director did a great job in this case and 'A town in the fog' is a special film that nowadays can be considered as cult. It has a great plot , is weird and spooky, its characters can't be classified as positive or negative, its images have a power that you can't find easily in other movies with similar themes. Even if you find 'A town in the fog' poor, comparing with other crime-horror films that you watched, you have to try to feel the soul of the film rather than to judge it in terms of production

You can watch the full movie here but without English subtitles: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5XbJdqTtRk





 

61. The aimless bullet (1960)

Country: South Korea
Directed by Hyun Mok Yoo

A masterpiece of Korean cinema, considered by many as the best Korean movie ever made, 'The aimless bullet' is a dim portrait of post war South Korea when many people were facing unemployment, malnutrition and almost survival problems ,with a lot of protests to be held on the streets. Poverty is portrayed in the film how really is: it strips you from any dignity , making your life an endless struggle  without to allow you to think anything else except money in order to survive. The view of the director is raw and extremely pessimistic: is not any hope, just misery! Anyone in the movie is wishing to 'get out of there' but they can't and , anyway,  is nowhere to go!.

You can watch the full movie here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1S3srD7qx9c

60. Ugetsu (1953)

Country: Japan
Directed by Kenzi Mizogushi

A film with incredible beauty ,'Ugetsu' is so much praised by anyone that not many things are left to say about it. It came in the peak of maturity and creativity of the director , together with 3-4 more films with equal - if not superior!- quality. Could be good to watch it in a movie theater instead of your tv screen or your computer: you will see then why is considered one of the most beautiful movies of all time!

You can watch the full movie here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pg6cd7U0onw

59. Rise (2006)

Country: Thailand
Directed by Visra Vichit-Vadakan

A short movie that , although is very personal, in just 8 minutes,  manages to make a lot of comments and rise a lot of questions about Thai politics, Thai identity and social expectations in the modern Thai middle class families.The silent performer in the movie is mixing over and over , almost with suffering, the colors of Thai flag , that are representing the soul of the nation,  in a terrible mess. Where this country is heading to? How Thainess that is always trying to pull you back in its initial - in some way imaginary - form can be defined in this new era? How the creator of the movie herself should deal with her life? Although the film is mild and  is ending with humor, Visra Vichit-Vidakan shares with beautiful way her personal anxiety , that in reality is an anxiety of an entire society

You can watch the full movie here:http://vimeo.com/16045450

58. Dangerous encounters - First kind (1980)

Country: Hong Kong
Directed by Chui Hark

A nihilistic, anti-social movie that was quite socking for the era that was directed and immediately was banned  , to be released later butchered. In the movie - at least the edited version that I could watch -  are displayed anti-western feelings , bombings in public places for fun, refuse of the traditional values , anger: all these appear almost as natural,  without the director to judge at all his ' rebels without a cause' characters. Although the movie seems to be just provocative , without direct political comments, is quite understandable why was classified as dangerous for the - still under the British rule- state

You can watch the full movie here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXFGvQYSc6Y

57. Suicide club (2002)

Country: Japan
Directed by Sion Sono

A controversial provocative film full of symbols and cultural comments that I don't think that someone can analyze if is not Japanese. Well, suicide club is  a gore film about suicide , is truth that is showing the strong influence of pop culture or the problems of the Japanese youths nowadays that feel  more and more frustrated , dysfunctional. But I believe that mainly the film is something else : is just an ironic piece about all the stereotypes, fetishes, worries, nightmares, social definitions , about the entire modern Japanese culture that is presented bizzare and contradicted (as probably really is). Sion Sono ever said that wanted Japanese to hate him for this movie: deconstructing the way that Japanese see themselves probably he succeed on this  with many viewers

56. I don't care (1986)

Country: Thailand
Directed by Pantewanop Thewakul

A very daring movie for the era as presents a positive leading woman role who is very far from what  was considered as a proper leading female character. She actually smokes a lot , drinks, has free sexuality , she is independent and modern, she refuses to follow the social norms. Instead to choose for a boyfriend someone of her social class , she finally picks a low educated with poor background boy, who is working as a male prostitute in bars. The movie is even more daring as making many direct references to the students massacre on October 76 , an incident that due the heavy censorship all the cinematographers always avoid to touch

You can watch the full movie here although is difficult to understand much without translation :http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAF1WvSNu5M

55. Dark water (2002)

Country: Japan
Directed by Hideo Nakata

A more than decent terror film , 'Dark water' is worth watching as the plot, the atmosphere ,the rhythm, the feelings that the movie evokes are high quality ones. Hideo Nakata got a worldwide success with the 'Ring' a few years earlier , but I think that 'Dark water' is much more interesting and less commercial. Well balanced, creepy with an inner horror that comes without cheap tricks, has additionally a lot of symbolic elements and plays a psychological game with the audience.

54. The brick and the mirror (1965)

Country: Iran
Directed by Ebrahim Golestan

One of the most important times of Iranian cinema ever,'The brick and the mirror' is a movie that is difficult to be classified. Is consistent by a sequel of scenes that are often unbalanced, having a style that at times is close to expressionism , at times is influenced by French nouvelle vague but most often is almost realism with a way that reminds documentary. The film steps on existentialism but ,at the same time, is full of social comments, describing really well the social environment that a few years later - as almost predicts -got even more oppressive against the freedom of the individual. Although the film has some weaknesses, most part of it is a pure masterpiece. As for the leading woman character is probably one of most daring in the history of Iranian cinema.

You can watch the full movie here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-gfNZqKULw

53. When a woman ascents the stairs (1960)

Country: Japan
Directed by Mikio Naruze

A bit of old fashion with the woman character to presented idealized , as often happens in the film of great Japanese directors who served the film industry from 30s to the 60s. But forget that:  the quality of this movie is simply stunning. Just you have to watch a few plans with this beautiful black and white photography just to feel how superior , deep, intense is Naruze as cinematographer in this movie. I don't bother even to explain this in logical terms!

52. Sepet (2004)

Country: Malaysia
Directed by Yasmin Ahmad

Probably it looks a bit commercial as a concept: one more movie that narrates , at times as a comedy at times as melodrama, the love story between two cute people that face social obstacles in order to be together. The movie has a straight plot line, is easy to watch by anyone and is not surprising that was a major hit financially in Malaysia. However, 'Sepet' puts in table much more things than romanticism : apart that presenting the every day life in Malaysia and the social environment with accurate way,  the movie contains a lot of comments about ethnic diversities, stereotypes, social classes, religion barriers , trends. At the end is love - not only the couple in love but anyone in the movie is lovable- that unify all these different elements of a country that Yasmin Ahmad presents with tenderness

51. Bangkok dangerous (1999)

Country: Thailand
Directed by Pang Brothers

A stylish , modern but realistic crime film , with low profile and slow at times, with a lot of 'quiet' power not just action, 'Bangkok dangerous' elevates the genre in higher level comparing with other Thai movies of the era with similar themes . I have too many years since I watched it - so my review can't be very accurate- but  I liked the way that Bangkok metropolis is portrayed there as I liked the inner melancholy of the movie

You can watch the full movie here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnPcIVOvmo0

50. Dolls (2002)

Country: Japan
Directed by Takeshi Kitano

In my opinion ,'Dolls' is an underrated masterpiece. Poetic, with magical use of colors, extremely beautiful visually. Full of violence but even more full of tenderness. The movie is about guilt and about real , extreme love. Each of the strange 'couples' in the movie is consisted by two people that are tied together with a strong invisible string : the life of one is absolutely depended of the way that the other 'moves'. As in the first seconds of the film , when we see a scene from a puppet theater , puppets and puppet master don't have any existence one without the other. The film though is really heartbreaking without to show mercy. But real love also is!

49. The owl and the sparrow (2007)

Country: Vietnam
Directed by Stephane Gauger

Although artistically I can't credit the movie much , the happy end or the line of narration remind Hollywood and all the main characters are artificially cute , I have to admit that the story is beautiful given , the film is touching and I was happy while I was watching it .'The owl and the sparrow' is nothing more than a beautiful fairy-tale that makes you to smile , feel worm , restore your faith to humanity and gives you hope. Life usually is much more difficult to lead to happiness and you know it . However , you don't want to watch every time misery in the screen: this film makes you forget for one and a half hour how hard usually the reality is.

You can watch the full movie here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RD5lz9EW08
 

48. Invitation only (2009)

Country: Taiwan
Directed by Kevin Ko

Although some people disagree, rating it rather poorly, I found 'Invitation only' very good as a slasher movie : the plot is interesting , you can sympathize with the characters, is brutal at times but violence is part of some 'context' , is directed nicely , with powerful way. Not expect something deep with hidden meanings : if you like the genre I think you will enjoy it!

You can watch the full movie here : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_czcELKSZRU

47. The pickpocket (1997)

Country: China
Directed by Jia Zhangke

The every day life in a small Chinese town that is hard , meaningless and boring . The solitude as 'a substitute for dignity'. The alienation of a street thief that refuses to adjust himself to the 'normal' as everybody else does. Jia Zhangke in his first movie, with amateur actors , camera on hand and natural sound,  captures with extreme accuracy the feeling of living in contemporary China . Dirty streets, public baths, karaoke bars that in reality are brothels, bicycles, open air pool tables, people who smoke like maniacs are portrayed in the movie with a direct documentary style that probably was never seen before in Chinese cinema

You can watch the full movie here but unfortunately without English subtitles:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWpPaVnnfGs

46. Love letter (1995)

Country: Japan
Directed by Shunji Iwai

I watched this film many years ago  , so I can't really recall many details. I remember though how strong impression the movie made to me and how powerful it was. 'Love letter' is a very delicate and beautiful story about love. Poetic, nostalgic, sensitive,  full of color and feelings, is difficult to watch it without tears to come to your eyes. However, as melancholic the film is , is optimistic too. Watching it , as the leading female character does , you feel too relieved at the end.

You can watch the full movie here: http://www.veoh.com/watch/v16427107nDXmptdh?h1=Love+Letter+-+Part+1+of+4+eng+subs

45. The insect woman (1963)

Country: Japan
Directed by Shohei Imamura

The protagonist of the film is not a offender nor a victim : she is a dialectical being that acts as an insect , using her instinct, far from classifications of good or bad . Her life story is presented with a bold way without to any idealization or intention to sugar the pill. But is not only the female character that portrayed with a complexity that the Japanese audience rarely seen before. With the 'insect woman', once more, Imamura breaks in pieces the stereotypical way that people, social classes and history used to be presented in Japanese cinema.

  You can watch the full movie here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvWWuvXGAvM

44. Women's quarter (1965)

Country: Iran
Directed by Kamran Shirdel

 My admiration for Kamran Shirdel is beyond words : almost every work of his is a masterpiece. 'Women's quarter' though , an unfinished documentary of 18 minutes,  is my personal favorite. The film is about women and little girls that forced to work as a prostitutes in the red light district of Tehran in the middle 60's when the country still was under the administration of shah Pahlavi. You have just to watch it to feel how powerful is: then you will feel devastating after your exposure with bold way to such despair. Finally the film ends up to work as a political statement

You can watch the movie here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dyG9q7hnJ8 (part 1) and here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKdz1dsRuyM (part 2) where the quality of picture analysis is good.

43. The runner (1985)

Country: Iran
Directed by Amir Naderi

Although has a style close to neorealism the movie is quite symbolic: the street boy who struggles to survive and succeed is the new Iran ,who tries to move ahead leaving behind the poverty and the misery. 'The runner' ,more than anything else , is a propaganda film that almost offers naively the self determination and the hard work as a way to overcome the social obstacles : this is a good reason , especially when the movie getting closer to the end and gets more simplistic , for someone to dislike it. I include it though in the list not only because has so many memorable moments - the scene when the children try to collect as many bottles they can is classic- but also because this movie, together with a few others , set the style for all the famous Iranian movies that followed : realism, outside shots, social problems ,child characters, optimism

You can watch the full movie here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Znt1AdpIRM

42. Made in Hong Kong (1997)

Country: Hong Kong
Directed by Fruit Chan

Fruit Chan's first movie that he completed with great difficulty , in very low cost , using just leftover film reels, is an important moment of independent Hong Kong cinema . Fruit Chan puts in the center of action very young characters who struggle to find their identity as , for different reasons, are all hardly acceptable from a society that approves only certain models of social behaviors. The film is fresh (both in form and content), realistic, sensitive (but without too much drama), avoiding to glorify or to condemn the actions of its marginalized characters

You can watch the full movie here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4orEvBZiq2k

41. Tropical malady (2004)

Country: Thailand
Directed by Apichatpong Weerasethakul

The general influence of Apichatpong Weerasethakul in contemporary independent Thai cinema is really tremendous: watching his films,  an entire generation of Thai directors realized that the art of making movies is something much more than to narrate stories with a pleasant way that will satisfy the audience. Even if most of cinephiles  are not ready yet to watch something out of the mainstream , under - but of course not only- Apichatpong 's inspiration, the underground film scene really boomed in Thailand , with dozens of young artists willing to explore the limits of their art both thematically and as a form. 'Tropical malady' even if not as 'revolutionary' as other of his works, is a movie that helped Thai cinema to move some steps ahead.

40. The face of another (1966)

Country: Japan
Directed by Hiroshi Teshigahara

A man ,whom his face gets disfigured by an accident, goes out of the social isolation wearing a miraculous mask that  gives to him a new face :  as a new person now is trying  to seduce his own wife. The movie , having undoubtedly an interesting plot, not always successfully , arises a lot of questions about existence , identity and social roles : the facade that all of us show to outside, seems that devours our inner selves to the point that we are always just the masc that we wear

You can watch the full movie here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0bfPBmjlAg

39. East palace, West palace (1996)

Country: China
Directed by Zhang Yuan

Although I am disappointed from the second part of the movie ,when the narration begin to lose connection with reality, getting more and more pretentious , I give a lot of credits to this movie not only because is the first film produced in mainland China that discuss openly the homosexuality and its oppression there ( actually is banned in China and was smuggled out the country to have the chance to be watched ). 'East Palace, West Palace', in most of its duration,  is powerful, direct, bold , intense and at times emotional  ,the kind of movie that you get yourself drown on it , without to be able to stop to watch it

You can watch the full movie here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhAKETrQ47k

38. Uzumaki (2000)

Country: Japan
Directed by Higuchinski

Adaptation on screen of a popular manga, that brings to the mind works of David Lynch and , mostly, of Tim Burton, 'Uzumaki' hardly can be called a terror movie , as is not scary nor makes you feel real tension and fear for the fate of its characters. However, is unusual, bizzare and disturbing with many ways, something that makes you at the end to feel uncomfortable while you are watching it, as the film seems almost threatening and ominus

 You can watch the full movie here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-W8RjWooOM

37. The terrorizers (1986)

Country: Taiwan
Directed by Edward Yang

One of the best moments of Taiwanese cinema , a real masterpiece that many critics described as post modern, 'the terrorizers' is a movie really ahead of its era. Multiple characters and many narrations that are running together to meet with some way in the end, just scenes one after the other in a plot that hardly narrates a story, dream, imagination and reality that are mixed together, people who just act without explained backgrounds or solid psychological portraits. Still the greatness of the movie , how modern and fresh it looks even today is difficult to be described : in a city of Taipei ,that is under urbanization and capitalist development, Edward Yang , in a unique moment, captures with masterful way the alienation, the absent of feeling and the fakeness of the human relations

You can watch the full movie here : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbHqT7s-VN0

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36. Not one less (1999)

Country: China
Directed by Zhang Yimou

Directed with a semi-documentary neo-realistic style with amateur actors, 'Not one less' is very emotional without any of the cheap tricks that the sugary movies and melodramas usually use. The movie is speaking about the gap between the rural and the urban China, about the educational problems, about the poor that have to try hard to improve their lives. The film easily can be mistaken as pro-government propaganda but in my opinion is not: even if the director followed the rules and the censors set by Chinese government , so avoided to show too much misery or to portray the state as part of the problem, this the message of the movie for social changes is still quite loud.