203. The isle (2000)

Country: South Korea
Directed by Kim Ki-duk

The film that made Kim Ki-duk famous 15 years ago it didn't just get attention because of its provocative and often gruesome content. It was a surprisingly genuine, intense and powerful movie that oversadowed anything else it was screened in movie theaters and festivals that period, a breeze of cold fresh air that comes suddently to your face wild and painful. Every detail on the film is masterfully done, from the astonishing visuals, to the music score, from the use of silence to the performances of the actors. Probably the most interesting movie ever made about passioned sexual relationships (or maybe for any kind of love relationship?) depicting their brutal possessive addictive nature, but also dealing with the weird happiness that only this sort of obsession can give to the fortunate

202. Tokyo godfathers (2003)

Country: Japan
Directed by Satoshi Kon

An anime comedy-drama film 'Tokyo godfathers' combines with interesting way humanism, cynicism, commercial representations, alternative representations, authentic emotions but also melodrama, presenting marginalized characters who try to survive in a very indifferent society full of rules and norms,  in an attractive story telling that is quite pleasant to watch. However, the real subject of the film is the one that dominates too many of Japanese movies film no matter the era that were produced: the relation of the individual with his family, the huge importance of the concept of family in Japanese culture