Films

For no particular reason, here is a list of films which I’ve enjoyed (Chronological order)

Sanjuro

  • Metropolis 1927

  • Ikiru (生きる) 1952

  • Fate of a Man (Судьба человека) 1959

  • Yojimbo (用心棒) 1961

  • 8½ (Otto e mezzo) 1963

  • The Sword of Doom (大菩薩峠) 1966

  • The Face of Another (他人の顔) 1966

  • Solaris (Солярис) 1972

  • The Godfather 1972

  • Taxi Driver 1976

  • Neo Tokyo (迷宮物語) 1987

  • Akira (アキラ) 1988

  • Tetsuo: The Iron Man (鉄男) 1989

  • Ghost in the Shell (攻殻機動隊) 1995

  • Maborosi (幻の光) 1996

  • Suzaku (萌の朱雀) 1997

  • The Eel (うなぎ) 1997

  • Amores perros 2000

  • Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (卧虎藏龙) 2000

  • Billy Elliot 2000

  • Tokyo Godfathers (東京ゴッドファーザーズ) 2003

  • The Return (Возвращение) 2003

  • Kekexili: Mountain Patrol (ཨ་ཆེན་གངས་རྒྱལ།) 2004

  • A History of Violence 2005

  • Volver 2006

  • 5 Centimeters per Second (秒速5センチメートル) 2007

  • A Christmas Tale (Un conte de Noël) 2008

  • Leviathan (Левиафан) 2014

  • Far from Men (Loin des hommes) 2014

  • Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) 2014

  • Sweet Bean (あん) 2015

  • Our Little Sister (海街) 2015

  • Your Name (君の名は) 2016

  • You Were Never Really Here 2017

  • Wrath of Silence (暴裂无声) 2017

  • Cold War (Zimna wojna) 2018

  • Pain and Glory (Dolor y gloria) 2019

  • Drive My Car (ドライブ・マイ・カー) 2021

  • Crimes of the Future 2022

Film directors

Similarly, here is a list of film directors I particularly enjoy (Surname alphabetical order)

  • Naomi Kawase (河瀨直美)

  • Hirokazu Kore-eda (是枝裕和)

  • Akira Kurosawa (黒澤明)

  • Makoto Shinkai (新海誠)

  • Andrei Tarkovsky (Андре́й Тарко́вский)

  • Andrey Zvyagintsev (Андре́й Звя́гинцев)