10 Favorite Movies • Page 15

South Korea has had so many great directors recently that it is sad how he gets most mainstream attention.

 

Cool thanks! Why is the layout from 1991 tho?

 

It gets overwhelming.

 

Can't say I noticed but it is a great site for compiling reviews and seeing your stats.

 

While I agree with you despite not knowing nearly as many of them as I should, I personally think Handmaiden alone earned him a spot in that conversation though I'm pretty sure we feel veeeeery differently about that film lol

 

I love everything I've seen by him except Stoker.

 

What other South Korean directors should I be watching?

 

I remember liking Stoker. Always threw me off that it was written by Wentworth Miller, though.

 

Kim Jee-woon and Bong Joon-ho come to mind, but they're pretty well-known.

 

Hong Sang-soo and Lee Chang-dong, though they're both quite removed from the genre work of Park Chan-wook. Wrt genre work, I prefer Bong Joon-ho. Though I thought the Handmaiden was excellent.

 

I loved Stoker. I really appreciated some of the significant plot points in the film. I remember audibly yelling "WHAT THE FUCK" during the shower scene

 

wish I knew what you cool kids were talking about

 

2001: A Space Odyssey (I don’t see this being ousted any time soon)
The Master (I go between this, Boogie Nights, and There Will Be Blood, but I feel I get more and more each time I watch this one)
Fargo (Again, this could easily be Lebowski or No Country. I love everything the Coens do.)
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (Seeing this on the big screen last year cemented it as my favorite Spielberg film.)
Goodfellas (The Departed was my first and most important Scorsese film, but Goodfellas is just such a tight, perfectly paced film.)
The Empire Strikes Back (Without this, I’m not sure I would have ever cared about movies.)
Zodiac (Sneakily overtook The Social Network and Se7en to become my favorite Fincher.)
The Royal Tenenbaums (Infinitely rewatchable.)
Hot Fuzz (Up there with The Big Lebowski for my most watched and quoted comedy.)
The Thing (Another perfectly paced flick that is always effective.)

Honorable mention: Alien

 

Yes I know I haven’t seen a ton of classics

La La Land
Inception
The Perks of Being A Wallflower
Whiplash
Lady Bird
Silence
Anchorman
Empire Strikes Back (or Last Jedi it fluctuates)
Wonder Woman
Lion

 

These two are very close to being in my top 10! Nice ones.

And if you put a "King" at the end of your last one, I would make that three

 

I’ve still not seen La La Land somehow, but I love Whiplash and First Man looks incredible.

 

This is favorite. Best would be different:

Adventureland
Annie Hall
A Woman Is a Woman
Before Sunset
Breakfast at Tiffany's
High Fidelity
Lost in Translation
The Philadelphia Story
That Thing You Do!
You've Got Mail

 

I really need to see That Thing You Do. As a big Hanks fan, I’m ashamed I haven’t watched it yet.

 

gasp

 

Jurassic Park
The Social Network
There Will Be Blood
The Matrix
Memento
The Shining
The Fountain
Looper
Lawrence of Arabia
Blade Runner 2049

(Honorable mentions: 2001, Apocalypse Now, Her)

 

Terrific list. I still need to see The Fountain and Lawrence of Arabia.

 

Into The Wild
The Social Network
Lords of Dogtown
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1989)
Blow
Almost Famous
T2
Rocky

 

I actually have a list I thought about now. Still pretty similar.

1. Braveheart
2. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
3. Before Sunset
4. Punch-Drunk Love
5. A Clockwork Orange
6. Her
7. The Holy Mountain
8. Mulholland Drive
9. Sympathy for Mr Vengeance
10. Possession

 

Somewhat in order (top being my most favorite):

Donnie Darko
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
The Empire Strikes Back
The Dark Knight
Mad Max: Fury Road
Blade Runner 2049
Cinema Paradiso
Lost in Translation
When Harry Met Sally
The Warriors

 

Nice to see BR2049 on someone else's list. I feel like it got a ton of praise when it first came out but I don't hear a lot of chatter about it these days.