For something a bit different and off the beaten path a little, I got into watching quite a bit of Japanese Pink films / Pinky violence films, from late 60s and into the heyday of the 70s. Some of these are just trashy sexploitation films, but they're made so cheaply that sometimes you get really interesting directors coming through, or people doing very interesting things with genre films with very little supervision or eyes over their shoulder. They're also often very political, with quite a few directors linked to the far-left Red Army around this time. They almost all come in at 90 minutes or less too, which is nice. I particularly like Koji Wakamatsu, who was incredibly prolific from the late 60s until the mid 70s or so. I've watched around 30 of his films in the past couple of years and the vast majority are between 66 and 75. Really interesting politically, and some really striking looking films. Some good (though with the caveat that they're not for everyone) films from him; Go Go Second Time Virgin Violated Angels Ecstasy of the Angels Running in Madness, Dying in Love Violent Virgin Shinjuku Mad Violence Without a Cause The Woman Who Wanted to Die Season of Terror Secret Flower For the maybe more palatable, "fun" genre films, there's a lot of really good ones that just take more established genre fare and trash it up a bit. I particularly like; Sex and Fury Zero Woman Red Handcuffs Girl Boss Guerrilla (a series of 6-7 films) Blind Woman's Curse School of the Holy Beast (sometimes called The Transgressor, which is a much more boring title) Wandering Ginza Butterfly Female Prisoner Scorpion (a series of 4 films) Terrifying Girls’ High School (a series of 4 films) These are all relatively accessible and just good fun watches. There's then a handful that I think I like, but are extremely provocative, though not aimlessly, but do quite push the boat out in terms of content and "respectability". Worth a watch if you don't mind that sort of thing; Star of David Beauty Hunting Fairy in a Cage Angel Guts The Watcher in the Attic Flower and Snake The Woman with Red Hair All of these films can be quite unpleasant, but if you like American exploitation cinema of the 70s and 80s, there's a lot of overlap and interesting films to seek out. Happy to share any links if anybody is interested in any of the films.