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1001 movies that you must see before you die

by euroasiangenetic • Created 6 years ago • Modified 4 years ago
I read the book from “Bonnier’s 1001 movies you have to watch before you die” and personally I find that book kinda lazy and commercially.

I have watched many movies around the world in my life and there is always a hidden gem. Here is my 1001 movies you should watch.

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  • Hilda Koronel and Bembol Roco in Manila in the Claws of Light (1975)

    1. Manila in the Claws of Light

    19752h 5mTV-14
    7.8 (3K)
    Júlio Madiaga, a 'provinciano', arrives in Manila to search for his beloved, Ligaya.
    DirectorLino BrockaStarsHilda KoronelBembol RocoLou Salvador Jr.
  • Johan Karlberg, Peng Zhang Li, Lingmeng Hu, Li Yin, and Ma Hong Jing in The Resistance (2011)

    2. The Resistance

    20111h 29mPG
    5.0 (1.2K)
    In a time of war, when occupation turns to genocide, one woman choose resistance over death and takes on the empire of Japan.
    DirectorPeng Zhang LiStarsLingmeng HuPeng Zhang LiJeremy Marr Williams
  • Lohk thang bai hai naai khon diao (1995)

    3. Lohk thang bai hai naai khon diao

    19951h 52m
    7.1 (185)
    Mai and his younger brother Meh falls in love with the same woman but their rivalry has to be put aside after their father becomes sick.
    DirectorRashane LimtrakulStarsSuttida Kasemsan Na AyutthayaSomchai KemgladAroon Pavilai
  • Nadereh Abdelahyeva and Tahmineh Normatova in The Silence (1998)

    4. The Silence

    19981h 16mNot Rated
    6.9 (2K)
    Every day, 10-year-old Khorsid takes the bus to his work at an instrument maker's shop, and every day something unexpected happens.
    DirectorMohsen MakhmalbafStarsTahmineh NormatovaNadereh AbdelahyevaGoibibi Ziadolahyeva
  • Dance of the Dragon (2008)

    5. Dance of the Dragon

    20081h 51m
    5.9 (746)
    Against the wishes of his parents, Tae goes to Singapore to become a dancer. His teacher Emi yearns to return to competition and finds a kindred spirit in Tae. Their closeness inspires jealousy in Emi's controlling boyfriend Cheng.
    DirectorsMax MannixJohn RadelStarsJang HyukFann WongJason Scott Lee
  • Hong Kil-dong (1986)

    6. Hong Kil-dong

    19861h 48m
    6.7 (586)
    The illegitimate son of a nobleman defends peasants from greedy rulers, confounds local bandits, and struggles for permission to marry his tasty upper-crust sweetheart despite their vast societal differences. Then ninjas arrive.
    DirectorsKil-in KimShin Sang-okStarsKye-Sung ChanSon Hui ChangSun-bu Choe
  • Rosyam Nor, Syamsul Yusof, and Fattah Amin in KL Special Force (2018)

    7. KL Special Force

    20181h 46m
    6.0 (553)
    Tells a story about a group of special police unit force lead by Roslan, who has been trying to bring down a robbery gang lead by a guy named Asyraff.
    DirectorSyafiq YusofStarsRosyam NorFattah AminSyamsul Yusof
  • November Tenth (2015)

    8. November Tenth

    20151h 39mTV-14
    6.4 (3.2K)
    Musa, a thirteen-year-old shoe shiner, with Yumna, undergoes destiny through their adventure of waging war during the war time. Will they manage to bring peace among the troops keeping on fighting for nothing?
    DirectorAryanto YuniawanStarsReza RahadianMaudy AyundaMarlon Dance-Hooi
  • Rakshak (1996)

    9. Rakshak

    19962h 44m
    5.1 (431)
    ASP Raj Sinha is assign with the task of bringing to justice the people who are responsible for printing and circulating fake currency notes. Raj is shocked when he learn that the leader behind this crime is none other than his childhood friend, Raghavan. When Raj confronts Raghavan this angers him and along with the help of his gang he mercilessly murder Raj's mother and his wife, Suman injuring Raj in the process. When Raj recovers from this carnage he plots to destroy Raghavan.
    DirectorAshok HondaStarsSuniel ShettyKarisma KapoorSonali Bendre
  • Thief of the Mind (2011)

    10. Thief of the Mind

    2011
    8.6 (147)
    In an attempt to win the love of an actress, a man commits fraud by inventing a fake university.
    DirectorJanchivdorj SengedorjStarsBatmend BaastAmarsaikhan Baljinnyam
  • Life Is Wonderful (2009)

    11. Life Is Wonderful

    20091h 18m
    7.4 (70)
    A granddaughter from the city, a grandma from the country, two parallel paths cross because of love.
    DirectorLooloo LuStarsYi-ching LuSandy Yan-Chen LinYung-Yu Hsueh
  • Somchai Kemglad, Pramote Seangsorn, Sornram Theppitak, and Suttida Kasemsan Na Ayutthaya in Friendship Breakdown (1999)

    12. Friendship Breakdown

    19991h 28m
    6.9 (18)
    4 young friends are very close and happy. One of them is training to be a cop and one of the others gets involved in the underworld. His life of crime soon causes repercussions for his friends, and their friendship is put to the test. Will it in fact break down, or will their friendship become stronger?
    DirectorOng-Art SinglumpongStarsSuttida Kasemsan Na AyutthayaSomchai KemgladPramote Seangsorn
  • Aya Ueto in Azumi (2003)

    13. Azumi

    20032h 8mNot Rated49Metascore
    6.7 (15K)
    Raised to deal in cold blooded death, the teenage assassin girl Azumi must defeat three evil warlords while also battling her own heart.
    DirectorRyûhei KitamuraStarsAya UetoKenji KohashiHiroki Narimiya
  • Shall We Dance? (1996)

    14. Shall We Dance?

    19962h 16mPG66Metascore
    7.7 (12K)
    A successful but unhappy Japanese accountant finds the missing passion in his life when he begins to secretly take ballroom dance lessons.
    DirectorMasayuki SuôStarsKôji YakushoTamiyo KusakariNaoto Takenaka
  • K-20: The Fiend with Twenty Faces (2008)

    15. K-20: The Fiend with Twenty Faces

    20082h 17m
    6.5 (2.2K)
    Set in a fictional Japanese city in 1949, a master criminal hones in on his latest victim.
    DirectorShimako SatoStarsTakeshi KaneshiroTakako MatsuTôru Nakamura
  • Hiroyuki Ikeuchi, Takuya Kimura, Naoto Ogata, Shin'ichi Tsutsumi, Toshirô Yanagiba, and Meisa Kuroki in Space Battleship Yamato (2010)

    16. Space Battleship Yamato

    20102h 18mTV-14
    6.0 (6.6K)
    In 2199, the crew of the space battleship Yamato embark on a dangerous journey to the planet Iskandar to acquire a device that will rejuvenate the war-ravaged Earth.
    DirectorTakashi YamazakiStarsTakuya KimuraMeisa KurokiToshirô Yanagiba
  • Lily Franky, Sakura Andô, Mayu Matsuoka, Miyu Sasaki, Jyo Kairi, and Mehdi Taleghani in Shoplifters (2018)

    17. Shoplifters

    20182h 1mR93Metascore
    7.9 (92K)
    On the margins of Tokyo, a dysfunctional band of outsiders are united by loyalty, a penchant for petty theft and playful grifting. When the young son is arrested, secrets are exposed that upend their tenuous, below-the-radar existence.
    DirectorHirokazu KoreedaStarsLily FrankySakura AndôKirin Kiki
  • Lee Byung-hun, Lee Yeong-ae, and Song Kang-ho in Joint Security Area (2000)

    18. Joint Security Area

    20001h 50mNot Rated58Metascore
    7.7 (37K)
    After a shooting incident at the North-South Korean border DMZ leaves two North Korean soldiers dead, a neutral Swiss and Swedish team investigates what actually happened.
    DirectorPark Chan-wookStarsLee Yeong-aeLee Byung-hunSong Kang-ho
  • The Dimension Travelers (1998)

    19. The Dimension Travelers

    19981h 35m
    5.4 (192)
    A teenage girl makes a new friend at her school who tells her that she has the ability to travel between worlds.
    DirectorKazuya KonakaStarsTimothy Breese MillerJ. David BrimmerJessica Calvello
  • Kôjiro Shimizu in Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie (1994)

    20. Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie

    19941h 42mPG-13
    7.2 (11K)
    A crime boss searching for the world's best fighters pursues a talented Japanese drifter and his American ex-classmate, while an Interpol agent and a US Army captain seek to bring him down.
    DirectorGisaburô SugiiStarsKôjiro ShimizuKenji HagaMiki Fujitani
  • Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack (1988)

    21. Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack

    19882h 4m
    7.2 (2.4K)
    Amuro Ray and Char Aznable settle their rivalry once and for all during the Second Neo Zeon War.
    DirectorYoshiyuki TominoStarsTôru FuruyaShûichi IkedaHirotaka Suzuoki
  • Metropolis (2001)

    22. Metropolis

    20011h 48mPG-1375Metascore
    7.2 (23K)
    Kenichi and his uncle Shunsaku Ban must find the mystery behind robot girl Tima.
    DirectorRintarôStarsToshio FurukawaScott WeingerYuka Imoto
  • Xun Zhou in Suzhou River (2000)

    23. Suzhou River

    20001h 23m76Metascore
    7.4 (8K)
    After getting out of prison, small-time crook Mardar stumbles upon a woman who looks exactly like his long-lost lover.
    DirectorYe LouStarsXun ZhouHongsheng JiaZhongkai Hua
  • Chuyen cua Pao (2006)

    24. Chuyen cua Pao

    20061h 38m
    6.9 (186)
    Set in a breath-taking primitive landscape in the mountainous provinces of Vietnam, the film tells the story of a Hmong tribe girl named Pao. She was raised by her stepmother, for her real mother left her when she was little. One day, her stepmother dies in an accident, and she begins to track down her birth mother. But her journey turns out to disclose an unsealed sentimental drama of the family in the past.
    DirectorQuang Hai NgoStarsDo Thi Hai YenTa AmNguyen Thai An
  • Harrison Ford and Sean Young in Blade Runner (1982)

    25. Blade Runner

    19821h 57mR84Metascore
    8.1 (860K)
    A blade runner must pursue and terminate four replicants who stole a ship in space and have returned to Earth to find their creator.
    DirectorRidley ScottStarsHarrison FordRutger HauerSean Young

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