'Crazy Rich Asians' might had introduced modern Singapore to a wider audience, but sorry to burst the bubble, not everyone lead the lives seen in the film. 

Other titles for consideration as well, from a born-and-bred Singaporean who had watched the titles listed.

Subtitles has always been part and parcel for how I watch films, TV dramas. Whether it is a local production, or something from Hollywood. That is until learning about how it is just not the case in some countries, where dubbing comes in.

But as ‘Parasite’ director Bong Joon-Ho famously said it at the 2020 Golden Globes, if one overcome the one-inch barrier of the subtitles, one can enjoy more films. Or something like that.

(Or almost) All films here have been watched with the help of the subtitles. Because it is what I have always been doing without thinking twice, even if it is speaking in either the languages I speak and understand in English or Mandarin Chinese.

Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, and Giorgio Cantarini in Life Is Beautiful (1997)

Doris Fish and Miss X in Vegas in Space (1991)

Til Schweiger and Emma Schweiger in Kokowääh (2011)

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.



1001 movies that you must see before you die

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

East Asian / Southeast Asian :: 1900 - present

Takeshi Kitano and Yusuke Sekiguchi in Kikujiro (1999)

All the movies in the following list are considered to be parodies, that is a comedy movie which sends-up other movies, using imitation to make fun of them. They are also referred to as spoofs.

Cary Elwes in Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993)

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