Inspiring stylised films, new and old. (15 titles)
This is a list of what i belive will help others who love fascinating and enthralling stylised films as much as myself to find those among the genre which were brilliant yet ellusive to me.
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Bad Guy
An odd film which might not appeal to everyone, but a film i watch again and again.
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Bad Guy
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Jae-hyeon Jo, Won Seo
Director: Kim Ki-Duk, Ki-Duk Kim
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While strutting through Downtown Seoul, Hang-gi, a local gangland pimp, spots young Sun-hwa, a pretty, middle-class college student, waiting on a park bench. He sits next to her, creating a disparate scene of two classes in soft harmony, until she sneers at his advances and rushes into the arms of ..read more »
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Samaritan Girl
One of my all-time favorite films by one of my all-time favourite directors.
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Samaritan Girl
on DVD
(2004)
Starring: Lee Uhi, Kwak Ji-Min, Seo Min-Jung
Director: Kim Ki-Duk, Kim Ki-Duk
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To fulfil their dreams of traveling to Europe, two teenage girls Yeo-jin and Jae-young start a prostitution business. Yeo-jin handles the business side, while Jae-young "entertains" the customers. When Jae-young is accidentally killed during a police raid, Yeo-jin locates their clients in an act of ..read more »
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from 785 members
Requiem For A Dream
An utterly FABULOUS film that could try and put you off drugs for life.
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Requiem For A Dream
on DVD
(2000)
Starring: Jared Leto, Ellen Burstyn, Jennifer Connelly
Director: Darren Aronofsky
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For his follow-up to his darkly brilliant debut, PI, director Darren Aronofsky chose to adapt a tough and meaty piece of work: Hubert Selby's 1968 novel REQUIEM FOR A DREAM, a dark spiral into the abyss of barren fantasies doomed to extinction. However, in Aronofsky's frenetic, visionary, unique, ..read more »
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Audition
A genius heart and gasp wrenching work.
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Audition
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Ryo Ishibashi, Eihi Shiina, Tetsu Sawaki
Director: Takashi Miike
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AUDITION is an art-house cult horror film that will be talked about for a long time to come. Ryo Ishibashi stars as Aoyama, a single father who has not dated since his wife died seven years earlier. To help find another woman to bring joy into Aoyama's charmless life, his best friend, television ..read more »
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from 15,628 members
21 Grams
An awesome edge-of-your-seat film.
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21 Grams
on DVD
(2004)
Starring: Sean Penn, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Benicio Del Toro
Director: Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
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Paul (Sean Penn) has less than a month to live, he's on the waiting list for a heart transplant, and his wife (Charlotte Gainsbourg) is determined to get pregnant with his child before it's too late. Meanwhile, Cristina (Naomi Watts) is a happy mother with a loving husband and two daughters but she ..read more »
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from 49,049 members
Badlands
A great unrealistic story. Beautifully shot.
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Badlands
on DVD
(1973)
Starring: Martin Sheen, Sissy Spacek, Ramon Bieri
Director: Terrence Malick
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Martin Sheen and Sissy Spacek are Kit and Holly in this incredible debut feature film from elusive writer/director Terrence Malick. South Dakota, 1959. Kit and Holly are adrift in a double fantasy of crime and punishment, a headlong flight from nowhere, to nowhere. They're playing make-believe but ..read more »
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from 6,293 members
Amores Perros
Shocking visuals to an ingenious interlocking of characters.
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Amores Perros
on DVD
(2000)
Starring: Emilio Echeverria, Goya Toledo, Alvaro Guerrero
Director: Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
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Beginning with a kinetic, bone-crushing car accident, Amores Perros imaginatively interweaves the stories of its three victims: Octavio a young man who has fallen in love with his violent brother's wife; Valeria, a beautiful Mexican model for whom physical appearance is everything; and El Chivo, a ..read more »
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from 27,717 members
The Isle
An amazing film which uses violence to imply no violence has occured.
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The Isle
on DVD
(2000)
Starring: Jung Suh, Yoo-Seok Kim, Sung-Hee Park
Director: Kim Ki-Duk, Ki-Duk Kim
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The eerily beautiful photography and melodic musical score of THE ISLE stand in odd contrast to the brutal horror story it tells. On the serene surface of a secluded bay float a series of candy-coloured fishing houses, rented to men who seek an escape. The owner and operator of the village is a ..read more »
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Red Rock West
Cool. Ironic. And nervous.
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Red Rock West
(1992)
Starring: Nicolas Cage, Dennis Hopper, Lara Flynn Boyle
Director: John Dahl
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Michael is on his way to Wyoming in a vintage Cadillac, where he's been promised a good steady job. But before reaching his destination, he finds himself in the town of Red Rock, where he's mistaken for a hired assassin by Wayne, a bartender plotting to kill his wife. Wayne flaunts a lucrative ..read more »
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from 1,199 member
3 Iron
Really brilliant. An escapist story which leaves your world behind and completely sucks you in.
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3 Iron
on DVD
(2004)
Starring: Seung-Yeon Lee, Hyun-Kyoon Lee, Hyuk-Ko Kwon
Director: Kim Ki-Duk, Ki-Duk Kim
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A transient young man breaks into empty homes to partake of the vacationing residents' lives for a few days.
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