i see you reblogging lots of movies so can i.....uh......get some recs??? the genre doesn't really matter but movies that will make my brain go ohhhhhhh and even better if there's some kind of twist. please and thank you and sorry to be of no help!!! feel free to ignore this 😳
i shall NEVER ignore a request for recs of any kind!
popping my knuckles and engaging in my favourite hobby i.e. browsing my own letterboxd like narcissus
movies that made my brain go ohhhhhhh for various reasons (w/o twists):
Cure (1997), Solaris (1972), Children of Men (2006) & Y tu mamá también (2001), A Special Day (1977), Hausu (1977) & His Motorbike, Her Island (1986), Velvet Goldmine (1998), La Notte (1961), Madeline's Madeline (2018), Shirkers (2018), November (2017), Papicha (2019), Happening (2021), The Big City (1963) & Charulata (1964), Cold War (2018), Mustang (2015), Marlina the Murderer in Four Acts (2017), Where Is My Friend's House (1987), Beauty and the Dogs (2017), Born in Flames (1983), Atlantics (2019), Tetsuo: The Iron Man (1989), The Mad Women's Ball (2021), Kajillionaire (2020), The Hunger (1983), Microhabitat (2017), Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988), Daisies (1966), The Wicker Man (1973)
movies that made my brain go ohhhhhhh AND THEN the twist hits!:
Sorry to Bother you (2018), El secreto de sus ojos (2009), The Handmaiden (2016), Oldboy (2003), Stoker (2013) & Sympathy for Lady Vengeance (2007), Titane (2021) & Raw (2016), Perfect Blue (1997), Coherence (2013), Thelma (2017), Deep Red (1975), Black Christmas (1974), Bad Education (2004) & Pain and Glory (2019), 3 Women (1977), Funeral Parade of Roses (1969), The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017), Se7en (1995), The Intruder (2020), Revenge (2017), His House (2020), Bulbbul (2020), Good Manners (2017), Free Fire (2016), La llorona (2019), History of the Occult (2020), Viy (1967)
hope you find something to love in this genre soup <3
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May 2022: #LoveAAPI Movies Too
May is Asian-American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month, and we're celebrating with a film you can get through us made by folks from every Asian country. Huge thanks to Sophie and Harry for refining this excellent list!
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Afghanistan: Osama (2003, Drama, PG-13)
Armenia: The Color of Pomegranates (1969, Biographical Drama/Music, Unrated)
Azerbaijan: Burnt by the Sun (1994, Drama/War, R)
Bahrain: The Barrier (1990, Drama, Unrated)
Bangladesh: Sincerely Yours, Dhaka (2018, Anthology/Drama, Unrated)
Bhutan: Travelers and Magicians (2003, Drama/Adventure, Unrated)
Brunei: Yasmine (2014, Teen Drama/Martial Arts, Unrated)
Cambodia: Rice People (1994, Drama, Unrated)
China: The 36th Chamber of Shaolin (1978, Action, R)
Cyprus: Boy on the Bridge (2016, Drama, Unrated)
East Timor: Beatriz’s War (2013, Historical Drama, Unrated)
Georgia: In Bloom (2013, Drama/Coming-Of-Age, Unrated)
India: Lootera (2013, Romance/Drama, Unrated)
Indonesia: Marlina The Murderer in Four Acts (2017, Thriller, Unrated)
Iran: The Wind Will Carry Us (1999, Drama, Unrated)
Iraq: Son of Babylon (2009, Drama, Unrated)
Israel: The Syrian Bride (2004, Drama, Unrated)
Japan: Departures (2008, Drama/Music, PG-13)
Jordan: Theeb (2014, Drama/Historical, Unrated)
Kazakhstan: Kaïrat (1992, Drama, Unrated)
Kuwait: The Message (1976, Drama/Epic, PG)
Kyrgyzstan: The Adopted Son (1998, Drama, Unrated)
Laos: The Long Walk (2019, Drama/Sci-fi, Unrated)
Lebanon: The Insult (2017, Drama, R)
Malaysia: I Don’t Want To Sleep Alone (2006, Drama/Romance, Unrated)
Maldives: Faree (2021, Drama, Unrated)
Mongolia: The Cave of the Yellow Dog (2005, Drama/Family, G)
Myanmar: The Road to Mandalay (2016, Drama/Romance, Unrated)
Nepal: White Sun (2016, Drama/Adventure, Unrated)
North Korea: The Other Side of the Mountain (2012, War Drama/Romance, Unrated)
Oman: The Dawn (Al-Boom) (2006, Drama, Unrated)
Pakistan: Moor (2015, Drama, Unrated)
Palestine: Chronicle of a Disappearance (1996, Drama/Experimental, Unrated)
The Philippines: Barber’s Tales (2013, Historical Drama, Unrated)
Qatar: Clockwise (2010, Adventure/Drama, Unrated)
Russia: Dersu Uzala (1975, Adventure/Drama, G)
Saudi Arabia: Wadjda (2012, Drama/Coming-Of-Age, PG)
Singapore: Shirkers (2018, Documentary, Unrated)
South Korea: The Host (2006, Horror/Drama, R)
Sri Lanka: Death on a Full Moon Day (1997, Drama, Unrated)
Syria: For Sama (2019, Documentary, Unrated)
Taiwan: A Brighter Summer Day (1991, Drama/Romance, Unrated)
Tajikistan: Luna Papa (1999, Comedy/Drama, Unrated)
Thailand: Cemetery of Splendor (2015, Drama/Fantasy, Unrated)
Turkey: Mustang (2015, Drama, PG-13)
Turkmenistan: The Daughter-in-Law (1972, Drama, Unrated)
United Arab Emirates: 10 Days Before the Wedding (2018, Drama/Romance, Unrated)
Uzbekistan: 2000 Songs of Farida (2020, Drama, Unrated)
Vietnam: Goodbye Mother (2019, Romance/Drama, Unrated)
Yemen: 10 Days Before the Wedding (2018, Drama, Unrated)
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