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Highly Recommended Before We Vanish (2017) (Japanese Drama/Comedy/Romance/Action) – In anticipation of their impending invasion, three aliens take control of three Japanese citizens and attempt to steal their “concepts.” This film has two storylines: (1) a salarywoman (Masami Nagasawa) is...

Awesome Wagakki Band song:

Highly Recommended Double Life (2016) (Japanese Drama/Romance) – A philosophy graduate follows a man in her neighborhood in the name of “philosophical surveillance” research for her masters thesis. The man, it turns out, is having an affair. There’s something about this nerdy actress (Mugi...

BAND-MAIKO music video, from BAND-MAID. These girls are hilarious.

Top 10 is hard. It's much easier to break out by genre and country of origin, but here are a few English-language ones that are near the top for me. Alien (1979) Die Hard (1988) Heat (1995) The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966) Psycho (1960) L.A. Confidential (1997) The Matrix (1999) Memento...

Watching "1 Litre of Tears" and I remember why I avoided it for 10 years. I cry at least one time every damn episode. Really good stuff though.

Funuke, Jane, and A Beautiful Star are probably the highest priorities from my post.

Highly Recommended Funuke Show Me Some Love, You Losers! (2007) (Japanese Drama) (repeat viewing) – An aspiring actress returns to her rural home after her parents are killed in an automobile accident. The friction between the family members is very well developed and interesting to watch...

I usually only use IMDb nowadays to check film dates and casting. Even their user comments lack a logical functionality (can't sort by rating anymore, etc.). Also, I recently UN-subscribed to over half a dozen YouTube channels that I used to follow. Really getting tired of the constant and...

Highly Recommended Adrift in Tokyo (2007) (Japanese Comedy/Drama) (repeat viewing) – A surly debt collector offers $10,000 to a guy if he agrees to accompany him on a walking trip around Tokyo. Along the way they bond together, meet various people, and come to terms with their own lives. A...

Highly Recommended Bad Genius (2017) (Thai Drama/Suspense) – A smart girl decides to concoct an intricate plan to help other students cheat on their exams. Motivation of our protagonist is out of pure spite for the education system, as well as to make money. A very unethical person for sure...

Highly Recommended The Looming Storm (2017) (Chinese Thriller/Drama) – Set in 1997, a security guard from a steel factory desperately chases a serial killer in a small city in Southern China. Acting is top notch across the board. Even the relationship between our protagonist and a local...

BAND-MAID is back. New album is out in Japan. My copy is in the mail. :emoji_metal:

Highly Recommended Take Me Home (2016) (Thai Horror) – A young man with amnesia successfully finds his family and moves into their huge house, but his sister exhibits some odd behavior and our protagonist begins seeing strange things. The scares in this film are very strong. It truly creates...

Thanks for the heads up.

Bittersweet Life, A - a bit of style over substance but I like it a lot Cold Eyes - very fun Dance With The Wind - did not like it; I thought it was badly written Girl at My Door, A - very good Going Out - not seen, but I want to Hard Day, A - very good Handmaiden, The - solid Han Gong-ju -...

Highly Recommended Crush and Blush (2008) (Korean Romantic Comedy) (repeat viewing) – An oddball female teacher and a teen schoolgirl scheme to take down her father’s potential mistress. Sharply intelligent, emotionally bitter, and undeniably quirky, this rom com successfully avoids most genre...

I enjoyed this one a bit more than you did. With that said, I could watch Min-ah Shin do laundry and be entertained.

I enjoyed A Hard Day, The Suspect, and Twenty.

This movie was nominated for 14 awards and won 4 of them. A lot of people seem to like this one.