Movies I want to see
by wolfecastle86 | created - 20 Apr 2016 | updated - 25 Jul 2020 | PublicSome of these are kind of hard to find. Some I've seen once, but it was so long ago I'd like to watch them again now. I'm just trying to keep track of what I want to watch, although there's no way I can possibly see them all.
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1. The Shooting Party (1978)
105 min | Drama, Romance
A romantic drama in which a beautiful but poor young woman has to choose between three suitors: an old widower, a decadent nobleman and a handsome but poor young man.
Director: Emil Loteanu | Stars: Galina Belyaeva, Oleg Yankovskiy, Kirill Lavrov, Leonid Markov
Votes: 1,190
2. Satantango (1994)
Not Rated | 439 min | Drama
On the eve of a large payment, residents of a collapsing collective farm see their plans turn into desolation when they discover that Irimiás, a former co-worker who they thought was dead, is returning to the community.
Director: Béla Tarr | Stars: Mihály Vig, Putyi Horváth, László feLugossy, Éva Almássy Albert
Votes: 12,564
3. War and Peace (1965)
GP | 393 min | Drama, Romance, War
The Russian aristocracy prepares for the French invasion on the eve of 1812.
Director: Sergey Bondarchuk | Stars: Lyudmila Saveleva, Vyacheslav Tikhonov, Sergey Bondarchuk, Boris Zakhava
Votes: 8,338 | Gross: $0.13M
4. Solaris (1972)
PG | 167 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
A psychologist is sent to a station orbiting a distant planet in order to discover what has caused the crew to go insane.
Director: Andrei Tarkovsky | Stars: Natalya Bondarchuk, Donatas Banionis, Jüri Järvet, Vladislav Dvorzhetskiy
Votes: 98,195
5. Vampire (1915)
50 min | Drama
A story of a female motorist that is brought to a resort in the Airondacks. Once brought in to heal from her wounds the male patrons find out that she has a rather bewitching way with men with total disregard of her ways.
Director: Alice Guy | Stars: Olga Petrova, Vernon Steele, William A. Morse, Wallace Scott
Votes: 56
6. Once Upon a Time in China II (1992)
R | 113 min | Action, Adventure, Biography
Arriving by train in Guangzhou, 1895, the trio fight off White Lotus followers, who want to kill all foreigners and the cute, European dressed 13th Aunt. It's not kung fu master Dr. Wong's (Jet Li) last fight.
Director: Hark Tsui | Stars: Jet Li, Rosamund Kwan, Siu Chung Mok, David Chiang
Votes: 10,630
7. Heimat: A Chronicle of Germany (1984)
924 min | Drama, History, War
The village of Schabbach experiences the shifting fortunes of Germany from 1919 to 1982.
Stars: Marita Breuer, Rüdiger Weigang, Kurt Wagner, Gertrud Bredel
Votes: 3,332
8. The Human Condition I: No Greater Love (I) (1959)
Not Rated | 208 min | Drama, History, War
A Japanese pacifist, unable to face the dire consequences of conscientious objection, is transformed by his attempts to compromise with the demands of war-time Japan.
Director: Masaki Kobayashi | Stars: Tatsuya Nakadai, Michiyo Aratama, Chikage Awashima, Ineko Arima
Votes: 9,347
Hopefully one day I'll make time to watch the whole thing in one sitting.
9. The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity (II) (1959)
Not Rated | 181 min | Drama, History, War
As a conscript in war-time Japan's military, a pacifist struggles to maintain his determination to keep his ideals.
Director: Masaki Kobayashi | Stars: Tatsuya Nakadai, Michiyo Aratama, Kokinji Katsura, Jun Tatara
Votes: 7,493
10. The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer (1961)
Not Rated | 190 min | Drama, History, War
His ideals challenged by life as a conscript in war-time Japan's military, a pacifist faces ever greater tests in his fight for survival.
Director: Masaki Kobayashi | Stars: Tatsuya Nakadai, Michiyo Aratama, Tamao Nakamura, Yûsuke Kawazu
Votes: 7,318
11. The Raid (1991)
100 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
In WW2 Japanese-occupied Manchuria, a group of Chinese nationalists sets out to destroy a Japanese poison gas factory against a Japanese military officer and his girlfriend, who has built up a false public image as a Chinese glamour girl.
Directors: Siu-Tung Ching, Hark Tsui | Stars: Tony Ka Fai Leung, Jacky Cheung, Dean Shek, Fennie Yuen
Votes: 172
12. Ashes of Time (1994)
R | 100 min | Action, Drama
A broken-hearted hit man moves to the desert where he finds skilled swordsmen to carry out his contract killings.
Director: Kar-Wai Wong | Stars: Brigitte Lin, Maggie Cheung, Leslie Cheung, Tony Leung Chiu-wai
Votes: 16,952 | Gross: $0.17M
13. Mad Mission (1982)
93 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
A "James Bond" type burglar named King Kong (Sam Hui) tries to redeem himself and joins forces with Albert "Baldy" Au (Karl Maka), a bumbling police detective from the states, to try to ... See full summary »
Director: Eric Tsang | Stars: Samuel Hui, Karl Maka, Sylvia Chang, Dean Shek
Votes: 1,820
14. The Bride with White Hair II (1993)
80 min | Action, Fantasy, Romance
On Kit and Lyre's wedding night, Lien Ni-Chang, the bride with white hair kidnaps Lyre and takes her to her harem of fighting women to indoctrinate her against Kit. Kit tries to lead a rescue party and go up against the formidable enemies.
Director: David Wu | Stars: Brigitte Lin, Leslie Cheung, Christy Chung, Sunny Chan
Votes: 1,167
15. Exiled (2006)
R | 110 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A friendship is formed between an ex-gangster, and two groups of hitmen - those who want to protect him and those who were sent to kill him.
Director: Johnnie To | Stars: Nick Cheung, Anthony Chau-Sang Wong, Francis Ng, Simon Yam
Votes: 9,642 | Gross: $0.05M
16. Web of Deception (1989)
94 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A high-powered lawyer receives a blackmail letter from someone threatening to reveal some creative accounting she did a few years back to get out of debt.
Director: David Chung | Stars: Brigitte Lin, Siu-Fung Wong, Joey Wang, Elizabeth Lee
Votes: 153
17. The Heroic Trio (1993)
R | 88 min | Action, Fantasy, Thriller
While one tough woman with an invisible robe has stolen 18 babies for her powerful master, two other tough women and the cops try to stop her.
Director: Johnnie To | Stars: Michelle Yeoh, Anita Mui, Maggie Cheung, Damian Lau
Votes: 4,355
18. 24 Hours Ghost Story (1997)
95 min | Comedy, Horror
Director: Wellson Chin | Stars: Francis Ng, Gigi Lai, Simon Lui, Dayo Wong
Votes: 51
20. Legend of Tianyun Mountain (1980)
126 min | Drama
Director: Jin Xie | Stars: Jianlan Shi, Fuli Wang, Shi Wei-Jian, Xuemin Hong
Votes: 195
21. Sunshine (1999)
R | 181 min | Drama, History, Romance
The fate of a Hungarian Jewish family throughout the 20th century.
Director: István Szabó | Stars: Ralph Fiennes, Rosemary Harris, Rachel Weisz, Jennifer Ehle
Votes: 15,790 | Gross: $5.10M
22. When You Hear the Bells (1969)
92 min | Comedy, Drama, War
Partizan commisar, a Communist intellectual from Zagreb, must bring the group of Serb partizans in line.
Director: Antun Vrdoljak | Stars: Boris Buzancic, Pavle Vuisic, Boris Dvornik, Fabijan Sovagovic
Votes: 231
23. Time of Violence (1988)
R | 288 min | Drama
In the 17th century, a Bulgarian Christian region is selected by the Ottoman rulers to serve as an example of conversion to Islam. A Janissary who was kidnapped from the village as a boy is... See full summary »
Director: Ludmil Staikov | Stars: Rousy Chanev, Ivan Krystev, Anya Pencheva, Momchil Karamitev
Votes: 2,402
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