OK, end of the serious/brutal/crime/"god i hate humanity" movies, onto the more lighthearted movies. 7. The Good, The Bad, The Weird. Just watch the trailer, it is wacky fun. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OzNnCK5cd8Q 8. Castaway on the Moon Ah, this one is great. It's a very good comedy AND drama and thought provoking. Here's a good synopsis I swear Koreans have the best kind of humor. Their comedies are absolutely hilarious and Castaway on the Moon is no exception. It basically revolves around a man that tries to commit suicide by jumping off a bridge but his attempt is unsuccessful and it lands him on a small island on the Han river. The hilarious part about this is that it's a small island within the cities limits and just a few hundred yards away from civilization. After a few unsuccessful attempts at trying to leave the island, he basically gives up and lives off of the land. While doing so, a reclusive woman living in a nearby tower spies on him and she believes he's an alien. The movie has some homeages to Tom Hanks' Cast Away (another Wilson type character) with many hilarious scenes. I was also on the verge of tears at some parts as this movie is part drama as well http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=castaway+on+the+moon&aq=f 9. Save the Green Planet! I watched this movie like 3 weeks ago and I still don't know what the stink to make of it. Definitely good, and probably one of the weirdest movies I've watched The genres and emotions of that movie jump all over the place from scene to scene, it was a crazy experiment that was pulled off successfully. I enjoyed myself the full two hours, it was fresh and exciting all the way through. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NLbDgyMusk One minute you're watching a sci fi, the next a comedy, the next a detective movie, etc and you never even notice. Some Japanese movies: 1. Survive Style 5+ (featuring Vinnie Jones!) Kind of like Pulp Fiction in that it's got the intertwined stories aspect, and jumps between them. It's got beautiful visuals and a really touching story, especially the end " The Plot: Five linked stories unfold. A man repeatedly kills and buries his wife, but she continually returns, waiting from him at home, ready to payback the favor. A middle class family is forever changed when the father's permanently hypnotized to believe he's a bird. Three driveless burglars discover hidden, taboo feelings. A spiteful advertising executive, with a string of inane commerical ideas, hires a killer to handle what she thinks the problem is. Finally, a British hitman and his translator/death-documentarian move through the other stories, demanding to know what the others' functions in life are, only to (largely) be dissatisfied with the answers. Why You'll Love It: Survive Style 5+ tracks five different stories of characters learning about acceptance. Each group has their comfortable, prosperous lives shaken by sudden inescapable changes. This makes them re-mules what's important in life. The uplifting story is told with alternating light-hearted comedy and introspective character moments, which are not necessarily unfunny. Gen Sekiguchi gained his filmic training through extensive success in Japanese commercials, where he learned a lot about color, set dressing, and how to robustly load a frame with things for your eyes to take in. He couples this with extensive set and costume design to fill his debut feature film with lots of flash and visual panache to keep your eyes occupied. Every time the film returns to Tadanobu Asano's character and him dealing with his returning wife, there's a multitude of gorgeous set pieces and over-the-top action. It's fun to watch with a lot of people, and you'll likely get something new out of each subsequent viewing. All-in-all it's a very endearing, idiosyncratic, and sometimes surreal approach to learning how to deal. It also ends with probably one of the best-placed covers of a 70's disco hit ever. " http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yN7DfMAzcQ 2. Sonatine Beat Takeshi! Japanese gangster film, a bunch of serious gangsters have to go hide out a the beach and act like children having fun in the sun. It basically explores how the men have to act all serious and cold in their culture, but then when they get to a beach where they're alone they're free to have fun and crap. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7chFW_Fhb0 3. Battle Royal Pretty sure everyone's heard of this. A class of school girls gets put on an island, the last one alive wins and gets to live. They brutally kill each other. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-T7yPJVvXw 4. Kung fu Hustle! Amazingly fun kung fu comedy. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyWhVUCXY1A French 1. Two of my favorite comedy/spoof movies! OSS 117, two movies: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWsSI9nKAxk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwA6ir86slQ A spoof movie that stars a competent spy, imagine! Danish Flame and Citron Based on two real resistance fighters in WW2. I thought this is what Inglourious Basterds SHOULD have been http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJnfNAEwQ8U Pusher Trilogy About drug dealers, probably not for everyone Norwegian Dead Sno - a zombie comedy to rival Shaun of the Dead http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEQwEmeWnyI Chinese: 1. Ip Man Based on the life of the martial arts master who first trained BRUCE LEE. Amazing movie, machine gun punches own so hard. Also, no stupid wire fighting [cabbage] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkHmYJmfuWg 2. Ip Man 2 Only movie where you will see an amazing martial arts vs boxer match. Nuff said http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYmRexR0sGs So, anyone seen any of these (cough ELKNIGHT cough) or other ones?