My favorite films

Metin Seven

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My all-time favorite films, more or less in order of favorite to least favorite.

Crazy Love (1987) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Crazy Love
director: Dominique Deruddere actor: Geert Hunaerts / Josse De Pauw
other title: Crazy Love - Compagni di sbronza / L’amour est un chien de l’enfer
1987 Belgian film by Dominique Deruddere
Harakiri (1962) [Movie] Douban NeoDB TMDB IMDb WikiData
切腹
9.2 (11 ratings) director: Masaki Kobayashi actor: Tatsuya Nakadai / Akira Ishihama
other title: Haraquiri / 切腹
Down-on-his-luck veteran Tsugumo Hanshirō enters the courtyard of the prosperous House of Iyi. Unemployed, and with no family, he hopes to find a place to commit seppuku—and a worthy second to deliver the coup de grâce in his suicide ritual. The senior counselor for the Iyi clan questions the ronin’s resolve and integrity, suspecting Hanshirō of seeking charity rather than an honorable end. What follows is a pair of interlocking stories which lay bare the difference between honor and respect, and promises to examine the legendary foundations of the Samurai code.
Rashomon (1950) [Movie] WikiData IMDb Min reol NeoDB TMDB Douban
羅生門
7.9 (17 ratings) director: Akira Kurosawa actor: Toshirō Mifune / Machiko Kyō
other title: Dæmonernes port / Às Portas do Inferno
Four people recount different versions of the story of a man's murder and the rape of his wife.
Dreams (1990) [Movie] NeoDB TMDB IMDb WikiData Douban
8.0 (11 ratings) director: Akira Kurosawa actor: Akira Terao / Mitsuko Baisho
other title: Sogni / Sonhos de Akira Kurosawa
A collection of magical tales based upon the actual dreams of director Akira Kurosawa.
Le Samouraï (1967) [Movie] NeoDB Douban IMDb TMDB WikiData
Le Samouraï
8.0 (12 ratings) director: Jean-Pierre Melville actor: Alain Delon / François Périer
other title: Frank Costello, faccia d'angelo / Ekspert i drab
After carrying out a flawlessly planned hit, Jef Costello, a contract killer with samurai instincts, finds himself caught between a persistent police investigator and a ruthless employer, and not even his armor of fedora and trench coat can protect him.
The Red Circle (1970) [Movie] NeoDB TMDB WikiData Douban IMDb
Le cercle rouge
8.1 (9 ratings) director: Jean-Pierre Melville actor: Alain Delon / Bourvil
other title: Le cercle rouge / I senza nome
When French criminal Corey gets released from prison, he resolves to never return. He is quickly pulled back into the underworld, however, after a chance encounter with escaped murderer Vogel. Along with former policeman and current alcoholic Jansen, they plot an intricate jewel heist. All the while, quirky Police Commissioner Mattei, who was the one to lose custody of Vogel, is determined to find him.
The 400 Blows (1959) [Movie] NeoDB TMDB IMDb Douban WikiData
Les Quatre Cents Coups
8.4 (20 ratings) director: François Truffaut actor: Jean-Pierre Léaud / Claire Maurier
other title: I 400 colpi / Ung flugt
For young Parisian boy Antoine Doinel, life is one difficult situation after another. Surrounded by inconsiderate adults, including his neglectful parents, Antoine spends his days with his best friend, Rene, trying to plan for a better life. When one of their schemes goes awry, Antoine ends up in trouble with the law, leading to even more conflicts with unsympathetic authority figures.
12 Angry Men (1957) [Movie] IMDb NeoDB WikiData TMDB Douban
12 Angry Men
9.0 (28 ratings) director: Sidney Lumet actor: Martin Balsam / John Fiedler
other title: La parola ai giurati / 12 vrede mænd
The defense and the prosecution have rested and the jury is filing into the jury room to decide if a young Spanish-American is guilty or innocent of murdering his father. What begins as an open and shut case soon becomes a mini-drama of each of the jurors' prejudices and preconceptions about the trial, the accused, and each other.
The Machinist (2004) [Movie] WikiData TMDB NeoDB Douban IMDb
The Machinist
6.6 (9 ratings) director: Brad Anderson actor: Christian Bale / Jennifer Jason Leigh
other title: L'uomo senza sonno / O Maquinista
Trevor, an insomniac lathe operator, experiences unusual occurrences at work and home. A strange man follows him everywhere, but no one else seems to notice him.
Mudbound (2017) [Movie] TMDB
Mudbound
director: Dee Rees actor: Carey Mulligan / Jason Clarke
other title: Mudbound - As Lamas do Mississípi
In the post–World War II South, two families are pitted against a barbaric social hierarchy and an unrelenting landscape as they simultaneously fight the battle at home and the battle abroad.
Come As You Are (2011) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB NeoDB Douban
Hasta la Vista!
director: 杰弗里·恩索文 actor: Gilles De Schrijver / Xandra Van Welden
other title: 后会有期 / Hasta la Vista!
Three young guys like wine and women. They tested wine with pleasure, but the second they have never been able to taste. Under the guise of a wine tour, the three plans a trip to Spain to finally have sex. Nothing will stop them. Certainly not the fact that the first guy is blind, the second is in a wheelchair and the third is completely paralyzed.
Evil (2003) [Movie] NeoDB Douban IMDb WikiData
Ondskan
director: Mikael Håfström actor: Andreas Wilson / Henrik Lundström
other title: Evil - Il ribelle / Ondskab
Stockholm, in the 1950s. Erik is expelled from the local school for getting into one brawl too many. To protect Erik from his violent stepfather’s reaction to his expulsion, Erik's mother arranges for Erik to spend a year at Stjärnsberg Boarding School, the only school willing to accept him. This is Erik's last chance to graduate to Upper School and he promises his mother, for his and her sake, to do all he can to stay out of trouble.
The Worst Person in the World (2021) [Movie] Douban TMDB IMDb NeoDB
Verdens verste menneske
8.0 (13 ratings) director: Joachim Trier actor: Renate Reinsve / Anders Danielsen Lie
other title: Verdens verste menneske / Julie (en 12 chapitres)
The chronicles of four years in the life of Julie, a young woman who navigates the troubled waters of her love life and struggles to find her career path, leading her to take a realistic look at who she really is.
Manneken Pis (1995) [Movie] NeoDB IMDb WikiData TMDB Douban
Manneken Pis
director: 弗兰克·范·帕塞尔 actor: 弗朗克·维克鲁西恩 / 安特耶·德伯克
other title: 遇见百分百的女孩 / 玛内肯·皮斯
1995 film by Frank Van Passel
Thelma (2017) [Movie] TMDB NeoDB WikiData Douban IMDb
Thelma
director: 约阿希姆·提尔 actor: 艾丽·哈尔博 / 卡雅·威尔金斯
other title: 西尔玛 / 北国凶灵(港)
A college student starts to experience extreme seizures. She soon learns that the violent episodes are a symptom of inexplicable abilities.
The Raid (2012) [Movie] NeoDB IMDb WikiData TMDB Douban
Serbuan Maut
8.0 (11 ratings) director: Gareth Evans actor: Iko Uwais / Joe Taslim
other title: The Raid - Redenzione / The Raid: Redemption
Deep in the heart of Jakarta's slums lies an impenetrable safe house for the world's most dangerous killers and gangsters. Until now, the run-down apartment block has been considered untouchable to even the bravest of police. Cloaked under the cover of pre-dawn darkness and silence, an elite swat team is tasked with raiding the safe house in order to take down the notorious drug lord that runs it. But when a chance encounter with a spotter blows their cover and news of their assault reaches the drug lord, the building's lights are cut and all the exits blocked. Stranded on the sixth floor with no way out, the unit must fight their way through the city's worst to survive their mission. Starring Indonesian martial arts sensation Iko Uwais.
Falling Down (1993) [Movie] TMDB IMDb NeoDB Douban ReviewDB WikiData
Falling Down
7.5 (6 ratings) director: Joel Schumacher actor: Michael Douglas / Robert Duvall
other title: Un giorno di ordinaria follia / Um Dia de Raiva
An ordinary man frustrated with the various flaws he sees in society begins to psychotically and violently lash out against them.
Wild Tales (2014) [Movie] IMDb Douban NeoDB TMDB
Relatos salvajes
7.9 (22 ratings) director: Damián Szifron actor: Ricardo Darín / Leonardo Sbaraglia
other title: Storie pazzesche / Relatos Selvagens
Injustice and the demands of the world can cause stress for many people. Some of them, however, explode. This includes a waitress serving a grouchy loan shark, an altercation between two motorists, an ill-fated wedding reception, and a wealthy businessman who tries to buy his family out of trouble.
Created date: March 6, 2026