studio ghibli / animated films
- grave of the fireflies
- from up on poppy hill
- pom poko
- panda! go, panda!
- on your mark
- sherlock hound
- the last unicorn
- when marnie was there
- only yesterday
- my neighbors the yamadas
- hotarubi no mori e
- tales of earthsea
- ocean waves
- the tale of the princess kaguya
- the red turtle
- lupin iii: the castle of cagliostro
- mei and the kittenbus
- hours: prince of the sun, the little norse prince
- ronja, the robber’s daughter
- weathering with you
- the girl who leapt through time
- a letter to momo
- 5 centimeters per second
- journey to agartha: children who chase lost voices
- the anthem of the heart
- i want to eat your pancreas
- wolf children
- barefoot gen
- perfect blue
- tokyo godfathers
- millenium actress
- paprika
- hal
korean / asian films
- dry wood fierce fire
- the handmaiden
- memoir of a murderer
- a tale of two sisters, a kim jee-woon film
- the vengeance trilogy, dir. park chan-wook
- i saw the devil
- forgotten
- believer
- the host
- a home with a view
- tampopo
- eat drink man woman
- incantation
- a city of sadness
- dear ex
- oldboy
- house
- mulan, 2009 chinese version with zhao wei
- matchless mulan, 2020 chinese version
- mắt biếc, or dreamy eyes
- maika: the girl from another galaxy
- the scent of green papaya
- journey from the fall
horror / thriller
- shutter island
- a girl walks home alone at night
- it chapter 2
- the others
- matilda
- the vast of night
- the blair witch project
- the red violin
- silence of the lambs
- it comes at night
- let the right one in
- crimes of the future
- happy death day
- mother!
- men
disney / classics / etcetera
- atlantis, up, soul, treasure planet, brother bear, peter pan, robin hood, dumbo, tarzan, bambi, pinocchio, fantasia, the rescuers, jungle book, 101 dalmations, the nightmare before christmas, the hunchback of notre dame, toy story series, lion king series, the prince of egypt, etc.
- how to train your dragon series
- wizard of oz
- singing in the rain
- sound of music
- mary poppins
- ferris bueller’s day off
- forrest gump
- fight club
- the matrix
- avengers series
- pitch perfect series
- rent
- legally blonde
- mrs. doubtfire
- jurassic park series
- princess diaries
- harry potter series
- lord of the rings
- hobbit
- avatar
- coraline
- magic mike
- back to the future
- inception
- the shape of water
- god’s own country
- my own private idaho
- saving face
- ex machina
- the favourite
documentaries / blm
- the wisdom of trauma
- the devil's playground
- the devil we know, or dark waters
- saving capitalism
- fences
- 1971
- i am not your negro
- the last black man in san francisco
- the death & life of marsha p. johnson
- oj: made in america
- da 5 bloods
- immigration nation, netflix
- black panthers: vanguard of the revolution, netflix
- whose streets, hulu
- the silent truth
- knock down the house
- welcome to chechnya
- never-ending man: hayao miyazaki