• the bell jar by sylvia plath
• a little life by hanya yanagihara
• lonely castle in the mirror by mizuki tsujimura
• the bear and the nightingale by katherine arden
• a tempest of tea by hafsah faizal
• the paper menagerie and other stories by ken liu
• the mill house murder by yukito ayatsuji
• the priory of the orange tree by samantha shannon
• the waves by virginia woolf
• to the lighthouse by virginia woolf
• jane eyre by charlotte brontë
• a tale of two cities by charles dickens
• crime and punishment by fyodor dostoyevsky
• the extraordinary adventures of arsène lupin, gentleman-burglar by maurice leblanc
• wuthering heights by emily brontë
• heaven by mieko kawakami
• as long as the lemon trees grow by zoulfa katouh
• the sword of kaigen by m.l. wang
• to gaze upon wicked gods by molly x. chang
• she who became the sun by shelley parker-chan

• light of my lion (2024) dir. tsuboi toshio
• mr. sunshine (2018) dir. lee eungbok
• youthful glory (2025) dir. min guohui
• the wanted detective (2025) dir. zhao jintao
• in blossom (2024) dir. zhong qing
• till the end of the moon (2023) dir. kuk kok leung
• my journey to you (2023) dir. luo luo
• the prisoner of beauty (2025) dir. deng ke, gao congkai
• the rebirth of the malicious empress of military lineage (tba) dir. lu haojiji

• sympathy for lady vengeance (2005) dir. park chan-wook
• fallen angels (1995) dir. wong kar-wai
• still the water (2014) dir. naomi kawase
• farewell my concubine (1993) dir. chen kaige
• equinox flower (1958) dir. yasujirō ozu
• parasite (2019) dir. bong joon-ho
• a gentle breeze in the village (2007) dir. nobuhiro yamashita
• our little sister (2015) dir. hirokazu kore-eda
• manila in the claws of light (1975) dir. lino brocka
• the color of pomegranates (1969) dir. sergei parajanov
• a monster calls (2016) dir. j.a. bayona
• portrait of a lady on fire (2019) dir. céline sciamma
• moulin rouge! (2001) dir. baz luhrmann
• venice, the moon and you (1958) dir. dino risi
• lady snowblood (1973) dir. toshiya fujita
• water flower (2005) dir. yusuke kinoshita
• flowers of shanghai (1998) dir. hou hsiao-hsien
• one day, you will reach the sea (2022) dir. ryutaro nakagawa
• before sunrise (1995) dir. richard linklater
• viy (1967) dir. konstantin yershov, georgi kropachyov

• werwulf (2026) dir. robert eggers
• a calm sea and beautiful days with you (2025)
• your eyes tell (2020) dir. takahiro miki
• beowulf
• love beyond the grave (2026) dir. zoe qin
• the zone of interest (2023) dir. jonathan glazer
• ⁠hamnet (2025) dir. chloé zhao
• ⁠kokuho (2025) dir. lee sang-il
• the girl with a thousand faces by sunyi dean
• the fox wife by yangsze choo
• ⁠the grapes of wrath by john steinbeck
• the ladies' paradies by émile zola
• the woman in white by wilkie collins
• beloved by toni morrison
• valerie and her week of wonders (1970) dir. jaromil jireš
• sea of no return (tba) dir. jin xionghao

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• a girl returned by donatella di pietrantonio
• great granny webster by caroline blackwood
• pale fire by vladimir nabokov
• crazy genie by inès cagnati
• the ice palace by tarjei vesaas
• lives of the saints by nancy lemann
• bastard out of carolina by dorothy allison
• the invention of morel by adolfo bioy casares
• my friends by emmanuel bove
• the rim of morning by william sloane
• chevengur by andrey platonov
• wish her safe at home by stephen benatar
• the skin of dreams by raymond queneau
• lies and sorcery by elsa morante
• chlorine by jade song
• the lamb by lucy rose