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1990s
| Year | English title | Original title | Country | Director |
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| 1990 | Mr. Hire Monsieur Hire Monsieur Hire is a 1989 French film directed by Patrice Leconte and starring Michel Blanc in the title role and Sandrine Bonnaire as the object of his affection. The film received numerous accolades as well as a glowing review from popular American movie commentator Roger Ebert. The film is based... |
Monsieur Hire | France | Patrice Leconte Patrice Leconte Patrice Leconte is a French film director, actor, comic strip writer, and screenwriter.-Biography:... |
| 1991 | Europa Europe Europa Europa Europa Europa is a 1990 German language film directed by Agnieszka Holland. Its original German title is Hitlerjunge Salomon, i.e. "Hitler Youth Salomon". It is based on the 1989 autobiography of Solomon Perel, a German Jewish boy who escaped The Holocaust by masquerading not just as a non-Jew, but... |
Europa Europa | Germany/France/Poland | Agnieszka Holland Agnieszka Holland Agnieszka Holland is a Polish film and TV director and screenwriter. Best recognized for her highly political contributions to Polish cinema, Holland is one of Poland's most prominent filmmakers.-Personal life:... |
| 1992 | No information | |||
| 1993 | Farewell My Concubine | 霸王別姬 Ba wang bie ji |
China/Hong Kong | Chen Kaige Chen Kaige Chen Kaige is a Chinese film director and a leading figure of the fifth generation of Chinese cinema. His films are known for their visual flair and epic storytelling.-Early life:... |
| 1994 | Three Colours: Red Three Colours: Red Three Colors: Red is a 1994 film co-written, produced, and directed by Polish filmmaker Krzysztof Kieślowski. It is the final film of The Three Colors Trilogy, which examines the French Revolutionary ideals; it is preceded by Blue and White. Kieślowski had announced that this would be his final... |
Trois couleurs: Rouge | France/Poland | Krzysztof Kieslowski Krzysztof Kieslowski Krzysztof Kieślowski was an Academy Award nominated influential Polish film director and screenwriter, known internationally for The Double Life of Veronique and his film cycles The Decalogue and Three Colors.-Early life:... |
| 1995 | Mina Tannenbaum Mina Tannenbaum Mina Tannenbaum is a 1994 French film written and directed by Martine Dugowson, her debut feature. It stars Romane Bohringer and Elsa Zylberstein.... |
France | Martine Dugowson | |
| 1996 | My Favorite Season My Favorite Season My Favorite Season is a 1993 French drama film directed by André Téchiné and starring Catherine Deneuve, Daniel Auteuil and Marthe Villalonga. The story concerns two middle age siblings, a brother and sister, who resume their fragile relationship when they are forced to care for their ailing mother... |
Ma saison préférée | France | André Téchiné André Téchiné André Téchiné , is a French screenwriter and film director. He has had a long and distinguished career that places him among the best post-New Wave French film directors.... |
| 1997 | Underground | Serbo-Croatian Serbo-Croatian language Serbo-Croatian or Serbo-Croat, less commonly Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian , is a South Slavic language with multiple standards and the primary language of Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Montenegro... : Podzemlje Serbian Cyrillic: Подземље |
France/Germany | Emir Kusturica Emir Kusturica Emir Nemanja Kusturica , is a Serbian filmmaker, actor and musician, recognized for several internationally acclaimed feature films... |
| 1998 | A Taste of Cherry | طعم گيلاس Ta'm-e gīlās |
France/Iran | Abbas Kiarostami Abbas Kiarostami Abbas Kiarostami is an internationally acclaimed Iranian film director, screenwriter, photographer and film producer. An active filmmaker since 1970, Kiarostami has been involved in over forty films, including shorts and documentaries... |
| 1999 | All About My Mother All About My Mother All About My Mother is a 1999 Spanish drama film written and directed by Pedro Almodóvar. The film deals with complex issues such as AIDS, transvestitism, faith, and existentialism.... |
Todo sobre mi madre | Spain | Pedro Almodóvar Pedro Almodóvar Pedro Almodóvar Caballero is a Spanish film director, screenwriter and producer.Almodóvar is arguably the most successful and internationally known Spanish filmmaker of his generation. His films, marked by complex narratives, employ the codes of melodrama and use elements of pop culture, popular... |
2000s
| Year | English title | Original title | Country | Director |
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| 2000 | Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon is a 2000 wuxia film. An American-Chinese-Hong Kong-Taiwanese co-production, the film was directed by Ang Lee and featured an international cast of ethnic Chinese actors, including Chow Yun-Fat, Michelle Yeoh, Zhang Ziyi, and Chang Chen... |
臥虎藏龍 Wo hu cang long |
Taiwan | Ang Lee Ang Lee Ang Lee is a Taiwanese film director. Lee has directed a diverse set of films such as Eat Drink Man Woman , Sense and Sensibility , Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon , Hulk , and Brokeback Mountain , for which he won an Academy... |
| 2001 | Love's a Bitch | Amores perros | Mexico | Alejandro González Iñárritu Alejandro González Iñárritu Alejandro González Iñárritu is a Mexican film director.González Iñárritu is the first Mexican director to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director and by the DGA of America for Best Director. He is also the first and only Mexican born director to have won the Prix de la mise en scene... |
| 2002 | And Your Mother Too | Y tu mamá también | Mexico | Alfonso Cuarón Alfonso Cuarón Alfonso Cuarón Orozco is a Mexican film director, screenwriter and film producer, best known for his films Children of Men, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Y tu mamá también, and A Little Princess.- Early life :... |
| 2003 | The Triplets of Belleville | Les triplettes de Belleville | Belgium/Canada/France | Sylvain Chomet Sylvain Chomet Sylvain Chomet is a French comic writer, animator and film director.- Early career :Born in Maisons-Laffitte, Yvelines, near Paris, he studied art at high-school until he graduated in 1982. Chomet moved to London in 1988 to work as an animator at the Richard Purdum studio... |
| 2004 | House of Flying Daggers House of Flying Daggers House of Flying Daggers is a 2004 wuxia film directed by Zhang Yimou. It differs from other wuxia films in that it is more of a love story than a straight martial arts film.... |
十面埋伏 Shi mian mai fu |
China/Hong Kong | Zhang Yimou Zhang Yimou Zhang Yimou is a Chinese film director, producer, writer and actor, and former cinematographer. He is counted amongst the Fifth Generation of Chinese filmmakers, having made his directorial debut in 1987 with Red Sorghum.... |
| 2005 | Kung Fu Hustle Kung Fu Hustle Kung Fu Hustle is a 2004 action comedy film directed and produced by, and starring Stephen Chow. The other film producers were Chui Po-chu and Jeffrey Lau, while the screenplay was written by Huo Xin, Chan Man-keung, and Tsang Kan-cheung... |
功夫 Kung fu |
China/Hong Kong | Stephen Chow Stephen Chow Stephen Chow Sing-Chi is a Hong Kong actor, comedian, screenwriter, film director and producer.- Professional career :Stephen Chow began as a temporary actor for TVB. He entered TVB in early 1980s, and was trained there, although he had few opportunities to appear in films. Chow graduated from... |
| 2006 | Pan's Labyrinth Pan's Labyrinth Pan's Labyrinth is a 2006 Spanish Spanish-language dark fantasy film, written and directed by Mexican film-maker Guillermo del Toro. It was produced and distributed by the Mexican film company Esperanto Films... |
El laberinto del fauno | Mexico/Spain/USA | Guillermo del Toro Guillermo del Toro Guillermo del Toro is a Mexican director, producer, screenwriter, novelist and designer. He is mostly known for his acclaimed films, Blade II, Pan's Labyrinth and the Hellboy film franchise. He is a frequent collaborator with Ron Perlman, Federico Luppi and Doug Jones... |
| 2007 | The Diving Bell and the Butterfly The Diving Bell and the Butterfly The Diving Bell and the Butterfly is a translation of the French memoir Le scaphandre et le papillon by journalist Jean-Dominique Bauby. It describes what his life is like after suffering a massive stroke that left him with a condition called locked-in syndrome... |
Le scaphandre et le papillon | France/USA | Julian Schnabel Julian Schnabel Julian Schnabel is an American artist and filmmaker. In the 1980s, Schnabel received international media attention for his "plate paintings"—large-scale paintings set on broken ceramic plates.... |
| 2008 | Let the Right One In | Låt den rätte komma in | Sweden | Tomas Alfredson Tomas Alfredson Tomas Alfredson is a Swedish film director, best known internationally for directing the 2008 vampire film Let the Right One In... |
| 2009 | Summer Hours | L'heure d'été | France | Olivier Assayas Olivier Assayas Olivier Assayas is a French film director and screenwriter.He made his debut in 1986, after directing some short films and writing for the influential film magazine Cahiers du cinéma.-Career:... |
2010s
| Year | English title | Original title | Country | Director |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Mother Mother (2009 film) Mother is a 2009 South Korean drama film directed by Bong Joon-ho, starring Kim Hye-ja and Won Bin.-Plot:Kim Hye-ja, a veteran Korean actress, plays an unnamed widow living alone with her only son, selling medicinal herbs in a small town in southern South Korea while doing unlicensed acupuncture... |
마더 Madeo |
South Korea | Bong Joon-ho Bong Joon-ho Bong Joon-ho is a South Korean film director and screenwriter.-Biography:He was born in Daegu in 1969 and decided to become a filmmaker while in middle school, perhaps influenced by an artistic family He majored in sociology in Yonsei University in the late 1980s and was a member of the film club... |