Just a few...
Cheers to baw__bag for bringing up a whole roster of Asian films. A Tale Of Two Sisters is actually one of my favourite films... so very well constructed. And Oldboy is bound to win over cautious viewers unfamiliar with Asian cinema. Visitor Q, on the other hand... if you've got a sick sense of humour, you might just love it.

My favourite film is Koyaanisqatsi. I guess you could term it an 'art film', but it's such compelling viewing that it transcends the genre. Essentially lots of footage sped up and slowed down to music, there's enough in there to have you thinking long after. Even if you don't want to have to think, it's gorgeous and hypnotic to watch.

Others I would recommend include:
Pan's Labyrinth (although I'm sure most have already seen it)
City Of God (again, probably been seen by most already)
13 Tzameti (ignore the Fight Club comparisons on the DVD cover, this is a great film in its own right)
Mulholland Drive (in fact, any David Lynch film)
3-Iron (deceptively simple Korean romance with a supernatural twist)
La Haine (a true-to-life film about street crime and race issues)
Y Tu Mamá También (sexy Mexican road-trip movie with very human characters)

I should stop. But those are films I'd recommend to most people regardless of who they are.
(creosote oh those cruel, heartless winds, Sat 19 Jul 2008, 15:38, 1 reply)

Pan's Labyrinth is excellent.
Have you ever seen Nightwatch? (Russian supernatural film. Vampires, witches, and all sorts of other things.)
(Xstopher, Sat 19 Jul 2008, 18:32, closed)