Best movies last two years

'Hotel Rwanda' is a great movie also.

Watched 'Polar Express' a couple of days ago, another great film, destined to become a family classic.

I'm surprised nobody has mentioned 'Life Aquatic,' again not your average comedy. A great story with some of the best characters to grace any movie in years.

Boa2, I will definately watch 'How to Get Ahead in Advertising.' If it's half as good as 'Withnail' I'll enjoy it immensely.

Great post -it proves there is life beyond audio...

Sure Boa2. Any time. There has been a revolution Korean film over recent years...not all great but some really worth seeing. The same director Kang also had a huge hit with film called "JSA" ...not revenge but more of a human drama regarding the North-South Korea divide. Its basically some soldiers bonding despite their differences but politics come in ruin the warming....other Korean films worth checking out are

Shiri- love story, North-South Korea divide, terrorism, tear jerker...the one that started the whole movement
Silmido - based on a real event, a massacre motivated by political cover up
Oasis - tear jerker love story about one who is physically challenged and a criminal...awared best actress in 02 Venice Film Festival
Memories of Murder - mystery based in Korea in the 70s: also about new Western "scientific" method investigating vs old tradtinal Korean bully-style
RPoint: a horror story based in the Vietnam war
Friend : a story about friendship from childhood to death among gangsters in the 70s

By the way Boa2...if want, DVDs available on all cited...see DVDAsian.com

I say Oldboy, thanks to all the above speak of it, it was definitely worth watching!!! A little unbeleivable, and a generally sick plot with loads of good violence... I highly enjoyed it and can see why Quentin wouldn't produce it! It would likely have been banned in the states.

The best films I've see in the last two years were both on video and they date back to 1944 and 1947.

"The Curse of the Cat People" (1944). Don't be fooled by the cheesy title. This is one of the masterpieces from the originator of the psychological horror film, Val Lewton. Co-directed by Robert Wise (his first directorial effort), this is a sensitive story of a lonely child and her imaginary friend in the world of uncomprehending adults.

"Black Narcissus" (1947). By the great British director, Michael Powell, this early Technicolor drama is still considered by many to be the ultimate in color photography.

A melodrama about a group of Anglican nuns sent to a remote mountain area in India where the mysterious locale and native population prove too exotic; resulting in an unraveling of mission and morality. Great performances by all: especially Deborah Kerr as the Mother Superiore fighting back passion and memory and Kathleen Byron as the insane Sister Ruth who succumbs to it.

Also, seen as a metaphor for the British experience in India where customs and expectations collided with a wholly different culture. Perhaps, the American experience in Iraq will prove similiar?

Anyway, these are both a must-see. Newly remastered "Curse..." is available as a single disc or in the terrific Val Lewton box set. "Black Narcissus" is a Criterion disc which guarantees the highest quality.