Here are my favorite art films in no particular order:
- Amelie by Jean-Pierre Jeunet
- Elephant by Gus Van Sant
- Living in Oblivion by Tom DiCillo
- Lost in Translation by Sofia Coppola
- City of God by Fernando Meirelles
- Run Lola Run by Tom Tykwer
- Natural Born Killers by Oliver Stone
- Requiem for a Dream by Darren Aronofsky
- Trainspotting by Danny Boyle
- Talk to Her by Pedro Almodóvar
- Chungking Express (and most Wong Kar Wai movies)
- In the Mood for Love by Wong Kar Wai
- Oro Plata Mata by Peque Gallaga
- Bayaning Third World by Mike De Leon
- Amores Perros by Alejandro González
- Y Tu Mama Tambien by Alfonso Cuarón
- Pulp Fiction by Quentin Tarantino
- Clerks (and most Kevin Smith movies)
- Ma Vie en Rose by Alain Berliner
- Cinema Paradiso by Giuseppe Tornatore
- Il Postino by Michael Radford
- Children of Heaven by Majid Majidi
- Little Miss Sunshine by Jonathan Dayton
- American Beauty by Sam Mendes
- Se7en by David Fincher
- Fight Club by David Fincher
- American History X by Tony Kaye
- Sin City by Frank Miller
- Battle Royale by Kinji Fukasaku
- Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon by Ang Lee
- Salo or the 120 days of Sodom by Pier Paolo Pasolini
MUSICAL
- Sweeney Todd : The Demon Barber of Fleet Street by Tim Burton
- Dancer in the Dark by Juan Carlos Fresnadillo
- Moulin Rouge by Baz Luhrmann
HORROR/SUSPENSE
- The Ring (Ring 0, Ring 1, Ring 2 – the original version not the Hollywood one) by Norio Tsuruta
- The Eye (original version not the Hollywood version) by Norio Tsuruta
- The Others by Alejandro Amenábar
- 28 Days Later by Danny Boyle
- 28 Weeks Later by Juan Carlos Fresnadillo
ANIMATION
- Spirited Away by Hayao Miyazaki
- Grave of the Fireflies by Isao Takahata
Please feel free to add your favorites in the comments below.
