Xah Favorite Drama Movies

By Xah Lee. Date: 2016-09-10. Last updated: 2023-07-07.

Requiem for a Dream, a Tale of Desperation

american hustle char-posters — American Hustle (2013) Buy at amazon

drive - a real hero — Drive Buy at amazon

See also: “A Real Hero”, Movie “Drive”

Leaving Las Vegas 1995 • A fantasy land of pain. I love both Sera (Elisabeth Shue) and Terri (Valeria Golino) very much.

One Deadly Summer (1983)

Belle De Jour 1967 — Belle De Jour, 1967 Buy at amazon

Séverine, a Paris housewife who begins secretly spending her afternoon hours working in a bordello. This surreal and erotic daydream from provocateur for the ages Luis Buñuel is an examination of desire and fetishism, as well as an absurdist take on social mores and class divisions.

Lolita 1962 — Lolita Buy at amazon 1962 Director: Stanley Kubrick. Splendid masterpiece. I love Lolita Haze (Sue Lyon). I love her blondness, her tender flesh, and her consummating maturity… This is a true love story.

Run Lola Run 1998 — Run Lola Run Buy at amazon 1998 • Fate, is what it is. A great love story of exigency.

• A great story of a love life. Wonderful music.

Camille Claudel (Isabelle Adjani), ravishing lass. Despair.

Katie Holmes in “The Ice Storm”

Disclosure movie — Disclosure Buy at amazon 1994 • Character I love: Meredith Johnson (Demi Moore)• Comment: There's nothing more important in life than the issue of Sex in the Office. Perhaps a American government branch should be erected for all sex related subject matters, with one department focusing on the law, prevention, and enforcement of sex at work. It is also commendable to invest in a tech device that can be embedded into genitals at birth, so that government can detect every illicit sexual intercourse.

The Crying Game Buy at amazon 1992 • It's not what you think!.

Ju Dou 菊豆 1990 • Directed by Yang Fengliang, 张艺谋 (Yimou Zhang), Plot Summary: A woman married to the brutal and infertile owner of a dye mill in rural …

Raise The Red Lantern 大红灯笼高高挂 1991 Director: 张艺谋 (Yimou Zhang).

一个都不能少 Not One Less 1999 Director: 张艺谋 (Yimou Zhang)• about a 13-years old substitute teacher in a poor rural area of China. Wonderful film.

The Red Dwarf Buy at amazon 1998 • Directed by Yvan Le Moine. Black and white. A bit pointless. Art for arts sake. Supremely beautiful little girl Isis Colombe (played by Dyna Gauzy). Best acting. The clown, Bob, and the girl. The film of circuses.

Three Colors Three Colors: Red 1994 • Directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski. The aspect of enjoyment for this film is watching. By that I don't mean visual treats, but rather, a story told in visual form. It is not a dramatic story. The film does not engage in sexiness or any apparent excitement of the senses. Instead, it's the aspects of telling a plain story gets you fascinated much in the same way you are curious to what happened to your old friends or acquaintances. I like the judge for his unerring confidence and decisiveness. I like the girl of her sincerity, virtue, and with her fine countenance and delicate body, beauty.

Trainspotting movie — Trainspotting Bedrock - “For What You Dream Of” (Trainspotting)

和你在一起 Together 2002 Director: 陈凯歌