Movie Recommendations
As someone who loves watching movies, I always appreciate finding people's movie recommendation lists. As such, I present mine below, sectioned by moods and themes.
In case you were wondering, I also included the Taiwanese title for each film just for my own reference.
(There are many others not listed here yet. I am trying to make an exhaustive list of movies I have watched and liked, but there are only so many I can think of right now.)
(Oh and if I were to choose my one favourite movie, it would be The Legend of 1900 (1998).)
Identity and Purpose
These are movies that, in my opinion, explore questions like: Who am I? What is my purpose? What is the point of life?
- Good Will Hunting (1997) 心靈捕手
- The Legend of 1900 (1998) 海上鋼琴師
- The Truman Show (1998) 楚門的世界
- A Beautiful Mind (2001) 美麗境界
- Catch Me if You Can (2002) 神鬼交鋒
- The Dark Knight (2008) 黑暗騎士
- 3 Idiots (2009) 三個傻瓜
- The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013) 白日夢冒險王
- Oppenheimer (2023) 奧本海默
About Love
These are movies not necessarily about romance, but about "love" in general, also including family, friends, or even nature.
- Princess Mononoke (Japanese, 1997) 魔法公主
- Pay It Forward (2000) 讓愛傳出去
- Spirited Away (Japanese, 2001) 神隱少女
- Before Sunset (2004) 愛在日落巴黎時
- Front of the Class (2008) 叫我第一名
- Avatar (2009) 阿凡達
- My Sister's Keeper (2009) 姊姊的守護者
- Les Misérables (2012) 悲慘世界
- The Great Gatsby (2013) 大亨小傳
- Have a Song on Your Lips (Japanese, 2015) 再會吧！青春小鳥
- Arrival (2016) 異星入境
- A Silent Voice (Japanese, 2016) 聲之形
- Your Name (Japanese, 2016) 你的名字
- Instant Family (2018) 速成家庭
- We Made a Beautiful Bouquet (Japanese, 2021) 花束般的戀愛
- Suzume (Japanese, 2022) 鈴芽之旅
Motivational
- The Shawshank Redemption (1994) 刺激1995
- Gladiator (2000) 神鬼戰士
- Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story (2003) 最貧窮的哈佛女孩
Inspirational
About Justice
Thriller and Mystery
- Outbreak (1995) 危機總動員
- Memento (2000) 記憶拼圖
- The Prestige (2006) 頂尖對決
- 21 (2008) 決勝21點
- Suspect X (Japanese, 2008) 嫌疑犯X的獻身
- Game of Thrones (Drama) (2011) 冰與火之歌：權力遊戲
- Conclave (2024) 秘密會議
Horror
WARNING: THERE CAN BE HORRIFYING IMAGES WHEN YOU CLICK ON THESE LINKS. ONLY LOOK INTO THEM IF YOU ACTUALLY ENJOY HORROR FILMS.