text: Fantastic Planet (La Planete sauvage, animated sci-fi from 1973)\nLike Water for Chocolate (Mexico)\nY Tu Mama Tambien (Mexico)\nSmall Change (coming of age story in France)\nA trilogy of movies (French): Red (Rouge), White (Blanc), Blue (Bleu)\nAmelie\nDirty Pretty Things\nSwimming Pool\nThe Road Home 1999 (by director Yimou Zhang)\nHouse of Flying Daggers\nThe Iron Ladies (true story about a Thai volleyball team-it's hilarous)\nKung Fu Hustle (silly and very funny)\nCrouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (I love that Chow Yun-Fat)\nRingu (thriller)\nJu-on (thriller, predecessor of "The Grudge")\nBill Plympton's Plymptoons