An annual tradition here at The End, this is a look at my favorite film discoveries of the year, any movie more than a few years old that I saw for the first time in 2017. Previous years include: 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, and 2006. I watched just over 300 films this year, about 80 of which qualified for this list, and these are 60 of my favorites.

In the Heat of the Sun (Jiang Wen, 1994)

5 Centimeters per Second (Makoto Shinkai, 2007)

Mambo Girl (Evan Yang, 1957)

A Grin Without a Cat (Chris Marker,1977)

At Long Last Love (Peter Bogdanovich, 1975)

Vampir-Cuadecuc (Pere Portabella, 1971)

The TAMI Show (Steve Binder, 1964)

Le trou (Jacques Becker, 1960)

The Wild, Wild Rose (Wong Tin-lam, 1960)

Eight Taels of Gold (Mabel Cheung, 1989)

Ace Attorney (Takashi Miike, 2012)

Beast Cops (Gordon Chan & Dante Lam, 1998)

Let It Be (Michael Lindsay-Hogg, 1970)

The Odd Couple (Lau Kar-wing, 1979)

Merrill’s Marauders (Samuel Fuller, 1962)

The Watermelon Woman (Cheryl Dunye, 1996)

A Fishy Story (Anthony Chan, 1989)

Touchez pas au grisbi (Jacques Becker, 1954)

Miracles: Mr. Canton and Lady Rose (Jackie Chan, 1989)

The Goddess (Wu Yonggang, 1934)

The Garden of Words (Makoto Shinkai, 2013)

Chicken and Duck Talk (Clifton Ko, 1988)

Dead or Alive (Takashi Miike, 1999)

Love and Duty (Bu Wancang, 1931)

Diau Charn (Li Han-hsiang, 1958)

Monterey Pop (DA Pennebaker, 1968)

The Chase (Arthur Ripley, 1946)

Shaolin Martial Arts (Chang Cheh, 1974)

Something’s Gotta Give (Nancy Meyers, 2003)

Carry On Pickpocket (Sammo Hung, 1982)

The New One-Armed Swordsman (Chang Cheh, 1971)

The Private Eye Blues (Eddie Fong, 1994)

All About Women (Tsui Hark, 2008)

Romance of the Western Chamber (Hou Yao, 1927)

A Bittersweet Life (Kim Jeewoon, 2005)

Jumping Ash (Josephine Siao & Po-chih Leong, 1976)

If You Are the One (Feng Xiaogang, 2008)

The Beguiled (Don Siegel, 1971)

Hong Kong Nocturne (Inoue Umetsugu, 1967)

Pandora’s Box (Adam Curtis, 1992)

Missing (Tsui Hark, 2008)

Time Out for Trouble (David S. Glidden, 1961)

Teppanyaki (Michael Hui, 1984)

The Young Master (Jackie Chan, 1980)

Moon Warriors (Sammo Hung, 1992)

Sunday in Peking (Chris Marker, 1956)

The June Bride (Tang Huang, 1960)

Assembly (Feng Xiaogang, 2007)

Jimi Plays Monterey (DA Pennebaker & Chris Hegedus, 1986)

Infernal Affairs II (Andrew Lau & Alan Mak, 2003)

If You Are the One 2 (Feng Xiaogang, 2010)

Mr. Nice Guy (Sammo Hung, 1997)

Wicked City (Peter Mak, 1992)

The Black Tavern (Teddy Yip, 1972)

The Dream Factory (Feng Xiaogang, 1997)

Sun, Moon and Star (Evan Yang, 1961)

Once Upon a Time in China V (Tsui Hark, 1994)

Song of China (Fei Mu, 1935)

James Baldwin: the Price of the Ticket (Karen Thorsen, 1989)

Dance of the Drunken Mantis (Yuen Woo-ping, 1979)