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 2018. Previous years include: 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, and 2006. I watched just over 350 films this year, about 60 of which qualified for this list, and these are 31 of my favorites.

Hana and Alice (Shunji Iwai, 2004)

Kamikaze Taxi (Masato Harada, 1995)

Wanda (Barbara Loden, 1970)

Bound for the Fields, the Mountains and the Seacoast (Nobuhiko Obayashi, 1986)

Long Arm of the Law (Johnny Mak, 1984)

The Longest Summer (Fruit Chan, 1998)

Wooden Crosses (Raymond Bernard, 1932)

Final Victory (Patrick Tam, 1987)

Dream Lovers (Tony Au, 1986)

Love Letter (Shunji Iwai, 1995)

That Day, on the Beach (Edward Yang, 1983)

Love Unto Waste (Stanley Kwan, 1986)

List (Hong Sangsoo, 2011)

The Boxer’s Omen (Kuei Chih-hung, 1983)

Crime Story (Kirk Wong, 1993)

Tonight Nobody Goes Home (Sylvia Chang, 1996)

Detective Chinatown (Chen Sicheng, 2015)

Something Good – Negro Kiss (William Selig, 1898)

Cops and Robbers (Alex Cheung, 1979)

Siao Yu (Sylvia Chang, 1995)

Lost in the Mountains (Hong Sangsoo, 2009)

Princess D (Sylvia Chang, 2002)

Duel to the Death (Ching Siu-tung, 1983)

Nine to Five (Colin Higgins, 1980)

Mind Game (Masaaki Yuasa, 2004)

Little Forest: Winter/Spring/Summer/Autumn (Junichi Mori, 2014-15)

Bewitched (Kuei Chih-hung, 1981)

Women (Stanley Kwan, 1985)

Man of Steel (Zack Snyder, 2013)

Seeding of a Ghost (Chuan Yang, 1983)

Fireworks, Should We See It from the Side or the Bottom? (Shunji Iwai, 1993)