My January Movie

This is a list to get recommendations for an (extra) movie for me to watch during January-February 2023. I plan to do this every month or every second month! 

Rules & Guidelines:
- Movies only (not dramas).
- Not already in my Completed list.
- No Rom-Coms if possible.
- Not if the whole plot is about a terminally ill person (TRIGGER)!
- I reserve the right to remove it from the list if I'm sure to find it repulsing, or if it doesn't adhere to the rules!

- 2 votes each.
- Voting ends 15/01/2023

- I'll watch the movie ranking first during January-February 2023.


Note: My Favourite Movies list is here if you're interested.

Estelll Dec 28, 2022
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  • Better Days

    1. Better Days

    Chinese Movie - 2019
    9.2
    1,198 points by 12 voters
    The film revolves around a girl who is being bullied at school and her relationship with a tough street kid, with whom she is implicated in the murder of a teenage girl. ...more
  • Train to Busan

    2. Train to Busan

    Korean Movie - 2016
    8.9
    1,097 points by 11 voters
    Seok Woo, his estranged daughter Soo An, and other passengers become trapped on a KTX train (high-speed train) heading from Seoul to Busan during a disastrous virus outbreak in South Korea. (Source: ...more
  • Along With the Gods: The Two Worlds

    3. Along With the Gods: The Two Worlds

    Korean Movie - 2017
    8.6
    797 points by 8 voters
    After a heroic death, Kim Ja Hong navigates the afterlife with the help of three guardians Kang Rim, Hae Won Maek, and Deok Choon. All deceased must meet the gods of hell ...more
  • Raise the Red Lantern

    4. Raise the Red Lantern

    Chinese Movie - 1991
    8.2
    400 points by 4 voters
    China in the 1920s. After her father's death, nineteen-year-old Song Lian is forced to marry Chen Zuo Qian, the lord of a powerful family. Fifty-year-old Chen already has three wives, each of ...more
  • The Witch: Part 1. The Subversion

    5. The Witch: Part 1. The Subversion

    Korean Movie - 2018
    8.6
    397 points by 4 voters
    10 years ago, Ja Yoon escaped from a government facility in the midst of an inexplicable incident by herself and lost all her memory. An old couple takes her in even though ...more
  • Secrets in the Hot Spring

    6. Secrets in the Hot Spring

    Taiwanese Movie - 2018
    8.1
    299 points by 3 voters
    Xiao Gin transfers to his third school in his fifth year of high school. During winter vacation, his grandparents trick him into visiting the family hotel, founded by his late parents. His ...more
  • Emergency Declaration

    7. Emergency Declaration

    Korean Movie - 2022
    8.5
    297 points by 3 voters
    Veteran detective In Ho receives a report from a man about an airplane terrorist attack. While investigating, he finds out that the suspect boarded the KI501. Despite his phobia of airplanes, Jae ...more
  • The Yin Yang Master

    8. The Yin Yang Master

    Chinese Movie - 2021
    7.9
    200 points by 2 voters
    Captain of the City Guard Yuan Boya is stripped of rank after the imperial tribute he was guarding is stolen. Unwilling to let things lie, he searches for the thieves, only to ...more
  • Juror 8

    9. Juror 8

    Korean Movie - 2019
    8.4
    200 points by 2 voters
    It follows the case of a son brutally murdering his mother, with all factors seeming to point to a guilty ruling. However, the trial did not go as smoothly as expected. The ...more
  • Okay! Madam

    10. Okay! Madam

    Korean Movie - 2020
    8.3
    200 points by 2 voters
    Mi Young runs a shop at a traditional market, where she makes and sells twisted bread sticks. Her husband Seok Hwan works as a computer repairman. One day, Seok Hwan wins a ...more
  • Midnight Runners

    11. Midnight Runners

    Korean Movie - 2017
    8.7
    199 points by 2 voters
    When two police academy cadets witness a kidnapping on their way home from the club, they’ll have to use all their—very recent—training to take down a powerful underground trafficking ring. (Source: AsianCrush)
  • Creepy

    12. Creepy

    Japanese Movie - 2016
    7.0
    199 points by 2 voters
    Takakura is a former detective. He receives a request from his ex-colleague, Nogami, to examine a missing family case that occurred 6 years earlier. Takakura follows Saki's memory. She is the only ...more
  • Exit

    13. Exit

    Korean Movie - 2019
    8.4
    199 points by 2 voters
    Yong Nam was one of the best rock climbers in college but hasn’t had much luck elsewhere after graduation. He has failed to get a job for many years and has to ...more
  • Double Me

    14. Double Me

    Thai Special - 2022, 1 episode
    7.8
    199 points by 2 voters
    The relationship of two brothers with the same tastes.
  • Nice View

    15. Nice View

    Chinese Movie - 2022
    8.2
    198 points by 2 voters
    20 years old Jing Hao, came to Shenzhen to live with his young sister alone. The brothers and sisters live in a warm but difficult life. Because of his sister's high surgery ...more
  • The Book of Fish

    16. The Book of Fish

    Korean Movie - 2021
    7.9
    198 points by 2 voters
    Jung Yak Jeon is a scholar and bureaucrat. He is exiled to the remote island Heuksando. There, he becomes fascinated with fish and decides to write about them. Jung Yak Jeon asks ...more
  • Namiya

    17. Namiya

    Chinese Movie - 2017
    7.7
    100 points by 1 voters
    An evocative story that follows three orphaned youths who stumble upon a letter slipped under the door as they hide out in a food store. They write a response thus beginning a ...more
  • Orange

    18. Orange

    Japanese Movie - 2015
    8.3
    100 points by 1 voters
    During the spring of her 16th year, Takamiya Naho receives a letter from her future self. Upon reading the initial page of the letter, her class was introduced to a transfer student ...more
  • Pure Japanese

    19. Pure Japanese

    Japanese Movie - 2022
    6.7
    100 points by 1 voters
    Action actor Tateishi Daisuke who struggles with loneliness after suffering a traumatic experience due to an accident during filming. One day, he comes across a senior high school girl Ayumi who is ...more
  • Hard Hit

    20. Hard Hit

    Korean Movie - 2021
    7.9
    100 points by 1 voters
    Sung Kyu works as a manager at a bank branch. One morning, he sets off to drive his kids to school and then go to work, but he receives a phone call ...more
  • The Big Tits Dragon

    21. The Big Tits Dragon

    Japanese Movie - 2010
    5.7
    100 points by 1 voters
    Movie adaptation of the Rei Mikamoto's manga "Kyonyū Dragon".
  • The Fortress

    22. The Fortress

    Korean Movie - 2017
    7.6
    100 points by 1 voters
    During the Qing Invasion of Korea, the king and the court take refuge in a mountain fortress, where they find themselves stranded in the cold and surrounded by the enemy. The king’s ...more
  • Reign of Assassins

    23. Reign of Assassins

    Chinese Movie - 2010
    7.7
    100 points by 1 voters
    Cheng Jing is an assassin who tries to return to a normal life after being counselled by a priest. After saving her husband and herself from a gang, she attracts the attention ...more
  • Heavenly Forest

    24. Heavenly Forest

    Japanese Movie - 2006
    8.0
    99 points by 1 voters
    "Heavenly Forest" is about a photographer named Makoto, who travels to New York during Christmas to look for his best friend, Shizuru. The two first met when Makoto attended his university entrance ...more
  • Zero to Hero

    25. Zero to Hero

    Hong Kong Movie - 2021
    8.0
    99 points by 1 voters
    A mother rushes her baby to a clinic in Guangzhou, only to be told the child’s future is grim. The child is diagnosed with Hemolytic jaundice, and the doctor says the resulting ...more
  • Door Lock

    26. Door Lock

    Korean Movie - 2018
    7.9
    99 points by 1 voters
    Kyung Min is an average female living by herself in a studio apartment. When she gets to her place after work, she finds her door lock cover left open. Slightly scared of ...more
  • Mission 1: Possible

    27. Mission 1: Possible

    Korean Movie - 2021
    8.2
    99 points by 1 voters
    Yoo Da Hee is one of the Chinese Ministry of State Security’s top secret agents. When her department receives information about an arms smuggling ring in South Korea, she is sent to ...more
  • Inseparable Bros

    28. Inseparable Bros

    Korean Movie - 2019
    8.5
    99 points by 1 voters
    Se Ha has a brilliant mind and an impressive way with words, which he uses to fight back against the prejudices of society and Dong Goo, a man with outstanding athletic abilities ...more
  • Pitfall

    29. Pitfall

    Japanese Movie - 1962
    7.2
    99 points by 1 voters
    A man wanders into a seemingly deserted town with his young son in search of work. But after a bit of bad luck, he joins the town's population of lost souls. (Source: ...more
  • Letters from Iwo Jima

    30. Letters from Iwo Jima

    Japanese Movie - 2006
    8.2
    99 points by 1 voters
    The island of Iwo Jima stands between the American military force and the home islands of Japan. Therefore, the Imperial Japanese Army was desperate to prevent it from falling into American hands ...more
  • Hitman: Agent Jun

    31. Hitman: Agent Jun

    Korean Movie - 2020
    8.2
    99 points by 1 voters
    Jun is a top agent of the National Intelligence Service who can strike down dozens of terrorists in one fell swoop. Disenchanted with his life, Jun fakes his death and succeeds in ...more

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