theatrical releases I want to see (Germany / 2005)
Submitted by WB on Wed, 08/03/2005 - 03:14
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January
- 1. La Demoiselle d'honneur "Die Brautjungfer" (France, Germany, Italy / 2004 / Claude Chabrol)
- 2. Arven "Das Erbe" (Denmark, Sweden, Norway, UK / 2003 / Per Fly)
- 3. Die Reise ins Glück (Germany / 2004 / Wenzel Storch)
- 4. Shi mian mai fu "House of Flying Daggers" (China, Hong Kong / 2004 / Yimou Zhang)
- 5. 2046 (Hong Kong, China, France, Germany / 2004 / Kar Wai Wong)
- 6. Das Netz (Germany / 2004 / Lutz Dammbeck)
- 7. 9 Songs (UK / 2004 / Michael Winterbottom)
- 8. The Aviator "Aviator" (USA, Japan, Germany / 2004 / Martin Scorsese)
- 9. Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events "Lemony Snicket - Rätselhafte Ereignisse" (USA, Germany / 2004 / Brad Silberling)
- 10. Un long dimanche de fiançailles "Mathilde" (France, USA / 2004 / Jean-Pierre Jeunet)
- 11. Nuda v Brne "Sex in Brno" (Czech Republic / 2003 / Vladimír Morávek)
- 12. Der Wald vor lauter Bäumen (Germany / 2004 / Maren Ade)
February
- 1. Kammerflimmern (Germany / 2004 / Hendrik Hölzemann)
- 2. Sideways (USA / 2004 / Alexander Payne)
- 3. Uzak (Turkey /2002 / Nuri Bilge Ceylan)
- 4. Vera Drake (UK, France, New Zealand / 2004 / Mike Leigh)
- 5. Kontroll (Hungary / 2003 / Nimród Antal)
- 6. Finding Neverland "Wenn Träume fliegen lernen" (UK, USA / 2004 / Marc Forster)
March
- 1. La Meglio Gioventu "Die besten Jahre" (Italy / 2003 / Marco Tullio Giordana)
- 2. Code 46 (UK / 2003 / Michael Winterbottom)
- 3. Besieged "Shandurai und der Klavierspieler" (UK, Italy / 1998 / Bernardo Bertolucci)
- 4. L'esquive (France / 2003 / Abdel Kechiche)
- 5. The White Diamond (Germany / 2004 / Werner Herzog)
- 6. The Syrian Bride "Die syrische Braut" (Israel, France, Germany / 2004 / Eran Riklis)
- 7. The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou "Die Tiefseetaucher" (USA / 2004 / Wes Anderson)
- 8. Willenbrock (Germany / 2005 / Andreas Dresen)
- 9. Million Dollar Baby (USA / 2004 / Clint Eastwood)
April
- 1. 2 oder 3 Dinge, die ich von ihm weiß (Germany / 2005 / Malte Ludin)
- 2. Dare mo shiranai "Nobody Knows" (Japan / 2004 / Hirokazu Koreeda)
- 3. Atash "Atash -Durst" (Israel, Palestine / 2004 / Tawfik Abu Wael)
- 4. Palindromes (USA / 2004 / Todd Solondz)
- 5. Maria Full of Grace "Maria voll der Gnade" (USA, Colombia / 2004 / Joshua Marston)
- 6. Nachbarinnen (Germany / 2004 / Franziska Meletzky)
May
- 1. Lakposhta ham parvaz mikonand "Auch Schildkröten können fliegen" (Iran, Iraq, France / 2004 / Bahman Ghobadi)
- 2. Epidemic (Denmark / 1988 / Lars von Trier)
- 3. Jena Paradies (Germany / 2004 / Marco Mittelstaedt)
- 4. Immortel (ad vitam) (UK, France, Italy / 2004 / Enki Bilal)
- 5. Yasmin (UK, Germany / 2004 / Kenneth Glenaan)
June
- 1. Die chinesischen Schuhe (Germany, China / 2004 / Tamara Wyss)
- 2. Kuen rai ngao "One Night Husband" (Thailand / 2003/ Pimpaka Towira)
- 3. Tony Takitani (Japan / 2004 / Jun Ichikawa)
- 4. Zivot je cudo "Das Leben ist ein Wunder" (Republic of Yugoslavia, France / 2004 / Emir Kusturica)
- 5. Rezervni deli "Ersatzteile (Spare Parts)" (Slovenia / 2003 / Damjan Kozole)
- 6. Die Niklashauser Fahrt (West Germany / 1970 / Rainer Werner Fassbinder)
- 7. Rio das mortes (West Germany / 1970 / Rainer Werner Fassbinder)
- 8. Melinda and Melinda (USA / 2004 / Woody Allen)
- 9. Batman Begins (USA / 2005 / Christopher Nolan)
- 10. Stadt als Beute (Germany / 2005 / Rolf Peter Kahl, Miriam Dehne, Esther Gronenborn, Irene von Alberti)
- 11. War of the Worlds "Krieg der Welten" (USA / 2005 / Steven Spielberg)
- 12. My Summer of Love (UK / 2004 / Pawel Pawlikowski)
July
- 1. Riding Giants (USA, France / 2004 / Stacy Paralta)
- 2. Kukushka "Kukushka - Der Kuckuck" (Russia / 2002 / Aleksandr Rogozhkin)
- 3. Allein (Germany / 2004 / Thomas Durchschlag)
August
- 1. Dumplings (Hong Kong / 2004 / Fruit Chan)
- 2. Crash "L.A. Crash" (USA, Germany / 2004 / Paul Haggis)
- 3. Te doy mis ojos "Öffne meine Augen" (Spain / 2003 / Icíar Bollaín)
- 4. Bin-Jip (South Korea, Japan / 2004 / Ki-duk Kim)
- 5. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory "Charlie und die Schokoladenfabrik" (USA, UK, Australia / 2005 / Tim Burton)
- 6. Sin City (USA / 2005 / Robert Rodriguez, Frank Miller, Quentin Tarantino)
- 7. Sugar Orange (Germany / 2004 / Andreas Struck)
- 8. Sábado, una película en tiempo real "Sabado - Das Hochzeitstape" (Chile / 2003 / Matías Bize)
- 9. Don't come knocking (USA, Germany / 2005 / Wim Wenders)
- 10. Jesus, Du weißt (Austria / 2003 / Ulrich Seidl)
- 11. Hauru no ugoku shiro "Das wandelnde Schloß" (Japan / 2004 / Hayao Miyazaki)
- 12. Extraño (Argentina, France, Netherlands, Switzerland / 2003 / Santiago Loza)
September
- 1. Land of the Dead (Canada, France, USA / 2005 / George A. Romero)
- 2. Broken Flowers (USA, Frane / 2005 / Jim Jarmusch)
- 3. Gespenster (Germany / 2005 / Christian Petzold)
- 4. De battre mon coeur s'est arrete "Der wilde Schlag meines Herzens" (France / 2005 / Jacques Audiard)
- 5. Monte Grande (Switzerland / 2004 / Franz Reichle)
- 6. La finestra di fronte "Das Fenster gegenüber" (2003 / Italy, Turkey, Portugal, UK / Ferzan Özpetek)
- 7. Tarnation (2003 / USA / Jonathan Caouette)
October
- 1. Cremaster 1 (1996 / USA / Matthew Barney)
- 2. Cremaster 2 (1999 / USA / Matthew Barney)
- 3. Cremaster 3 (2002 / USA / Matthew Barney)
- 4. Cremaster 4 (1995 / USA, France, UK / Matthew Barney)
- 5. Cremaster 5 (1997 / USA / Matthew Barney)
- 6. Corpse Bride (2005 / USA, UK / Tim Burton, Mike Johnson)
- 7. Proteus (2003 / Canada, South Africa / John Greyson, Jack Lewis)
- 8. Sud pralad "Tropical Malady" (2004 / Thailand, France, Germany, Italy / Apichatpong Weerasethakul)
- 9. Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005 / UK / Nick Park, Steve Box)
- 10. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005 / USA / Shane Black)
- 11. San ging chaat goo si "New Police Story" (2004 / Hong Kong, China / Benny Chan)
- 12. Frozen Angels (2005 / Germany, USA /Eric Black, Frauke Sandig)
- 13. Krisana "Glut" (2005 / Latvia, Germany / Fred Kelemen)
- 14. Sanyogita (2003 / India / Sadashivam Rao)
- 15. A History of Violence (2005 / Canada / David Cronenberg)
- 16. Am seidenen Faden (2005 / Germany / Katarina Peters)
November
- 1. Lost Children (2005 / Germany / Ali Samadi Ahadi, Oliver Stoltz)
- 2. Make my Day (2004 / Germany /Henrike Goetz)
- 3. Weiße Raben - Albtraum Tschetschenien (2005 / Germany / Johann Feindt, Tamara Trampe)
- 4. Elizabethtown (2005 / USA / Cameron Crowe)
- 5. Chakushin ari "The Call" (2003 / Japan / Takashi Miike)
- 6. Unser America (2005 / Switzerland / Kristina Konrad)
- 7. Mang jing "Blinder Schacht" (2003 / China, Germany, Hong Kong / Yang Li)
- 8. Die große Stille (2005 / Germany, France, Switzerland / Philip Gröning)
- 9. Manderlay (2005 / Denmark, Sweden, Netherlands, France, Germany, UK / Lars von Trier)
- 10. Durch diese Nacht sehe ich keinen einzigen Stern (2005 / Germany / Dagmar Knöpfel)
- 11. L'Enfant (2005 / Belgium, France / Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne)
- 12. Paradise Girls (2004 / Netherlands, Germany / Fow Pyng Hu)
- 13. Tokyo Godfathers (2003 / Japan / Satoshi Kon, Shôgo Furuya)
- 14. Le grand voyage "Die große Reise" (2004 / Morocco, France / Ismaël Ferroukhi)
- 15. The Devil's Miner "Devil's Miner - Der Berg des Teufels" (2005 / USA, Germany / Richard Ladkani, Kief Davidson)
- 16. Yan mo "Yan Mo - Vor der Flut" (2005 / China / Yan Yu, Li Yifan)
December
- 1. Nôtre Musique (2004 / France, Switzerland / Jean-Luc Godard)
- 2. Winterkinder (2005 / Germany / Jens Schanze)
- 3. Días de Santiago (2004 / Peru / Josué Méndez)
- 4. Factotum (2005 / USA, Norway / Bent Hamer)
- 5. KeKeXiLi "KeKeXiLi - Mountain Patrol" (2004 / China, Hong Kong / Chuan Lu)
- 6. Lücke im System (2004 / Switzerland, Germany / Romed Wyder)
- 7. Bulutlari beklerken "Waiting for the Clouds" (2004 / Turkey, France, Germany, Greece / Yesim Ustaoglu)
- 8. Feux rouges "Nächtliche Irrfahrt" (2003 / France / Cédric Kahn)
- 9. Match Point (2005 / USA, UK, Luxembourg / Woody Allen)
- 10. U-Carmen e-Khayelitsha "U-Carmen" (2005 / South Africa / Mark Dornford-May)








These are only films I want to see, not films that are actually any good, or recommended (though I hope they are, of course).
Titles in bold are the ones I've seen.
Films are listed by original title, german title, country of origin, year of production, and director.