progress: 11/52

original list here! (by revchu)

top 5 so far:

1. Moral (1982)
2. Cyclo (1995)
3. Labyrinth of Dreams (1997)
4. The Road to Sampo (1975)
5. Murmur of the Hearts (2015)

challenges (I will definitely watch these out of order):

Week 1 - Critic List: The "Asian Cinema 100" from the 2025 Busan Film Festival
☑️ Week 2 - Asian Women Directors Top 100
Week 3 - Acting: Asian Film Award Nominations
Week 4 - Made in the Philippines
☑️ Week 5 - Actor or Director: Sylvia Chang
☑️ Week 6 - Made in Korea
Week 7 - Anti-Bushido Samurai Films
☑️ Week 8 - Made in Taiwan
Week 9 - Music!
Week 10 - Made in Palestine
Week 11 - Cinema Judaica
Week 12 - Queer Asian Cinema
Week 13 - China's Sixth Generation Movement
Week 14 - Medium: Japanese OVA
Week 15 - Director: Yim Soon-rye
Week 16 - Hong Kong Film Archive's Must-See Hong Kong Films
Week 17 - Asian Cinema with Major International Award Recognition
Week 18 - Korean Queer Cinema
Week 19 - Director: Johnnie To
Week 20 - Japanese Experimental Film
☑️ Week 21 - Crime!
☑️ Week 22 - Indian Women Directors
Week 23 - Post-Apocalyptic Asian Cinema
Week 24 - Banned in China
Week 25 - Made in the Middle East
Week 26 - Chinese Diaspora Queer Cinema
☑️ Week 27 - Made in Singapore or Malaysia
Week 28 - Not Bollywood: Regional Indian Films
Week 29 - Actor: Song Kang-ho
Week 30 - For Your Consideration: Taiwan Post-New Wave
Week 31 - Made in India
Week 32 - Auteur: Hideaki Anno
☑️ Week 33 - Trains!
Week 34 - India Adjacent: Watch a film from Bhutan, Nepal, Myanmar, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, or Pakistan
Week 35 - Director: Trinh T. Minh-ha
☑️ Week 36 - Hong Kong Comedic Cinema
Week 37 - Japanese Women Directors
Week 38 - Made in Southeast Asia
Week 39 - Sageuk: Korean Historical Dramas
Week 40 - Student Animation: Geidai
Week 41 - Pre-revolution (1979) Iranian Cinema
Week 42 - Chinese Women Directors
☑️ Week 43 - Asian Noir
Week 44 - Any Film Nominated for Asian Film Award
Week 45 - Sports!
Week 46 - Tokusatsu Films
Week 47 - Chinese New Documentary Movement
Week 48 - Asian Film in the Criterion Collection
Week 49 - For Your Consideration: Post-6th Generation Chinese Cinema
Week 50 - Japanese Ero-Guro Film
Week 51 - Cinema of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)
☑️ Week 52 - Asian Anthology Film