Tarantino: Pulp Fiction and Jackie Brown.

Besson: especially "Nikita", "Leon"       and "Taxi2", also the 5th Element, Le Grand Bleu… (haven’t       seen Joan of Arc yet).

The Cohen Brothers, especially "Fargo" (haven’t seen       The Big Lebowski, arg!). Also "the Hudsucker Proxy"

"Babe" was great (didn’t see the second one yet). "The       Crying Game" good film but very disturbing.

SF: Even though they are a bit superficial "The Fifth element"       and "The Matrix" are good films that pull you in and       have amazing esthetics. I rather liked "Stargate", again       I think because of the artistic concept and look. "Starship Troopers"       was quite entertaining and sarcastic. "Twelve Monkeys"       - no critic here. Oh and "MIB" was fun, almost too short!

Many good french films in recent years "le bonheur est dans le       pré" (a simple comedy) and "Ridicule"       come to mind, "Le diners de cons" is hilarious, and the       play was even better. "Il Postino", very nice film (french and       italian)."Trois couleurs…."

I also like animated films. Unless I’m told it’s bad or *only* for kids       I usually go see all the animated films. Loved Toy Story 1 and       2, thought "the prince of Egypt" was rather good (nice songs),       Mulan was very enjoyable. My favorites in the older classics would be       "the 101 Dalmatians" (a favorite since childhood), "mrs       Brisby & the rats of nihm" (sp?)... oh and "The Wrong Trousers"       and co