favorite movies (again)

watching "needing you" made me want to list down my most favorite of the favorite chinese/korean movies, now that i've watched so many of them. well actually it seems more like a list of my favorite movie of each of the few leading ladies (name given in brackets) i've come to know in the ones i've seen. guess they are one of the reasons why i am seeing chinese/korean movies. what are the other reasons - i'm not really sure.

chinese:
- the road home (*ing zhang ziyi)
- needing you (*ing sammi cheng)
- in the mood for love (*ing maggie cheung)
- chungking express (*ing faye wong)
- zhou yu's train (*ing gong li)

korean:
- failan (*ing cecilia chung)
- il mare (*ing ji-hyun jun)
- christmas in august (*ing shim eun-ha)
- oldboy (*ing gang hye-jung)
- the garden of heaven (*ing eun-ju lee)