I really liked The Constant Gardener, Walk the Line, and Memoirs of a Geisha (read the book as well)... but they all paled in comparison to

KUNG FU HUSTLE!!
http://www.sonyclassics.com/kungfuhu...ex_trailer.php
That movie was frickin' fantastic! If you have not seen it, you can't begin to imagine what you are missing. This ain't some standard chop-suey flick, this is great cinema.