Monday, May 25, 2009

Best Films List

This is what I’ve watched and liked over all these years. I am sure I’ve missed many good films because I can’t remember them or their names. These all are sure shot good films, and a must watch. There could be many more films in “Strange Films” category, most of them I watched during the film festivals. But I don’t remember their names anymore, they were mostly foreign films.

If you know a good film and you think I should watch, please mention it in the comments section. The “Action” category needs a lot of study since I’ve not watched many action films. Also if there’s a new category you think needs a mention, you are most welcome to add it.

Hindi (old)
1. Mughal-E-Azam
2. Pakeeza
3. Sholay
4. Sangam
5. Chupke Chupke

Hindi (New)
1. Dil Chahta Hai
2. Rang De Basanti
3. Black
4. Satya

Small budget
1. Monsoon wedding
2. Hyderabad blues 1

Controversial
1. Water
2. Fire
3. Kamasutra

Strange films
1. Hazaron khwaishen Aisi
2. Johnny Gaddar

Best Directors (Indian)
1. Ashutosh Gowarikar – Lagaan, Swades, Jodhaa Akbar.
2. Mani Ratnam- Anjali, Bombay, Roja, Yuva, Guru.


Animated films
1. Ratatouiee
2. Wall E
3. The Incredibles

Hollywood

1. Sound of music
2. Casablanca
3. Titanic
4. A beautiful Mind
5. The Shawshank Redemption

Foreign Language
- Children of Heaven
- Bicycle Thief

Documentary
Global Warming- Al Gore

All Time Entertainers
- Amar Akbar Anthony
- Devil Wears Prada

Best Series
- How I Met Your Mother
- Friends



Romantic Comedies
1. Andaaz Apna Apna
2. Jab We Met
3. My Best Friend’s Wedding
4. You’ve Got Mail
5. Kate and Leopold


Pure Comedies
1. Hera Pheri
2. Plains Trains and Automobiles
3. Father of the Bride 1


Action
1. The matrix
2. Matrix Reloaded
3. Terminator 2
4. The fast and the furious Tokyo Drift and
5. Die Hard 4.O
6. Barrier 13 ( just for the chases)
7. Transformers

11 comments:

  1. Fast and the Furious (2009) is better than Tokyo Drift! The cast is mind blowing!

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  3. In Best Series, I think you've got to watch the following:
    Desperate Housewives: Drama@its best
    Kyle XY: Sci-fi, suspense
    Greek: High School Teen-age drama
    ABC channel has some amazing Sit-coms which can get you hooked to the television for hours together!

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  4. Ah .. I was hoping "Children of Heaven" would be there .. and sure enough .. it is!

    Have you watched "Life is Beautiful"? Its an absolute must-watch.

    Bollywood: Dor, Wednesday.

    Hollywood: Terminal, Pursuit of Happyness, The Good Son

    Controversial (not sure whether this is the right category) - Madhur Bhandarkar movies like Page3. And what about Astitva?

    Strange - Totally Hatke movies of what I call the Konkona Sen genre (15 Park Avenue, Mixed Doubles)

    Animated: Ice Age, KungFu Panda, Madagascar (especially Madagascar 2)

    Gosh, this list can go on.. and on.. and on ... :-))

    I'l probably update it through more comments as and when.

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  5. Adding some more movies here...
    Hatke:Dev D, Hey Raam
    Romantic Musicals: A Walk to Remember, Serendipity, Zubeidaa

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  6. Yesterday i put the post and a lot more names popped in my mind. Madhur Bhandarkar deserves to be mentioned in the Director's list coz he has a different style of film making. in all of his films he uses a common man who's always commenting on the ongoing's of the subject of the movie ( just like R K Laxman's cartoons on TOI)

    @ Kiran: u r absolutely right! life is beautiful is a beautiful film that i just missed out on.

    i need to watch some of the other films u mentioned.esp in hoyywood category.

    @ di: i dont watch TV ( its always preoccupied @ our place) but will surely try n watch d different series u mentioned.plz let me knw d timings though. i've watched desperate housewives though, its good.

    abt dev D: sure its made differently, bt d kind of hype it received is a bit too much i feel. i think if u watch d film in a theatre it can have a different effect on u, i watched it at home- my head was aching by d end of it!

    romantic musicals is a gud category. i havent watched d 1st 2 though!

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  7. ABC doesent get aired in India so we download the torrents of the television series to watch them.I think they still air Desperate Houewives on Star World but its season 4/5 and you have to watch these sit-coms from the beginning-season 1 if you want to know whats happening.

    I agree Dev D wasnt worth the hype but I liked the way the traditional Devdas story was re-made to suit the modern times. It was a much better adaptation than Sanjay Leela Bhansali's!

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  8. i loved sanjay leela bhansali's Devdas!
    d dialogues were superb, i bought d cd!:)

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  9. Hey, animations category should top with Ice Age 1 & 2... best animation movies ever. I'm waiting for the 3rd.
    And the documentory about Global warming by Al Gore is called The Inconvenient Truth.

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  10. there shud also b a biographies category.
    2 tht i've watched n liked r :
    1. Gandhi
    2. into the wild

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  11. i just watched a film now: spy game starring Brad Pitt!
    its a must watch!

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