The listing below is an effort to share my experience and expose friends from non-film backgrounds to variety of ideas and thoughts via films. Some films are already popular and mainstream but there are others that deserve more attention than they get. A link is included for films whose short review is complete.
Feature films:
10 out of 10:
  1. Blame it on Fidel (French)
  2. Out of Africa
  3. Bicycle Thief (Italian)
  4. A Peck on the Cheek (Tamil)
  5. All the King’s Men (1949 version)
  6. Citizen Kane
  7. Life is Beautiful (Italian)
  8. To Kill a Mocking Bird
  9. In the Name of the Father
  10. Dead Poets Society
  11. No Man’s Land (Bosnian)
  12. Gandhi
  13. The Lives of Others (German)
  14. Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (Turkish)
  15. The Shawshank Redemption
  16. Before Sunset
  17. American Beauty
  18. Casablanca
  19. Gone with the Wind
  20. LA Confidential
  21. Titanic
  22. The Lord of the Rings
  23. A Beautiful Mind
  24. Che – The Argentine Part 1 (Spanish)
  25. 12 Angry Men (USA)
  26. Pinjra (Marathi)
  27. Machuca (Chilean)
  28. Winter Sleep (Turkish)
  29. Children of Heaven (Iranian)
  30. Wild Tales
  31. Spotlight
  32. Jurassic Park
  33. Best of Youth-Part 1 (Italian)
  34. Best of Youth-Part 2 (Italian)
  35. Summer 1993 (Catalonian)
  36. Guide (Hindi)
  37. Parinda (Hindi)
  38. The Godfather - 2
  39. Leviathan
  40. Sansho, The Bailiff (Japanese)
  41. L'Avventura (Italian)
  42. Ugetsu Monogatari (Japanese)
  43. The Life of Oharu (Japanese)
  44. Harakiri (Japanese)
  45. ​The Night of the Hunter 
  46. Nixon
  47. Battle of Algiers (French)
  48. The Last Emperor
  49. Burnt By The Sun (Russian)
  50. City of God (Brazil-Portuguese)
  51. Hero (Chinese) 
  52. Mondays in the Sun (Spanish)
  53. Chaplin
  54. The Leopard (Italian)
  55. Lawrence of Arabia
  56. The Revanant
  57. Fitzcarraldo
  58. Aguirre, the Wrath of God
  59. Deliverance
  60. Apocalypto
  61. Spartacus
  62. Sunset Boulevard
  63. Cast Away
9 out of 10
  1. North Face (German)
  2. Motorcycle Diaries (Spanish)
  3. Killing Fields
  4. Welcome to Sajjanpur (Hindi)
  5. The Secret in their Eyes (Argentine)
  6. The Deer Hunter
  7. Scent of a Woman
  8. Born on the 4th of July
  9. JFK
  10. Shwas (Marathi)
  11. Good Night and Good Luck
  12. Chicago
  13. Network
  14. All the President’s Men
  15. In the Heat of the Night
  16. One flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest
  17. Schindler’s List
  18. Thirteen Days
  19. The Insider
  20. Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Swedish)
  21. Path To War (HBO film)
  22. The Sixth Sense
  23. Apocalypse Now
  24. The Gladiator
  25. Malcolm X
  26. Khamosh Paani – Silent Waters (Punjabi)
  27. Selma (USA)
  28. Casino
  29. The Usual Suspects
  30. Paan Singh Tomar (Hindi)
  31. Les Misérables – 1998
  32. Wind that Shakes the Barley (Ireland-English)
  33. Omar (Palestinian)
  34. Shatranj Ke Khiladi (Hindi)
  35. Legends of the Fall
  36. Court (Marathi)
  37. OTTAAL (Malayalam)
  38. Unforgiven
  39. Sairat (Marathi)
  40. Innocent Voices (Salvadorian Spanish)
  41. The English Patient
  42. Natsamrat (Marathi)
  43. Amadeus
  44. Rain Man
  45. Even the Rain (Spanish)
  46. Mississippi Burning
  47. Heat
  48. LA LA Land
  49. Dangal
  50. Salvador
  51. Fargo
  52. Mulholland Drive
  53. There Will Be Blood
  54. Incendies (Arabic/French)
  55. Zelary (Czech)
  56. Hunt for the Wilderpeople
  57. The Fog of War
  58. Strangled (Hungarian)
  59. Shoplifters (Japanese)
  60. Pirates of The Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl 
  61. Three Colors: Blue (French)
  62. Chinatown
  63. Tropa De Elite (Brazil-Portuguese)
  64. Bandit Queen
  65. A Few Good Men
  66. The Bridge on River Kwai
  67. The Godfather-1
  68. The Hunt (Danish)
  69. Pulp Fiction
  70. Basic Instinct
  71. Aviator
  72. The Silence of the Lambs
  73. Ray
  74. Jaws
  75. Wall Street
  76. Bohemian Rhapsody
  77. Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter...and Spring
  78. Before Midnight
  79. El Sur (Spanish)
  80. The Spirit of the Beehive (Spanish)
  81. Tristana (Spanish)
  82. Rules of the Game (French)
  83. Babel
  84. Never Cry Wolf
  85. ll Divo
  86. The Mission 
  87. In Bruges (Belgian)
  88. Casino Royale
  89. A Separation (Iran-Persian)
  90. Kolya (Czech)
  91. Nowhere in Africa (German)
  92. Z (French)
  93. Revolutionary Road
  94. The Edge of Heaven (German-Turkish)
  95. Syriana
  96. The Great Beauty (Italian)
  97. People Vs Larry Flynt
  98. The Big Lebowski
  99. Sin Nombre (Honduras-Spanish)
  100. Indochine (French/Vietnamese)
  101. Shanghai (Hindi)
  102. Blood Diamond
  103. Au Revoir Les Enfants (French)
  104. The Emerald Forest
  105. The Grey
  106. Una Noche (Cuban-Spanish)
  107. Todo Sobre Mi Madre
  108. Walkabout
  109. Rio Bravo
  110. The Grand Budapest Hotel
  111. Alive
  112. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
  113. Zatoichi (Japanese)
  114. Once Upon a Time in the West
  115. The Treasure of Sierra Madre
  116. The Killing
  117. The Great Escape
  118. Raiders of the Lost Ark
  119. The Hidden Fortress(Japanese)
  120. To Catch a Thief
  121. Barry Lyndon
  122. High Noon
  123. Ordet (Danish)
  124. Full Metal Jacket
  125. The Princess Bride
  126. Double Indemnity
  127. Roman Holiday
  128. In a Lonely Place
  129. The Hurt Locker
  130. Captain Phillips
  131. ​Forrest Gump
  132. ​Wild Strawberries
  133. McCabe and Mrs. Miller
  134. Cat Ballou
  135. Le Samourai (French)
8 out of 10
  1. Baran
  2. A River Runs Through It
  3. Mystic river
  4. Into the wild
  5. Annie Hall
  6. Harishchandrachi Factory (Marathi)
  7. Uttarayan (Marathi)
  8. Taryanche Bait (Marathi)
  9. The Social Network
  10. Westside Story
  11. El Violin (Mexican-Spanish)
  12. Unstoppable
  13. American Gangster
  14. Any Given Sunday
  15. Million Dollar Baby
  16. A Single Man
  17. Hotel Rwanda
  18. Black Hawk Down
  19. The Kings Speech
  20. Traffic
  21. Bloody Sunday
  22. Shaala (Marathi)
  23. Special 26 (Hindi)
  24. Tell No One (French)
  25. No (Chile-Spanish)
  26. Frost Nixon
  27. What Maisey Knew
  28. Journey of Hope (Turkish)
  29. The Manchurian Candidate
  30. La Dolce Vita (Italian)
  31. Fandry (Marathi)
  32. Mongol (Mongolian)
  33. Bas Vakit (Turkish)
  34. Flame and Citron (Danish/German)
  35. Bullhead (Dutch)
  36. What's eating Gilbert Grape?
  37. Butterfly (Spanish) La lengua de Las Mariposas
  38. Okja
  39. Downfall (German)
  40. Revanche (German)
  41. Two Lives (German)
  42. A Streetcar Named Desire
  43. Showgirls
  44. Primal Fear
  45. Well Done Abba (Hindi)
  46. The Discreet Charm of Bourgeoisie(French)
  47. The Day of the Jackal
  48. The Silence of the Lambs
  49. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
  50. The Last King of Scotland
  51. Scarface
  52. Training Day
  53. Barbarian Invasions
  54. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade 
  55. Bridge of Spies
  56. No Country for Old Men
  57. Mustang (Turkish)
  58. The Official Story (Argentina-Spanish)
  59. The Untouchables
  60. Pursuit of Happyness
  61. Human Capital (Italian)
  62. Talvar (Hindi)
  63. The Crime of Padre Amaro (Spanish)
  64. Pan's Labyrinth (Spanish)
  65. In a Better World (Danish)
  66. Of Gods and Men (French-Algerian)
  67. Marshland (Spanish)
  68. Ran (Japanese)
  69. Prisoners 
  70. Se7en
  71. Kapoor and Sons (Hindi)
  72. Y Tu Mama Tambien(Spanish)
  73. Three Colors: Red (French)
  74. The Garden of the Finzi-Continis (Italian)
  75. The Counterfeiters (Austrian-German)
  76. Andhadhun
  77. The 400 Blows (French)
  78. Summer Hours (French)
  79. Certified Copy (French-English)
  80. Europa Europa (German)
  81. My Sweet Little Village (Czech)
  82. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Mandarin)
  83. Cliffhanger
  84. Thank You for Smoking
  85. Juno
  86. O Brother, Where Art Thou?
  87. Gone Baby Gone
  88. The Burning
  89. 8 Mile
  90. 9 1/2 weeks
  91. Carlito's Way
  92. The Client
  93. Devil's advocate
  94. Hope and Glory
  95. Enemy at the Gates
  96. Erin Brockovich
  97. Good Will Hunting
  98. Sleepers
  99. The Postman Always Rings Twice
  100. The Ring
  101. Dog Day Afternoon
  102. The Hurricane
  103. The Jackal
  104. The French Connection
  105. The Rainmaker
  106. Hell or High Water
  107. Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri
  108. The Hangover
  109. Green Book
  110. The Emperor and the Assassin
  111. The Assassin
  112. Curse of the Golden Flower
  113. The White Ribbon
  114. True Grit
  115. Chungking Express
  116. Chikamatsu Monogatari (Japanese)
  117. Samurai Rebellion (Japanese)
  118. Viridiana (Spanish)
  119. The Exterminating Angel (Spanish)
  120. Crash
  121. 21 Grams
  122. Amores Perros (Spanish)
  123. Insomnia
  124. Dersu Uzala
  125. Letter Never Sent
  126. Borat (2006)
  127. Mother (Korean)
  128. Searchers
  129. The Green Mile
  130. La Cienaga (Argentine-Spanish)
  131. Lady Vengeance (Korean)
  132. The Chaser (Korean)
  133. The Man Without a Past (Finnish)
  134. Cache (French)
  135. The Wailing (Korean)
  136. Head-On
  137. Baader Meinhoff Complex
  138. Still Walking (Japanese)
  139. Hable con ella (Spanish)
  140. El Infierno (Spanish-Mexican)
  141. L'Atalante
  142. Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance (Japanese)
  143. Rashomon (Japanese)
  144. 127 Hours
  145. Muerte de un Ciclista (Spanish)
  146. End of Watch
  147. Jeremiah Johnson
  148. Hana-Bi (Japanese)
  149. The Count of Monte Cristo
  150. Embrace of the Serpent
  151. For a Few Dollars More
  152. Sanjuro (Japanese)
  153. Strangers on a Train
  154. Everest 
  155. A Bridge Too Far
  156. The Man Who Would be King 
  157. Paths of Glory
  158. A Clockwork Orange
  159. The Ghost and The Darkness
  160. Birdman (or unexpected virtue of ignorance)
  161. Slumdog Millionaire
  162. 1917
  163. Skyfall
  164. United 93
  165. Saving Private Ryan
  166. Inception
  167. Red River
  168. A Man for All Seasons
  169. The Fugitive
  170. The Graduate
  171. Philadelphia
  172. The Verdict
  173. Fatal Attraction
  174. Zero Dark Thirty
  175. Shane
  176. Stand By Me
  177. The Wages of Fear
  178. Kill Bill - Vol 1
  179. Gravity
  180. Apollo 13
  181. The Imitation Game
  182. The Wolf of Wall Street
  183. Cat Ballou
  184. Ford V Ferrari
7 out of 10
  1. Crazy Heart
  2. Road to Perdition
  3. Last of the Mohicans
  4. The Lion in Winter
  5. The Queen
  6. The Constant Gardener
  7. Goodfellas
  8. The Prestige
  9. Blue Velvet
  10. House of Flying Daggers (Chinese)
  11. Ip Man
  12. The Square (Australian)
  13. The Invisible Guest
  14. Inside Man
  15. Pelican Brief
  16. Shahid
  17. Departures
  18. Force Majeure (Norwegian)
  19. Dances with the wolves
  20. The Handmaiden
  21. Ash is purest white
  22. The Way Back
  23. Me Sindhutai Sapkal (Marathi)
  24. Kon-Tiki
  25. Match Point
  26. Driving Miss Daisy
  27. Monsieur Lazhar (French)
  28. A Hijacking (Danish/Somali)
  29. Viva Cuba (Cuban-Spanish)
  30. Sling Blade
  31. Memories of Murder (Korean)
  32. Whiplash
  33. Oldboy (Korean)
  34. Wind River
  35. Badlands
  36. The Handmaiden (Korean)
  37. I saw the Devil
  38. Department Q: The Keeper of Lost Causes
  39. Lost City of Z
  40. Abre Los Ojos (Spanish)
  41. Pajaros De Verano (Spanish)
  42. Loving Vincent
  43. Run Lola Run (German)
  44. Cache
  45. The Raid: Redemption
  46. La Piel que habito (Spanish)
  47. Pelle the Conquerer (Danish)
  48. Biutiful (Spanish)
  49. El Club (Spanish-Chile)
  50. Japon (Spanish)
  51. Zama (Spanish-Argentine)
  52. Sonatine (Japanese)
  53. La Mujer Sin Cabeza (Spanish-Argentine)
  54. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom 
  55. Neruda
  56. Roma
  57. Fistful of Dollars
  58. Rear Window
  59. Tokyo Sonata
  60. Rabbit-Proof Fence
  61. The Mosquito Coast
  62. The Shining
  63. Romancing the Stone
  64. Chariots of Fire
  65. A  Good year
  66. Witness
  67. Brokeback Mountain
  68. Jerry Maguire
  69. Valkyrie
  70. The Last Samurai
  71. Life of Pi
  72. Lincoln
  73. Walk the Line
  74. Glengarry Glen Ross
  75. Raise The Red Lantern
  76. The Poseidon Adventure
  77. Touch of Evil
  78. Chariots of Fire
  79. Parasite
  80. Tigers Are Not Afraid
  81. Transsiberian
  82. El Mariachi
  83. Cobra Verde
































Best Documentaries
10 on 10
  1. Planet Earth Series
  2. The Untold History of United States of America
  3. Inside Job
  4. Virunga
  5. CitizenFour
  6. The War on Democracy
  7. I am Not Your Negro
9 on 10
  1. Inequality For All
  2. End of Poverty?
  3. Too Big to Fail
  4. Senna (Brazilian)
  5. Life and Debt (on Jamaica)
  6. Blackfish
  7. Year Zero
  8. Close Encounters at the end of the world
  9. Meru
  10. Bhutto
  11. Free Solo
  12. Bus 174
  13. Fahrenheit 9/11
  14. Happy People: A Year in the Taiga
  15. The Endurance 
8 on 10
  1. Wild China Series
  2. Fidel
  3. South of Border
  4. Frontline: Ten Trillion and Counting
  5. Zeitgeist Series
  6. Katiyabaaz (Powerless)
  7. Dirty Wars
  8. Who killed the electric car?
  9. The Summit
  10. Touching the void
7 on 10
  1. Into the Inferno
  2. Samsara
Favorite Directors of All Time
  1. Kenji Mizoguchi
  2. Luis Bunuel
  3. Vittorio De Seca
  4. Nuri Ceylan
  5. David Lean
  6. Michelangelo Antonioni
  7. Majid Majidi
  8. Fateh Akin
  9. Roland Joffe
  10. John Boorman