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. The Blind Swordsman: 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)
  136. My Neighbor Totoro (Animation-Japanese)
  137. Spirited Away (Animation-Japanese)
  138. El Libertador (Spanish)
  139. Centro Do Brasil (Brazilian-Portuguese)
  140. Life of Pi
  141. Snatch
  142. Blade Runner
  143. Black Swan
  144. Platoon
  145. The Big Heat
  146. The Big Short
  147. Into the wild
  148. Black Hawk Down
  149. Downfall (German)
  150. Summer Hours (French)
  151. My Sweet Little Village (Czech)
  152. The Hangover
  153. El Infierno (Spanish-Mexican)
  154. Butterfly (Spanish) La lengua de Las Mariposas
  155. Pan's Labyrinth (Spanish)
  156. Mother (Korean)
  157. Master and Commander
  158. Ben-Hur
  159. Memento
  160. M
  161. Dirty Harry
8 out of 10
  1. Baran
  2. A River Runs Through It
  3. Mystic river
  4. Annie Hall
  5. Harishchandrachi Factory (Marathi)
  6. Uttarayan (Marathi)
  7. Taryanche Bait (Marathi)
  8. The Social Network
  9. Westside Story
  10. El Violin (Mexican-Spanish)
  11. Unstoppable
  12. American Gangster
  13. Any Given Sunday
  14. Million Dollar Baby
  15. A Single Man
  16. Hotel Rwanda
  17. The Kings Speech
  18. Traffic
  19. Bloody Sunday
  20. Shaala (Marathi)
  21. Special 26 (Hindi)
  22. Tell No One (French)
  23. No (Chile-Spanish)
  24. Frost Nixon
  25. What Maisey Knew
  26. Journey of Hope (Turkish)
  27. The Manchurian Candidate
  28. La Dolce Vita (Italian)
  29. Fandry (Marathi)
  30. Mongol (Mongolian)
  31. Bas Vakit (Turkish)
  32. Flame and Citron (Danish/German)
  33. Bullhead (Dutch)
  34. What's eating Gilbert Grape?
  35. Okja
  36. Revanche (German)
  37. Two Lives (German)
  38. A Streetcar Named Desire
  39. Showgirls
  40. Primal Fear
  41. Well Done Abba (Hindi)
  42. The Discreet Charm of Bourgeoisie(French)
  43. The Day of the Jackal
  44. The Silence of the Lambs
  45. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
  46. The Last King of Scotland
  47. Scarface
  48. Training Day
  49. Barbarian Invasions
  50. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade 
  51. Bridge of Spies
  52. No Country for Old Men
  53. Mustang (Turkish)
  54. The Official Story (Argentina-Spanish)
  55. The Untouchables
  56. Pursuit of Happyness
  57. Human Capital (Italian)
  58. Talvar (Hindi)
  59. The Crime of Padre Amaro (Spanish)
  60. In a Better World (Danish)
  61. Of Gods and Men (French-Algerian)
  62. Marshland (Spanish)
  63. Ran (Japanese)
  64. Prisoners 
  65. Se7en
  66. Kapoor and Sons (Hindi)
  67. Y Tu Mama Tambien(Spanish)
  68. Three Colors: Red (French)
  69. The Garden of the Finzi-Continis (Italian)
  70. The Counterfeiters (Austrian-German)
  71. Andhadhun
  72. The 400 Blows (French)
  73. Certified Copy (French-English)
  74. Europa Europa (German)
  75. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Mandarin)
  76. Cliffhanger
  77. Thank You for Smoking
  78. Juno
  79. O Brother, Where Art Thou?
  80. Gone Baby Gone
  81. The Burning(Korean)
  82. 8 Mile
  83. 9 1/2 weeks
  84. Carlito's Way
  85. The Client
  86. Devil's advocate
  87. Hope and Glory
  88. Enemy at the Gates
  89. Erin Brockovich
  90. Good Will Hunting
  91. Sleepers
  92. The Postman Always Rings Twice
  93. The Ring
  94. Dog Day Afternoon
  95. The Hurricane
  96. The Jackal
  97. The French Connection
  98. The Rainmaker
  99. Hell or High Water
  100. Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri
  101. Green Book
  102. The Emperor and the Assassin
  103. The Assassin
  104. Curse of the Golden Flower
  105. The White Ribbon
  106. True Grit
  107. Chungking Express
  108. Chikamatsu Monogatari (Japanese)
  109. Samurai Rebellion (Japanese)
  110. Viridiana (Spanish)
  111. The Exterminating Angel (Spanish)
  112. Crash
  113. 21 Grams
  114. Amores Perros (Spanish)
  115. Insomnia
  116. Dersu Uzala
  117. Letter Never Sent
  118. Borat (2006)
  119. Searchers
  120. The Green Mile
  121. La Cienaga (Argentine-Spanish)
  122. Lady Vengeance (Korean)
  123. The Chaser (Korean)
  124. The Man Without a Past (Finnish)
  125. Cache (French)
  126. The Wailing (Korean)
  127. Head-On
  128. Baader Meinhoff Complex
  129. Still Walking (Japanese)
  130. Hable con ella (Spanish)
  131. L'Atalante
  132. Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance (Japanese)
  133. Rashomon (Japanese)
  134. 127 Hours
  135. Muerte de un Ciclista (Spanish)
  136. End of Watch
  137. Jeremiah Johnson
  138. Hana-Bi (Japanese)
  139. The Count of Monte Cristo
  140. Embrace of the Serpent
  141. For a Few Dollars More
  142. Sanjuro (Japanese)
  143. Strangers on a Train
  144. Everest 
  145. A Bridge Too Far
  146. The Man Who Would be King 
  147. Paths of Glory
  148. A Clockwork Orange
  149. The Ghost and The Darkness
  150. Birdman (or unexpected virtue of ignorance)
  151. Slumdog Millionaire
  152. 1917
  153. Skyfall
  154. United 93
  155. Saving Private Ryan
  156. Inception
  157. Red River
  158. A Man for All Seasons
  159. The Fugitive
  160. The Graduate
  161. Philadelphia
  162. The Verdict
  163. Fatal Attraction
  164. Zero Dark Thirty
  165. Shane
  166. Stand By Me
  167. The Wages of Fear
  168. Kill Bill - Vol 1
  169. Gravity
  170. Apollo 13
  171. The Imitation Game
  172. The Wolf of Wall Street
  173. Cat Ballou
  174. Ford V Ferrari
  175. North By Northwest
  176. Bonnie and Clyde
  177. The Tale of Princess Kaguya (Animation-Japanese)
  178. Shutter Island
  179. Cruella
  180. House of Flying Daggers (Chinese)
  181. Neruda
  182. White Heat
  183. The Big Heat
  184. Memoirs of a Geisha
  185. Doctor Zhivago
  186. The Ten Commandments
  187. The Sting
  188. Laura
  189. Sideways
  190. Capote
  191. Dr. Strangelove:.........
  192. Witness for the Prosecution







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. Ip Man
  11. The Square (Australian)
  12. The Invisible Guest
  13. Inside Man
  14. Pelican Brief
  15. Shahid
  16. Departures
  17. Force Majeure (Norwegian)
  18. Dances with the wolves
  19. The Handmaiden
  20. Ash is purest white
  21. The Way Back
  22. Me Sindhutai Sapkal (Marathi)
  23. Kon-Tiki
  24. Match Point
  25. Driving Miss Daisy
  26. Monsieur Lazhar (French)
  27. A Hijacking (Danish/Somali)
  28. Viva Cuba (Cuban-Spanish)
  29. Sling Blade
  30. Memories of Murder (Korean)
  31. Whiplash
  32. Oldboy (Korean)
  33. Wind River
  34. Badlands
  35. The Handmaiden (Korean)
  36. I saw the Devil
  37. Department Q: The Keeper of Lost Causes
  38. Lost City of Z
  39. Abre Los Ojos (Spanish)
  40. Pajaros De Verano (Spanish)
  41. Loving Vincent
  42. Run Lola Run (German)
  43. Cache
  44. The Raid: Redemption
  45. La Piel que habito (Spanish)
  46. Pelle the Conquerer (Danish)
  47. Biutiful (Spanish)
  48. El Club (Spanish-Chile)
  49. Japon (Spanish)
  50. Zama (Spanish-Argentine)
  51. Sonatine (Japanese)
  52. La Mujer Sin Cabeza (Spanish-Argentine)
  53. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom 

  54. Roma
  55. Fistful of Dollars
  56. Rear Window
  57. Tokyo Sonata
  58. Rabbit-Proof Fence
  59. The Mosquito Coast
  60. The Shining
  61. Romancing the Stone
  62. Chariots of Fire
  63. A  Good year
  64. Witness
  65. Brokeback Mountain
  66. Jerry Maguire
  67. Valkyrie
  68. The Last Samurai
  69. Lincoln
  70. Walk the Line
  71. Glengarry Glen Ross
  72. Raise The Red Lantern
  73. The Poseidon Adventure
  74. Touch of Evil
  75. Parasite
  76. Tigers Are Not Afraid
  77. Transsiberian
  78. El Mariachi
  79. Cobra Verde
  80. The Tale of Princess Kaguya
  81. The Piano
  82. Maltese Falcon
  83. Ponyo (Animation-Japanese)
  84. Murder on the Orient Express (1973)
  85. ​Cool Hand Luke
  86. Italian Job (2003)
  87. Zodiac
  88. Leon: The Professional
  89. Argo
  90. The Hunt for Red October
  91. Glengarry Glen Ross
  92. Reservoir Dogs
  93. Fight Club
  94. Get Out
  95. Perfume: The Story of a Murderer














































































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 
  16. The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
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
  11. Jiro Dreams of Sushi
7 on 10
  1. Into the Inferno
  2. Samsara
  3. When We Were Kings
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