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- DirectorKar-Wai WongStarsNorah JonesJude LawNatalie PortmanA young lonely woman takes a soul-searching journey across America to resolve her questions about love while encountering a series of off-beat characters along the way.
- DirectorRobert EnricoStarsRoger JacquetAnne CornalyAnker-Spang LarsenIn 1862, during the American Civil War, a Southern civilian is about to be hanged for attempting to sabotage a railway bridge. When the execution takes place from the bridge, the rope breaks and he begins his escape toward home.
- DirectorClyde BruckmanBuster KeatonStarsBuster KeatonMarion MackGlen CavenderAfter being rejected by the Confederate military, not realizing it was due to his crucial civilian role, an engineer must single-handedly recapture his beloved locomotive after it is seized by Union spies and return it through enemy lines.Recommend christopher mcquarrie
- DirectorJijo PunnooseStarsPrem NazirMadhuPoornima JayaramA prince comes back to his native land to take revenge on those who conspired against him. Inspired from the novel The Count of Monte Christo
- DirectorEmilio EstevezStarsMartin SheenEmilio EstevezDeborah Kara UngerA father heads overseas to recover the body of his estranged son who died while traveling the "El camino de Santiago," and decides to take the pilgrimage himself.
- DirectorVijay AnandStarsDev AnandNutanRajendranath MalhotraChildren of two life-long rivals fall in love and try to make their fathers see the error of their ways.Sreeram -rangan interview
Recommended by: Ayushmann Khurrana
This film starred Dev Anand and Nutan. I love this film and the soundtrack. I still remember that song called ‘Dil Ka Bhanwar Kare Pukaar’, which was shot at Qutub Minar. You’re not even allowed to shoot there now. - DirectorJoe SwanbergStarsOlivia WildeJake JohnsonAnna KendrickLuke and Kate are coworkers at a brewery who spend their nights drinking and flirting heavily. One weekend away together with their significant others proves who really belongs together and who doesn't.Recommended by: Shakun Batra
This movie is not a classic. It changed my take on how I wanted to approach performances. The director is one of the people who initiated the mumblecore filmmaking in America. It’s a modern take on male-female relationships but is not a romantic comedy. The movie tries to explore the line between friendship and physical attraction. It has no shock value and is very real in its structure. It’s a very unconventional screenplay and I think that is what I really liked. It’s not about twists and turns, rather it is about internal conflicts. The camera style in this film is very personal and intimate. - DirectorPedro AlmodóvarStarsRosario FloresJavier CámaraDarío GrandinettiTwo men share an odd friendship while they care for two women who are both in deep comas.Recommended by: Baradwaj Rangan
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This 2002 film is one of the most twisted and most obsessive love stories of all time. The narrative is about two men who strike up a friendship in the hospital because their wives are in a coma. Talk to Her is about the mysteries of human behaviour, which is what we call life at the end of the day. - DirectorJohn CarpenterStarsAustin StokerDarwin JostonLaurie ZimmerA Highway Patrol Officer, two criminals and a station secretary defend a defunct Los Angeles precinct office against a siege by a bloodthirsty street gang.Recommended by: Patrick Graham
One of the daddies of siege-thrillers. This film is just so cool, understated and sinister to this very day. With one of the best film-scores ever made and a coldness and matter-of-factness to it that just seems to work. Whenever I’m thinking of siege-thrillers and trying to come up with ideas I have the amazing score by John Carpenter pumping from my speakers full blast. Fuck my neighbours. - DirectorElia KazanStarsVivien LeighMarlon BrandoKim HunterDisturbed Blanche DuBois moves in with her sister in New Orleans and is tormented by her brutish brother-in-law while her reality crumbles around her.Recommended by: Imtiaz Ali
It really felt like Marlon Brando was going through the emotions of his character and the relationship this man was in. It felt so strong and passionate. - DirectorGuru DuttStarsWaheeda RehmanGuru DuttKumari NaazSuresh Sinha, a famous director, discovers star potential in Shanti, a woman he stumbled into one rainy evening, and casts her as the lead in a film. In a twist of fate, Shanti becomes a superstar and Suresh faces a decline in his career.Recommended by: Nag Ashwin
I love a lot of the films of that era but this one had an everlasting impact on me. Hyderabad has a mixed culture so I saw some Hindi films while growing up like Tezaab and Sholay. I consciously started watching older Hindi films only a few years back. This was when I was making ads and before I got down to making my first film. At that time, I was trying to consume as much cinema as possible. - DirectorSpike JonzeStarsNicolas CageMeryl StreepChris CooperA lovelorn screenwriter becomes desperate as he tries and fails to adapt 'The Orchid Thief' by Susan Orlean for the screen.Jeff ander fav 4
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This is by one of our favourite screenwriters, Charlie Kaufman. We seem to get attracted to films that are self-aware (as you can see from this list). You can’t go more meta than this film. It’s about Charlie Kaufman being hired to write a movie and ending up putting himself in it, writing a movie about him being hired to write a movie and ends up putting himself in it. - DirectorCristian MungiuStarsAnamaria MarincaLaura VasiliuVlad IvanovA woman assists her friend in arranging an illegal abortion in 1980s Romania.
- DirectorChaitanya TamhaneStarsVira SathidarVivek GomberGeetanjali KulkarniWhen an aging activist is arrested, the lives of the accused, the lawyers, and the judge intertwine to reveal bigotry that underscores the judicial system.
- DirectorKinji FukasakuStarsBunta SugawaraHiroki MatsukataKunie TanakaDuring the violent chaos of post-War Japanese black market, a young gangster called Shozo Hirono has to keep up with the rapid shifts of power between unscrupulous bosses.
- DirectorFederico FelliniStarsMarcello MastroianniAnita EkbergAnouk AiméeA series of stories following a week in the life of a philandering tabloid journalist living in Rome.Fav 4 aronofsky
- DirectorFederico FelliniStarsMagali NoëlBruno ZaninPupella MaggioA series of comedic and nostalgic vignettes set in a 1930s Italian coastal town.
- DirectorEmir KusturicaStarsPredrag 'Miki' ManojlovicLazar RistovskiMirjana JokovicTwo underground black marketeers, Marko and Blacky, sell weapons to the Communist resistance in wartime Belgrade, living the good life along the way.
- DirectorGuru DuttStarsGuru DuttWaheeda RehmanMala SinhaVijay, a talented but indigent poet, struggles for love and recognition in this selfish world.
- DirectorSatyajit RayStarsChhabi BiswasGangapada BasuPadmadeviDepicts the end days of a decadent zamindar (landlord) in Bengal, and his efforts to uphold his family prestige even when faced with economic adversity.
- DirectorManmohan DesaiStarsVinod KhannaRishi KapoorAmitabh BachchanThree brothers are separated and united after many years - one is brought up a Hindu, another a Muslim and the last (and most memorable) a Christian. Hilarity and adventure ensues.
- DirectorSubhash GhaiStarsRakhee GulzarJackie ShroffAnil KapoorRam Lakhan is the story of two brothers who part ways due to their ideological differences, but how they come to each other's rescue as the story unfolds.
- DirectorPete DocterDavid SilvermanLee UnkrichStarsBilly CrystalJohn GoodmanMary GibbsIn order to power the city, monsters have to scare children so that they scream. However, the children are toxic to the monsters, and after a child gets through, two monsters realize things may not be what they think.
- DirectorMathieu KassovitzStarsVincent CasselHubert KoundéSaïd Taghmaoui24 hours in the lives of three young men in the French suburbs the day after a violent riot.Peaky fav 4
- DirectorStephen ChowStarsStephen ChowWah YuenQiu YuenIn Shanghai, China in the 1940s, a wannabe gangster aspires to join the notorious "Axe Gang" while residents of a housing complex exhibit extraordinary powers in defending their turf.
- DirectorSatoshi KonStarsMegumi HayashibaraTôru EmoriKatsunosuke HoriWhen a machine that allows therapists to enter their patients' dreams is stolen, all hell breaks loose. Only a young female therapist, Paprika, can stop it.
- DirectorK. ViswanathStarsChiranjeeviJandhyalaMeenakshi SheshadriMadhava is a servant to Hema's father. Although they love each other, societal norms keep them apart. A horrific tragedy lands Hema in a mental asylum. Madhava enters the asylum to help and save her.
- DirectorSingeetam Srinivasa RaoStarsNandamuri BalakrishnaMohiniAmrish PuriA group of children use a time machine to investigate a robbery. The protagonist couple, in their attempt to rescue the kids, get stuck in the machine and travel all the way back to the period of the ruler Krishnadevaraya (1500 A.D.) as well as into the future (2500 A.D.), facing sticky situations along the way.
- DirectorShekhar KapurStarsAnil KapoorSrideviAmrish PuriA poor but big-hearted man takes orphans into his home. After discovering his scientist father's invisibility device, he rises to the occasion and fights to save his children and all of India from the clutches of a megalomaniac.
- DirectorCameron CroweStarsTom CruisePenélope CruzCameron DiazA self-indulgent and vain publishing magnate finds his privileged life upended after a vehicular accident with a resentful lover.
- DirectorVamsyVenkat MaddiralaStarsRajendra PrasadShobanaKrishna BhagavanA habitual liar and con-man tries to transform himself into a honest and truthful person to win the heart of his ladylove.
- DirectorL.V. PrasadStarsN.T. Rama RaoSavitriAkkineni Nageswara RaoA rom-com involving Rao and Mary, two unemployed new graduates, who decide to act as a married couple so that they qualify for two teaching jobs at a High School and eventually fall in love.
- DirectorSatyajit RayStarsUttam KumarSharmila TagoreBireswar SenEn route to Delhi to receive an award, a Bengali film star reevaluates his success through his fellow passengers, dreams, and past experiences.
- DirectorTapan SinhaStarsManoj MitraBasanta ChoudhuryMoon Moon Sen
- DirectorTapan SinhaStarsMumtaz AhmedBhanu BannerjeeTapan BhattacharyaA mysterious man arrives as a servant in a dysfunctional and fragmented joint family and over time, helps them to rebuild the love and compassion within the family.
- DirectorDinen GuptaStarsSoumitra ChatterjeeAparna SenRabi GhoshThis film mainly consist of clashes between four boys and some girls of the hostel namely 'Basanta Bilap'. Both the parties uses hilarious tricks upon one another but evidently the three boys of the group falls in love with three girls of Basanta Bilap and the story goes on. At last the leaded of the boys group 'Shyam' falls for the girls group leader 'Anuradha' , and the story ends.
- DirectorRituparno GhoshStarsKirron KherChiranjitSudipta ChakrabortyA lonely middle-aged woman is forced by circumstance to let out her house to a film crew. She is attracted to the charming director and he exploits this fact to suit his purposes.
- DirectorMrinal SenStarsSatya BanerjeeRadhamohan BhattacharyaDhritiman ChatterjeeA film crew comes to a village to make a film about a famine, which killed five million Bengalees in 1943.
- DirectorPrafulla ChakrabortyStarsBhanu BannerjeeChhabi BiswasTulsi ChakrabortyWhen the messengers of 'Yamraj'- God of Death - mistakenly bring an alive, honest person to hell, he starts a revolution to fix outdated rules of heaven and hell.
- DirectorAjoy KarStarsSuchitra SenUttam KumarKhitish AcharyaSet in World War II, the reverend Krishnendu runs a military hospital in Bankura. A drunken Anglo-Indian woman soldier is brought to him for treatment and he recognized her as his former love Rina Brown.
- DirectorTapan SinhaStarsGita DeySwarup DuttAnubha GuptaEkhonee depicts the lives and frustrations of a bunch of youth struggling to cope with the adversities of a bureaucratic society. There's a bunch of college students Arun, Tiklu, Shambhu, Biman, Sujit, Urmi whose lives undergo a change after the carefree days of college are over. Arun, Tiklu, Shambhu, Biman and Sujit struggle to get a job. Sujit is the lucky one who gets a good job through his girlfriend's reference and also gets an opportunity to go abroad. Arun struggles for a job and loses his mother to cancer. Tiklu has to join his father's garage when he fails to get a job. Biman is forced to marry his girlfriend and is trapped in marriage. Shambhu leaves with Atin a comrade to work for the farmers. Urmi becomes pregnant with her fiancée's child but he leaves her and goes abroad. Arun who was her closest friend discloses his love for her and marries her. Their lives lead them to an unknown future.
- DirectorRoger MichellStarsHugh GrantJulia RobertsRichard McCabeA set of circumstances makes Anna Scott, a famous actress, fall in love with William Thacker, owner of a bookstore in Notting Hill. But the paparazzi's fascination with her complicates their bond.Ella anderson fav 4
- DirectorRoman PolanskiStarsHugh GrantKristin Scott ThomasEmmanuelle SeignerAfter hearing stories of her, a passenger on a cruise ship develops an irresistible infatuation with an eccentric paraplegic's wife.
- DirectorRobert MulliganStarsJennifer O'NeillGary GrimesJerry HouserDuring his summer vacation on Nantucket Island in 1942, a youth eagerly awaiting his first sexual encounter finds himself developing an innocent love for a young woman awaiting news on her soldier husband's fate in WWII.
- DirectorDaniel AttiasStarsGary BuseyEverett McGillCorey HaimIn a small town, brutal killings start to plague the close knit community. Marty Coslaw, a paraplegic boy, is convinced the murders are the doings of a werewolf.
- DirectorMichael AndersonStarsRichard ToddAnne BaxterHerbert LomAt Kimberley Prescott's villa, a stranger shows up and claims he is her brother who supposedly died the previous year in a car accident.
- DirectorKundan ShahStarsNaseeruddin ShahRavi BaswaniBhakti BarveTwo photographers, who are employed by a magazine editor to expose the scandalous activities of the rich, come across corruption by a builder and accidentally photograph a murder.
- DirectorTinnu AnandStarsAmitabh BachchanShabana AzmiB.M. ShahA newspaper reporter exploits an ordinary man for few rupees to pose as a man who is fighting against the corrupt politicians and prints imaginary stories in his name to improve the circulation of her newspaper. People take him for real and he becomes a powerful leader of poor man. One day the paper prints a letter in his name that he is going to end his life fighting corruption. This puts the ordinary man in a fix. He knows that at this juncture he can't refute the accuracy of all those stories. He also realizes that he is the sole hope of millions. Finally, he buckles under moral pressure and jumps from an incomplete multi-storied building and ends his life.
- DirectorRam Gopal VarmaStarsUrmila MatondkarManoj BajpayeeSushant SinghWhile alone in the house, a woman hears news of serial killer on the loose. And then a stranger rings the doorbell...
- DirectorSai ParanjpyeStarsShabana AzmiNaseeruddin ShahSudha ChopraAnirudh Parmar is blind, but he does not let this impairment bind him down. He runs a school for the blind as a Principal. He meets with social worker, Kavita. Kavita is attracted to him, and he slowly also gets attracted to her. When marriage is proposed, both agree to marry each other. Then Anirudh starts having doubts whether this marriage is going to succeed, as he feels he is being patronized, and pittied.
- DirectorYash ChopraStarsAmitabh BachchanShashi KapoorNirupa RoyVijay struggles as a dockworker and eventually becomes a leading figure of the underworld, while his younger brother Ravi is an educated, upright policeman. This divide causes problems in their relationship.
- DirectorMahesh BhattStarsAnupam KherRohini HattangadiSoni RazdanAn old couple lend a room on rent after recent death of the bread earner of the family, their only son. A budding actress starts living with them, who is in love with a local politician's only son. The movie shows what later ensues.
- DirectorEmir KusturicaStarsBajram SeverdzanSrdjan 'Zika' TodorovicBranka KaticMatko and his son Zare live on the banks of the Danube river and get by through hustling and basically doing anything to make a living. In order to pay off a business debt Matko agrees to marry off Zare to the sister of a local gangster.
- DirectorGaspar NoéStarsMonica BellucciVincent CasselAlbert DupontelEvents over the course of one traumatic night in Paris unfold in reverse-chronological order as the beautiful Alex is brutally raped and beaten by a stranger in an underpass tunnel.Fav 4 Niia
- DirectorJafar PanahiStarsJafar PanahiNasrin SotoudehBanned from making movies by the Iranian government, Jafar Panahi poses as a taxi driver and makes a movie about social challenges in Iran.
- DirectorSundaram BalachanderStarsSundaram BalachanderGopalakrishnanLakshmirajyamThe business partner and some employees of the elderly Mr. Somasundaram plot to eliminate him by hiding a bomb inside a doll. Learning of the plot, a few others try to avert the calamity. The story consists of the series of events by which the doll keeps changing hands, while being chased by those involved in the plot, and also by those trying to prevent it from exploding.
- DirectorParthiban RadhakrishnanStarsParthiban RadhakrishnanSeethaNassarA criminal decides to redeem himself after marriage but his former boss resents this.
- DirectorReghunath PaleriStarsMohanlalAsha JayaramGeethu MohandasThe film sheds light on the story of Aleena (Asha Jayaram), a widow and her four-year-old daughter Deepamol (Geethu Mohandas). Aleena lives with her daughter treasuring the memories of her late husband (Prathap Pothan) in a big house. She repeatedly dismisses the notion of remarriage. She is a painter and works in the advertising industry. Deepamol is a bubbly little girl always playing around with the telephone making random calls. One such call turns their life forever when Deepamol gets in contact with her "Telephone uncle" (Mohanlal). Deepamol gets attached to Telephone uncle very fast. Though Aleena was on the fence and skeptical of the man's intentions, she eventually falls in love. Telephone uncle resists the coercions from the mother and never reveals his name or whereabouts. Finally, he comes to their place on the night of Deepamol's birthday raising Aleena's hope for a better life, only to put an end to it within a very short time. Watch the full movie Onnu Muthal Poojyam Vare online, only on Eros Now.
- DirectorBhagyarajStarsV.R. ThilagamA man loses his voice after his mother's shocking death. Later, he falls in love with a doctor who comes to practise in his village. Will he be able to regain his voice with her help?
- DirectorBhagyarajStarsBhagyarajUrvashiPoornima JayaramA woman finds a husband and tries to win his love through unconventional means.
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- DirectorBhagyarajStarsBhagyarajM.N. NambiarPandiarajanTwo people are committed to an arranged marriage by their families. The two fall in love, but when the families disagree on the dowry, both sides are incensed, and the lovers' marriage is forbidden.
- DirectorParthiban RadhakrishnanStarsSree BanuTypist GopuSurya KalaMuruthy is the sole breadwinner of his big family. He discovers that he has cancer and his days are numbered. He tries all that he can to secure his family.
- DirectorM.G. RamachandranStarsM.G. RamachandranP.S. VeerappaM.N. NambiarA wanderer/revolutionary is a dead ringer for a monarch, and takes his place.
- DirectorB. Ramakrishnaiah PanthuluStarsJayalalitha JR.S. ManoharNageshEnslaved convicts for treason plan escape but get caught by pirates and work for them before gaining their support and fighting back their country's authoritarian rule.
- DirectorParthiban RadhakrishnanStarsParthiban RadhakrishnanVikramVadiveluA story about a bomb placed in a theater in a slum and the lives of a small group of people living near it.
- DirectorK. VijayanStarsSarithaSivakumarSilk Smitha
- DirectorM.A. ThirumughamStarsJaishankarSowcar JanakiNagesh
- DirectorParthiban RadhakrishnanStarsThambi RamaiahSanthosh PrathapVijay RamAmidst his personal struggles, Tamizh calls his friends - a DOP, a director-wannabe with 40 years of industry experience and three young Assistant directors, for a discussion to develop a script for his first film.
- DirectorVishnupant Govind DamleSheikh FattelalStarsVishnupant PagnisGauriB. NandrekarThis film chronicles the life of Tukaram (17th century), one of Maharashtra's most popular saint poets, activating the 20th century resonances of his turning away from courtly Sanskrit towards vernacular rhythms of religious poetry which constituted the first major emancipatory movement against Brahmanical caste domination. The episodic plot pits Tukaram (Pagnis) against the Brahmin Salomalo (Bhagwat), who pretends to be the true author of Tukaram's songs while calling for his ostracization.Recommended by: Amol Gupte
This was the first film with children at the centre that actually touched me. It was path-breaking for India as well. Picked for a special recommendation at Venice Film Festival, it is a Marathi film from Prabhat Studios made by Vishnupant Damle, a sound designer and Sheikh Fattelal, an art director. It’s such an uplifting experience because it gives you a slice of such pristine, simple, honest, emotive life. It reminds me of F. W. Murnau’s Sunrise (1927) about a single farming family. - DirectorDavid O. RussellStarsJason SchwartzmanJude LawNaomi WattsA husband-and-wife team play detective, but not in the traditional sense. Instead, the happy duo helps others solve their existential issues, the kind that keep you up at night, wondering what it all means.Recommended by: Nag Ashwin
I randomly found this film about 5 years ago and I think it’s definitely one of the most funny yet philosophical movies that I’ve ever seen. It was very transformative. I loved that a movie can talk about something so existential in such a ridiculously comic way. - DirectorP. MadhavanStarsShivaji GanesanPrameelaV.K. RamasamyChowdary is a disciplined police officer who is dedicated to his job. But his son Jagan is rebellious by nature and has all sorts of vices. Circumstances force Chowdary to arrest his son.Recommended by: Nag Ashwin
I randomly found this film about 5 years ago and I think it’s definitely one of the most funny yet philosophical movies that I’ve ever seen. It was very transformative. I loved that a movie can talk about something so existential in such a ridiculously comic way. - DirectorSatyajit RayStarsTapan ChatterjeeRabi GhoshAjoy BanerjeeGoopy wants to sing, and Bagha wants to play the dhol. They meet accidentally and are helped by King of Ghosts. With newly endowed abilities, they land in kingdom of Shundi, where their adventure begins.Recommended by: Srijit Mukherji
There is nothing much to say about Ray’s genius as encapsulated perfectly in Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne, which hasn’t been said before. An adapation of a fairly simple children’s tale about a couple of village bumpkins and a king by his grandfather Upendrakishore into a full blown, grand fairy tale at one level. At another level, one of the most lyrical anti-war films the world has ever seen. At a third, as a huge commercially successful film which held box office records for years. And at a fourth level, possibly one of the finest musicals ever made where the entire songs were composed, scored and written by the auteur. This has a sweet personal memory too, as the only film songs we were allowed to sing and hear in the school premises apart from Tagore songs, were the songs from Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne and Hirak Rajar Deshe. - DirectorRam Gopal VarmaStarsJ.D. ChakravarthiManoj BajpayeeUrmila MatondkarAn innocent man is embroiled in underworld after being falsely charged and sets out to punish the perpetrators who subjected his life to misery.Recommended by: Abhishek Chaubey
Satya was the first film I saw in Mumbai. I was just fresh off the boat and as raw as you can be. I was an RGV fan even before that because I loved Rangeela. The style of Satya and the way the story is told is something that we can take for granted now but way back then, few filmmakers straddled the mainstream and the arthouse successfully. Satya was completely original. The long steadicam takes that the film had were things we had not seen anywhere and that edginess blew me away. I can still watch this film even today. - DirectorKar-Wai WongStarsBrigitte LinTakeshi KaneshiroTony Leung Chiu-waiTwo melancholic Hong Kong policemen fall in love: one with a mysterious female underworld figure, the other with a beautiful and ethereal waitress at a late-night restaurant he frequents.Recommended by: Raj Nidimoru and Krishna DK
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It’s our favourite Wong Kar-wai film. A lot of people pick In the Mood For Love but the play with structure, the quirky playful touch and the song ‘California Dreamin’ kind of puts this ahead for us. - DirectorBharathirajaStarsShivaji GanesanRadhaRenjiniA friendship between a middle-aged upper-caste man in a village and a boatman's daughter raises eyebrows.Recommended by: Dhanush
It’s one of the best films ever made in Tamil Cinema or even in India or the world. There is a scene in which Sivaji is eating fish and he gets emotional because of the leading lady’s hospitality and the food, which reminds him of his mother. It’s a very touching scene. - DirectorPeter CattaneoStarsRobert CarlyleTom WilkinsonMark AddySix unemployed steel workers form a male striptease act. The women cheer them on to go for "the full monty" - total nudity.Recommended by: Konkona Sen Sharma
The Full Monty is one my most favourite films ever. I think it’s funny, subtle and yet really nuanced. It’s about a group of unemployed men who decide to get involved in the stripping business to earn a living. - DirectorPhil JoanouStarsSean PennEd HarrisGary OldmanA Boston cop is recruited to return to his hometown and infiltrate the mob ran by his best friend's brother.Recommended by: Arjun Kapoor
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This film lies largely in the same milieu as The Departed. It is a very cool gangster film. It has a very interesting take on friendships and Gary Oldman really came into being because of this film. It has Sean Penn and Ed Harris and is an amazing film. I believe it’s a film that has gotten lost. - DirectorRobert WiseStarsJulie HarrisClaire BloomRichard JohnsonHill House has stood for about 90 years and appears haunted: its inhabitants have always met strange, tragic ends. Now Dr. John Markway has assembled a team of people who he thinks will prove whether or not the house is haunted.Recommended by: Patrick Graham
Sixty years before Mike Flanagan’s The Haunting of Hill House was the original adaptation of Shirley Jackson’s incredible novella. The book itself is easily the most scary reading experience I’ve ever had at the tender age of 14, and will never be beaten. The faithful adaptation was made with innovative and technologically advanced flair back in 1963 by no less than the editor of Citizen Kane (and director of The Sound of Music, randomly enough) and has one of the best spook scenes, as something tries to open the door to our terrified protagonist’s bedroom, ever. The way the film is stylistically shot and the creative camera-work makes the film look far younger than it actually is. - DirectorClare LewinsStarsMuhammad AliGene KilroyRahman AliUnprecedented access to Muhammad Ali's personal archive of "audio journals" as well as interviews and testimonials from his inner circle of family and friends are used to tell the legend's life story.Recommended by: Ali Abbas Zafar
It is a documentary of all the people who, in some way or the other, were associated with Mohammed Ali and how he influenced their lives. It has all the boxers he fought and has quotes from his friends, his wife and even his daughters. It gives you a very personal insight into the life of Mohammed Ali. This in turn explains what he became and how he became. One of the most endearing aspects about it is an interview with George Foreman who is a boxer with whom he fought. - DirectorCéline SciammaStarsNoémie MerlantAdèle HaenelLuàna BajramiOn an isolated island in Brittany at the end of the eighteenth century, a female painter is obliged to paint a wedding portrait of a young woman.Recommended by: Anupama Chopra
Portrait Of A Lady On Fire is a period drama set in the 18th century about two women, and one of them is a painter. She embarks on a tough sea voyage to go to a remote island where she has been called to do a painting of another young woman. The young woman is engaged to a rich Italian man who wants to see her painting. This girl does not want to marry, she does not want to be painted either, so the painter must do it in a way where she doesn’t realise she is being observed. They go on to become companions in an exquisite love story. - DirectorSergei BodrovStarsOleg MenshikovSergey BodrovSusanna MekhraliyevaTwo Russian soldiers, one battle-seasoned and the other barely into his boots and uniform, are taken prisoner by an anxious Islamic father from a remote village hoping to trade them for his captured son.
- DirectorRam MadhvaniStarsBoman IraniMaia KatrakAnahita OberoiA woman and her sister imagine various scenarios as they discuss revealing one's marital infidelity.Recommended by: Srijit Mukherji
Though this film is mostly in English with a small portion in Hindi, I had to keep this as I have lost count of the times I have watched it. The premise is simple. In an upper middle class household, the wife gets impregnated by the interior designer they have hired for their new flat. The wife Radhika, played by Maia Katrak, imagines the possible reactions to that from his husband Nikhil played by Boman Irani, when she breaks the news to him. What follows is an astonishing exposition in characterization and vocal acting and screenplay improvisation as we see nine different Bomans in nine scenarios including the one which actually happens. The first Indian feature film to be shot on digital format, it is austere with one location and two actors mostly, almost more proscenium than film. But it is so real that it is scary. - DirectorIngmar BergmanStarsIngrid ThulinGunnar BjörnstrandGunnel LindblomA small-town priest struggles with his faith.
- DirectorNitin KakkarStarsSharib HashmiInaamulhaqKumud MishraIn Mumbai, affable Bollywood buff and wanna-be-actor Sunny, who works as an assistant director, fantasizes on becoming a heart-throb star. However, at every audition he is summarily thrown out. Undeterred, he goes with an American crew to remote areas in Rajasthan to work on a documentary. One day an Islamic terrorist group kidnaps him for the American crew-member. Sunny finds himself on enemy border amidst guns and pathani-clad guards, who decide to keep him hostage until they locate their original target. The house In which he is confined belongs to a Pakistani, whose trade stems from pirated Hindi films, which he brings back every time he crosses the border. Soon, the two factions realize that they share a human and cultural bond. The film shows how cinema can be the universal panacea for co-existence.Recommended by: Ayushmann Khurana
I cried and howled at the end of this film. It is such moving cinema. It is a testament to the fact that cinema binds us together. - DirectorMansoreStarsSruthi HariharanSanchari VijaySharanyaNathicharami is about Gowri whose life is perplexed between her physical desires and emotional beliefs. The film narrates the struggles of the protagonist in a society that believes physical desires can only be followed by a nuptial. She is stuck in her ordinary life with people from her daily life pattern who talk about their notions that are in contrary to the other. Finally, when she feels that she has overcome her ambiguity, the situation takes a leap. The film is also a grave narration about the nuances, women from all walks of life face.Recommended by: Anupama Chopra
Nathicharami is made by Mansore and stars the lovely Shruti Hariharan. This story is about a widow named Gowri who lost her husband years ago. She hasn’t gotten over him, but she is also desperately lonely. She wants to have sex, and she actually pursues it in a very structured way. She sets rules for what can and cannot happen after she makes love. This film is just lovely because it’s portrayed in such a quiet and dignified way. It’s frank but not explicit. You see that Gowri is lonely but she is also strong and this whole pursuit is liberating for her. You can watch it on Netflix - DirectorShakti SamantaStarsAmitabh BachchanZeenat AmanNeetu SinghAfter unwittingly using his skills to obtain military secrets, a gambler is pursued by a police officer who happens to be his doppelganger.Recommended by: Sriram Raghavan
It’s got terrific songs and locations and old-fashioned villains. People have seen Bachchan’s Don, Zanjeer, Deewar but I don’t know how many have seen this. It was a highly enjoyable film. I don’t know why it didn’t do better. - DirectorJack ClaytonStarsDeborah KerrPeter WyngardeMegs JenkinsA young governess for two children becomes convinced that the house and grounds are haunted.Recommended by: Patrick Stewart
An absolutely essential classic. It still utterly holds up to this day, with a great screenplay and great performances, especially from the children. An unofficial adaptation of the equally scary Turn of the Screw by Henry James, it is a beautifully made film and a high-point of golden-era British horror filmmaking. - DirectorShyam BenegalStarsShashi KapoorNafisa AliShabana AzmiSet during the 1857 War of Independence, an obsessed Indian Nawab desires to wed a young Anglo-Indian woman, but the girl's obstinate mother stands between them.Recommended by: Imtiaz Ali
Junoon had the most romantic ending I’d ever seen. It was a very dynamic world and a very unlikely story of affection between two people, with so much violence and so much tenderness in it - DirectorFatih AkinStarsBirol ÜnelSibel KekilliGüven KiraçWith the intention to break free from the strict familial restrictions, a suicidal young woman sets up a marriage of convenience with a forty-year-old addict, an act that will lead to an outburst of envious love.Recommended by: Anurag Kashyap
After Black Friday got banned and Gulaal got stuck, I saw a film called Head-on by Fatih Akin. This film changed everything for me. It took me back to Godard’s Breathless. No one else sees the connect but me. Head-on took my depression away. It inspired a scene in Dev D, which I showed Fatih Akin and we became great friends after that. - DirectorBuddhadev DasguptaStarsJaya SealTapas PalShankar ChakrabortyTwo railway signal men, Nemai and Balaram, share a passion for wrestling and spend their days wrestling after working hours. However, things change when Balaram marries Uttara.Recommended by: Abhishek Chaubey
It’s an amazing film. I don’t know why it’s not talked about enough. It’s about these two wrestlers in Jharkhand and their lives. It touches upon various things like religious fundamentalists. It’s quite a thrilling film and it has a sense of danger to it, but because of the way it is shot, it’s got a fairytale kind of a feel. It’s extremely moving. - DirectorRahul RavindranStarsSushanthRuhani SharmaVennela KishoreWhile Arjun doesn't want to get married, his parents set up a blind date for him at his place. The story revolves around Arjun, how he falls for the girl he's about to meet, why and how he changed his decision to get married.Recommended by: Baradwaj Rangan
This film takes you through a journey of a care-free boy and a girl who is very serious about life. It appears to be a rom-com on the surface, but is in fact a romantic drama. It is about the middle class desperation about getting your daughter married off. It is also about how responsibilities can make you independent but also harden you inside. - DirectorToby WilkinsStarsShea WhighamJill WagnerPaulo CostanzoTrapped in an isolated gas station by a voracious Splinter parasite that transforms its still-living victims into deadly hosts, a young couple and an escaped convict must find a way to work together to survive this primal terror.Recommended by: Patrick Graham
No one seems to know this film but it’s actually really good, a siege-thriller with a highly original monster. It’s extremely suspenseful and the monster looks great. Totally recommended. - DirectorSudhir MishraStarsKay Kay MenonShiney AhujaChitrangda SinghSet in the backdrop of Indian Emergency 1975, the story revolves around 3 friends whose lives changes drastically after the turn of events.Recommended by: Srijit Mukherji
A film which fills the lacuna of genuine and realistic political Hindi films with aplomb. Kay Kay Menon, Chitrangada Singh and Shiney Ahuja spearheaded this brilliant concoction of love, friendship and betrayal with a constantly plot-bending political backdrop of India including the Naxalite movement and the Emergency declared by Indira Gandhi. On a personal note, the relationship between the characters played by Singh and Ahuja and the song ‘Bawra Mann’ makes it a no brainer for this list – though technically it is a film in English and Hindi both - DirectorTerrence MalickStarsColin FarrellQ'orianka KilcherChristopher PlummerThe story of the English exploration of Virginia, and of the changing world and loves of Pocahontas.Recommended by: Nag Ashwin
I remember watching this film alone on my laptop, in the middle of the night, wearing headphones. It was such a moving film and the heart of it is this beautiful South American actress who plays Pocahontas. - DirectorRafal ZielinskiStarsRenée HumphreyAlicia WittWilliam R. MosesHillary and Bonnie meet one morning by the side of the road. They become fast friends, share their secrets, and on a rising wave of frenzy later that afternoon, murder an old woman. They did it, they say later, for fun.Recommended by: Anurag Kashyap
There was also this strange Canadian film called Fun. It’s a lesser-known film that no one talks about. This film is told through flashbacks and I remember it had a very unique structure that I borrowed for my films Paanch and Last Train to Mahakali. - DirectorKen LoachStarsDavid BradleyBrian GloverFreddie FletcherA working-class English boy spends his free time caring for and training his pet kestrel.Recommended by: Vikramaditya Motwane
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Again, a massive inspiration for Udaan. I saw this film when I went to Cannes and Devdas was screening. I saw Sweet Sixteen and coming from Bollywood, I was like, ‘Why can’t we make something like this?’ I was playing with the idea of a film about a father and a son. After watching Sweet Sixteen, I came back and looked more into who this director was because I had never heard of him. With Kes, there was just something about that kid’s face. It just makes you fall in love with the film. It’s all about this industrial small-town kid being a guy who is so different from everybody else, a loner. That really drew me into the film. If anyone wants to learn filmmaking, watch Ken Loach’s films. My cinematographer and I watched them because he is so simple in the way he makes films. I came from learning under Bhansali, where there is formality, to watching Ken Loach, which was like there was no formality. - DirectorMike LeighStarsTimothy SpallBrenda BlethynPhyllis LoganFollowing the death of her adoptive parents, a successful young black optometrist establishes contact with her biological mother -- a lonely white factory worker living in poverty in East London.Recommended by: Ram Madhvani
This movie starts off with a black woman who informs a middle-aged white woman that she is her daughter. The film entails the emotional earthquake that follows this revelation. It seems as though the actors are living through the scenes and that they are real-life breathing characters. They seem to be unscripted, undirected and unacted. That movie did a lot of stuff inside me.