When I walk in to Gelati Celeste a board prominently visible at the entrance “Without Ice Cream, there would be darkness and chaos”. I am not sure about that, but how about if there is no music or motion picture?! I would concur that there would be more chaos! Well, few may not agree! But that’s how it is. Movie watching is a special experience, not just the movie that you are watching makes it special, but there are lot of other factors contribute to it. Watching with your family, friends, first girl friend or boyfriend, after the break-up, after a loss, after jumping the hostel gate and watching a midnight show with friends……..the list goes on. Those memories makes it more worthwhile when it comes to watching a movie. It carries a special memory and when you look back, on so and so occasion or what ever you recollect the moment very fondly. Okay…enough, I cut the crap and coming directly to why I am here. I am going to list out the movies that I have watched over a period of time. I am no arguing or saying that these are the best, but from my memory lane, these are the best. I try to break it down by genre to the best of my knowledge and keep them to at least 10 and sometimes I might list out more as I couldn’t resist listing them.
CLASSICS:
1. Benhur
2. 10 Commandments
3. War & Peace (6 and half hour’s movie, worth your time and patience)
4. Gone With the Wind
5. Casablanca
6. Wizard of OZ
7. Singin’ in the Rain
8. The best Years of Our Lives
9. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
10. The Grapes of Wrath
11.
DRAMA:
1. Scent of Woman
2. The Shawshank Redemption
3. Black Panther
4. Seven Samurai
5. China Town
6. 12 Years Slave
7. L.A. Confidential
8. A Beautiful Mind
9. Good Will Hunting
10. There Will Be Blood
11. The Green Mile
Action/Thriller:
1. Leon the Professional
2. The Bourne Ultimatum
3. Dog Day Afternoon
4. Fight Club
5. Inside Man
6. Assault on Precinct 13
7. The Silence of the lambs
8. Se7en
9. No Country for Old Men
10. Heat
11. The Dark Knight
12. 300
13. Gladiator
14. Inception
15. The Dirty Dozen
16. Die Hard
17. Django Unchained
18. Reservoir Dogs
19. Sin City
20. Pulp Fiction
War:
1. Enemy at the gates
2. Battle of Algiers
3. Thin Red Line
4. Dunkirk
5. Fury
6. Inglorious Bastards
7. Schindler’s List
8. Pearl Harbor
9. Saving Private Ryan
10. Glory
11. Braveheart
12. Patton
13. The Great Escape
14. The Pianist
15. Letter form Iwo Jima
16.
Mafia/Gangster:
1. The Godfather ( 1&2, skip 3rd)
2. Casino
3. Good Fellas
4. Scarface
5. The Irishman
6. Eastern Promises
7. Once Upon a time in America
8. The Departed
9. The Untouchables
10. American Gangster
11. Gangs of New York
12. City of God
13.
Romance:
1. Roman Holiday
2. Gentlemen prefer blondes
3. Before Sunrise, Before Sunset (It’s sequel and I like the first one)
4. Four Weddings and a funeral
5. Midnight in Paris
6. Pride & Prejudice
7. The Notebook
8. A walk to remember
9. P.S. I Love you ( Book is better than the movie)
10. Atonement
11. Titanic
12. Dirty Dancing
13. Ghost
14.
Courtroom Thrillers:
1. A Few Good Men
2. The Accused
3. To Kill A Mockingbird
4. 12 Angry Men
5. Paths of Glory
6. A Time to Kill
7. Michael Clayton
8. Rules of Engagement
9. The Firm
10. Devil’s Advocate
11.
Animation
1. My neighbor Totoro
2. Spirited Away
3. Moana
4. Zootopia
5. Jungle Book ( all the versions are good)
6. Inside Out
7. Coco
8. Wall-E
9. Happy Feet
10. Toy Story (all 4 movies)
11. Kiki’s Delivery Service
12. Frozen
13. Incredibles
14. Paddington 1 & 2
15. Up
16. Ratatouille
17. Secret Life of Pets
Sports:
1. Any given Sunday (Football)
2. Perfect Game ( Baseball)
3. The Greatest game ever played ( golf)
4. Remember the Titans (Football)
5. Miracle ( Ice Hockey)
6. Chak De ( Field Hockey) ( Couldn’t resist myself noting this hindi movie here. I guess this is the only movie where Shahrukh Khan did not overact. Man to man coverage game was bit artificial but overall nice movie
7. Invictus (Rugby)
8. Cinderella Man ( boxing)
9. Pele: The Legend is born ( Soccer)
10. Million Dollar Baby ( Boxing)
Movies with Sex: (Below movies are watchable not just for sex, but for the narrative style and the plot)
1. Unbearable Lightness of Being
2. In the Realm of Senses
3. Eyes Wide Shut
4. Queen Margot
5. Ken Park
6. Original Sin
7. Frida
8. Vicky Cristina Barcelona
9. The Reader
10. Unfaithful (just skip the movie and watch where her lover’s scenes are there)
11. Love (this is available in Netflix but not in Indian Version)
12. Killing Me Softly
13. Damage
14. 9 ½ Weeks ( Kim Basinger awesome!!!)
15. 9 Songs
16.
DOG Lovers:
1. Togo ( just watch it and I am sure you will love this)
2. Old Yeller
3. Hachiko: A Dog’s Story
4. Lassie Come Home
5. Clifford the Big Red Dog
6. Iron Will
7. White Fang
8.
As you have observed, I have not included in horror genre coz I do not watch this particular genre. Thought of including Westerns like Fistful of Dollars, 3:10 to Yuma, Good Bad& Ugly etc and not sure of how many are watching this genre these days.
Please keep adding the movies that you like and we can discuss too if someone is interested.
Happy Holidays !!!
CLASSICS:
1. Benhur
2. 10 Commandments
3. War & Peace (6 and half hour’s movie, worth your time and patience)
4. Gone With the Wind
5. Casablanca
6. Wizard of OZ
7. Singin’ in the Rain
8. The best Years of Our Lives
9. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
10. The Grapes of Wrath
11.
DRAMA:
1. Scent of Woman
2. The Shawshank Redemption
3. Black Panther
4. Seven Samurai
5. China Town
6. 12 Years Slave
7. L.A. Confidential
8. A Beautiful Mind
9. Good Will Hunting
10. There Will Be Blood
11. The Green Mile
Action/Thriller:
1. Leon the Professional
2. The Bourne Ultimatum
3. Dog Day Afternoon
4. Fight Club
5. Inside Man
6. Assault on Precinct 13
7. The Silence of the lambs
8. Se7en
9. No Country for Old Men
10. Heat
11. The Dark Knight
12. 300
13. Gladiator
14. Inception
15. The Dirty Dozen
16. Die Hard
17. Django Unchained
18. Reservoir Dogs
19. Sin City
20. Pulp Fiction
War:
1. Enemy at the gates
2. Battle of Algiers
3. Thin Red Line
4. Dunkirk
5. Fury
6. Inglorious Bastards
7. Schindler’s List
8. Pearl Harbor
9. Saving Private Ryan
10. Glory
11. Braveheart
12. Patton
13. The Great Escape
14. The Pianist
15. Letter form Iwo Jima
16.
Mafia/Gangster:
1. The Godfather ( 1&2, skip 3rd)
2. Casino
3. Good Fellas
4. Scarface
5. The Irishman
6. Eastern Promises
7. Once Upon a time in America
8. The Departed
9. The Untouchables
10. American Gangster
11. Gangs of New York
12. City of God
13.
Romance:
1. Roman Holiday
2. Gentlemen prefer blondes
3. Before Sunrise, Before Sunset (It’s sequel and I like the first one)
4. Four Weddings and a funeral
5. Midnight in Paris
6. Pride & Prejudice
7. The Notebook
8. A walk to remember
9. P.S. I Love you ( Book is better than the movie)
10. Atonement
11. Titanic
12. Dirty Dancing
13. Ghost
14.
Courtroom Thrillers:
1. A Few Good Men
2. The Accused
3. To Kill A Mockingbird
4. 12 Angry Men
5. Paths of Glory
6. A Time to Kill
7. Michael Clayton
8. Rules of Engagement
9. The Firm
10. Devil’s Advocate
11.
Animation
1. My neighbor Totoro
2. Spirited Away
3. Moana
4. Zootopia
5. Jungle Book ( all the versions are good)
6. Inside Out
7. Coco
8. Wall-E
9. Happy Feet
10. Toy Story (all 4 movies)
11. Kiki’s Delivery Service
12. Frozen
13. Incredibles
14. Paddington 1 & 2
15. Up
16. Ratatouille
17. Secret Life of Pets
Sports:
1. Any given Sunday (Football)
2. Perfect Game ( Baseball)
3. The Greatest game ever played ( golf)
4. Remember the Titans (Football)
5. Miracle ( Ice Hockey)
6. Chak De ( Field Hockey) ( Couldn’t resist myself noting this hindi movie here. I guess this is the only movie where Shahrukh Khan did not overact. Man to man coverage game was bit artificial but overall nice movie
7. Invictus (Rugby)
8. Cinderella Man ( boxing)
9. Pele: The Legend is born ( Soccer)
10. Million Dollar Baby ( Boxing)
Movies with Sex: (Below movies are watchable not just for sex, but for the narrative style and the plot)
1. Unbearable Lightness of Being
2. In the Realm of Senses
3. Eyes Wide Shut
4. Queen Margot
5. Ken Park
6. Original Sin
7. Frida
8. Vicky Cristina Barcelona
9. The Reader
10. Unfaithful (just skip the movie and watch where her lover’s scenes are there)
11. Love (this is available in Netflix but not in Indian Version)
12. Killing Me Softly
13. Damage
14. 9 ½ Weeks ( Kim Basinger awesome!!!)
15. 9 Songs
16.
DOG Lovers:
1. Togo ( just watch it and I am sure you will love this)
2. Old Yeller
3. Hachiko: A Dog’s Story
4. Lassie Come Home
5. Clifford the Big Red Dog
6. Iron Will
7. White Fang
8.
As you have observed, I have not included in horror genre coz I do not watch this particular genre. Thought of including Westerns like Fistful of Dollars, 3:10 to Yuma, Good Bad& Ugly etc and not sure of how many are watching this genre these days.
Please keep adding the movies that you like and we can discuss too if someone is interested.
Happy Holidays !!!
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