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My Favourite Movies


New Delhi. 28 June: Friends, Here I am sharing some of my favourite movies and serials / series of all time. I will keep editing this list and add new movies to it, as and when I remember. So please keep watching this post.


Note- Many movies below, carry the name of the lead actor instead of ‘Director’. I apologise for that. Kindly note that there are many many Hindi and Foreign Movies that are not part of this list, but these are very close to my heart. I will try to incorporate them too in this list as and when I remember.


1). The Da Vinci Code.

2). Angels and Demons.

3). Inferno (But was not that great than previous two).

4). Overcoat (Il Cappotto, 1952 Italian movie) .

5). The Bicycle Thief.

6). The Bridge of Spies.

7). Young Sherlock Holmes (1985).

8 ). The Goonies.

9). Hocus Pocus (1993).

10). Red Heat (1988).

11). Taken 1, 2 and 3 (Liam Neeson).

12). Unknown (Liam Neeson).

13). Non Stop (Liam Neeson).

14). Back to the Future, Trilogy.

15). Kate and Leopold.

16). The Lives of Others (German, 2006).

17). Valkyrie.

18). Schindler’s List.

19). The Time Machine (2002).

20). The Mummy, Trilogy (Brendan Fraser).

21). Land and Freedom (1995).

22). The Reds (1981, Warren Beatty).

23). Blame it on Fidel (French, 2006).

24). Machuca (Chile, 2004).

25). Born on the Fourth of July.

26). North Country (2005).

27). This Boy’s Life (1993).

28). The Night Manager (Series, Tom Hiddleston (Act.), 2016).

29). The Outlander (Series).

30). Rome (Series).

31). Rishta dot com (Hindi, Series, Shruti Seth).

32). Made in Heaven (Hindi, Series, Sobhita Dhulipala).

33). Amen (2002, Costa Gavras).

34). Mr. and Mrs. Iyer (Hindi).

35). Jurassic Park (All movies, but especially 1,2 and 3).

36). Terminator (All, especially 1 and 2).

37). The Karate Kid (Both 1980’s quadrilogy, and 2010 also).

38). Ashik Kerib (1988, Russian Art Movie).

39). Air Crew (1980, Russia, Alexander Mitta).

40). Flight Crew (2016, Nikolai Lebedev).

41). Agora (Rachel Weisz 2009).

42). Family Man (Hindi, Series).

43). Stuart Little 1.

44). Guilty Minds (Series, Hindi).

45). Notting Hill.

46). Lakshya (Hindi).

47). Mirzya (Hindi).

48). Indiana Jones (All, except Temple of doom, which is boring).

48A). Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (Series, 1992. Kindly watch the original 1992 series starring George Hall).

49). The Great Dictator (Charlie Chaplin).

50). The Knightfall (Series).

51). Dead Poet’s Society.

52). Jumanji (Robin Williams).

53). The Musketeers (Series, BBC, 2014-2016).

54). Robin Hood (2010).

55). Qareeb-Qareeb Single (Hindi, Irrfan).

56). Marco Polo (Series, 2014).

57). Designated Survivor (Series).

58). The Man in the Iron Mask (1998).

59). Lagaan (Hindi).

60). Taboo (Series, BBC, 2017).

61). Pizza (Hindi, Horror, 2014).

62). The Namesake (2006, Mira Nair).

63). Monsoon Wedding (2001, Mira Nair).

64). Beecham House.

65). Earth (1998, Deepa Mehta).

66). Hey Ram (2000, Kamal Hassan).

67). Dasavatharam (Hindi, Kamal Hassan).

68). Chennai vs China (Hindi, Shruti Hassan).

69). The Terminal (Tom Hanks)

70). Cast Away (Tom Hanks).

71). All ‘Harrison Ford’ movies.

72). Scent of a Woman (1992).

73). Rockford (India, Nagesh Kukunoor, 1999).

74). Aman (Hindi, Rajendra Kumar, 1967).

75). Downfall (German, 2004).

76). Jhuk Gaya Aasman (Hindi, 1968).

77). Hitler, The Rise of Evil (Series, 2003).

78). Godzilla (1998).

79). Ivan Vasilievich Changes Profession (Russian, 1973).

80). The English Patient.

81). Ottoman (Series, Emre Sahin, 2020).

82). Medici (Series, 2016).

83). English Vinglish (Hindi).

84). Beyond the Mask (Chad Burns, 2015).

85). Les Miserables (Liam Neeson, 1998).

86). The Adventures of Tintin (Steven Spielberg, 2011)

87). 1917 (Sam Mendes).

88). War and Peace (Vayna ee Meer, Series, Russia, Sergei Bondarchuk, 1966-67).

89). Day after Tomorrow.

90). Mumbai Meri Jaan (Hindi, 2008).

91). The Motorcycle Diaries.

92). Shatranj ke Khiladi (Hindi).

93). Baran (Majid Majidi).

94). Captains of April (Portugal, 2000).

95). Ratatouille.

96). 400 Blows (French, 1959).

97). Stolen Kisses (French, 1968).

98). MP3, Mera Pehla Pehla Pyaar (Hindi, 2007).

99). Wake up Sid (Hindi).

100). Jane tu Ya Jane Na (Hindi).

101). Up (2009).

102). Wall E (2008).

103). The Last Samurai.

104). October Sky (1999).

105). Vicky Donor (Hindi).

106). The Monuments Men.

107). National Treasure (Nicolas Cage, 2004).

108). National Treasure - Book of Secrets (Nicolas Cage, 2007).

109). The Patriot (Mel Gibson).

110). The Day of the Jackal (Fred Zinneman, 1973).

111). The Jackal (Bruce Willis).

112). Die Hard - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. (Bruce Willis (Act).)

113). The First Great Train Robbery (Sean Connery, 1978).

114). There will be Blood (2007).

115). The Theory of Everything (2014).

116). The Pursuit of Happyness.

117). A Perfect World (Clint Eastwood, 1993).

118). Absolute Power (Clint Eastwood, 1995).

119). Hang 'Em High (Clint Eastwood).

120). True Crime (Clint Eastwood).

121). The Next Three Days (2010).

122). The Mummy (Tom Cruise, 2017).

123). The Sorcerer's Apprentice (Nicolas Cage, 2010).

124). Transformers 1.

125). The Equalizer 1, 2, 3.

126). Raabta (Hindi, 2017).

127). Gulliver's Travells (Jack Black, 2010).

128). School of Rock (Jack Black).

129). Jajantaram Mamantaram (Hindi, Javed Jaafri, 2003, especially it's songs).

130). Asoka (Hindi, Shahrukh Khan).

131). Mangal Pandey (Hindi, Aamir Khan).

132). Crown (Series).

133). Amu (Hindi, Shonali Bose, 2005).

134). Tamas (Hindi, Om Puri, 1988).

135). Train to Pakistan (Hindi, Pamela Rooks, 1998).

136). Bharat Ek Khoj (Series, Hindi, Shyam Benegal, 1988).

137). Sarfarosh (Hindi, Aamir Khan).

138). Paheli (Hindi, Shahrukh Khan, 2005).

139). Duvidha (Hindi Art Film, Mani Kaul, 1973).

140). Transcendence (Johnny Depp, 2014).

141). The Count of Monte Cristo (2002).

142). The Imitation Game.

143). All is Lost.

144). Kabul Express (Hindi, Arshad Warsi).

145). Anthony Kaun Hai (Hindi, Arshad Warsi).

146). Planet of the Apes (1968).

147). Planet of the Apes (2001).

148). Sniper 1, 2, 3 (Every other movie in this series also).

149). American Sniper.

150). Saving Private Ryan.

151). The Guns of Navarone (1961).

152). Sooraj Ka Saatva Ghoda (Hindi, Shyam Benegal, 1992).

153). Mongol (Sergei Bodrov, 2007).

154). Ironclad (2011).

155). Enemy at the Gates.

156). Young Sheldon (Series).

157). 1920 (All movies in series, Hindi, Horror, Vikram Bhatt).

158). 1921 (Hindi, Horror, Vikram Bhatt).

159). Shaapit (Hindi, Horror, Vikram Bhatt, 2010).

160). Winchester (Horror).

161). Pet Semetary (Horror, 1989).

162). Pet Semetary (2019, Horror).

163). Home Alone 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 (Especially 2 and 3).

164). Highway (Hindi, Alia Bhatt).

165). Aa Ab Laut Chalein (Hindi, 1999).

166). Sometimes, They come back (Horror, 1991).

167). News of the World (Tom Hanks, 2020, Must Watch, Splendid Movie).

168). Source Code (2011).

169). Passengers (Morten Tyldum, 2016).

170). The Eagle (Kevin McDonald, 2011).

171). Troy (Wolfgang Petersen, 2004).

172). MohenJo Daro (Hindi, Ashutosh Gowariker, 2016).

173). Dersu Uzala (Akira Kurosawa, 1975).

174). Unit 42 (Series, Belgium, 2017).

175). The Seventh Seal (Ingmar Bergman, 1957).

176). Crusade in Jeans (Netherlands, 2006).

177). Argo.

178). The Queen's Gambit (Scott Frank, 2020).

179). 3 Idiots (Hindi, 2009).

180). Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara (Hindi, 2011).

181). A Few Good Men (1992).

182). Shaurya (Hindi, 2008).

183). Rajma Chawal (Hindi, Rishi Kapoor, 2018).

184). I Am Legend.

185). Volcano (Mick Jackson, 1997).

186). Pompeii (Paul W.S. Anderson, 2014).

187). Risen (Kevin Reynolds, 2016).

188). Alexander (Oliver Stone, 2004).

189). Before the Rains (India, Nandita Das, 2009).

190). Massey Sahib (Hindi, Raghubir Yadav, 1985).

191). Akira (Hindi, Sonakshi Sinha).

192). The Good Doctor (Series, Freddie Highmore).

193). Mera Naam Joker (Hindi, Raj Kapoor, 1970).

194). Around the World (Hindi, Rajkapoor, 1967. Especially it's Two Songs).

195). Around the World in Eighty Days (Jackie Chan, 2004).

196). Sirf Tum (Hindi, Sanjay Kapoor, 1999).

197).Tere Mere Sapne (Arshad Warsi, 1996).

198). Pinjar (Hindi, Urmila Matondkar, 2003).

199). Rehna Hai Tere Dil Mein (Hindi, Madhavan, 2001).

200). Disturbia (Shia LaBeouf, 2007).

201). The Legend of Tarzan (2016).

202). Sangharsh (Hindi, Akshay Kumar, 1999).

203). Gandhi (1982, Richard Attenborough).

204). Elizabeth (1998, Shekhar Kapur).

205). Elizabeth - The Golden Age (2007, Shekhar Kapur).

206). Apollo 13 (1995, Tom Hanks).

207). First Man (Damien Chazelle, 2018).

208). The Martian 3D (Matt Damon, 2015).

209). Oliver Twist (Roman Polanski, 2005).

209). Titanic (James Cameron, 1997).

210). Avatar (James Cameron, 2009).

211). Baby's Day Out (Patrick Read Johnson, 1994).

212). Prometheus (Ridley Scott, 2012).

213). War Horse (Steven Spielberg, 2012).

214). Man of Steel (Zack Snyder, 2013).

215). Iron Man (2008).

216). Batman Begins (Christopher Nolan, 2005).

217). The Dark Knight (Christopher Nolan, 2008).

218). The Dark Knight Rises (Christopher Nolan, 2012). 

219). Gotham (Series, Ben McKenzie, 2014).

220). Pay the Ghost (Nicolas Cage, 2015).

221). TRON Legacy (Joseph Kosinski, 2010).

222). The Lunchbox (Hindi, Irrfan Khan, 2013).

223). The Road to Calvary (Series, Russian, Konstantin Khudyakov, 2017).

224). Leap Year (Anand Tucker, 2010).

225). Phillauri (Hindi, Anushka Sharma, 2017. Wonderful Songs).

226). Woman in Gold (Simon Curtis, 2015).

227). Jungle (Hindi, Ram Gopal Varma, 2000).

228). Mast (Hindi, Ram Gopal Varma, 1999).

229). James (Hindi, Ram Gopal Varma, 2005).

230). Junoon (Hindi, Shyam Benegal, 1979).

231). Signs (Short Film, Patrick Hughes, 2008).

232). The Legend of Hercules (Renny Harlin, 2014).

233). The Empire (Series, Hindi, Nikkhil Advani, 2021).

234). Gravity (Sandra Bullock, 2013).

235). The Spacewalker (Russia,  Dmitriy Kiselev, 2017).

236). Swades (Hindi, ShahRukh Khan).

237). Panchayat (Hindi, Series).

238). Hum Tum Pe Marte Hain (Hindi, Urmila Matondkar, 1999).

239). The Iceman Cometh / The Time Warriors (Chinese, Clarence Fok, 1989).

240). Fun2shh (Hindi, Raima Sen, 2003).

241). The Exorcist (Horror, 1973).

242). Exorcist: The Beginning (Horror, 2004).

243). Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist (Horror, 2005).

244). Sleepy Hollow (Horror, 1999).

245). Sherlock Holmes (Robert Downey Jr., 2009).

246). Sherlock Holmes : A Game of Shadows (2011).

247). The Hound of the Baskervilles (Russian, Igor Maslennikov, 1981. Must Watch).

248). Zulu (Michael Caine, 1964).

249). Barsaat (Twinkle Khanna, 1995).

250). Jodha Akbar (Ashutosh Gowariker, 2008).

251). J Edgar (Leonardo Di Caprio, 2011).

252). JFK (Oliver Stone, 1991).

253). The Good Shepherd  (Robert de Niro, 2006).

254). The Imitation Game (2014).

255). Catch Me If You Can (Leonardo Di Caprio, 2002).

256). Ghost (1990).

257). The King's Speech (2010).

258). Due Date (Todd Phillips, 2010).


Update 01st July 2022


259). The Time Machine (Series, Hindi, Manish Wadhwa, 2015). 

260). Dil Se (Hindi, Shah Rukh Khan, 1998). 

261). Delhi Belly (Imran Khan, 2011). 

262). Peepli Live (Hindi, Anusha Rizvi, 2010). 

263), Kahani (Hindi, Vidya Balan, 2012). 

264). Kahani 2 : Durga Rani Singh (Hindi, Vidya Balan 2016). 

265). Bob Biswas (Hindi, Abhishek Bachchan, 2021). 

266). Time after Time (Series, Kevin Williamson, 2017. Must Watch). 

267). Jane bhi do Yaron (Hindi, 1983, Naseeruddin Shah). 

268). Pushpak (Hindi, 1987, Kamal Haasan).


Update 31st March 2023


269). The Night Agent (Series, Seth Gordon, 2023).

270). Let Him Go (Kevin Costner, Diane Lane, 2020, Must Watch).


Update 05th April 2023


271). Tum Milo Toh Sahi (Nana Patekar, Hindi, 2010).

272). Tadka (Nana Patekar, Hindi, 2022).


Update 12th May 2023


273). Dahaad (Hindi, Series, Sonakshi Sinha, 2023).

274). Mrs. Chatterjee vs Norway (Hindi, Rani Mukerji, 2023).


Update 07th July 2023


275). Stalingrad (Russia, Fedor Bondarchuk, 2013).

276). The Star / Zvezda (Russia, Nikolai Lebedev, 2002).

277). Anna Karenina (Bernard Rose, 1997).

278). Anna Karenina, Vronsky’s Story (Russia, Series, Karen Shakhnazarov, 2017).

279). On the Road to Berlin (Russia, Sergei Popov, 2015).


Update, 05th August 2023


280). Mom (Hindi, Sridevi, 2017)

281). Around the World in 80 Days (Michael Anderson, 1956).


Update, 18th September 2023


282). As Good As It Gets (Jack Nicholson, 1997).

283). Stand By Me (Rob Reiner, 1986).


Update, 18th December 2023


284). Fukrey (Hindi, All three movies).

285). UnDekhi (Series, Hindi, Sidharth Sengupta).

286). The Equalizer 3.

287). Mast Mein Rehne Ka (Hindi, Vijay Maurya, 2023).

288). Hum Do Hamare Do (Hindi, Abhishek Jain, 2021).


Update, 19 February 2024


289). The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018, Coen Brothers).


Update, 27 March 2024


290). Mitron  (Hindi, 2018, Nitin Kakkar).


Update, 20 May 2024


291). Laapata Ladies  (Hindi, Kiran Rao, 2024).

292). All India Rank (Hindi, Varun Grover, 2024).

293). 12th Fail (Hindi, Vidhu Vinod Chopra, 2023).

294). Patna Shukla (Hindi, Raveena Tandon (Act.), 2024).

295). Falimy (Malayalam, Nithish Sahadev, 2023).

296). Indiana Jones and The Dial of Destiny (Harrison Ford (Act.), 2023, Must Watch. Very well crafted sequel).


Update, 28 May 2024


297). Jamnapaar (Hindi, Series, Prashant Bhagia, 2024).


Update, 29 May 2024


298). The Train (John Frankenheimer, 1964. This movie should be watched along with “The Monuments Men”).


Update, 07 June 2024


299). Tumse Na Ho Payega (Hindi, 2023, Abhishek Sinha).

300). Freud (Series, Marvin Kren,2020).

301). Abraham Lincoln : Vampire Hunter (Timur Bekmambetov, 2012).


Update, 10 June 2024


302). Deutschland 83  (Series, German, Edward Berger, 2015).

303). The Same Sky (Series, German, Oliver Hirschbiegel, 2017). 

304). A Most Wanted Man (Anton Corbijn, 2014).

305). The Tin Drum (German, Oscar Schlondorff, 1979).

306). The Red Baloon (French, Albert Lamorisse, 1956).


Update, 11 June 2024


307). Kaala Pani (Series, Hindi, Mona Singh (Act.), 2023).

308). The Great Indian Murder (Series, Hindi, Tigmanshu Dhulia, 2022).

309). Aranyak (Series, Hindi, Raveena Tandon, Ashutosh Rana (Act.), 2021).

310). Viy (Horror, Russian, Konstantin Yershov, Georgi Kropachyov, 1967. Based on a famous story by Nikolai Gogol).

311). Viy 3D / The Forbidden Empire (Horror, Russian, Oleg Stepchenko, 2014).


Update, 19 June 2024


312). Death Wish (Bruce Willis (Act.), 2018).

313). The Amityville Horror (Horror, Stuart Rosenberg, 1979).

314). Amityville II: The Possession (Horror, Damiano Damiani, 1979).

315). The Amityville Horror (Horror, Andrew Douglas, 2005).

316). Amityville: The Awakening (Horror, Franck Khalfoun, 2017).


Update, 22 July 2024


317). Stree (Horror Comedy, Hindi, Rajkumar Rao (Act.), 2018).

318). Kakuda (Horror Comedy, Hindi, Sonakshi Sinha (Act.), 2024).

319). Chhorri (meaning - Girl in Hindi) (Horror / Social Issue, Hindi, Nushrrat Bharuccha (Act.), 2021).

320). In the Tall Grass (Horror, Vincenzo Natali, 2019).

321). Pill (Hindi, Series, Riteish Deshmukh (Act.), 2024).

322). The Forty First / Sarok Pyervai (Russian, Grigori Chukhrai, 1956).


Update, 07 August 2024


323). In the Moscow Slums / Khitrovka, Sign of Four / Khitrovka Znakh Chitiryokh (Russian, Karen Shakhnazarov, 2023. MUST WATCH MOVIE, which portrays a fictionalised story, where eminent theatre director “Stanislavsky” plays a Detective, much like a plot from Sherlock Holmes).


Update, 31 August 2024


324). Brinda (Telugu, Series, Trisha Krishnan (Act.), 2024).

325). Gyarah Gyarah (Hindi, Series, Kritika Kamra (Act.), 2024).

326). Munjya (Hindi, Horror, Aditya Sarpotdar, 2024).

327). Akelli (Hindi, Nushrratt Bharuccha (Act.), 2023).


Update, 08 January 2025


328). Jeans (Hindi / Tamil, Aishwarya Rai, 1998).

329). Little John (Hindi, Singeetam Srinivasa Rao, 2001).

330). Bajrangi Bhaijan (Hindi, Salman Khan, 2015).

331). Lucky : No Time For Love (Hindi, Sneha Ullal, Salman Khan, 2005).

332). Judwa (Hindi, Salman Khan, 1998).

333). You’ve Got Mail (Meg Ryan, Tom Hanks, 1998).

334). Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (Series, 1992. Kindly watch the original 1992 series starring George Hall).

335). Sangharsh (Preity Zinta, Akshay Kumar, 1999).

336). Yoddha : The Warrior (Hindi / Malayalam, Mohanlal, 1992).

337). Bombay (Hindi, Mani Ratnam, 1995).

338). Roja (Hindi, Mani Ratnam, 1992).

339). Aasmaan Se Gira / Fallen From Sky (Hindi, Pankaj Parashar, 1992).

340). Anokha Moti / The Magic Pearl (Hindi, Tapan Sinha, 2000).




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