User:Ssven2/Films that I have seen (Pre 1990s)
Appearance
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The Kid (1921)
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Scarface (1932)
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Bringing Up Baby (1938)
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The Philadelphia Story (1940)
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Casablanca (1942)
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Singin' in the Rain (1952)
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Vertigo (1958)
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Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
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2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
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Eraserhead (1977)
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The Castle of Cagliostro (1979)
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Grave of the Fireflies (1988)
This page lists the films I've watched that were released in the pre 1990s period. I use this list to remind myself which films I've watched so I can work on their Wikipedia articles. I include my opinions of the films, so I can prioritise working on the articles of films I really enjoyed or of films that elicited a strong reaction from me like sadness or anger or joy or pride.
Keys
[edit]- Rating key
- ★ Aala Vidungada Saamy!!! (See Roger Ebert's review of North for further details.)
- ★½ Nee Onnum Avalavu Scene Illa (Really Average/Forgettable.)
- ★★ Paarkalaam (One-time watch/Watchable.)
- ★★½ OK
- ★★★ Good
- ★★★½ Very Good
- ★★★★ Excellent
- ★★★★½ Super Appu
- ★★★★★ Epic!!!
- Other Key
- – Denotes a film that has grown on me in a spiritual/moral/religious/devotional way.
- – Denotes a film that made me cry.
- – Denotes a film that I enjoyed watching/that has grown on me in other emotional ways (happy, feel good, patriotic, made me think philosophically to name a few).
- – Denotes a technically well-made film.
- - Denotes the best film of the decade (from "1930 – 1939" onwards).
- - Denotes the best film in a given year (from "1930 – 1939" onwards).
- - Denotes the second-best film in a given year (from "1930 – 1939" onwards).
- - Denotes the third-best film in a given year (from "1930 – 1939" onwards).
1880–1929
[edit]- The '?' Motorist ★★★★
- Accordion Player ★★★★
- After the Ball ★★★★★
- Blackfriars Bridge ★★★★
- Blacksmith Scene ★★★★
- Boxing Kangaroo ★★★★★
- The Circus ★★★★★
- A Day's Pleasure ★★★★★
- The Dickson Experimental Sound Film ★★★★★
- Dickson Greeting ★★★
- A Dog's Love ★★★★★
- Fred Ott's Sneeze ★★★★
- Gentlemen of Nerve ★★★½
- Getting Acquainted ★★★½
- The Gold Rush ★★★★★
- The Kid ★★★★★
- The Kiss ★★★★
- L'Arrivée d'un train en gare de La Ciotat ★★★★★
- The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog ★★★★★
- Mabel's Married Life ★★★★★
- Man Walking Around A Corner ★★★★
- The Man Who Laughs ★★★★★
- Metropolis ★★★★★
- The Miller and the Sweep ★★★★★
- Monkeyshines ★★★★
- Newark Athlete ★★★★
- Pay Day ★★★★
- Pauvre Pierrot ★★★★★
- Peeping Tom ★★★★★
- The Pilgrim ★★★★★
- Roundhay Garden Scene ★★★★
- Star Theatre ★★★★★
- Traffic Crossing Leeds Bridge ★★★★
- Upside Down; or, the Human Flies ★★★★
- What Happened on Twenty-third Street, New York City ★★★★★
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After the Ball (1897)
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Boxing Kangaroo (1895)
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The Circus (1928)
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A Day's Pleasure (1919)
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A Dog's Love (1914)
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The Gold Rush (1925)
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The Kid (1921)
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Mabel's Married Life (1914)
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The Man Who Laughs (1928)
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Metropolis (1927)
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The Miller and the Sweep (1898)
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Pauvre Pierrot (1892)
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Peeping Tom (1897)
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The Pilgrim (1923)
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Star Theatre (1901)
1930–1939
[edit]- Top 5 personalities
- Clark Gable — It Happened One Night and Gone with the Wind
- Howard Hawks — Scarface, Bringing Up Baby and Only Angels Have Wings
- Jean Renoir — Boudu Saved from Drowning and The Rules of the Game
- Leo McCarey — The Awful Truth and Make Way for Tomorrow
- William Powell — The Thin Man and My Man Godfrey
1930
[edit]- All Quiet on the Western Front ★★★★★
- Murder! ★★★★★
- Morocco ★★★★★
1931
[edit]- City Lights ★★★★★
- Dracula ★★★★★
- Frankenstein ★★★★★
- Little Caesar ★★★★★
- M ★★★★★
- The Public Enemy ★★★★★
1932
[edit]- Boudu Saved from Drowning ★★★★★
- Scarface ★★★★★
- Shanghai Express ★★★★½
1933
[edit]- 42nd Street ★★★★★
- Duck Soup ★★★★★
- Father Noah's Ark ★★★★½
- King Kong ★★★★★
- Little Women ★★★★★
- The Pied Piper ★★★★½
- The Three Little Pigs ★★★★★
1934
[edit]- Babes in Toyland ★★★★★
- Imitation of Life ★★★★★
- It Happened One Night ★★★★★
- It's a Gift ★★★★★
- The Thin Man ★★★★★
- The Tortoise and the Hare ★★★★★
1935
[edit]- The 39 Steps ★★★★★
- Alice Adams ★★★★★
- Bride of Frankenstein ★★★★★
- Top Hat ★★★★★
1936
[edit]- Modern Times ★★★★★
- Mr. Deeds Goes to Town ★★★★★
- My Man Godfrey ★★★★★
- Sabotage ★★★★½
- Swing Time ★★★★★
1937
[edit]- The Awful Truth ★★★★★
- Make Way for Tomorrow ★★★★★
- Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs ★★★★★
- Topper ★★★★★
- Young and Innocent ★★★★★
1938
[edit]- The Adventures of Robin Hood ★★★★★
- Bringing Up Baby ★★★★★
- The Lady Vanishes ★★★★★
1939
[edit]- The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes ★★★★★
- Gone with the Wind ★★★★★
- Goodbye, Mr. Chips ★★★★★
- Gunga Din ★★★★½
- Mr. Smith Goes to Washington ★★★★★
- Only Angels Have Wings ★★★★★
- The Rules of the Game ★★★★★
- Stagecoach ★★★★★
- The Wizard of Oz ★★★★★
- The Women ★★★★★
- Wuthering Heights ★★★★★
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City Lights (1931)
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Boudu Saved from Drowning (1932)
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Little Women (1933)
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It Happened One Night (1934)
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Top Hat (1935)
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Modern Times (1936)
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The Lady Vanishes (1938)
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Gone with the Wind (1939)
1940–1949
[edit]- Top 5 personalities
- Alfred Hitchcock — Rebecca, Suspicion, Shadow of a Doubt, Notorious and Rope
- Barbara Stanwyck — Ball of Fire, The Lady Eve, Double Indemnity and Sorry, Wrong Number
- Cary Grant — His Girl Friday, The Philadelphia Story, Arsenic and Old Lace, Notorious, The Bishop's Wife and I Was a Male War Bride
- Humphrey Bogart — The Maltese Falcon, Casablanca, The Big Sleep, Dark Passage and The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
- Ingrid Bergman — Casablanca, Gaslight, The Bells of St. Mary's and Notorious
1940
[edit]- Fantasia ★★★★★
- Foreign Correspondent ★★★★★
- The Grapes of Wrath ★★★★★
- The Great Dictator ★★★★★
- His Girl Friday ★★★★★
- The Mark of Zorro ★★★★★
- My Favorite Wife ★★★★★
- The Philadelphia Story ★★★★★
- Pinocchio ★★★★★
- Pride and Prejudice ★★★★★
- Puss Gets the Boot ★★★
- Rebecca ★★★★★
- Road to Singapore ★★★½
- The Shop Around the Corner ★★★★★
- The Thief of Bagdad ★★★★★
1941
[edit]- Ball of Fire ★★★★★
- Blood and Sand ★★★★★
- Citizen Kane ★★★★★
- Dumbo ★★★★★
- High Sierra ★★★★½
- Hold Back the Dawn ★★★★★
- Honky Tonk ★★★★★
- How Green Was My Valley ★★★★★
- The Lady Eve ★★★★★
- The Maltese Falcon ★★★★★
- The Midnight Snack ★★★
- Mr. & Mrs. Smith ★★★★
- The Night Before Christmas ★★★★
- Penny Serenade ★★★★★
- The Reluctant Dragon ★★★★★
- Sullivan's Travels ★★★★★
- Suspicion ★★★★★
- They Met in Bombay ★★★½
- Western Union ★★★★½
- Ziegfeld Girl ★★★★★
1942
[edit]- Arabian Nights ★★★½
- Bambi ★★★★★
- The Bowling Alley Cat ★★★
- Casablanca ★★★★★
- Cat People ★★★★★
- Dog Trouble ★★★★
- Fine Feathered Friend ★★★½
- For Me and My Gal ★★★★★
- Fraidy Cat ★★★
- The Glass Key ★★★★★
- Holiday Inn ★★★★½
- Jungle Book ★★★
- Mrs. Miniver ★★★★★
- Nandanar ★★★★★
- Once Upon a Honeymoon ★★★★½
- The Palm Beach Story ★★★★★
- The Pride of the Yankees ★★★★★
- Puss n' Toots ★★★½
- Saludos Amigos ★★★★★
- The Talk of the Town ★★★★★
- Yankee Doodle Dandy ★★★★★
1943
[edit]- Baby Puss ★★★
- Destination Tokyo ★★★★
- Der Fuehrer's Face ★★★★★
- For Whom the Bell Tolls ★★★★★
- Jane Eyre ★★★★★
- Kismet ★★★★★
- Lassie Come Home ★★★★★
- The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp ★★★★★
- The Lonesome Mouse ★★★
- Sanshiro Sugata ★★★★★
- Shadow of a Doubt ★★★★★
- Sufferin' Cats! ★★★½
- The Yankee Doodle Mouse ★★★★
1944
[edit]- Arsenic and Old Lace ★★★★★
- The Bodyguard ★★★★½
- Cover Girl ★★★★★
- Double Indemnity ★★★★★
- Gaslight ★★★★★
- I'll Be Seeing You ★★★★★
- Laura ★★★★★
- Meet Me in St. Louis ★★★★★
- The Million Dollar Cat ★★★★★
- Mouse Trouble ★★★★★
- Murder, My Sweet ★★★★½
- Puttin' on the Dog ★★★★½
- The Scarlet Claw ★★★★★
- The Three Caballeros ★★★★
- To Have and Have Not ★★★½
- The Uninvited ★★★★½
- The Woman in the Window ★★★★★
- The Zoot Cat ★★★★
1945
[edit]- Anchors Aweigh ★★★★★
- And Then There Were None ★★★★★
- The Bells of St. Mary's ★★★★★
- Brief Encounter ★★★★★
- Flirty Birdy ★★★★★
- I Know Where I'm Going! ★★★★½
- The Lost Weekend ★★★★★
- The Mouse Comes to Dinner ★★★★
- Mouse in Manhattan ★★★★★
- The Picture of Dorian Gray ★★★★★
- Quiet Please! ★★★★★
- Scarlet Street ★★★★★
- Spellbound ★★★★★
- Tee for Two ★★★★★
- Ziegfeld Follies ★★★★★
1946
[edit]- The Best Years of Our Lives ★★★★★
- The Big Sleep ★★★★★
- Gilda ★★★★★
- Great Expectations ★★★★★
- It's a Wonderful Life ★★★★★
- The Killers ★★★★★
- The Milky Waif ★★★½
- My Darling Clementine ★★★★★
- Notorious ★★★★★
- The Postman Always Rings Twice ★★★★★
- Solid Serenade ★★★★★
- Springtime for Thomas ★★★½
- The Stranger ★★★★
- Trap Happy ★★★
1947
[edit]- The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer ★★★★★
- The Bishop's Wife ★★★★★
- Black Narcissus ★★★★★
- The Cat Concerto ★★★★★
- Cat Fishin' ★★★★
- Dark Passage ★★★★★
- Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Mouse ★★★★
- Gentleman's Agreement ★★★★★
- The Ghost and Mrs. Muir ★★★★★
- Hue and Cry ★★★½
- The Invisible Mouse ★★★
- The Lady from Shanghai ★★★★★
- Miracle on 34th Street ★★★★★
- Monsieur Verdoux ★★★★★
- A Mouse in the House ★★★
- Out of the Past ★★★★★
- The Paradine Case ★★★★★
- Possessed ★★★★½
- Part Time Pal ★★★★
- Salt Water Tabby ★★★
- Sinbad the Sailor ★★★★
- Tweetie Pie ★★★★★
1948
[edit]- Bicycle Thieves ★★★★★
- Chandralekha ★★★★★
- Drunken Angel ★★★★★
- A Foreign Affair ★★★★★
- Hamlet ★★★★½
- Key Largo ★★★★★
- Kitty Foiled ★★★★★
- Mouse Cleaning ★★★★★
- Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House ★★★★★
- The Naked City ★★★★★
- Old Rockin' Chair Tom ★★★½
- Oliver Twist ★★★★★
- Professor Tom ★★★½
- The Red Shoes ★★★★★
- Rope ★★★★★
- Sorry, Wrong Number ★★★★★
- The Treasure of the Sierra Madre ★★★★★
- The Truce Hurts ★★★
1949
[edit]- Adam's Rib ★★★★★
- Andaz ★★★★★
- The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad ★★★
- The Cat and the Mermouse ★★★★
- Criss Cross ★★★½
- For Scent-imental Reasons ★★★★★
- Hatch Up Your Troubles ★★★★
- Heavenly Puss ★★★★★
- The Heiress ★★★★★
- I Was a Male War Bride ★★★★★
- Jerry's Diary ★★★½
- Kind Hearts and Coronets ★★★★★
- The Little Orphan ★★★½
- Love That Pup ★★★
- Polka-Dot Puss ★★★★★
- Sands of Iwo Jima ★★★½
- Tennis Chumps ★★★
- The Third Man ★★★★★
- Whirlpool ★★★½
- White Heat ★★★★★
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The Great Dictator (1940)
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Citizen Kane (1941)
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Casablanca (1942)
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Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
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Double Indemnity (1944)
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Scarlet Street (1945)
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It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
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Dark Passage (1947)
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Bicycle Thieves (1948)
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The Third Man (1949)
1950–1959
[edit]- Top 5 personalities
- Akira Kurosawa — Rashomon, Ikiru, Seven Samurai, Throne of Blood and The Hidden Fortress
- Billy Wilder — Sunset Boulevard, Stalag 17, The Seven Year Itch, Witness for the Prosecution and Some Like It Hot
- James Stewart — Winchester '73, Harvey, Rear Window, The Man Who Knew Too Much, Vertigo and Anatomy of a Murder
- Marlon Brando — A Streetcar Named Desire, Viva Zapata!, Julius Caesar and On the Waterfront
- Sivaji Ganesan — Parasakthi, Andha Naal and Veerapandiya Kattabomman
1950
[edit]- All About Eve ★★★★★
- The Asphalt Jungle ★★★★★
- Born Yesterday ★★★★★
- Cinderella ★★★★★
- Cue Ball Cat ★★★
- Father of the Bride ★★★★★
- The Framed Cat ★★★
- Gun Crazy ★★★★★
- Harvey ★★★★★
- In a Lonely Place ★★★★★
- Jerry and the Lion ★★★
- Little Quacker ★★★★
- Manthiri Kumari ★★★½
- Quicksand ★★★★★
- Rashomon ★★★★★
- Safety Second ★★★
- Saturday Evening Puss ★★★½
- Sunset Boulevard ★★★★★
- Texas Tom ★★★½
- Tom and Jerry in the Hollywood Bowl ★★★★★
- Where the Sidewalk Ends ★★★★★
- Winchester '73 ★★★★★
1951
[edit]- Ace in the Hole ★★★½
- The African Queen ★★★★★
- Alice in Wonderland ★★★★
- An American in Paris ★★★★★
- Awaara ★★★★★
- Casanova Cat ★★★½
- Cat Napping ★★★½
- His Mouse Friday ★★★★★
- Jerry and the Goldfish ★★★
- Jerry's Cousin ★★★
- Nit-Witty Kitty ★★★
- Pathala Bhairavi ★★★★½
- A Place in the Sun ★★★★★
- Sleepy-Time Tom ★★★★
- Slicked-up Pup ★★★½
- Strangers on a Train ★★★★★
- A Streetcar Named Desire ★★★★★
1952
[edit]- Baiju Bawra ★★★★★
- Cruise Cat ★★★★
- The Dog House ★★★
- The Duck Doctor ★★★★
- Fit to Be Tied ★★★
- The Flying Cat ★★★★
- High Noon ★★★★★
- Ikiru ★★★★★
- Kansas City Confidential ★★★★½
- Limelight ★★★★★
- Little Runaway ★★★½
- Monkey Business ★★★★★
- Othello ★★★½
- Parasakthi ★★★★★
- Push-Button Kitty ★★★★
- The Quiet Man ★★★★★
- Singin' in the Rain ★★★★★
- Smitten Kitten ★★★
- Sudden Fear ★★★★★
- Triplet Trouble ★★★★
- The Two Mouseketeers ★★★★★
- Viva Zapata! ★★★★★
1953
[edit]- Avvaiyar ★★★★★
- The Band Wagon ★★★★★
- Beat the Devil ★★★½
- The Big Heat ★★★★★
- From Here to Eternity ★★★★★
- Gentlemen Prefer Blondes ★★★★½
- How to Marry a Millionaire ★★★★★
- I Confess ★★★★★
- Jerry and Jumbo ★★★★
- Johann Mouse ★★★★★
- Julius Caesar ★★★★½
- Just Ducky ★★★
- Kiss Me Kate ★★★★★
- Les Vacances de Monsieur Hulot ★★★★★
- Life with Tom ★★★½
- The Missing Mouse ★★★★★
- Mogambo ★★★★
- Niagara ★★★★★
- Peter Pan ★★★★★
- The Robe ★★★★★
- Roman Holiday ★★★★★
- Shane ★★★★★
- Stalag 17 ★★★★★
- That's My Pup! ★★★
- Tokyo Story ★★★★★
- Two Little Indians ★★★
- Ugetsu ★★★★★
- The Wages of Fear ★★★★★
1954
[edit]- 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea ★★★★★
- Andha Naal ★★★★★
- Baby Butch ★★★½
- The Bridges at Toko-Ri ★★★★½
- The Caine Mutiny ★★★★★
- Dial M for Murder ★★★★★
- Downhearted Duckling ★★★★
- Hic-cup Pup ★★★
- Hobson's Choice ★★★½
- Journey to Italy ★★★★½
- Little School Mouse ★★★★
- Malaikkallan ★★★½
- Manohara ★★★½
- Mice Follies ★★★★
- Neapolitan Mouse ★★★★★
- On the Waterfront ★★★★★
- Pet Peeve ★★★
- Posse Cat ★★★
- Puppy Tale ★★★★
- Rear Window ★★★★★
- Sabrina ★★★★★
- Sansho the Bailiff ★★★★★
- Seven Brides for Seven Brothers ★★★★★
- Seven Samurai ★★★★★
- A Star Is Born ★★★★★
- Touché, Pussy Cat! ★★★★
- Vipra Narayana ★★★★
1955
[edit]- Azaad ★★★★★
- Bad Day at Black Rock ★★★★★
- Blackboard Jungle ★★★★★
- Devdas ★★★★★
- Designs on Jerry ★★★
- East of Eden ★★★★★
- Kiss Me Deadly ★★★★★
- Lady and the Tramp ★★★★★
- Marty ★★★★★
- Mouse for Sale ★★★★★
- Missiamma ★★★★★
- The Night of the Hunter ★★★★★
- Pather Panchali ★★★★★
- Pecos Pest ★★★½
- Pup on a Picnic ★★★
- Rebel Without a Cause ★★★★★
- Rififi ★★★★★
- The Rose Tattoo ★★★★★
- The Seven Year Itch ★★★★★
- Shree 420 ★★★★★
- Smarty Cat ★★★
- Smiles of a Summer Night ★★★★★
- Southbound Duckling ★★★★½
- Speedy Gonzales ★★★½
- That's My Mommy ★★★½
- To Catch a Thief ★★★★★
- Tom and Chérie ★★★★
- The Trouble with Harry ★★★★★
1956
[edit]- Alexander the Great ★★½
- Alibabavum 40 Thirudargalum ★★★★★
- Anastasia ★★★★½
- Aparajito ★★★★★
- Barbecue Brawl ★★★
- Blue Cat Blues ★★★★
- Busy Buddies ★★★★
- Down Beat Bear ★★★★
- The Egg and Jerry ★★★
- The Flying Sorceress ★★★
- Forbidden Planet ★★★★★
- The Killing ★★★★★
- The King and I ★★★★★
- Lust for Life ★★★★★
- Madurai Veeran ★★★½
- The Man Who Knew Too Much ★★★★★
- Moby Dick ★★★★★
- Muscle Beach Tom ★★★★
- The Searchers ★★★★★
- The Ten Commandments ★★★★★
- Tenali Raman ★★★½
- The Wrong Man ★★★★★
1957
[edit]- 12 Angry Men ★★★★★
- Across the Bridge ★★★★★
- An Affair to Remember ★★★★½
- Birds Anonymous ★★★★★
- The Bridge on the River Kwai ★★★★★
- Desk Set ★★★★★
- Feedin' the Kiddie ★★★
- Jailhouse Rock ★★★★★
- Love in the Afternoon ★★★★½
- The Lower Depths ★★★★½
- Mahadhevi ★★★½
- Mayabazar ★★★★★
- Mother India ★★★★★
- Mucho Mouse ★★★½
- Old Yeller ★★★★★
- The One That Got Away ★★★★½
- Paths of Glory ★★★★★
- Pyaasa ★★★★★
- The Seventh Seal ★★★★★
- Sweet Smell of Success ★★★★½
- Thangamalai Ragasiyam ★★★½
- The Three Faces of Eve ★★★★★
- Throne of Blood ★★★★★
- Timid Tabby ★★★½
- Tom's Photo Finish ★★★
- Tops with Pops ★★★
- Witness for the Prosecution ★★★★★
1958
[edit]- Auntie Mame ★★★★★
- Bhookailas ★★★★★
- Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi ★★★★½
- The Defiant Ones ★★★★★
- Happy Go Ducky ★★★★
- The Hidden Fortress ★★★★★
- Indiscreet ★★★★★
- Jalsaghar ★★★★★
- Madhumati ★★★★★
- Nadodi Mannan ★★★★★
- Robin Hoodwinked ★★★½
- Royal Cat Nap ★★★★
- Separate Tables ★★★★½
- Teacher's Pet ★★★★★
- Tot Watchers ★★★
- Touch of Evil ★★★★★
- Uthama Puthiran ★★★★
- The Vanishing Duck ★★★½
- Vanjikottai Valiban ★★★½
- Vertigo ★★★★★
1959
[edit]- The 400 Blows ★★★★★
- Anatomy of a Murder ★★★★★
- Apur Sansar ★★★★★
- Ben-Hur ★★★★★
- Compulsion ★★★★★
- The Hound of the Baskervilles ★★★★★
- I'm All Right Jack ★★★★★
- Journey to the Center of the Earth ★★★★
- Kalyana Parisu ★★★★½
- Look Back in Anger ★★★★★
- North by Northwest ★★★★★
- Operation Petticoat ★★★½
- Pillow Talk ★★★★★
- Rio Bravo ★★★★★
- Sleeping Beauty ★★★★★
- Some Like It Hot ★★★★★
- Solomon and Sheba ★★★
- Veerapandiya Kattabomman ★★★★★
-
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
-
Strangers on a Train (1951)
-
Ikiru (1952)
-
Tokyo Story (1953)
-
Ugetsu (1953)
-
The Wages of Fear (1953)
-
Rear Window (1954)
-
Pather Panchali (1955)
-
The Ten Commandments (1956)
-
12 Angry Men (1957)
-
Vertigo (1958)
-
Ben-Hur (1959)
1960–1969
[edit]- Top 5 personalities
- Jack Lemmon — The Apartment, Days of Wine and Roses, Irma la Douce, How to Murder Your Wife, The Fortune Cookie and The Odd Couple
- M. G. Ramachandran — Mannadhi Mannan, Aayirathil Oruvan, Enga Veettu Pillai and Anbe Vaa
- Nagesh — Nenjil Or Aalayam, Kadhalikka Neramillai, Server Sundaram, Thiruvilaiyadal, Saraswati Sabatham, Ethir Neechal and Thillana Mohanambal
- Richard Burton — Cleopatra, Becket, The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and The Taming of the Shrew
- Stanley Kubrick — Spartacus, Lolita, Dr. Strangelove and 2001: A Space Odyssey
1960
[edit]- The Apartment ★★★★★
- The Grass Is Greener ★★★★½
- Inherit the Wind ★★★★★
- Jis Desh Mein Ganga Behti Hai ★★★★★
- Kaithi Kannayiram ★★★
- The Magnificent Seven ★★★★
- Mannadhi Mannan ★★★★★
- Mughal-e-Azam ★★★★★
- Peeping Tom ★★★★★
- Psycho ★★★★★
- Spartacus ★★★★★
1961
[edit]- Breakfast at Tiffany's ★★★★★
- The Children's Hour ★★★★★
- The Day the Earth Caught Fire ★★★½
- El Cid ★★★
- The Guns of Navarone ★★★★★
- The Innocents ★★★★★
- Jagadeka Veeruni Katha ★★★★
- Judgment at Nuremberg ★★★★★
- Kappalottiya Thamizhan ★★★★★
- King of Kings ★★★½
- One Hundred and One Dalmatians ★★★★★
- One, Two, Three ★★★★★
- Palum Pazhamum ★★★★★
- The Parent Trap ★★★★★
- Pasamalar ★★★★★
- Pava Mannippu ★★★★★
- Pocketful of Miracles ★★★★★
- The Steamroller and the Violin ★★★★★
- Thaai Sollai Thattadhe ★★½
- Then Nilavu ★★★½
- West Side Story ★★★★★
- Yojimbo ★★★★★
1962
[edit]- Bale Pandiya ★★★★
- Cape Fear ★★★★★
- Days of Wine and Roses ★★★★★
- Dakshayagnam ★★★★★
- Dr. No ★★★★★
- Gundamma Katha ★★★★
- Ivan's Childhood ★★★★★
- The Manchurian Candidate ★★★★★
- Lawrence of Arabia ★★★★★
- Lolita ★★★★★
- The Miracle Worker ★★★★★
- Nenjil Or Aalayam ★★★★½
- The Notorious Landlady ★★★★★
- Padithaal Mattum Podhuma ★★★½
- Sanjuro ★★★★★
- That Touch of Mink ★★★★★
- To Kill a Mockingbird ★★★★★
- What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? ★★★★★
1963
[edit]- The Birds ★★★★★
- Charade ★★★★★
- Cleopatra ★★★★★
- From Russia with Love ★★★★★
- The Great Escape ★★★★★
- Irma la Douce ★★★★★
- It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World ★★★★★
- Lilies of the Field ★★★★★
- Nartanasala ★★★★★
- Paar Magaley Paar ★★★½
- Periya Idathu Penn ★★★★
- The Pink Panther ★★★★
- Ratha Thilagam ★★★½
- The Running Man ★★★½
- The Sword in the Stone ★★★
- This Sporting Life ★★★★★
- X: The Man with the X-ray Eyes ★★★★½
1964
[edit]- Becket ★★★★★
- Dr. Strangelove ★★★★★
- En Kadamai ★★★½
- Fail Safe ★★★★★
- A Fistful of Dollars ★★★★★
- Goldfinger ★★★★★
- A Hard Day's Night ★★★★★
- Hush… Hush, Sweet Charlotte ★★★½
- Kadhalikka Neramillai ★★★★★
- Kai Koduttha Dheivam ★★★★★
- Karnan ★★★★★
- Marnie ★★★★
- Mary Poppins ★★★★★
- My Fair Lady ★★★★★
- Navarathri ★★★★
- The Pawnbroker ★★★★★
- Poompuhar ★★★★★
- Puthiya Paravai ★★★★★
- Sangam ★★★★★
- Server Sundaram ★★★★★
- Seven Days in May ★★★★★
- A Shot in the Dark ★★★★★
- Topkapi ★★★★★
- What a Way to Go! ★★★★½
- Woh Kaun Thi? ★★★★
1965
[edit]- Aayirathil Oruvan ★★★★★
- Cat Ballou ★★★½
- Doctor Zhivago ★★★★
- Enga Veettu Pillai ★★★★★
- For a Few Dollars More ★★★★★
- The Hill ★★★★★
- How to Murder Your Wife ★★★★★
- Repulsion ★★★★★
- Satya Harishchandra ★★★★★
- Ship of Fools ★★★★★
- The Slender Thread ★★★★★
- The Sound of Music ★★★★★
- The Spy Who Came in from the Cold ★★★★★
- Thiruvilaiyadal ★★★★★
- Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines ★★★★★
- Thunderball ★★★★
- Veerabhimanyu ★★★★★
- Vennira Aadai ★★★★½
1966
[edit]- Anbe Vaa ★★★★★
- Arabesque ★★★★½
- Au Hasard Balthazar ★★★★★
- The Fortune Cookie ★★★★★
- A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum ★★★★★
- The Good, the Bad and the Ugly ★★★★★
- How to Steal a Million ★★★★★
- Khartoum ★★★★½
- A Man for All Seasons ★★★★★
- Paramanandayya Sishyula Katha ★★★★
- Persona ★★★★★
- Petralthan Pillaiya ★★★★★
- Saraswati Sabatham ★★★★★
- Sri Krishna Pandaveeyam ★★★★★
- Teesri Manzil ★★★½
- Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? ★★★★★
1967
[edit]- Anubavi Raja Anubavi ★★★★
- Asterix the Gaul ★★★★★
- Bama Vijayam ★★★★★
- Bonnie and Clyde ★★★★★
- Cool Hand Luke ★★★★★
- A Countess from Hong Kong ★★★
- The Graduate ★★★★½
- Guess Who's Coming to Dinner ★★★★★
- In Cold Blood ★★★★★
- In the Heat of the Night ★★★★★
- Iru Malargal ★★★★★
- The Jungle Book ★★★★★
- Kandan Karunai ★★★★★
- Ooty Varai Uravu ★★★½
- The Producers ★★★★★
- The Taming of the Shrew ★★★★★
- Thiruvarutchelvar ★★★★★
- To Sir, with Love ★★★★★
- Wait Until Dark ★★★★★
- You Only Live Twice ★★★★
1968
[edit]- 2001: A Space Odyssey ★★★★★
- Asterix and Cleopatra ★★★★½
- Bullitt ★★★★★
- Coogan's Bluff ★★★★½
- Ethir Neechal ★★★★★
- Hang 'Em High ★★★½
- Kudiyirundha Koyil ★★★★
- The Lion in Winter ★★★★★
- Nirai Kudam ★★★
- No Way to Treat a Lady ★★★★★
- The Odd Couple ★★★★★
- Oliver! ★★★★★
- Once Upon a Time in the West ★★★★★
- Padosan ★★★★★
- Panama Pasama ★★★½
- The Party ★★★★★
- Rosemary's Baby ★★★★★
- Thillana Mohanambal ★★★★★
- Thirumal Perumai ★★★½
1969
[edit]- Anne of the Thousand Days ★★★★½
- Aradhana ★★★★★
- A Boy Named Charlie Brown ★★★★★
- Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid ★★★★½
- Cactus Flower ★★★★★
- Change of Habit ★★★
- Deiva Magan ★★★★★
- Easy Rider ★★★★★
- Iru Kodugal ★★★★½
- Kes ★★★★★
- Mackenna's Gold ★★★
- Nam Naadu ★★★★★
- Midnight Cowboy ★★★★★
- On Her Majesty's Secret Service ★★★
- The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie ★★★★½
- Take the Money and Run ★★★★★
-
Psycho (1960)
-
The Guns of Navarone (1961)
-
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
-
The Miracle Worker (1962)
-
Charade (1963)
-
From Russia with Love (1963)
-
Dr. Strangelove (1964)
-
Kadhalikka Neramillai (1964)
-
Thiruvilaiyadal (1965)
-
The Jungle Book (1967)
-
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
-
Take the Money and Run (1969)
1970–1979
[edit]- Top 5 personalities
- Amitabh Bachchan — Anand, Abhimaan, Namak Haraam, Zanjeer, Chupke Chupke, Deewaar, Sholay, Amar Akbar Anthony, Parvarish and Don
- Clint Eastwood — Two Mules for Sister Sara, Dirty Harry, Play Misty for Me, High Plains Drifter, Magnum Force, Thunderbolt and Lightfoot, The Outlaw Josey Wales and Escape from Alcatraz
- Hrishikesh Mukherjee — Anand, Guddi, Abhimaan, Namak Haraam, Chupke Chupke and Gol Maal
- Kamal Haasan — Arangetram, Apoorva Raagangal, Moondru Mudichu, 16 Vayathinile and Aval Appadithan
- Sidney Lumet — Murder on the Orient Express, Dog Day Afternoon and Network
1970
[edit]- The Aristocats ★★★★★
- MASH ★★★★★
- Mera Naam Joker ★★★★★
- Patton ★★★★★
- The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes ★★★★★
- Ryan's Daughter ★★★★
- Two Mules for Sister Sara ★★★★★
- Vietnam Veedu ★★★★★
1971
[edit]- 10 Rillington Place ★★★★★
- Aathi Parasakthi ★★★½
- Anand ★★★★★
- Bananas ★★★★★
- Bedknobs and Broomsticks ★★★★
- A Clockwork Orange ★★★★★
- Diamonds Are Forever ★★★½
- Dirty Harry ★★★★★
- Duck, You Sucker! ★★★★★
- Fiddler on the Roof ★★★★★
- The French Connection ★★★★★
- Get Carter ★★★★★
- Guddi ★★★★★
- Klute ★★★½
- Muhammad bin Tughluq ★★★★★
- Neerum Neruppum ★★
- Play Misty for Me ★★★★★
- Rickshawkaran ★★★★½
- Straw Dogs ★★★★★
- Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory ★★★★★
1972
[edit]- Avanti! ★★★★★
- Bawarchi ★★★★★
- Butterflies Are Free ★★★★★
- Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex ★★★★★
- Frenzy ★★★★★
- The Getaway ★★★★★
- Gnana Oli ★★★
- The Godfather ★★★★★
- Joe Kidd ★★★★★
- Kasethan Kadavulada ★★★★★
- Raman Thediya Seethai ★★★
- Sleuth ★★★★★
- Solaris ★★★★★
- Vasantha Maligai ★★★★★
1973
[edit]- Abhimaan ★★★★★
- Arangetram ★★★★
- Bobby ★★★★★
- Don't Look Now ★★★★★
- Enter the Dragon ★★★★★
- The Exorcist ★★★★★
- Gauravam ★★★★★
- High Plains Drifter ★★★★★
- Live and Let Die ★★★★
- Magnum Force ★★★★★
- Namak Haraam ★★★★★
- Rajaraja Cholan ★★★
- Robin Hood ★★★
- Ulagam Sutrum Valiban ★★★★
- The Wicker Man ★★★★★
- Yaadon Ki Baaraat ★★★★
- Zanjeer ★★★★★
1974
[edit]- Blazing Saddles ★★★★★
- Chinatown ★★★★★
- The Front Page ★★★½
- The Godfather Part II ★★★★★
- The Man with the Golden Gun ★★★★
- Murder on the Orient Express ★★★★★
- Sirithu Vazha Vendum ★★★½
- Thunderbolt and Lightfoot ★★★★★
- The Towering Inferno ★★★★
- Young Frankenstein ★★★★★
1975
[edit]- Apoorva Raagangal ★★★★★
- Barry Lyndon ★★★★½
- Chupke Chupke ★★★★½
- Deewaar ★★★★★
- Dog Day Afternoon ★★★★★
- Jaws ★★★★★
- Love and Death ★★★★★
- The Man Who Would Be King ★★★★★
- One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest ★★★★★
- The Prisoner of Second Avenue ★★★★★
- The Return of the Pink Panther ★★★★½
- Sholay ★★★★★
- The Wind and the Lion ★★★½
1976
[edit]- All the President's Men ★★★★★
- Assault on Precinct 13 ★★★★★
- Carrie ★★★★★
- Family Plot ★★★★★
- Marathon Man ★★★★★
- Moondru Mudichu ★★★★★
- Network ★★★★★
- The Omen ★★★★★
- The Outlaw Josey Wales ★★★★★
- The Pink Panther Strikes Again ★★★★½
- Rocky ★★★★★
- Silver Streak ★★★★★
- Taxi Driver ★★★★★
- The Twelve Tasks of Asterix ★★★½
- Uthaman ★½
- Uzhaikkum Karangal ★★½
1977
[edit]- 16 Vayathinile ★★★★★
- Amar Akbar Anthony ★★★★★
- Annie Hall ★★★★½
- Close Encounters of the Third Kind ★★★★
- Eraserhead ★★★★★
- The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh ★★★★★
- Parvarish ★★★★★
- Pete's Dragon ★★★
- The Rescuers ★★★★
- Saturday Night Fever ★★★★★
- The Spy Who Loved Me ★★★½
- Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope ★★★★★
- The Turning Point ★★★½
1978
[edit]- Animal House ★★★½
- Aval Appadithan ★★★★★
- Death on the Nile ★★★★★
- The Deer Hunter ★★★★★
- Don ★★★★★
- Fedora ★★★★★
- Grease ★★★★½
- Heaven Can Wait ★★★★★
- The Medusa Touch ★★★★★
- Mullum Malarum ★★★★★
- Straight Time ★★★★★
1979
[edit]- Alien ★★★★★
- Annai Oru Aalayam ★★★½
- Apocalypse Now ★★★★
- Being There ★★★★★
- The Castle of Cagliostro ★★★★★
- The China Syndrome ★★★★★
- Escape from Alcatraz ★★★★★
- The First Great Train Robbery ★★★★½
- Gol Maal ★★★★★
- The Jerk ★★★★
- Kramer vs. Kramer ★★★★★
- Moonraker ★★★½
- Ninaithale Inikkum ★★★½
- Rocky II ★★★★★
- Star Trek: The Motion Picture ★★
- Suhaag ★★★½
-
MASH (1970)
-
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
-
The Godfather (1972)
-
The Wicker Man (1973)
-
Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
-
Taxi Driver (1976)
-
Heaven Can Wait (1978)
-
Being There (1979)
1980–1989
[edit]- Top 5 personalities
- John Hughes — The Breakfast Club, Ferris Bueller's Day Off and Planes, Trains and Automobiles
- Harrison Ford — Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back, Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark, Blade Runner, Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi, Witness, Working Girl and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
- Hayao Miyazaki — Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, Castle in the Sky, My Neighbor Totoro and Kiki's Delivery Service
- Martin Scorsese — Raging Bull, The Color of Money and The Last Temptation of Christ
- Woody Allen — Stardust Memories, Zelig, Broadway Danny Rose and Crimes and Misdemeanors
1980
[edit]- Atlantic City ★★★★★
- The Burning Train ★★★★
- The Elephant Man ★★★★★
- The Gods Must Be Crazy ★★★★★
- Kagemusha ★★★★★
- Karz ★★★★½
- The Mirror Crack'd ★★★★★
- Moodu Pani ★★★★
- Ordinary People ★★★★★
- Raging Bull ★★★★★
- Sankarabharanam ★★★★★
- The Shining ★★★★★
- Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back ★★★★★
- Stardust Memories ★★★★★
1981
[edit]- Alaigal Oivathillai ★★★★★
- Antha Ezhu Naatkal ★★★★★
- Chariots of Fire ★★★★
- For Your Eyes Only ★★★½
- The Fox and the Hound ★★★½
- Indru Poi Naalai Vaa ★★★★★
- Mommie Dearest ★★★★★
- Netrikkann ★★★★
- On Golden Pond ★★★★★
- Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark ★★★★★
- Thillu Mullu ★★★★★
1982
[edit]- 48 Hrs. ★★★★★
- Annie ★★★
- Blade Runner ★★★★★
- Conan the Barbarian ★★★½
- Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid ★★★★★
- E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial ★★★★★
- Evil Under the Sun ★★★★★
- Gandhi ★★★★★
- Manal Kayiru ★★★½
- Moondram Pirai ★★★★
- Moondru Mugam ★★★½
- Poltergeist ★★★★★
- Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan ★★★★★
- Tootsie ★★★★★
- The Verdict ★★★★★
1983
[edit]- The Man with Two Brains ★★★★★
- Mundhanai Mudichu ★★★★★
- Never Say Never Again ★★★★
- Octopussy ★★★
- Paayum Puli ★★★
- Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi ★★★★★
- Risky Business ★★★★★
- Sagara Sangamam ★★★★★
- Terms of Endearment ★★★★★
- Trading Places ★★★★★
- Zelig ★★★★★
1984
[edit]- Amadeus ★★★½
- Anbulla Rajinikanth ★★★★
- Beverly Hills Cop ★★★★½
- Broadway Danny Rose ★★★★★
- Conan the Destroyer ★★½
- Ghostbusters ★★★★½
- Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom ★★★½
- Nallavanukku Nallavan ★★★★
- Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind ★★★★★
- A Nightmare on Elm Street ★★★★★
- Nineteen Eighty-Four ★★★★★
- Once Upon a Time in America ★★★★★
- A Passage to India ★★★★
- Romancing the Stone ★★★★
- Srimadvirat Veerabrahmendra Swami Charitra ★★★★
- Star Trek III: The Search for Spock ★★★½
- The Terminator ★★★★★
- Thambikku Entha Ooru ★★★½
1985
[edit]- Back to the Future ★★★★★
- The Breakfast Club ★★★★★
- Brewster's Millions ★★★★
- Commando ★★★½
- The Jewel of the Nile ★★½
- Muthal Mariyathai ★★★★
- Naan Sigappu Manithan ★★½
- Oru Kaidhiyin Diary ★★★★
- Padikkadavan ★★★★
- Pale Rider ★★★★★
- Prizzi's Honor ★★★★★
- Sindhu Bhairavi ★★★★★
- Sri Raghavendrar ★★★★★
- A View to a Kill ★★★
- Witness ★★★★★
1986
[edit]- An American Tail ★★★★
- Big Trouble in Little China ★★★
- Castle in the Sky ★★★★★
- The Color of Money ★★★★★
- Ferris Bueller's Day Off ★★★★★
- The Great Mouse Detective ★★★½
- Mouna Ragam ★★★★★
- Samsaram Adhu Minsaram ★★★★½
- Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home ★★★★★
- Stand by Me ★★★★★
- Top Gun ★★★★★
1987
[edit]- Beverly Hills Cop II ★★★
- Fatal Attraction ★★★★★
- Full Metal Jacket ★★★★★
- Good Morning, Vietnam ★★★★★
- The Living Daylights ★★★★
- Mr. India ★★★★★
- Nayakan ★★★★★
- Oorkavalan ★★½
- Over the Top ★★★
- The Pick-up Artist ★★★★★
- Planes, Trains and Automobiles ★★★★★
- Predator ★★★
- Raising Arizona ★★★★★
- Wall Street ★★★★★
1988
[edit]- The Accused ★★★★★
- Agni Natchathiram ★★★★½
- Akira ★★★★★
- Appointment with Death ★★★★
- Big ★★★★★
- Coming to America ★★★★
- Dharmathin Thalaivan ★★★★★
- Die Hard ★★★★★
- A Fish Called Wanda ★★★★★
- Grave of the Fireflies ★★★★★
- Guru Sishyan ★★★½
- The Land Before Time ★★★★★
- The Last Temptation of Christ ★★★★★
- Mississippi Burning ★★★★★
- My Neighbor Totoro ★★★★★
- The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! ★★★★★
- Oliver & Company ★★★½
- Rain Man ★★★★★
- Unnal Mudiyum Thambi ★★★★★
- Who Framed Roger Rabbit ★★★★★
- Working Girl ★★★★★
1989
[edit]- All Dogs Go to Heaven ★★★★
- Apoorva Sagodharargal ★★★★
- Back to the Future Part II ★★★★
- Batman ★★★★½
- Born on the Fourth of July ★★★★½
- The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover ★★★★★
- Crimes and Misdemeanors ★★★★★
- Dead Poets Society ★★★★★
- Glory ★★★★★
- Henry V ★★★★★
- Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade ★★★★★
- Karagattakaran ★★★½
- Kiki's Delivery Service ★★★★★
- Licence to Kill ★★★½
- The Little Mermaid ★★★★★
- Maine Pyar Kiya ★★★½
- Oru CBI Diary Kurippu ★★★★
- Rajadhi Raja ★★★
- Ram Lakhan ★★★★
- See No Evil, Hear No Evil ★★★½
- Turner & Hooch ★★★
- Vetri Vizha ★★★★
- The War of the Roses ★★★★★
- When Harry Met Sally... ★★★★★
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The Elephant Man (1980)
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Gandhi (1982)
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Sagara Sangamam (1983)
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Sri Raghavendrar (1985)
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Castle in the Sky (1986)
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Nayakan (1987)
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Grave of the Fireflies (1988)
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Kiki's Delivery Service (1989)
The 90s and beyond
[edit]Notes
[edit]- The ratings here are done on a purely subjective basis.
- Films recommended by me for watching are those with ★★★½ stars or above.
- Films with a rating of ★★★★★ are written in bold italic.