BOLLYWOOD — our family has begun a love affair with Indian films. All recommended movies are at the link.
A selected list of Bollywood Beginner Movies:
- 1-3: Romantic Comedies
- 4-6: Romance, Action, Myth
- 7-9: Shakespeare, Thrillers, Modern Life
- 10-12: Comedy Horror, Mollywood, True History
AND THE WINNER IS — our chronicles of sequentially watching Oscar winners and whatever nominees of that particular year take our fancy. At the very bottom of the page.
A MOVIE YOU MIGHT HAVE MISSED — complete index at the bottom of this page.
TV YOU MIGHT HAVE MISSED — index under A Movie You Might Have Missed.
INDEX
12 Angry Men
13 Hours: the Secret Soldiers of Benghazi
24
3 Godfathers
3 Idiots
3:10 to Yuma (1953)
300
-A-
A Tale of Two Cities (1935)
A Taxi Driver
Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter
Ace in the Hole
Across the Universe
Admiral, The: Roaring Currents
Airlift
Alamo, The
All About Eve
All of Me (1984)
All That Jazz
All Through the Night
American Gangster
American Hustle
American Sniper
Andhadhun
Angel-A
Apostle, The
Argo
Art & Copy
Attack the Block
Au Revoir Les Enfants
Avane Srimannarayana
Avenue Montaigne
-B-
Baahubali
Bajrangi Bhaijaan
Band Baaja Baaraat
Bang Bang
Barfi
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Batman Begins
Be Kind, Rewind
Ben Hur — 1957 and 2016
Best Years of Our Lives, The
Bholaa
Big in Bollywood
Billu
Birdman
Black Panther
Body Snatcher, The
Bottle Rocket
Bourne Identity, The
Bride and Prejudice
Bridge of Spies
Bright
Brochevarevarura (Who Shall Save the Day?)
Broadway Danny Rose
Brooklyn
Bullets Over Broadway
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
-C-
Caesar Must Die
Calvary
Captain Philips
Captain's Paradise, The
Cars
Cars 2
Casa de Mi Padre
Casino Royale (2006)
Castle, The
Cat in Paris, A
Cat People
Central Intelligence
Chak De! India
Chef
Chinatown
Chuck Norris vs. Communism
Cinderella (2015)
Cloud Atlas
Coco
Colossal
Corpse Bride
Cowboys and Aliens
Crazy Heart
Creature Comforts
-D-
Dangal
Darkest Hour
Departed, The
Departures
Dhoom 3
Dish, The
Don (2006)
Dor
Double Indemnity
Dr. No
Drop Box, The
Dum Laga Ke Haisha (My Big Fat Bride)
Dunkirk
-E-
Eagle vs. Shark
Earth
Edge of Tomorrow
Eega
Ek Tha Tiger
Encounters at the End of the World
English Vinglish
Equilibrium
Erroll Garner
Everyone Says I Love You
Exporting Raymond
Extraordinary Voyage, The
-F-
Face in the Crowd, A
Fearless
Finch
Finding Fatima
Finding Neverland
Fireproof
Five Graves to Cairo
Founder, The
Good Night and Good Luck
Goodachari (The Spy)
Gran Torino
Grand Budapest Hotel
Green Book
Guys and Dolls
-H-
Haider
Hansan: Rising Dragon
Harold and Maude
Heiress, The
Hell or High Water
Hello, My Name is Doris
Helvetica
Henry Poole is Here
Her
Hero
Hot Fuzz
How to Murder Your Wife
Howl's Moving Castle
Hundred Foot Journey
Hunt for Red October
-I-
I Am Legend
I, Robot
I Wish
Imitation of Life (1934)
In Bruges
Inception
Incredibles, The
Infernal Affairs
Ink
Inside Man
Inside Out
Interrupters, The
Intouchables
Invisible Man, The (1933)
Iron Man
It Happened One Night
-J-
JCVD
Jodhaa Akbar
John Carter
Johnny Gaddaar
Joy
Joyeux Noel
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle
Juno
-K-
Kahaani
Kalank
Kancharapalem
Kantara
Kathal — A Jackfruit Mystery
Kind Hearts and Coronets
King Arthur
King Kong (1933)
King Kong (2005)
Kingsman
Kiss, Kiss, Bang, Bang
Knives Out
Kumbalangi Nights
-L-
Lady Eve, The
Lady in the Water
Lagaan
Lage Raho Munna Bhai
Laapataa Ladies
Lars and the Real Girl
Last Jedi, The
Lawrence of Arabia
Learning to Drive
Lego Movie
Les Miserables
Let the Right One In
Life of Pi
Lilies of the Field
Lion in Winter
Little Foxes, The
Little Miss Sunshine
Looper
Lootera
Lords of Dogtown
Lost City, The
Lost in La Mancha
Lost Weekend, The
Loving
Lunchbox, The
-M-
Machine Gun Preacher
Magic in the Moonlight
Major and the Minor, The
Man Who Feels No Pain (Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota)
Manhattan Murder Mystery
Mary and Max
Masquerade (Korea)
Matchstick Men
Meet the Patels
Meeting a Friend for the End of the World
Melinda and Melinda
Memento
Metropolis
Midnight (1939)
Midnight in Paris
Mill and the Cross, The
Millions
Miracle
Miracle Club, The
Moliere
Monsoon Wedding
Mostly Martha
Mr. and Mrs. Smith
Mr. Holmes
Much Ado About Nothing
Mud
Mulk (Country)
Muscle Shoals
My Fair Lady
My Man Godfrey
My Neighbor Totoro
-N-
National Treasure
Neerja
Nefarious
News of the World
Network
New Leaf, A
Night to Remember, A (1958)
Night Train to Munich
Night Watch
Not One Less
-O-
Obit
Odd Life of Timothy Green
Of Gods and Men
Offside
Old Man and the Gun, The
Om Shanti Om
Omkara
On the Waterfront
Outfit, The
Overnighters, The
-P-
Paddington
Pan's Labyrinth
Paper, The
Payback
Perfect World, A
Petrified Forest, The
Phantom Carriage, The
Philadelphia Story, The
Philomena
Piku
Pink
Pirate Radio
Pizza
PK
Prem Ratan Dhan Payo
Prizewinner of Defiance, Ohio, The
-Q-
Queen of Katwe
Quiet Man, The
-R-
Raanijhanaa
Raazi
Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi
Radio Days
Raid
Ram Leela
Rama Rama Re
Ratatouille
Red Army
Regarding Henry
Reign Over Me
Rocky Aur Rocky Kii Prem Kahaani (Rocky and Rani's Love Story)
Romantics, The (documentary, Yash Raj Chopra)
RRR (Rise, Roar, Revolt)
-S-
Sapphires, The
Sarfarosh
Sarvam Thaala Mayam
Scarlet Empress, The
School of Rock
Schultze Gets the Blues
Scoop
Sea Hawk, The
Search for General Tso, The
Searching for Sugar Man
Secretariat
Serenity
Shall We Dance? (1996, Japan)
Shaolin Soccer
Sharmaji Namkeen
Shaun of the Dead
Sholay
Shopgirl
Shower
Sideways
Singham
Sita Sings the Blues
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
Skyfall
Slumdog Millionaire
Small Act, A
Spare Parts
Special 26
Spinning Plates
Star Trek
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Station Agent, The
Sting, The
Story of An Egg (Ondu Motteya Kathe)
Story of the Weeping Camel, The
Stranded
Strange New Worlds (TV - Star Trek)
Stranger Than Fiction
Stree
Sui Dhaaga
Sullivan's Travels
Sunset Blvd.
Sweeney Todd
-T-
Tashan
Tell No One
Tenet
Theeb
Their Finest
This is the End
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
To Be or Not to Be (1942)
Today We Saw the Face of God
Tokyo Godfathers
Train, The
Train to Busan
-U-
Unbroken
Up
Ushpizin
Urbanized
-V-
Van Helsing
Vikram Vedha
Village, The
Vitto Bonafacci
-W-
Wages of Fear (1953)
Waking Sleeping Beauty
Wall-E
Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
War
Warrior
Way, The
What's Eating Gilbert Grape
When the Game Stands Tall
Winning: The Racing Life of Paul Newman
Without a Clue
Women's Balcony, The
Wordplay
World Trade Center
World War Z
World's Fastest Indian
A MOVIE YOU MIGHT HAVE MISSED
- Mostly Martha (Germany)
- Monsoon Wedding (India)
- The Castle
- Serenity
- A Perfect World
- What's Eating Gilbert Grape
- A New Leaf
- Kiss, Kiss, Bang, Bang
- King Kong
- Double Indemnity
- Payback
- Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
- Bullets Over Broadway
- How to Murder Your Wife
- Friday Night Lights
- Regarding Henry
- Pan's Labyrinth (Spain)
- Reign Over Me
- Howl's Moving Castle (Japan)
- The Dish
- Shaun of the Dead
- Radio Days
- Matchstick Men
- Equilibrium
- Shower (China)
- Without a Clue
- Waking Sleeping Beauty
- Lagaan (India)
- Stranger Than Fiction
- The Mill and the Cross
- The Quiet Man
- The Body Snatcher
- Sunset Blvd.
- Be Kind, Rewind
- Searching for Sugar Man
- 12 Angry Men
- Everyone Says I Love You
- Infernal Affairs (Hong Kong)
- Offside (Iran)
- The Sea Hawk
- Spinning Plates
- I Wish (Japan)
- The Sapphires (Australia)
- Ink
- Attack the Block
- Intouchables (France)
- Art & Copy
- The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio
- The Extraordinary Voyage (France)
- The Overnighters
- Caesar Must Die (Italy)
- Sullivan's Travels
- Meet the Patels
- Tell No One (France)
- Ushpizin (Israel)
- Winning: The Racing Life of Paul Newman
- The Apostle
- The Search for General Tso
- Chuck Norris vs. Communism
- Departures (Japan)
- Cat People
- Night Train to Munich
- The Captain's Paradise
- Train to Busan (S. Korea)
- The Interrupters
- Loving
- The Founder
- Colossal
- Women's Balcony, The (Israel)
- Obit
- The Old Man and the Gun
- A Face in the Crowd
- Midnight (1939)
- Gaslight
- To Be or Not to Be (1942)
- All of Me (1984)
- My Neighbor Totoro
- The Little Foxes
- The Heiress
- Shall We Dance? (Japan, 1996)
- The Lunchbox (India)
- Taxi Driver, A
- The Outfit (2022)
- The Admiral: Roaring Currents
- U Turn (2016, India)
- Tokyo Godfathers (Japan)
- Manhattan Murder Mystery
- Grand Hotel
- All Through the Night
- Father Stu
- Imitation of Life (1934)
- Broadway Danny Rose
- Maanaadu (2021 India)
- A Tale of Two Cities (1935)
- Masquerade (Korea)
- The Good Earth
- Warrior
- Freaks (1932)
TV YOU MIGHT HAVE MISSED
- Crash Landing on You
- Extraordinary Attorney Woo
- The Brokenwood Mysteries
- Tale of the Nine Tailed
- Law School
- Tale of the Nine Tailed 1938
- Wellington Paranormal
- The Fiery Priest
- Killing It
- Pokerface
- Star Trek: Lower Decks