User:Ssven2/Films that I have seen (Pre 1990s)

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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

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

• 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)
• Boxing Kangaroo (1895)
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  The Circus (1928)
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  The Dickson Experimental Sound Film (1894)
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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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  L'Arrivée d'un train en gare de La Ciotat (1895)
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  The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog (1927)
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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)
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  What Happened on Twenty-third Street, New York City (1901)

1930–1939

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

• All Quiet on the Western Front ★★★★★
• Murder! ★★★★★
• Morocco ★★★★★

1931

• City Lights ★★★★★
• Dracula ★★★★★
• Frankenstein ★★★★★
• Little Caesar ★★★★★
• M ★★★★★
• The Public Enemy ★★★★★

1932

• Boudu Saved from Drowning ★★★★★
• Scarface ★★★★★
• Shanghai Express ★★★★½

1933

• 42nd Street ★★★★★
• Duck Soup ★★★★★
• Father Noah's Ark ★★★★½
• King Kong ★★★★★
• Little Women ★★★★★
• The Pied Piper ★★★★½
• The Three Little Pigs ★★★★★

1934

• Babes in Toyland ★★★★★
• Imitation of Life ★★★★★
• It Happened One Night ★★★★★
• It's a Gift ★★★★★
• The Thin Man ★★★★★
• The Tortoise and the Hare ★★★★★

1935

• The 39 Steps ★★★★★
• Alice Adams ★★★★★
• Bride of Frankenstein ★★★★★
• Top Hat ★★★★★

1936

• Modern Times ★★★★★
• Mr. Deeds Goes to Town ★★★★★
• My Man Godfrey ★★★★★
• Sabotage ★★★★½
• Swing Time ★★★★★

1937

• The Awful Truth ★★★★★
• Make Way for Tomorrow ★★★★★
• Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs ★★★★★
• Topper ★★★★★
• Young and Innocent ★★★★★

1938

• The Adventures of Robin Hood ★★★★★
• Bringing Up Baby ★★★★★
• The Lady Vanishes ★★★★★

1939

• 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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  All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
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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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  Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
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  The Lady Vanishes (1938)
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  Gone with the Wind (1939)

1940–1949

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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

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

• The Aristocats ★★★★★
• MASH ★★★★★
• Mera Naam Joker ★★★★★
• Patton ★★★★★
• The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes ★★★★★
• Ryan's Daughter ★★★★
• Two Mules for Sister Sara ★★★★★
• Vietnam Veedu ★★★★★

1971

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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)
• 
  One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
• 
  Taxi Driver (1976)
• 
  Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (1977)
• 
  Heaven Can Wait (1978)
• 
  Being There (1979)

1980–1989

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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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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  Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
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  Gandhi (1982)
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  Sagara Sangamam (1983)
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  Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984)
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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

• User:Ssven2/Films that I have seen (1990s and beyond)

Notes

• 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.