Solitary Impressions

Best Movies Ever - My Top Few
(Sorted alphabetically)

Agnieszka Holland's Europa Europa (1990) in German
Akira Kurosawa's Dersu Uzala (1975) in Russian
Akira Kurosawa's Dreams (1990) in Japanese (Yume)
Akira Kurosawa's Ikiru (1952) in Japanese
Akira Kurosawa's Ran (1985) in Japanese
Akira Kurosawa's Rashomon (1950) in Japanese
Akira Kurosawa's Red Beard (1965) in Japanese (Akahige)
Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai (1954) in Japanese (Shichinin no samurai)
Akira Kurosawa's Throne of Blood (1957) in Japanese (Kumonosu jô)
Akira Kurosawa's Yojimbo The Bodyguard (1961) in Japanese (Yojimbo)
Billy Wilder's Double Indemnity (1944) in English
Blessy's Kazhcha (2004) in Malayalam
Blessy's Thanmathra (2005) in Malayalam
Caroline Link's Nowhere in Africa (2001) in German (Nirgendwo in Afrika)
Christian Carion's Merry Christmas (2005) in French (Joyeux Noël)
Francis Ford Coppola's Apocalypse Now (1979) in English
Francis Ford Coppola's Godfather Trilogy (1972, 1974 and 1990) in English
François Truffaut's The 400 Blows (1959) in French (Les Quatre cents coups)
Frank Darabont's The Shawshank Redemption (1994) in English
Gabriel Axel's Babette's Feast (1987) in French (Babettes gæstebud)
Giuseppe Tornatore's Cinema Paradiso (1988) in Italian (Nuovo cinema Paradiso)
Jean-Pierre Jeunet's Amelie (2001) in French (Le Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain)
Jessie Nelson's I am Sam (2001) in English
Katia Lund & Fernando Meirelles's City of God (2002) in Portugese (Cidade de Deus)
Krzysztof Kieslowski's Trois Couleurs: Bleu (1993), Blanc (1994) and Rouge (1994) in French
Lenin Rajendran's Mazha (2000) in Malayalam
Luis Bunuel's The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie in French (Le Charme discret de la bourgeoisie)
Majid Majidi's Children of Heaven (1999) in Persian (Children of Heaven)
Majid Majidi's The Color of Paradise (1999) in Farsi (Rang-e khoda)
Marc Rothemund's Sophie Scholl: The Final Days (2005) in German (Sophie Scholl - Die letzten Tage)
Mel Gibson's Brave Heart (1995) in English
Milos Forman's One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) in English
Oliver Hirschbiegel's Downfall (2004) in German (Der Untergang)
Orson Welles's Citizen Kane (1941) in English
Rajiv Anchal's Guru (1997) in Malayalam
Ram Gopal Varma's Sarkar (2005) in Hindi
Robert Mulligan's To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) in English
Roberto Benigni's Life Is Beautiful (1997) in Italian (La Vita è bella)
Sandra Nettelbeck's Mostly Martha (2002) in German (Bella Martha)
Sasi Paravoor's Nottam (2006) in Malayalam
Sergei M. Eisenstein's Battleship Potemkin (1925) in Russian (Bronenosets Potyomkin)
Shaji N. Karun's Vanaprastham (1999) in Malayalam
Stephen Hopkins's The Ghost and the Darkness (1996) in English
Steven Spielberg's Jurassic Park (1993) in English
Steven Spielberg's Munich (2005) in English
Steven Spielberg's Schindler's List (1993) in English
Terry George's Hotel Rwanda (2004) in English
Vittorio De Sica's The Bicycle Thief (1948) in Italian (Ladri di biciclette)
Walter Salles's The Motorcycle Diaries (2004) in Spanish (Diarios de motocicleta)
Yves Robert's My Mother's Castle (1990) in French (Le Château de ma mère)