#365DaysOfWriting – Day Thirty-Six

No long-winded talk. No explanations. Just a simple list.

This may be my shortest post yet. A friend of mine on Facebook shared a list of films he’d show the aliens if they ever visited our planet, just to give them an idea of the way we live, think etc. Here is my list of 50, in no particular order.

1. The Shawshank Redemption
2. Solyaris
3. The Apu Trilogy – Pather Panchali, Aparajito, Apur Sansar
4. 2001: A Space Odyssey
5. Sarfarosh
6. Grave of the Fireflies
7. Vishal Bhardwaj’s Shakespeare trilogy – Maqbool, Omkara, Haider
8. Sandesham
9. Primer
10. The Prestige
11. Oldboy
12. The Godfather – Parts 1 and 2
13. Udaan
14. Manichitratazhu
15. Stalker
16. The Sacrifice
17. My Neighbour Totoro
18. The Dark Knight
19. Spotlight
20. Lootera
21. Interstellar
22. What We Do In The Shadows
23. Mad Max: Fury Road
24. Pan’s Labyrinth
25. Seven Samurai
26. Bharatham
27. The Devil’s Backbone
28. High and Low
29. Moneyball
30. Pulp Fiction
31. Ivan’s Childhood
32. Moon
33. Gangs of Wasseypur – Parts 1 and 2
34. Terminator 2 – Judgement Day
35. Mother (Korean film)
36. Contact
37. Kaagaz Ke Phool
38. Enter The Dragon
39. Pyaasa
40. Bombay
41. Captain America: The Winter Soldier
42. Throne of Blood
43. Maachis
44. Guardians of the Galaxy
45. Goodfellas
46. Nayagan
47. Kill Bill – Vol. 1 and 2
48. Memento
49. Yojimbo
50. Spotlight

Now remember, I just put them down as it came to my head. What’s your list? Share it with me! And yes, if you like what I’ve written, tap the little green heart at the bottom!