Movies in 2011

Thanks to Netflix, Movies kept me occupied for most of the time this year. Having watched too many good films, now I'm not able to appreciate the mediocrity of a movie. The year started with a modern Tamil classic. None of the other Tamil movies lived up to ஆடுகளம். Nonetheless, a million good movies in English and a touching tale in Persian (Children of Heaven) have played spoilsport in my critique. The standard has risen so high that, I need to be selective now on.

I can't brief you about every good movie in this post. I've marked in blue, the movies you must watch before you die.

1. ஆடுகளம்
2. சிறுத்தை
3. Dhobi Ghat
4. பயணம்
5. The Shawshank Redemption
6. The Bicycle Thief
7. Peepli Live
8. Wake up Sid
9. Buried
10. Dil Chahta Hai
11. The Ring
12. Jab We Met
13. Me Myself & Irene
14. The Bourne Identity
15. Saving Private Ryan
16. No One Killed Jessica
17. The Ring Two
18. Taare Zameen Par
19. Final Destination
20. Paranormal Activity II
21. Black
22. Amelie
23. கோ
24. I Hate Luv Storys
25. Following
26. Fast Five
27. Kaminey
28. The Motorcycle Diaries
29. The Machinist
30. வானம்
31. Swades
32. Thor
33. Up
34. The Abyss
35. My Last Five Girlfriends
36. Sniper
37. Ballad of a Soldier
38. Mr. and Mrs. Iyer
39. About a Boy
40. Empire of the Sun
41. Schindler's List
42. Blood Diamond
43. A.I. Artificial Intelligence
44. The King's Speech
45. Bachna Ae Haseeno
46. E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial
47. அவன்-இவன்
48. Seven Samurai
49. The Company Men
50. Rashomon
51. Ben-Hur
52. White Men Can't Jump
53. The Basketball Diaries
54. To Sir with Love
55. Food Inc
56. Life is Beautiful
57. Karthik Calling Karthik
58. The Color Purple
59. 300
60. Last Man Standing
61. A Beautiful Mind
62. Mouse Hunt
63. The Hurt Locker
64. Umberto D
65. Die Hard
66. Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na
67. The Kid
68. Ocean's Eleven
69. The Lost Room
70. Rang De Basanti
71. Freakonomics
72. The Kite Runner
73. The Gold Rush
74. Children of Heaven
75. Catch Me If You Can
76. Rain Man
77. Pulp Fiction
78. An Affair to Remember
79. The Godfather
80. The Pianist
81. The Departed
82. Fahrenheit 9/11
83. Phone Booth
84. Planet Earth: From Pole to Pole
85. Planet Earth: Mountains
86. Casablanca
87. Planet Earth: Fresh Water
88. An Inconvenient Truth
89. The Godfather Part II
90. Se7en
91. Planet Earth: Caves
92. மங்காத்தா
93. Planet Earth: Deserts
94. Planet Earth: Ice Worlds
95. Ek Duuje Ke Liye
96. Happy Days
97. Rio
98. Kill Bill
99. Inside Job
100. Monsters Inc
101. Ikiru
102. 7ஆம் அறிவு
103. Citizen Kane
104. The Godfather Part III
105. மௌன ராகம்
106. 12B
107. The Karate Kid
108. Million Dollar Baby
109. ரத்தக்கண்ணீர்
110. Fight Club
111. Cars 2
112. Rope
113. வெற்றி விழா
114. Memento
115. It's a Wonderful Life
116. மயக்கம் என்ன
117. The Sound of Music
118. I am Sam
119. மோகமுள்
120. Sarkar
121. The Green Mile
122. மறு மலர்ச்சி
123. பாரதி கண்ணம்மா
124. Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
125. Yuva
126. El Orfanato

I've seen some of the movies already. Still, I've listed them here since I watched them for the umpteenth time.

Disclaimers: You may not appreciate Citizen Kane for this reason - Kamal, Maniratnam and so many others have stolen the style of screenplay and the technical excellence from this movie, that it may look archaic. You may not appreciate Umberto D for this reason - all the other good movies in this list may take the limelight off this movie.