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Cine Qua Non

Shashank Tripathi's Big Stash of Films

The "sine qua non" compilation of high quality global cinema.

Ratings reflect my flavor, seeming inordinate on occasion. Rating / 10
# Movie Title (Listing 887 Films) Year Shanx IMDB
1.  Thin Man, The 1934 7 8
2.  Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, The 2007 8 7.8
3.  Jane Austen Book Club, The 2007 7 7.1
4.  Margot at the Wedding 2007 7 6.3
5.  Music Within 2007 8 7.4
6.  Sixty Six 2006 7 6.7
7.  Moguls, The 2005 7 6.4
8.  10 Items or Less 2006 8 6.7
9.  Goodbye to the Normals 2006 9 8.7
10.  Idiocracy 2006 7 6.4
11.  Before the Rain 1994 7 8.1
12.  Betrayed 1988 7 6.1
13.  Sleepwalking 2008 7 6.4
14.  Flawless 2007 7 6.9
15.  Misma luna, La 2007 8 7.5
16.  Annie Hall 1977 8 8.2
17.  Leatherheads 2008 7 6.2
18.  Shine a Light 2008 7 7.7
19.  Bill 2007 7 7.1
20.  Chaos Theory 2007 7 8.7
21.  Then She Found Me 2007 7 6.4
22.  Smart People 2008 6 6.9
23.  Street Kings 2008 8 7.3
24.  Deception 2008 6 6.1
25.  Forbidden Kingdom, The 2008 7 7.6
26.  Forgetting Sarah Marshall 2008 7 8.1
27.  Du levande 2007 8 7.6
28.  Roman de gare 2007 8 6.8
29.  Shock and Awe 2004 8 9.4
30.  Open Range 2003 8 7.5
31.  Pink Panther, The 1963 8 7.2
32.  Cloverfield 2008 7 7.7
33.  A Mighty Heart 2007 7 6.7
34.  Pentagon Papers, The 2003 7 6.6
35.  Song jia huang chao 1997 8 6.9
36.  A Murder of Crows 1999 6 6.2
37.  Murder at 1600 1997 8 5.9
38.  Where Angels Fear to Tread 1991 7 6.8
39.  A Passage to India 1984 7 7.3
40.  Woman in Red, The 1984 6 5.4
41.  Thief 1981 8 7.2
42.  Man Who Would Be King, The 1975 7 8
43.  Columbo: How to Dial a Murder 1978 7 7.5
44.  There Will Be Blood 2007 9 8.5
45.  House of Sand and Fog 2003 8 7.8
46.  Eve's Bayou 1997 8 7.1
47.  From Here to Eternity 1953 7 7.8
48.  Elegy 2008 8 7.1
49.  Bucket List, The 2007 8 7.7
50.  Dr. Hugo 1998 7 7.2
51.  Badkonake sefid 1995 6 7.5
52.  Cigarettes & Coffee 1993 7 7.1
53.  Breathless 1983 7 5.2
54.  Darjeeling Limited, The 2007 8 8
55.  Ma vie en rose 1997 8 7.4
56.  Platoon 1986 7 8.2
57.  Apocalypse Now 1979 8 8.6
58.  Murder by Death 1976 8 7.2
59.  In the Year of the Pig 1968 7 8.1
60.  3:10 to Yuma 2007 8 8.1
61.  Great Debaters, The 2007 8 7.8
62.  I'm Not There. 2007 7 7.7
63.  Man in the Chair 2007 8 8
64.  Sunshine 2007 8 7.3
65.  Youth Without Youth 2007 7 6.9
66.  Eureka 2006 7 7.4
67.  Harsh Times 2005 7 7.1
68.  Revolver 2005 6 6.2
69.  Equilibrium 2002 7 7.8
70.  All the Little Animals 1998 7 6.8
71.  Metroland 1997 7 6.4
72.  Portrait of a Lady, The 1996 7 5.7
73.  Blue Sky 1994 7 6.3
74.  Henry V 1989 7 7.9
75.  Terminator, The 1984 8 8
76.  Sweeney Todd: Demon Barber of Fleet Street, The 2007 8 8.4
77.  Atonement 2007 8 8.2
78.  Juno 2007 9 8.4
79.  Orfanato, El 2007 7 7.5
80.  Bobby 2006 8 7.2
81.  Outsourced 2006 8 7.4
82.  Red Road 2006 7 6.9
83.  Rosenstrasse 2003 8 6.9
84.  Heart of Me, The 2002 7 6.4
85.  Requiem for a Dream 2000 8 8.5
86.  A Month by the Lake 1995 7 6.3
87.  Just Cause 1995 7 6.1
88.  Object of Beauty, The 1991 6 5.5
89.  2 Days in Paris 2007 7 7.1
90.  Hunting Party, The 2007 8 7.3
91.  Talk to Me 2007 8 7.5
92.  Once 2006 8 8
93.  Starter for 10 2006 7 6.8
94.  December Boys 2007 7 7
95.  Savages, The 2007 8 8.1
96.  Grounding - Die letzten Tage der Swissair 2006 7 6.9
97.  Rescue Dawn 2006 8 7.8
98.  Vers le sud 2005 7 6.5
99.  Mediterraneo 1991 7 7.1
100.  Running on Empty 1988 8 7.4
101.  Innerspace 1987 7 6.4
102.  Dead Zone, The 1983 8 7.3
103.  Straw Dogs 1971 8 7.7
104.  Kingdom, The 2007 7 7.3
105.  Lars and the Real Girl 2007 8 8.3
106.  Môme, La 2007 8 7.6
107.  Broken Flowers 2005 7 7.3
108.  From Hell 2001 7 6.8
109.  Cento passi, I 2000 8 7.7
110.  Whole Nine Yards, The 2000 7 6.6
111.  Braveheart 1995 8 8.3
112.  War Room, The 1993 8 7.5
113.  Dead Again 1991 7 7
114.  Ariel 1988 7 7.6
115.  8 Million Ways to Die 1986 7 5.1
116.  Missing 1982 8 7.6
117.  Fox and the Hound, The 1981 7 6.9
118.  Rough Cut 1980 7 5.3
119.  Marathon Man 1976 8 7.6
120.  Little Big Man 1970 7 7.7
121.  August Rush 2007 7 7.3
122.  Grace Is Gone 2007 7 6.9
123.  Hairspray 2007 7 7.7
124.  War, Inc. 2007 7 6.7
125.  Ten Canoes 2006 8 7.2
126.  Monsters, Inc. 2001 8 7.9
127.  Andaz Apna Apna 1994 9 8.6
128.  What's Eating Gilbert Grape 1993 7 7.7
129.  Criminal Law 1988 7 5.6
130.  Kuraingu furîman 1988 7 6.9
131.  Unendliche Geschichte, Die 1984 8 7.3
132.  Being There 1979 10 7.9
133.  Cross of Iron 1977 7 7.5
134.  Duck Soup 1933 8 8.1
135.  Lookout, The 2007 8 7.4
136.  Crime and Punishment 2002 7 6.3
137.  Plots with a View 2002 7 6.6
138.  Bawandar 2000 7 7.2
139.  Notes from Underground 1995 7 7
140.  Someone to Watch Over Me 1987 7 6.1
141.  At Close Range 1986 7 6.8
142.  Thieves Like Us 1974 8 7.1
143.  Apartment, The 1960 8 8.3
144.  Magnificent Seven, The 1960 8 7.8
145.  Slipstream 2007 8 8.6
146.  Reversal of Fortune 1990 7 7.2
147.  Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar 2000 9 9.1
148.  American Gangster 2007 7 8.2
149.  Dan in Real Life 2007 8 7.5
150.  Gone Baby Gone 2007 8 8
151.  Into the Wild 2007 9 8.1
152.  Michael Clayton 2007 8 7.7
153.  Rendition 2007 9 6.6
154.  We Own the Night 2007 8 7.4
155.  Other Sister, The 1999 8 6
156.  Small Soldiers 1998 7 5.8
157.  Femme du boulanger, La 1938 8 7.9
158.  Mystery, Alaska 1999 9 6.3
159.  Terminal Velocity 1994 7 5.2
160.  1492: Conquest of Paradise 1992 7 6.1
161.  Love Field 1992 7 6.5
162.  Nadine 1987 7 5.3
163.  Ivanhoe 1952 8 6.7
164.  Quiet Man, The 1952 8 7.9
165.  Before the Devil Knows You're Dead 2007 8 7.9
166.  Daymaker 2007 8 7.3
167.  Rome 2005 9 9.3
168.  Shovel, The 2006 8 7.4
169.  We Are Marshall 2006 7 7.2
170.  Harrison's Flowers 2000 7 7.2
171.  Evidence of Blood 1998 7 6.8
172.  Passion Fish 1992 7 7.3
173.  Eight Men Out 1988 8 7.2
174.  Matewan 1987 8 7.8
175.  Silkwood 1983 7 7
176.  Bridge to Terabithia 2007 8 7.4
177.  Sweet Hereafter, The 1997 8 7.8
178.  Basketball Diaries, The 1995 7 6.9
179.  Article 99 1992 7 5.8
180.  Bounty, The 1984 7 6.8
181.  A Doll's House 1973 7 6.5
182.  Last Picture Show, The 1971 8 8
183.  Midnight Cowboy 1969 7 7.9
184.  Let Him Have It 1991 8 7.3
185.  Accidental Tourist, The 1988 8 6.6
186.  American Graffiti 1973 8 7.6
187.  Home Song Stories, The 2007 8 7.6
188.  Delta Farce 2007 6 2.6
189.  Me and You and Everyone We Know 2005 8 7.5
190.  Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, The 2005 8 7.6
191.  Blades of Glory 2007 7 6.8
192.  Death Proof 2007 7 7.5
193.  Four Last Songs 2007 7 5.8
194.  Go Go Tales 2007 7 6.3
195.  Sparkle 2007 9 6.5
196.  Year of the Dog 2007 7 6.2
197.  9/Tenths 2006 7 5.5
198.  Cashback 2006 9 7.6
199.  Even Money 2006 7 5.8
200.  Lonely Hearts 2006 8 6.6
201.  Namesake, The 2006 8 7.7
202.  Ne le dis à personne 2006 8 7.4
203.  Noche de los girasoles, La 2006 8 7.3
204.  Bloodlines 2005 7 5.8
205.  Robots 2005 8 6.4
206.  Squid and the Whale, The 2005 8 7.7
207.  Strike the Tent 2005 7 4.9
208.  United States of Leland, The 2003 8 7.1
209.  Dirty Pretty Things 2002 9 7.5
210.  Ren xiao yao 2002 7 6.9
211.  Perfect Strangers 2001 9 8.4
212.  Nueve reinas 2000 9 7.8
213.  Zhantai 2000 7 7.7
214.  West Wing, The 1999 9 9
215.  Xiao Wu 1997 8 7.4
216.  Devil in a Blue Dress 1995 7 6.5
217.  Fatal Instinct 1993 7 5.3
218.  State of Grace 1990 9 7.1
219.  Shoah 1985 8 7.3
220.  Witness 1985 8 7.5
221.  Long Good Friday, The 1980 9 7.8
222.  Silent Movie 1976 7 6.3
223.  Amarcord 1973 9 7.9
224.  Conformista, Il 1970 9 8.2
225.  Samouraï, Le 1967 9 8.2
226.  Prize, The 1963 7 6.6
227.  Ascenseur pour l'échafaud 1958 8 8
228.  Spoorloos 1988 8 8.1
229.  Hoax, The 2006 8 7
230.  Lucky Number Slevin 2006 8 7.8
231.  Notorious Bettie Page, The 2005 7 6.7
232.  Big Trouble 2002 8 6.3
233.  Anne Frank: Whole Story, The 2001 8 7.9
234.  Julie Johnson 2001 7 6.2
235.  Sidewalks of New York 2001 8 6.5
236.  Impostors, The 1998 9 6
237.  Montana 1998 7 6.3
238.  Pecker 1998 7 6.5
239.  Big Night 1996 8 7.1
240.  Daytrippers, The 1996 8 6.8
241.  I Shot Andy Warhol 1996 7 6.3
242.  Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle 1994 8 6.1
243.  Rudy 1993 7 7.2
244.  Short Cuts 1993 8 7.6
245.  Undercover Blues 1993 7 5.4
246.  Public Eye, The 1992 7 6.3
247.  Perfect Murder, The 1988 7 5.9
248.  First Snow 2006 8 6.6
249.  Edmond 2005 7 6.3
250.  Machuca 2004 8 8
251.  11:14 2003 7 7.3
252.  Ruang rak noi nid mahasan 2003 7 7.8
253.  Eu Tu Eles 2000 7 7
254.  Life During Wartime 1997 6 5.2
255.  Ta'm e guilass 1997 8 7.3
256.  Grifters, The 1990 7 7
257.  House of Games 1987 8 7.4
258.  Accattone 1961 8 7.8
259.  Orfeu Negro 1959 7 7.5
260.  A Letter to Three Wives 1949 8 7.6
261.  Empire Falls 2005 7 7.5
262.  Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio, The 2005 10 7.3
263.  Sum of All Fears, The 2002 8 6.4
264.  Nobody's Fool 1994 8 7.1
265.  At Play in the Fields of the Lord 1991 7 6.4
266.  Verdict, The 1982 7 7.6
267.  Goodbye Girl, The 1977 9 7
268.  Somebody Up There Likes Me 1956 7 7.4
269.  Set-Up, The 1949 9 8.1
270.  Quick and the Dead, The 1995 7 6.1
271.  Bound 1996 8 7.4
272.  Alpha Dog 2006 8 6.8
273.  Better Luck Tomorrow 2002 7 7.2
274.  Dazed and Confused 1993 7 7.4
275.  River's Edge 1986 8 7.1
276.  Inside I'm Dancing 2004 8 7.6
277.  Un long dimanche de fiançailles 2004 7 7.9
278.  Saving Grace 2000 8 6.8
279.  No Country for Old Men 2007 9 8.5
280.  Paris, je t'aime 2006 8 7.5
281.  Big Lebowski, The 1998 9 8.1
282.  Barton Fink 1991 8 7.6
283.  Raising Arizona 1987 8 7.5
284.  Candy 2006 7 7
285.  Running with Scissors 2006 7 5.9
286.  Great Raid, The 2005 7 6.9
287.  Merchant of Venice, The 2004 7 7.2
288.  Swimming Upstream 2003 8 7.3
289.  Killing Me Softly 2002 6 5.2
290.  Shakespeare in Love 1998 7 7.4
291.  Unbearable Lightness of Being, The 1988 8 7.3
292.  Wanderers, The 1979 8 7.3
293.  North Country 2005 7 7.2
294.  Monster 2003 7 7.4
295.  Cider House Rules, The 1999 7 7.4
296.  Straight Story, The 1999 9 8
297.  Face cachée de la lune, La 2003 8 7.4
298.  Heaven 2002 7 6.7
299.  Sweet and Lowdown 1999 8 7.1
300.  Celebrity 1998 7 6
301.  Everyone Says I Love You 1996 7 6.8
302.  Mighty Aphrodite 1995 8 6.9
303.  Husbands and Wives 1992 7 7.3
304.  Shadows and Fog 1992 7 6.3
305.  This Is Spinal Tap 1984 9 7.9
306.  Zelig 1983 8 7.5
307.  A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy 1982 7 6.3
308.  Love and Death 1975 8 7.5
309.  Dead Man 1995 8 7.6
310.  Ryan's Daughter 1970 8 7.4
311.  Longest Day, The 1962 8 7.8
312.  Negotiator, The 1998 7 7.2
313.  A Time to Kill 1996 7 7
314.  Usual Suspects, The 1995 9 8.7
315.  Ref, The 1994 7 6.7
316.  Swimming with Sharks 1994 7 7
317.  Henry & June 1990 7 6.2
318.  Pushpak 1988 9 9.4
319.  Confidence 2003 7 6.8
320.  Runaway Jury 2003 7 7.1
321.  Under Suspicion 2000 7 6.4
322.  Chamber, The 1996 7 5.7
323.  Firm, The 1993 7 6.6
324.  Narrow Margin 1990 7 6.3
325.  Postcards from the Edge 1990 8 6.4
326.  Another Woman 1988 9 7.3
327.  Bat*21 1988 7 6.3
328.  Rain Man 1988 7 7.9
329.  No Way Out 1987 7 6.9
330.  Tootsie 1982 8 7.4
331.  Gods Must Be Crazy, The 1980 9 6.8
332.  Grosse Pointe Blank 1997 9 7.4
333.  Door in the Floor, The 2004 8 6.8
334.  Life of David Gale, The 2003 7 7.2
335.  K-PAX 2001 8 7.1
336.  Scenes of the Crime 2001 7 5.8
337.  Shipping News, The 2001 7 6.7
338.  Ordinary Decent Criminal 2000 7 6.3
339.  Code 46 2003 7 6.3
340.  Day My God Died, The 2003 8 7.4
341.  Arlington Road 1999 7 7.1
342.  Austin Powers: Spy Who Shagged Me, The 1999 7 6.5
343.  Cradle Will Rock 1999 8 6.7
344.  25th Hour 2002 8 7.9
345.  Butterfly on a Wheel 2007 8 9.6
346.  15 Minutes 2001 7 6
347.  Dil Chahta Hai 2001 8 8.1
348.  Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India 2001 7 7.9
349.  Browning Version, The 1994 8 7.2
350.  If.... 1968 8 7.8
351.  Sleeping Dictionary, The 2003 7 6.5
352.  Lovely & Amazing 2001 8 6.9
353.  In the Bedroom 2001 9 7.4
354.  Situation, The 2006 9 6.7
355.  World's Fastest Indian, The 2005 9 8
356.  Siege, The 1998 9 6
357.  Cassandra's Dream 2007 8 8.7
358.  Contract, The 2006 8 5.6
359.  Mini's First Time 2006 8 5.8
360.  Reservoir Dogs 2006 8 6.9
361.  Closer 2004 7 7.4
362.  Crash 2004 9 8.2
363.  Maldonado Miracle, The 2003 7 6.4
364.  Insomnia 2002 7 7.2
365.  Conspiracy 2001 9 7.7
366.  Iris 2001 8 7.2
367.  Man Who Wasn't There, The 2001 8 7.7
368.  No Man's Land 2001 10 8
369.  Pirates of Silicon Valley 1999 9 6.7
370.  Devil's Advocate, The 1997 9 7.1
371.  Barbarians at the Gate 1993 10 7.3
372.  Carlito's Way 1993 10 7.7
373.