30 December 2016

Everything I Watched in 2016

Feature Films/Documentaries:

January '16

1Munich***1/22005Steven Spielberg
2Shame***1/22011Steve McQueen
3Rush Hour **1998Brett Ratner
4Rush Hour 2*1/22001Brett Ratner
5Rush Hour 3*2007Brett Ratner
6Crimson Peak***1/22015Guillermo del Toro
7Phantom*1/22015Kabir Khan
8Tunnu Ki Tina*1/21997Paresh Kamdar
9The Walk***1/22015Robert Zemeckis
10Wazir***2016Bejoy Nambiar
11Final Destination 3*1/22006James Wong
12Sicario**2015Denis Villeneuve
13Dilwale*2015Rohit Shetty
14Meera**1979Gulzar
15An Affair To Remember***1957Leo McCarey
16The Hateful Eight*****2015Quentin Tarantino
17Avatar (3D)***2009James Cameron
18The Diary of a Teenage Girl***2015Marielle Heller
19Pratidwandi***1/21970Satyajit Ray
20Aranyer Din Ratri***1970Satyajit Ray
21Dallas Buyers Club***2013Jean-Marc Vallée
22Changing Lanes***2002Roger Michell
23The Lone Ranger*1/22013Gore Verbinski
24Elysium***2013Neill Blomkamp
25Bridge of Spies***2015Steven Spielberg
26The Sugarland Express**1974Steven Spielberg

February '16

27The Terminal***2004Steven Spielberg
28Raiders of The Lost Ark***1981Steven Spielberg
29Close Encounters of The Third Kind***1977Steven Spielberg
30Junun-2015Paul Thomas Anderson
31Drohi**1992Ram Gopal Varma
32Chhote Nawab*1/21961S. A. Akbar
33Saving Private Ryan****1998Steven Spielberg
34Haye Mera Dil*1/21968Ved-Madan
35Everest**2015Baltasar Kormákur
36Jaws***1975Steven Spielberg
37The Ususal Suspects**1995Bryan Singer
38Short Term 12***1/22013Destin Daniel Cretton
39Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem****2014Ronit Elkabetz, Shlomi Elkabetz
40Henry: Portrait of A Serial Killer***1986John McNaughton
41Adaptation***2002Spike Jonze
42The Master***1/22012Paul Thomas Anderson
43The Aviator****2004Martin Scorsese
44Snowpiercer***2014Bong Joon-ho
45Cast Away***2000Robert Zemeckis
46(500) Days of Summer***2009Marc Webb
47Fitoor**1/22015Abhishek Kapoor
48The Curious Case of Benjamin Button***2008David Fincher
49Ghayal Once Again**2015Sunny Deol
50Cape Fear***1/21991Martin Scorsese
5145 Years***2015Andrew Haigh
52Airlift***2015Raja Krishna Menon
53Spy***2015Paul Feig
54While We're Young**2014Noah Baumbach
55Kanchivaram***2008Priyadarshan
56The Martian***2015Ridley Scott
57The Sixth Sense***1999M. Night Shyamalan
58The Revenant****2015Alejandro González Iñárritu
59Aligarh***1/22016Hansal Mehta
60Mad Max**1/21979George Miller
61Mad Max 2***1981George Miller
62Inherent Vice**2014Paul Thomas Anderson

March '16
63Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome***1/21985George Miller
64Blood Diamond****2006Edward Zwick
65Jai Gangaajal*1/22016Prakash Jha
66Love and Mercy**2014Bill Pohlad
67Shabnam**1/21949Bibhuti Mitra
68Aasha***1957M. V. Raman
69Man of Steel****2013Zack Snyder
70Ant-Man***2015Peyton Reed
71Victoria***1/22015Sebastian Schipper
72Amar Saigal***1955Nitin Bose
73Aadmi-1939V. Shantaram
74Garam Coat**1/21955Amar Kumar
75Neel Kamal*1/21947Kidar Sharma
76Valmiki**1946Bhalji Pendharkar
77Bahen**1941Mehboob
78Kapoor & Sons (Since 1921)***2016Shakun Batra
79Neerja***1/22016Ram Madhvani
80Zootopia (3D)****2016Byron Howard, Rich Moore
81Rahi**1/21953Khwaja Ahmad Abbas
82Stree***1961V. Shantaram
83Wahan-1937K. Narayan Kale
84Daaera*1/21953Kamal Amrohi
85The King of Comedy***1/21982Martin Scorsese
86Who's That Knocking At My Door***1967Martin Scorsese
87After Hours****1985Martin Scorsese
88Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (3D)**2016Zack Snyder
89The Dreamers***2003Bernardo Bertolucci





April '16
90Anita**1967Raj Khosla
91Post Box 999*1958Ravindra Dave
92Kung Fu Panda 3 (3D)***1/22016Jennifer Yuh Nelson, Alessandro Carloni
93Ki & Ka***2016R Balki
94Apradhi Kaun**1957Asit Sen
95The Jungle Book (3D)****2016Jon Favreau
96Kaafiron Ki Namaaz*1/22016Ram Ramesh Sharma
97Joi Baba Felunath***1979Satyajit Ray
98Angry Indian Goddesses**2015Pan Nalin
99Exam**2009Stuart Hazeldine
100Fan***1/22016Maneesh Sharma
101In The Realm Of Senses*1976Nagisa Oshima
102Paruthi Veeran***2007Ameer Sultan
103Visaranai****2016Vetrimaaran
104O Kadhal Kanmani***1/22015Mani Ratnam
105The Untouchables**1/21987Brian De Palma
106Insomnia***1/22002Christopher Nolan
107Nil Battey Sannata***2016Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari
108Nina Forever***2015Ben Blaine, Chris Blaine
109Boogie Nights****1997Paul Thomas Anderson

































May '16

110Baaghi**1/22016Sabbir Khan
111The Last Temptation Of Christ****1988Martin Scorsese
112New York, New York***1977Martin Scorsese
113Lust, Caution***2007Ang Lee
114Captain America: Civil War (IMAX 3D)***2016Joe Russo, Anthony Russo
115Sairat****1/22016Nagraj Manjule
116Kundun***1997Martin Scorsese
117The Dictator***2012Larry Charles
118Dirty Harry***1971Don Siegel
119Deadpool****2016Tim Miller
120The Age of Innocence****1993Martin Scorsese
121New York Stories**1/21989Martin Scorsese/Francis Ford Coppola/Woody Allen
122Azhar*1/22016Tony D'souza
123Room***2015Lenny Abrahamson
124Katyar Kaljat Ghusali***1/22015Subodh Bhave
125Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom***1984Steven Spielberg
126Iron Man****2008Jon Favreau
127Boy Friend*1/21961Naresh Saigal
128Vertigo****1958Alfred Hitchcock
129Paisa Hi Paisa*1/21956Mehrish
130Hansa***2012Manav Kaul
131Raagini**1958Rakhan
132Iron Man 2***2010Jon Favreau
133The Angry Birds Movie (3D)***2016Clay Kaytis, Fergal Reilly
134Waiting***2016Anu Menon
135Veerappan*1/22016Ram Gopal Varma
136Phobia***2016Pawan Kripalani
13710 Cloverfield Lane***2016Dan Trachtenberg
138The Color of Money***1986Martin Scorsese

































June '16

139Mean Streets****1973Martin Scorsese
140Boxcar Bertha***1972Martin Scorsese
141Rosemary's Baby****1968Roman Polanski
142Soodhu Kavvum***2013Nalan Kumarasamy
143Spotlight****2015Tom McCarthy
144Housefull 3*2016Sajid-Farhad
145The Conjuring 2***2016James Wan
146Django***1966Sergio Corbucci
147The Water Horse***2007Jay Russell
148Udta Punjab***1/22016Abhishek Chaubey
149Dhanak**2016Nagesh Kukunoor
150Te3n***2016Ribhu Dasgupta
151Nastik**1954I. S. Johar
152Ek Din Ka Sultan**1945Sohrab Modi
153Wrong Turn*2003Rob Schmidt
154Too Big to Fail**2011William Hurt 
155Aliens**1986James Cameron
156Fast Five**1/22011Justin Lin
157Raman Raghav 2.0***1/22016Anurag Kashyap
158The Danish Girl***2015Tom Hooper
159Miss Frontier Mail-1936Homi Wadia





July '16
160 Carry On Jatta ** 2012 Sumeep Kang
161 Red Cliff *** 2008 John Woo
162 Nightcrawler **** 2014 Dan Gilroy
163 Brahman Naman *** 2016 Q
164 Sultan *** 2016 Ali Abbas Zafar
165 A Throw Of Dice **** 1929 Franz Osten
166 The Perks of Being a Wallflower **1/2 2012 Stephen Chbosky
167 Bringing Out The Dead **** 1999 Martin Scorsese
168 The Deer Hunter **** 1978 Michael Cimino
169 Premam *** 2015 Alphonse Puthren
170 Madari *1/2 2016 Nishikant Kamath
171 Toy Story ***1/2 1995 John Lasseter
172 Kabali *1/2 2016 Pa. Ranjith
173 The Terminator *** 1984 James Cameron









August '16

174 Dishoom **1/2 2016 Rohit Dhawan
175 Shaitaan *1/2 1974 Firoze Chinoy
176 The English Patient **** 1996 Anthony Minghella
177 Brokeback Mountain **** 2005 Ang Lee
178 A Countess from Hong Kong *** 1967 Charlie Chaplin
179 My Left Foot ***1/2 1989 Jim Sheridan
180 Punch-Drunk Love *** 2002 Paul Thomas Anderson
181 Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore ***1/2 1974 Martin Scorsese
182 Hard Eight ***1/2 1996 Paul Thomas Anderson
183 A King in New York *** 1957 Charlie Chaplin
184 Budhia Singh - Born To Run *** 2016 Soumendra Padhi
185 The Nice Guys ***1/2 2016 Shane Black
186 Byomkesh Bakshi *** 2015 Anjan Dutt
187 The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo ***1/2 2011 David Fincher
188 Antarmahal *** 2005 Rituparno Ghosh
189 Thalapathi *** 1991 Mani Ratnam
190 Mohenjo Daro *** 2016 Ashutosh Gowariker
191 Ronin *** 1998 John Frankenheimer
192 Blackhat ** 2015 Miachael Mann
193 Schindler's List ***** 1993 Steven Spielberg
194 Steve Jobs *** 2015 Danny Boyle
195 Rustom ** 2016 Tinu Suresh Desai
196 Happy Bhag Jayegi ** 2016 Mudassar Aziz
197 War Dogs *** 2016 Todd Philips

















September '16
198 The Illusionist ** 2006 Neil Burger
199 The Man From Nowhere *** 2010 Lee Jeong-beom
200 Don't Breathe ***1/2 2016 Fede Alvarez
201 Akira * 2016 A.R. Murugadoss
202 Kitaab ***1/2 1977 Gulzar
203 Parched *1/2 2015 Leena Yadav
204 Last Tango in Paris **1/2 1972 Bernardo Bertolucci
205 Awakenings *** 1990 Penny Marshall
206 Martha Marcy May Marlene *** 2011 Sean Durkin
207 Taxi *** 2015 Jafar Panahi
208 Chungking Express ***1/2 1994 Wong Kar-wai
209 Pink **** 2016 Anirudhha Roy Chowdhury
210 Scent of a Woman **1/2 1992 Martin Brest
211 Amores Perros ***1/2 2000 Alejandro González Iñárritu
212 21 Grams *** 2003 Alejandro González Iñárritu
213 …Jayate *** 1997 Hansal Mehta
214 M. S. Dhoni: The Untold Story *** 2016 Neeraj Pandey









October '16
215 Mirzya *1/2 2016 Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra
216 Guddu Ki Gun * 2015 Sheershak, Shantanu
217 Sully *** 2016 Client Eastwood
218 Queen of Katwe *** 2016 Mira Nair
219 Zulfiqar ** 2016 Srijit Mukherji
220 Chhoti Chhoti Baten *** 1965 Motilal
221 Y Tu Mamá También *** 2001 Alfonso Cuarón
222 Shivaay ** 2016 Ajay Devgn
223 Ae Dil Hai Mushkil ***1/2 2016 Karan Johar

November '16

224 Doctor Strange (IMAX 3D) ***1/2 2016 Scott Derrickson
225 Saat Uchakkey * 2016 Sanjeev Sharma
226 Saaheb ** 1985 Anil Ganguly
227 Qatl ** 1986 RK Nayyar
228 Train To Busan **** 2016 Yeon Sang-ho
229 Trishna *1/2 2011 Michael Winterbottom
230 Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (3D) ***1/2 2016 David Yates
231 Sixteen ** 2013 Raj Purohit
232 Parzania *** 2006 Rahul Dholakia
233 Before the Flood - 2016 Fisher Stevens
234 The Evil Within ** 1970 Lamberto V. Avellana
235 The Handmaiden **** 2016 Park Chan-wook
236 Under The Shadow ***1/2 2016 Babak Anvari
237 The Wailing  *** 2016 Na Hong-jin
238 Biutiful *** 2010 Alejandro González Iñárritu
239 Lost in Translation *** 2003 Sofia Coppola
240 Lights Out *** 2016 David F. Sandberg
241 In A Valley Of Violence *** 2016 Ti West
242 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade *** 1989 Steven Spielberg
243 Dear Zindagi ***1/2 2016 Gauri Shinde
244 E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial *** 1982 Steven Spielberg
245 The Truman Show ***1/2 1998 Peter Weir
246 True Romance *** 1993 Tony Scott









December '16
247 Joint Security Area *** 2000 Park Chan-wook
248 Tootsie ** 1982 Sydney Pollack
249 India In A Day - 2016 Richie Mehta
250 Kahaani 2 *** 2016 Sujoy Ghosh
251 Children of Men ***1/2 2006 Alfonso Cuarón
252 Chauranga * 2016 Bikas Ranjan Mishra
253 Patang ** 2011 Prashant Bhargav
254 The Greasy Strangler *** 2016 Jim Hosking
255 Arrival ***1/2 2016 Denis Villeneuve
256 Moana (3D) *** 2016 Ron Clements, John Musker
257 Inside Job **** 2010 Charles Ferguson
258 Michael Madhan Kama Rajan *** 1990 Singeetam Srinivasa Rao
259 12 Angry Men **** 1957 Sidney Lumet
260 Sex, Lies, and Videotape *** 1989 Steven Soderbergh
261 Great Expectations *** 1998 Alfonso Cuarón
262 We Are What We Are ** 2013 Jim Mickle
263 La La Land  ***** 2016 Damien Chazelle
264 Rogue One (IMAX 3D) *** 2016 Gareth Edwards
265 Befikre **1/2 2016 Aditya Chopra
266 Shaun of the Dead *** 2004 Edgar Wright
267 Victoria No. 203 ** 1972 Brij
268 Abhay **1/2 2001 Suresh Krissna
269 Let The Right One In **1/2 2008 Tomas Alfredson
270 Starred Up *** 2013 David Mackenzie
271 Dangal ****1/2 2016 Nitesh Tiwari




















TV Shows / Web Series:
  1. Fargo (Season 2) [4/5]
  2. Sherlock (Season 1-3, The Abominable Bride) [5/5]
  3. Game of Thrones (Season 1-6) [4/5]
  4. Friends (Season 1-5) (4/5)
  5. The Office (Season 1-2) (3/5)
  6. Permanent Roommates (Season 2) [3.5/5]
  7. Life Sahi Hai (Season 1) [2/5]
  8. Baked (Season 1) [2.5/5]
  9. I Don't Watch TV [3/5]
  10. TVF Tripling [3.5/5]
  11. Yeh Jo Hai Zindagi (Episode 27-33, 35, 48, 55)
Non-Feature Films:
  1. Beyond The Tides (2015; Chinese; Abhimanyu Kanodia)
  2. Naach Ganesh (2011; Silent; Bikas Ranjan Mishra)
  3. Makhmal (2014; Hindi; Faraz Ali)
  4. Naamkaran (2006; Bengali; Konkona Sensharma)
  5. Taandav (2016; Hindi; Devashish Makhija)
  6. Queen of Hearts (2016; Hindi; Abhimanyu Kanodia)
  7. Techsex (2016; Hindi; Shailendra Singh)
  8. India Tomorrow (2016; Hindi; Imtiaz Ali)
  9. On A Bed (2012; Bengali; Rajdeep Paul and Sarmistha Maiti)
  10. The Haunted Castle (1896; Silent; Georges Méliès)
  11. Santa Claus (1898; Silent; George Albert Smith)
  12. The Monster (1903; Silent; Georges Méliès)
  13. The Haunted House (1908; Silent; Segundo de Chomón)
  14. Kriti (2016; Hindi; Shirish Kunder)
  15. Kathakaar (2015; Hindi; Abhimanyu Kanodia)
  16. Int. Café: Night (2014; Hindi; Adhiraj Bose)
  17. Ouch! (2016; Hindi; Neeraj Pandey)
  18. Raakh (2016; Hindi; Milap Zaveri)
  19. Inner Workings (2016; English; Leo Matsuda)
  20. Chutney (2016; Hindi; Jyoti Kapur Das)
Summary:

Theatre viewing - 50
Home viewing - 221

Language-wise:

Bengali - 06
Cantonese - 01
English - 152
French - 01
Hindi - 85
Japanese - 01
Korean - 05
Malayalam - 01
Mandarin - 01
Marathi - 02
Persian - 02
Punjabi - 01
Silent - 01
Spanish - 03
Swedish - 01
Tamil - 07
Urdu - 01

Repeat Viewing:

  • The Jungle Book (2016; Jon Favreau) [4/5]
  • Mad Max: Fury Road (2015; George Miller) [4/5]
  • Tamasha (2015; Imtiaz Ali) [4/5]
  • Masaan (2015; Neeraj Ghaywan) [5/5]
  • Ugly (2014; Anurag Kashyap) [4/5]
  • The Wolf of Wall Street (2013; Martin Scorsese) [5/5]
  • Kill Bill (Vol. 1 & 2) (2003-04; Quentin Tarantino) [5/5] 
  • Gangs of Wasseypur (I & II) (2012; Anurag Kashyap) [5/5]
  • Once Upon A Time in America (1984; Sergio Leone) [5/5]
  • Pulp Fiction (1994; Quentin Tarantino) [5/5]
  • Raman Raghav 2.0 (2016; Anurag Kashyap) [3.5/5]
  • Black Friday (2007; Anurag Kashyap) [4.5/5]
  • Ijaazat (1987; Gulzar) [3/5]
  • The Dictator (2012; Larry Charles) [3/5]
  • Rockstar (2011; Imtiaz Ali) [4/5]
  • Kingsman: The Secret Service (2015; Matthew Vaughn) [3/5]
  • Rangeela (1995; Ram Gopal Varma) [3.5/5]
  • Sarkar (2005; Ram Gopal Varma) [3.5/5]
  • Jab We Met (2007; Imtiaz Ali) [3/5]
  • Bypass (Short) (2003; Amit Kumar)
  • 7 Khoon Maaf (2011; Vishal Bhardwaj) [3/5]
  • Chak De India (2007; Shimit Amin) [4/5]
  • Ae Dil Hai Mushkil (2016; Karan Johar) [3.5/5]
  • Inglorious Basterds (2009; Quentin Tarantino) [5/5]
  • Django Unchained (2012; Quentin Tarantino) [5/5]
  • The Hateful Eight (2015; Quentin Tarantino) [5/5]
  • Chasme Buddoor (1981; Sai Paranjpye) [4/5]
  • Gulaal (2009; Anurag Kashyap) [4/5]

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